Most of the actors (and we are talking the 1960's) who died in their 50's died of cancer and most of the actors who died in their 60's died of heart disease of some kind.
Last I read, half of american men are dead by 75 and half of women by 79.
Most of the risk from eating crap is in order of less than 1% chance change in your death rate.
And recently we are discovering eating TOO little crap causes you to have more strokes.
It's not hybridization gone wrong. And the grass didn't START producing cyanide.
It's a perfect example of natural selection.
In an extreme event where over 90% of the grass population died, the survivors had some trait that helped them survive.
In this case, some the grass with more cyanide survived- probably a little less insect predation gave the grass a survival edge under the harsh conditions. Now all the descendents of that grass have the trait of increased cyanide.
Elsewhere, some of the grass probably survived due to better water handling traits. They should check for that because it will be useful.
I've read Manna and while it sounds a bit like one of those management books that repeats the same point in large fonts, it does have some good points and good points to ponder.
I'm afraid the negative side will pan out because military and policing technology has moved too fast.
We did try that. We used to have stiff estate taxes and stiff income taxes.
It might have taken it two or three generations but it was good at curbing runaway oligarchy.
Unfortunately, those rules were repealed under Reagan and now we have an oligarchy and a fairly good stab at growing a nobility class in the U.S. who have different legal privileges, and who inherit all the good jobs.
The banks had special laws passed making student loans a very special kind of debt which can never be erased or forgiven.
That's worse than even income tax debt.
Since they knew it was this kind of debt, they loaned way more money than was reasonable. You can pay your entire life and never get out. You will be garnished if you ever get your head slightly above water. Basically, you are doomed forever, and you know it. You can't even easily immigrate to another country any more.
It's VERY easy to have sympathy for IGNORANT YOUNG 18 year old CHILDREN who the banks took advantage of. People should not be able to make legal contracts which have an impact beyond 7 years when they are 18.
The default rate when these laws were passed was 1%. Better than many other forms of credit. The amounts loaned were much more reasonable and college was much more affordable. the colleges are culpable in this too.
Losing women just means our corporation has to hire more women.
We are trained that the most diverse candidate must be selected if the scores are comparable. You see it in the promotions too.
We promote someone to manager... the work is hard... they mommy out. And then another woman is promoted to that position -- because they have to stay at least near 50% male/female at each level to avoid lawsuits. Lawsuits raise insurance costs by a large amount.
It's much more cost effective to go through a series of female managers than it would be to hire a male and go through a series of lawsuits.
And then there are the kids who took on debt who blog about how they think of committing suicide almost daily.
The debt plus low employment leaves them with no hope.
I did it the way you did it and never regretted it. Sure- I would have like to have played, but I graduated with experience and so it was easy to get a job. Now I'm likely to retire at 52.
More women than men choose quality of life over income.
Speaking from 20+ years in the field, a ton of women "mommy out" when the work is hard. Sometimes, they quit to be with family. Other times, they get pregnant, take the 6 week maternity leave, then quit within a week of coming back.
Those I've kept up with were still not working a year later.
Now- given that work hours and quality of life are more important to women, why the hell would they enter a field where you have to work 10 to 12 hour days, weekends, holidays, and is low status?
In the IT field, women make 96% of what men do. Given men's aggression to quit jobs over money and go to new jobs over money, that's a very small difference in pay.
But I'm about to retire myself. I would never recommend IT to any woman OR man. It's a terrible, horrible field with slave-like conditions for 95% of the workers. But it pays well. I'll be retiring at 52 with more money per year than most people make every year salary and without a bloated state pension.
So now I can go to painting, massage, and traveling to conventions selling things.
Right, like Microsoft, IBM, and any other major united states corporation?
There are plenty of people who could do the h1b work at microsoft. But they are not willing ot work under slave conditions (60 hours a week, every week) for 80% of the pay (and no pension or SSI obligations).
Except for the fact that the corporations are charging higher prices in America.
In many cases due to legal protection by the goverment.
I can't go to another country and import the inexpensive products they sell there like I should be able to in an open market. Instead we pay 5 to 20 times as much for the same products.
The problem is fixing itself. Labor rates are skyrocketing over there. Indian workers are much more picky than they used to be.
As it says "Immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explains how they assist employers in running classified ads with the goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants, and the steps they go through to disqualify even the most qualified Americans in order to secure green cards for H-1b workers. See what Bush and Congress really mean by a "shortage of skilled U.S. workers." Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and thousands of other companies are running fake ads in Sunday newspapers across the country each week.
Here's a video of one of their conferences. It's pretty harsh. How to put out fake ads, how to find ways to disqualify qualified americans.
Quote" The goal is not to find a qualified and interested worker"
They got the benefits of finland until they were making money and now they want to move to a country where they would probably have not received the support and education they needed to make angry birds.
I'd say fine them heavily on their way out the door, if not finish their finnish citizenship. If they don't like the social contract, they can move to Mexico or Brazil perhaps.
My depression has been from lack of sleep/pain/excessive working hours. I had to take meds. My sleep patterns are messed up and I can't seem to fix them. In a way, it's like I just need 1 hour less sleep too. Wierd.
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Look at the star trek memory wall.
Most of the actors (and we are talking the 1960's) who died in their 50's died of cancer and most of the actors who died in their 60's died of heart disease of some kind.
Last I read, half of american men are dead by 75 and half of women by 79.
Most of the risk from eating crap is in order of less than 1% chance change in your death rate.
And recently we are discovering eating TOO little crap causes you to have more strokes.
With kroger discount, paying $2.41 to $2.90 a gallon in texas.
Batteries will be at 80% capacity after 8 years.
The nasty thing is the feedback loop.
Say electric cars become popular.
As a result, the price of gasoline will fall.
You should also consider the Nissan "Leaf".
Net cost of ownership after 8 years comes out to about $16k after federal tax credits and gasoline savings.
still wrong.
Some Saudi oil costs under $10 to produce a barrel of oil.
The lower the price, the less oil it is feasible to produce.
The higher the price, the more oil it becomes feasible to produce.
It is quite likely for the price of oil to return to $20 to $25 a barrel.
http://inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation_rate/historical_oil_prices_chart.asp
It's not hybridization gone wrong. And the grass didn't START producing cyanide.
It's a perfect example of natural selection.
In an extreme event where over 90% of the grass population died, the survivors had some trait that helped them survive.
In this case, some the grass with more cyanide survived- probably a little less insect predation gave the grass a survival edge under the harsh conditions. Now all the descendents of that grass have the trait of increased cyanide.
Elsewhere, some of the grass probably survived due to better water handling traits. They should check for that because it will be useful.
I've read Manna and while it sounds a bit like one of those management books that repeats the same point in large fonts, it does have some good points and good points to ponder.
I'm afraid the negative side will pan out because military and policing technology has moved too fast.
We did try that. We used to have stiff estate taxes and stiff income taxes.
It might have taken it two or three generations but it was good at curbing runaway oligarchy.
Unfortunately, those rules were repealed under Reagan and now we have an oligarchy and a fairly good stab at growing a nobility class in the U.S. who have different legal privileges, and who inherit all the good jobs.
Frequently encountered on my samsung epic galaxy using GPS applications.
It (and the iphone before it) show me thousands of feet or even miles away from where I really am a few times a week.
Solution is GPS Status (reset GPS, download a tiny file).
But at least twice a month that doesn't work and i have to REBOOT the damn phone.
The tough thing about electric cars, is that if they are successful, then gas prices will drop substantially.
Repeating what the others said...
The banks had special laws passed making student loans a very special kind of debt which can never be erased or forgiven.
That's worse than even income tax debt.
Since they knew it was this kind of debt, they loaned way more money than was reasonable. You can pay your entire life and never get out. You will be garnished if you ever get your head slightly above water. Basically, you are doomed forever, and you know it. You can't even easily immigrate to another country any more.
It's VERY easy to have sympathy for IGNORANT YOUNG 18 year old CHILDREN who the banks took advantage of. People should not be able to make legal contracts which have an impact beyond 7 years when they are 18.
The default rate when these laws were passed was 1%. Better than many other forms of credit. The amounts loaned were much more reasonable and college was much more affordable. the colleges are culpable in this too.
Actually not in our case.
Losing women just means our corporation has to hire more women.
We are trained that the most diverse candidate must be selected if the scores are comparable. You see it in the promotions too.
We promote someone to manager... the work is hard... they mommy out.
And then another woman is promoted to that position -- because they have to stay at least near 50% male/female at each level to avoid lawsuits. Lawsuits raise insurance costs by a large amount.
It's much more cost effective to go through a series of female managers than it would be to hire a male and go through a series of lawsuits.
Not entirely true.
A lot of people hire based on shared university.
An aggie is going to hire an aggie before hiring a teasip or a cougar.
And then there are the kids who took on debt who blog about how they think of committing suicide almost daily.
The debt plus low employment leaves them with no hope.
I did it the way you did it and never regretted it. Sure- I would have like to have played, but I graduated with experience and so it was easy to get a job. Now I'm likely to retire at 52.
I'll play now instead of during college.
More women than men choose quality of life over income.
Speaking from 20+ years in the field, a ton of women "mommy out" when the work is hard. Sometimes, they quit to be with family. Other times, they get pregnant, take the 6 week maternity leave, then quit within a week of coming back.
Those I've kept up with were still not working a year later.
Now- given that work hours and quality of life are more important to women, why the hell would they enter a field where you have to work 10 to 12 hour days, weekends, holidays, and is low status?
In the IT field, women make 96% of what men do. Given men's aggression to quit jobs over money and go to new jobs over money, that's a very small difference in pay.
But I'm about to retire myself. I would never recommend IT to any woman OR man. It's a terrible, horrible field with slave-like conditions for 95% of the workers. But it pays well. I'll be retiring at 52 with more money per year than most people make every year salary and without a bloated state pension.
So now I can go to painting, massage, and traveling to conventions selling things.
Yes. There is such a thing as "too thin".
Body systems shut down.
Not getting enough fat in your diet does bad things to you.
Right, like Microsoft, IBM, and any other major united states corporation?
There are plenty of people who could do the h1b work at microsoft.
But they are not willing ot work under slave conditions (60 hours a week, every week) for 80% of the pay (and no pension or SSI obligations).
Except for the fact that the corporations are charging higher prices in America.
In many cases due to legal protection by the goverment.
I can't go to another country and import the inexpensive products they sell there like I should be able to in an open market. Instead we pay 5 to 20 times as much for the same products.
The problem is fixing itself. Labor rates are skyrocketing over there.
Indian workers are much more picky than they used to be.
As it says "Immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explains how they assist employers in running classified ads with the goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants, and the steps they go through to disqualify even the most qualified Americans in order to secure green cards for H-1b workers. See what Bush and Congress really mean by a "shortage of skilled U.S. workers." Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and thousands of other companies are running fake ads in Sunday newspapers across the country each week.
Here's a video of one of their conferences. It's pretty harsh.
How to put out fake ads, how to find ways to disqualify qualified americans.
Quote" The goal is not to find a qualified and interested worker"
http://youtu.be/TCbFEgFajGU
Huh,
They got the benefits of finland until they were making money and now they want to move to a country where they would probably have not received the support and education they needed to make angry birds.
I'd say fine them heavily on their way out the door, if not finish their finnish citizenship. If they don't like the social contract, they can move to Mexico or Brazil perhaps.
That is wonderful news! I'm not a gamer. I'll see about getting a dual link dvi card.
To be honest, I posted hoping someone would post a solution.
You can buy for $400 a 2560 x 1440 monitor on ebay.
That's with zero defect and hardened glass.
Problem?
You need a new computer to drive it.
GX670 or GX680 minimum.
Right now those set you back about $500.
Plus probably a new computer to drive those.
I'll have 2560 x 1440 in about 6 weeks. The monitor is here now.
As is the 120gb sata 3 solid state drive.
If you disable an account after failed attempts, you get three tries.
If you disable an account for an hour after failed attempts- and alert the owner, you may get 9 tries.
Take your packet of sugar and pour it into the can.
One of the finer posts I've read on slashdot.
My depression has been from lack of sleep/pain/excessive working hours. I had to take meds. My sleep patterns are messed up and I can't seem to fix them.
In a way, it's like I just need 1 hour less sleep too. Wierd.