It';s been proven that both Yelp and TripAdvisor will phone businesses moments after bad reviews are posted and offer to have them hidden for a large sum of money - Yelp in particular strongly denied this then were caught at it again a few weeks later
A proper application of Shari'a law would allow the one who felt harmed by an action to respond by doing equal harm by the same methods.
I would like to invite every offended moslem to make a bad film about something Nakoulah or whatever his name cares about, then post it on Youtube. Troll back the troll!! And go away secure in the approval of your lord. And stop fucking whining.
I think it would be fairer to say that it's long been expedient to pretend that Pakistan is not what it is, which is to say an absolute enemy of Western nations. It was all a part of the greater game (cold war, then indian-subcontinent regional stability reasons, then later the need for some sort of play regarding Afghanistan.
The Ottoman empire was the first cosmopolitan, tolerant empire on earth. It is the place where multiculturalism was invented. It's worth a mention.... Also, regarding the grandfather post, Islam's only about 1370 years old. Hasn't matured yet, sadly...
Actually its not entirely wrong - in Jerusalem a vibrant Jewish population was protected and respected by Saladin, and later slaughtered by European knights when the city was taken.
Also 50,000 poles were executed by nazis for being caught shielding Jews. Also the highest number of any European occupied state. So I may be wrong but have some facts on my side. I didnt know about the extraordinary survival rate of Danish Jews.
I'm not normally one to take the State of Israel's word on things generally - they and I have our disagreements - but when the Israelis stated that Poles were among the most active and enthusiastic saviours of jews I saw little reason to disbelieve them.
Of the 'righteous among the gentiles' - people recognised by that nation as having excelled in their care of jews - 6266 Poles are counted, the highest number of any European state. Israel has also gone on the record as believing that up to 3 million poles actively involved themselves in the shielding and care of jews who would otherwise be rounded up, with 450,000 jews surviving the war through their care.
I did also see that docu, and I understand your point - but to credit the Polish population, their record of shielding jews from the Nazis was actually pretty impressive. More Jews (as a proportion) were successfully shielded there than in most Occupied states. Its only with time that the lessons are being forgotten.
IBM had to pay heavy compensation after its precursor company refusing to 'pick sides' in the 1930s and providing tabulating equipment to the German state that was later used to simplify the accounting for how many lives were to be ended. Arguably this is a Godwin case but yes, sometimes the failure to pick sides is a moral failing.
It may be a different scenario but it's effectively the same underlying issue. Right wingers believe 2 human body types means 2 human genders. A lot of modern viewpoints would say there are at least 4 genders.... maybe more.
To be fair its more shocking in the nation that hosts the Auschwicz site, that such backward positions are still held there despite the local evidence of where such roads lead.
Microsoft have been targeted by right wing faith- (hate-) groups for their pro-gay-rights positions so I assume you're right.
I vaguely recall the company being asked (by same hate groups) to dismiss a prominent equality rights activist and flatly refusing, choosing instead to endorse his positions.
I am generally inclined to agree - that the best (in terms of technology, emissions, economics and energy security) route is probably internal-combustion+electric transmission/battery hybrid cars. We do though need to be careful about the feedstock of choice for the fuel production, as not everyone has the land and time to make their own.
Companies operating in free markets will pick the lowest costs of production and or highest value end markets above ethical considerations. This *could* lead to people in neighbouring states paying more for basic foodstuffs as it becomes more efficient to plant fuel than food crops. Or because crops are bought to use as feedstock for alcohol rather than food for people.
Personally I'm hoping for better bio-gas fuels. petrol/gasoline engines can run quite easily on gas as long as they have good enough injectors and hardened valve seats.
Dual mass flywheels, high pressure / common-rail injection, variable geometry turbochargers, all have had a catastrophic effect on diesel reliability. I have driven several old-school diesels to very high mileages but when it was time to change car most recently I bought a petrol car to convert to gas.. as I no longer trust modern diesel technology
I'm European. We have different views over here, while still being free-market capitalists.
Our EU parliament and commissioners have been working for a while to even up the regulatory shortfall by assessing the likely economic benefits per product of not complying with environmental legislation and adding that cost as an import tax, the idea being to require suppliers making products for EU markets to produce them to EU environmental standards, or pay a tax that would be designed to cancel out the economic benefits of using polluting options.
Ways it would work include factoring in the electrical cost and taxing a carbon charge on the difference between net pollution per KwH here and per KwH there. We're planning to levy the same idea on aviation to the EU, at which point it wil suddenly become news in the USA as I dont imagine your long-haul airlines will be very pleased. You could do it too, based mainly at China.
When you;re as big as either the EU collectively or the USA singly, little things like pre-existing agreements can be overridden or overwritten, its just a matter of willpower and courage.
the generator causes parasitic drag when under load from electrical usage. More efficient headlamps > lower current > less generator drag > same speed with accelerator under less pressure > improved fuel economy
Electrical efficiency in cars matters. I keep detailed brim-to-brim fuel records going back years for my car.
Over the last 18 months as LED aftermarket technology improved I have changed all bulbs bar the main and dipped-beam headlamps and some inaccessible panel backlights over to LED. I have seen a detectable improvement in fuel economy (about 1.5%) from knocking barely 50 watts off the power load. I am pretty sure it starts better too, as the battery is in an improved state of charge perhaps.
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It';s been proven that both Yelp and TripAdvisor will phone businesses moments after bad reviews are posted and offer to have them hidden for a large sum of money - Yelp in particular strongly denied this then were caught at it again a few weeks later
..was the old word for it.
A proper application of Shari'a law would allow the one who felt harmed by an action to respond by doing equal harm by the same methods.
I would like to invite every offended moslem to make a bad film about something Nakoulah or whatever his name cares about, then post it on Youtube. Troll back the troll!! And go away secure in the approval of your lord. And stop fucking whining.
interesting post, thank you.
I think it would be fairer to say that it's long been expedient to pretend that Pakistan is not what it is, which is to say an absolute enemy of Western nations. It was all a part of the greater game (cold war, then indian-subcontinent regional stability reasons, then later the need for some sort of play regarding Afghanistan.
The Ottoman empire was the first cosmopolitan, tolerant empire on earth. It is the place where multiculturalism was invented. It's worth a mention.... Also, regarding the grandfather post, Islam's only about 1370 years old. Hasn't matured yet, sadly...
Actually its not entirely wrong - in Jerusalem a vibrant Jewish population was protected and respected by Saladin, and later slaughtered by European knights when the city was taken.
Thanks for the interesting extra context
Also 50,000 poles were executed by nazis for being caught shielding Jews. Also the highest number of any European occupied state. So I may be wrong but have some facts on my side. I didnt know about the extraordinary survival rate of Danish Jews.
I'm not normally one to take the State of Israel's word on things generally - they and I have our disagreements - but when the Israelis stated that Poles were among the most active and enthusiastic saviours of jews I saw little reason to disbelieve them.
Of the 'righteous among the gentiles' - people recognised by that nation as having excelled in their care of jews - 6266 Poles are counted, the highest number of any European state. Israel has also gone on the record as believing that up to 3 million poles actively involved themselves in the shielding and care of jews who would otherwise be rounded up, with 450,000 jews surviving the war through their care.
I did also see that docu, and I understand your point - but to credit the Polish population, their record of shielding jews from the Nazis was actually pretty impressive. More Jews (as a proportion) were successfully shielded there than in most Occupied states. Its only with time that the lessons are being forgotten.
IBM had to pay heavy compensation after its precursor company refusing to 'pick sides' in the 1930s and providing tabulating equipment to the German state that was later used to simplify the accounting for how many lives were to be ended.
Arguably this is a Godwin case but yes, sometimes the failure to pick sides is a moral failing.
It may be a different scenario but it's effectively the same underlying issue. Right wingers believe 2 human body types means 2 human genders. A lot of modern viewpoints would say there are at least 4 genders.... maybe more.
To be fair its more shocking in the nation that hosts the Auschwicz site, that such backward positions are still held there despite the local evidence of where such roads lead.
Microsoft have been targeted by right wing faith- (hate-) groups for their pro-gay-rights positions so I assume you're right.
I vaguely recall the company being asked (by same hate groups) to dismiss a prominent equality rights activist and flatly refusing, choosing instead to endorse his positions.
the grandparent was, IMO, being funny, not trolling - but this is right.
I am generally inclined to agree - that the best (in terms of technology, emissions, economics and energy security) route is probably internal-combustion+electric transmission/battery hybrid cars. We do though need to be careful about the feedstock of choice for the fuel production, as not everyone has the land and time to make their own.
Companies operating in free markets will pick the lowest costs of production and or highest value end markets above ethical considerations. This *could* lead to people in neighbouring states paying more for basic foodstuffs as it becomes more efficient to plant fuel than food crops. Or because crops are bought to use as feedstock for alcohol rather than food for people.
Personally I'm hoping for better bio-gas fuels. petrol/gasoline engines can run quite easily on gas as long as they have good enough injectors and hardened valve seats.
Dual mass flywheels, high pressure / common-rail injection, variable geometry turbochargers, all have had a catastrophic effect on diesel reliability. I have driven several old-school diesels to very high mileages but when it was time to change car most recently I bought a petrol car to convert to gas.. as I no longer trust modern diesel technology
I suspect that neither "believe" nor "think" mean what they understand them as, either....
I'm European. We have different views over here, while still being free-market capitalists.
Our EU parliament and commissioners have been working for a while to even up the regulatory shortfall by assessing the likely economic benefits per product of not complying with environmental legislation and adding that cost as an import tax, the idea being to require suppliers making products for EU markets to produce them to EU environmental standards, or pay a tax that would be designed to cancel out the economic benefits of using polluting options.
Ways it would work include factoring in the electrical cost and taxing a carbon charge on the difference between net pollution per KwH here and per KwH there. We're planning to levy the same idea on aviation to the EU, at which point it wil suddenly become news in the USA as I dont imagine your long-haul airlines will be very pleased. You could do it too, based mainly at China.
When you;re as big as either the EU collectively or the USA singly, little things like pre-existing agreements can be overridden or overwritten, its just a matter of willpower and courage.
Principally that in a society where slaves are cheap but firewood or coal are expensive, steam engines aren't a priority
A tiger, in Africa?
the generator causes parasitic drag when under load from electrical usage. More efficient headlamps > lower current > less generator drag > same speed with accelerator under less pressure > improved fuel economy
or blow out the CCD in the speed camera
Electrical efficiency in cars matters. I keep detailed brim-to-brim fuel records going back years for my car. Over the last 18 months as LED aftermarket technology improved I have changed all bulbs bar the main and dipped-beam headlamps and some inaccessible panel backlights over to LED. I have seen a detectable improvement in fuel economy (about 1.5%) from knocking barely 50 watts off the power load. I am pretty sure it starts better too, as the battery is in an improved state of charge perhaps.