I just checked the definition of Rural - a rural area is a geographic area that is located outside the cities and towns. Rural Definition
As all that 'remote' area is located outside the cities and towns, it is technically also 'rural'. So Australia by definition does have an enormous rural area. (And quite a lot of it is used for raising sheep, cattle and wheat etc).
'... proposed a bill in January that would ban anyone younger than 18 from playing 'violent point-and-shoot' video games in arcades or other public establishments.'
No fake plastic guns in public for you, laddie. Fake plastic guns in the home, fine. In public, you must use real guns! But fake ones, NEVER!
Depends on the drink. Note, I don't actually drink any more. My ex-wife loved Southern Comfort as she thought it tasted like drinking a lolly. I used to love those pre-mixed vodka's with blueberry flavour etc in them as it was like having a soft drink (and were sort of lethal, because you never felt like you were drinking alcohol). I never did like the taste of beer though (and I'm allergic to it), that one is definitely an acquired taste (and yeah, lots of them do taste like what I would assume piss to taste like... never actually drunk piss before). I liked Jaggermesiter because it tastes like cough medicine, and for some weird reason I used to love the taste of cough medicine when I was a kid... actually, I still do. Scotch was my preferred drink for years, more specifically Johnny Walker red label. I'm allergic to wine as well, and never did like the taste of it. Long Island Iced Teas were great. There are many cocktails I never did get around to tasting when I was drinking, but people have assured me that many of them are quite delicious. Note, I stopped drinking by choice. I never was a big drinker. Alcohol doesn't affect me that much (ie can drink till the cows come home and not get drunk).
There are lots of complaints about teaching these days where the kids at school are given marks for 'effort' when they get things 100% incorrect. They also give 100% for answers that are not 100% correct. They gave actual examples on a current affairs show a few years back. It's like they are deliberately dumbing down the next generation as much as possible.
I don't think it's been about that for many, many years. Like, you can get a medal for boot camp, one for five years in service, ten years in sevice etc. That's hardly putting ones life on the line.
I should point out, when I said a brake similar to what a motorcycles have, I didn't mean the internals of the brake, just the hand mechanism that people use on a motorcycle. I would assume it had normal disc brakes that a car had.
It most likely didn't have a brake pedal. The article said it had been modified for a disabled person, so it more than likely used a brake similar to what motorcycles have. If the brake was loose, it could easily have released more each time he applied it, thus causing the car to accelerate. (I had a problem with a brake like this once on my push bike, I was going flat out down a hill and the more I tried to apply it the more it seemed to not work till I saw the rubber pads and nuts fall off and was suddenly without any brakes what-so-ever). In the case of the car, with the speed dial locked (as per the article) in full, applying a brake that's falling apart would result in it releasing more till there was no braking what-so-ever. Thus the accelerating. (Sorry, I went against slashdot commenting policy and read the article!)
Psyche means Spirit or ghost. In the love story of Psyche and Eros, Princess Psyche has to perform several tasks for Aphrodite (Venus in Roman Myth) in order to be reunited with her lover Eros (Venus's son - also known as Cupid in Roman Myth). One of those tasks was a decent into Hades.
Serious question (honestly). Given that birds are descended from dinosaurs, would dinosaurs taste like chicken, (or possible more correctly, does chicken taste like dinosaur)?
Some of the transistors wanted to become the new type, but then changed their mind and wanted to be hard wired, then changed their minds again... in the end we decided they were flip flops!
Venus: 'Unfortunately, X-Plane is not capable of simulating the hellish environment near the surface of Venus. But physics calculations give us an idea of what flight there would be like. The upshot is: Your plane would fly pretty well, except it would be on fire the whole time, and then it would stop flying, and then stop being a plane.'
Exactly like my first wife. The sex was great at first, and she was totally on fire, then the sex stopped and she stopped being a human being!!!
Surely someone somewhere would have detected the take off. Either from a state next door who could see it on their radar or someones satellite etc??? Has anyone outside of Iran confirmed any of these claims? Or is it what we are supposed to believe that explosion was the other day?
I've been in situations at work where a female has told a dirty joke and everyone laughs, but when a guy tells a similar dirty joke it's straight to HR and either out the door or some sort of reprimand. (I've also seen where one guy can say almost anything, sexist or sexual etc, and everyone laughs and just says, 'Well, that's Marty for you!' where as another male saying something not quite as bad gets his nuts in a bind over it). I'm not discounting that men would be the main perpetrators, because that's usually the case from what I've seen myself, but that the results might be skewed because of the fact men wouldn't report some sorts of misconduct done by men. I might add, a girl I used to work with was constantly getting propositioned by her female boss. She was afraid to make a complaint in case she lost her job. So, ones persons misconduct is another persons free pass. (And I'm damned if I know how Marty gets away with saying the sorts of things he does... but everyone just lets it slide!)
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I just checked the definition of Rural - a rural area is a geographic area that is located outside the cities and towns. Rural Definition
As all that 'remote' area is located outside the cities and towns, it is technically also 'rural'. So Australia by definition does have an enormous rural area. (And quite a lot of it is used for raising sheep, cattle and wheat etc).
' ... proposed a bill in January that would ban anyone younger than 18 from playing 'violent point-and-shoot' video games in arcades or other public establishments.'
No fake plastic guns in public for you, laddie. Fake plastic guns in the home, fine. In public, you must use real guns! But fake ones, NEVER!
Hope we can get these whales back in the water before they dry out and die!!!
Depends on the drink. Note, I don't actually drink any more. My ex-wife loved Southern Comfort as she thought it tasted like drinking a lolly. I used to love those pre-mixed vodka's with blueberry flavour etc in them as it was like having a soft drink (and were sort of lethal, because you never felt like you were drinking alcohol). I never did like the taste of beer though (and I'm allergic to it), that one is definitely an acquired taste (and yeah, lots of them do taste like what I would assume piss to taste like ... never actually drunk piss before). I liked Jaggermesiter because it tastes like cough medicine, and for some weird reason I used to love the taste of cough medicine when I was a kid ... actually, I still do. Scotch was my preferred drink for years, more specifically Johnny Walker red label. I'm allergic to wine as well, and never did like the taste of it. Long Island Iced Teas were great. There are many cocktails I never did get around to tasting when I was drinking, but people have assured me that many of them are quite delicious. Note, I stopped drinking by choice. I never was a big drinker. Alcohol doesn't affect me that much (ie can drink till the cows come home and not get drunk).
There are lots of complaints about teaching these days where the kids at school are given marks for 'effort' when they get things 100% incorrect. They also give 100% for answers that are not 100% correct. They gave actual examples on a current affairs show a few years back. It's like they are deliberately dumbing down the next generation as much as possible.
I don't think it's been about that for many, many years. Like, you can get a medal for boot camp, one for five years in service, ten years in sevice etc. That's hardly putting ones life on the line.
My favourite monitor is the racehorse goanna. It's not very accurate at writing programs, but by golly, it is fast!!!
Why is it that when I read that it was powered by butane I immediately thought of King of the Hill???
I should point out, when I said a brake similar to what a motorcycles have, I didn't mean the internals of the brake, just the hand mechanism that people use on a motorcycle. I would assume it had normal disc brakes that a car had.
It most likely didn't have a brake pedal. The article said it had been modified for a disabled person, so it more than likely used a brake similar to what motorcycles have. If the brake was loose, it could easily have released more each time he applied it, thus causing the car to accelerate. (I had a problem with a brake like this once on my push bike, I was going flat out down a hill and the more I tried to apply it the more it seemed to not work till I saw the rubber pads and nuts fall off and was suddenly without any brakes what-so-ever). In the case of the car, with the speed dial locked (as per the article) in full, applying a brake that's falling apart would result in it releasing more till there was no braking what-so-ever. Thus the accelerating. (Sorry, I went against slashdot commenting policy and read the article!)
Tell them they're dreaming!!!
Psyche means Spirit or ghost. In the love story of Psyche and Eros, Princess Psyche has to perform several tasks for Aphrodite (Venus in Roman Myth) in order to be reunited with her lover Eros (Venus's son - also known as Cupid in Roman Myth). One of those tasks was a decent into Hades.
Since the Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of one AU, this puts us at the very edge of the habitable zone.
Take that aliens, out planet has the edge!!!!!
Serious question (honestly). Given that birds are descended from dinosaurs, would dinosaurs taste like chicken, (or possible more correctly, does chicken taste like dinosaur)?
Read Didier Sornette's http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=sornette&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDidier_Sornette&ei=W-0RUfisEMmUiAesz4DgCQ&usg=AFQjCNFfRpV9pxxFO-xtIOYzfYFJ4k7PNw&sig2=1uKuO63XsPwMBFg9D_kl9Q&bvm=bv.41934586,d.aGc work into predicting the stock exchange (he started out by predicting earthquakes and volcanic eruptions). I'm sure his work would be excellent in this field too. Sure, past events do not predict future events, but past patterns that lead to catastrophic events reoccur just before the event, making it predictable within a certain range of time.
Some of the transistors wanted to become the new type, but then changed their mind and wanted to be hard wired, then changed their minds again ... in the end we decided they were flip flops!
Venus: 'Unfortunately, X-Plane is not capable of simulating the hellish environment near the surface of Venus. But physics calculations give us an idea of what flight there would be like. The upshot is: Your plane would fly pretty well, except it would be on fire the whole time, and then it would stop flying, and then stop being a plane.'
Exactly like my first wife. The sex was great at first, and she was totally on fire, then the sex stopped and she stopped being a human being!!!
In latest news, the USA has invaded Antigua searching for possible weapons of mass destruction!
Don't you hate it when you mis-jump to Ironforge and a bunch of dwarves takes out your titan?
I'd hazard a guess at 2mA if it is like other tDCS memory stuff.
Why an old copy of photoshop when GIMP is available?
Surely someone somewhere would have detected the take off. Either from a state next door who could see it on their radar or someones satellite etc??? Has anyone outside of Iran confirmed any of these claims? Or is it what we are supposed to believe that explosion was the other day?
Or there is a large stack of them in a truck and the top one falls on the person as they are driving giving a 'stack overflow' causing a crash.
Sorry, typo - line should read, "... men wouldn't report some sorts of misconduct done by women'.
I've been in situations at work where a female has told a dirty joke and everyone laughs, but when a guy tells a similar dirty joke it's straight to HR and either out the door or some sort of reprimand. (I've also seen where one guy can say almost anything, sexist or sexual etc, and everyone laughs and just says, 'Well, that's Marty for you!' where as another male saying something not quite as bad gets his nuts in a bind over it). I'm not discounting that men would be the main perpetrators, because that's usually the case from what I've seen myself, but that the results might be skewed because of the fact men wouldn't report some sorts of misconduct done by men. I might add, a girl I used to work with was constantly getting propositioned by her female boss. She was afraid to make a complaint in case she lost her job. So, ones persons misconduct is another persons free pass. (And I'm damned if I know how Marty gets away with saying the sorts of things he does ... but everyone just lets it slide!)