Here in Portugal (and Spain does it too) we pay a monthly fee dependent on our amperage limit, besides the normal metering. Right now we have to manually avoid having some "big" appliances like washing machines and heaters on at the same time, and when we forget it the meter limiter "halts" and we have everything unpowered 'till we wake up:(
That seems like energy conservation taken to a ridiculous extreme to me. If that's the future here then no thank you -- let's just build some nuclear plants and be done with it. What happens to customers with medical or other mission critical equipment? Is my oxygen concentrator gonna lose power because I forgot to turn the washing machine off before I go to bed?
Yep... I was going to put in a Star Trek reference but that would just have been karma-whoring.
Funny mods don't give you karma unless that's been changed recently. In fact you usually wind up losing karma because of the jackasses that like to hit every joke they don't get with an overrated mod.
Mr. Montalban was probably the most significant Latino in Star Trek
Well, there was Robert Beltran whose parents were first generation Mexican immigrants. Of course I like to pretend that Voyager never existed so I'm going to agree with you that Montalban was the most significant Latino.
nobody thinks twice about a Latino having a title role, but it wasn't always that way.
And here we were thinking he'd return in a later sequel
That'd be pretty neat seeing as how they killed him off during his last appearance. I suppose they could go the Lucas route and write a prequel. Given the quality of entertainment these days I'd wager on Khan foiling Kirk's attempt to kill him by hiding in a fridge.
So equating the two situations only shows that your judgement is clouded by partisanship.
No, I made an observation on the types of comments that we see around/. and the manner in which those comments were moderated. I haven't really taken a position either way on the Cheney issue, other than rolling my eyes at the fact that his name came up in a discussion about the new administration.
Calling me a partisan is pretty funny too because I've rarely agreed with the Bush administration on anything. In fact I was a partisan in the other direction right up until the time that Obama reversed himself on FISA. Now I'm content to point out hypocrisies on both sides.
If the government just makes the changeover, these folks will manage to find some smart young'un to help them get their TV working again.
My understanding is (correct me if I'm wrong) that the analog stations aren't going to go dark right away anyway. They'll have messages up explaining why they've stopped transmitting and providing information about the DTV transition.
Cynicism and complaint are the resorts of losers and followers.
Actually I'd make the argument that as Americans we are supposed to have a healthy amount of skepticism/cynicism towards our Government. As far as complaining goes, that was written into the 1st amendment ("petition the Government for a redress of grievances") as I recall.
Yeah. It's terrible when political officials in high positions make decisions that conflict with their real world corporate jobs. *coughcheneyhalliburtoncough*
What's the relevance of bringing up Cheney in this manner? Surely your argument isn't that the Bush Administration did it so now the Obama Administration should do it as well?
Funny, I seem to remember the massive calls for Cheney's head because he was the CEO of Halliburton prior to being elected VP (of course, by that time he had stepped down and divested all shares of that company). All in the name of "conflict of interest"...
The rules work differently depending on which party's partisans happen to have the most mod points when such comments are made.......
I think it was not so much a criticism of the idea as it is pointing out that it is a "fox guarding the henhouse" situation. Basically, short of a constitutional amendment requiring them to hand-write the tax code, they would just legislate it out of existence first chance they got.
Eh, true enough I suppose. I can still understand the sentiment and desire though.
I know. I was being a wiseass. I'm in that mood today for some reason.
To make a serious point I think there's a lot of people around here (myself included) that would prefer the ability to watch Congressional proceedings without having to agree to the Youtube terms of service or the C-SPAN copyrights. I would make the case that the costs of setting this up would actually be a proper use of Government funds and I wouldn't mind seeing my tax dollars go towards such a venture.
The first improvement would be removing the "Write the tax code by hand" requirement.
Why? Maybe it would give them an idea of just how ridicious the tax code really is. According to this the Federal tax code consists of 3.7 million words. By contrast, all seven Harry Potter novels only clock in at around 1.1 million words.
What's wrong with that picture? It really requires that much complexity to fund the Federal Government?
Having it hosted on YouTube doesn't cost the taxpayer anything for hosting and distribution, whereas hosting it on a.gov server would have a cost to the taxpayer.
So the IRS is gonna put all their forms up on Google Docs instead of hosting them in-house soon, right?
Yep, that's what I recognized. I bow to your infinite wisdom and will make sure that I make efforts to address all the people that I've wronged in my life, right after I accept that only a power greater than myself can restore my sanity.
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What we need is a good old revolution
That might be tough since none of you are allowed to have guns ;)
Here in Portugal (and Spain does it too) we pay a monthly fee dependent on our amperage limit, besides the normal metering. Right now we have to manually avoid having some "big" appliances like washing machines and heaters on at the same time, and when we forget it the meter limiter "halts" and we have everything unpowered 'till we wake up :(
That seems like energy conservation taken to a ridiculous extreme to me. If that's the future here then no thank you -- let's just build some nuclear plants and be done with it. What happens to customers with medical or other mission critical equipment? Is my oxygen concentrator gonna lose power because I forgot to turn the washing machine off before I go to bed?
Yep ... I was going to put in a Star Trek reference but that would just have been karma-whoring.
Funny mods don't give you karma unless that's been changed recently. In fact you usually wind up losing karma because of the jackasses that like to hit every joke they don't get with an overrated mod.
I am totally fucking for this bill.
I could almost believe that if you weren't posting on /. ;)
Mr. Montalban was probably the most significant Latino in Star Trek
Well, there was Robert Beltran whose parents were first generation Mexican immigrants. Of course I like to pretend that Voyager never existed so I'm going to agree with you that Montalban was the most significant Latino.
nobody thinks twice about a Latino having a title role, but it wasn't always that way.
Very true.
Yeah but Spock got to transfer his katra first and actually had a body. Khan didn't have this ability and vaporized himself in an act of sheer spite.
I can't believe I'm arguing this point..... ;)
And here we were thinking he'd return in a later sequel
That'd be pretty neat seeing as how they killed him off during his last appearance. I suppose they could go the Lucas route and write a prequel. Given the quality of entertainment these days I'd wager on Khan foiling Kirk's attempt to kill him by hiding in a fridge.
So equating the two situations only shows that your judgement is clouded by partisanship.
No, I made an observation on the types of comments that we see around /. and the manner in which those comments were moderated. I haven't really taken a position either way on the Cheney issue, other than rolling my eyes at the fact that his name came up in a discussion about the new administration.
Calling me a partisan is pretty funny too because I've rarely agreed with the Bush administration on anything. In fact I was a partisan in the other direction right up until the time that Obama reversed himself on FISA. Now I'm content to point out hypocrisies on both sides.
If the government just makes the changeover, these folks will manage to find some smart young'un to help them get their TV working again.
My understanding is (correct me if I'm wrong) that the analog stations aren't going to go dark right away anyway. They'll have messages up explaining why they've stopped transmitting and providing information about the DTV transition.
Cynicism and complaint are the resorts of losers and followers.
Actually I'd make the argument that as Americans we are supposed to have a healthy amount of skepticism/cynicism towards our Government. As far as complaining goes, that was written into the 1st amendment ("petition the Government for a redress of grievances") as I recall.
The "C" in politics stands for "Corruption".
Fixed that for you
Yeah. It's terrible when political officials in high positions make decisions that conflict with their real world corporate jobs. *coughcheneyhalliburtoncough*
What's the relevance of bringing up Cheney in this manner? Surely your argument isn't that the Bush Administration did it so now the Obama Administration should do it as well?
Funny, I seem to remember the massive calls for Cheney's head because he was the CEO of Halliburton prior to being elected VP (of course, by that time he had stepped down and divested all shares of that company). All in the name of "conflict of interest"...
The rules work differently depending on which party's partisans happen to have the most mod points when such comments are made.......
No experience in the field only qualifies you to run the CIA.
Naw, it'll get you a post at FEMA too......
One possible exception is if the AC is very high frequency and the load is not purely resistive
I'm guessing that a human being is a purely resistive load? ;)
DC current polarizes the blood and there is no way to reverse that effect in time to save that person
Huh???
as if millions of Tesla fanboys suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
Sorry, my mistake ;) We won't let it happen again in the future :P
Interesting. I had never heard that. Who is paying the difference? The State? Or do the utilities have to sell at a loss?
I think it was not so much a criticism of the idea as it is pointing out that it is a "fox guarding the henhouse" situation. Basically, short of a constitutional amendment requiring them to hand-write the tax code, they would just legislate it out of existence first chance they got.
Eh, true enough I suppose. I can still understand the sentiment and desire though.
I didn't say anything remotely like that.
I know. I was being a wiseass. I'm in that mood today for some reason.
To make a serious point I think there's a lot of people around here (myself included) that would prefer the ability to watch Congressional proceedings without having to agree to the Youtube terms of service or the C-SPAN copyrights. I would make the case that the costs of setting this up would actually be a proper use of Government funds and I wouldn't mind seeing my tax dollars go towards such a venture.
Don't ask about the milk. x_x
Can you get it in skim? I gotta watch my geeky figure.....
The first improvement would be removing the "Write the tax code by hand" requirement.
Why? Maybe it would give them an idea of just how ridicious the tax code really is. According to this the Federal tax code consists of 3.7 million words. By contrast, all seven Harry Potter novels only clock in at around 1.1 million words.
What's wrong with that picture? It really requires that much complexity to fund the Federal Government?
Having it hosted on YouTube doesn't cost the taxpayer anything for hosting and distribution, whereas hosting it on a .gov server would have a cost to the taxpayer.
So the IRS is gonna put all their forms up on Google Docs instead of hosting them in-house soon, right?
At least you can make a spelling flame though
I aim to please. I hope you came when you read it.
Glad you recognized your shame though.
Yep, that's what I recognized. I bow to your infinite wisdom and will make sure that I make efforts to address all the people that I've wronged in my life, right after I accept that only a power greater than myself can restore my sanity.