I'm a salaried employee currently working with local contractors, H-1B contractors, and offshore contractors. I have no problem competing for a job with an H-1B or local contactor. We have the same expenses. I pay taxes, he pays taxes. I buy a car because mass transit in my city sucks; he buys a car for the same reason. It's even better for me versus the H-1B worker; I don't have trips home across the ocean nor do I have to pay a lawyer for advice on my work status. However, I can't compete with an IT worker in India. They have lower costs of living, fewer worker protection laws as well as lower salaries in general. That makes them cheaper (at least on paper but that is another story). I'm much more likely to lose my job to an offshore employee.
Pretty much any plant that evolved without honeybees will do fine without them. There are some plants that are very well-suited to being pollinated by honeybees. (I think almonds are one.) Those plants won't do well if we lose honeybees.
You are correct. We would not starve if the honeybee went extinct. The variety of food would suffer. There are some plants that just don't produce well without a lot of pollinators. Natural pollinators are not as proficient or predicable as honeybees. Many industries would cease to exist. Depending on how quickly this happened it would be a financial burden on growers until they are able to switch to other crops.
I'm near the same age. My first was a TI 99/4a... with a cassete tape drive. Yea! Then, I had a commodore 64. Did you script kiddies have to type in your programs from a magazine? No? Didn't think so! *And* to get to the store that sold the magazine I had to walk up hill.. (wait for it) both ways! badump psh.
A radio show (Bob and Tom) sold T-shirts that said "Blow me a kiss." However, as a wacky radio stunt, they printed "blow me" in glow-in-the dark letters but did not do the same with "a kiss". So, when some unsuspecting fan goes to the movies... you get the idea.
You could do the same thing where the shirt has whatever on the outside but it says "This is an unreasonable search" or "Just following orders?" in aluminum foil between two layers of the shirt.
With public education you pay for the opportunity to have a standard education. The opportunity is there whether you use it or not. If you want more, that is fine. You can pay for it. Why do we want a standard education that is free to everyone? Because, if Bubba next door can't read the warnings on his hot water heater and catches his house - and then your house on - fire, you lose. If all of the poor people in the country go uneducated they will not produce as much for society. Then we get more poor people, who can't produce... Oh wait! They will produce! They will produce kids... poor, uneducated kids. Then we can't compete with other countries. Then, our country's GDP goes in the toilet. But, there is no way that could affect you, right?
You share the cost of education and you share the benefits. I believe the government is there to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
Forget imaginary numbers. Take a real point on the x/y plane. Call its coordinates Cx and Cy. Then, take another point call it Z (Zx and Zy) that starts at zero. Do the following over and over a set number of times:
TempY = zY^2
zY = c2 * zX * zY + cY
zX = X^2 - TempY + cX. ... and as the song says
If the series of Z's should always stay
Close to Z and never trend away
That point is in the Mandelbrot Set
Make that point black. If the point "trends away" or gets too big, make it white.
I may be feeding a troll but at least I got to make a Jonathan Coulton reference!
I'm glad someone else brought this up. I was going in the direction of time travel: The End of Eternity
Imagine if there are some people in the distant future (or outside of time as in the story) who know the earth/universe/human race will end if the LHC is completed. They could be messing with our progress in an attempt to prevent it.
I also admit it is silly and it is "only" in the back of my head.
It has already been proven that when shot by a normal bullet a gasoline tank will not explode. However, if a gasoline tank is shot by a tracer round from a great enough distance so that the round can ignite with air friction, it will cause the gasoline to catch fire. By the time this happened the tank was so riddled with bullets (from previous tracers that were fired too close to ignite) that there was no contained pressure, but the MythBusters surmised that had the tank been properly enclosed, it may have exploded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2007_season)#Vapor_Trail/
Through small scale tests, the MythBusters discovered that gas burns at just over 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h), which is as fast as a brisk walk. They then burned leaking gas indoors using both a remote control car and a regular pickup, and the flame did not catch up to the gas tank. A car going at the low speed of 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) could easily outrun the stream of fire. Finally, they let the gas catch up to the tank, and it did not explode. In order to ensure an explosion, the MythBusters filled the tank with enough gasoline to get the fuel/air mixture into the "butter zone", where the right mix of air and gasoline vapor will cause an explosion. However, not even the fuel/air mix could make the tank explode, completely busting the myth.
I'm not dissagreeing with you, just commenting on some details. The ROI on scratchoffs is much worse than anything in vegas. (I recall reading 60-75% but I am at work and can't get on any gambliong web sites.) If this guy is playing the lotto every week he is losing, say 25%, on average every week *including the big wins.* He is not breaking even for any amount of time unless he is very lucky. And I mean Larry-Niven-ringworld-bread-for-luck lucky.
If you had 1 billion dollars and spent it and all your winnings every week on the lottery, you would end up with under 1000 in a year. People overestimate wins and underestimate losses, especially their own.
Next time you see this guy, thank him. He and people like him are paying the government so people with some math sense can pay less in taxes.:)
"Sir, you are not under arrest, but I am placing you in these handcuffs for your protection.".
wtf?!? Has anyone actually witnessed this in real life? (I know you saw it on TV. I don't watch cops much.) How can you be handcuffed if you are not under arrest? If true, that is scary as hell.
I bet they don't even know what an RF converter is anymore.
If I got out of line, my mother used to remove and hide the RF converter as punishment.
My mom did the same damn thing! (to my Commodore 64) Luckily, we had a Radio Shack within biking distance...
I found myself doing the same thing to my kids as well. I took all of their power cord / charger / adapters. You realy do become your parents.
3) Coming to work in casual clothes - the more casual the better - think underwear and curry stained shirt
Sure, your productivity may improve -- but what abot everyone else in the office who is too busy cleaning vomit out of their keyboards to get work done?
Are you sure it is an April fools joke? Maybe some exec saw all those movies and TV shows on Pirate Bay and thought they could make money by selling them!
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I'm a salaried employee currently working with local contractors, H-1B contractors, and offshore contractors. I have no problem competing for a job with an H-1B or local contactor. We have the same expenses. I pay taxes, he pays taxes. I buy a car because mass transit in my city sucks; he buys a car for the same reason. It's even better for me versus the H-1B worker; I don't have trips home across the ocean nor do I have to pay a lawyer for advice on my work status. However, I can't compete with an IT worker in India. They have lower costs of living, fewer worker protection laws as well as lower salaries in general. That makes them cheaper (at least on paper but that is another story). I'm much more likely to lose my job to an offshore employee.
Pretty much any plant that evolved without honeybees will do fine without them. There are some plants that are very well-suited to being pollinated by honeybees. (I think almonds are one.) Those plants won't do well if we lose honeybees.
You are correct. We would not starve if the honeybee went extinct. The variety of food would suffer. There are some plants that just don't produce well without a lot of pollinators. Natural pollinators are not as proficient or predicable as honeybees. Many industries would cease to exist. Depending on how quickly this happened it would be a financial burden on growers until they are able to switch to other crops.
Reminds me of: Title of the song by DaVinci's Notebook
"Capitalization is the difference between helping my uncle Jack off a horse and..."
I'm near the same age. My first was a TI 99/4a... with a cassete tape drive. Yea! Then, I had a commodore 64. Did you script kiddies have to type in your programs from a magazine? No? Didn't think so! *And* to get to the store that sold the magazine I had to walk up hill.. (wait for it) both ways! badump psh.
A radio show (Bob and Tom) sold T-shirts that said "Blow me a kiss." However, as a wacky radio stunt, they printed "blow me" in glow-in-the dark letters but did not do the same with "a kiss". So, when some unsuspecting fan goes to the movies... you get the idea.
You could do the same thing where the shirt has whatever on the outside but it says "This is an unreasonable search" or "Just following orders?" in aluminum foil between two layers of the shirt.
I just read all your posts. Thank's for the information and insight into the case.
You can raise them in a vacuum for about 30 seconds... If they have a lungfull of air.
Daggonit. Now I have to go try this. Does the ice cube stick to your victim's skin like the string / salt / ice cube experiment?
You share the cost of education and you share the benefits. I believe the government is there to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
But that's just me.
Forget imaginary numbers. Take a real point on the x/y plane. Call its coordinates Cx and Cy. Then, take another point call it Z (Zx and Zy) that starts at zero. Do the following over and over a set number of times:
... and as the song says
TempY = zY^2
zY = c2 * zX * zY + cY
zX = X^2 - TempY + cX.
If the series of Z's should always stay
Close to Z and never trend away
That point is in the Mandelbrot Set
Make that point black. If the point "trends away" or gets too big, make it white.
I may be feeding a troll but at least I got to make a Jonathan Coulton reference!
"I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter..."
Seriously, post it when you are done.
I'm glad someone else brought this up. I was going in the direction of time travel: The End of Eternity
Imagine if there are some people in the distant future (or outside of time as in the story) who know the earth/universe/human race will end if the LHC is completed. They could be messing with our progress in an attempt to prevent it.
I also admit it is silly and it is "only" in the back of my head.
Ed Pinkley
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(season_2)#Car_Capers/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2005_season)#Car_Capers_-_Exploding_Gas_Tank/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2007_season)#Vapor_Trail/
Through small scale tests, the MythBusters discovered that gas burns at just over 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h), which is as fast as a brisk walk. They then burned leaking gas indoors using both a remote control car and a regular pickup, and the flame did not catch up to the gas tank. A car going at the low speed of 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) could easily outrun the stream of fire. Finally, they let the gas catch up to the tank, and it did not explode. In order to ensure an explosion, the MythBusters filled the tank with enough gasoline to get the fuel/air mixture into the "butter zone", where the right mix of air and gasoline vapor will cause an explosion. However, not even the fuel/air mix could make the tank explode, completely busting the myth.
Ed Pinkley
A bit off topic but well done. That song creeps into my head every time I hear about a woman getting a tatto.
On topic: It seems to me there would still be a boom if you were inside the stellar atmosphere... It just would't reach us.
I'm not dissagreeing with you, just commenting on some details. The ROI on scratchoffs is much worse than anything in vegas. (I recall reading 60-75% but I am at work and can't get on any gambliong web sites.) If this guy is playing the lotto every week he is losing, say 25%, on average every week *including the big wins.* He is not breaking even for any amount of time unless he is very lucky. And I mean Larry-Niven-ringworld-bread-for-luck lucky.
:)
If you had 1 billion dollars and spent it and all your winnings every week on the lottery, you would end up with under 1000 in a year. People overestimate wins and underestimate losses, especially their own.
Next time you see this guy, thank him. He and people like him are paying the government so people with some math sense can pay less in taxes.
FYI, it doesn't work perfectly in IE7 either. Luckily, it is the idle page that messes up most. :)
wtf?!? Has anyone actually witnessed this in real life? (I know you saw it on TV. I don't watch cops much.) How can you be handcuffed if you are not under arrest? If true, that is scary as hell.
My mom did the same damn thing! (to my Commodore 64) Luckily, we had a Radio Shack within biking distance...
I found myself doing the same thing to my kids as well. I took all of their power cord / charger / adapters. You realy do become your parents.
What if the word is pygmy? :)
Ditto.
Are you sure it is an April fools joke? Maybe some exec saw all those movies and TV shows on Pirate Bay and thought they could make money by selling them!
To continue the GPs thread, doesn't the R in IRS cover revenuers?