You assume all the people put to death are actually guilty of the crime. This is certainly not true. Also, as the GP implied, plenty of people who are guilty of the crime don't get put to death. When was the last time you heard of a wealthy well-connected person sentenced to death?
Most of humanity lives close to a coastline. 10 feet is a lot for those people. Even if they are not directly flooded by a 10 foot rise it makes the effects of tsunamis or storm surges very different. Also many nuclear power plants are right on the coast (they generally need a source of water for cooling) - so imagine Fukushima many times over.
That's a lot of assumption you made there. Who drives 200 miles per day? I drive about 10 miles per day - I know that's shorter than most people, but I would probably move or change jobs if it was a lot more - which makes more sense than buying a very expensive electric car. I would never drive 100 miles per day except on vacation.
BTW, I do have solar panels, but they don't make enough power to cover my current usage without an electric car, and there is no room to add more (badly shaped roof and lots of trees).
It makes a lot more sense if you are already a multi-car family - but that probably describes the majority of families in the US. Replace one car with EV and keep the other for long trips. Even if only 25% of the cars in the US were EV it could make a big difference.
There aren't really millions of anybody who can afford a Tesla. I suppose I technically could, but it would make a big dent in my retirement/lifestyle, so I wouldn't say I really qualify. Upper-middle class can't, you pretty much have to be in the 1%. You can't compare to Apple - an iPhone is a much smaller purchase, easy to save up for if you are middle class, and not that much more than another type of smart phone.
The kind of willful ignorance exhibited by the anti-vax crowd and the christian right is certainly indoctrinated into children by the parents. The children will likely display the same trait as the parent. Certainly some children overcome it, but that is a de novo mutation. Evolution is always statistical, not absolute, and nothing has to be 100%. So if you have 2 populations, and one is less likely to survive than the other because of a trait like this, I think that is a valid invocation of Darwin's name.
I think sterile needles would probably be the weak point. Other than that I agree that vaccine and antibiotics are low tech and among the most important things to have.
The problem with the sentence is not "and" versus "or", it is really the placement of the word "other" e.g. "smallpox and other unknown diseases and guns".
Avoiding the available security updates for XP seems particularly kooky to me. Backup before you install the patch (you should be backing up anyway) and restore if it trashes your system.
This. Plus there is an assumption that if losses decrease insurance premiums will decrease, as opposed to the insurance companies just pocketing the profits.
I agree. I hate this episode. I can suspend disbelief about how ridiculous a universal translator is in the first place and enjoy most episodes, but not an episode that specifically calls attention to the universal translator. Most SciFi has some ridiculous elements that exist purely for convenience and should not be turned into plot devices. Except for Doctor Who, which can turn any kitsch into cool.
So I could equip my car with rocket launchers to blast away any obstacles, and it's not my fault that the other cars can't safely deal with my rockets?
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You assume all the people put to death are actually guilty of the crime. This is certainly not true. Also, as the GP implied, plenty of people who are guilty of the crime don't get put to death. When was the last time you heard of a wealthy well-connected person sentenced to death?
I consider Mexico to be part of North America, as does whoever named the "North American Free Trade Agreement".
Look at what's happening to Apple.
Their stock is up and they are selling more than ever?
What would be at the other end of the HDMI cable that is providing internet? Nothing, unless I setup internet on that device as well.
Just don't enter your WiFi password. It can't report home if it can't connect to the internet.
i.e. it is easy to turn a smart TV into a dumb one.
Of course the re-election of Obama in 2012 could also been seen as referendum on the popularity of the ACA.
Most of humanity lives close to a coastline. 10 feet is a lot for those people. Even if they are not directly flooded by a 10 foot rise it makes the effects of tsunamis or storm surges very different. Also many nuclear power plants are right on the coast (they generally need a source of water for cooling) - so imagine Fukushima many times over.
I don't know any of them either. I wonder if anyone really uses it.
Some of us might like to think of "the fool" as "the honest individual". I guess it depends on the quality of your moral compass.
or "dirty fink". Hey, my compass works fine.
That's a lot of assumption you made there. Who drives 200 miles per day? I drive about 10 miles per day - I know that's shorter than most people, but I would probably move or change jobs if it was a lot more - which makes more sense than buying a very expensive electric car. I would never drive 100 miles per day except on vacation.
BTW, I do have solar panels, but they don't make enough power to cover my current usage without an electric car, and there is no room to add more (badly shaped roof and lots of trees).
who wantonly flout truth-in-labeling laws by selling X Mbps service and balk at providing it.
Actually Comcast promises me "up to" 20 Mbps, and true to their word they've never given me more than that.
as good of service as you can expect from Verizon...
My expectations are extremely low for Verizon
It makes a lot more sense if you are already a multi-car family - but that probably describes the majority of families in the US. Replace one car with EV and keep the other for long trips. Even if only 25% of the cars in the US were EV it could make a big difference.
There aren't really millions of anybody who can afford a Tesla. I suppose I technically could, but it would make a big dent in my retirement/lifestyle, so I wouldn't say I really qualify. Upper-middle class can't, you pretty much have to be in the 1%. You can't compare to Apple - an iPhone is a much smaller purchase, easy to save up for if you are middle class, and not that much more than another type of smart phone.
ignorance is not inherited
The kind of willful ignorance exhibited by the anti-vax crowd and the christian right is certainly indoctrinated into children by the parents. The children will likely display the same trait as the parent. Certainly some children overcome it, but that is a de novo mutation. Evolution is always statistical, not absolute, and nothing has to be 100%. So if you have 2 populations, and one is less likely to survive than the other because of a trait like this, I think that is a valid invocation of Darwin's name.
I think sterile needles would probably be the weak point. Other than that I agree that vaccine and antibiotics are low tech and among the most important things to have.
The problem with the sentence is not "and" versus "or", it is really the placement of the word "other" e.g. "smallpox and other unknown diseases and guns".
Avoiding the available security updates for XP seems particularly kooky to me. Backup before you install the patch (you should be backing up anyway) and restore if it trashes your system.
Stuck with IE8? How about Firefox or Chrome, both of which still support XP. Why would you be using IE anyway?
This. Plus there is an assumption that if losses decrease insurance premiums will decrease, as opposed to the insurance companies just pocketing the profits.
It wasn't "found" in tobacco, it was inserted into tobacco by genetic engineering. Even by slashdot standards that is a terrible summary.
I agree. I hate this episode. I can suspend disbelief about how ridiculous a universal translator is in the first place and enjoy most episodes, but not an episode that specifically calls attention to the universal translator. Most SciFi has some ridiculous elements that exist purely for convenience and should not be turned into plot devices. Except for Doctor Who, which can turn any kitsch into cool.
So I could equip my car with rocket launchers to blast away any obstacles, and it's not my fault that the other cars can't safely deal with my rockets?
Maybe the next KITT will be a Tesla. It's only important that the bad guys have big fireball explosions.
Axis perpendicular to the road. Plane of rotation parallel to the road.