As a foreigner, I'd never heard of Salinger or Catcher in the Rye. When I first made it to the US, my friend gave me the book: "You HAVE to read that". I was underwhelmed and to this day still do not understand what all the fuss is about. A story about a whiney teenager with too much money for his own good ? This describe America pretty well to me !!!
The secret to Catcher in the Rye is reading it when you are a whiny teenager full of your own angst and immaturity and bursting with ego.
So...no actual thinking going on there, just filling out forms, going through the motions / gestures. In short, no caring.
In my experience it wasn't about lack of caring, it was about HR being so clueless about technology that they didn't even know they were clueless about technology.
I absolutely agree, but we've been through the first two steps already. All over the world, wind and wave and solar power have emerged and are becoming mainstream.
We live at an interesting nexus of human history, one that I suspect that will be viewed as just important as the Industrial Revolution is now.
Except that's attributed to Gandhi(who likely never said it at all), when it actually came from a American union leader, Nicholas Klein, who never actually won the strike he was pushing.
News to me, but a quick google search backs you up. At least Klein said it in 1914 before Gandhi became internationally famous so it's not a recent misattribution.
Not being American, my study of post WWI history mostly focused on my own country and the impacts of the war on Europe, especially the effect of the punitive treaty of Versailles on the economy of Germany. (Which as Churchill observed is one of the primary causes of WWII)
I think your whole analysis is somewhat suspect, but I was specifically referring to:
1919 failed attemp to overthrow yhe (sic) US government
I can find lots of references to the communists attempts to organize political parties and how they were (probably illegally) targeted by the state, but I have never heard of any attempts to actually overthrow the government. There were mass arrests and deportations, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence to support the statement "1919 failed attemp to overthrow yhe(sic) US government" other than that's what they were accused of.
I guess this is why there are no new wind farms in Hawaii.... Oh wait!
It looks like there were two small installations (totalling about 11MW) that were shut down, but there are over 200MW currently in production and more on the way.
Remember that the early, small turbines that had very high blade speeds were extremely problematic.
This article tells us that the tip this turbine rises 106 meters above sea level, so most of it would be visible... but the base itself would still probably be below the horizon I should think. Note that the article includes a photo and a YouTube video.
While wind turbines are clearly not natural, they are clearly a heck of a lot easier on the eyes than the nearby industrial complex that includes the ill-fated reactor.
Note that this is only the first turbine:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will install two more turbines, among the largest in the world with a diameter of 167 meters each, within two years. The three turbines, when completed, are expected to cover the power demand of more than 10,000 households
10,000 households is not that much, so I think these turbines are roughly equivilant to the Ecotricity turbines in Swaffham, Norfolk. This first turbine is rated at 2MW, the first turbine at Swaffham was 1.5MW and the second was 1.8MW.( Though I would suspect that offshore winds would be more reliable..)
With 416 horsepower on tap and full torque available from a standstill thanks to the electric motor, the Model S went from 60 mph to 100 mph in less than five seconds.
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P.S. I found a nice chart of the 60-100 times of a host of automobiles here for those that are interested in how the Tesla S stacks up.
What I learned there is that the Tesla has better highway acceleration than a large number of sports cars, but won't be setting any records. So not at all bad for an electric production model.
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As a foreigner, I'd never heard of Salinger or Catcher in the Rye. When I first made it to the US, my friend gave me the book: "You HAVE to read that". I was underwhelmed and to this day still do not understand what all the fuss is about. A story about a whiney teenager with too much money for his own good ? This describe America pretty well to me !!!
The secret to Catcher in the Rye is reading it when you are a whiny teenager full of your own angst and immaturity and bursting with ego.
The message is:
1) You are not the only one
2) Don't do this
So...no actual thinking going on there, just filling out forms, going through the motions / gestures. In short, no caring.
In my experience it wasn't about lack of caring, it was about HR being so clueless about technology that they didn't even know they were clueless about technology.
And so far they don't have a conviction, just an arrest.
I can't imagine how they hope to prove intent, even if the driver has a criminal record, when nothing was found other than the compartment itself.
Somebody explain to me again how private enterprise is just in every way better and more efficient than government?
one word: healthcare.gov
Created by private enterprise on contract.
Hobbies like working for a company that's not in a nosedive.
That's a very popular hobby.
I absolutely agree, but we've been through the first two steps already. All over the world, wind and wave and solar power have emerged and are becoming mainstream.
We live at an interesting nexus of human history, one that I suspect that will be viewed as just important as the Industrial Revolution is now.
Except that's attributed to Gandhi(who likely never said it at all), when it actually came from a American union leader, Nicholas Klein, who never actually won the strike he was pushing.
News to me, but a quick google search backs you up. At least Klein said it in 1914 before Gandhi became internationally famous so it's not a recent misattribution.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
-- Mohandas K. Gandhi
Remember people complaining about Ubuntu because it was "brown" and claiming Mint was better because it was "green"?
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop ?
So still no source... let me know when you find one.
I'm over 40 so it's real estate.... just not in the U.S.
I'm shocked, *SHOCKED* to find criminal activity happening in this unregulated currency exchange!
Not being American, my study of post WWI history mostly focused on my own country and the impacts of the war on Europe, especially the effect of the punitive treaty of Versailles on the economy of Germany. (Which as Churchill observed is one of the primary causes of WWII)
I think your whole analysis is somewhat suspect, but I was specifically referring to:
1919 failed attemp to overthrow yhe (sic) US government
I can find lots of references to the communists attempts to organize political parties and how they were (probably illegally) targeted by the state, but I have never heard of any attempts to actually overthrow the government. There were mass arrests and deportations, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence to support the statement "1919 failed attemp to overthrow yhe(sic) US government" other than that's what they were accused of.
Source please?
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I guess this is why there are no new wind farms in Hawaii.... Oh wait!
It looks like there were two small installations (totalling about 11MW) that were shut down, but there are over 200MW currently in production and more on the way.
Remember that the early, small turbines that had very high blade speeds were extremely problematic.
This article tells us that the tip this turbine rises 106 meters above sea level, so most of it would be visible... but the base itself would still probably be below the horizon I should think. Note that the article includes a photo and a YouTube video.
While wind turbines are clearly not natural, they are clearly a heck of a lot easier on the eyes than the nearby industrial complex that includes the ill-fated reactor.
Note that this is only the first turbine:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will install two more turbines, among the largest in the world with a diameter of 167 meters each, within two years. The three turbines, when completed, are expected to cover the power demand of more than 10,000 households
10,000 households is not that much, so I think these turbines are roughly equivilant to the Ecotricity turbines in Swaffham, Norfolk. This first turbine is rated at 2MW, the first turbine at Swaffham was 1.5MW and the second was 1.8MW.( Though I would suspect that offshore winds would be more reliable..)
At 20 km offshore, the first 30 meters (100ft) of the turbine would be below the horizon for viewers at ground level.
The bastards, they could have at least given him a Nexus.
Fine, I got dibs on the turret.
Who do you think you are? Obama?
Good try, but this was a little further north.
I suspect this will be looked at as one of the great political suicide speaches of all time.
This. My kingdom for a mod point.
I may be able to afford one.
I suspect that by the time I can afford one there will be a significant number of other options that I will find more attractive and affordable.
With 416 horsepower on tap and full torque available from a standstill thanks to the electric motor, the Model S went from 60 mph to 100 mph in less than five seconds.
...
P.S. I found a nice chart of the 60-100 times of a host of automobiles here for those that are interested in how the Tesla S stacks up.
What I learned there is that the Tesla has better highway acceleration than a large number of sports cars, but won't be setting any records. So not at all bad for an electric production model.