I'd be surprised to find that you actually drove a taurus. I'm a reasonably aggressive driver, have driven a multitude of foreign and domestic cars over the last three decades, and while there was a radical difference between domestic and imported cars in the 70s and early 80s, the difference narrowed and disappeared eventually, to the point now that there is really very little difference between cars of the same price area (obviously a taurus will suck compared to a M5, I'm talking about comparing it with a camry or other similar car).
Just the same, however, because of the way humans read text, I can read 4 lines of 80 characters much faster than I can read 1.6 lines of 200 characters - the eyes sort of pre-fetch characters from all around the focus point, and a 200 character wide line requires much more eye sweep and each focus doesn't net as much data.
I don't think so. You get insurance to pay ahead of time to cover the chance that something bad will happen. Group insurance does work to help spread the cost over a group, but insurance in general isn't a group concept.
This is like telling the insurance companies that they can't know if you like to smoke a cigar every once in a while - something that will increase their risk of having to pay out somewhat, though not a guaranteed payout requirement.
You'll find that democracy (as much as it exists in the world today) isn't the only effective form of government, if you measure effectiveness by standards of living and economic progress, and personal safety.
Those things, of course, are how most people measure the effectiveness of government; generally, all they require is some measure of stability.
Because of that, a bit of censorship here and there is easily overlooked by many, as they have plenty to enjoy in their lives. The richer your life, the more you can tolerate.
Can someone explain how we have a list of known criminals and their location (name = location, on the internet, and if you can access them on-line you can figure out where they are) and they're still free?
I definitely enjoyed the LoTR films, and also think Jackson did a good job.
However:
Yes, there were some important parts missing
It's not so much "important parts were missing" (Tom Bombadil was entertaining but IMO not an important part of the story) so much as "story was changed strangely", such as
- Arwen's part substantially changed
- Faramir, instead of being noble, was more like his brother
Before cars were introduced, deliveries in cities (and elsewhere) were all done by horse-drawn carriage. The large number of horses involved required much grain and feed, and many people were involved in horse-related industries.
In addition, there were many street cleaners whose job it was to clean up after the horses.
Basically, a new mode of operation may cost one industry but will benefit a new one.
The fuel was almost impossible to ignite; it took some really nasty explosive chemical to start the burners (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR71):
JP-7 is very slippery and extremely difficult to light in any conventional way. The slipperiness was a disadvantage on the ground, since the aircraft leaked fuel when not flying, but at least JP-7 was not a fire hazard. When the engines of the aircraft were started, puffs of tetraethylborane (TEB), which ignites on contact with air, were injected into the engines to produce temperatures high enough to initially ignite the JP-7.
Presumably the temperatures were only present in the engines, so the exhaust itself wasn't hot enough to catch any leakage on fire once the engines were going.
Ghandi's tactics worked against the British because the British had a conscience about their actions in India - they actually thought that they were doing good work in India, and Ghandi showed them that their subjects didn't care for it, to the point that they would gladly give up riches and modern clothing and even food in order to make their point.
I'm not saying that the British just totally caved right away - far from it - but they were more paternalistic by the 20th century about India than subjugators.
Were Ghandi Tibettan in the 21st century, he'd just be hauled off and imprisoned somewhere, silently packed off. No press, no questions. No structured opposition allowed, this is our show, *we don't care what you think*.
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I hardly call his refusing plastic surgery even before the Joker came to see him as "holding it together".
I'd be surprised to find that you actually drove a taurus. I'm a reasonably aggressive driver, have driven a multitude of foreign and domestic cars over the last three decades, and while there was a radical difference between domestic and imported cars in the 70s and early 80s, the difference narrowed and disappeared eventually, to the point now that there is really very little difference between cars of the same price area (obviously a taurus will suck compared to a M5, I'm talking about comparing it with a camry or other similar car).
The devil made me do it, oh, oh, oh,oh It was the act of a man possessed, now The devil made me do it, oh, oh ,oh, oh
Your honor, I am innocent!
Isn't it false advertising to claim a benefit where none exists?
Of course not. Only if the judge's website had illegal porn should he be considered to have a conflict of interest.
Just the same, however, because of the way humans read text, I can read 4 lines of 80 characters much faster than I can read 1.6 lines of 200 characters - the eyes sort of pre-fetch characters from all around the focus point, and a 200 character wide line requires much more eye sweep and each focus doesn't net as much data.
Better would be "Free of Microsoft, ...", or to keep with the same wording as the author, "Microsoft-free, ..."
This is like telling the insurance companies that they can't know if you like to smoke a cigar every once in a while - something that will increase their risk of having to pay out somewhat, though not a guaranteed payout requirement.
What's that say about /. posters?
Is there a law on the books stating that violating the EULA is a criminal act?
If not, it's not a legal issue as much as a contractual one.
Those things, of course, are how most people measure the effectiveness of government; generally, all they require is some measure of stability.
Because of that, a bit of censorship here and there is easily overlooked by many, as they have plenty to enjoy in their lives. The richer your life, the more you can tolerate.
Did the customers actually want vista, or was it forced upon them by their choice of computer?
A better metric would be to see how many copies of vista sell with XP sitting next to it, both available equally.
Otherwise, it's like saying that 99.999% of people prefer to breathe oxygen - like there's a choice.
If so, is it due to parallel bug creation? Or copying of code?
Unfortunately in the USA, things that get built from trees tend to stand around for only a few decades at the most.
Dredging my memory from a high school class about 30 years ago, photosynthesis utilizes water and recombines the molecules:
CO2 + H2O + sunshine => C6H12O6 + O2
Apologizes for the lack of subscripting; I tried and failed...
Impossible.
Much more likely, he was reported to have said "A new-queue-leer Iran..."
As it has been for at least 800 years, starting with the Guelphs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines) if not before.
Can someone explain how we have a list of known criminals and their location (name = location, on the internet, and if you can access them on-line you can figure out where they are) and they're still free?
However:
It's not so much "important parts were missing" (Tom Bombadil was entertaining but IMO not an important part of the story) so much as "story was changed strangely", such as
Before cars were introduced, deliveries in cities (and elsewhere) were all done by horse-drawn carriage. The large number of horses involved required much grain and feed, and many people were involved in horse-related industries.
In addition, there were many street cleaners whose job it was to clean up after the horses.
Basically, a new mode of operation may cost one industry but will benefit a new one.
Presumably the temperatures were only present in the engines, so the exhaust itself wasn't hot enough to catch any leakage on fire once the engines were going.
In 1960s USA, there was already a good-sized "conscience" movement against apartheid (segragation) outside of the black population.
This, coupled with a relatively free press, meant that continued suppression of black people rapidly became politically difficult.
I don't see these conditions being present in China vs Tibet.
I've got to agree.
Ghandi's tactics worked against the British because the British had a conscience about their actions in India - they actually thought that they were doing good work in India, and Ghandi showed them that their subjects didn't care for it, to the point that they would gladly give up riches and modern clothing and even food in order to make their point.
I'm not saying that the British just totally caved right away - far from it - but they were more paternalistic by the 20th century about India than subjugators.
Were Ghandi Tibettan in the 21st century, he'd just be hauled off and imprisoned somewhere, silently packed off. No press, no questions. No structured opposition allowed, this is our show, *we don't care what you think*.