There is a downside to everything... which is something people seem to miss. Joe Sixpack and Sarah Soccermom want a perfect solution that never needs fixing, looks cute and emits only rainbows and pine scented goodness.
How dare you?! Little Joey is afraid of rainbows and Julie is allergic to pine trees! How dare you try and inflict your rainbow and pine evil on MY environment! Now, if you can make it emit cotton candy clouds and cinammon vapor, then you might have something.
The "ZOMG IT KILLZ TEH BIRDZ" argument is nothing but alarmist. In small, high speed VAWT (vertical axis wind turbines) there has been some danger of slicing and dicing. In the big megawatt class "traditional" HAWTs (horizontal axis) it is negligible. Birds kill themselves flying into windows yet you don't see tree-huggers wailing about that. One reason the larger turbines are safer is while the rotational velocity of the blades can be significant, they are very large and birds can actually see them coming and avoid them. And on a 3 bladed turbine there is a LOT of empty air between the blades. 3 blades also turns out to be the most desirable, having an even number can lead to funky sympathetic oscillations, and any more than 4 and the blades end up in the wake of the blade before it.
The "enviromentalists" that are against wind and solar power on account of asthetics piss me off. If we can't get energy from wind or solar because they don't look pretty and we can't get energy from fossil fuels because of CO2 and other emissions and nuclear power makes baby Jesus cry, then where the hell DO we get it from?
That kind of thinking is doubleplusbad "CogDissident". Interesting name you have there. I'm sure a representative from the Ministry of Love would like to speak to you about it... at length.
We are at war with Terror. We have always been at war with Terror.
No no. You had it right the first time according to the George W. Bush Theory of Fascist Government.
After all, if you weren't doing anything wrong why would you have a problem with armed men stopping and searching your car without probable cause? If you think that's wrong it's only because at some point you are PLANNING on doing something wrong.
How do you live with yourself? Planning to do evil things. You are an Evil Doer and an Enemy of the State! By thinking the government could ever possibly do anything wrong you have given up your rights. Hope you like Cuba...
If my cable company tried that I'd return their cable box ballistically through their front window. Then I think I'd have to get out the post hole digger and go fishing for fiber.
The current cost of the iraq war [nationalpriorities.org] is sitting around $270 x 10^9. That is around a $1000 bill for each citizen or about $22,500 per taxpayer
Soooo, wait a sec... only one citizen in 22 or so pays taxes?? Methinks you forgot to carry a one.
This provides a way to thin them out, without using an expensive Patriot to take out a cheap rocket.
The chemicals consumed from an ABL shot are expensive. Very expensive. On the order of a Patriot PAC-3 missile expensive. Can't just toss in some new AAs and call it good.
Are you joking? This kid TAPED himself acting like an idiot, then left the tape in a PUBLIC PLACE! Yeah, he looks like an idiot in the video. Well, sorry. He does. He should get $350k because he was embarrased? BS.
What about Tom Cruise? He made an idiot of himself on Oprah. Should he be able to sue everyone who makes fun of him now? I mean, it probably hurts his feelings and makes him sad. And HE can't even take anti-depressants, you insensitive clod!
Or failing that, learn to NOT videotape yourself doing stupid crap. Seriously. I was a geek in school too, but I KNEW I was, and I grew out of it.
This kid I don't think understands his situation, kind of like how some home schooled kids just have zero social skills. And the only way to evolve from a socially outcast dork into a functioning member of society is to come to terms with dork-itude. Which this kid had in spades.
It's INTERESTING how some people CAPITALIZE words to try and make a POINT. I WONDER if they YELL the words in their HEADS when they type the RHETORIC, or if they are just MAKING a conscious DECISION to try and LEAD a reader by using EMOTIONAL responses?
First, You can't depict Mohammed in drawings, but you can name 1/4 of the f'ing Islamic population after him? Yeah... makes perfect f'ing sense.
Second, Here is my image of Mohammed: ' O '\|/ ' | '/ \
Ooooh! Jihad on me now! Oooohhh!!! This kind of unreasonable crazy-assed behavior is why people say things like "Self-lighting glass parking lot". Personally, I'd like to just see no more demand for their natural resources. Then they can go back to 14th century behavior amongst themselves and leave the rest of the world out of it.
I saw a bumper sticker the other day: "Bush/Cheney '08". I laughed till there were tears. After all, if you vote Bush out of office then the terrorists win.
Nope, couldn't make the ISS and no other shuttles were less than a month from launching. Maybe the Russians with a Soyuz? And can't say how far that would be from launching. What would be worse? Losing one damaged vehicle or losing two, one from trying to rush a launch?
Soooo, children didn't count? Really? Well, a fair number of adults who were working at the time are dead now too, does that count?
In 1986 there were 45 million (with an 'M') elementary and high school age children enrolled in U.S. schools. I'll make a conserative guess and say 50% were watching 'the first teacher in space' story. That's 22.5 million people who watched it live (or on a very short tape delay, whatever).
I don't know where the "electronic medical devices" comment comes from. Could you do your job without having gone to school? Just because the millions of people didn't include you doesn't mean they don't count.
Ye gods! WWIIOL is still alive and kicking? Did they ever revamp infantry combat like they promised they were going to? Last I heard they were promising mortars and light machine guns. If there was some sort of AT weapon other than satchel charges it might be fun, but getting overrun by tanks when all you can spawn is a rifleman got old.
I'll never forget hiding in bushes while tanks swarmed all around me, it WAS very exciting. Or spending two hours being the driver of a tow vehicle for an 88mm AT gun dodging in and out of hills while taking out enemy armor. Or getting a Spitfire kill with a KaR98 rifle, that was pretty dang cool (and lucky!)
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There is a downside to everything... which is something people seem to miss. Joe Sixpack and Sarah Soccermom want a perfect solution that never needs fixing, looks cute and emits only rainbows and pine scented goodness.
How dare you?! Little Joey is afraid of rainbows and Julie is allergic to pine trees! How dare you try and inflict your rainbow and pine evil on MY environment! Now, if you can make it emit cotton candy clouds and cinammon vapor, then you might have something.
The "ZOMG IT KILLZ TEH BIRDZ" argument is nothing but alarmist. In small, high speed VAWT (vertical axis wind turbines) there has been some danger of slicing and dicing. In the big megawatt class "traditional" HAWTs (horizontal axis) it is negligible. Birds kill themselves flying into windows yet you don't see tree-huggers wailing about that. One reason the larger turbines are safer is while the rotational velocity of the blades can be significant, they are very large and birds can actually see them coming and avoid them. And on a 3 bladed turbine there is a LOT of empty air between the blades. 3 blades also turns out to be the most desirable, having an even number can lead to funky sympathetic oscillations, and any more than 4 and the blades end up in the wake of the blade before it.
The "enviromentalists" that are against wind and solar power on account of asthetics piss me off. If we can't get energy from wind or solar because they don't look pretty and we can't get energy from fossil fuels because of CO2 and other emissions and nuclear power makes baby Jesus cry, then where the hell DO we get it from?
That was the main plot of Clancy's "Rainbow Six" as well.
That kind of thinking is doubleplusbad "CogDissident". Interesting name you have there. I'm sure a representative from the Ministry of Love would like to speak to you about it... at length.
We are at war with Terror. We have always been at war with Terror.
No no. You had it right the first time according to the George W. Bush Theory of Fascist Government.
After all, if you weren't doing anything wrong why would you have a problem with armed men stopping and searching your car without probable cause? If you think that's wrong it's only because at some point you are PLANNING on doing something wrong.
How do you live with yourself? Planning to do evil things. You are an Evil Doer and an Enemy of the State! By thinking the government could ever possibly do anything wrong you have given up your rights. Hope you like Cuba...
I can't believe they didn't just call it The Ministry of Love.
Just like DMCA, the PATRIOT Act or the Range Safety Act just because it has a happy feel-good name does not make it happy or feel-good.
If my cable company tried that I'd return their cable box ballistically through their front window. Then I think I'd have to get out the post hole digger and go fishing for fiber.
The current cost of the iraq war [nationalpriorities.org] is sitting around $270 x 10^9. That is around a $1000 bill for each citizen or about $22,500 per taxpayer
Soooo, wait a sec... only one citizen in 22 or so pays taxes?? Methinks you forgot to carry a one.
This provides a way to thin them out, without using an expensive Patriot to take out a cheap rocket.
The chemicals consumed from an ABL shot are expensive. Very expensive. On the order of a Patriot PAC-3 missile expensive. Can't just toss in some new AAs and call it good.
Did you ever consider that in the gritty, dusty Martian soil a clutch would be adding something ELSE that can fail as well as adding weight?
Are you joking? This kid TAPED himself acting like an idiot, then left the tape in a PUBLIC PLACE! Yeah, he looks like an idiot in the video. Well, sorry. He does. He should get $350k because he was embarrased? BS.
What about Tom Cruise? He made an idiot of himself on Oprah. Should he be able to sue everyone who makes fun of him now? I mean, it probably hurts his feelings and makes him sad. And HE can't even take anti-depressants, you insensitive clod!
Or failing that, learn to NOT videotape yourself doing stupid crap. Seriously. I was a geek in school too, but I KNEW I was, and I grew out of it.
This kid I don't think understands his situation, kind of like how some home schooled kids just have zero social skills. And the only way to evolve from a socially outcast dork into a functioning member of society is to come to terms with dork-itude. Which this kid had in spades.
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Viva Pirates!
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Huh? What? Ropes? Zzzzzzz.
"A PC isn't a home computer in the traditional sense."
What??? Yes, yes a PC IS a home computer. Wing Commander came out in 1990. You think Origin released a game that was only playable in a lab?
In 1991 I had a 486/33 and I played Wing Commander. Even when the SNES was brand new PCs (as in home computers) put it to shame.
It's INTERESTING how some people CAPITALIZE words to try and make a POINT. I WONDER if they YELL the words in their HEADS when they type the RHETORIC, or if they are just MAKING a conscious DECISION to try and LEAD a reader by using EMOTIONAL responses?
ANYWAY, I think it's INTERESTING.
Nicely done sir! I do believe I have found a new .sig (with your permission of course)
Yawwwwwnnnnnnn. Maybe when I have an HDTV sitting in my living room I'll care more. But since it's Sony, probably not.
First, You can't depict Mohammed in drawings, but you can name 1/4 of the f'ing Islamic population after him? Yeah... makes perfect f'ing sense.
Second, Here is my image of Mohammed:
' O
'\|/
' |
'/ \
Ooooh! Jihad on me now! Oooohhh!!! This kind of unreasonable crazy-assed behavior is why people say things like "Self-lighting glass parking lot". Personally, I'd like to just see no more demand for their natural resources. Then they can go back to 14th century behavior amongst themselves and leave the rest of the world out of it.
I saw a bumper sticker the other day: "Bush/Cheney '08". I laughed till there were tears. After all, if you vote Bush out of office then the terrorists win.
Unicorns! Invisible pink UNICORNS you blasphemer!
What do you do when a lobbyist plays both sides of an issue to different people?
Nope, couldn't make the ISS and no other shuttles were less than a month from launching. Maybe the Russians with a Soyuz? And can't say how far that would be from launching. What would be worse? Losing one damaged vehicle or losing two, one from trying to rush a launch?
Soooo, children didn't count? Really? Well, a fair number of adults who were working at the time are dead now too, does that count?
In 1986 there were 45 million (with an 'M') elementary and high school age children enrolled in U.S. schools. I'll make a conserative guess and say 50% were watching 'the first teacher in space' story. That's 22.5 million people who watched it live (or on a very short tape delay, whatever).
I don't know where the "electronic medical devices" comment comes from. Could you do your job without having gone to school? Just because the millions of people didn't include you doesn't mean they don't count.
Ye gods! WWIIOL is still alive and kicking? Did they ever revamp infantry combat like they promised they were going to? Last I heard they were promising mortars and light machine guns. If there was some sort of AT weapon other than satchel charges it might be fun, but getting overrun by tanks when all you can spawn is a rifleman got old.
I'll never forget hiding in bushes while tanks swarmed all around me, it WAS very exciting. Or spending two hours being the driver of a tow vehicle for an 88mm AT gun dodging in and out of hills while taking out enemy armor. Or getting a Spitfire kill with a KaR98 rifle, that was pretty dang cool (and lucky!)