So you're saying you can never take pictures of trees (which are vertical, not horizontal) because modern, digital technology is incapable of doing what analog technology had done for over 100 years.
Just another example of the failings of the digital age.
I'm not a luddite, but this continual drumbeat that technology solves all ills is quite clearly shot down when we see the downward spiral of common sense and critical thinking on a daily basis as a direct result of technology.
the consumer end of the Uber app as it is today, and on the other end, a self-driving car.
I'm quite capable of driving myself, including shifting gears. I don't need or want to rely on software to get me where I'm going. It's bad enough we have rearview cameras being shoved down our throats because people are too lazy or fat to turn around and look behind them, we don't need more technology to try and solve a human problem.
You're missing the point. You will routinely hear from the right side of the political spectrum (and private industry) people claiming the government doesn't create jobs, it only takes from the masses.
In their next breath they whine and complain whenever the government cuts back, such as with the Printing Office or elimination of military projects (the Abrams tank comes to mind) because it will cost jobs, completely ignoring the only reason theses folks in private industry have a job is because of the government.
I only bring this up because I like to throw things back in people's faces when they make blanket statements such as this, just like all government workers are lazy or how private industry always does things better than the government.
a story I heard on NPR not too long ago. The head of the Government Printing Office was talking about how their headcount was less than half what it was 20 years ago due to heavier use of digital forms. She mentioned how few copies of the federal budget they print every year and so on.
All of this sounds great because she's helping to keep costs down while increasing the availability of government documents to he masses. Who would think that's a bad thing?
The paper industry. They had the head of an umbrella group for the paper and forestry groups who cautioned about moving too fast to go digital, how some people still liked paper forms and so on.
So the next time you hear someone say the government doesn't create jobs, ask them why private industry is up in arms every time the government tries to cut costs by not purchasing things. In this case, the literal tons of paper that used to be used to print government documents or, as in the case of Intuit, all the work they would no longer have to do if the tax filings were simplified.
how dare you expect the rest of us to pay for your health care because you don't want to.
Such as the smokers, the obese, alcoholics and drug users who can continue with their merry lifestyles, safe and secure in the knowledge everyone else is forced to hand over their money so they don't have to take personal responsibility for their actions, right?
Obamacare (as well as Romneycare) does nothing to lower health costs or ease the burden on the system so long as people are not forced to live healthier lifestyles. All they are doing is extracting money from people simply for the sake of extracting money and giving it to insurance companies who have gotten a huge financial windfall.
Considering how people on here rant about big bad corporations, this point should have been obvious, but I guess when you can take money from people, simply because you can, that never enters into the equation.
any vehicle with relatively low ground clearance is going to have trouble in this sort of scenario
That's why when I'm driving through a parking lot and some ricer with their "ground effects" car is grumbling behind me, I speed up just slightly so they're paying attention to me and not the speed bump which they can't see because they're so close to me.
I always get a pleasure hearing a sustained, "CRUNCH!" as their car scrapes over the bump.
In my U.S. states, astrologers must use some form of, "For entertainment purposes only" so people (the ones not so gullible to visit an astrologer) are warned astrology isn't real.
as it probably affects human relationships in an even more negative way.
You mean more than preventing someone with a serious affliction for getting real medical help?
Homeopathy does not, and has not, ever worked. Under any circumstance. The best that can be said about it is it gets people to drink water (which conveniently "remembers" whatever substance was diluted in it but not the piss, shit, radioactivity and dead carcasses that have been lying it).
I do remember that time but the difference is the Japanese actually did implement better products. Witness the historic rise of Honda (and their recent epic fall) in the auto industry.
The same with camera lenses. Even today there are people who ask where a lens is made for Nikon or Canon, preferring those produced in Japan over those in China. Whether there is a true qualitative difference is debatable, but the perception remains. On this same subject, I'll leave out Zeiss and their lenses because they explicitly design high-quality lenses and the costs reflect that.
The difference, however, is that the Japanese do make quality products whereas Chinese made products are, for the most part, of inferior quality with either shoddy parts or lax quality control. Or both.
The same with Russia. While they might now be able to mass produce products, their quality is nowhere near what the rest of the industrialized world produces (with few exceptions).
Where I live in the U.S., I have two choices: Comcast or Verizon.
Both charge $75/month for 15/5 which is the package available.
You will this situation in many parts of the country where competition is defined as two companies charging the same high price for the same slow speeds.
Personally I was trying to find pictures taken from the drone. From what I can tell the pictures were taken on the ground of the drone and a bit of the countryside.
This article presumes people give a rat's ass about saving fuel or driving safely. As those of us who drive on a regular basis can attest, more and more people seem to be of the mindset that no matter what, they will accelerate as hard as possible just so they can slam on the brakes as hard as possible at every opportunity.
This morning I had a guy literally on my rear bumper (less than 1 meter) and when it looked like there might be an opportunity for him to jump into the lane next to get around around me, he tried to take it. Unfortunately for him he misjudged the line of cars in that lane and had to swerve back behind me.
He wasn't going to get anywhere faster as there was a red light for us (a left turn), and he would have only gotten one car ahead, but by golly he was going to use every drop of fuel he possibly could just to try and do it.
I, and others, can relate story after story about people like this, and the only thing this proposal will do is add costs to vehicles (and those driving them when the system breaks down), cause more people to try and beat the red light which means more accidents, as well as people slamming on their brakes when they misjudge the timing, also causing more accidents.
Once again, we are trying to find a technical solution to a human problem rather than fixing the human problem.
Wouldn't want these folks making a pinky swear when a petri dish of genetically modified super-virus goes missing after they crossed Ebola with the common cold.
All because people are too lazy or too fat to turn around in their seat and look behind them or check their side mirrors.
I can't count the number of people I see every week who, when backing up, only look in their rear view mirror to see what's behind them. It is a rare sight indeed to see someone do what they're supposed to and turn around both ways to look behind them.
This is the result. Another piece of useless cruft shoehorned into a car just waiting to implode and cost the owner hundreds of dollars in repairs.
The reason I mentioned vaccines is because of people, including some on here, who continue to trot out this disproved notion.
As the article relates, whatever is happening to cause autism happens long before the kid is born and given a vaccine.
To me it seems just another genetic defect like Down's Syndrome or ALS so what we do as far as vaccines would have no effect since the person is already afflicted.
when people who claim to be conservatives are front and center in efforts to invade people's privacy or their lives in general.
Whether this situation, the banning of books at libraries, abortion or anything other matter involving one's personal freedoms, conservatives seem to go out of their way to be hypocrites when talking about freedom.
I guess it's easier to talk the talk than it is to walk the walk.
Sort of like when businesses decry government regulation or intrusion into their practices then turn around and come to the taxpayer asking for money.
Get paid for their work? What are you, a capitalist? People don't get paid for their work. Witness all the people who laugh about how they're not paying a dime for someone else's work when they can steal it from TPB.
Why should these people get paid for work they do when it's on their own time? Isn't that the whole point of open source, free work, no money?
Or are you saying that people need to get paid for the work they do because that's how things work?
We don't need idiots lying to our faces, telling us how wonderful their piece of bug-riddled software is and how it will revolutionize our time to entry for our core business into the cloud.
We need good, solid software that doesn't require administrative rights to use, isn't part of a package that we have to purchase to get the one item we need and won't die when the moron behind the keyboard drops their cookie crumbs into their keyboard.
Ahh fantasy, you be a heartless bitch who offers so much but gives so little.
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So you're saying you can never take pictures of trees (which are vertical, not horizontal) because modern, digital technology is incapable of doing what analog technology had done for over 100 years.
Just another example of the failings of the digital age.
TI-36 solar version. Came with the vinyl flip case which still has part of its spine holding on like grim death.
Bought it just out of high school (back in the day) and recently used it for my stats class (about 2 years ago).
I still take it with me every time I go grocery shopping to keep track of how much I'm spending.
Based on what I've seen, to make humans lazier.
I'm not a luddite, but this continual drumbeat that technology solves all ills is quite clearly shot down when we see the downward spiral of common sense and critical thinking on a daily basis as a direct result of technology.
the consumer end of the Uber app as it is today, and on the other end, a self-driving car.
I'm quite capable of driving myself, including shifting gears. I don't need or want to rely on software to get me where I'm going. It's bad enough we have rearview cameras being shoved down our throats because people are too lazy or fat to turn around and look behind them, we don't need more technology to try and solve a human problem.
Once you can get past the Indian's odd "your a stupid American" attitude
Such as using your instead of you're or their instead they're, right?
that takes intelligence and aptitude that most people don't have.
Including people whose job it is to write code based on the shitty software I have to deal with every day.
You're missing the point. You will routinely hear from the right side of the political spectrum (and private industry) people claiming the government doesn't create jobs, it only takes from the masses.
In their next breath they whine and complain whenever the government cuts back, such as with the Printing Office or elimination of military projects (the Abrams tank comes to mind) because it will cost jobs, completely ignoring the only reason theses folks in private industry have a job is because of the government.
I only bring this up because I like to throw things back in people's faces when they make blanket statements such as this, just like all government workers are lazy or how private industry always does things better than the government.
a story I heard on NPR not too long ago. The head of the Government Printing Office was talking about how their headcount was less than half what it was 20 years ago due to heavier use of digital forms. She mentioned how few copies of the federal budget they print every year and so on.
All of this sounds great because she's helping to keep costs down while increasing the availability of government documents to he masses. Who would think that's a bad thing?
The paper industry. They had the head of an umbrella group for the paper and forestry groups who cautioned about moving too fast to go digital, how some people still liked paper forms and so on.
So the next time you hear someone say the government doesn't create jobs, ask them why private industry is up in arms every time the government tries to cut costs by not purchasing things. In this case, the literal tons of paper that used to be used to print government documents or, as in the case of Intuit, all the work they would no longer have to do if the tax filings were simplified.
Tell me about it. I'm East Coast as well and I am trying to remember the last time we had good weather to see such an event.
I do remember we had good weather just long enough to see the transit of Mercury, but aside from that, I'm at a loss.
shoots a laser at the moon and bounces the beam off of five retroreflectors.
Big Bang Theory quote time:
Zack: One question. How can you be sure it won't blow up?
Leonard: The laser?
Zack: The moon.
how dare you expect the rest of us to pay for your health care because you don't want to.
Such as the smokers, the obese, alcoholics and drug users who can continue with their merry lifestyles, safe and secure in the knowledge everyone else is forced to hand over their money so they don't have to take personal responsibility for their actions, right?
Obamacare (as well as Romneycare) does nothing to lower health costs or ease the burden on the system so long as people are not forced to live healthier lifestyles. All they are doing is extracting money from people simply for the sake of extracting money and giving it to insurance companies who have gotten a huge financial windfall.
Considering how people on here rant about big bad corporations, this point should have been obvious, but I guess when you can take money from people, simply because you can, that never enters into the equation.
any vehicle with relatively low ground clearance is going to have trouble in this sort of scenario
That's why when I'm driving through a parking lot and some ricer with their "ground effects" car is grumbling behind me, I speed up just slightly so they're paying attention to me and not the speed bump which they can't see because they're so close to me.
I always get a pleasure hearing a sustained, "CRUNCH!" as their car scrapes over the bump.
Astrology should be banned,
In my U.S. states, astrologers must use some form of, "For entertainment purposes only" so people (the ones not so gullible to visit an astrologer) are warned astrology isn't real.
as it probably affects human relationships in an even more negative way.
You mean more than preventing someone with a serious affliction for getting real medical help?
Homeopathy does not, and has not, ever worked. Under any circumstance. The best that can be said about it is it gets people to drink water (which conveniently "remembers" whatever substance was diluted in it but not the piss, shit, radioactivity and dead carcasses that have been lying it).
Exactly. And as far as we know, he wasn't forced to resign. He did so so the company could move on as his presence would have been a distraction.
I do remember that time but the difference is the Japanese actually did implement better products. Witness the historic rise of Honda (and their recent epic fall) in the auto industry.
The same with camera lenses. Even today there are people who ask where a lens is made for Nikon or Canon, preferring those produced in Japan over those in China. Whether there is a true qualitative difference is debatable, but the perception remains. On this same subject, I'll leave out Zeiss and their lenses because they explicitly design high-quality lenses and the costs reflect that.
The difference, however, is that the Japanese do make quality products whereas Chinese made products are, for the most part, of inferior quality with either shoddy parts or lax quality control. Or both.
The same with Russia. While they might now be able to mass produce products, their quality is nowhere near what the rest of the industrialized world produces (with few exceptions).
Where I live in the U.S., I have two choices: Comcast or Verizon.
Both charge $75/month for 15/5 which is the package available.
You will this situation in many parts of the country where competition is defined as two companies charging the same high price for the same slow speeds.
Personally I was trying to find pictures taken from the drone. From what I can tell the pictures were taken on the ground of the drone and a bit of the countryside.
This article presumes people give a rat's ass about saving fuel or driving safely. As those of us who drive on a regular basis can attest, more and more people seem to be of the mindset that no matter what, they will accelerate as hard as possible just so they can slam on the brakes as hard as possible at every opportunity.
This morning I had a guy literally on my rear bumper (less than 1 meter) and when it looked like there might be an opportunity for him to jump into the lane next to get around around me, he tried to take it. Unfortunately for him he misjudged the line of cars in that lane and had to swerve back behind me.
He wasn't going to get anywhere faster as there was a red light for us (a left turn), and he would have only gotten one car ahead, but by golly he was going to use every drop of fuel he possibly could just to try and do it.
I, and others, can relate story after story about people like this, and the only thing this proposal will do is add costs to vehicles (and those driving them when the system breaks down), cause more people to try and beat the red light which means more accidents, as well as people slamming on their brakes when they misjudge the timing, also causing more accidents.
Once again, we are trying to find a technical solution to a human problem rather than fixing the human problem.
Wouldn't want these folks making a pinky swear when a petri dish of genetically modified super-virus goes missing after they crossed Ebola with the common cold.
All because people are too lazy or too fat to turn around in their seat and look behind them or check their side mirrors.
I can't count the number of people I see every week who, when backing up, only look in their rear view mirror to see what's behind them. It is a rare sight indeed to see someone do what they're supposed to and turn around both ways to look behind them.
This is the result. Another piece of useless cruft shoehorned into a car just waiting to implode and cost the owner hundreds of dollars in repairs.
The reason I mentioned vaccines is because of people, including some on here, who continue to trot out this disproved notion.
As the article relates, whatever is happening to cause autism happens long before the kid is born and given a vaccine.
To me it seems just another genetic defect like Down's Syndrome or ALS so what we do as far as vaccines would have no effect since the person is already afflicted.
Last week the BBC had this article on autism which says whatever is causing autism happens long before birth.
From the article:
Patchy changes in the developing brain long before birth may cause symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), research suggests.
In other words, vaccines have NO relation to who does or does not develop autism.
when people who claim to be conservatives are front and center in efforts to invade people's privacy or their lives in general.
Whether this situation, the banning of books at libraries, abortion or anything other matter involving one's personal freedoms, conservatives seem to go out of their way to be hypocrites when talking about freedom.
I guess it's easier to talk the talk than it is to walk the walk.
Sort of like when businesses decry government regulation or intrusion into their practices then turn around and come to the taxpayer asking for money.
Get paid for their work? What are you, a capitalist? People don't get paid for their work. Witness all the people who laugh about how they're not paying a dime for someone else's work when they can steal it from TPB.
Why should these people get paid for work they do when it's on their own time? Isn't that the whole point of open source, free work, no money?
Or are you saying that people need to get paid for the work they do because that's how things work?
We don't need idiots lying to our faces, telling us how wonderful their piece of bug-riddled software is and how it will revolutionize our time to entry for our core business into the cloud.
We need good, solid software that doesn't require administrative rights to use, isn't part of a package that we have to purchase to get the one item we need and won't die when the moron behind the keyboard drops their cookie crumbs into their keyboard.
Ahh fantasy, you be a heartless bitch who offers so much but gives so little.