...have beach-front properties in many (till now) desirable places around the world. When the water starts coming up under their back fences it will certainly get their attention, more so than when some third world country floods and thousands die.
Most people complain about the earth, universe etc being created in six days. If you read the actual Bible account you will see it says in the VERY FIRST sentence that the earth got created. Only AFTER that, the six creative "days" occurred to prepare the surface of the earth for inhabitation, not for the creation of the earth which was already in existence.
I see that my OP in currently rated Score:0, Troll. I would like someone to tell me why this is the case. I simply quoted an external source, not my own words, and the purpose in doing so was to debunk the ridiculous idea that many put forth that the universe and everything in it came into existence in 6 days only 6000 years ago. This is pure nonsense as most here will agree. Read my source material and see for yourself.
Gen 1:2 say that "there was darkness on the surface of the watery deep." It doesn't say that it was dark everywhere in that light didn't exist, only that the surface of the (totally wet) earth was dark. If there were very heavy clouds that then parted it would appear to an earthly observer that light had finally appeared, just like when the sun comes up in the morning.
Most people complain about the earth, universe etc being created in six days. If you read the actual Bible account you will see it says in the VERY FIRST sentence that the earth got created. Only AFTER that, the six creative "days" occurred to prepare the surface of the earth for inhabitation, not for the creation of the earth which was already in existence.
Staggering specifications, but maybe several years from now it'll be be commonplace on a $50 smartphone. One year after that it'll be in kerbside hard rubbish collections. Sigh...
I'm not sure how you manage your welders, but I would go about like this:
"Bill, this bead is too shallow. It won't bear the load. The bottom of the weld is cold, and there is no metal there. You will have to grind it out and redo. This weld will be inspected with X-ray to make sure you do it right this time. We will have to pay you overtime, by law, for this. But if you do it again there will be no overtime - you will get your final check instead. The reason is that if these welds fail someone will be killed. It is that important. Please do your best."
This explains the problem, explains what to do to correct, and also spells out the consequences for continued bad work. It ends with an encouragement; you never want to end the conversation with a threat. But the overall content of the message is exactly the same as yours, and the welder will not feel offended. He will feel ashamed of his poor work. It won't make him happy, but by the end of the day he will know that I was right - actually, as soon as he grinds his superficial bead away and exposes the unwelded groove.
+10 for that.
You need to give people a little bit of leftover space in which to feel regret. If you totally paint them into a corner they will most likely be angry and consequently oppose you on principle, whether you are right or wrong.
I tried reading the last comment, but I couldn't make out the letters over the dark background......
You need to sit in a darkened room that is "blacker than black" like analogue video sync pulses. Then you don't even need to turn the screen on to use it. Just think how much *that* would save.
If you reduce the brightness of an LCD screen backlight it will also lower power consumption. Mine uses 40 watts full brightness and 20 watts dark. So if you shave off 10 watts it may nearly equal the savings of a good psu but for no outlay.
I often had the experience at work that someone was talking to someone else on the other side of a noisy room, and I was busy doing something and totally unaware of the conversation until my name was mentioned. Then it occurred to me that I also knew the last several words leading up to my name being spoken. Paying 100% attention unconsciously even though barely able to hear.
Amen to that. On my last car I pumped up the right rear tyre every week for 18 months till it wore out. Life would be greatly simplified for terminally tight-assed people like me.
The Maximite is getting a lot of attention is some quarters. Makes it VERY easy to get started in embedded software and hardware before moving on to more complex languages. Inexpensive too. http://geoffg.net/maximite.html
Many religious people will tell you the earth is only 6000 years old. To those I say have a look at what the Bible ACTUALLY says. It says that in the beginning the earth got made. Then it sat around for some *unspecified* time. Then and only then after that the SURFACE of the earth was made suitable for habitation in 6 chapters of time called "days". There could have been a bazillion years between the earth first appearing and the start of these 6 "days". In this regard the Bible does not contradict this measurement of the age of the Universe at all. What is does contradict is the erroneous views of many calling themselves Christians. Nothing new there, BTW.
So when the oil runs out, not only will there be one less thing to fight over, the ability to fight will also be greatly reduced. Are those two things a bigger advantage than the disadvantage of an oil-less world?
Back in 1984 I worked with this Asian girl that one day came to work wearing a jumper/pullover/sweater with the words "COLLECTION VEHOOME" emblazoned on it. So dumb it was that I still haven't forgotten after all this time.
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...have beach-front properties in many (till now) desirable places around the world. When the water starts coming up under their back fences it will certainly get their attention, more so than when some third world country floods and thousands die.
Panamax. To relieve shipping headaches in the area.
1/ Get prisoner to stand in convenient position, even at crime scene. 2/ Print bars around prisoner. 3/ Handball situation to someone else.
Pretty much any German of his age would have gone through the exact same thing, whether they supported the Nazi regime or not.
Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany did not support the Nazi regime and as a consequence about 10,000 were put in various concentration camps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_triangle The same cannot be said for Ratzinger and his fellow Catholics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskonkordat
Most people complain about the earth, universe etc being created in six days. If you read the actual Bible account you will see it says in the VERY FIRST sentence that the earth got created. Only AFTER that, the six creative "days" occurred to prepare the surface of the earth for inhabitation, not for the creation of the earth which was already in existence.
I see that my OP in currently rated Score:0, Troll. I would like someone to tell me why this is the case. I simply quoted an external source, not my own words, and the purpose in doing so was to debunk the ridiculous idea that many put forth that the universe and everything in it came into existence in 6 days only 6000 years ago. This is pure nonsense as most here will agree. Read my source material and see for yourself.
Gen 1:2 say that "there was darkness on the surface of the watery deep." It doesn't say that it was dark everywhere in that light didn't exist, only that the surface of the (totally wet) earth was dark. If there were very heavy clouds that then parted it would appear to an earthly observer that light had finally appeared, just like when the sun comes up in the morning.
Most people complain about the earth, universe etc being created in six days. If you read the actual Bible account you will see it says in the VERY FIRST sentence that the earth got created. Only AFTER that, the six creative "days" occurred to prepare the surface of the earth for inhabitation, not for the creation of the earth which was already in existence.
Staggering specifications, but maybe several years from now it'll be be commonplace on a $50 smartphone. One year after that it'll be in kerbside hard rubbish collections. Sigh...
I'm not sure how you manage your welders, but I would go about like this:
"Bill, this bead is too shallow. It won't bear the load. The bottom of the weld is cold, and there is no metal there. You will have to grind it out and redo. This weld will be inspected with X-ray to make sure you do it right this time. We will have to pay you overtime, by law, for this. But if you do it again there will be no overtime - you will get your final check instead. The reason is that if these welds fail someone will be killed. It is that important. Please do your best."
This explains the problem, explains what to do to correct, and also spells out the consequences for continued bad work. It ends with an encouragement; you never want to end the conversation with a threat. But the overall content of the message is exactly the same as yours, and the welder will not feel offended. He will feel ashamed of his poor work. It won't make him happy, but by the end of the day he will know that I was right - actually, as soon as he grinds his superficial bead away and exposes the unwelded groove.
+10 for that. You need to give people a little bit of leftover space in which to feel regret. If you totally paint them into a corner they will most likely be angry and consequently oppose you on principle, whether you are right or wrong.
I tried reading the last comment, but I couldn't make out the letters over the dark background......
You need to sit in a darkened room that is "blacker than black" like analogue video sync pulses. Then you don't even need to turn the screen on to use it. Just think how much *that* would save.
If you reduce the brightness of an LCD screen backlight it will also lower power consumption. Mine uses 40 watts full brightness and 20 watts dark. So if you shave off 10 watts it may nearly equal the savings of a good psu but for no outlay.
I often had the experience at work that someone was talking to someone else on the other side of a noisy room, and I was busy doing something and totally unaware of the conversation until my name was mentioned. Then it occurred to me that I also knew the last several words leading up to my name being spoken. Paying 100% attention unconsciously even though barely able to hear.
Not having to import oil from middle eastern countries would be a worthy goal.
Amen to that. On my last car I pumped up the right rear tyre every week for 18 months till it wore out. Life would be greatly simplified for terminally tight-assed people like me.
There must be something more to life than eating, fucking and shitting.
I thought for a moment this was the Slashdot Poll.
...North Korea to announce a Mars mission. They have a good track record for space stuff so far. :raises eyebrows and nods head:
The Maximite is getting a lot of attention is some quarters. Makes it VERY easy to get started in embedded software and hardware before moving on to more complex languages. Inexpensive too. http://geoffg.net/maximite.html
...would be to drink coffee out of a graphene cup.
I'm wondering who will be first to aim the laser at a storm cloud :-P
...in the introduction that the earth was rotating backwards?
Many religious people will tell you the earth is only 6000 years old. To those I say have a look at what the Bible ACTUALLY says. It says that in the beginning the earth got made. Then it sat around for some *unspecified* time. Then and only then after that the SURFACE of the earth was made suitable for habitation in 6 chapters of time called "days". There could have been a bazillion years between the earth first appearing and the start of these 6 "days". In this regard the Bible does not contradict this measurement of the age of the Universe at all. What is does contradict is the erroneous views of many calling themselves Christians. Nothing new there, BTW.
Big Copper will probably kill it off.
I for one would like to welcome our self-replicating overlords.
So when the oil runs out, not only will there be one less thing to fight over, the ability to fight will also be greatly reduced. Are those two things a bigger advantage than the disadvantage of an oil-less world?
Back in 1984 I worked with this Asian girl that one day came to work wearing a jumper/pullover/sweater with the words "COLLECTION VEHOOME" emblazoned on it. So dumb it was that I still haven't forgotten after all this time.