We need to get over this mindset that green technology and green lifestyles must by necessity hurt the economy.
Actually, I agree with everything you wrote. I was trying to make the point that in the *worst* case, all we waste is money developing those greener alternatives, of which you wrote, perhaps unnecessarily. Personally, I think that would be money well spent and our economy, not to mention the planet, would be better off in the long run. People are afraid of change.
There are things for which oil can't be practically replaced, like for certain kinds of lubrication and plastics, but energy generation isn't one of them.
Do you believe in God? Because you have just stated you must. After all, the consequence for being wrong is fairly horrific since a lifetime here is nothing compared to an infinity of afterlife, right?
Actually, I don't know what I believe. My wife died of a brain tumor four years ago - seven weeks from diagnosis to death - and I still can't wrap my mind around it. I *hope* there's a God, and, by extension, something beyond this life - for her and that the Universe wouldn't make sense without someone like her it in somewhere - but I don't think I believe there is, because she's gone and it didn't make any sense.
In either case, I want to go where ever she's gone when I die, especially if it's "nowhere", so we can be together again, even if abstractly. The fact that I may be wrong either way is what keeps me from going to look for her now. If she's there, I know she'll wait. If not, then it won't matter. Either way, this life has little to offer me now.
In any case, comparing one's belief in God with the concept of "first, do no harm" is a bit of a stretch.
I don't understand the mocking and hostility of the opponents of climate-change theory toward the supporters. I'm sure there is bad behavior on the other side, but the vitriol of the non-believers really confuses me - the recent gleeful mocking on all the Fox News programs during the recent snow storms comes to mind (regardless of the fact that the global warming models actually predict this kind of thing).
Even if the theories are wrong, reducing green-house emissions (etc) won't hurt anything but the pocket book. I know this is no small thing, especially in the context of a global economy and global competition, but the consequences of ignoring things if man-made climate change is a reality are bad.
Flame me unbelievers, but not too much lest you warm the planet:-)
Senators Blast NASA For Lacking Vision...
Skeptical senators told the space agency that it should not just talk about plans, but set out to do something specific.
Pot. Stop trash-talking Kettle. Seriously. If any group should simply STFU and actually *do* something productive, it's the Senate - both Democrats and Republicans (withholding my personal political commentary on each party). This would be funnier excepting reality.
Given that a fair chunk of their workforce is going to be more or less inconvenienced by that construction, it makes sense for them to favor the quicker option.
Agreed. I wasn't arguing with their motivations, simply stating them. The parent seemed to think MS didn't want the bridge at all.
I never said or implied any such thing. I simply responded with facts from the article that the parent didn't take time to discover. He stated himself that he hadn't read anything and implied that MS didn't want the bridge built, when in fact they actually want it built now rather than later for practical reasons.
You're reading too much into what I wrote. Chill. I agree with your comments.
There are plenty of perfectly good reasons to oppose a bridge that may well be a bad idea to build.
They're opposing any further delay for replacing an old, existing bridge. There is already an approved design for the new bridge, but some want to change the design to accommodate more HOV and public-transit lanes. From TFA:
The state Senate has signed off on the so-called "A+" option, which would include six lanes total, with two lanes for high-occupancy vehicles and buses. McGinn's proposal... is to come up with a new 520 plan that would incorporate high-capacity transit (light rail or bus-rapid transit) as well as two HOV and two general-purpose lanes.
Apparently, the existing bridge could fall into the water at the next earthquake and it's a main route for Microsoft employees to/from the campus.
What if he is a pharmacist? How could you possibly have enough information from a webcam to determine what the pill is even you are a skilled expert?
Of course. I was being facetious. It's even sometimes hard to identify a pill when it's in your hand. The school admin is an idiot and soon to be unemployed and/or in jail.
Well, $700,000 to $800,000 will buy you a 'corporate sized' unit. Inside the box are a unique kind of fuel cell consisting of ceramic disks coated with green and black 'inks.' The inks somehow transform a stream of methane (or other hydrocarbons) and oxygen into power, when the box heats up to its operating temperature of 1,000 degrees Celsius.
Green and black inks, so it's coated with that $800k in singles? Close the damper and I'm sure they and the methane will burn for a really long time. Also, I'm not sure I want something running at 1,000 C in my back yard, though I'd be popular for cookouts.
Additionally I'd argue it's none of the school's fucking business what candy OR illegal drugs the student was taking when he was not at school.
Or legal drug. Checking my most recent Prescription reference book, drugs come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Is the school admin a pharmacist? I think not, so what the f*ck does he know? Unless, of course, they look like something the admin is using...:-)
The extra money you save can be put into a money market account to collect interest in case something large comes up.
Good luck with that.
My wife died of a brain tumor four years ago. The list price for a one month supply of her chemotherapy drug, Temodar, was $11,000 - yes Eleven Thousand dollars. Luckily the co-pay with her HMO (Optima) was only $40 - yes Forty dollars. BTW, I had BCBS at the time for myself and that co-pay would have been 10%.
The total list price for her treatment in the seven weeks from diagnosis to death was almost $300,000, but we only paid about $300 out of pocket.
The experiment sounds more like it highlights performance anxiety. Perhaps it's just me, but I don't equate simple "counting" with Math. Once you start doing something with the number you've counted, then it's Math.
Inevitably, they will have question and/or problems. Using the same distro will allow you research issues on your own system and it will be easier should you want to walk them through things remotely. In addition, it will foster a sense that you're all in this together. If you use something different, your efforts will be increased and you'll have to constantly answer questions like, "Why do you use something different than what you recommended."
This site [metafilter.com] suggests daily paper costs for the New York Times to be about 1/10 of the above estimate. Based on the financial report this is just wrong.
Of course, there's more to printing than just the paper. There's the ink, materials to make plates, electricity, water, heating, cooling, automated robots (to move the HUGE paper rolls - I've seen them at the Boston Globe), cost and maintenance of the presses (which are also HUGE), people, etc...
The whole point here is that in Avatar the humans are portrayed with less sympathy and more selfish motivations than the Gestapo is usually portrayed in WW II movies.
Granted, though given things like Enron, various CEOs using corporate accounts for personal gain (i.e., WorldCom), auto company bailouts, and the recent issues on Wall Street, I'd say those selfish motivations are pretty accurate. Again, sad but true. Don't blame Cameron for holding the mirror on this point.
Adding a more complex motivation with some kind of moral complexity to the humans makes the story more interesting and less of a simplistic bit of propagandizing.
True, and there was some of this, though not from the corporate or (ex-military) security forces. The basic thrust was greedy corporations vs. the tree huggers, which still seems like a valid, if stereo-typical, contention. I think a bit of remorse was shown on the face of the corporate manager when Home Tree was fire-bombed, or at least shock that he was responsible for the destruction.
Cameron does effects really well, but his storyline is juvenile.
Agreed, in this and his other movies too. Though I think he admitted he came up with this story when he was 16 (or so). Still, there should be writers that could have made this better. Still, thinking about what gets renewed and canceled on TV makes me wonder - Every seen "Defying Gravity" (whole first season on DVD for $35)? Good show, much better than "Lost" or "Flash Forward", if you ask me - canceled with 5 episodes unaired.
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Either you are joking, or don't understand the difference between "weather" and "climate".
Hint: What you experienced was "weather".
Actually, I agree with everything you wrote. I was trying to make the point that in the *worst* case, all we waste is money developing those greener alternatives, of which you wrote, perhaps unnecessarily. Personally, I think that would be money well spent and our economy, not to mention the planet, would be better off in the long run. People are afraid of change.
There are things for which oil can't be practically replaced, like for certain kinds of lubrication and plastics, but energy generation isn't one of them.
Actually, I don't know what I believe. My wife died of a brain tumor four years ago - seven weeks from diagnosis to death - and I still can't wrap my mind around it. I *hope* there's a God, and, by extension, something beyond this life - for her and that the Universe wouldn't make sense without someone like her it in somewhere - but I don't think I believe there is, because she's gone and it didn't make any sense.
In either case, I want to go where ever she's gone when I die, especially if it's "nowhere", so we can be together again, even if abstractly. The fact that I may be wrong either way is what keeps me from going to look for her now. If she's there, I know she'll wait. If not, then it won't matter. Either way, this life has little to offer me now.
In any case, comparing one's belief in God with the concept of "first, do no harm" is a bit of a stretch.
Even if the theories are wrong, reducing green-house emissions (etc) won't hurt anything but the pocket book. I know this is no small thing, especially in the context of a global economy and global competition, but the consequences of ignoring things if man-made climate change is a reality are bad.
Flame me unbelievers, but not too much lest you warm the planet :-)
Call me when they are 3m tall, blue, w/tail.
You take RU-486 every day?
Note to self: Never lend him electronics.
Pot. Stop trash-talking Kettle. Seriously. If any group should simply STFU and actually *do* something productive, it's the Senate - both Democrats and Republicans (withholding my personal political commentary on each party). This would be funnier excepting reality.
Nice photo. I was paraphrasing the concerns MS expressed in TFA about why they didn't want to wait to replace the bridge.
Agreed. I wasn't arguing with their motivations, simply stating them. The parent seemed to think MS didn't want the bridge at all.
I never said or implied any such thing. I simply responded with facts from the article that the parent didn't take time to discover. He stated himself that he hadn't read anything and implied that MS didn't want the bridge built, when in fact they actually want it built now rather than later for practical reasons.
You're reading too much into what I wrote. Chill. I agree with your comments.
They're opposing any further delay for replacing an old, existing bridge. There is already an approved design for the new bridge, but some want to change the design to accommodate more HOV and public-transit lanes. From TFA:
Apparently, the existing bridge could fall into the water at the next earthquake and it's a main route for Microsoft employees to/from the campus.
Welcome to /. :-)
Of course. I was being facetious. It's even sometimes hard to identify a pill when it's in your hand. The school admin is an idiot and soon to be unemployed and/or in jail.
Green and black inks, so it's coated with that $800k in singles? Close the damper and I'm sure they and the methane will burn for a really long time. Also, I'm not sure I want something running at 1,000 C in my back yard, though I'd be popular for cookouts.
Or legal drug. Checking my most recent Prescription reference book, drugs come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Is the school admin a pharmacist? I think not, so what the f*ck does he know? Unless, of course, they look like something the admin is using... :-)
And ensure you never get divorced.
Good luck with that.
My wife died of a brain tumor four years ago. The list price for a one month supply of her chemotherapy drug, Temodar, was $11,000 - yes Eleven Thousand dollars. Luckily the co-pay with her HMO (Optima) was only $40 - yes Forty dollars. BTW, I had BCBS at the time for myself and that co-pay would have been 10%.
The total list price for her treatment in the seven weeks from diagnosis to death was almost $300,000, but we only paid about $300 out of pocket.
To be fair, though, most people spend more time than that each week in front of the TV...
The experiment sounds more like it highlights performance anxiety. Perhaps it's just me, but I don't equate simple "counting" with Math. Once you start doing something with the number you've counted, then it's Math.
Inevitably, they will have question and/or problems. Using the same distro will allow you research issues on your own system and it will be easier should you want to walk them through things remotely. In addition, it will foster a sense that you're all in this together. If you use something different, your efforts will be increased and you'll have to constantly answer questions like, "Why do you use something different than what you recommended."
Of course, there's more to printing than just the paper. There's the ink, materials to make plates, electricity, water, heating, cooling, automated robots (to move the HUGE paper rolls - I've seen them at the Boston Globe), cost and maintenance of the presses (which are also HUGE), people, etc...
By comparison, a server room seems quaint :-)
Granted, though given things like Enron, various CEOs using corporate accounts for personal gain (i.e., WorldCom), auto company bailouts, and the recent issues on Wall Street, I'd say those selfish motivations are pretty accurate. Again, sad but true. Don't blame Cameron for holding the mirror on this point.
True, and there was some of this, though not from the corporate or (ex-military) security forces. The basic thrust was greedy corporations vs. the tree huggers, which still seems like a valid, if stereo-typical, contention. I think a bit of remorse was shown on the face of the corporate manager when Home Tree was fire-bombed, or at least shock that he was responsible for the destruction.
Agreed, in this and his other movies too. Though I think he admitted he came up with this story when he was 16 (or so). Still, there should be writers that could have made this better. Still, thinking about what gets renewed and canceled on TV makes me wonder - Every seen "Defying Gravity" (whole first season on DVD for $35)? Good show, much better than "Lost" or "Flash Forward", if you ask me - canceled with 5 episodes unaired.