Be careful what you wish for... (that said, some form of pykrete based on translucent fibers could largely do the trick, especially for various values of "room temperature")
Why would my proposals for religious themed "rides" couldn't be build?! It's not like I propose reconstructions of god-sanctioned ethnic cleansing...;p (building from the ground-up of said proposals is not even strictly necessary, one can easily find lots of close enough examples - and how could I forget "The untold adventures of Mary Magdalene"?;) )
I was almost hoping for some base jumping/etc. there.
That's not very precise - the energy for every ascend of orbiting point mass is basically contained within that body, in relation to whatever-it-orbits-around.
With a thrown rock the energy balance isn't so tidy...
It doesn't matter. While, sure, conservatism (the concept) largely fails throughout history (particularly in the case of the faithful - most of the present ones would be very strong heretics in the eyes of quite recent ones) - mere "spawning offspring" is enough for those societal systems. However colorful it would be, however unlike the past. How it is perceived as unchanging divine revelation is what matters.
Evolutionary beneficent overall, including leaving more offspring "for" put-what-demands-them-here, otherwise those approaches wouldn't take hold.
But yes, evolution doesn't care much about "how" - the outcome matters. Though going to the level of Idiocracy would essentially require magic, as you wrote (to be fair - it's not beyond the realm of possibility in this area;p ) - faiths not only were and still largely are a helpful trait, some flavors of them ultimately also promote understanding (by having one, (perceived as) rational overmind)...at least up to a certain level, as far as their own prosperity goes.
You can't seem to follow the simple rule in a non-lobbyist controlled environment of complaint leading to duty of investigation (nothing more); I doubt explaining to you the differences between, say, monopoly (natural, non abusive!) and monopsony would be productive.
Maybe more like - people are just horrible in thinking on large scales; their small car is obviously so much more benign than enormous powerplant...
Another way it could go wrong (again, mostly because of large scales hiding it) is a variant of Jevons paradox. Cars being used much more leniently / "oh but my car is so 'green' after all". Which in itself doesn't have to be so bad.
However, it might set a bad example for many places throughout the world which will have few EVs, at best, for quite some time. In many of them there are some amounts of (post)colonial mentality / equating success with outwards habits, results of it at best (even if misguided, even if it's largely a case of copying of mistakes)
I'm pretty sure you have some weird notion that monopoly must be "bad"...
Glad you clear how you are certain that Google can't do wrong, hence checking complaints is unnecessary. But I'm baffled at how "dismissal of complaints" is not a sane result to you...
From where I am, everybody was complaining that post-9.2x dropped most of the characteristics which made Opera really worthwhile (and no crashes in either, it wasn't about stability in late 9.x and early 10.x)
You know, you could at least bother to glance at further discussion...
(furthermore, I don't see clear "fanatic Muslims extremists" in the story, so it's funny how you point out any possible inaccuracies of it later on; and training taking over might as well produce a mindless drone perpetrating war crimes / ignoring chatter announcing surrender)
Uhm, actually no - we supposedly very clearly disagree with such assessment, ever since Nuremberg Principles (and those were in the times of draft under threat of severe consequences)
And generally, as to the "idiots who sent the soldier to war" - do you really think the military wasn't enthusiastic about the invasion? (NVM enthusiasm of the society...)
Of course they are a monopoly in few areas. Being a monopoly and being an abusive ("illegal") monopoly are two different things.
This investigation is not because they are popular - it's because somebody filled a proper, formal compliant. It's validity needs to be checked (and from the looks of it - probably won't be pursued further). What, you want to give some companies an absolute benefit of the doubt, blindly believe in "do no evil"?
Stop being so (willfully?) confused. The EU has a duty to protect its consumers from abuses (don't like a market which protects consumers? Go somewhere else) It needs to look closer to determine if complaints of such things happening are justified.
Thing is - they portray themselves as impartial; Google response to antitrust investigators was that their results are unbiased, algorithmically objective.
Having a duty to investigate formal compliants about possible anticompetitve practices (that is the total sum of this story so far) is a case of "unmitigated greed and a failed political/legal system", really? It's no longer a simple case of "using them is optional" when some company can have big enough impact, when it has the capability to harm the market and consumers.
Granted - very valid reasons and circumstances. As long as "why was his unit in the theater in the first place? And was he drafted?" have better answers than in the case of Iraqi invasion.
(and BTW "what he was trained to do" sometimes gives unpleasant results when it takes the form of scenario fulfillment)
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What I want to know - why would anybody lick metal poles at any time of the year?
Be careful what you wish for... (that said, some form of pykrete based on translucent fibers could largely do the trick, especially for various values of "room temperature")
Basic logical deduction should give you a hint for the reason of mentioning MS (for which abusive is only a subset), also in regards to "100%."
Why would my proposals for religious themed "rides" couldn't be build?! It's not like I propose reconstructions of god-sanctioned ethnic cleansing... ;p (building from the ground-up of said proposals is not even strictly necessary, one can easily find lots of close enough examples - and how could I forget "The untold adventures of Mary Magdalene"? ;) )
I was almost hoping for some base jumping/etc. there.
That's not very precise - the energy for every ascend of orbiting point mass is basically contained within that body, in relation to whatever-it-orbits-around.
With a thrown rock the energy balance isn't so tidy...
MS was formally described as a monopoly. Did they have at any point 100% of anything, no choices around?
(I see you're also under the delusion that frivolous claims are not without consequences)
Thanks for playing, buffoon.
Adam & Eve, see how naughty they were
Throw a stone, liberals don't count
The miracle of wine
(?)
Not only amusement park attractions...
(and what would "The Angelic Flight Sky Wings" do precisely?)
It doesn't matter. While, sure, conservatism (the concept) largely fails throughout history (particularly in the case of the faithful - most of the present ones would be very strong heretics in the eyes of quite recent ones) - mere "spawning offspring" is enough for those societal systems. However colorful it would be, however unlike the past. How it is perceived as unchanging divine revelation is what matters.
Evolutionary beneficent overall, including leaving more offspring "for" put-what-demands-them-here, otherwise those approaches wouldn't take hold.
What about the in-breeding? ;)
But yes, evolution doesn't care much about "how" - the outcome matters. Though going to the level of Idiocracy would essentially require magic, as you wrote (to be fair - it's not beyond the realm of possibility in this area ;p ) - faiths not only were and still largely are a helpful trait, some flavors of them ultimately also promote understanding (by having one, (perceived as) rational overmind)...at least up to a certain level, as far as their own prosperity goes.
You can't seem to follow the simple rule in a non-lobbyist controlled environment of complaint leading to duty of investigation (nothing more); I doubt explaining to you the differences between, say, monopoly (natural, non abusive!) and monopsony would be productive.
Maybe more like - people are just horrible in thinking on large scales; their small car is obviously so much more benign than enormous powerplant...
Another way it could go wrong (again, mostly because of large scales hiding it) is a variant of Jevons paradox. Cars being used much more leniently / "oh but my car is so 'green' after all". Which in itself doesn't have to be so bad.
However, it might set a bad example for many places throughout the world which will have few EVs, at best, for quite some time. In many of them there are some amounts of (post)colonial mentality / equating success with outwards habits, results of it at best (even if misguided, even if it's largely a case of copying of mistakes)
But also - averaging, the descends and ascends cancel each other out ;p
Assuming stable orbit. And that it doesn't intersect the surface...
This wasn't about that instance of shooting, but very general circumstances which led to it...
I'm pretty sure you have some weird notion that monopoly must be "bad"...
Glad you clear how you are certain that Google can't do wrong, hence checking complaints is unnecessary. But I'm baffled at how "dismissal of complaints" is not a sane result to you...
From where I am, everybody was complaining that post-9.2x dropped most of the characteristics which made Opera really worthwhile (and no crashes in either, it wasn't about stability in late 9.x and early 10.x)
As opposed to...individual recollections?
Or you have problems with grasping something without (contrary to your critique) actual boundary, even if it's finite.
They accelerate like rocks. But not exactly drop anymore.
You know, you could at least bother to glance at further discussion...
(furthermore, I don't see clear "fanatic Muslims extremists" in the story, so it's funny how you point out any possible inaccuracies of it later on; and training taking over might as well produce a mindless drone perpetrating war crimes / ignoring chatter announcing surrender)
Uhm, actually no - we supposedly very clearly disagree with such assessment, ever since Nuremberg Principles (and those were in the times of draft under threat of severe consequences)
And generally, as to the "idiots who sent the soldier to war" - do you really think the military wasn't enthusiastic about the invasion? (NVM enthusiasm of the society...)
Of course they are a monopoly in few areas. Being a monopoly and being an abusive ("illegal") monopoly are two different things.
This investigation is not because they are popular - it's because somebody filled a proper, formal compliant. It's validity needs to be checked (and from the looks of it - probably won't be pursued further). What, you want to give some companies an absolute benefit of the doubt, blindly believe in "do no evil"?
Stop being so (willfully?) confused. The EU has a duty to protect its consumers from abuses (don't like a market which protects consumers? Go somewhere else) It needs to look closer to determine if complaints of such things happening are justified.
So why did Google portray their results as unbiased, algorithmically objective when they were questioned by antitrust investigators?
Thing is - they portray themselves as impartial; Google response to antitrust investigators was that their results are unbiased, algorithmically objective.
Having a duty to investigate formal compliants about possible anticompetitve practices (that is the total sum of this story so far) is a case of "unmitigated greed and a failed political/legal system", really? It's no longer a simple case of "using them is optional" when some company can have big enough impact, when it has the capability to harm the market and consumers.
Granted - very valid reasons and circumstances. As long as "why was his unit in the theater in the first place? And was he drafted?" have better answers than in the case of Iraqi invasion.
(and BTW "what he was trained to do" sometimes gives unpleasant results when it takes the form of scenario fulfillment)
Ehhh...you missed the point / check basic history of Northern Alliance. You know, our allies...