...which places US citizens into the unique and perverse situation of moving abroad and still paying Uncle Sam taxes, despite getting no services for that tax.
US citizens working abroad can enjoy the comfort of an embassy and US Marines protecting them in times of war and/or crisis. Hell, they'll even evacuate you back to the US if the shit really hits the fan. I'd pay my taxes for that, especially if I was working somewhere that's dangerous.
Best initial $250 I ever spent on a computer and the upgrades I put in were totally worth it.
This. For the price, you can't beat 'em. I've had my EeePC for 3 years now and have been picking them up for friends and customers on ebay for up to $200 (new, unused, 1 year old, etc.). My favorites to bid on are the people who get them for free at a convention or whatever but never use it and it just sits in the closet until they realize, "Oh yeah, I can probably sell that."
I can do everything on my EeePC that I can do on my desktop at home and work, running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Everything works, webcam, mic, wireless. And I too have beat the crap out of it through rough handling and carelessness and it's still purring along.
That's only 96 days of round trip commuting for you. With 6 months per year, 5 days a week, with 33% unsuitable days, that's 40 days of use per year. So you'd break even in under 3 years. Plus, you're saving wear and tear on your main vehicle.
Perhaps, in an ideal world, your statement is accurate even though it's "a pretty simplistic analysis."
"Breaking even" isn't what I'm worried about when it comes to transportation. I had motorcycles that got 50-80 mpg and combinations of things you can't predict never made it possible to ride that many days. Weather, schedules, deliveries, pick-ups, meetings, carpools, giving kid's friends a ride too, mechanical difficulties - there's too many variables. For me it's not practical and I'm not saving any money either. Plus you're still neglecting the maintenance costs of the scooter and the fact that a vehicle that small can't travel on the highway.
A scooter's cheap enough that you can buy one to use when it does make sense
I'm glad you seem to know my finances well enough to make this statement. Purchase price is not all that's spent when buying a vehicle. In addition to the initial cost, there's also insurance, taxes (paid annually), tags, and maintenance. I've owned several motorcycles and they need more upkeep than a car, so there's also a 'lost value of money over time' factor to consider.
When does it "make sense?" I routinely pick up and haul several computers at a time, have 2 kids that play sports, and drive 25 miles each way to work. I live in a climate where it'd be practical to drive a scooter/motorcycle from maybe end of April through end of September, provided it's not raining, which is usually 30% of the time (give-or-take).
I live on a twisty-turny mountain road that's rife w/ roadkill. I've hit several deer with my vehicle and lived to talk about it. How likely am I to survive hitting a deer on my bike? Not very.
The decision to buy a particular vehicle is not always driven by cost or even fuel economy. In fact, my current vehicle, a somewhat small Subaru Outback, was left to me when my father passed away. I drive it because it's practical and allows me to haul all the stuff I need to work and the kids around when necessary.
Ok, so what do you do when it's 13 deg. F (-10.5 C) outside, with a 40 mph wind? Have you ever driven a 2-wheeled vehicle on ice or in the snow? Or when it's pouring down rain?
What do you do when you have to take your kid to hockey practice? You may be able to fit all the "weekly shopping" on it, but will it hold all the pads, bags and sticks required for hockey? What if you have 3 kids that play hockey?
Just because something works fine for you doesn't mean that's the case for everyone.
As someone whose experienced how the body feels on the level of restricted calories required to trigger the effect that's been studied, its a life of lethargy and lack of energy. I used to eat twice a day, under 1000 calories, and my bodily functions followed (don't have a bowel movement but once every couple days, don't get hungry, etc). The side effects were I could barely work out hard for 20 minutes and couldn't enjoy outdoor activities because I simply didn't have the energy, wanting to sleep upwards of 12 hours a day when feasible.
I won't go that far, but it is somewhat cumbersome to use in certain circumstances. For example, a colleague and I were planning a trip to Cleveland to hire a new manager, and wanted to post an ad on CL about a week before we were going to be there. This way we could do a phone interview, arrange a meeting, etc. all before getting to Cleveland, instead of posting it when we got there and then sitting around for a week doing nothing.
The posts we submitted kept getting ghosted, and the only reason we could figure was because the IP addresses we submitted from weren't in the Cleveland area. Sure enough, when we arrived in Cleveland we tried posting again using the exact same text and it was accepted.
As a side note, the posts were accepted only after we used the hotel's wireless network. When we tried posting using a USB cellular card plugged into a laptop, the posts kept getting ghosted, for probably the same reason. It was a pain in the ass, but you get what you pay for I guess.
Off the top of my head, I can think of a few reasons this won't work in my house during the summer, when the sun is most plentiful and we have the least amount of overcast days where I live:
Because now I have to cut down all the trees that shade my house and help keep it cool in the summer
Because none of my unshaded windows face the East/South/West.
Because the awnings that block the hot summer sun on windows that aren't shaded by trees will have to be removed, meaning the interior of my house will be hotter, meaning the a/c will run more.
U = upholsterer. She asked me what that was. I told her it was someone who repaired or replaced the fabric on your couch. She asked me why you didn't throw it out and get a new one.
I recently inherited my Dad's couch, which was originally purchased in 1965 and has been reupholstered 4 times. I'll never get rid of it.
Of course, the piece-of-crap "modern" couch my wife bought 7 years ago that I thought was the most uncomfortable thing ever was burned at last year's bonfire party.....
hazards can also include flammability, explosiveness, damage to the aquatic environment, irritating, corrosive, oxidising...
Yes, that's my point exactly. Toxicity doesn't cover all the ways a particular chemical or compound can ruin your day. Toxicity may cover whether you can or cannot eat or breathe the compound, but flammability doesn't have anything to do w/ toxicity. When preparing a manifest for transporting chemicals and wastes (at least in the US), whether the substance is hazardous or not is the primary factor to consider.
I really don't mind the lax reporting, what irks me is when the journalists classify stuff as "toxic." WRT chemical industry, the proper term to use is "hazardous."
Without student loans, only children of the wealthy will be able to go to college.
I'm sorry, but I'm calling total bullshit on this statement. Perhaps what you meant to say was, "Without student loans, only children of the wealthy will be able to go to an Ivy-League college.
If you get a 2-year degree at a local community college, then complete your 4-year degree at a state university, college is actually quite affordable. I obtained my degree in this way, while working at the same time, on less than $1000/month income. And I did it w/o any student loans.
After 2 years of preparation, push UH live in that state.
You used the word push a lot. Reminded me of what's probably going to happen, expect I was thinking more like shove. And it'll be shoved while we're facing the other way.
Food and beverage manufactures were required to list their "ingredients", and they sky didn't fall.
So tell me what KFC's secret "11 herbs and spices" are.
You can't, because in order to protect trade secrets, the FDA doesn't require manufacturers to list "all" their ingredients. You can use the word "sugar" whether your ingredient is table sugar or brown sugar. You can also use the word "spices" instead of listing them individually.
...they can't independently go out and gather their own data they have to base their projections on the mis-information they are fed by the politicians and their staff.
[citation needed]
According to their own Web page, "Budget and mandate cost estimates are based on the text of the proposed legislation...All CBO estimates and analytic products are reviewed internally for technical competence, accuracy of data, and clarity of exposition. CBO studies also are reviewed by outside experts..."
If their estimates are based on "the text of the proposed legislation," how exactly is that a bad thing?
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Amen. I used to buy 3Com for businesses and Netgear for SOHO. Now it's Netgear all around.....
US citizens working abroad can enjoy the comfort of an embassy and US Marines protecting them in times of war and/or crisis. Hell, they'll even evacuate you back to the US if the shit really hits the fan. I'd pay my taxes for that, especially if I was working somewhere that's dangerous.
Unless the opinion being solicited is how to use a shovel. Or thoughts on the NFL Playoffs.
</sarcasm> ?
Can you imagine writing an article as a series of tweets?
Sounds very unprofessional.
This. For the price, you can't beat 'em. I've had my EeePC for 3 years now and have been picking them up for friends and customers on ebay for up to $200 (new, unused, 1 year old, etc.). My favorites to bid on are the people who get them for free at a convention or whatever but never use it and it just sits in the closet until they realize, "Oh yeah, I can probably sell that."
I can do everything on my EeePC that I can do on my desktop at home and work, running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Everything works, webcam, mic, wireless. And I too have beat the crap out of it through rough handling and carelessness and it's still purring along.
Perhaps, in an ideal world, your statement is accurate even though it's "a pretty simplistic analysis."
"Breaking even" isn't what I'm worried about when it comes to transportation. I had motorcycles that got 50-80 mpg and combinations of things you can't predict never made it possible to ride that many days. Weather, schedules, deliveries, pick-ups, meetings, carpools, giving kid's friends a ride too, mechanical difficulties - there's too many variables. For me it's not practical and I'm not saving any money either. Plus you're still neglecting the maintenance costs of the scooter and the fact that a vehicle that small can't travel on the highway.
The Subaru gets 25 mpg on a good day.
I'm glad you seem to know my finances well enough to make this statement. Purchase price is not all that's spent when buying a vehicle. In addition to the initial cost, there's also insurance, taxes (paid annually), tags, and maintenance. I've owned several motorcycles and they need more upkeep than a car, so there's also a 'lost value of money over time' factor to consider.
When does it "make sense?" I routinely pick up and haul several computers at a time, have 2 kids that play sports, and drive 25 miles each way to work. I live in a climate where it'd be practical to drive a scooter/motorcycle from maybe end of April through end of September, provided it's not raining, which is usually 30% of the time (give-or-take).
I live on a twisty-turny mountain road that's rife w/ roadkill. I've hit several deer with my vehicle and lived to talk about it. How likely am I to survive hitting a deer on my bike? Not very.
The decision to buy a particular vehicle is not always driven by cost or even fuel economy. In fact, my current vehicle, a somewhat small Subaru Outback, was left to me when my father passed away. I drive it because it's practical and allows me to haul all the stuff I need to work and the kids around when necessary.
Ok, so what do you do when it's 13 deg. F (-10.5 C) outside, with a 40 mph wind? Have you ever driven a 2-wheeled vehicle on ice or in the snow? Or when it's pouring down rain?
What do you do when you have to take your kid to hockey practice? You may be able to fit all the "weekly shopping" on it, but will it hold all the pads, bags and sticks required for hockey? What if you have 3 kids that play hockey?
Just because something works fine for you doesn't mean that's the case for everyone.
I'm not sure I want to know how you take a dump.
It's called ketosis
tldr; version: When your body stops burning carbs for energy it burns fat instead. Adkins, Paleo, etc. are all based on it.
Then you're doing it wrong.
I won't go that far, but it is somewhat cumbersome to use in certain circumstances. For example, a colleague and I were planning a trip to Cleveland to hire a new manager, and wanted to post an ad on CL about a week before we were going to be there. This way we could do a phone interview, arrange a meeting, etc. all before getting to Cleveland, instead of posting it when we got there and then sitting around for a week doing nothing.
The posts we submitted kept getting ghosted, and the only reason we could figure was because the IP addresses we submitted from weren't in the Cleveland area. Sure enough, when we arrived in Cleveland we tried posting again using the exact same text and it was accepted.
As a side note, the posts were accepted only after we used the hotel's wireless network. When we tried posting using a USB cellular card plugged into a laptop, the posts kept getting ghosted, for probably the same reason. It was a pain in the ass, but you get what you pay for I guess.
Off the top of my head, I can think of a few reasons this won't work in my house during the summer, when the sun is most plentiful and we have the least amount of overcast days where I live:
Not really. What is says is, "This company can make any kind of software that does this, and any other company must license it from the 1st company."
Until the patent expires, of course.
I recently inherited my Dad's couch, which was originally purchased in 1965 and has been reupholstered 4 times. I'll never get rid of it.
Of course, the piece-of-crap "modern" couch my wife bought 7 years ago that I thought was the most uncomfortable thing ever was burned at last year's bonfire party.....
Yes, that's my point exactly. Toxicity doesn't cover all the ways a particular chemical or compound can ruin your day. Toxicity may cover whether you can or cannot eat or breathe the compound, but flammability doesn't have anything to do w/ toxicity. When preparing a manifest for transporting chemicals and wastes (at least in the US), whether the substance is hazardous or not is the primary factor to consider.
I really don't mind the lax reporting, what irks me is when the journalists classify stuff as "toxic." WRT chemical industry, the proper term to use is "hazardous."
Of course, you have to disable NoScript to click the infographic.
Loud exhaust on a motorcycle saves lives, especially when it's louder than the horn.
I was not expecting to see whiskey, but this instead.
I owned my own house at the time.
I graduated in 1995.
I'm sorry, but I'm calling total bullshit on this statement. Perhaps what you meant to say was, "Without student loans, only children of the wealthy will be able to go to an Ivy-League college.
If you get a 2-year degree at a local community college, then complete your 4-year degree at a state university, college is actually quite affordable. I obtained my degree in this way, while working at the same time, on less than $1000/month income. And I did it w/o any student loans.
You used the word push a lot. Reminded me of what's probably going to happen, expect I was thinking more like shove. And it'll be shoved while we're facing the other way.
So tell me what KFC's secret "11 herbs and spices" are.
You can't, because in order to protect trade secrets, the FDA doesn't require manufacturers to list "all" their ingredients. You can use the word "sugar" whether your ingredient is table sugar or brown sugar. You can also use the word "spices" instead of listing them individually.
[citation needed]
According to their own Web page, "Budget and mandate cost estimates are based on the text of the proposed legislation...All CBO estimates and analytic products are reviewed internally for technical competence, accuracy of data, and clarity of exposition. CBO studies also are reviewed by outside experts..."
If their estimates are based on "the text of the proposed legislation," how exactly is that a bad thing?