If gas prices suddenly tripled, people would compensate (to some extent) by making fewer trips to the supermarket, go out to dinner less, order DVDs instead of drive to the google plex, and so on.
Sounds like fun, I can't imagine why this hasn't been done yet!!! Do you honestly believe that a politician would be involved with legislation specifically designed to get people to stop doing things that they enjoy? Not to mention the huge negative impact it would have on our economy. There is no need for a drastic measure to reduce fuel consumption. None. What we need to do is SLOWLY reduce our fuel usage. Raise the requirements for fuel efficiency on the car manufacturers slowly every few years. Gas prices will tend to get more expensive over time. New technologies are being worked on and should be encouraged and funded. All of this will lead to less fuel consumption without affecting our daily lives and without destroying our economy.
No his linky is yet another stupid coral cache link that maybe 30% of/. readers in the U.S. at 12:00 EST can read since we are work and firewalled. Please stop using coral cache, especially to a server like the dailywtf, which I am quite sure can handle the load. Let's see if this causes the universe to self destruct. Click here to destroy the universe.
I'd say you must be new here, but that's obviously not true (2822). People bitch all the time on here about their choices of broadband connection. I've mentioned before that in my particular area, there are two cable companies and a couple of DSL providers, and supposedly fiber is coming in the (relatively) near future. So, personally I don't have this problem, but I guess I might move someday.
Thanks, but it was hardly furious backpedaling. He did say that he expected Rumsfeld to be there for the rest of the term. As I said, when I actually heard the interview, it seemed more committed than reading it on paper. Since neither of us has the whole transcript or a video/audio recording, we don't really have the whole story. But certainly I am more correct than the original post. Good day.
I admit it is a little weak. I heard the interview and it sounded a little more committed at the time. The point is that he never said that Rumsfeld would definitely NOT be leaving as was implied by the parent of my original post.
The meaning of words change. You'll just have to get over it. If you ask most people what a "geek" is, you won't get an answer involving biting the heads off of chickens.
You might want to step down from the high horse. There is a big difference between someone being lazy, ignorant and downright stupid and having a different set of priorities. Most people want to be able to check their email, surf the web and play a game or two on their computer. Why should they have to put themselves through anymore trouble than they have to? They buy a computer with Windows preinstalled. They buy some readily available Windows software and install it by dropping in the CD and clicking "yes" a couple times. It's easy. Now, for no real reason, you want them to go out and make that process more difficult (whether that difficulty is real or simply perceived). Most people would consider that to be stupid.
Not everyone in the world is so desensitized to the kind of gore that can occur when someone is forcefully ejected from a car. We are not talking about merely not enjoying seeing it, we are talking about truly traumatizing someone. I would hope that your sense of empathy is not so degraded that you are really as disgusted by seeing some fat kid's underwear as you are by the sight of someone who has just been killed in a car crash.
Read carefully. It will make you much better at arguing. I am talking about a truly random accident. Where in reality, it is nobody's fault. Somebody driving down the road hits a piece of road debris and loses control of their car. You die. They will spend the rest of their life wondering if they could have done something to save you. Meanwhile, you could have walked away if you had worn a seatbelt.
You should also realize that people have been killed in accidents as slow as 15 MPH. All it takes is for your neck to get twisted the wrong way and you're done. All I am saying is that you can ruin someone elses life by not wearing a seatbelt.
Finally, I guess it's possible that there is no one in the world who cares about you, but I'm going to assume that someone will be distraught at your untimely death.
No one else gets hurt? Let's just imagine that you are in a moderate accident. Say another car's tire blows out. Their car loses control and crashes into yours, legally making the accident their fault. Your car rolls over an embankment and you are thrown out of the car and killed. Now the person has to live with causing an accident that killed you, when you would have been fine had you worn a seatbelt. Plus, do you really think that first responders enjoy scraping your dead ass off the highway or that other motorists want to see your internal organs spread out all over the road, all because you weren't quite comfortable enough with a seat belt on. No, it definitely does hurt other people.
Until a few years ago we weren't sure that there were any other planets at all. Once astronomers figured out how to find these large planets, hundreds were discovered in short order. The implication is that planets are common and while we still can't detect earth-like planets, but it's certainly much easier to believe that they exist.
Actually, washing them probably wouldn't have helped unless you really scrubbed each leaf very carefully. Just rinsing off a handful of spinach under the sink wouldn't get rid of the eColi. Also, most bags of fresh spinach are sold as ready to eat so most people wouldn't wash them anyway.
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I'm glad you have no problem spending other people's money. They might have other ideas.
Sounds like fun, I can't imagine why this hasn't been done yet!!! Do you honestly believe that a politician would be involved with legislation specifically designed to get people to stop doing things that they enjoy? Not to mention the huge negative impact it would have on our economy. There is no need for a drastic measure to reduce fuel consumption. None. What we need to do is SLOWLY reduce our fuel usage. Raise the requirements for fuel efficiency on the car manufacturers slowly every few years. Gas prices will tend to get more expensive over time. New technologies are being worked on and should be encouraged and funded. All of this will lead to less fuel consumption without affecting our daily lives and without destroying our economy.
But you can save them to a CD or email them to yourself and activate them on your home PC.
No his linky is yet another stupid coral cache link that maybe 30% of /. readers in the U.S. at 12:00 EST can read since we are work and firewalled. Please stop using coral cache, especially to a server like the dailywtf, which I am quite sure can handle the load. Let's see if this causes the universe to self destruct. Click here to destroy the universe.
I'd say you must be new here, but that's obviously not true (2822). People bitch all the time on here about their choices of broadband connection. I've mentioned before that in my particular area, there are two cable companies and a couple of DSL providers, and supposedly fiber is coming in the (relatively) near future. So, personally I don't have this problem, but I guess I might move someday.
But... But... R'ing TFA means I won't get teh frist psot.
They could, but I imagine that it is slightly more lucrative to sue Microsoft.
Yes, but if the browser is trying to detect phishing, you also need to get around it.
I'll say it again. MANY, MANY, MANY people read this at work. Firewalls prevent us from accessing port 8090. This system is stupid.
Thanks, but it was hardly furious backpedaling. He did say that he expected Rumsfeld to be there for the rest of the term. As I said, when I actually heard the interview, it seemed more committed than reading it on paper. Since neither of us has the whole transcript or a video/audio recording, we don't really have the whole story. But certainly I am more correct than the original post. Good day.
I admit it is a little weak. I heard the interview and it sounded a little more committed at the time. The point is that he never said that Rumsfeld would definitely NOT be leaving as was implied by the parent of my original post.
He actually said that he would not ask Rumsfeld to step down and that Rumsfeld would have the job as long as he wanted it, but nice try though.
The meaning of words change. You'll just have to get over it. If you ask most people what a "geek" is, you won't get an answer involving biting the heads off of chickens.
You might want to step down from the high horse. There is a big difference between someone being lazy, ignorant and downright stupid and having a different set of priorities. Most people want to be able to check their email, surf the web and play a game or two on their computer. Why should they have to put themselves through anymore trouble than they have to? They buy a computer with Windows preinstalled. They buy some readily available Windows software and install it by dropping in the CD and clicking "yes" a couple times. It's easy. Now, for no real reason, you want them to go out and make that process more difficult (whether that difficulty is real or simply perceived). Most people would consider that to be stupid.
Just makes it a little bit funnier.
That sound you just heard was a million spelling and grammar nazi's exploding.
Not everyone in the world is so desensitized to the kind of gore that can occur when someone is forcefully ejected from a car. We are not talking about merely not enjoying seeing it, we are talking about truly traumatizing someone. I would hope that your sense of empathy is not so degraded that you are really as disgusted by seeing some fat kid's underwear as you are by the sight of someone who has just been killed in a car crash.
Read carefully. It will make you much better at arguing. I am talking about a truly random accident. Where in reality, it is nobody's fault. Somebody driving down the road hits a piece of road debris and loses control of their car. You die. They will spend the rest of their life wondering if they could have done something to save you. Meanwhile, you could have walked away if you had worn a seatbelt.
You should also realize that people have been killed in accidents as slow as 15 MPH. All it takes is for your neck to get twisted the wrong way and you're done. All I am saying is that you can ruin someone elses life by not wearing a seatbelt.
Finally, I guess it's possible that there is no one in the world who cares about you, but I'm going to assume that someone will be distraught at your untimely death.
No one else gets hurt? Let's just imagine that you are in a moderate accident. Say another car's tire blows out. Their car loses control and crashes into yours, legally making the accident their fault. Your car rolls over an embankment and you are thrown out of the car and killed. Now the person has to live with causing an accident that killed you, when you would have been fine had you worn a seatbelt. Plus, do you really think that first responders enjoy scraping your dead ass off the highway or that other motorists want to see your internal organs spread out all over the road, all because you weren't quite comfortable enough with a seat belt on. No, it definitely does hurt other people.
Until a few years ago we weren't sure that there were any other planets at all. Once astronomers figured out how to find these large planets, hundreds were discovered in short order. The implication is that planets are common and while we still can't detect earth-like planets, but it's certainly much easier to believe that they exist.
Might want to read this: BEA FAQ on Dark Matter
Almost sounds like it doesn't really affect people all that much.
Actually, washing them probably wouldn't have helped unless you really scrubbed each leaf very carefully. Just rinsing off a handful of spinach under the sink wouldn't get rid of the eColi. Also, most bags of fresh spinach are sold as ready to eat so most people wouldn't wash them anyway.
I think he is FULLY aware of that.