"Results show that mean regionwide precipitation during the last 100 yr has been unusually high and less variable compared to other periods in the past."
So, is what we're presently experiencing an unusually dry period brought on by climate change, or just a return to historically normal conditions?
But tell me how this administration could have said "Sorry, we are out of money, stop working!" on *this* project? This is the headline, premier achievement of Obama which won him two elections. There was no way they where going to let it fail, no matter what the cost.
As I said, cancelling the contract is only one of the options. They could have gone the route of de-scoping. For example, one of the reasons cited for the site being in such poor shape was the Admin's insistence on making people create an account in order to be able to browse plans. That "feature" was eventually dropped, but not until several weeks after launch.
I believe they where on "cost plus" contract, which means they are going to get off Scott Free
"Cost plus" does not mean what you seem to think it means. There is a negotiated budget, and cost increases must be negotiated and approved by the customer. I have personally worked on several Government cost plus contracts where the customer has essentially said, "Sorry, I don't have any more money. Either complete the work with the existing funding, or the contract will be cancelled." Or, there is the ever-popular "Sorry, I don't have any more money. Show me where we can reduce scope so we can get what we need with the existing funding." Or my personal favorite, "Sorry, I don't have any more money. The project will be put on hold until next fiscal year, when we might be able to come up with additional funding."
"Individual income taxes and payroll taxes accounted for 82 percent of all federal revenues in fiscal year 2010. Corporate income taxes contributed another 9 percent. Excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and miscellaneous receipts (earnings of the Federal Reserve System and various fees and charges) made up the balance."
-- What are the federal government’s sources of revenue?
What? How is "vandalism" a racist word? Some vandalism is racist (as in when a synagogue is defaced with swastikas), but I've never before seen someone claim that the word is somehow racist. Are you concerned with offending the descendants of a Germanic tribe that overran parts of Europe in the 5th century?
The boat doesn't belong to the Aquarium of the Pacific; it belongs to a private harbor cruise company. If the cruise company would rather charter the boat to Google than run whale-watching tours, why shouldn't they do so?
As to the buses -- it seems that the excuse a lot of opponents use is that Google and other companies use the city's bus stops without paying for the privilege, either through fees or through fines. But the mayor of San Francisco doesn't seem to have any issues with this. Muni is actually working on developing a policy to more efficiently share the stops with the private shuttles, and it's not going to get a dime for doing it.
The manufacturer will have an EULA which absolves them from guilt.
This is just silly. If it were possible to use this approach, the aircraft manufacturers would already have done it.
What will really happen is that the government will enforce a software safety standard for auto control systems that is similar to what they use for commercial aircraft control systems, and similar levels of safety will be achieved. And, the auto manufacturers will definitely be liable for the rare crashes that do occur. There will still be auto insurance, because people will still have their cars stolen, vandalized, damaged by hail, etc, but it will be optional just like the non-liability parts of auto insurance today.
I watch about 3 Netflix movies a week, and consume zero network bandwidth in the process. But I suppose you wouldn't really call the US Postal Service an ISP, would you?
You should look up "corporate fiduciary duty".
Corporate officers have legally defined fiduciary duties to the corporation and to shareholders. The fiduciary duty of care is what resulted in your experience with Caesar's Palace, as it is clearly in the corporation's interest to avoid a hostile takeover. Corporate officers are absolutely subject to lawsuits mounted by shareholders who feel that their interests are not being served.
Actually, according to the CDC, we know that lung cancer has been on the decline in the US since 2000. We also know that lung cancer is not skin cancer. We also don't know what your point is.
Informative, but how relevant? Coasts are designated "East" or "West" based upon the compass direction in which they face. This is why North America, despite being entirely in the Western Hemisphere, has both an East Coast and a West Coast.
So I guess Wally Broecker, generally conceded to be the father of climate change science and the coiner of the term Global Warming, must be a mindless fool, as he's not a politician.
The owner of the local car wash (15 employees) doesn't care about IP. Ditto for the florist (3), bakery (5), and bar (4), or five other small businesses engaged in buying and selling commodities. But the CEO of the aerospace corp (4000 employees locally) with a huge annual R&D budget -- he cares a lot.
$1.2T is over 7% of $17T. An institutional investor holding more than a few percent of a company's stock is considered a major shareholder; I don't think saying that China holds a huge amount of our debt is much of a stretch. And you refer to the debt owned by the public as if it were owned by individuals and not foreign governments, but the Wikipedia article you cite states, "Debt held by the public, such as Treasury securities held by investors outside the federal government, including that held by individuals, corporations, the Federal Reserve System and foreign, state and local governments." So China's portion of the debt is public debt, and they hold 10% of that. Non-public debt is that held by our Federal government itself. The most recognizable component of non-public debt is the Social Security Trust Fund.
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Over 9 billion chickens and 115 million pigs are slaughtered every year in the US.
Talk Radio and Fox News made Al Gore the "front man".
Really? I'm going to have to go back and watch the credits again for "An Inconvenient Truth".
Interesting quote regarding California rainfall from one of your search results.
"Results show that mean regionwide precipitation during the last 100 yr has been unusually high and less variable compared to other periods in the past."
So, is what we're presently experiencing an unusually dry period brought on by climate change, or just a return to historically normal conditions?
With the largest Muslim population in the world, India is bound to always have polio.
Do you also confuse Australia with Austria? Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population.
But tell me how this administration could have said "Sorry, we are out of money, stop working!" on *this* project? This is the headline, premier achievement of Obama which won him two elections. There was no way they where going to let it fail, no matter what the cost.
As I said, cancelling the contract is only one of the options. They could have gone the route of de-scoping. For example, one of the reasons cited for the site being in such poor shape was the Admin's insistence on making people create an account in order to be able to browse plans. That "feature" was eventually dropped, but not until several weeks after launch.
I believe they where on "cost plus" contract, which means they are going to get off Scott Free
"Cost plus" does not mean what you seem to think it means. There is a negotiated budget, and cost increases must be negotiated and approved by the customer. I have personally worked on several Government cost plus contracts where the customer has essentially said, "Sorry, I don't have any more money. Either complete the work with the existing funding, or the contract will be cancelled." Or, there is the ever-popular "Sorry, I don't have any more money. Show me where we can reduce scope so we can get what we need with the existing funding." Or my personal favorite, "Sorry, I don't have any more money. The project will be put on hold until next fiscal year, when we might be able to come up with additional funding."
Where did that come from?
"Individual income taxes and payroll taxes accounted for 82 percent of all federal revenues in fiscal year 2010. Corporate income taxes contributed another 9 percent. Excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and miscellaneous receipts (earnings of the Federal Reserve System and various fees and charges) made up the balance."
-- What are the federal government’s sources of revenue?
Sounds like the usual arc of a project. Obligatory Dilbert
What? How is "vandalism" a racist word? Some vandalism is racist (as in when a synagogue is defaced with swastikas), but I've never before seen someone claim that the word is somehow racist. Are you concerned with offending the descendants of a Germanic tribe that overran parts of Europe in the 5th century?
The boat doesn't belong to the Aquarium of the Pacific; it belongs to a private harbor cruise company. If the cruise company would rather charter the boat to Google than run whale-watching tours, why shouldn't they do so?
As to the buses -- it seems that the excuse a lot of opponents use is that Google and other companies use the city's bus stops without paying for the privilege, either through fees or through fines. But the mayor of San Francisco doesn't seem to have any issues with this. Muni is actually working on developing a policy to more efficiently share the stops with the private shuttles, and it's not going to get a dime for doing it.
The manufacturer will have an EULA which absolves them from guilt.
This is just silly. If it were possible to use this approach, the aircraft manufacturers would already have done it.
What will really happen is that the government will enforce a software safety standard for auto control systems that is similar to what they use for commercial aircraft control systems, and similar levels of safety will be achieved. And, the auto manufacturers will definitely be liable for the rare crashes that do occur. There will still be auto insurance, because people will still have their cars stolen, vandalized, damaged by hail, etc, but it will be optional just like the non-liability parts of auto insurance today.
I watch about 3 Netflix movies a week, and consume zero network bandwidth in the process. But I suppose you wouldn't really call the US Postal Service an ISP, would you?
You should look up "corporate fiduciary duty". Corporate officers have legally defined fiduciary duties to the corporation and to shareholders. The fiduciary duty of care is what resulted in your experience with Caesar's Palace, as it is clearly in the corporation's interest to avoid a hostile takeover. Corporate officers are absolutely subject to lawsuits mounted by shareholders who feel that their interests are not being served.
Actually, it's more a case of a myriad of responsible persons outweighing a few non-responsible ones. As it should be.
Are you sure your memory isn't playing tricks on you? The only digital cameras I'm aware of that came with floppy drives were the Sony Mavicas.
Actually, according to the CDC, we know that lung cancer has been on the decline in the US since 2000. We also know that lung cancer is not skin cancer. We also don't know what your point is.
Informative, but how relevant? Coasts are designated "East" or "West" based upon the compass direction in which they face. This is why North America, despite being entirely in the Western Hemisphere, has both an East Coast and a West Coast.
I could have sworn Antarctica only has a northern edge.
So I guess Wally Broecker, generally conceded to be the father of climate change science and the coiner of the term Global Warming, must be a mindless fool, as he's not a politician.
The owner of the local car wash (15 employees) doesn't care about IP. Ditto for the florist (3), bakery (5), and bar (4), or five other small businesses engaged in buying and selling commodities. But the CEO of the aerospace corp (4000 employees locally) with a huge annual R&D budget -- he cares a lot.
"We shall redouble our efforts"
I've always wondered... Why didn't he just say quadruple?
Probably because "redouble" means "to double", not "to quadruple". Check your dictionary.
Police can ruin your life and easily kill you without repercussions.
One of the interesting side effects of being killed is that you rapidly lose interest in the repercussions.
$1.2T is over 7% of $17T. An institutional investor holding more than a few percent of a company's stock is considered a major shareholder; I don't think saying that China holds a huge amount of our debt is much of a stretch. And you refer to the debt owned by the public as if it were owned by individuals and not foreign governments, but the Wikipedia article you cite states, "Debt held by the public, such as Treasury securities held by investors outside the federal government, including that held by individuals, corporations, the Federal Reserve System and foreign, state and local governments." So China's portion of the debt is public debt, and they hold 10% of that. Non-public debt is that held by our Federal government itself. The most recognizable component of non-public debt is the Social Security Trust Fund.
For very, very small values of "huge".
I don't know of any classless societies, period. None seem to exist.