I agree about the first part, but in the places that we're talking about where there is a choice between normal and organic, very few people are "going hungry".. even (or perhaps especially) those in poorer areas are getting rather fat. I don't think they even buy vegetables to begin with, organic or not, they just eat cheap highly processed fast foods and chips/fries. Hunger and food prices are pretty irrelevant in this part of the world (UK) - as long as you are on minimum wage or unemployment benefits you will be able to eat (maybe not anything fancy, but you won't go hungry when you have cheap pasta, noodles etc). Any high yield farming here is bound to be purely profit driven..
Actually, the Wikipedia article seems to be drawing its definition of urban dwellers as anyone who isn't one of those things.. still isn't the best definition though, you could have plenty of fishermen living in a city if it was on the coast.
Just a note that I meant the original cartoon movie rather than the Michael Bay one.
I didn't think the first new Transformers movie was great the first time I saw it, but I really enjoyed Revenge Of The Fallen - it inspired me to purchase and watch all of the original series:) I'm 25 and don't remember much of Transformers from when I was a kid.
Honestly, how many Transformers nuts are out there that A) can drive, and B) can afford a new car. and C) are nerdy enough to want to spend $1k on something so stupid.
Probably quite a lot? Most There are bound to be a lot of Transformers fans are in the age range of late 20/early 30s professionals with no kids and a bit of spare cash, which is kind of the intended market for this car anyway, surely? I was originally shown the Transformers movie by guys who will be about 29 at the moment, both were married in the last few years, but still don't have kids. As you say it won't really cost them much to add this to the cars, and they'll be making a hefty profit on each unit they do sell. Perhaps Hasbro helped with the initial design costs too, they must be rolling in cash so they can take a hit, and stuff like this is great publicity.
I didn't say that they weren't fit - their very survival is an indication of some element of current fitness or at least past success. I'm just saying that the "most fit" companies didn't even need a bailout (at least among European and Asian car manufacturers).
Oh, and by the way, that color of yellow is really hideous. Actually, any color of yellow is really hideous.
Bumblebee has always been yellow and one of the favourite characters on Transformers. Most guys wouldn't get a car that colour sure, but if they're Transformers nuts then they definitely would consider it. I was thinking about putting a couple of Autobot badges on my own car recently, but decided against it for now. I'm seriously thinking about Starscream style tattoos all over the bodywork though, that would just look damned cool (even without the Transformers association).
Actually if they survive it just means they survived, not that they were "most fit". I haven't kept abreast of the news but I heard about GM having trouble years ago, and if they are still struggling then it could just mean that they used to be very fit, but now are just struggling along on reserves and will die if they don't improve matters. Were they one of the companies helped by the government 'bail out' recently? The bail out was presumably affected by 'value judgements'..
My but it's fun to argue about pointless things online.
I'd agree about the Irish, but as for the Muslim association with Al Qaeda etc, read Al Qaeda's Ideology. Al Qaeda are trying to get back to a purer for of Islam, that is the motivation for their attacks. It's not just a vague link (though no doubt some of the people attracted to Al Qaeda will be the type of people who are looking for an excuse for a bit of violence), they're literally doing what they are commanded to do in their scriptures - what other modern Muslims are too pussy-footed to do. Just as you don't see many (any?) modern Jews sacrificing pigeons, goats and cattle all the time for their sins.. it's right there in their scriptures, and they were still doing it around the time of Jesus, so why have they stopped now?
Btw you can't get a fraction of 0.0% - it's already nothing.
I fail to see how someone who is humbly asking for sources of information on a topic which he would like to study in more depth can be classified a "know-it-all asshole", even in colloquial terms. Does anyone who enjoys the process of learning more than yourself constitute such a person?
The Resident Evil series and Silent Hill movie were pretty good IMO. I didn't like the camera angles/controls in RE though (and never tried the rest of the series, though I did see someone playing 3 or 4 and it still looked pretty crap), and never tried Silent Hill. If I was a fan of the games, perhaps I wouldn't have enjoyed the movies..
The 9/11 and 7/7 attacks etc were instigated by self proclaimed Muslims. There's no "alleged" about it, it's just a fact. Note that I don't believe that all Muslims are terrorists, or that all terrorists are Muslim, that's just stupid. But the most widely publicised and recent terrorist attacks have been strongly linked with Islam. That doesn't mean that Islam "harbours" terrorists, a lot of Muslims don't agree with these violent attacks. But it's pretty safe to say that the majority of attempted terrorist attacks within the next few years are likely to be instigated by Muslim fanatic groups who are pissed off about the whole invasion situation in Aghanistan/Iraq/Iran. The 7/7 attacks here in the UK were "carried out by 4 British Muslim men who were motivated by Britain's involvement in the Iraq War" according to Wikipedia.
Wait a minute-- are you trying to claim that racing around a track at 100, 200 MPH in a tight crowd is easier, or requires less attention than cruising down the boulevard at 45? Really?
I've thought of something that may help put it in perspective for you: I've already seen real life AI that can drive people round randomly generated racetracks at good speed (once the AI has done a lap of the course to learn it) - but I haven't heard of anyone who has let an AI controlled car loose in a public pedestrian area. Race driving really is a much simpler problem space and doesn't require cognition on the same level. Kids are allowed to race go-karts at high speeds without any real training, but they aren't allowed to drive on public roads. That's because there aren't that many prospective outcomes with even 20 cars on a racetrack (which has a fairly basic set of rules) compared to having 2000 people and 100 cars on a public street (with a more complex set of rules and signs to be aware of, road works, temporary speed limits, one way streets [I've seen people going the wrong way down one way streets several times], pedestrian crossings..). Especially considering the amount of poor drivers (perhaps even drivers who are driving without a license) and clueless pedestrians around.
Meh - I don't know what kind of training they get in the US, haven't had that problem over here myself, and I actually did have a police car behind me at the weekend for a little while. The only other times I remember having a cop car behind me was when I was actually being stopped unfortunately.
Police drivers do about a month of intensive driver training. Yes they do end up doing a lot of high speed driving and learning to do handbrake turns at speed etc, but it's not just about driving quickly, it's about making maximum safe progress. I learned a lot in one week, I can only imagine what I would be like after 4 weeks. There's a lot more to it than just learning how the car handles at high speed, there's plenty of stuff to take on board even before you go over the limit (and which means that you will be more effective at observation than most once it does come to breaking the speed limit). I was initially taught to drive by my dad who used to be in the Police anyway, so I already had nice smooth steering, and I've played plenty of computer games and done a bit of reading on the subject, as well as hundreds of hours of 'spirited' driving on my own part so I already have decent awareness of car handling and dynamics, but I still learned a couple of things about country driving - how to judge the severity of unknown corners for example. As well as that there's a lot of observation involved so that you actually know when it's safe to drive quickly and when it isn't - being aware of possible entrances on country roads when there are buildings nearby, simple stuff like that, and just things too numerous to mention when driving around town, most of it quite basic but added together it just helps to make you a very safe, alert and efficient* driver.
* ie not just slow - it's easy to feel "safe" when you're only doing 5mph, but unreasonably slow drivers can be a menace too even if it's simply because they frustrate other drivers
Wait a minute-- are you trying to claim that racing around a track at 100, 200 MPH in a tight crowd is easier, or requires less attention than cruising down the boulevard at 45? Really?
Obviously not (especially on your wide American roads), but while driving at 30 in a built up area on a fairly thin street (and our lanes are about 2/3rds the size of yours to begin with) with lots of shoppers with kids around, you should be paying a lot of attention too. At 200mph in an F1 car you only have to be concerned with driving in a straight line (or a slight curve) and being aware of when to brake. You don't need to worry about people from the crowd running onto the road, and it would be pointless to do so because you have no chance of avoiding them anyway at those speeds, unless you spot them while they're a good distance away. F1 is quite clinical - if you want an example of drivers who have to really concentrate then world rally drivers would be a better example. They do need to be worried about roadside pedestrians, as well as widely varying road surfaces and unfamiliar tracks that they need to have described to them as they drive along. You wouldn't get a rally driver having a pleasant little chat while he's really on the job..
Yes, I think F1 cars and tracks are much safer in a crash than being in an average car on a public road. I saw an interview with Lewis Hamilton where he talked about coming off at 180mph and sliding backwards into a barrier - he referred to it as feeling like "quite a nice shunt". Race drivers wear protective gear like helmets and neck braces, and have cars that are designed with high speed safety in mind. The tracks also have run off areas and tyre barriers etc. for high speed corners. If you crashed at over 150mph on a public road you'd be lucky to be alive.
I didn't say I can't text while driving, I did it a couple of times years ago (on quiet rural roads), but it's illegal now, and I also just think I was stupid to do it in the first place. It would be easier in an America of course since you mostly have automatic cars and few real corners in your roads, otherwise it would probably already be illegal.
I'm not here to argue the pros and cons of making stuff illegal, I think it's right to make it illegal because drivers should be concentrating on driving. It really is the most dangerous thing most people do, and even on a quiet road, unexpected things can happen. These days I would just pull over if I really needed to make a call or send a text.
Um, sure NASCAR is boring, and yes I've seen plenty of F1 and other interesting racetracks (admittedly mostly in computer games). I'm not a redneck who thinks that driving round an oval is the pinnacle of motorsport. I'm not even American. I thoroughly enjoy my driving and have recently purchased a mid engined rear wheel drive sports car:) I also passed my advanced driving test last spring after a week of Police driving instruction.
Sure, being a good race driver isn't easy, but neither is driving safely, which is why you have to spend time practicing each. I'd say F1 requires more physical fitness and good reactions (though if you are experienced enough you could probably get away with reduced reaction times as you will be less likely to kick the tail out or lock up the brakes, etc), whereas safe driving is about looking ahead and being aware of possible dangerous situations before they happen, so that you are prepared and therefore can react faster to them, or have already slowed down so you have a shorter braking distance, etc etc.
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Yeah, I also realised that fast food probably relies on high yield crops too, so it is still kind of relevant either way.
I agree about the first part, but in the places that we're talking about where there is a choice between normal and organic, very few people are "going hungry".. even (or perhaps especially) those in poorer areas are getting rather fat. I don't think they even buy vegetables to begin with, organic or not, they just eat cheap highly processed fast foods and chips/fries. Hunger and food prices are pretty irrelevant in this part of the world (UK) - as long as you are on minimum wage or unemployment benefits you will be able to eat (maybe not anything fancy, but you won't go hungry when you have cheap pasta, noodles etc). Any high yield farming here is bound to be purely profit driven..
Actually, the Wikipedia article seems to be drawing its definition of urban dwellers as anyone who isn't one of those things.. still isn't the best definition though, you could have plenty of fishermen living in a city if it was on the coast.
Except that b and v have a different sound..
Stuff like I scream/ice cream would be a problem though.
I haven't tried it, but their video sure is convincing
*facepalm*
Just a note that I meant the original cartoon movie rather than the Michael Bay one.
I didn't think the first new Transformers movie was great the first time I saw it, but I really enjoyed Revenge Of The Fallen - it inspired me to purchase and watch all of the original series :) I'm 25 and don't remember much of Transformers from when I was a kid.
Honestly, how many Transformers nuts are out there that A) can drive, and B) can afford a new car. and C) are nerdy enough to want to spend $1k on something so stupid.
Probably quite a lot? Most There are bound to be a lot of Transformers fans are in the age range of late 20/early 30s professionals with no kids and a bit of spare cash, which is kind of the intended market for this car anyway, surely? I was originally shown the Transformers movie by guys who will be about 29 at the moment, both were married in the last few years, but still don't have kids. As you say it won't really cost them much to add this to the cars, and they'll be making a hefty profit on each unit they do sell. Perhaps Hasbro helped with the initial design costs too, they must be rolling in cash so they can take a hit, and stuff like this is great publicity.
I didn't say that they weren't fit - their very survival is an indication of some element of current fitness or at least past success. I'm just saying that the "most fit" companies didn't even need a bailout (at least among European and Asian car manufacturers).
Oh, and by the way, that color of yellow is really hideous. Actually, any color of yellow is really hideous.
Bumblebee has always been yellow and one of the favourite characters on Transformers. Most guys wouldn't get a car that colour sure, but if they're Transformers nuts then they definitely would consider it. I was thinking about putting a couple of Autobot badges on my own car recently, but decided against it for now. I'm seriously thinking about Starscream style tattoos all over the bodywork though, that would just look damned cool (even without the Transformers association).
Actually if they survive it just means they survived, not that they were "most fit". I haven't kept abreast of the news but I heard about GM having trouble years ago, and if they are still struggling then it could just mean that they used to be very fit, but now are just struggling along on reserves and will die if they don't improve matters. Were they one of the companies helped by the government 'bail out' recently? The bail out was presumably affected by 'value judgements'..
My but it's fun to argue about pointless things online.
I'd agree about the Irish, but as for the Muslim association with Al Qaeda etc, read Al Qaeda's Ideology. Al Qaeda are trying to get back to a purer for of Islam, that is the motivation for their attacks. It's not just a vague link (though no doubt some of the people attracted to Al Qaeda will be the type of people who are looking for an excuse for a bit of violence), they're literally doing what they are commanded to do in their scriptures - what other modern Muslims are too pussy-footed to do. Just as you don't see many (any?) modern Jews sacrificing pigeons, goats and cattle all the time for their sins.. it's right there in their scriptures, and they were still doing it around the time of Jesus, so why have they stopped now?
Btw you can't get a fraction of 0.0% - it's already nothing.
I didn't actually notice his username. Flame on.
I fail to see how someone who is humbly asking for sources of information on a topic which he would like to study in more depth can be classified a "know-it-all asshole", even in colloquial terms. Does anyone who enjoys the process of learning more than yourself constitute such a person?
The Resident Evil series and Silent Hill movie were pretty good IMO. I didn't like the camera angles/controls in RE though (and never tried the rest of the series, though I did see someone playing 3 or 4 and it still looked pretty crap), and never tried Silent Hill. If I was a fan of the games, perhaps I wouldn't have enjoyed the movies..
The 9/11 and 7/7 attacks etc were instigated by self proclaimed Muslims. There's no "alleged" about it, it's just a fact. Note that I don't believe that all Muslims are terrorists, or that all terrorists are Muslim, that's just stupid. But the most widely publicised and recent terrorist attacks have been strongly linked with Islam. That doesn't mean that Islam "harbours" terrorists, a lot of Muslims don't agree with these violent attacks. But it's pretty safe to say that the majority of attempted terrorist attacks within the next few years are likely to be instigated by Muslim fanatic groups who are pissed off about the whole invasion situation in Aghanistan/Iraq/Iran. The 7/7 attacks here in the UK were "carried out by 4 British Muslim men who were motivated by Britain's involvement in the Iraq War" according to Wikipedia.
guess what they were NOT bothered at all
Yep, no hassle at all - in fact most people didn't even get closer than the blast radius from a decent sized stick of dynamite!
1. Create open source software
2. Promote it to money grubbing politicians
3. ????
4. Non-profit!
So if the outside is made of something soft, it may well survive the drop off of a building.
Tell that to this guy..
A mobile telephone is still a telephone. A wheel-barrow is like a small cart, or barrow if you will.
Better to just encrypt it and carry it through with the rest of your stuff. Hiding it in strange places is only going to pique security's interest.
Wait a minute-- are you trying to claim that racing around a track at 100, 200 MPH in a tight crowd is easier, or requires less attention than cruising down the boulevard at 45? Really?
I've thought of something that may help put it in perspective for you: I've already seen real life AI that can drive people round randomly generated racetracks at good speed (once the AI has done a lap of the course to learn it) - but I haven't heard of anyone who has let an AI controlled car loose in a public pedestrian area. Race driving really is a much simpler problem space and doesn't require cognition on the same level. Kids are allowed to race go-karts at high speeds without any real training, but they aren't allowed to drive on public roads. That's because there aren't that many prospective outcomes with even 20 cars on a racetrack (which has a fairly basic set of rules) compared to having 2000 people and 100 cars on a public street (with a more complex set of rules and signs to be aware of, road works, temporary speed limits, one way streets [I've seen people going the wrong way down one way streets several times], pedestrian crossings..). Especially considering the amount of poor drivers (perhaps even drivers who are driving without a license) and clueless pedestrians around.
Meh - I don't know what kind of training they get in the US, haven't had that problem over here myself, and I actually did have a police car behind me at the weekend for a little while. The only other times I remember having a cop car behind me was when I was actually being stopped unfortunately.
Police drivers do about a month of intensive driver training. Yes they do end up doing a lot of high speed driving and learning to do handbrake turns at speed etc, but it's not just about driving quickly, it's about making maximum safe progress. I learned a lot in one week, I can only imagine what I would be like after 4 weeks. There's a lot more to it than just learning how the car handles at high speed, there's plenty of stuff to take on board even before you go over the limit (and which means that you will be more effective at observation than most once it does come to breaking the speed limit). I was initially taught to drive by my dad who used to be in the Police anyway, so I already had nice smooth steering, and I've played plenty of computer games and done a bit of reading on the subject, as well as hundreds of hours of 'spirited' driving on my own part so I already have decent awareness of car handling and dynamics, but I still learned a couple of things about country driving - how to judge the severity of unknown corners for example. As well as that there's a lot of observation involved so that you actually know when it's safe to drive quickly and when it isn't - being aware of possible entrances on country roads when there are buildings nearby, simple stuff like that, and just things too numerous to mention when driving around town, most of it quite basic but added together it just helps to make you a very safe, alert and efficient* driver.
* ie not just slow - it's easy to feel "safe" when you're only doing 5mph, but unreasonably slow drivers can be a menace too even if it's simply because they frustrate other drivers
Wait a minute-- are you trying to claim that racing around a track at 100, 200 MPH in a tight crowd is easier, or requires less attention than cruising down the boulevard at 45? Really?
Obviously not (especially on your wide American roads), but while driving at 30 in a built up area on a fairly thin street (and our lanes are about 2/3rds the size of yours to begin with) with lots of shoppers with kids around, you should be paying a lot of attention too. At 200mph in an F1 car you only have to be concerned with driving in a straight line (or a slight curve) and being aware of when to brake. You don't need to worry about people from the crowd running onto the road, and it would be pointless to do so because you have no chance of avoiding them anyway at those speeds, unless you spot them while they're a good distance away. F1 is quite clinical - if you want an example of drivers who have to really concentrate then world rally drivers would be a better example. They do need to be worried about roadside pedestrians, as well as widely varying road surfaces and unfamiliar tracks that they need to have described to them as they drive along. You wouldn't get a rally driver having a pleasant little chat while he's really on the job..
Yes, I think F1 cars and tracks are much safer in a crash than being in an average car on a public road. I saw an interview with Lewis Hamilton where he talked about coming off at 180mph and sliding backwards into a barrier - he referred to it as feeling like "quite a nice shunt". Race drivers wear protective gear like helmets and neck braces, and have cars that are designed with high speed safety in mind. The tracks also have run off areas and tyre barriers etc. for high speed corners. If you crashed at over 150mph on a public road you'd be lucky to be alive.
I didn't say I can't text while driving, I did it a couple of times years ago (on quiet rural roads), but it's illegal now, and I also just think I was stupid to do it in the first place. It would be easier in an America of course since you mostly have automatic cars and few real corners in your roads, otherwise it would probably already be illegal.
I'm not here to argue the pros and cons of making stuff illegal, I think it's right to make it illegal because drivers should be concentrating on driving. It really is the most dangerous thing most people do, and even on a quiet road, unexpected things can happen. These days I would just pull over if I really needed to make a call or send a text.
Um, sure NASCAR is boring, and yes I've seen plenty of F1 and other interesting racetracks (admittedly mostly in computer games). I'm not a redneck who thinks that driving round an oval is the pinnacle of motorsport. I'm not even American. I thoroughly enjoy my driving and have recently purchased a mid engined rear wheel drive sports car :) I also passed my advanced driving test last spring after a week of Police driving instruction.
Sure, being a good race driver isn't easy, but neither is driving safely, which is why you have to spend time practicing each. I'd say F1 requires more physical fitness and good reactions (though if you are experienced enough you could probably get away with reduced reaction times as you will be less likely to kick the tail out or lock up the brakes, etc), whereas safe driving is about looking ahead and being aware of possible dangerous situations before they happen, so that you are prepared and therefore can react faster to them, or have already slowed down so you have a shorter braking distance, etc etc.