That won't work anywhere outside of New York or Chicago, or any other city with a public light rail system, be it elevated or underground.
And it especially won't work in California. Poor people buy older cars. Older cars get worse gas mileage, therefore poor people pay more taxes. Yeah, the new H3s or the SUVs based on semis get worse mileage, but most of the middle class can't afford it.
It's a chicken and the egg problem. You can't raise gas taxes until you have public transportation, but you can't get public transportation (real public transportation) without money from gas taxes.
But the short-term idiots in power only think of the next election, not the next generation, and so we're stuck with the car, one of the most inefficient methods of transportation, as our primary method of moving people, even in cities.
You know what's funny... there was a propaganda campaign a while back in PA (which isn't that much different than Wisconsin) trying to convince people to *stay* in PA.
"You hear that... NO EARTHQUAKES!!!"
Good enough reason for me. California is too crowded, too dependent on cars, and while the weather is nice, I'd rather have land that didn't move underneath me and no riots or police beatings or car chases or wildfires or recall elections or...
Well, you get my drift.
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A hack can also mean a way of using something in a clever way, including the way it was intended. Using Knoppix to repair a Windows machine is a hack, because it uses the tool to solve the problem in a clever way.
Kinda like using duct tape to 'resize' a metric socket to fit on a standard nut.
It's not about 'leetness,' it's about solving the problem, and then communicating that solution to others.
The *only* thing that Safari does better than Firefox (and Mail does better than Thunderbird) is integration with Apple's Address Book.
If Firefox offered the ability to autofill based on a specified vCard, or group of vCards (for people like me who need to enter test data into forms a lot), it would be infinitely better than Safari.
And if Thunderbird was integrated with Address Book, it would be my mail client.
No, America needs Congressmen with real world experience. The way we're running the federal government is no way to run a business or even a household. Going into debt to pay for things you don't need is stupid.
Corporations don't vote, but they give the parties the money to buy the airtime to convince Joe Blow and Security Moms to fear change and vote for them.
Gravitational waves are a far better medium for communicating through the earth. Neutrinos are way too hard to detect, and there are billions passing through your head at any given minute.
Yet another example of the advantages of Unix. By making tiny programs that do one thing well, you're presenting the user with fewer choices in each program and giving them more flexibility while maintaining security.
During my sophomore year, my prof asked us where most people kept their passwords. A couple people guessed things like "in their brain," trying to sound smart.
I raised my hand and said "Under their keyboards."
I have a hard enough time getting WiFi to all of the rooms *inside* my house, and you expect to be able to read RFID tags inside a (possibly metal) medicine cabinet, surrounded by pipes and wiring, that don't have transmitters, from the street, with equipment cheap enough for a narcotics addict to buy?
Yes, but where is the *friggin* broadband??? I *need* broadband. I can't *get* broadband in rural America, even if there's an OC-13 in my frickin' backyard.
I don't care that it's cheaper to live there. I care that I need a phat pipe to telecommute and to order stuff I can't get in East Buttfuck. And, no, I will not shop at Wal-Mart.
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And it especially won't work in California. Poor people buy older cars. Older cars get worse gas mileage, therefore poor people pay more taxes. Yeah, the new H3s or the SUVs based on semis get worse mileage, but most of the middle class can't afford it.
It's a chicken and the egg problem. You can't raise gas taxes until you have public transportation, but you can't get public transportation (real public transportation) without money from gas taxes.
But the short-term idiots in power only think of the next election, not the next generation, and so we're stuck with the car, one of the most inefficient methods of transportation, as our primary method of moving people, even in cities.
"You hear that... NO EARTHQUAKES!!!"
Good enough reason for me. California is too crowded, too dependent on cars, and while the weather is nice, I'd rather have land that didn't move underneath me and no riots or police beatings or car chases or wildfires or recall elections or...
Well, you get my drift.
A hack can also mean a way of using something in a clever way, including the way it was intended. Using Knoppix to repair a Windows machine is a hack, because it uses the tool to solve the problem in a clever way.
Kinda like using duct tape to 'resize' a metric socket to fit on a standard nut.
It's not about 'leetness,' it's about solving the problem, and then communicating that solution to others.
Because self-updating works so well for Windows...
It unfortunately wont help us to hide from the grammar nazi's.. It appears ve are havink trouble vith zee apostrophes unt ze ellipses. . .
If Firefox offered the ability to autofill based on a specified vCard, or group of vCards (for people like me who need to enter test data into forms a lot), it would be infinitely better than Safari.
And if Thunderbird was integrated with Address Book, it would be my mail client.
I'm sure that's what our ancestors said six Matrices ago...
At least in my fantasy world they do.
No, America needs Congressmen with real world experience. The way we're running the federal government is no way to run a business or even a household. Going into debt to pay for things you don't need is stupid.
Yeah, Goebbels was more hands on.
It worked for Goebbels, and now it's working for Rove.
And, as far as computers go, people do take it up the butt without fighting back. Why do you think most of them use Windows?
No, the 22nd amendment should be expanded to include Congress. That way, everyone's in the same boat.
If voting worked, it would be illegal.
Gravitational waves are a far better medium for communicating through the earth. Neutrinos are way too hard to detect, and there are billions passing through your head at any given minute.
Also, if they don't believe now, they never will. You will never get everyone to believe anything.
Or microwaving a CD...
I kid! My dad had a tube amplifier growing up and loved the way it smelled and sounded as it warmed up. It brings back a lot of memories.
That's easy. Code is what I stare at all day, while Cypher is the jerk who betrayed Neo in The Matrix. Duh.
Yet another example of the advantages of Unix. By making tiny programs that do one thing well, you're presenting the user with fewer choices in each program and giving them more flexibility while maintaining security.
I raised my hand and said "Under their keyboards."
Feel free to use it wherever and whenever you want. I've also ported it to Javascript
Also, Atlantis is an allegory to show the futility of huge military buildup. Ref: Sciam, 10/04
I just realized something... the Stargate must be using IPv6!
Good luck.
Hunting? You mean I get to go out and destroy something beautiful?!? Sign me up! (Not!)
I don't care that it's cheaper to live there. I care that I need a phat pipe to telecommute and to order stuff I can't get in East Buttfuck. And, no, I will not shop at Wal-Mart.