you must turn your head. i'm not sure how it is in the land of the free, but where i'm from when you want to turn or change lanes, the instructors give you the mantra "mirror, signal, headcheck, move".
as in, first you check the mirror, then you use the turn signal (lot of people miss this one), then you actually turn your head around and look where you're going so you can confirm there's nothing in the blind spot that you DO have no matter where you point your mirrors. when all is clear, then you move.
the fact that people don't even believe they have blind spots makes me not want to drive on public roads anymore.
and something tells me a power plant built on the very fault that caused the 10.0 earthquake and tsunami would not last very long.
but yes, hot rocks can boil water just as well as hot metallic oxides in pressure vessels. i'm all for tapping that stuff, but i'm also all for nuclear being developed beyond the hopeless pressure-cookers they are now and into something that can solve more than just the problem of where to get power, but what to do with all the G1-3 reactor spent fuel and what to do to get away from fossil fuel, and what to do to prevent proliferation (ie closed fuel cycle, like the TWR or similar).
so the real lesson is that salvation is attainable by everyone except the rich? this makes bugger all sense in the context of the rest of that book.
in fact, given 2000 years, what would people make of the phrase "bugger all"? that we should perform anal sex on all people in order to gain understanding?
you honestly think big pharma can't do it cheaper?
you honestly think the powers that be would not seize the opportunity to squeeze out almost the entire black market by flooding with cheaper, much better product?
interesting. Kodak made the best neg film in the world, and (maybe?) continue to do so.
their motion picture stocks are crazy high latitude, and crazy low grain. good fun to work with. the latest stocks barely even need light metering - you'll get a picture even if you fuck up completely.
cinematographers would only use fuji as a special effect or if they had bucketloads of light and could use a slow stock (which would be a little bit sharper than the kodak, but at the expense of less latitude from having a "thinner" emulsion).
of course, everyone shoots RED now because they're pov. but they still dream of having the budget to shoot film.
it might be an exclusively Melbourne thing, but if there's a mercedes on the road, they're pretty much guaranteed to be doing something wrong.
one woman i saw in one of those sporty SLK things - cuts in front in the fast lane, sits at 20k/h, wobbles around and i nearly hit her. after honking quite spiritedly, she gestures to a sheaf of paper, as if the fact she was reading her printed-out email while driving was an excuse to be driving 20k in the fast lane.
i suppose it's the 99% that make the rest look bad... and i'm not really wanting to start a flamewar. this is a bad idea in any make of car, but IMHO mercedes is the worst place to start.
tell me what you'd rather have done with the money that went into space?
bailout another bank? secure more oil from the brown types?
health and education are alternatives that a reasonable society would take, but the USA doesn't seem to have the reserves around to keep their people healthy and smart. so it's either war or space.
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so the antimatter posted CP and got V&?
i think until the current crop of camera folks are all dead, it's going to be shoulder cams.
but given what gets broadcast, you could ENG today with an iphone.
what kind of stables are high security?
i suppose if you had a labcoat they'd be more likely to stop you, just in case you're doping the racehorses.
next we work on getting patents like this rejected on application, rather than when it's involved in a costly lawsuit...
yeah, we need another war for them to waste time and money on. all this running the country shit just ain't cuttin' it.
you're meant to turn your head all the way around and look out the rear when reversing. if you use the mirror, you're doing it wrong.
try backing a trailer into a long, narrow driveway skirted by brick walls.
in fact, that should be on the driving test :)
how do you see past the passenger seat, genius?
you must turn your head. i'm not sure how it is in the land of the free, but where i'm from when you want to turn or change lanes, the instructors give you the mantra "mirror, signal, headcheck, move".
as in, first you check the mirror, then you use the turn signal (lot of people miss this one), then you actually turn your head around and look where you're going so you can confirm there's nothing in the blind spot that you DO have no matter where you point your mirrors. when all is clear, then you move.
the fact that people don't even believe they have blind spots makes me not want to drive on public roads anymore.
maybe put the ignition coil in the driver's seat? ~200 amps cold-start oughtta get the message across.
public transport has priority seating.
if you're that badly handicapped that you can't manage public transport, you also would be unable to drive.
my wife is disabled, and last time i checked she fitted just fine into an 88 corolla hatchback.
i do not want to share a road with you.
simple. if you can't see all around you, don't fucking move until you can!
we can hardly turn it into plastic though.
and something tells me a power plant built on the very fault that caused the 10.0 earthquake and tsunami would not last very long.
but yes, hot rocks can boil water just as well as hot metallic oxides in pressure vessels. i'm all for tapping that stuff, but i'm also all for nuclear being developed beyond the hopeless pressure-cookers they are now and into something that can solve more than just the problem of where to get power, but what to do with all the G1-3 reactor spent fuel and what to do to get away from fossil fuel, and what to do to prevent proliferation (ie closed fuel cycle, like the TWR or similar).
so the real lesson is that salvation is attainable by everyone except the rich? this makes bugger all sense in the context of the rest of that book.
in fact, given 2000 years, what would people make of the phrase "bugger all"? that we should perform anal sex on all people in order to gain understanding?
retcon. the article changed after it was linked here.
i can see the quad amputee's face when the doctor asks them to do some training.
i suppose he could move his head really fast?
typical /. whoosh.
you honestly think big pharma can't do it cheaper?
you honestly think the powers that be would not seize the opportunity to squeeze out almost the entire black market by flooding with cheaper, much better product?
you must be smokin' something...
interesting. Kodak made the best neg film in the world, and (maybe?) continue to do so.
their motion picture stocks are crazy high latitude, and crazy low grain. good fun to work with. the latest stocks barely even need light metering - you'll get a picture even if you fuck up completely.
cinematographers would only use fuji as a special effect or if they had bucketloads of light and could use a slow stock (which would be a little bit sharper than the kodak, but at the expense of less latitude from having a "thinner" emulsion).
of course, everyone shoots RED now because they're pov. but they still dream of having the budget to shoot film.
if you're choosing your car on the basis of ipod connectivity alone, i shudder at the thought of sharing a road with you.
i'd rather sing to myself for the lifetime of the car than plug an ipod into it.
i can only say this is a bad idea.
it might be an exclusively Melbourne thing, but if there's a mercedes on the road, they're pretty much guaranteed to be doing something wrong.
one woman i saw in one of those sporty SLK things - cuts in front in the fast lane, sits at 20k/h, wobbles around and i nearly hit her. after honking quite spiritedly, she gestures to a sheaf of paper, as if the fact she was reading her printed-out email while driving was an excuse to be driving 20k in the fast lane.
i suppose it's the 99% that make the rest look bad... and i'm not really wanting to start a flamewar. this is a bad idea in any make of car, but IMHO mercedes is the worst place to start.
they can just download the shows :)
there's also a good chance they learnt long ago and are now doing it to annoy you personally.
i do that to some people, if i feel they need a good trollin'
well, i see your point, but i said that to distinguish from DVD players, as a band-aid solution to my poor sentence composition.
i author DVDs for a living, so i'm allowed to be grammatically fast 'n loose with them i guess :)
extreme? a set top box costs the same as a DVD disc these days.
tell me what you'd rather have done with the money that went into space?
bailout another bank? secure more oil from the brown types?
health and education are alternatives that a reasonable society would take, but the USA doesn't seem to have the reserves around to keep their people healthy and smart. so it's either war or space.