Wow, no idea what you are trying to say, it spanks of rabble rousing. In the end, what exactly does open source deliver? That is the question. It's being asked by a lot of people. And we as a community need an answer, which we don't actually have. A philosophy is not an answer. The proles will look to the MS shill for an answer. The question should be, what will we give him to take back, beads and trinkets?
Dear mods, this isn't funny. It's the correct approach. When your enemy agrees to play nice, playing nice back doesn't mean assume they are friendly, it just means play nice.
Personally, I think we're due for at least a full year of international loss of all electricity.
And billions would die. Because we'd lose medical equipment, refrigeration (think storing vaccines) the ability to transport and store food, pure water, clean sanitation....... the list goes on.
At this stage in the game humanity/electricity are tied so closely that our species actually requires it to survive.
The answer would be gutters made of a memory metal, normally gutter-shaped, but apply a current and they go flat and tilt allowing you to hose them from the ground until the next jolt is applied when they go back to being gutters.
The point folks seem to be missing is that this is just a toy to help sell new cars. Seriously, I drive a 15 year old car that I give regular maintenance (not repairs) and has less than 150,000 miles on it. According to my mechanic, it should go another 100,000 easy. Given that it looks nearly exactly like the newer cars (curvy and bubble like), has side impact beams, air bags, all wheel drive and the like why would I buy something new? Especially when a new care in the same class would cost half a year salary and this one is paid for? No big advancements in safety features, no engineering break throughs in recent years, no real increase in gas milage (hybrids aside, mine gets about 35 per gallon). What would make me upgrade...
ZOMG! WIFI! oooohhh! OnStar! wow..... TOYS!
It's a gimic, no more no less. The fact that's it's a gimic that will get people killed is just icing.
No better way to say "I'm a disrespectful northern ass" than to call a cop "officer" down south. No wonder they messed with you. Yes, there are different rules down there. It's a different culture, an extremely different culture, from the rest of the country.
This whole topic is just about the best one I've seen on/. this year. I've been pondering all this stuff since achieving fatherdom and slowly collecting info. This discussion has more that doubled what I'd found on my own. The link you just provided though, best one of the bunch. Thanks.
You hit it on the head. When I was a kid no one would tell me why the vinegar made the baking soda go all foamy, so I had to find out myself (used to love the library trips when I was a kid). Oddly, I just mentioned the coke and poprocks thing to my wife, she knew *what* they did but not *why*. I think I know what my toddler is getting for his second birthday now.
"A long time a ago son, the poprocks ambushed the coke tribe at the Valley of the Overflowing Beaker, since then..."
Major combat operations were announced as over some time ago. So, if a war is now in a state of non-major combat operations, is it actually an emergency?
My first guess was fuel tanks for the backup generators. Though, those are usually diesel, and diesel fuel doesn't explode unless it's squeezed really hard. And also, this is just a guess. After all, I don't *actually* give two shits, but the comments are fun to read.
It is also important to note that these numbers also only reflect people who report their unemployment typically by seeking benefits. I myself have lost a few jobs in the past due to layoffs (2 actually) but I never in my life have filed for unemployment benefits. I know many folks in my position, we just grab the paper and look for more work. We don't get counted.
Actually yes, it was a war for oil, but not in the way you think that statement means. The price of oil (per barrel) is not determined by how much there is, it's determined by the commodities market. When you purchase a barrel of crude oil you don't drive down to the local Home Depot and load it up in your truck, you send a broker to the commodities exchange and you purchase a future not as yet produced barrel. The price is based on speculation. The brokers speculate how much oil we might have tomorrow based on the ease of getting at it today. Those that can supply oil tell us how much we might have and people bid (like an auction) to get some of that supply. Since the US launched it's war, the Middle East has become FAR MORE UNSTABLE THAN IT WAS causing the future availability of barrels of crude oil to be in question. The questioning of whether or not it will be available makes that "barrel of oil tomorrow" worth far more because "tomorrow" it may be very hard indeed to buy one for the day after. This is making oil suppliers and oil companies RECORD NEVER BEFORE SEEN PROFITS.
Yes, a war for oil, but if you believe that meant "a war so that we could have more oil" then you are deluded.
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What he thinks is not the point, what is her majesties vote?
You tryin ta' catch me?
The mob is Rome.
Why the hell did you post as an AC? I'd have modded you +Awesome just for the correct use of portmanteau.
Wow, no idea what you are trying to say, it spanks of rabble rousing. In the end, what exactly does open source deliver? That is the question. It's being asked by a lot of people. And we as a community need an answer, which we don't actually have. A philosophy is not an answer. The proles will look to the MS shill for an answer. The question should be, what will we give him to take back, beads and trinkets?
Dear mods, this isn't funny. It's the correct approach. When your enemy agrees to play nice, playing nice back doesn't mean assume they are friendly, it just means play nice.
Personally, I think we're due for at least a full year of international loss of all electricity.
And billions would die. Because we'd lose medical equipment, refrigeration (think storing vaccines) the ability to transport and store food, pure water, clean sanitation....... the list goes on.
At this stage in the game humanity/electricity are tied so closely that our species actually requires it to survive.
Electricity is more than just your xbox.
The answer would be gutters made of a memory metal, normally gutter-shaped, but apply a current and they go flat and tilt allowing you to hose them from the ground until the next jolt is applied when they go back to being gutters.
Preach! I'm in line right behind you.
The point folks seem to be missing is that this is just a toy to help sell new cars. Seriously, I drive a 15 year old car that I give regular maintenance (not repairs) and has less than 150,000 miles on it. According to my mechanic, it should go another 100,000 easy. Given that it looks nearly exactly like the newer cars (curvy and bubble like), has side impact beams, air bags, all wheel drive and the like why would I buy something new? Especially when a new care in the same class would cost half a year salary and this one is paid for? No big advancements in safety features, no engineering break throughs in recent years, no real increase in gas milage (hybrids aside, mine gets about 35 per gallon). What would make me upgrade...
ZOMG! WIFI! oooohhh! OnStar! wow..... TOYS!
It's a gimic, no more no less. The fact that's it's a gimic that will get people killed is just icing.
No better way to say "I'm a disrespectful northern ass" than to call a cop "officer" down south. No wonder they messed with you. Yes, there are different rules down there. It's a different culture, an extremely different culture, from the rest of the country.
Damned I miss home sometimes.
Remember Beaker Valley!
This whole topic is just about the best one I've seen on /. this year. I've been pondering all this stuff since achieving fatherdom and slowly collecting info. This discussion has more that doubled what I'd found on my own. The link you just provided though, best one of the bunch. Thanks.
You hit it on the head. When I was a kid no one would tell me why the vinegar made the baking soda go all foamy, so I had to find out myself (used to love the library trips when I was a kid). Oddly, I just mentioned the coke and poprocks thing to my wife, she knew *what* they did but not *why*. I think I know what my toddler is getting for his second birthday now.
"A long time a ago son, the poprocks ambushed the coke tribe at the Valley of the Overflowing Beaker, since then..."
Major combat operations were announced as over some time ago. So, if a war is now in a state of non-major combat operations, is it actually an emergency?
My first guess was fuel tanks for the backup generators. Though, those are usually diesel, and diesel fuel doesn't explode unless it's squeezed really hard. And also, this is just a guess. After all, I don't *actually* give two shits, but the comments are fun to read.
It's a *book*, books are these things that have words in them but you don't need electricity to read.
Hmm, I would assume that the parent to your reply was meaning that humanity staying on Earth alone is the lost cause.
http://www.space.com/news/060613_ap_hawking_space.html
Yes, the man that article references is truly only "pretending" to be intelligent.
Try again.
Marijuana is a sedative. It's not psychedelic at all.
And the best one yet, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ajZ-5kTXk
It is also important to note that these numbers also only reflect people who report their unemployment typically by seeking benefits. I myself have lost a few jobs in the past due to layoffs (2 actually) but I never in my life have filed for unemployment benefits. I know many folks in my position, we just grab the paper and look for more work. We don't get counted.
Hmmm, sounds like what the Rep-Rap folks are trying to do...
Actually yes, it was a war for oil, but not in the way you think that statement means. The price of oil (per barrel) is not determined by how much there is, it's determined by the commodities market. When you purchase a barrel of crude oil you don't drive down to the local Home Depot and load it up in your truck, you send a broker to the commodities exchange and you purchase a future not as yet produced barrel. The price is based on speculation. The brokers speculate how much oil we might have tomorrow based on the ease of getting at it today. Those that can supply oil tell us how much we might have and people bid (like an auction) to get some of that supply. Since the US launched it's war, the Middle East has become FAR MORE UNSTABLE THAN IT WAS causing the future availability of barrels of crude oil to be in question. The questioning of whether or not it will be available makes that "barrel of oil tomorrow" worth far more because "tomorrow" it may be very hard indeed to buy one for the day after. This is making oil suppliers and oil companies RECORD NEVER BEFORE SEEN PROFITS.
Yes, a war for oil, but if you believe that meant "a war so that we could have more oil" then you are deluded.