It's never free. Getting clean water to the tap is paid for by somebody. Maybe the person who uses it doesn't pay full price for it, but someone, somewehere is paying for it.
What he wants to do is correlate use with payment. This provides a motive for conservation.
They want to get rid of fireworks completely because they scare dogs.
Melatonin apparently works as a cheap tranquilizer for dogs. It doesn't make the dog sleepy as it does humans, just calms them down. And dosage is not much a problem as the lethal dose is several hundred times the effective dose.
A fir bit of informal research has been done by chessplayers on this subject. After decades of experimenting, the choice of chessboard color seems to have settled on dark green on yellow or beige.
This makes sense when one considers that the eye sees colors best in the middle of the spectrum where yellow and green are; and sees worst at the ends where they fade into infrared and ultraviolet.
Realize where that money comes from they're now paying, and what it was being used for in the first place.
Such things affect everyone, no matter how much he doesn't care about games. Or whatever other trivial matter that should be handled by people individually is being made a public issue.
Nannystates aren't just interfering with your privacy and free decision, they also cost a ton of money that could be spent better.
Actually, the money was spent very efficiently. It gave Pawlenty national exposure as the good guy fighting evil and protecting the children. And at a very convenient time, just when McCain sewed up the nomination and it became obvious that he might need a more straight party line guy as his VP.
Summary: "We didn't do anything wrong, but we're going to stop doing it."
Quit being a weasel. Take a stand. Make a choice and stick with it. Either say that it was ok and you are going to continue to allow your employees to do it, or say that it is not ok and that Mr. Dicker did something wrong.
Seriously, I'm not trying to troll. I've heard that one way to determine if a new technology will take off is to see if pornographers are early adopters. With that in mind, I predict that this will be an expensive flop.
It's happened a number of times. All you have to do is get enough people to agree with you. All you have to do is get enough armed people to agree with you. ...fixed that for you.
On behalf of GP, I did the math. His argument does not look weak.
Mountain lions 6 deaths in 130 years - in California. ( 6/130 )
Black widows 63 people in the US in 40 years. ( 63/40 )
The first issue is how to scale those two facts. Currently, California has about 11% of the US population. 130 Years or more ago it had probably close to 1%. Assuming a constant growth - which is the best I can do without a lot of research, that averages out to California having 5% or 1/20th of the population of the US. So, when we scale the numerator by multiplying by 20, it would be 120 people in 130 years.
Now let's try to scale the denominator. If the population were not growing, we could use a factor of 130/40 or 3.25. But the early poulation was small, so I'm going to guestimate about three. 63 * 3 = 183.
So, we have the two pieces of data roughly scaled. 120 lion deaths vs 183 black widow deaths. ( There is easily a range of error of 50% on these figures, but it's the best I can do without a lot of research ) GP's argument still looks kinda weak.
Now let's introduce the one major fact that P didn't mention: exposure. The range of the black widow is almost all of the US. It hides in woodpiles, sheds, garages, attics. For the vast majority of the US population, there is one within 50 feet of you right now. In the last month you have probably walked within a yard of one. ( You probably didn't know about it, of course, because it was scared to mess with you. ) But most people are not that close to mountain lions. Again, the figure is hard to calculate, but most of us never come close to a mountain lion. I'm going to make a guess that the exposure is maybe 100th of that of a black widow. ( Don't like the 100 figure? Please feel free to improve on it by doing more research than I. Or do the following mental experiment: swap 'em. Imagine lions where every spider is, and spiders where every lion is. Feel safe? )
So when we compensate for exposure ( 120 * 100 = 12000 ) the ratio is now 12000 for lions, 183 for spiders. GP seems right: lions are dangerous. If you get near one, they are way more dangerous than spiders.
It's got to go before the House of Lords yet
Ah yes, our fine tradition of having decisions by the people we elect overturned by a bunch of unelected lords.
Nope, nothing wrong with our system at all... It truly does not sound too bad. Over on this side of the pond we have a bunch of unelected people ( judges, particularly nine of them on the supreme court ) who sometimes overrule the people we elect. So far, it seems to work rather well, IMHO. Keeps the public servants from getting out of hand. Err..well...at least it slows them down a tad.
Over here we have this thing called a constitution that the judges are supposed to follow when deciding if the legislature needs to be slapped down. And they do follow it...ummm...most of the time...welll..they follow their interpretation of it.
What do your lords use for guidance over there?
All these companies have to do is change them over to a serial hybrid... Ah, you forget that you are dealing with American car companies. Guessing that they will get smart is not a good bet considering they have been getting dumber by the day for the past 40 years. Find me an innovative, exciting car company which is producing cars that lead the market and you won't find GM or Ford in the top ten. GM is commited to producing the Chevy Volt, and Volvo ( owned by Ford ) is devloping the Recharge AKA the hybrid C30 in Camarillo, Ca.
... the judge. I thought their goal in life was to imprison everyone indefinitely. Please do get a grip. A judge's goal is to ensure justice.
A friend of mine is a DA in a major metro area in the US, and you should hear all the complaints about those 'liberal' judges who 'want to put insane murderers back on the streets'.
What I find really weird about this whole situation is that most companies would be happy if their customers were this trapped into a product! There, fixed that for you.
Slashdot Mirror
1) Get ticket
2) Reset clock on GPS device
3) Drive route again
4) Profit
Productivity? By a government agency?
This is not about productivity, it is about control.
What unknown tech is about to completely change the world that these people need to know about?
You came to slashdot to ask that?
The question is WHEN do Joe need that much space? Lets talk about this question in a couple of years...
When Windows 7 comes out
It's never free. Getting clean water to the tap is paid for by somebody. Maybe the person who uses it doesn't pay full price for it, but someone, somewehere is paying for it.
What he wants to do is correlate use with payment. This provides a motive for conservation.
Why is parent modded 'troll'? HR has been discussed numerous times on slashdot. Parent's question does seem relevant.
They want to get rid of fireworks completely because they scare dogs.
Melatonin apparently works as a cheap tranquilizer for dogs. It doesn't make the dog sleepy as it does humans, just calms them down. And dosage is not much a problem as the lethal dose is several hundred times the effective dose.
I tried that. See 'first post' above. It got modded flamebait.
I for one welcome our hot grits pouring overlords.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Al Gores in Soviet Russia releasing Duke Nukem Forever, you insensitive clod!
In Korea, only old Natalie Portman must be new here.
All your Linux are belong to us Sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to our heads.
1)Stephen King is dead
2)BSD is dying
3)Profit!
There. Fixed that for you.
A fir bit of informal research has been done by chessplayers on this subject. After decades of experimenting, the choice of chessboard color seems to have settled on dark green on yellow or beige.
This makes sense when one considers that the eye sees colors best in the middle of the spectrum where yellow and green are; and sees worst at the ends where they fade into infrared and ultraviolet.
Really what are you and Texas laughing about?
The fun of butchering English.
Realize where that money comes from they're now paying, and what it was being used for in the first place.
Such things affect everyone, no matter how much he doesn't care about games. Or whatever other trivial matter that should be handled by people individually is being made a public issue.
Nannystates aren't just interfering with your privacy and free decision, they also cost a ton of money that could be spent better.
Actually, the money was spent very efficiently. It gave Pawlenty national exposure as the good guy fighting evil and protecting the children. And at a very convenient time, just when McCain sewed up the nomination and it became obvious that he might need a more straight party line guy as his VP.
Summary: "We didn't do anything wrong, but we're going to stop doing it."
Quit being a weasel. Take a stand. Make a choice and stick with it.
Either say that it was ok and you are going to continue to allow your employees to do it, or say that it is not ok and that Mr. Dicker did something wrong.
As an aging human myself...may I say I support this effort whole heartedly....
Thank you. I'm going to need a spare sometime.
Seriously, I'm not trying to troll. I've heard that one way to determine if a new technology will take off is to see if pornographers are early adopters. With that in mind, I predict that this will be an expensive flop.
...that's why it works
...fixed that for you.
On behalf of GP, I did the math. His argument does not look weak.
Mountain lions 6 deaths in 130 years - in California. ( 6/130 )
Black widows 63 people in the US in 40 years. ( 63/40 )
The first issue is how to scale those two facts. Currently, California has about 11% of the US population. 130 Years or more ago it had probably close to 1%. Assuming a constant growth - which is the best I can do without a lot of research, that averages out to California having 5% or 1/20th of the population of the US.
So, when we scale the numerator by multiplying by 20, it would be 120 people in 130 years.
Now let's try to scale the denominator. If the population were not growing, we could use a factor of 130/40 or 3.25. But the early poulation was small, so I'm going to guestimate about three. 63 * 3 = 183.
So, we have the two pieces of data roughly scaled. 120 lion deaths vs 183 black widow deaths. ( There is easily a range of error of 50% on these figures, but it's the best I can do without a lot of research ) GP's argument still looks kinda weak.
Now let's introduce the one major fact that P didn't mention: exposure. The range of the black widow is almost all of the US. It hides in woodpiles, sheds, garages, attics. For the vast majority of the US population, there is one within 50 feet of you right now. In the last month you have probably walked within a yard of one. ( You probably didn't know about it, of course, because it was scared to mess with you. )
But most people are not that close to mountain lions. Again, the figure is hard to calculate, but most of us never come close to a mountain lion. I'm going to make a guess that the exposure is maybe 100th of that of a black widow. ( Don't like the 100 figure? Please feel free to improve on it by doing more research than I. Or do the following mental experiment: swap 'em. Imagine lions where every spider is, and spiders where every lion is. Feel safe? )
So when we compensate for exposure ( 120 * 100 = 12000 ) the ratio is now 12000 for lions, 183 for spiders. GP seems right: lions are dangerous. If you get near one, they are way more dangerous than spiders.
Over here we have this thing called a constitution that the judges are supposed to follow when deciding if the legislature needs to be slapped down. And they do follow it...ummm...most of the time...welll..they follow their interpretation of it.
What do your lords use for guidance over there?
The martian critter sitting on the screen is probably tired of foreplay by now...
... the judge. I thought their goal in life was to imprison everyone indefinitely. Please do get a grip. A judge's goal is to ensure justice.A friend of mine is a DA in a major metro area in the US, and you should hear all the complaints about those 'liberal' judges who 'want to put insane murderers back on the streets'.
You're not an idiot. Over twenty minutes passed before it caught a 'funny' mod. I WAS way too subtle.