Lawmakers with automakers in their districts led the fight to defeat Waxman's proposal, arguing it was backdoor way to require U.S. mini-vans, sport utility vehicles and pick-up trucks to improve their fuel efficiency."
Interesting. That sounds like a GOOD idea to me. We should take down the names of those dumbasses and makem an effort to vote their butts out !
if there is anything bush did NOT do it is stick to what he said before being elected.
Healthcare promise:
"There are 43 million uninsured Americans - 4 million more than when the current administration took office. George W. Bush will reverse this trend by making health insurance affordable for hard-working, low-income families." Source:
In the first two years Bush was in office, the number of uninsured American increased by nearly four million. Since Bush took office, health insurance premiums have risen by an average rate of 12.5 percent per year. According to a major study, "widespread adoption [of Bush's major health care plan] could drive up the annual deductible paid by workers." Source:
"George W. Bush will establish the 'Healthy Communities Innovation Fund' to provide $500 million in grants over five years to fund innovative projects addressing targeted health risks, such as childhood diabetes."
[Source: Bush-Cheney 2000 website]
George W. Bush "will also ensure that the federal government, which is the country's largest polluter, complies with all environmental laws." Source: Bush-Cheney 2000 website
Reality?
For the past three years, the Department of Defense has requested that Congress exempt it from environmental laws and regulations like the Clean Air Act of 1970. The exemptions were requested despite the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency has thus far declined to apply the policies to the military training facilities in question. Source:
George W. Bush will "fully fund the Pell grant program for first-year students by increasing the maximum grant amount by more than 50 percent, to $5,100."
Source:
President Bush has frozen the maximum Pell Grant at $4,050 in his FY 2005 education budget. This is the third year in a row that Bush has frozen or cut the maximum Pell Grant. Source:
"To encourage states to help families in crisis, Governor Bush will provide states an additional $1 billion over five years for preventative services to keep children in, or return them to, their homes whenever safely possible." Source:
Bush has proposed allowing states to use the federal funds currently earmarked for foster care room-and-board payments to be used for preventative services. In exchange, states must accept a spending cap on the amount of foster care funding they receive. Sour
While it is not open source itself, Kylix (i.e. cross platform Delphi) is a pretty good option for creating open source code, and kicks the shit out of VB in many areas.
Some geneticists argue that an advantageous trait like that must have some big hidden costs to offset it or it would have already developed naturally
I dont follow that. It is almost like you saying that all "good" traits would already be present, via evolution. Maybe the trait is advantageous but the body has just not gotten around to advancing itself to have that trait. Maybe it might naturally occur in 10,000 more years but we just sped up the eventual process by introducing it earlier.
or on a completely different tangent, maybe the trait (roundup resistance) just became advantageous because the plant has only been encountering the roundup spray for the last 20 generations or so... previously ( > 20 years ago) this trair would NOT have been advantageous (and so it would have gotten bred out) but now it IS advantageous, so it should be kept.
If you don't have anything interesting or insightful to say about the parent post, waste everyone's time by blasting the mofo for stupid grammar rule violations:D
I think you are giving Hippies a bad name by equating them with religious fanatics.
Amusingly enough though, I also suspect that religious fanatics would be equally offended by being grouped with Hippies.
Please dont mix apples and oranges like that.
actually, at the 3 universities that I atteneded, there were 2 REQUIRED periods, thus, they were called "semesters".
The summer break was actually TWO seperate OPTIONAL periods that you could take 2 different classes (or sets of classes).
Therefore at those schools at least, the summer session did not equal a 3rd semester.
Even if the summer session was not optional and even if they combined the 2 fast sessions into one longer period, it was still significantly shorter than a normal semester (less than half).
for example:
at North Carolina State University, where I got my MPA:
fall semester is from Aug. 20 to Dec. 5 spring semester is from Jan. 12 to Apr. 30 1st summer term is from May 24 to June 25 2nd summer term is from July 6 to Aug. 6
ok, so while I was not really serious, I'll will pretend here that I was and will add a few things that might make it a better idea:
1. If the waste was made into glass rodes as I suggested, and if the launch were done over the desert, and the launch failed, the fallout would be limited (the waste is not liquid, and would not spread much. Chernobyl was bad because it went into the atmospehere and spread.
2. if we COULD really get rid of it all, people would spend a LOT of money to make it happen. My hope is that if we spent that much $ we could have more oversight and make it hopefully safer (less chance of failure)
you obviously have not seen examples from the obfuscated C contest.
If that is not art, I don't know what is.
for instance: http://www.enee.umd.edu/class/enee114.A00/obfuscat ed_c/winners/1995/
I stole these instructions from the web bu thought you all could use them:
Ingredients (per single Lawn Dart):
Model Rocket tube w/ fins attached
Threaded steel rod, 1 1/2" long
Threaded hose fitting (female)
Electrical tape
Glue
12-gauge shotgun shell (optional)
Not that anyone should ever construct this, but if one were to imagine building such a nefarious device, here's how one might do so.
Go to the hobby store and purchase a model rocket tube with the fins already attached (get the biggest fins possible!).
Take the tube to the hardware store and find a threaded steel rod (around a foot-and-a-half long) that fits snugly inside, with about four inches sticking out of the rear (that's the hand-hold).
To weight the dart in front, use a threaded hose fitting, screwing it down until there are roughly four inches exposed.
Now, this is already a deadly weapon. But just in case one is imagining something deadlier.
Get a 12-gauge shotgun shell.
Unfold the end, and dump out the buckshot, and as much gunpowder as you feel comfortable with.
Slip the empty shell onto the nose of your dart (the primer, or explosive metal part is on the tip), and tape it down tight.
Move your target from the yard to the cement driveway, throw your dart, and run like hell in the opposite direction.
Wait for explosion. Keep lawyer's name on speed dial.
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The biggest improvement to your argument would be for you to learn basic html or use the preview page before posting.
:)
The way you formatted it made most people just ignore it. Way too much effort to read.
Using an OL tag is really not rocket science.
Barring that simple solution, a black line now and then works wonders
Interesting. That sounds like a GOOD idea to me. We should take down the names of those dumbasses and makem an effort to vote their butts out !
This one is really easy folks.
Have the government offer a FREE or almost free wireless service, but don't make it overwhelmingly fast.
If business wants to compete, they will offer a better (faster) version for more money.
Easy.
Healthcare promise:
Reality?
Another Healthcare promise:
Reality?
Environmental promise:
Reality?
Education promise:
Reality?
Welfare promise:
Reality?
While it is not open source itself, Kylix (i.e. cross platform Delphi) is a pretty good option for creating open source code, and kicks the shit out of VB in many areas.
or on a completely different tangent, maybe the trait (roundup resistance) just became advantageous because the plant has only been encountering the roundup spray for the last 20 generations or so... previously ( > 20 years ago) this trair would NOT have been advantageous (and so it would have gotten bred out) but now it IS advantageous, so it should be kept.
Am I off track here?
that is actually a cool site, I had not seen it before.
I only have issues with it:
1. it defaults to commercial sites
2. it only searches north american sites (and I am now in NZ).
For those looking for things in the US though, it is nice.
IMHO, if you want people to send you an email, and you don't want spam, use a contact form.
Is that so hard?
Actually, the old rule is:
If you don't have anything interesting or insightful to say about the parent post, waste everyone's time by blasting the mofo for stupid grammar rule violations
24k and counting and its still up
mod parent up...
:)
this is funny
in case you didnt read the article, the option I liked the best was
using liquid nitrogen for supercooling
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/
I think you are giving Hippies a bad name by equating them with religious fanatics.
Amusingly enough though, I also suspect that religious fanatics would be equally offended by being grouped with Hippies. Please dont mix apples and oranges like that.
mod parent up... very funny :)
actually, at the 3 universities that I atteneded, there were 2 REQUIRED periods, thus, they were called "semesters".
The summer break was actually TWO seperate OPTIONAL periods that you could take 2 different classes (or sets of classes).
Therefore at those schools at least, the summer session did not equal a 3rd semester.
Even if the summer session was not optional and even if they combined the 2 fast sessions into one longer period, it was still significantly shorter than a normal semester (less than half).
for example:
at North Carolina State University, where I got my MPA:
fall semester is from Aug. 20 to Dec. 5
spring semester is from Jan. 12 to Apr. 30
1st summer term is from May 24 to June 25
2nd summer term is from July 6 to Aug. 6
wait a second that seems stupid.
if semester is 2 times a year, and quarter is 4 times a year, shouldn't trimester be 3 times a year, not 4?
what gives?
spidey 1 and 2 have grossed over 700 million so far..
:D
too bad he's not getting 10% of the net or he would have > 70 mil
i dont get it.
that just shows a stupid search about rainbows.
what was the point?
ok, so while I was not really serious, I'll will pretend here that I was and will add a few things that might make it a better idea:
:D
1. If the waste was made into glass rodes as I suggested, and if the launch were done over the desert, and the launch failed, the fallout would be limited (the waste is not liquid, and would not spread much. Chernobyl was bad because it went into the atmospehere and spread.
2. if we COULD really get rid of it all, people would spend a LOT of money to make it happen. My hope is that if we spent that much $ we could have more oversight and make it hopefully safer (less chance of failure)
Thoughts?
simple solution:
1. take the spent fuel and mix it into sand.
2. melt it into glass rods.
3. shoot it into outer space (head for the sun where it will burn up).
you obviously have not seen examples from the obfuscated C contest. If that is not art, I don't know what is. for instance: http://www.enee.umd.edu/class/enee114.A00/obfuscat ed_c/winners/1995/
im betting that he is illiterate AND he did raise money :D
wtf... who would want to see Hilary Clinton nude? Not even Bill wants that !
Ingredients (per single Lawn Dart):
Not that anyone should ever construct this, but if one were to imagine building such a nefarious device, here's how one might do so.
Go to the hobby store and purchase a model rocket tube with the fins already attached (get the biggest fins possible!).
Take the tube to the hardware store and find a threaded steel rod (around a foot-and-a-half long) that fits snugly inside, with about four inches sticking out of the rear (that's the hand-hold).
To weight the dart in front, use a threaded hose fitting, screwing it down until there are roughly four inches exposed.
Now, this is already a deadly weapon. But just in case one is imagining something deadlier.
Get a 12-gauge shotgun shell.
Unfold the end, and dump out the buckshot, and as much gunpowder as you feel comfortable with.
Slip the empty shell onto the nose of your dart (the primer, or explosive metal part is on the tip), and tape it down tight.
Move your target from the yard to the cement driveway, throw your dart, and run like hell in the opposite direction.
Wait for explosion. Keep lawyer's name on speed dial.
ok you lawn dart lovers, you can buy them online:
http://www.gardengamesuk.com/products.php
or you can play a virtual lawn dart game here:
http://www.skti.org/games/jarts.html