I use google+, follow Wil wheaten and Felicia day (started playing Kingdom Rush or something like that because of her google plus game- it's a Tower Defense game).
I LOVE the ability to separate family and various friends.
Facebook really crushed my life together too much.
My use of Facebook is down about 50%.
My use of Google+ is up about 25%.
I use social networking about 25% less.
I'm inviting folks to Google+ and I noticed some of my friends have stopped posting on Facebook entirely.
It's not as rich and robust as Facebook yet. No games- but I stopped playing games as soon as Facebook required a verifiable phone number for each account. I *liked* having 3 farmville accounts. I was pissed when I lost two of them after several months. So I stopped all facebook social games.
But the rich depend on a basically peaceful society.
They are pushing the rest of society hard enough now that talk of violence is becoming more common and I think that something will touch it off at some point.
The most likely reaction of the rich to one of their own being kneecapped would be to hire body guards and greatly restrict their freedom in public- they'd probably with draw to well protected areas, private clubs, gated communities, well secured openings for museum nights. Many of these things have already happened. In my town, there's one night for the wealthy people at the museum, then after that everyone else goes.
Another reaction might be to avoid doing certain things like the BSA and ACTA do- but I think it's unlikely. More likely is they would hire some fall guy to perform the risky jobs and hide their identities as owners so you had no one to lash out at.
Reagan, then Bush, then Clinton, then Bush again. Lots of republican controlled congresses.
No the problem is that republicans STOPPED being republicans when Reagan was elected.
They became the party of Guns AND Butter because that got them reelected.
At this point, we cut defense (not going to happen) or social security (want to talk about being voted out of office) or raise taxes (apparently not even going to let temporary cuts expire).
The democrats have a problem too but the republicans own most of this party. Bush and Greenspan created a huge overhanging debt load on the economy by holding interest rates at 1% and pulling forward the next decade's jobs and spending into the 2000 to 2008 period.
Obama is well and truly screwed. It's going to be 2016 before we get out of this. However- I'm almost debt free and many of my friends are headed in that direction. Unless I lose my job- I'll be spending again soon-- if there are things I want to spend it on.
That is so peculiar. Perhaps it's my monstous insulation (blown in cellulose exterior walls and attic to a depth of 12" but I ran 785KW hours for a 1800 sq foot house that I keep quite cold in Texas.
With TV's, Computers, Refrigerators and other devices getting more and more efficient and light bulbs (I use cfl, led, and incandescents) too, perhaps the average reflects really big houses?
Perhaps my house is on the small size?
My worst electric bill of the year (august) is about 160.
These days you can pick up a 400 watt system at Fry's for about $600. Yours is cooler while theirs is pretty and quiet. Who's to say yours wouldn't last longer tho.
you usually need a licensed electrician. people are dying installing solar systems (most often from falling off the roof).
If you are grid tied, you need an updated electrical system with a switch back circuit breaker to stop your power from going down the line and killing electrical workers when a storm knocks out the power.
It's cheaper than 20 years of good cable or iphone now tho.
You are so right. but people always think of the luddites and assume this time will be the same.
We'll have more wealth than ever but it will be concentrated in a smaller percentage of the population creating great misery. I see the scenario ending badly.
That's actually a good point. In line with that, my initial system will be ground based and I'll be able to dismount and take the panels inside.
If this works out, then I'll consider a more substantial rooftop system (perhaps even solar shingles).
For comparative costs...
A decade of cable TV-- $9300 (at current rates- without all the bells and whistles) A decade of cell phone - $9400 (at current rates). Getting a new computer every 2 years -$5500.
Board games for a decade - $8000 ( a hobby ). Excessively nice shirts for a decade - $6000 (helps my job) (at current prices).
Starbucks for a decade - $6,000 (but fortunately I don't drink starbucks) Wine for a decade - $7500 (at my current rate about a bottle a week average).
I view solar as a hobby/interest and possibly future job so it's an investment.
Good points, now on the $300 a year, I would pay a little over $100 in taxes. Netting me $200- not $300. Plus the commission going into the bond since I'm a small fry. (If you know how I could buy $10k bonds directly, could you link it- I could use it).
There is a demo video on the web of a 13500 btu Ac unit running off of a 6 panel system. That's what I'm headed towards. Not running my 2400w central A/C unit between 10am and 4pm to keep the house at 80 degrees (76 on the weekends).
You are correct that if I could find some safe tax free municipal bonds paying 5%, that would be a superior choice. Right now I can't.
People do not consider solar correctly. I'm making the investment into solar without government subsidies because it makes sense.
My current electric bill is $900 a year (apparently low by many standards but I have studly insulation.)
My goal is to reduce that by $500 per year at current prices.
Two key things. My effective tax bracket is 50%. So every dollar saved is worth two dollars earned. If I can save $500, I would have to earn $1000 to have that after tax spending cash.
Secondly- historical pricing inflation for electricity since 1983 is between 100 and 150%. It's reasonable to assume that by 2022, my actual savings will be $1000 per year. And that's assuming no period of high inflation.
So if I can put up a $10,000 system which saves me $500 per year, the effective payoff of the system is under 10 years.
Plus I won't be completely without power like I was after the last hurricane for 3 weeks.
I've read this was his body- reduced by CGI. There were standin's for some scenes but when you see his face, it's generally him.
They had to green screen some of it so they could fill in the background.
Apparently this is sort of like Benjamin Button (and to some extent Gollum).
=== I absolutely loved this movie- laughed, even cried at the end knowing he wouldn't be back to meet her.
Cap has always been the moral "Superman" of the Marvel universe. Always lawful good- never amoral- never compromising. Partially the writers gave him a break and never put him in "no win" situations- but they put him in close to no win situations and he was good.
The flag pole scene was also classic cap. He has the cleverness required of a weaker man combined with the power.
The movie was over CGI'd and slow during the montage of beating the 6 bases but I guess they had to show it somehow. I also felt some motorcycle jumps and so on were cut instead of showing the entire thing.
**** movie. 95% would be my personal rottent tomatoes rating.
I didn't see how much they cost but it's an order of magnitude better than anything else I've seen before-- does it mean dolls next christmas will be at similar levels of realism?
I noted the cute anime girl in the redshirt with extremely pointed and accurate nipples and did a bit of a double take.
Wonder if this has implication to the sex dolls? Custom sex dolls with more realistic faces?
My skill set is getting people like you to work effectively on large projects with integrated offshore resources while not burning you out. I dropped technical skills back in 2004. I could see the direction we were heading.
I have two book cases of dvd's I realized I was never watching. I only rewatch about 20 movies. That should be what I keep (plus the rare stuff like "Time Travellers" and "American Gold" which can't be repurchased. I don't need more copies of things I'll never watch and I can afford to pay for the 1 to 2 movies a year that I purchase these days.
And it wouldn't be worth my time (I make north of $60 an hour... (well before my company started working us 50-60 hours a week... but when the economy gets better that should stop again) so it would cost me $60 an hour to make a "backup" copy (and it would cost me precious free time right now).
What i meant is that I have over 500 hours of content sitting unwatched in my instant queue plus 38 DVD's waiting to ship to me as I finish watching DVD's.
At 2 hours a night- it would take me most of a year just to get current-- and I don't have 2 hours a night right now.
I thought the "this is less than a cup of latte" approach incensed a lot of people.
I will be keeping Netflix. At the new price it is still a good value.to me because I watch DVD's and I watch instant. I have about 500 hours backed up. It's going to save me about $90 a month when my cable bill comes up for renewal again.
I pop on line, order, and then forget. My time taken about 5 to 10 minutes.
Or.. I can drive for 15 to 20 minutes to the store ($1 buck of gas). Look around for the section. Ask a clerk after a while where it is. Go find the product is in/out of stock. Drive back home another 15 to 20 minutes. I've put 15-20 miles on my car, used most of a gallon of gasoline, and if the product wasn't available then even worse- waste of my time and money.
There is often a discount for purchasing online as well. Sometimes no sales tax- but I wouldn't mind paying sales tax (you have to pay for local government,roads, etc. somehow).
It's really a problem. Because the any other name had to be there so they didn't set up google nwes.
It's like K2-- formerly legal pot because the law has to be precise. It can't say "mind altering substances". So K2.1 (under another name) will come out some time in the next year or three.
I think google does not have a monopoly (I use metacrawler and yahoo also and there is that enormous chinese company (sina?) ) so if they want to filter you they can.
As someone else said, it should probably be the first step in any lawsuit just to prevent possible damages.
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The current campaign is now 19 to 20 years old. The prior one only went 12 years.
Looks like we'll wrap it up about the time we turn 60. Maybe transform it then. Maybe start something new.
Wish we had time to play 4 times a month like the old days.
It sounds like all you need is two circles to duplicate your facebook experience.
I have family
friends
dnd
acquaintances .
a couple private groups
I don't go overboard but I could see how you could overdo it.
On facebook, everything was mashed together. It caused me stress and embarassment occasionally.
I use google+, follow Wil wheaten and Felicia day (started playing Kingdom Rush or something like that because of her google plus game- it's a Tower Defense game).
I LOVE the ability to separate family and various friends.
Facebook really crushed my life together too much.
My use of Facebook is down about 50%.
My use of Google+ is up about 25%.
I use social networking about 25% less.
I'm inviting folks to Google+ and I noticed some of my friends have stopped posting on Facebook entirely.
It's not as rich and robust as Facebook yet. No games- but I stopped playing games as soon as Facebook required a verifiable phone number for each account. I *liked* having 3 farmville accounts. I was pissed when I lost two of them after several months. So I stopped all facebook social games.
For several reasons- that's the one reason he didn't want to kill him.
But why does Snape kill Dumbledore?
It doesn't show he's right or just.
But the rich depend on a basically peaceful society.
They are pushing the rest of society hard enough now that talk of violence is becoming more common and I think that something will touch it off at some point.
The most likely reaction of the rich to one of their own being kneecapped would be to hire body guards and greatly restrict their freedom in public- they'd probably with draw to well protected areas, private clubs, gated communities, well secured openings for museum nights. Many of these things have already happened. In my town, there's one night for the wealthy people at the museum, then after that everyone else goes.
Another reaction might be to avoid doing certain things like the BSA and ACTA do- but I think it's unlikely. More likely is they would hire some fall guy to perform the risky jobs and hide their identities as owners so you had no one to lash out at.
Hmmm decades of spending...
Reagan, then Bush, then Clinton, then Bush again.
Lots of republican controlled congresses.
No the problem is that republicans STOPPED being republicans when Reagan was elected.
They became the party of Guns AND Butter because that got them reelected.
At this point, we cut defense (not going to happen) or social security (want to talk about being voted out of office) or raise taxes (apparently not even going to let temporary cuts expire).
The democrats have a problem too but the republicans own most of this party. Bush and Greenspan created a huge overhanging debt load on the economy by holding interest rates at 1% and pulling forward the next decade's jobs and spending into the 2000 to 2008 period.
Obama is well and truly screwed. It's going to be 2016 before we get out of this. However- I'm almost debt free and many of my friends are headed in that direction. Unless I lose my job- I'll be spending again soon-- if there are things I want to spend it on.
That is so peculiar. Perhaps it's my monstous insulation (blown in cellulose exterior walls and attic to a depth of 12" but I ran 785KW hours for a 1800 sq foot house that I keep quite cold in Texas.
With TV's, Computers, Refrigerators and other devices getting more and more efficient and light bulbs (I use cfl, led, and incandescents) too, perhaps the average reflects really big houses?
Perhaps my house is on the small size?
My worst electric bill of the year (august) is about 160.
These days you can pick up a 400 watt system at Fry's for about $600. Yours is cooler while theirs is pretty and quiet. Who's to say yours wouldn't last longer tho.
I've looked into that and ...
you usually need a licensed electrician.
people are dying installing solar systems (most often from falling off the roof).
If you are grid tied, you need an updated electrical system with a switch back circuit breaker to stop your power from going down the line and killing electrical workers when a storm knocks out the power.
It's cheaper than 20 years of good cable or iphone now tho.
You are so right. but people always think of the luddites and assume this time will be the same.
We'll have more wealth than ever but it will be concentrated in a smaller percentage of the population creating great misery. I see the scenario ending badly.
That's actually a good point. In line with that, my initial system will be ground based and I'll be able to dismount and take the panels inside.
If this works out, then I'll consider a more substantial rooftop system (perhaps even solar shingles).
For comparative costs...
A decade of cable TV-- $9300 (at current rates- without all the bells and whistles)
A decade of cell phone - $9400 (at current rates).
Getting a new computer every 2 years -$5500.
Board games for a decade - $8000 ( a hobby ).
Excessively nice shirts for a decade - $6000 (helps my job) (at current prices).
Starbucks for a decade - $6,000 (but fortunately I don't drink starbucks)
Wine for a decade - $7500 (at my current rate about a bottle a week average).
I view solar as a hobby/interest and possibly future job so it's an investment.
Good points, now on the $300 a year, I would pay a little over $100 in taxes.
Netting me $200- not $300. Plus the commission going into the bond since I'm a small fry. (If you know how I could buy $10k bonds directly, could you link it- I could use it).
There is a demo video on the web of a 13500 btu Ac unit running off of a 6 panel system. That's what I'm headed towards. Not running my 2400w central A/C unit between 10am and 4pm to keep the house at 80 degrees (76 on the weekends).
You are correct that if I could find some safe tax free municipal bonds paying 5%, that would be a superior choice. Right now I can't.
People do not consider solar correctly.
I'm making the investment into solar without government subsidies because it makes sense.
My current electric bill is $900 a year (apparently low by many standards but I have studly insulation.)
My goal is to reduce that by $500 per year at current prices.
Two key things.
My effective tax bracket is 50%.
So every dollar saved is worth two dollars earned. If I can save $500, I would have to earn $1000 to have that after tax spending cash.
Secondly- historical pricing inflation for electricity since 1983 is between 100 and 150%. It's reasonable to assume that by 2022, my actual savings will be $1000 per year. And that's assuming no period of high inflation.
So if I can put up a $10,000 system which saves me $500 per year, the effective payoff of the system is under 10 years.
Plus I won't be completely without power like I was after the last hurricane for 3 weeks.
I've read this was his body- reduced by CGI. There were standin's for some scenes but when you see his face, it's generally him.
They had to green screen some of it so they could fill in the background.
Apparently this is sort of like Benjamin Button (and to some extent Gollum).
===
I absolutely loved this movie- laughed, even cried at the end knowing he wouldn't be back to meet her.
Cap has always been the moral "Superman" of the Marvel universe. Always lawful good- never amoral- never compromising. Partially the writers gave him a break and never put him in "no win" situations- but they put him in close to no win situations and he was good.
The flag pole scene was also classic cap. He has the cleverness required of a weaker man combined with the power.
The movie was over CGI'd and slow during the montage of beating the 6 bases but I guess they had to show it somehow. I also felt some motorcycle jumps and so on were cut instead of showing the entire thing.
**** movie. 95% would be my personal rottent tomatoes rating.
Real Dolls have always looked pretty ghastly to me. Even the japanese dolls the other person linked do not look as real as these doll faces.
I didn't see how much they cost but it's an order of magnitude better than anything else I've seen before-- does it mean dolls next christmas will be at similar levels of realism?
I noted the cute anime girl in the redshirt with extremely pointed and accurate nipples and did a bit of a double take.
Wonder if this has implication to the sex dolls? Custom sex dolls with more realistic faces?
Our bosses say, "We need 60 hours of work in the next three days" "we really don't want to burn out our employes so make sure we take care of them".
They are in the clear-- it's just not possible to achieve the goals without working nights and weekends.
I'm sure the chinese do the same thing.
We want TOP quality in LESS time for NOT ENOUGH money.
It's the usual "choose 2 of three option".
That's not my skill set.
My skill set is getting people like you to work effectively on large projects with integrated offshore resources while not burning you out. I dropped technical skills back in 2004. I could see the direction we were heading.
I have two book cases of dvd's I realized I was never watching. I only rewatch about 20 movies. That should be what I keep (plus the rare stuff like "Time Travellers" and "American Gold" which can't be repurchased. I don't need more copies of things I'll never watch and I can afford to pay for the 1 to 2 movies a year that I purchase these days.
Didn't mean that.
And it wouldn't be worth my time (I make north of $60 an hour... (well before my company started working us 50-60 hours a week... but when the economy gets better that should stop again) so it would cost me $60 an hour to make a "backup" copy (and it would cost me precious free time right now).
What i meant is that I have over 500 hours of content sitting unwatched in my instant queue plus 38 DVD's waiting to ship to me as I finish watching DVD's.
At 2 hours a night- it would take me most of a year just to get current-- and I don't have 2 hours a night right now.
I thought the "this is less than a cup of latte" approach incensed a lot of people.
I will be keeping Netflix. At the new price it is still a good value.to me because I watch DVD's and I watch instant. I have about 500 hours backed up. It's going to save me about $90 a month when my cable bill comes up for renewal again.
This is my problem with real stores.
Availability and Time.
I pop on line, order, and then forget. My time taken about 5 to 10 minutes.
Or.. I can drive for 15 to 20 minutes to the store ($1 buck of gas). Look around for the section. Ask a clerk after a while where it is. Go find the product is in/out of stock. Drive back home another 15 to 20 minutes. I've put 15-20 miles on my car, used most of a gallon of gasoline, and if the product wasn't available then even worse- waste of my time and money.
There is often a discount for purchasing online as well. Sometimes no sales tax- but I wouldn't mind paying sales tax (you have to pay for local government,roads, etc. somehow).
Half the people I know have gone to Google+ now.
I'm the laggert... again.
Best case, Facebook's ad revenue drops by a third-- social networking becomes fragmented.
Worst case, better privacy features does much worse damage to Facebook. There's a lot of pent up resentment at Facebook.
nt.
It's really a problem. Because the any other name had to be there so they didn't set up google nwes.
It's like K2-- formerly legal pot because the law has to be precise. It can't say "mind altering substances". So K2.1 (under another name) will come out some time in the next year or three.
I think google does not have a monopoly (I use metacrawler and yahoo also and there is that enormous chinese company (sina?) ) so if they want to filter you they can.
As someone else said, it should probably be the first step in any lawsuit just to prevent possible damages.