having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy" No mention of when or how said money was acquired.
having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation. .
The only forign dictionary I have to hand is Dutch, and they translate both as rijk.
But now wheel-chair access is an accepted stipulation for all new construction and its costs aren't even directly noticed/tracked. Does that mean that accommodating disabilities is a bad thing? No.
Like many things, it can cost a lot when done as an afterthought, but if done from the start the cost is usually minimal. It could even save you money.
Don't forget, wheelchair ramps don't just benefit wheelchair users. Anyone who's had to move heavy things like beer crates, fridges or photocopiers will agree.
In fact, when constructing a building, the wheelchair ramp should be among the first things you make. I wonder how many builders struggle to carry heavy boards, heaters etc, and then build the ramp at the end?
The article mentions the fact that the wheel hasn't been invented
A lot of peolpe posting on this thread assume the Egyptians didn't have wheels. While the chariot wasn't by them in warfare till later, my understanding is that solid (i.e. without spokes) wheels were around much earlier, even around the time of the pyramids' construction.
I think 2short has a point, though. It is easier to manually handle the concrete bag by bag than lift one huge block, a point that krotkruton seems to have totally missed.
Wondering what good RFID was for transmitting orders to the bar, I decided to break with tradition and read TFA. And lo and behold "Orders are transmitted to the bar using ethernet over powerline". The only use of RFID is on some payment cards.
You could copy the molecule we developed in the lab, but since there aren't any patents, we're not going to publish the spec of the new compound,
What do you mean by the "spec" of a compound? I'd call that a formula, e.g. C2H5-OH. With a sample of the product and a good lab, that can be found. As to copying the molecule, knowing the formula sounds like a pretty good starting point, if not a strict prerequisite (i.e. you can make beer without knowing the chemistry involved).
if this isn't a government sanctioned facility, is mail tampering still a federal crime
Tampering is. Handling, i.e. processing someone's mail on their behalf and with their permission isn't. I remember way back when there were these people employed in normal offices called secretaries who used to do that for managers. And - get this - they were mostly chicks!
would the risk/reward of ID theft be worth the lower penalty of base theft.
Base theft? They are all belong to us anyway!
Seriously, I think your foil hat's a bit too tight.
At least in the case of the Exxon Valdez cleanup, something constructive was done.
No, not really.
The cleanup got things to roughly the same state as they were before the disaster, so the gain is zero. But it did use up resources to do it. So you got nothing for something, when compared to the baseline case where the disater didn't happen. That doesn't fit my definition of constructive; it sounds like running to stay still.
Someone already mentioned the broken window fallacy, why don't you look it up? This is a close parallel.
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having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy" No mention of when or how said money was acquired. having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation. . The only forign dictionary I have to hand is Dutch, and they translate both as rijk.
Don't forget, wheelchair ramps don't just benefit wheelchair users. Anyone who's had to move heavy things like beer crates, fridges or photocopiers will agree.
In fact, when constructing a building, the wheelchair ramp should be among the first things you make. I wonder how many builders struggle to carry heavy boards, heaters etc, and then build the ramp at the end?
Oceans are deserts. Except they have their life underground, and a perfect disguise above.
Agreed: http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/a
I think 2short has a point, though. It is easier to manually handle the concrete bag by bag than lift one huge block, a point that krotkruton seems to have totally missed.
Wondering what good RFID was for transmitting orders to the bar, I decided to break with tradition and read TFA. And lo and behold "Orders are transmitted to the bar using ethernet over powerline". The only use of RFID is on some payment cards.
I really did build an igloo! Three of us slept in it overnight. It was surprisingly comfortable.
It did, the Romans used it. They even had a kind that would set underwater.
Yebbut, like, you know, Billy could've been a terrorist. Checking his phone calls was the patriotic thing to do.
Seriously, I think your foil hat's a bit too tight.
Yes it does - but only for itself.
The cleanup got things to roughly the same state as they were before the disaster, so the gain is zero. But it did use up resources to do it. So you got nothing for something, when compared to the baseline case where the disater didn't happen. That doesn't fit my definition of constructive; it sounds like running to stay still.
Someone already mentioned the broken window fallacy, why don't you look it up? This is a close parallel.
Picture the scene in the courtroom.
SCO Lawyer: "They destroyed evidence that the stole our code!".
Judge: "You have anything to back that up? That they destroyed evidence, I mean."
SCO Lawyer": "Er.... no. So better make that TWO counts of destroying evidence!".