I've always felt like the big bang was an easy out to both explain red shift and allow for creation. Not that I have a problem with creation or the existence of God even; it just seems awfully convenient.
$1 says we go back to a steady state universe in our lifetime.
I went through two of those MS optical mice playing WoW. It was, and maybe still is my favorite mouse, but the button just don't last.
Any cheap-ass Logitech lasts far, far longer. Even if it doesn't feel as perfect in the hand as that MS mouse did. (I still have them. I fantasize about fixing the buttons someday.)
Early Mac mice, especially the square ones, had exceedingly supple cordage. To the point that they would easily get gunked and twisted, and you'd have to occasionally straighten it out and wipe them down.
Maintenance on a mouse cord. Yes, you used to have to do that, and nowadays you really don't. But those mice did not have cord memory, not like every modern mouse today does.
No, you'd plug that little teeny Logitech RF thingy into the mouse, not a cable.
If you wanted to gripe, ask if they also sell a thin and supple mini hdmi cable. All the HDMIs I have seen pride themselves on how stiff and robust they are. Hell, the old SCSI cables that were half the size of a garden hose were more supple.
If you burnt your vote for the opposition, then you didn't get to vote for your candidate. It's a risky strategy.
But people should get to vote for a viable candidate. It would stop the primaries from becoming a contest of who can be the farthest right or left candidate, wouldn't it?
I see a problem. The Constitution does not forbid snooping the communications of the country's enemies.
When they steamed open letters from Americans to the Nazis containing troop movement info, we were glad they did that.
When they caught a Soviet spy using his American girlfriend, we were glad they did that.
When they foil a terrorist plot before they get a chance to kill people, we are glad of that too.
We overreacted to 9/11 is all, predictable maybe; but it's never too late to fix things:
1) I need the NSA to be secret again. I want them to know every single thing that ever happens, and we don't have a clue what they do and don't know. None of it matters, because it all stays in that basement. They don't share with other agencies, just like it used to be. Whatever they know is untouchable by politicians, courts, anyone; except in the most dire need.
2) I need to trust the court that decides when that dire need has arisen.
That's a good point. You can't hate the tea party and not love the status quo.
The establishment's only option is to cast them as even worse, and since 'child molesters' is over the top and might not stick; they cast them as racists. As racism is the only real problem this country has ever had, the danger is too great to even listen to them. That is how 'cut spending, stop overprinting money' equates to racism.
Another indicator are the primaries. The candidate for the establishment party will run unopposed; the candidates for the opposition party will be many, all over the place politically, and unlikely that a good one will emerge. (If he/she was good, they can't be by the time that shit is over).
If we had open primaries in all 50 states, then, well; then we would have a decent political system...
Windows are very efficient at letting me look outside. And my skin making vitamin D is a more valuable use of exterior walls than a few free electrons.
In the land of arcologies, electricity needed to be cheap in the first place.
"(they'd see me pouring it and my kids love to try things, so I'd have to explain they couldn't drink it)"
I think my Dad's plan was better. Whenever I asked him what he was drinking, he'd answer and offer me some. So at the age of 8 or so I fell for it, and took a big ol' sip of scotch on the rocks. Scotch to an 8 year old is worse than kerosene.
It was 10 years later before I took my second drink (back when drinking age was 18). In hindsight, a brilliant plan, Dad.
Past provincial, I'd go hermit, if I could get a window apartment in that arcology. But then, everybody would want one.
So apartments are in 4-plex pods that rotate, giving each apartment 6 hours of frontage. Or maybe 5, to break it up and everybody gets a sunrise now and then.
I'm in the Tampa Bay area. They were considering Orlando - Clearwater, as a beach is the only thing Orlando doesn't have.
"skeptical of high-speed rail in Florida"
So was I. Why did we need a ultra modern and expensive bad-ass foreign train that got there in 45 minutes, when a regular train for a fifth of the money would get you there in an hour and a half? One has all kinds of strings attached to years of smothering debt; the other, anybody could build, and possibly make money, although they would have already, if they thought so.
So, maybe a little help from the state, would get us a cool train that cut down on beach traffic and improved quality of life. A good value to subsidize the train operator so he makes a profit. But no, it had be billions and billions (and matching funds too); or nothing.
So far, we got no train of any kind. Perhaps we didn't really need it. For sure, CA can use it. I wonder now why they dangled it in front of us in the first place. Could it have just been political theater, again? Because Rick Scott really did come off looking like an asshole there.
Well, he's the elected governor here, and has the power to turn down big Federal money for high speed rail (and that's all it can be used for).
So we care. And some of us, that want to see reality for what it is, and not what the news tells us it is; are now curious if he turns out to be right in saying no thanks. It was a big deal here.
"Imagine how much a vacuum tube, that carries people, will cost per mile"
Huh. A lot of plexiglass, some plastic, steel and concrete. No titanium needed. Caulk, air pumps and valves. Big fans maybe. But decently expensive (to develop, not to mass produce) electronics; granted.
I imagined it. It's not that much. The third one is practically cheap.
"where presumably there is plenty of flat land to go around"
Other states have plenty of room for a 5 mile test track. I'd bet a dollar that Rhode Island could find room for it. I wonder why California didn't pop to mind, especially since he lives there.
He said Texas because they will be glad to see it, and get him some building permits quickly. In other states, some more than others, it takes a long time to get approval for these things. Not just business-wise; impact studies and environmental studies and social studies... And a good chance that your project would become a political football in the meantime.
"I imagine this looks to people from the 3rd world as..."
I see a premise there, that 3rd world people would be looking to us for something. Why would they? We're not the boss of them. (I bet they don't like being called 3rd world either. They're just people form other places. And no, not everyone is as rich as people in the US.)
And then, your imagined response just reeks of white guilt. Or Karl Marx maybe. I understand that you didn't earn your 'privileged class' position. Your great-grandparents did that.
All you can do with that, is to have it, or throw it away.
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That's a bit harsh, isn't it? Wouldn't you say that investigations start with speculation?
I've always felt like the big bang was an easy out to both explain red shift and allow for creation. Not that I have a problem with creation or the existence of God even; it just seems awfully convenient.
$1 says we go back to a steady state universe in our lifetime.
Good.
(If it's actually true.)
I went through two of those MS optical mice playing WoW. It was, and maybe still is my favorite mouse, but the button just don't last.
Any cheap-ass Logitech lasts far, far longer. Even if it doesn't feel as perfect in the hand as that MS mouse did. (I still have them. I fantasize about fixing the buttons someday.)
I had forgotten.
Early Mac mice, especially the square ones, had exceedingly supple cordage. To the point that they would easily get gunked and twisted, and you'd have to occasionally straighten it out and wipe them down.
Maintenance on a mouse cord. Yes, you used to have to do that, and nowadays you really don't. But those mice did not have cord memory, not like every modern mouse today does.
Anybody that has worked front line IT knows what hand cheese is all about.
Everybody makes it.
No, you'd plug that little teeny Logitech RF thingy into the mouse, not a cable.
If you wanted to gripe, ask if they also sell a thin and supple mini hdmi cable. All the HDMIs I have seen pride themselves on how stiff and robust they are. Hell, the old SCSI cables that were half the size of a garden hose were more supple.
If you burnt your vote for the opposition, then you didn't get to vote for your candidate. It's a risky strategy.
But people should get to vote for a viable candidate. It would stop the primaries from becoming a contest of who can be the farthest right or left candidate, wouldn't it?
I see a problem. The Constitution does not forbid snooping the communications of the country's enemies.
When they steamed open letters from Americans to the Nazis containing troop movement info, we were glad they did that.
When they caught a Soviet spy using his American girlfriend, we were glad they did that.
When they foil a terrorist plot before they get a chance to kill people, we are glad of that too.
We overreacted to 9/11 is all, predictable maybe; but it's never too late to fix things:
1) I need the NSA to be secret again. I want them to know every single thing that ever happens, and we don't have a clue what they do and don't know. None of it matters, because it all stays in that basement. They don't share with other agencies, just like it used to be. Whatever they know is untouchable by politicians, courts, anyone; except in the most dire need.
2) I need to trust the court that decides when that dire need has arisen.
That's a good point. You can't hate the tea party and not love the status quo.
The establishment's only option is to cast them as even worse, and since 'child molesters' is over the top and might not stick; they cast them as racists. As racism is the only real problem this country has ever had, the danger is too great to even listen to them. That is how 'cut spending, stop overprinting money' equates to racism.
Another indicator are the primaries. The candidate for the establishment party will run unopposed; the candidates for the opposition party will be many, all over the place politically, and unlikely that a good one will emerge. (If he/she was good, they can't be by the time that shit is over).
If we had open primaries in all 50 states, then, well; then we would have a decent political system...
"Luckily the people doing it are children that got in politics at University and never managed to grow up"
Well that's just what happened here. Where did we get it from?
Windows are very efficient at letting me look outside. And my skin making vitamin D is a more valuable use of exterior walls than a few free electrons.
In the land of arcologies, electricity needed to be cheap in the first place.
"(they'd see me pouring it and my kids love to try things, so I'd have to explain they couldn't drink it)"
I think my Dad's plan was better. Whenever I asked him what he was drinking, he'd answer and offer me some. So at the age of 8 or so I fell for it, and took a big ol' sip of scotch on the rocks. Scotch to an 8 year old is worse than kerosene.
It was 10 years later before I took my second drink (back when drinking age was 18). In hindsight, a brilliant plan, Dad.
"Look, Musk is not some sort of demigod."
Citation needed.
Past provincial, I'd go hermit, if I could get a window apartment in that arcology. But then, everybody would want one.
So apartments are in 4-plex pods that rotate, giving each apartment 6 hours of frontage. Or maybe 5, to break it up and everybody gets a sunrise now and then.
That'd be cool.
I'm in the Tampa Bay area. They were considering Orlando - Clearwater, as a beach is the only thing Orlando doesn't have.
"skeptical of high-speed rail in Florida"
So was I. Why did we need a ultra modern and expensive bad-ass foreign train that got there in 45 minutes, when a regular train for a fifth of the money would get you there in an hour and a half? One has all kinds of strings attached to years of smothering debt; the other, anybody could build, and possibly make money, although they would have already, if they thought so.
So, maybe a little help from the state, would get us a cool train that cut down on beach traffic and improved quality of life. A good value to subsidize the train operator so he makes a profit. But no, it had be billions and billions (and matching funds too); or nothing.
So far, we got no train of any kind. Perhaps we didn't really need it. For sure, CA can use it. I wonder now why they dangled it in front of us in the first place. Could it have just been political theater, again? Because Rick Scott really did come off looking like an asshole there.
My computer speakers here are Realistics from a 1973 Clarinette 85 system. They will still rock the house.
Well, he's the elected governor here, and has the power to turn down big Federal money for high speed rail (and that's all it can be used for).
So we care. And some of us, that want to see reality for what it is, and not what the news tells us it is; are now curious if he turns out to be right in saying no thanks. It was a big deal here.
"Imagine how much a vacuum tube, that carries people, will cost per mile"
Huh. A lot of plexiglass, some plastic, steel and concrete. No titanium needed. Caulk, air pumps and valves. Big fans maybe. But decently expensive (to develop, not to mass produce) electronics; granted.
I imagined it. It's not that much. The third one is practically cheap.
I live in FL. Rick Scott turned down that money and you guys were 2nd in line.
Basically, he said it would end up being a curse. Was he right?
Good luck.
"where presumably there is plenty of flat land to go around"
Other states have plenty of room for a 5 mile test track. I'd bet a dollar that Rhode Island could find room for it. I wonder why California didn't pop to mind, especially since he lives there.
He said Texas because they will be glad to see it, and get him some building permits quickly. In other states, some more than others, it takes a long time to get approval for these things. Not just business-wise; impact studies and environmental studies and social studies... And a good chance that your project would become a political football in the meantime.
It wasn't because of flat land.
"I imagine this looks to people from the 3rd world as ..."
I see a premise there, that 3rd world people would be looking to us for something. Why would they? We're not the boss of them. (I bet they don't like being called 3rd world either. They're just people form other places. And no, not everyone is as rich as people in the US.)
And then, your imagined response just reeks of white guilt. Or Karl Marx maybe. I understand that you didn't earn your 'privileged class' position. Your great-grandparents did that.
All you can do with that, is to have it, or throw it away.
What would be nice would be some real politics in Washington. Say, the Republicans support this (some already do btw), in exchange for Keystone.
Heh. I know, I was dreaming...
Hear hear!
When are you running?
Where have you been?
The Feds will withhold grant money, tax money; squeeze a whole state if they have to, until you get on board and comply.
It's cute the way you bring up constitutional authority in this day and age.