The cameras I'm thinking of are the tiny ones mounted above the lights, facing cars stopped at the intersection, not the larger ones mounted to the side, facing the other way. Where they are mounted and aimed, the small ones would be useless for catching violators. You'll also notice that where they exist, you don't have circular scars on the road before the stop lines (inductive coils that send a signal to the traffic light control system when a car stops over them).
If Chicago is telling people that traffic light timing cameras are actually there to catch people who run red lights, they've got a pretty low opinion of their residents' intelligence! Then again, it seems to be pretty easy to make large numbers of people believe whatever you want them to, like "Iraq has WMDs" or "file sharing supports terrorism."
That's not counting the still cameras on major intersections looking for speeders and people running the stop lights.
Everything else was a good point, but most of those cameras on top of the traffic lights can't do more than distinguish the existence of a car. They're not to catch offenders, but to sense when there are more than a certain threshold of cars at the intersection to change the timing of the traffic lights.
...what the hell does the military have to do with this?
"Military-industrial complex" is a poor term. It implies two equal partners, when it's more of an indirect controlling relationship. The military is controlled by the government, and the government is controlled by those who support their election--and I'm not talking about "the people".
So a better term would be "the industrial complex that has a very strong influence on the actions of the military", but it just doesn't roll off the tongue.
Unfortunately, that's the point. Your money, and that of other concerned individuals, doesn't mean much compared to that of a big industry organization.
...when the public start to realise that they've been had.
"People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals...", as a movie character once said. And he was right. A lot of individuals already realize they've been had. Those are the ones posting on Slashdot. But the herd will continue to do whatever the cowboys tell them to as long as they've got the feed (music) and the cattle prods (legal penalties). When music becomes something you listen to once, then pay for to listen again, people at large will continue to pay. They'll grumble for a while, but they'll get used to their new pens, as long as they're kept fed.
Trees are just a particularly slow form of solar power.
You could say that about coal and oil too. After all, if it weren't for the Sun, there would have been no plants to die off and be metamorphosed into coal, and no dinosaurs to get squashed into oil.
Come to think of it, nuclear is a form of delayed solar power too, just not from our Sol.
Did you know that by default Internet Explorer allows any website to obtain the current contents of your clipboard? This isn't a bug, Microsoft considers it a feature.
The explanation for all of this is just that it makes a convenient shortcut for the writers...
And for the technical crew. "Okay guys, we need a Bajor set. Run down to storage and get some of that Bajor crap.
It's the same reason that all alien species (with a few high-cost exceptions like Species 8492-- 8472-- 867-5309-- the ones who massacred Borg) look like humans with funny masks. "Hey guys, we need another alien species. Use blank #2187 and put a couple more ridges on the nose."
...the late 19th century escapades of Mark Twain and Guinan.
Nah, you've got no imagination. How about...
The Seven of Nine Dominatrix Training Institute
Instead of dull recurring catch phrases like "It's dead, Jim" or "Make it so", we'd have gems like "Bend over, you worthless worm" and "You force me to use the large flogger."
Andromeda was a perfectly good show until Kevin Sorbo turned it into Hercules in Space.
It was better than Hercules in New York...
Well, marginally.
Note: Hercules in New York, aka Hercules Goes Bananas, had a budget of $15,000. They spent $14,000 of that on the helicopter shot in the first scene. The actors and crew had to bring their own food because they couldn't afford a caterer.
...the word translated "slaves" in some translations of the Torah and "servants" in others is the closest Biblical Hebrew word to what Modern English calls "employees".
Is the head of Wal-Mart an ancient Hebrew scholar, by any chance?
Communing with nature != killing it. I find it easy enough to commune with nature by hiking through it. It's worth a lot more as exercise too, especially when you spend all day going up and down mountains.
Having said that, I have no problem with hunters who eat what they catch. One of my former coworkers hunted a few times a year, and we all appreciated it when he brought in chunks of deer sausage to share with us. But I think that should be a strict guideline: You kill it, you eat it. And, of course, stay within the limits for the number of animals you're allowed to get.
The kind of hunting I really don't agree with is already illegal for the most part: killing bears for their paws, and that kind of thing. Or any situation where the hunter takes part of the animal as a trophy and leaves the rest of the carcass to rot.
It's been millenia and we still don't know all the life on our planet. I always look forward to articles like this, they really tell us how little we do know.
I just finished a Microbiology intro course where the instructor kept stressing that. You think it's amazing how many macroscopic species we are still discovering; that's nothing compared to the unknown species of bacteria that are right under our noses--and that could be quite literal.
It seems that life on Earth, as far as the number of species is concerned, consists of bacteria, beetles, and assorted debris.
(After Asimov: "The Solar System consists of the Sun, Jupiter, and assorted debris."
Slashdot Mirror
"Those helmets weren't designed to handle this level of rock'n'roll!" -PS3 (Plankton, Sheldon the Third)
C'mon, we all know the iPods will win with music, right?
The cameras I'm thinking of are the tiny ones mounted above the lights, facing cars stopped at the intersection, not the larger ones mounted to the side, facing the other way. Where they are mounted and aimed, the small ones would be useless for catching violators. You'll also notice that where they exist, you don't have circular scars on the road before the stop lines (inductive coils that send a signal to the traffic light control system when a car stops over them).
If Chicago is telling people that traffic light timing cameras are actually there to catch people who run red lights, they've got a pretty low opinion of their residents' intelligence! Then again, it seems to be pretty easy to make large numbers of people believe whatever you want them to, like "Iraq has WMDs" or "file sharing supports terrorism."
Umm... that's kind of the point?
Ah, but if it's a 'syndrome', you can blame someone for it. If it's just anger, it's your own foolish fault you broke your brand new 21" monitor.
Aaaaghh! My eyes!
You have a very twisted sense of 'enjoyment'.
Everything else was a good point, but most of those cameras on top of the traffic lights can't do more than distinguish the existence of a car. They're not to catch offenders, but to sense when there are more than a certain threshold of cars at the intersection to change the timing of the traffic lights.
"Military-industrial complex" is a poor term. It implies two equal partners, when it's more of an indirect controlling relationship. The military is controlled by the government, and the government is controlled by those who support their election--and I'm not talking about "the people".
So a better term would be "the industrial complex that has a very strong influence on the actions of the military", but it just doesn't roll off the tongue.
Unfortunately, that's the point. Your money, and that of other concerned individuals, doesn't mean much compared to that of a big industry organization.
"People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals...", as a movie character once said. And he was right. A lot of individuals already realize they've been had. Those are the ones posting on Slashdot. But the herd will continue to do whatever the cowboys tell them to as long as they've got the feed (music) and the cattle prods (legal penalties). When music becomes something you listen to once, then pay for to listen again, people at large will continue to pay. They'll grumble for a while, but they'll get used to their new pens, as long as they're kept fed.
You need a tune-up. It's only supposed to need 1.21.
...although that might be the conversion factor from jigawatts to gigawatts. Never mind.
You could say that about coal and oil too. After all, if it weren't for the Sun, there would have been no plants to die off and be metamorphosed into coal, and no dinosaurs to get squashed into oil.
Come to think of it, nuclear is a form of delayed solar power too, just not from our Sol.
From that site:
Damn Microsoft for removing features in IE7!
And for the technical crew. "Okay guys, we need a Bajor set. Run down to storage and get some of that Bajor crap.
It's the same reason that all alien species (with a few high-cost exceptions like Species 8492-- 8472-- 867-5309-- the ones who massacred Borg) look like humans with funny masks. "Hey guys, we need another alien species. Use blank #2187 and put a couple more ridges on the nose."
Nah, you've got no imagination. How about...
The Seven of Nine Dominatrix Training Institute
Instead of dull recurring catch phrases like "It's dead, Jim" or "Make it so", we'd have gems like "Bend over, you worthless worm" and "You force me to use the large flogger."
...in other words, the solution is "You've got the batteries in the wrong way, dumbass!"
It's not quite dead. It's just pining for the fjords of Ceti Alpha Six.
It's like the Republican party. Or the Conservative party of Canada.
It was better than Hercules in New York...
Well, marginally.
Note: Hercules in New York, aka Hercules Goes Bananas, had a budget of $15,000. They spent $14,000 of that on the helicopter shot in the first scene. The actors and crew had to bring their own food because they couldn't afford a caterer.
Apparently, you rig the voting machines.
Is the head of Wal-Mart an ancient Hebrew scholar, by any chance?
I wholeheartedly endorse Robert Zubrin's goals. In fact, I take every opportunity to proliferate myself to other pieces of...
Oh, wait a minute. Didn't see the 'm'. Never mind.
Communing with nature != killing it. I find it easy enough to commune with nature by hiking through it. It's worth a lot more as exercise too, especially when you spend all day going up and down mountains.
Having said that, I have no problem with hunters who eat what they catch. One of my former coworkers hunted a few times a year, and we all appreciated it when he brought in chunks of deer sausage to share with us. But I think that should be a strict guideline: You kill it, you eat it. And, of course, stay within the limits for the number of animals you're allowed to get.
The kind of hunting I really don't agree with is already illegal for the most part: killing bears for their paws, and that kind of thing. Or any situation where the hunter takes part of the animal as a trophy and leaves the rest of the carcass to rot.
Shh! Not so loud! Some Texas lawyer might get another bright idea.
Listening to the Snowfall Sessions mix right now. Thanks again.
Hey, thanks. I'm always looking for new artists to check out in different genres. Eclectic mixes rule.
I just finished a Microbiology intro course where the instructor kept stressing that. You think it's amazing how many macroscopic species we are still discovering; that's nothing compared to the unknown species of bacteria that are right under our noses--and that could be quite literal.
It seems that life on Earth, as far as the number of species is concerned, consists of bacteria, beetles, and assorted debris.
(After Asimov: "The Solar System consists of the Sun, Jupiter, and assorted debris."