I'm a moron for not knowing how to drive in the snow? Because everyone should know how to drive in the snow, even if they've never seen it, right?
If you move or visit somewhere that it snows and don't take the time to learn how to drive properly, then yes, you are a moron. It's not rocket science.
SLOW THE FUCK DOWN. Your vehicle can't stop as effectively on snow and ice. Adjust your speed accordingly.
Have good tires. I prefer real snow tires but that's because I don't have the option of not driving with my job. If your tires aren't up to the task then stay the fuck home. Good all seasons will get you around urban areas most of the time. Snows will get you around most poorly plowed roads. Studded snows are a must if you anticipate dealing with ice. If conditions exceed your equipment stay off the roads.
Be prepared. As an example, there's no excuse for running out of washer fluid. You have a trunk, carry a spare bottle or two. Have a blanket and shovel on hand in the event you get stuck.
Practice. Find a unplowed parking lot and put your car into slides and spins. Learn what it takes to cause one. Learn how to recover from one.
It's no different than anything else you haven't done before. Do the research and apply some common sense and you'll be just fine. The first item I listed is the biggest one.
With the DroidX, can you replace the kernel? If not, and there is a kernel exploit, then what? You're running a vulnerable phone until Verizon decides to push an update (if they ever do.) The problem is that our phones are becoming more and more like computers, with all of the advantages and disadvantages that comes along with that, but we don't have the ability to do whatever we want with the software on those computers.
*shrug*, you don't always have a promise of a security update with a lot of software packages, even open source ones. I do what you are saying but it isn't enough to operate as a deal-breaker for me.
He's also naive. This is a Democratic Republic. The electorate is never going to stand for a Congress that seeks to artificially raise their energy bills. Hell, cap and tax won't just raise energy costs, it will raise the cost of all consumer goods. Food in particular.
I do believe that we need to take steps to reduce our carbon emissions (the national security implications of our dependence on foreign oil are disturbing) but that's not going to be accomplished by Congress or the EPA imposing top heavy regulation and taxes on the entire economy.
Your Toba article calls out the 1000 breeding pairs.
Which was quoted as an example of the Earth not being a stable environment during the time of man, not as an example of what will happen if we don't reduce CO2 emissions.
You did say nothing happening now is cause for concern
Are you ever going to stop lying about what I've said?
Like your statement that I said the earth was a static environment?
You said: "It has, however, been remarkably stable since our species has existed." I said: "I've disputed... your notion that the Earth has been stable since humans arrived but I've said little beyond that. "
I also said: "The Earth has never been a static environment before and it's not going to be so in the future."
You'll note that I never said you claimed the Earth was a static environment. If you are going to keep lying you might as well try lying about something that isn't so easily to disprove.
Even if we assume what you're saying, you're good with human kind being reduced to 1000 breeding pairs again?
Where did I say that? What credible study has suggested that's going to happen?
Another favorite point of deniers
Does it make it easier to dismiss someone when you can apply a loaded word like 'denier' to them? Have I claimed at any point in our little dialog that humans aren't having an impact? Have I claimed at any point that CO2 isn't a global warming gas? I've disputed the wisdom of a carbon tax and your notion that the Earth has been stable since humans arrived but I've said little beyond that.
You still seem to be saying 'we couldnt possibly affect the entire earth'
You seem to be good at putting words in my mouth and making up shit that I never said. Perhaps you ought to go back and re-read what I've said rather than applying your own prejudices towards me?
Which I don't understand. The question for me isn't whether or not the carrier locks down my phone. The question is whether or not I can do what I want with it. If I can then I'll buy the phone. If not I'll find something else.
Verizon locks down the ability of all their dumbphones to accept ringtones and wallpapers outside of the VCast walled garden. With many models of Motorola phones it's trivially easy to bypass these restrictions and do what you want. Some of the Motorola phones (the RAZR line was famous for this) even had leaked versions of non-VZW firmware that could be loaded. I bought these phones knowing full well that I could customize them to do what I want and still have access to Verizon's network.
Ditto with the smartphones. Virtually all of the android phones can be rooted. That gives you the ability to remove unwanted Verizon software (VCast, VZ Navigator, etc.), the ability to enable wi-fi tethering without paying an additional fee for the privilege, the ability to block ads and so on. This is all I could ask for from my phone, so I'm content to own a Motorola Droid-X.
If you want more than that then Verizon and the Android line of phones they offer probably isn't for you. There's nothing stopping you from buying a completely unlocked GSM phone and going with T-Mobile or AT&T. Heck, I'd join T-Mobile in a New York Minute if they had decent rural coverage. Their network in Upstate NY is a pathetic joke though. Verizon works just about everywhere around these parts. I can do everything I want to with the phones that I've bought from them. What more do I need?
It has, however, been remarkably stable since our species has existed.
No, actuallyithasn't. Those are just off the top of my head and limited to the geologically insignificant amount of time that humans have been around.
like rising sea levels, melting glaciers for instance?
All of which has happened before without any human intervention and which will happen again with or without humans.
or do you want to wait until the tipping point is past before trying to mitigate what we're doing?
What "tipping point"? Do you really believe there is some magical line that we will cross, after which we are doomed?
From your head in the sand ostrich positions, logic and science do certainly look elitist...
Yey, another insult. I guess it's too hard for you to engage in a respectful dialog on this particular issue. Are you normally this offensive or are you just incapable of having your belief system challenged?
RIM is pretty well dead. They'll hang on like Palm at this point.
RIM is doing just fine in the corporate and governmental world.
Android would have come out and had its users but when I upgraded my phone before I got my Droid, I would have purchased an iPhone if it were available on Verizon, and I may not have purchased the Droid if it were available when I upgraded that time.
So you are taking your own decisions and applying them to the millions of people that are part of the smartphone market? That's kind of silly. Android would have established a foot hold regardless of what Apple did. Each has it's own strengths and weaknesses. Apple's exclusivity might have helped Google gain market share faster than it otherwise would have but I don't see how you make the leap from that to Apple would have "dominated" the market.
Besides, you miss the larger picture. Could Apple have gotten the phone to market the way they wanted without going exclusive? I don't like their business practices but they did force one carrier to allow them to sell a phone outside of their walled garden. The rest had to follow just to compete. Apple will never see a dime of my money but I'm grateful to them for opening up this market in the same manner as they opened up the online music market.
Heck, even the Pentagon is trying to get off fossil fuels; or are they just green hippies too?
The Pentagon is trying to get off it for logistical considerations, nothing more, nothing less.
No I mean the CO2 from millions of years that is being released over the course of a couple hundred years. It tends to have effects on the equilibrium when you push a million years of effect into a single century.
*shrug*, life has survived on this blue marble through a lot worse than humanity dumping carbon into the atmosphere. Humanity itself has survived worse. We'll be just fine. Perhaps you should have more faith in the ability of life and humans to adapt to a changing environment? The Earth has never been a static environment before and it's not going to be so in the future.
Thank you for playing 'be the idiot'! you're doing great!
Classic elitist attitude. If I don't agree with you I must be an idiot.
pple had their chance to completely dominate the phone market and they've blown it with their exclusivity to AT&T/GSM.
For shits and giggles, how could Apple have "dominated" the phone market even if they hadn't gone exclusive with AT&T? Do you think that Google would never have tried if the iPhone had a larger marketshare? Do you think that RIM would have just folded up shop and quit the market if the iPhone had a larger marketshare?
Same with Denmark, the "world leader in wind power" (thanks to subsidies by Danish taxpayers) with the highest electricity costs in Europe to show for it
The extreme wing of the environmentalist movement WANTS your electricity to cost more. They know that people will never voluntarily accept a reduced standard of living so they seek to impose it through the backdoor by raising energy costs.
I was thinking they should install them near Chuck Schumer. Think of all the wasted energy from those camera lights that follow him everywhere that could be harnessed.....
Exactly. If a LEO approaches me and offers to murder my estranged ex-wife for $20,000 that's entrapment. If I'm seeking out a hitman on my own and a LEO poses as one that's not entrapment.
Of course Government has gone too far in the other direction on this. My employer got fined over $2,000 by OSHA because they had a space heater with an exposed fan in our facilities shop. The fact that said space heater was 12 feet off the ground meant nothing to the OSHA bureaucrat. Apparently somebody could bring a ladder over, climb up to the heater and get their hands caught in that fan or something....
Healthcare. Firefighting. Police. Armies. Roads. Power. Water. Un-Pollution. Safety (melanin in your babyfood?).
Only two of those (police and armies) need to be run by the Government.
Health-care: Better left up to individuals
Firefighting: Typically a Government role, but not required to be. The first firefighting companies were privately owned and run by fire insurance companies. Many communities still rely on volunteer fire companies that have no connection with Government besides the Government drawing the lines for their district and allowing them to collect taxes within that district.
Roads: Probably better owned by the Government but they aren't required to be built by the Government.
Power: Why should this be owned or delivered by Government?
Water: See comment regarding power.
Un-Pollution: WTF is "un-pollution"?
Safety: The UL seems to be doing a good job of ensuring that my electrical appliances are safe. By contrast, the FDA has allowed bad drugs onto the marketplace. The USDA has allowed bad food onto the marketplace. Shall I go on?
I'd trust Reagan more on cost-effectiveness than Obama, whose answer to every question is "YES".
That's not quite true. Obama's answer on civil liberties has been "NO!" every single time. FISA, warrantless GPS tracking, an internet kill switch, RKBA, the 1st amendment, blah, blah, blah, blah.
I always knew I'd disagree with Obama on domestic policy but I actually had hopes for him on civil liberties. Won't make that mistake again.....
No. And when it does they shut the whole city down. I'm from Upstate NY -- we don't stop our normal routine for anything short of whiteout blizzard conditions. DC shuts down if they get more than a dusting. That's probably a good thing because none of the morons on the roadways south of the Mason-Dixon line have any clue how to drive in snow.
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Technology has not progressed a whole lot this generation
Your kidding, right? Where was the internet at 20 years ago? Where was computing technology? Bio-tech? Telecommunications?
(not fishable-- doesn't mean lifeless- would recover completely in 20-30 years if fishing was banned in those areas).
It wouldn't even take that long. Take a look at some graphs of the fishing stocks before and after WW2....
There's a reason why the 1st amendment comes before the 2nd.....
That's pretty funny. It's not like our Government would ever pass legislation that was opposed by a majority of the population.
I'm a moron for not knowing how to drive in the snow? Because everyone should know how to drive in the snow, even if they've never seen it, right?
If you move or visit somewhere that it snows and don't take the time to learn how to drive properly, then yes, you are a moron. It's not rocket science.
It's no different than anything else you haven't done before. Do the research and apply some common sense and you'll be just fine. The first item I listed is the biggest one.
With the DroidX, can you replace the kernel? If not, and there is a kernel exploit, then what? You're running a vulnerable phone until Verizon decides to push an update (if they ever do.) The problem is that our phones are becoming more and more like computers, with all of the advantages and disadvantages that comes along with that, but we don't have the ability to do whatever we want with the software on those computers.
*shrug*, you don't always have a promise of a security update with a lot of software packages, even open source ones. I do what you are saying but it isn't enough to operate as a deal-breaker for me.
Don't waste your time, he's a liar.
He's also naive. This is a Democratic Republic. The electorate is never going to stand for a Congress that seeks to artificially raise their energy bills. Hell, cap and tax won't just raise energy costs, it will raise the cost of all consumer goods. Food in particular.
I do believe that we need to take steps to reduce our carbon emissions (the national security implications of our dependence on foreign oil are disturbing) but that's not going to be accomplished by Congress or the EPA imposing top heavy regulation and taxes on the entire economy.
Your Toba article calls out the 1000 breeding pairs.
Which was quoted as an example of the Earth not being a stable environment during the time of man, not as an example of what will happen if we don't reduce CO2 emissions.
You did say nothing happening now is cause for concern
Are you ever going to stop lying about what I've said?
Like your statement that I said the earth was a static environment?
You said: "It has, however, been remarkably stable since our species has existed."
I said: "I've disputed... your notion that the Earth has been stable since humans arrived but I've said little beyond that. "
I also said: "The Earth has never been a static environment before and it's not going to be so in the future."
You'll note that I never said you claimed the Earth was a static environment. If you are going to keep lying you might as well try lying about something that isn't so easily to disprove.
you started the name calling ;-)
Where?
Even if we assume what you're saying, you're good with human kind being reduced to 1000 breeding pairs again?
Where did I say that? What credible study has suggested that's going to happen?
Another favorite point of deniers
Does it make it easier to dismiss someone when you can apply a loaded word like 'denier' to them? Have I claimed at any point in our little dialog that humans aren't having an impact? Have I claimed at any point that CO2 isn't a global warming gas? I've disputed the wisdom of a carbon tax and your notion that the Earth has been stable since humans arrived but I've said little beyond that.
You still seem to be saying 'we couldnt possibly affect the entire earth'
You seem to be good at putting words in my mouth and making up shit that I never said. Perhaps you ought to go back and re-read what I've said rather than applying your own prejudices towards me?
Which I don't understand. The question for me isn't whether or not the carrier locks down my phone. The question is whether or not I can do what I want with it. If I can then I'll buy the phone. If not I'll find something else.
Verizon locks down the ability of all their dumbphones to accept ringtones and wallpapers outside of the VCast walled garden. With many models of Motorola phones it's trivially easy to bypass these restrictions and do what you want. Some of the Motorola phones (the RAZR line was famous for this) even had leaked versions of non-VZW firmware that could be loaded. I bought these phones knowing full well that I could customize them to do what I want and still have access to Verizon's network.
Ditto with the smartphones. Virtually all of the android phones can be rooted. That gives you the ability to remove unwanted Verizon software (VCast, VZ Navigator, etc.), the ability to enable wi-fi tethering without paying an additional fee for the privilege, the ability to block ads and so on. This is all I could ask for from my phone, so I'm content to own a Motorola Droid-X.
If you want more than that then Verizon and the Android line of phones they offer probably isn't for you. There's nothing stopping you from buying a completely unlocked GSM phone and going with T-Mobile or AT&T. Heck, I'd join T-Mobile in a New York Minute if they had decent rural coverage. Their network in Upstate NY is a pathetic joke though. Verizon works just about everywhere around these parts. I can do everything I want to with the phones that I've bought from them. What more do I need?
It has, however, been remarkably stable since our species has existed.
No, actually it hasn't. Those are just off the top of my head and limited to the geologically insignificant amount of time that humans have been around.
like rising sea levels, melting glaciers for instance?
All of which has happened before without any human intervention and which will happen again with or without humans.
or do you want to wait until the tipping point is past before trying to mitigate what we're doing?
What "tipping point"? Do you really believe there is some magical line that we will cross, after which we are doomed?
From your head in the sand ostrich positions, logic and science do certainly look elitist...
Yey, another insult. I guess it's too hard for you to engage in a respectful dialog on this particular issue. Are you normally this offensive or are you just incapable of having your belief system challenged?
RIM is pretty well dead. They'll hang on like Palm at this point.
RIM is doing just fine in the corporate and governmental world.
Android would have come out and had its users but when I upgraded my phone before I got my Droid, I would have purchased an iPhone if it were available on Verizon, and I may not have purchased the Droid if it were available when I upgraded that time.
So you are taking your own decisions and applying them to the millions of people that are part of the smartphone market? That's kind of silly. Android would have established a foot hold regardless of what Apple did. Each has it's own strengths and weaknesses. Apple's exclusivity might have helped Google gain market share faster than it otherwise would have but I don't see how you make the leap from that to Apple would have "dominated" the market.
Besides, you miss the larger picture. Could Apple have gotten the phone to market the way they wanted without going exclusive? I don't like their business practices but they did force one carrier to allow them to sell a phone outside of their walled garden. The rest had to follow just to compete. Apple will never see a dime of my money but I'm grateful to them for opening up this market in the same manner as they opened up the online music market.
Heck, even the Pentagon is trying to get off fossil fuels; or are they just green hippies too?
The Pentagon is trying to get off it for logistical considerations, nothing more, nothing less.
No I mean the CO2 from millions of years that is being released over the course of a couple hundred years. It tends to have effects on the equilibrium when you push a million years of effect into a single century.
*shrug*, life has survived on this blue marble through a lot worse than humanity dumping carbon into the atmosphere. Humanity itself has survived worse. We'll be just fine. Perhaps you should have more faith in the ability of life and humans to adapt to a changing environment? The Earth has never been a static environment before and it's not going to be so in the future.
Thank you for playing 'be the idiot'! you're doing great!
Classic elitist attitude. If I don't agree with you I must be an idiot.
pple had their chance to completely dominate the phone market and they've blown it with their exclusivity to AT&T/GSM.
For shits and giggles, how could Apple have "dominated" the phone market even if they hadn't gone exclusive with AT&T? Do you think that Google would never have tried if the iPhone had a larger marketshare? Do you think that RIM would have just folded up shop and quit the market if the iPhone had a larger marketshare?
DroidX is locked down
Says who? You can root it, remove the bloatware and generally do whatever the hell you want with it if you are inclined to do so.
Verizon botched the Froyo rollout on it
"Botched"? They missed a deadline because of Exchange issues but the roll out did eventually happen and seems to be going just fine.
and trust me you won't like Verizon's V-Cast shovelware
Thankfully you aren't required to use it. It's just an icon on the phone. You can even remove that icon if you are inclined to do so.
What is the cost of releasing all the CO2 into the air?
Unknown and impossible to quantify, but thanks for playing.
You tax the polluting stuff
You mean the stuff that I'm breathing out right now? Good luck with that.
Same with Denmark, the "world leader in wind power" (thanks to subsidies by Danish taxpayers) with the highest electricity costs in Europe to show for it
The extreme wing of the environmentalist movement WANTS your electricity to cost more. They know that people will never voluntarily accept a reduced standard of living so they seek to impose it through the backdoor by raising energy costs.
I was thinking they should install them near Chuck Schumer. Think of all the wasted energy from those camera lights that follow him everywhere that could be harnessed.....
Exactly. If a LEO approaches me and offers to murder my estranged ex-wife for $20,000 that's entrapment. If I'm seeking out a hitman on my own and a LEO poses as one that's not entrapment.
occupational health and safety rules.
Of course Government has gone too far in the other direction on this. My employer got fined over $2,000 by OSHA because they had a space heater with an exposed fan in our facilities shop. The fact that said space heater was 12 feet off the ground meant nothing to the OSHA bureaucrat. Apparently somebody could bring a ladder over, climb up to the heater and get their hands caught in that fan or something....
Healthcare. Firefighting. Police. Armies. Roads. Power. Water. Un-Pollution. Safety (melanin in your babyfood?).
Only two of those (police and armies) need to be run by the Government.
Health-care: Better left up to individuals
Firefighting: Typically a Government role, but not required to be. The first firefighting companies were privately owned and run by fire insurance companies. Many communities still rely on volunteer fire companies that have no connection with Government besides the Government drawing the lines for their district and allowing them to collect taxes within that district.
Roads: Probably better owned by the Government but they aren't required to be built by the Government.
Power: Why should this be owned or delivered by Government?
Water: See comment regarding power.
Un-Pollution: WTF is "un-pollution"?
Safety: The UL seems to be doing a good job of ensuring that my electrical appliances are safe. By contrast, the FDA has allowed bad drugs onto the marketplace. The USDA has allowed bad food onto the marketplace. Shall I go on?
Sub-prime mortgages? Derivatives-build-from-derivatives ad nauseum?
Neither of which would have been as big of an issue if Government hadn't kept interest rates low and money artificially cheap.
I'd trust Reagan more on cost-effectiveness than Obama, whose answer to every question is "YES".
That's not quite true. Obama's answer on civil liberties has been "NO!" every single time. FISA, warrantless GPS tracking, an internet kill switch, RKBA, the 1st amendment, blah, blah, blah, blah.
I always knew I'd disagree with Obama on domestic policy but I actually had hopes for him on civil liberties. Won't make that mistake again.....
Does it snow much in DC?
No. And when it does they shut the whole city down. I'm from Upstate NY -- we don't stop our normal routine for anything short of whiteout blizzard conditions. DC shuts down if they get more than a dusting. That's probably a good thing because none of the morons on the roadways south of the Mason-Dixon line have any clue how to drive in snow.
Why wasn't he charged with attempted espionage?