The idea is analogous to running a 24/7 100% up time server without a backup generator. You technically can do it, but you run that risk of a blackout. Same situation here for the nuclear reactor.
You may also trade you worn-down weak old battery for a shiny new one fully charged - works both ways.
I wonder if there is chemistry that will allow you to replace the liquid part of a battery to recharge it.. the "gas" station removes the old liquid and puts it into a charging cell, and pumps in new liquid that is "charged up". Perhaps you would only need to change the car-cells every 3K miles like an oil change. I don't think the batteries work exactly the way you think it works.
But, that's ok, because the concept you have is already in place for bbq propane tanks. Propane tanks have a finite lifespan due to their valves or something. A company just sort of rents them to you at a full tank at a time. Once the propane is used up, you bring it back to the store, and rent another full tank, without ever worrying about the old tank. The same concept can be used for batteries as well.
It's not to say I'm not on that class action lawsuit, but I'm just being realistic about our chances of ever getting the case heard.
I would totally love to see resolution to this lawsuit, whether it be we receive our "system access fees" back, or that the future service is better.
Just so you know, outside of the named litigants and the law firm handling this, the rest of us are doing exactly that, sitting on our collective asses waiting for a payout.
Exactly... I switched from Telus to Rogers for a corporate plan (which by the way is much cheaper than what I was paying while at Telus for the same plan), I noticed the call quality was horrible with Rogers.
With Telus, when I initated a call, it would call immediately, with Rogers, I would have to wait till my phone finds a channel, which could take several tries. Also, on Telus, the sound quality was amazing, clear, crisp, on Rogers you get static and particularly with the loaner piece of shit phone I have right now I get feedback.
Lastly, and this is just a personal thing, Telus voicemail access was simply dialing your own number from your phone, while Rogers was a completely separate number to call to access your voicemail.
Really, the only reason why I switched was the cheaper rates, and the ability to swap out the sim card while I'm overseas, but now I am having second thoughts, given there are cheaper rates coming, and I could have just picked up an unlocked GSM phone for my oversea trips. Woe is me.
Rarely do you ever see anything come out of a class action lawsuit. The first judge has to let that case through to start, and even then, that's no guarantee of seeing anything returned to you to recoup your excess charges.
This argument is always put forward when there's a debate about the lottery. I'm not bought by it.
I mean, come on. You're not going to win. Ever. If you want something to have a beer and a good larf about, watch the football or something.
And what if fortune decides to grant you the money? It'd be a shame if you actually bought all the stupid shit you promised yourself you'd squander it on. And yet inevitably, there is someone who comes out a winner.
Also, if I manage to win and squander all my money, that's going to be my problem wouldn't it?
Do you know what that dollar used for a lottery ticket buys you?
Basically it buys you a dream, and an opportunity to share your dreams with your friends/co-workers who are in on the ticket. Really no different from buying a piece of art for a conversation piece.
At work, we buy lottery tickets together when the jackpot is huge, and then we get to talk about the things we'd do if we won, which in effect buys me a mental vacation from the reality of having to work for a living. For a dollar every now and then, it's worth it. Besides, a losing ticket just buys social assistance projects where I'm from anyways, so it's not really a big loss.
You're making it seem like concrete is the most fragile thing in the world. Many of the world's skyscrapers are made with concrete, and you don't see massive cracks developing and causing collapse. These are giant concrete structures holding up millions of tonnes of weight.
Here, we're only talking about a small home, just a fraction of the size of a skyscraper. I think we'll be ok on the concrete cracking side of things.
I take digital photos, but I usually have a few select ones that I like to print. I organize them into layouts like you would see in a photo magazine and send them off to print.
It comes back in a leather bound book with pages exactly the same as you would see in any good quality book.
We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Elgan. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're FLASHING and they're BEEPING. I can't stand it anymore! They're BLINKING and BEEPING and FLASHING! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug! I think those switches, lights and knobs all belong to your life support system which is why no one has pulled the plug.
Then again, it seems like it's not making your life any better, perhaps someone should end your misery?
Exactly. You guys have to compare products at a similar level. Generalizations like, American cars suck because they have the Chevy Cobalt, whereas Europeans have Lamborghinis! Of course, failing to realize that there are hidden gems like the Saleen S7 for instance.
Anyway, getting back to chocolate, there are some chocolatiers like http://www.johnandkiras.com/ who make all their chocolates from fresh ingredients. Of course you will pay a premium for it, but that's what you have to do to get anything "quality".
I believe it's called a class-action lawsuit where affected people all gather together to get their voices heard. Perhaps when people learn about these "restrictions" on "unlimited", they will go ahead and launch this suit.
I didn't answer your other question because I don't think running to another country will be any different. Politicians everywhere are the same. Self serving, lying through their smiles type of people, who exist only to further their own agendas. Politics as a whole has gotten to large for any one person to be in full control over.
The only politics I see working are those for tribes of 100 people, where the leader is actually respected, and if not, lynched for cheating.
It may be a snap to win one riding if you were rich, but to win against them all, you're asking for the impossible. It would be like having an independent running for president, or prime minister (depending on where you are from). It just isn't going to happen if you don't have party support.
Besides, politicians are very much like lawyers (many beginning their careers as one), in the fact that as a young politician or law student, they have dreams to make their country a better place, but once they get sucked into politicking, it becomes more a matter of survival than to make dreams happen. It's just the nature of the game. Sort of like if you sent a nice guy into prison, no matter what, he's going to come out a bad man.
Have you realized that politicians will lie and cheat their way to a seat by putting on a face for their voters. Once in, they switch their voter promises to their own personal agenda. By then, it's too late, you voted them in, and the pass laws in your confidence. You can only wait four years before you get the chance to vote them out. Of course, the damage has already been done.
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Just to get the story straight, it wasn't the pumps that were missing, but actually the emergency backup power for the pumps that were missing.
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/285359
The idea is analogous to running a 24/7 100% up time server without a backup generator. You technically can do it, but you run that risk of a blackout. Same situation here for the nuclear reactor.
I wonder if there is chemistry that will allow you to replace the liquid part of a battery to recharge it.. the "gas" station removes the old liquid and puts it into a charging cell, and pumps in new liquid that is "charged up". Perhaps you would only need to change the car-cells every 3K miles like an oil change. I don't think the batteries work exactly the way you think it works.
But, that's ok, because the concept you have is already in place for bbq propane tanks. Propane tanks have a finite lifespan due to their valves or something. A company just sort of rents them to you at a full tank at a time. Once the propane is used up, you bring it back to the store, and rent another full tank, without ever worrying about the old tank. The same concept can be used for batteries as well.
So the electric car won't work for YOU, doesn't mean it won't work for others.
It's not to say I'm not on that class action lawsuit, but I'm just being realistic about our chances of ever getting the case heard.
I would totally love to see resolution to this lawsuit, whether it be we receive our "system access fees" back, or that the future service is better.
Just so you know, outside of the named litigants and the law firm handling this, the rest of us are doing exactly that, sitting on our collective asses waiting for a payout.
Exactly... I switched from Telus to Rogers for a corporate plan (which by the way is much cheaper than what I was paying while at Telus for the same plan), I noticed the call quality was horrible with Rogers.
With Telus, when I initated a call, it would call immediately, with Rogers, I would have to wait till my phone finds a channel, which could take several tries. Also, on Telus, the sound quality was amazing, clear, crisp, on Rogers you get static and particularly with the loaner piece of shit phone I have right now I get feedback.
Lastly, and this is just a personal thing, Telus voicemail access was simply dialing your own number from your phone, while Rogers was a completely separate number to call to access your voicemail.
Really, the only reason why I switched was the cheaper rates, and the ability to swap out the sim card while I'm overseas, but now I am having second thoughts, given there are cheaper rates coming, and I could have just picked up an unlocked GSM phone for my oversea trips. Woe is me.
Rarely do you ever see anything come out of a class action lawsuit. The first judge has to let that case through to start, and even then, that's no guarantee of seeing anything returned to you to recoup your excess charges.
We Canadians would not support that, now that the pros and cons have been detailed.
I mean, come on. You're not going to win. Ever. If you want something to have a beer and a good larf about, watch the football or something.
And what if fortune decides to grant you the money? It'd be a shame if you actually bought all the stupid shit you promised yourself you'd squander it on. And yet inevitably, there is someone who comes out a winner.
Also, if I manage to win and squander all my money, that's going to be my problem wouldn't it?
Do you know what that dollar used for a lottery ticket buys you?
Basically it buys you a dream, and an opportunity to share your dreams with your friends/co-workers who are in on the ticket. Really no different from buying a piece of art for a conversation piece.
At work, we buy lottery tickets together when the jackpot is huge, and then we get to talk about the things we'd do if we won, which in effect buys me a mental vacation from the reality of having to work for a living. For a dollar every now and then, it's worth it. Besides, a losing ticket just buys social assistance projects where I'm from anyways, so it's not really a big loss.
They could use a swiffer dust mop.
So they're "artists" now?
You're making it seem like concrete is the most fragile thing in the world. Many of the world's skyscrapers are made with concrete, and you don't see massive cracks developing and causing collapse. These are giant concrete structures holding up millions of tonnes of weight.
Here, we're only talking about a small home, just a fraction of the size of a skyscraper. I think we'll be ok on the concrete cracking side of things.
I take digital photos, but I usually have a few select ones that I like to print. I organize them into layouts like you would see in a photo magazine and send them off to print.
It comes back in a leather bound book with pages exactly the same as you would see in any good quality book.
Black's Photography does photobooks.
http://blacksmemorables.com/albums.html
Then again, it seems like it's not making your life any better, perhaps someone should end your misery?
And then you realize that the "woman" you were raping was actually a man playing as a woman. ....Crying Game....
whaa whaa whaa!
If you beat the other team badly enough, you could be charged with rape.
Especially when all the good players team stack on a stacked map, like playing Ts in Italy.You virtually farted? So that explains what I thought I smelled.
Exactly. You guys have to compare products at a similar level. Generalizations like, American cars suck because they have the Chevy Cobalt, whereas Europeans have Lamborghinis! Of course, failing to realize that there are hidden gems like the Saleen S7 for instance.
Anyway, getting back to chocolate, there are some chocolatiers like http://www.johnandkiras.com/ who make all their chocolates from fresh ingredients. Of course you will pay a premium for it, but that's what you have to do to get anything "quality".
Who says you can't warm yourself by burning heretics?
Seems to me that's the more efficient use of fire
Cuban. But it's not open-source just yet.
I believe it's called a class-action lawsuit where affected people all gather together to get their voices heard. Perhaps when people learn about these "restrictions" on "unlimited", they will go ahead and launch this suit.
Well... anything not in front can be described as being behind, even if it's off to one side.
So the pilot could theoretically be looking out the side window and see something in the 7 o'clock position and call it "behind the aircraft".
They should run the votes in a tournament style.
Initial vote, to get the top n parties.
Then a second vote to get the top i parties of n.
Of course that's going to cost a bit... but at least you'll get a more reflective vote of the people.
I didn't answer your other question because I don't think running to another country will be any different. Politicians everywhere are the same. Self serving, lying through their smiles type of people, who exist only to further their own agendas. Politics as a whole has gotten to large for any one person to be in full control over.
The only politics I see working are those for tribes of 100 people, where the leader is actually respected, and if not, lynched for cheating.
It may be a snap to win one riding if you were rich, but to win against them all, you're asking for the impossible. It would be like having an independent running for president, or prime minister (depending on where you are from). It just isn't going to happen if you don't have party support.
Besides, politicians are very much like lawyers (many beginning their careers as one), in the fact that as a young politician or law student, they have dreams to make their country a better place, but once they get sucked into politicking, it becomes more a matter of survival than to make dreams happen. It's just the nature of the game. Sort of like if you sent a nice guy into prison, no matter what, he's going to come out a bad man.
Have you realized that politicians will lie and cheat their way to a seat by putting on a face for their voters. Once in, they switch their voter promises to their own personal agenda. By then, it's too late, you voted them in, and the pass laws in your confidence. You can only wait four years before you get the chance to vote them out. Of course, the damage has already been done.