I have more than 1500 "chemicals" in my refrigerator. They're all pretty harmless as a whole, though, and mostly mixed together in the form of thinly sliced animal muscles, plant reproductive organs, and various suspensions of hydrocarbons and acids.
Sheer quantity of "chemicals" does not a hazard make.
There is probably an Airgas retail shop within five miles of the grocery store (and from which you can also obtain industrial grade oxygen, liquid nitrogen (hey.. it's cheaper than milk!), acetylene, and a host of other interesting gases, liquids, and assorted equipment. Did you know that class 5 welding goggles are cheaper than drug store sunglasses?).
You can also get it from party stores, convenience stores, and some grocery stores. If you order some Omaha Steaks, and they arrive quickly, you'll have a small amount of it to play with remaining in the shipping container.
That was pretty brilliant of the record companies, though, don't you think? Make the medium out of nice, soft vinyl, and make the worthless, replaceable needle out of the hardest mineral on the Mohs scale.
Brilliant, that is, if you want to maximize the rate at which the media wear out.
And if you hate steak enough to order it ruined (with lots of nasty steak sauce to replace the flavor, I can only assume), why the heck would you eat at a steakhouse?
I'm sure that's why the waiter was annoyed with your brother.
Also, depending on the thickness, it can take over 20 minutes to cook a well-done steak, so your food probably wasn't actually delayed, they just had to time everything to match the thing with the longest cook-time, and If it didn't go on immediately, you were in for a long wait.
Yeah.. how many of those are for easily recycled scrap.. concrete, bulk metals, etc.
Electronics is hazardous waste. You have to either recycle it in a facility specifically devoted to it, or dispose of it in a hazardous waste facility.
For instance, even in the densely populated Northeast, the nearest facility to me for disposing/recycling CRTs and CFLs is an hour and a half drive, and you have to make an appointment. So yes, if someone has found something more convenient, I'd definitely want to know where it was.
They're not hilarious. They're completely relevant. Because "copying stuff" is so easy to do with a computer, it is important to have at least some familiarity with the laws regarding what stuff is ok to copy. Further, the basis of those laws is another relevant topic.
You should know not only that you shouldn't copy certain items, but also why it's a good idea that you don't.
Coefficient of performance. You can move more heat-"energy" than the energy you put in, but the very low temperature difference makes it low quality heat. Heat pumps become more effective the closer together the temperatures are. Sadly, heat-engines become less effective the closer the temperatures are.
Yeah, but a hollow earth would be pretty awesome, so the wishful thinking there can be understood. Think about it: you could have 0-g manufacturing facilities all over the void, transcontinental free-fall subways, spaceball stadiums...
If you sell all your games for $0 (your estimated marginal cost) How do you pay down the sunk costs (i.e. developer time, which I guarantee was neither free, nor "on spec" in anticipation of $0 profit per copy in the future.)
No, it forces you to go back to the publisher and beg for the $10k. Or not you specifically, but people who can't afford to pay the taxes on what their thing is worth while shopping it around.
Fortunately, I also have a half-baked solution to the problem which doesn't require any changes to the current laws. In fact, it works just as well under indefinite copyright as it does under properly limited copyright.
I call it the "don't wait for government to solve your problems" plan.
The trigger didn't actually move on the old movie props. Han just pointed his gun and greedo died. Later, a team of animators shot, and it was edited together to present the order of events most of us are familiar with.
Later still it was re-edited for a different version of events, but that is a story for another time.
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The word is "gypped." It's a racist slur meant to evoke images of conniving gypsies tricking you out of your treasure.
But that would be awesome. I'd pay to go on that ride.
Heh. I thought, "Featurette" But they're sure as heck going to charge full movie price for it.
No need, even. Just heat it up past the boiling point in a smooth container. Then tap.
This law you describe is sounding less and less like a "anti-drug" law and more and more like a clandestine "how-to" guide.
I have more than 1500 "chemicals" in my refrigerator. They're all pretty harmless as a whole, though, and mostly mixed together in the form of thinly sliced animal muscles, plant reproductive organs, and various suspensions of hydrocarbons and acids.
Sheer quantity of "chemicals" does not a hazard make.
There is probably an Airgas retail shop within five miles of the grocery store (and from which you can also obtain industrial grade oxygen, liquid nitrogen (hey.. it's cheaper than milk!), acetylene, and a host of other interesting gases, liquids, and assorted equipment. Did you know that class 5 welding goggles are cheaper than drug store sunglasses?).
You can also get it from party stores, convenience stores, and some grocery stores. If you order some Omaha Steaks, and they arrive quickly, you'll have a small amount of it to play with remaining in the shipping container.
That was pretty brilliant of the record companies, though, don't you think? Make the medium out of nice, soft vinyl, and make the worthless, replaceable needle out of the hardest mineral on the Mohs scale.
Brilliant, that is, if you want to maximize the rate at which the media wear out.
Oh fire could've done that. Oh, the irony that he gave away the one thing that could've saved him just before he got caught.
"Well done" != "Done Well"
And if you hate steak enough to order it ruined (with lots of nasty steak sauce to replace the flavor, I can only assume), why the heck would you eat at a steakhouse?
I'm sure that's why the waiter was annoyed with your brother.
Also, depending on the thickness, it can take over 20 minutes to cook a well-done steak, so your food probably wasn't actually delayed, they just had to time everything to match the thing with the longest cook-time, and If it didn't go on immediately, you were in for a long wait.
Wait.. does it cause or cure the stomachache? IIRC, the doctor was more than a little irritated for having his sleep interrupted...
Is that the software company? How would a software company even have a "lost time accident" anyway?
Yeah.. how many of those are for easily recycled scrap.. concrete, bulk metals, etc.
Electronics is hazardous waste. You have to either recycle it in a facility specifically devoted to it, or dispose of it in a hazardous waste facility.
For instance, even in the densely populated Northeast, the nearest facility to me for disposing/recycling CRTs and CFLs is an hour and a half drive, and you have to make an appointment. So yes, if someone has found something more convenient, I'd definitely want to know where it was.
They're not hilarious. They're completely relevant. Because "copying stuff" is so easy to do with a computer, it is important to have at least some familiarity with the laws regarding what stuff is ok to copy. Further, the basis of those laws is another relevant topic.
You should know not only that you shouldn't copy certain items, but also why it's a good idea that you don't.
If you were physically capable of doing that, I doubt you'd have any particular inclination to keep it a secret.
Coefficient of performance. You can move more heat-"energy" than the energy you put in, but the very low temperature difference makes it low quality heat. Heat pumps become more effective the closer together the temperatures are. Sadly, heat-engines become less effective the closer the temperatures are.
Well that sucks.
I guess we'll have to step up the open-pit copper mining, then. Yay environmentalism!
Yeah, but a hollow earth would be pretty awesome, so the wishful thinking there can be understood. Think about it: you could have 0-g manufacturing facilities all over the void, transcontinental free-fall subways, spaceball stadiums...
If you sell all your games for $0 (your estimated marginal cost) How do you pay down the sunk costs (i.e. developer time, which I guarantee was neither free, nor "on spec" in anticipation of $0 profit per copy in the future.)
It may be a lot, but it's also like half a yuan per Chinese.
How do you measure what the "chance of rain" was? Just because you roll a six doesn't mean your "chance of two" was 0%.
Or they realized that the women's road race would probably get better ratings with the rain...
No, it forces you to go back to the publisher and beg for the $10k. Or not you specifically, but people who can't afford to pay the taxes on what their thing is worth while shopping it around.
Fortunately, I also have a half-baked solution to the problem which doesn't require any changes to the current laws. In fact, it works just as well under indefinite copyright as it does under properly limited copyright.
I call it the "don't wait for government to solve your problems" plan.
I would love to fly on an airplane that was quiet enough for me to be annoyed by other passengers talking on their cell phones.
The trigger didn't actually move on the old movie props. Han just pointed his gun and greedo died. Later, a team of animators shot, and it was edited together to present the order of events most of us are familiar with.
Later still it was re-edited for a different version of events, but that is a story for another time.