Thats a BILL, not a BUDGET. Please read the following:
The President is required to annually prepare and submit a comprehensive federal
budget to Congress for the fiscal year that begins on October 1. The
President sets out his national priorities and proposes policy initiatives in the federal
budget submitted to Congress soon after Congress convenes in January. The President’s
budget submission provides him the opportunity to influence the agenda for the upcoming
budget and policy debate in Congress. For more information on budget process, see
[http://www.crs.gov/products/guides/guidehome.shtml].
The biggest budget deficits ever were under Bush and Regan. Republicans claim a platform of low spending and low taxes, then turn around and invoke the biggest spending and tax hikes to cover it. The Republican media spin army is LYING to you.
Responsible government seem to only lie with the Democrats (unfortunately for the overall democracy). And I believe this is a recent phenomenon, probably since Regan.
What is it about "European-style socialism" that seems to make people happier?
Maybe it has more to do with Americans clutch their guns and seem to believe that at any moment the government is going to burst in and take them away. Or at least the Republicans believe that. The most angry and unhappy (and paranoid) people on the planet seem to be Republicans.
I always wondered why they did that, instead why not give the money to people as incentives to buy new cars as well as incentives to take their old ones off the roads, and then let the people use that money to stimulate the economy to help the car companies. I think we went about this the wrong way, none of the "people" got anything
out of this, only the car companies which are still in trouble anyways...
Here in Canada, you buy the vehicle at the standard price, then you apply to the provincial/federal governments for a rebate. The money comes to you. The amount you get depends on the rated efficiency of the car (i.e. not just for a hybrid)
Its due to the refineries. When oil is refined a percentage of each gallon of oil is gas,diesel,kero,... If we start changing everything over to diesel the price for a gallon of diesel would skyrocket.
EXACTLY. Diesel cars will never be mainstream in the US for two main reasons:
1. If all cars switched over to diesel, gasoline would essentially become a waste product, and an environmental disaster trying to dispose of it.
2. The US military engine depends on diesel. They use a LOT of it and dont want to compete for resources with the general public.
So it only makes sense to use gasoline from a resource availability point of view.
Modern turbo-diesels are outstanding pieces of work, but the US market is prejudiced against them because of their noisy, smelly, polluting predecessors.
That's because they ARE noisy, smelly and polluting..
Besides, diesel is more inconvenient as I'd have to hunt to find a station that dispenses it. Not all do and they would be mainly on the big truck transport routes.
No, because the 'wave' is a ripple in one direction. There is no 'negative' wave able to be generated to cancel out a 'positive' wave. The wave does not oscillate on either side of zero=no gravity.
And even if it's not true, if the math works, it still might be useful.
Sometimes things are useful if the math DOESN'T work out.
For example in control theory, if you have a numerator of a fraction that is zero, and you want to get rid of it, sometimes if you are careful you can get rid of it by dividing by zero so the zeros cancel out. A no-no in math, but perfectly valid in control theory.
you should still work encrypted. It's one thing to say you trust the cafe owner with your secret data flying through their router - but quite another to say you trust every other customer on a laptop in the shop at the same time.
First, if you are working on something that requires privacy, you shouldn't be doing it in a public wireless access spot. get on a network you trust.
Second, if you do put your computer on a public network, you should be smart enough to protect your own computer so other people on the network cannot access it.
It would also be interesting, though hard to figure out, what the motives are behind the remaining open hotspots. What percentage are simple cluelessness, what percentage are somebody having to support a legacy device with broken wireless capabilities, and what percentage are altruistic.
The motive would be to encourage people to come with their laptops, connect to the internet as easily as possible without hassle, and stay long enough so they buy food and coffee.
Also a fully open network means they dont have to train staff in its use, dont have to pay much to maintain it, and dont have to wrestle with customers that can open a browser but dont know much else.
Having an open network at a coffee or restaurant (which is what the article is referring to) is a GOOD thing, not bad.
In our company, our network security means that even if you did get into the building and plug directly into the wired network, you still cannot see any of the networked PCs or network drives. You only get internet access. This makes it very convenient for visitors who come into the building for the day and need outside access.
Wireless works the same way. It's secure, but even if someone did break into it (we broadcast outside the building so you can go sit outside and work with a laptop if you wanted) they still can't access any data.
All good points, but I assume the original poster is referring to Hotspots that you would find in public areas and cafes, not home systems.
For public area systems, I don't see the value in having free public access and security. If it's free and open, then it shouldn't be encrypted. I like the convenience of just opening my laptop and getting a connection without having to go through any config nonsense.
Of course my home system is completely secure as I want to protect my data, but a cafe owner wants to make connections as easy as possible, and have minimal costs in term of labour to maintain. This means free, open and unencrypted.
For public assess points, I'd like this to be close to 100%.
Dying off of cultures and civilizations is a natural process. What must be preserved is their collective knowledge. Written records of their stories may one day prove to be a giant shortcut for future research.
Hey! We could do that to the Americans! Ok, for everyone that lives in the US, write down what you know and send it to someone who lives in another country. That way when your country self destructs, your knowledge and culture will be preserved. Kinda like the Romans.
The "Native Americans" were actually many different tribes, many of whom despised one another. They fought wars with one another where torture, enslavement, rape, and various other atrocities were common. Some even practiced human sacrifice. They did not use "every part of" whatever animal they killed. They were not environmentalists. They were not peaceniks. They weren't even really "natives" (having immigrated from Asia once themselves).
You could easily replace 'native americans' with 'europeans' and it would be very true of the state of europe over 1000 years ago.
And what would you suggest we do to fix this? We've tried the 'just leaving them alone'. We've tried the 'throw copious amounts of money at them to promote development'. We've tried the 'educating them to help themselves'. We've tried both the carrot, and in the past, the stick, unfortunately.
Has anyone tried ASKING them what they want, instead of just assuming a solution?
If they want, empower them. Give them the right to decide their own destiny. Stop treating them like a problem to be solved.
This should be true of all natives and minorities throughout the world. History is full of this ridiculous interference where it is not wanted. Too often people try and 'fix' the 'problem' by making them just like the people trying to solve the problem, without actually asking what they want.
No. I've just never (except once) come across it. Maybe it is completely unpopular and not used. Maybe the name is non-descriptive. Maybe it's pointless as other plugins do whatever its supposed to do.
Maybe I have better things to do rather than track down the latest crap fad.
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No. I have a real car. Hybrid SUV actually and performance doesn't perceptibly change whether there is one or four passengers.
Thats a BILL, not a BUDGET. Please read the following:
The President is required to annually prepare and submit a comprehensive federal budget to Congress for the fiscal year that begins on October 1. The President sets out his national priorities and proposes policy initiatives in the federal budget submitted to Congress soon after Congress convenes in January. The President’s budget submission provides him the opportunity to influence the agenda for the upcoming budget and policy debate in Congress. For more information on budget process, see [http://www.crs.gov/products/guides/guidehome.shtml].
http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/RS20179.pdf
The biggest budget deficits ever were under Bush and Regan. Republicans claim a platform of low spending and low taxes, then turn around and invoke the biggest spending and tax hikes to cover it. The Republican media spin army is LYING to you.
Responsible government seem to only lie with the Democrats (unfortunately for the overall democracy). And I believe this is a recent phenomenon, probably since Regan.
What is it about "European-style socialism" that seems to make people happier?
Maybe it has more to do with Americans clutch their guns and seem to believe that at any moment the government is going to burst in and take them away. Or at least the Republicans believe that. The most angry and unhappy (and paranoid) people on the planet seem to be Republicans.
Or gave the money to the car manufacturer
I always wondered why they did that, instead why not give the money to people as incentives to buy new cars as well as incentives to take their old ones off the roads, and then let the people use that money to stimulate the economy to help the car companies. I think we went about this the wrong way, none of the "people" got anything out of this, only the car companies which are still in trouble anyways...
Here in Canada, you buy the vehicle at the standard price, then you apply to the provincial/federal governments for a rebate. The money comes to you. The amount you get depends on the rated efficiency of the car (i.e. not just for a hybrid)
Is that not the way it works in the US?
Its due to the refineries. When oil is refined a percentage of each gallon of oil is gas,diesel,kero,... If we start changing everything over to diesel the price for a gallon of diesel would skyrocket.
EXACTLY. Diesel cars will never be mainstream in the US for two main reasons:
1. If all cars switched over to diesel, gasoline would essentially become a waste product, and an environmental disaster trying to dispose of it.
2. The US military engine depends on diesel. They use a LOT of it and dont want to compete for resources with the general public.
So it only makes sense to use gasoline from a resource availability point of view.
I know that e85 is a joke, but I am saving money on it right now as it's cost per mile (to me) is less than gasoline at the moment.
You'll destroy your engine on that crap.
Yes, even 25 kg matter.
25kg matters? So I carry a passenger and my performance goes out the window??
Modern turbo-diesels are outstanding pieces of work, but the US market is prejudiced against them because of their noisy, smelly, polluting predecessors.
That's because they ARE noisy, smelly and polluting..
Besides, diesel is more inconvenient as I'd have to hunt to find a station that dispenses it. Not all do and they would be mainly on the big truck transport routes.
It's a 50% cycle wave. Kinda like the wave at sporting events (arms up, then back to start).
No, because the 'wave' is a ripple in one direction. There is no 'negative' wave able to be generated to cancel out a 'positive' wave. The wave does not oscillate on either side of zero=no gravity.
This has been proven untrue. Gravity seems to fall into the "Spooky Action At A Distance" category when it comes to speed.
Really? Please provide a reference.
And even if it's not true, if the math works, it still might be useful.
Sometimes things are useful if the math DOESN'T work out.
For example in control theory, if you have a numerator of a fraction that is zero, and you want to get rid of it, sometimes if you are careful you can get rid of it by dividing by zero so the zeros cancel out. A no-no in math, but perfectly valid in control theory.
My understanding is that there has been no disproof of general relativity, but that it is fundamentally irreconcilable with quantum physics
However GR is valid over a much wider range (velocity, distance, time, whatever) than QM.
What's the "speed of gravity" then?
The unproven and untested theory is that a gravity wave travels at the speed of light.
you should still work encrypted. It's one thing to say you trust the cafe owner with your secret data flying through their router - but quite another to say you trust every other customer on a laptop in the shop at the same time.
First, if you are working on something that requires privacy, you shouldn't be doing it in a public wireless access spot. get on a network you trust.
Second, if you do put your computer on a public network, you should be smart enough to protect your own computer so other people on the network cannot access it.
It would also be interesting, though hard to figure out, what the motives are behind the remaining open hotspots. What percentage are simple cluelessness, what percentage are somebody having to support a legacy device with broken wireless capabilities, and what percentage are altruistic.
The motive would be to encourage people to come with their laptops, connect to the internet as easily as possible without hassle, and stay long enough so they buy food and coffee.
Also a fully open network means they dont have to train staff in its use, dont have to pay much to maintain it, and dont have to wrestle with customers that can open a browser but dont know much else.
Having an open network at a coffee or restaurant (which is what the article is referring to) is a GOOD thing, not bad.
For all intensive purposes [sic], only percentage matters.
I think you meant 'for all intents and purposes'.
In our company, our network security means that even if you did get into the building and plug directly into the wired network, you still cannot see any of the networked PCs or network drives. You only get internet access. This makes it very convenient for visitors who come into the building for the day and need outside access.
Wireless works the same way. It's secure, but even if someone did break into it (we broadcast outside the building so you can go sit outside and work with a laptop if you wanted) they still can't access any data.
All good points, but I assume the original poster is referring to Hotspots that you would find in public areas and cafes, not home systems.
For public area systems, I don't see the value in having free public access and security. If it's free and open, then it shouldn't be encrypted. I like the convenience of just opening my laptop and getting a connection without having to go through any config nonsense.
Of course my home system is completely secure as I want to protect my data, but a cafe owner wants to make connections as easy as possible, and have minimal costs in term of labour to maintain. This means free, open and unencrypted.
For public assess points, I'd like this to be close to 100%.
Ok. I do on demand hi-def movies from my cable provider. Also Netflix is not available here in Canada
Dying off of cultures and civilizations is a natural process. What must be preserved is their collective knowledge. Written records of their stories may one day prove to be a giant shortcut for future research.
Hey! We could do that to the Americans! Ok, for everyone that lives in the US, write down what you know and send it to someone who lives in another country. That way when your country self destructs, your knowledge and culture will be preserved. Kinda like the Romans.
The "Native Americans" were actually many different tribes, many of whom despised one another. They fought wars with one another where torture, enslavement, rape, and various other atrocities were common. Some even practiced human sacrifice. They did not use "every part of" whatever animal they killed. They were not environmentalists. They were not peaceniks. They weren't even really "natives" (having immigrated from Asia once themselves).
You could easily replace 'native americans' with 'europeans' and it would be very true of the state of europe over 1000 years ago.
And what would you suggest we do to fix this? We've tried the 'just leaving them alone'. We've tried the 'throw copious amounts of money at them to promote development'. We've tried the 'educating them to help themselves'. We've tried both the carrot, and in the past, the stick, unfortunately.
Has anyone tried ASKING them what they want, instead of just assuming a solution?
If they want, empower them. Give them the right to decide their own destiny. Stop treating them like a problem to be solved.
This should be true of all natives and minorities throughout the world. History is full of this ridiculous interference where it is not wanted. Too often people try and 'fix' the 'problem' by making them just like the people trying to solve the problem, without actually asking what they want.
No. I've just never (except once) come across it. Maybe it is completely unpopular and not used. Maybe the name is non-descriptive. Maybe it's pointless as other plugins do whatever its supposed to do.
Maybe I have better things to do rather than track down the latest crap fad.