but is there a source of energy that can meet global needs that doesn't have considerable health/safety/environmental issues?
nope. Solar panel creation is messy Wind disrupts local air patterns and kills birds Nuclear provides radio-isotopic waste Fossil fuel is limited and also releases crap into the atmosphere. "wave power" is still a pipe dream Fusion is still a pipe dream (and produces radio-isotopic waste, just lots less than fission)
It would put one of my local area bail bondsmen out of business as well. We had a shooting. Some punks had been stealing cars from a part of town known for elevated crime rates. Punks tried to steal old guy's car. Old guy yells at punk to "get off his lawn" as it were. punk threatens old guy. Guy shoots punk with long rifle. Old guy is just getting by and can't afford bail or bond. local bondsman and former cop turned radio host (Tom Sullivan) bails guy out. Bondsman is good guy. (as is radio guy).
Same bondsman talks to a (hopefully former) bad guy being released from prison who can't find a place to live bondsman arranges for bad guy to live outside of allowed area by coordinating with cops. bad guy is now former bad guy being nominally productive working on a 20 acre farm, but not back in trouble. Bondsman is good guy.
I realize that many bondsman are not good guys, but we have a local one that is really good, puts his money where his mouth is, and ironically uses Dog the Bounty hunter in his ads (by way of "we're not even remotely like this guy"). -nB
I'm fairly sure he'll show up in court to get his Xbox back. As a parent I would back the judge on this. Take away my kid's wii as bail if you want (rather than asking me to front $500 for bail money). If my kid did something that warrents bail (or was accused of it in convincing enough manor) I'll be the first in line to meter out punishment. That said, if my child does show up in court, I expect the Wii (or other bailment) to be returned unmolested, and fully functioning.
You are right, of course. That'll be 1,500,000,000,000 double density 8 inch floppies worth of data. Much more efficient, and at the last price I paid for them, (about 12 years ago now) they were $12.00 each (not per box, each)) so that is $18,000,000,000,000, or roughly 52.325581395348837209302325581395% of the cost of the iPads. -nB
GW was a hack job at Reganomics... Regan was a decent president. I realize that my ideals are not everyone's, but I would like to see a return to our constitution as the law of the land. That concept died some time shortly after the 21st amendment was passed imho.
And for that matter, being as the federal government has not in any meaningful way become more liberal in the past several decades, what is it that you want that you are not getting from your government? They have basically been getting out of everything but national defense, which has generally been a very popular thing for conservatives to fund.
True, it has not been getting all that much more liberal, but it has been getting way too big for its britches (largely under the tail-end of Clinton through GWB and into Obamma). I really did not like Clinton, ironically not for his politics, but because of his slimeyness (Yes, but I didn't inhale, that depends on what the definition of is is). I think that most of our laws should be reviewed by a randomly selected constitutional jury, who will be responsible for sorting through the US Code, and red-lining through laws, parts of laws, and loopholes. Congress and Senate can then try to pass new laws, but are limited to one law per vote, none of this riders on "must pass bill" BS they currently do.
Hello from the other side of the political seesaw. I find both Obama and GW to be too liberal. It's interesting how different two people's views can be. The problem is, while I want very hard line conservatism (and you obviously don't) we are both stuck with politicians that give neither of us what we want because they think that they have to straddle the aisle to get any votes. The Tea Party is a good thing for all of us because they are showing the wafflers currently in office that strong political opinions can get votes. Now hopefully we can also get them to realize that they can disagree but still do things that are for the benefit of the country. (sadly I'm afraid that's too much to ask) -nB
Cat doesn't do crap for NOx and SOx. Cat oxidizes unburnt HC fuel, which is a much more potent smog generator than NOx/SOx and a bigger greenhouse gas than CO2.
NOx can be reduced by reduction of combustion temps, at an increase of unburnt HC fuel. SOx requires that the fuel be low in sulfur to begin with. Not much of an issue with gasoline, but an issue with diesel and kerosene fuels. -nB
I go through them on purpose (assuming I'm not in a hurry), or if I really have time I evade them at the last possible turn off.
When going through them: "have you had anything to drink tonight?" "No, catch me later at my brothers house, we're going to get drunk as skunks then play games all night" "I hope you don't plan on driving home tonight then" "Nope that's why we're playing games all night" \confused look "ok have a good night"
When evading, there is always an obscure side street or something within view of the checkpoint. It is always monitored by motor cops. I make a move to the outside lane (always start or move inside first, they notice you moving lanes to the outside). Take the byway. Drive slightly below the speed limit, signal, full 5 second stops, look both ways, etc. at all stop signs. Work my way to the nearest strip mall liquor store. go inside:) once the cop was still waiting for me so I had the clerk give me a bag for my Rockstar. drank said Rockstar on my way to my truck. Start truck (not even in gear), *POW* lights. Hilarity ensues when the cop asks what I'm drinking.:)
Got fixit ticket for a rattly exhaust (talking about reaching for something, but they don't like getting punked). -nB
I'm with you, except I would like to see the case filed against individuals in the district: Principal of the school everyone on the school board head of IT school superintendent.
All of those individuals *had* to know what was going on, and any one of them could have *stopped* it cold. They are the culpable ones and should face both civil and criminal charges. They can not claim I was following orders, because they are the ones that make the orders. -nB
Just to add a touch to this. I have an awesome manager. Been with my company for 20 years (I've been here a little over 11.5). My previous manager was new to managing here and had only been with the company for about 5 years... What a difference. My current manager earns every cent he is paid. I don't know how much he makes (I'm ball park guessing about $150K/yr) but he's worth more. The team under him (about 30) runs very well, he spends most of his time making sure we get what we need (correct docs, support from other teams, etc.) and keeping most of the political BS out of our way. It makes my job easy. While the problems I have to solve are difficult and sometimes well above my capabilities, I know that I can focus on one thing (coding this ever evolving in-house app) and not have to worry about my back, because he's got it.
A genuinely good manager is worth more than a programmer, because while I may be instrumental in making my two facets of this in-house app always work to the ever changing and evolving requirements*, without a good manager I would be spending vastly more of my time on other BS. -nB
*this is normal. The app is used to test a product suite, so as the product suite grows, the in-house test app has to evolve.
FWIW I have 14 different OS's installed on my dev machines. No VMs. Since I have to test against hardware (drivers and such) there is little value in a VM'd OS. (Naturally this is a special case, but still, I find myself downloading gobs of distros). -nB
I bought my heavy6 at a yard sale for $5.00 with about 20 carts (most I already owned, a couple were new to me). As a kid I always wanted an Atai, when they were supplanted by the NES and were cheap I went out bought a couple with my lawn mowing money. I'm 35 now and greatly enjoy breaking out the console and games now an then. Only hard part is dealing with widescreen stretch. -nB
I feel like being pedantic (I overall agree with you though). The earth's population is what? 6.5 billion? so if just a fraction over 325,000,000 people would have died had we kept the virus, then the human race would go extinct by not keeping it (by your numbers). given the low number of people currently vaccinated and the nominal 10 to 30% fatality rate bandied about for smallpox (we'll use 10% because that is the definition of decimation), 650,000,000 should be expected to die anyway... soooooo... you've said the human race will go extinct without the US keeping the stockpile. bollocks.
Now, I think that the probability of such event happening (random mutation + human contact with vector while contagious + human contraction + human immune response ineffective at killing infection before + human to human contact) is exceptionally low, and we've already had our turn this generation with SIV -> HIV. Just like with HIV there will be those that are naturally immune, unlike HIV xxxPOX spreads like wildfire. I think it's a wash as to keeping or destroying the strains. -nB
My printer's IP doesn't represent a person. It either represents no-one, or everyone with rights to access it. Either way it disproves the hypothesis that IP == person. -nB
The way I look at it I am defending against the average hack trying to get my data. If the NSA/CIA/DHS are after my data then I have vastly bigger problems. Defense in depth coupled with a reality check of how deep that defense has to be is plenty good for me.
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but is there a source of energy that can meet global needs that doesn't have considerable health/safety/environmental issues?
nope.
Solar panel creation is messy
Wind disrupts local air patterns and kills birds
Nuclear provides radio-isotopic waste
Fossil fuel is limited and also releases crap into the atmosphere.
"wave power" is still a pipe dream
Fusion is still a pipe dream (and produces radio-isotopic waste, just lots less than fission)
Heat pumps efficiency drops dramatically below freezing or above about 102F/39C.
-nB
It would put one of my local area bail bondsmen out of business as well.
We had a shooting.
Some punks had been stealing cars from a part of town known for elevated crime rates.
Punks tried to steal old guy's car.
Old guy yells at punk to "get off his lawn" as it were.
punk threatens old guy.
Guy shoots punk with long rifle.
Old guy is just getting by and can't afford bail or bond.
local bondsman and former cop turned radio host (Tom Sullivan) bails guy out.
Bondsman is good guy. (as is radio guy).
Same bondsman talks to a (hopefully former) bad guy being released from prison who can't find a place to live
bondsman arranges for bad guy to live outside of allowed area by coordinating with cops.
bad guy is now former bad guy being nominally productive working on a 20 acre farm, but not back in trouble.
Bondsman is good guy.
I realize that many bondsman are not good guys, but we have a local one that is really good, puts his money where his mouth is, and ironically uses Dog the Bounty hunter in his ads (by way of "we're not even remotely like this guy").
-nB
I'm fairly sure he'll show up in court to get his Xbox back.
As a parent I would back the judge on this. Take away my kid's wii as bail if you want (rather than asking me to front $500 for bail money). If my kid did something that warrents bail (or was accused of it in convincing enough manor) I'll be the first in line to meter out punishment.
That said, if my child does show up in court, I expect the Wii (or other bailment) to be returned unmolested, and fully functioning.
-nB
I'll take a boot pop-up every time to ensure that the other time when my machine is running I can't get hit.
You are right, of course.
That'll be 1,500,000,000,000 double density 8 inch floppies worth of data. Much more efficient, and at the last price I paid for them, (about 12 years ago now) they were $12.00 each (not per box, each)) so that is $18,000,000,000,000, or roughly 52.325581395348837209302325581395% of the cost of the iPads.
-nB
GW was a hack job at Reganomics...
Regan was a decent president.
I realize that my ideals are not everyone's, but I would like to see a return to our constitution as the law of the land.
That concept died some time shortly after the 21st amendment was passed imho.
And for that matter, being as the federal government has not in any meaningful way become more liberal in the past several decades, what is it that you want that you are not getting from your government? They have basically been getting out of everything but national defense, which has generally been a very popular thing for conservatives to fund.
True, it has not been getting all that much more liberal, but it has been getting way too big for its britches (largely under the tail-end of Clinton through GWB and into Obamma). I really did not like Clinton, ironically not for his politics, but because of his slimeyness (Yes, but I didn't inhale, that depends on what the definition of is is).
I think that most of our laws should be reviewed by a randomly selected constitutional jury, who will be responsible for sorting through the US Code, and red-lining through laws, parts of laws, and loopholes. Congress and Senate can then try to pass new laws, but are limited to one law per vote, none of this riders on "must pass bill" BS they currently do.
Hello from the other side of the political seesaw.
I find both Obama and GW to be too liberal. It's interesting how different two people's views can be.
The problem is, while I want very hard line conservatism (and you obviously don't) we are both stuck with politicians that give neither of us what we want because they think that they have to straddle the aisle to get any votes. The Tea Party is a good thing for all of us because they are showing the wafflers currently in office that strong political opinions can get votes.
Now hopefully we can also get them to realize that they can disagree but still do things that are for the benefit of the country.
(sadly I'm afraid that's too much to ask)
-nB
damn.
they're...
I'll hand in my spelling/grammer pedant card now.
And why, for Xenu's sake, are people still storing passwords in plaintext??
because their lazy.
Cat doesn't do crap for NOx and SOx.
Cat oxidizes unburnt HC fuel, which is a much more potent smog generator than NOx/SOx and a bigger greenhouse gas than CO2.
NOx can be reduced by reduction of combustion temps, at an increase of unburnt HC fuel.
SOx requires that the fuel be low in sulfur to begin with. Not much of an issue with gasoline, but an issue with diesel and kerosene fuels.
-nB
And I shall condemn your mockery.
I go through them on purpose (assuming I'm not in a hurry), or if I really have time I evade them at the last possible turn off.
When going through them:
"have you had anything to drink tonight?"
"No, catch me later at my brothers house, we're going to get drunk as skunks then play games all night"
"I hope you don't plan on driving home tonight then"
"Nope that's why we're playing games all night"
\confused look "ok have a good night"
When evading, there is always an obscure side street or something within view of the checkpoint. It is always monitored by motor cops. :) :)
I make a move to the outside lane (always start or move inside first, they notice you moving lanes to the outside).
Take the byway.
Drive slightly below the speed limit, signal, full 5 second stops, look both ways, etc. at all stop signs.
Work my way to the nearest strip mall liquor store.
go inside
once the cop was still waiting for me so I had the clerk give me a bag for my Rockstar.
drank said Rockstar on my way to my truck.
Start truck (not even in gear), *POW* lights.
Hilarity ensues when the cop asks what I'm drinking.
Got fixit ticket for a rattly exhaust (talking about reaching for something, but they don't like getting punked).
-nB
I'm with you, except I would like to see the case filed against individuals in the district:
Principal of the school
everyone on the school board
head of IT
school superintendent.
All of those individuals *had* to know what was going on, and any one of them could have *stopped* it cold. They are the culpable ones and should face both civil and criminal charges. They can not claim I was following orders, because they are the ones that make the orders.
-nB
Actually that's a UV filter...
Intel did succeed, but sold the assets to Numonyx.
Just to add a touch to this.
I have an awesome manager. Been with my company for 20 years (I've been here a little over 11.5).
My previous manager was new to managing here and had only been with the company for about 5 years...
What a difference.
My current manager earns every cent he is paid. I don't know how much he makes (I'm ball park guessing about $150K/yr) but he's worth more. The team under him (about 30) runs very well, he spends most of his time making sure we get what we need (correct docs, support from other teams, etc.) and keeping most of the political BS out of our way. It makes my job easy. While the problems I have to solve are difficult and sometimes well above my capabilities, I know that I can focus on one thing (coding this ever evolving in-house app) and not have to worry about my back, because he's got it.
A genuinely good manager is worth more than a programmer, because while I may be instrumental in making my two facets of this in-house app always work to the ever changing and evolving requirements*, without a good manager I would be spending vastly more of my time on other BS.
-nB
*this is normal. The app is used to test a product suite, so as the product suite grows, the in-house test app has to evolve.
Until something goes wrong...
Then you still need a chip (unless you flashed the on-bard TSOP, assuming you didn't have one of these in your system.
FWIW I have 14 different OS's installed on my dev machines. No VMs.
Since I have to test against hardware (drivers and such) there is little value in a VM'd OS.
(Naturally this is a special case, but still, I find myself downloading gobs of distros).
-nB
I bought my heavy6 at a yard sale for $5.00 with about 20 carts (most I already owned, a couple were new to me).
As a kid I always wanted an Atai, when they were supplanted by the NES and were cheap I went out bought a couple with my lawn mowing money. I'm 35 now and greatly enjoy breaking out the console and games now an then. Only hard part is dealing with widescreen stretch.
-nB
hey, it's better than the twinkie defense. At least the LotR argument makes sense.
I feel like being pedantic (I overall agree with you though).
The earth's population is what? 6.5 billion? so if just a fraction over 325,000,000 people would have died had we kept the virus, then the human race would go extinct by not keeping it (by your numbers). given the low number of people currently vaccinated and the nominal 10 to 30% fatality rate bandied about for smallpox (we'll use 10% because that is the definition of decimation), 650,000,000 should be expected to die anyway...
soooooo...
you've said the human race will go extinct without the US keeping the stockpile.
bollocks.
Now, I think that the probability of such event happening (random mutation + human contact with vector while contagious + human contraction + human immune response ineffective at killing infection before + human to human contact) is exceptionally low, and we've already had our turn this generation with SIV -> HIV. Just like with HIV there will be those that are naturally immune, unlike HIV xxxPOX spreads like wildfire. I think it's a wash as to keeping or destroying the strains.
-nB
Southern hemisphere still has us beat.
It snowed CO2 at Scott Amundsen base once IIRC.
-nB
My printer's IP doesn't represent a person.
It either represents no-one, or everyone with rights to access it. Either way it disproves the hypothesis that IP == person.
-nB
The way I look at it I am defending against the average hack trying to get my data. If the NSA/CIA/DHS are after my data then I have vastly bigger problems. Defense in depth coupled with a reality check of how deep that defense has to be is plenty good for me.