The point was to drag the US economy down as punishment for being decadent capitalists. The fact that we are rapidly replacing coal with natural gas and reducing CO2 emissions while keeping our economy healthy has the greenies' panties in a bunch.
Give them a few years. Global warming will be forgotten about and some other Evil will be identified which must be pursued at the expense of our economic health.
Lava? TFA says water. So the approach might be to circulate water through deep strata, dissolve the minerals out and pump them back to the surface. Flash evaporate that and pump the water back.
It might be interesting to revisit some old oil or natural gas wells that have been injected with water to increase their yield. The water has had time to dissolve minerals, so now we can bring it to the surface and see what settles out.
Are we certain that the casino doesn't fix some games? And what they are pissed about is that someone figured out their system and used it for their own gain.
... my company only does cash business with the government. Payments to be made in small, non-sequential serial numbered bills. To be deposited at a designated locker at a bus station.
Back before e-mail, someone wrote a letter to the offices of some company, complaining about their product or service. A few days later, he received a nicely worded apologetic letter. Attached to the letter was the post-it note, written by the recipient in the company which read, "Send this son-of-a-bitch our standard apology form letter."
So when I hear somebody on the Tea-party style right claim they haven't noticed a lot of racism at meetings, or any racist incidents at all, or similar statements, I just assume they are either incredibly clueless or deliberately lying.
They might not actually be racist. Race is just an attribute of Obama that they can leverage to shut down discussion of issues. I'm much less likely to engage in an exchange of ideas on immigration or healthcare with someone who keeps using that N word.
So it's not about trolls "winning" in terms of successfully persuading people, but only in terms of successfully destroying any chance of a reasonable debate.
And that's what they win. Solutions to problems are more likely to be formulated by people in the middle of the road or those willing to accept a compromise position. People at the far edges of an issue aren't likely to compromise or change their views. So if one side or the other perceives some interest of theirs to be close to a settlement not in their interest, they pile on and drive the pragmatic people away.
There's another effect at work as well. Gladwell addressed it in his book, Blink. Once can program people to subconsciously adopt a certain perception of someone or something by repeating propaganda. Even when consciously people know the statements are untrue.
There's nothing that makes me think about the plight of the LGBT community more than seeing the loonies from the Westboro Baptist Church screeching about them. Same with neo-Nazi groups, anti-immigrant activists and others.
Some people have rather complex lighting setups with multiple fixture types that need to be controlled for various uses. In a media room/den, for example, lighting needs to be changed for reading, playing pool, watching the flat screen, etc. So these systems have their place.
The 'farting around' is done by the installers, who have much more flexibility with such systems than they do with hard-wired ones. All the end user sees is a couple of buttons on the wall to set the lighting for various uses.
Once these systems are in place, extra functions like a panic 'all on' mode or random vacation light cycling are trivially easy to implement.
It wasn't that long ago that dumb LED bulbs cost about $50 apiece. I just replaced a couple of PAR 30 floodlight bulbs with LED units (dimmable). Cost: $12 each.
The article raises some interesting issues. It's probably better to install smart switches and plugs than smart LED bulbs. Better yet, a smart switch that interrogates the bulb (or other fixture) for capabilities. If it sees an incandescent lamp, it just dims. If the bulb replies with an RGB capability, the switch forwards it the appropriate messages from your iDevice.
None of this will be worth a damn until the industry develops some standards (or the bad standards get washed out). I have an X10 system in my house (archaic by today's standards). But it works with any X10 manufacturer's components. Microsoft Home or Google Home aren't going to sell if customers have to buy Google Bulbs and Google Toasters.
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Hey! I though this thread was going to be a reminder to stock up on whale oil and wicks for the lamps we will need in lieu of the electric lamps
Have some CO2, buddy.
Of course he's an idiot. You need to change them green along your route.
I thought the whole point was to launch her into space, one way.
The point was to drag the US economy down as punishment for being decadent capitalists. The fact that we are rapidly replacing coal with natural gas and reducing CO2 emissions while keeping our economy healthy has the greenies' panties in a bunch.
Give them a few years. Global warming will be forgotten about and some other Evil will be identified which must be pursued at the expense of our economic health.
Lava? TFA says water. So the approach might be to circulate water through deep strata, dissolve the minerals out and pump them back to the surface. Flash evaporate that and pump the water back.
It might be interesting to revisit some old oil or natural gas wells that have been injected with water to increase their yield. The water has had time to dissolve minerals, so now we can bring it to the surface and see what settles out.
Are we certain that the casino doesn't fix some games? And what they are pissed about is that someone figured out their system and used it for their own gain.
Back before e-mail, someone wrote a letter to the offices of some company, complaining about their product or service. A few days later, he received a nicely worded apologetic letter. Attached to the letter was the post-it note, written by the recipient in the company which read, "Send this son-of-a-bitch our standard apology form letter."
So when I hear somebody on the Tea-party style right claim they haven't noticed a lot of racism at meetings, or any racist incidents at all, or similar statements, I just assume they are either incredibly clueless or deliberately lying.
They might not actually be racist. Race is just an attribute of Obama that they can leverage to shut down discussion of issues. I'm much less likely to engage in an exchange of ideas on immigration or healthcare with someone who keeps using that N word.
So it's not about trolls "winning" in terms of successfully persuading people, but only in terms of successfully destroying any chance of a reasonable debate.
And that's what they win. Solutions to problems are more likely to be formulated by people in the middle of the road or those willing to accept a compromise position. People at the far edges of an issue aren't likely to compromise or change their views. So if one side or the other perceives some interest of theirs to be close to a settlement not in their interest, they pile on and drive the pragmatic people away.
There's another effect at work as well. Gladwell addressed it in his book, Blink. Once can program people to subconsciously adopt a certain perception of someone or something by repeating propaganda. Even when consciously people know the statements are untrue.
I was going to mod your post +Funny, but I used up all my points on the 'In Soviet Russia...' quips.
There's nothing that makes me think about the plight of the LGBT community more than seeing the loonies from the Westboro Baptist Church screeching about them. Same with neo-Nazi groups, anti-immigrant activists and others.
Some people have rather complex lighting setups with multiple fixture types that need to be controlled for various uses. In a media room/den, for example, lighting needs to be changed for reading, playing pool, watching the flat screen, etc. So these systems have their place.
The 'farting around' is done by the installers, who have much more flexibility with such systems than they do with hard-wired ones. All the end user sees is a couple of buttons on the wall to set the lighting for various uses.
Once these systems are in place, extra functions like a panic 'all on' mode or random vacation light cycling are trivially easy to implement.
Less tomorrow.
It wasn't that long ago that dumb LED bulbs cost about $50 apiece. I just replaced a couple of PAR 30 floodlight bulbs with LED units (dimmable). Cost: $12 each.
The article raises some interesting issues. It's probably better to install smart switches and plugs than smart LED bulbs. Better yet, a smart switch that interrogates the bulb (or other fixture) for capabilities. If it sees an incandescent lamp, it just dims. If the bulb replies with an RGB capability, the switch forwards it the appropriate messages from your iDevice.
None of this will be worth a damn until the industry develops some standards (or the bad standards get washed out). I have an X10 system in my house (archaic by today's standards). But it works with any X10 manufacturer's components. Microsoft Home or Google Home aren't going to sell if customers have to buy Google Bulbs and Google Toasters.
Stand by for the snu-snu.
Your check wasn't big enough.
It just reinforces the prejudice that Catholics do not believe in individual rights when those rights but against the desires of the Vatican.
Oh, all right. I confess. Now would you please back that rack off a click or two?
"He no playa the game, he no maka the rules."
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." -- Keyser Soze
No. I went here.
Now get off my lawn, kid!
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