The fact of the matter is that it doesn't really make that much difference how efficient those power plants are, or how conveniently timed car charging is. You are still continuing to support the coal, natural gas, or nuclear production of electricity. It's like saying you're not poisoning someone because instead of pouring a whole cup of cyanide into their drink, you're only adding a few drops. Electric vehicle users are still contributing to the use of fossil fuels, whether they like to admit it or not, and their holier-than-thou attitude about it is a major reason why many people refuse to join them.
I have also seen some studies that suggest that the production of electric vehicles causes more pollution than the production of traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. I'd like to see more research one way or the other on that before I'll take it as fact, but if it's true, it's kind of damning.
Every electric car owner I know is an elitist, snobbish asshole. I know there are genuinely good people out there who buy electric cars, but I haven't met any. I thought I was making a good choice buying an LEV with excellent fuel economy, but apparently that wasn't good enough because I didn't have the extra scratch to spend on a hybrid.
Personally I think the innovations in electric vehicles are fantastic, but the attitude that comes with it needs to go.
I'm just curious where you think the electricity comes from that you use to charge your scooter. Somewhere down the line, traditional fuel is being used.
I'm alright with admitting that I only grasp about 50% of any Hawking publication I've tried to read. It's fascinating stuff, but the math trips me up every time. Still, between his writing and Feynman's, I understand a hell of a lot more about how the universe works than I would have if I had just accepted my public school education as the be-all end-all of information.
But when Jade Goody died, humanity achieved a net gain.
The untimely demise of the mother of two young sons is not a boon to humanity, however much she may have irritated you or somehow symbolized the intellectual rot of our society to your spiteful little mind.
But hey, who cares about those two little boys? Clearly it's the good of the elitists who take reality television as a personal affront that matters.
You do realize that the Netherlands is roughly the size of two New Jerseys, right? You can't really compare the fuel consumption of a geographically small nation to a geographically large one. My friends who live in Finland are constantly complaining about how far it is from Helsinki to Tampere - about a hundred and ten miles. When I told them I drove from DC to Atlanta last year and it took ten and a half hours, they were boggled. Americans have some of the longest work commutes in the world. From what I can determine, the average Dutch commuter travels about 4-6km to work every day, frequently by bicycle, whereas the national average here is more than 25km. Of course we're going to consume more fuel.
The only difference is that in Richmond there's a higher prevailing wind, so it's not quite as bad. Still pretty miserable - I lived there for 17 years and remember many a childhood summer day when the sky would begin to darken and we would all PRAY for rain because it would cut the heat by a few degrees and make things bearable.
I moved up to the northern part of the state for college and you would not believe what a difference five fewer degrees of average temperature makes...
Zotero was developed at my alma mater, and we were the guinea pigs for it. The program has improved quite a bit since its early stages. It still sometimes has trouble recognizing that something is research, but in the instances where Zotero doesn't automatically give you the choice to copy the citation you can make a snapshot of the page. It's a nifty little add-on.
The only problem with it is that you can't carry your research history from one machine to another like you can with the Google utility. The solution suggested to us by the Zotero Evangelist (yes, that's his job title, I love it) was that we install Firefox on a flash drive and carry the whole program around with us. They're working on a more viable option.
I don't think this movie looks interesting at all. I keep thinking that the next trailer or the next article or the next poster I see will spark my interest, but it hasn't happened yet. Agreed, the effects look cool. But I'm with the "Michael Bay sucks" school on this one. Frankly, Transformers is nothing more than a pain in my backside - we carry the comic books at our store, and they're garbage.
It's been a long time since I watched the cartoon, and the movie trailers haven't sparked any nostalgia - only disgust.
My boyfriend only voicechats with people he knows in real life, but I have no doubt the same would be true if he chatted with strangers and I came on the mic.
I avoid contact with people in online games. If this means I miss out on quests, fine. I didn't get into gaming to meet people - I got into gaming to get away from them. I've seen the way my fifty-something mother gets hit on by idiotic 17-year-old boys on WoW, and I'm not interested in that. I just want to run around killing things and gathering items.
There seems to be a fundamental difference between players who use the game to escape from their life and those who use the game as their life. The latter are the ones who tend to be obnoxious.
Given that my mom is the resident Legend of Zelda fanatic in our household, and the one who's always burning all the bandwidth on WoW. She did more than indulge our gaming, she participated. I got her a copy of Four Swords Adventures for Christmas and she was ecstatic.
Kind of a freak, but we love her all the more.
Incorrect. I know this is Slashdot and we can't be bothered to even read the summary, but before calling people child porn distributors you might want to look a bit more closely.
These two were banned for their online hanky-panky. Mea culpa.
Still, though, if it's against the user agreement for SL, the game administrators are still within their rights. I don't know enough about SL policies to say whether it is or not.
The way I understand it, the two users were not banned from SL for their avatar hanky panky but for being involved in the exchanges that others have pointed out - things that have a real correlation to real child exploitation.
As for the question of whether or not expressing these urges helps control them: I don't believe there's much statistical data, but it seems logical that having a virtual outlet might be an option for some (probably not all) pedophiles. Others might find this stimulating in such a way that it encourages them to act out the fantasy. Who knows? There haven't been many studies done. Still, this incident occurred in a public enough online space that the investigators were able to capture it. If they were able to find and see it, others would be as well. It may be a virtual act between consenting adults, but SL is full of underage people. If people want to engage in graphic virtual sex, they need to do so in a forum that is adults-only, for the same reason that real consenting adult sex is not legal in public.
Well, one of the major sources of vitamin D is UV exposure, right? Haven't they been telling us for years that the sun will give us cancer?
Perhaps the Epicureans really did have it right: all things, in moderation.
Have a glass of milk and your tits won't rot off.
I'm not a legal expert, but that sounds patently unlawful to me. I suppose the RIAA can shelter itself in the precedences of labor unions.
The problem is that the people who would defend music against the RIAA are not organized enough (or rich enough) to mount a successful legal battle.
However, my question is, why hasn't the government stepped in here? I'm not one for federal control of our lives, but if they claim to have the authority to bust up monopolies, then why hasn't the RIAA been investigated? They obviously have the music industry in a stranglehold.
Yes, I remember the first time I got a cell phone call in the bathroom, cementing my hatred of being constantly connected.
An airplane is a contained space, and I don't want to have to listen to people's phone conversations. People tend to talk louder on their phones than face-to-face. And of course there is the question--what could be so important that it can't wait a few hours for the plane to land? I refuse to believe that people will only use cell phones on planes for emergencies or vitally important calls.
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You totally failed to grasp my meaning, but whatever.
The fact of the matter is that it doesn't really make that much difference how efficient those power plants are, or how conveniently timed car charging is. You are still continuing to support the coal, natural gas, or nuclear production of electricity. It's like saying you're not poisoning someone because instead of pouring a whole cup of cyanide into their drink, you're only adding a few drops. Electric vehicle users are still contributing to the use of fossil fuels, whether they like to admit it or not, and their holier-than-thou attitude about it is a major reason why many people refuse to join them.
I have also seen some studies that suggest that the production of electric vehicles causes more pollution than the production of traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. I'd like to see more research one way or the other on that before I'll take it as fact, but if it's true, it's kind of damning.
Every electric car owner I know is an elitist, snobbish asshole. I know there are genuinely good people out there who buy electric cars, but I haven't met any. I thought I was making a good choice buying an LEV with excellent fuel economy, but apparently that wasn't good enough because I didn't have the extra scratch to spend on a hybrid.
Personally I think the innovations in electric vehicles are fantastic, but the attitude that comes with it needs to go.
I'm just curious where you think the electricity comes from that you use to charge your scooter. Somewhere down the line, traditional fuel is being used.
I'm alright with admitting that I only grasp about 50% of any Hawking publication I've tried to read. It's fascinating stuff, but the math trips me up every time. Still, between his writing and Feynman's, I understand a hell of a lot more about how the universe works than I would have if I had just accepted my public school education as the be-all end-all of information.
But when Jade Goody died, humanity achieved a net gain.
The untimely demise of the mother of two young sons is not a boon to humanity, however much she may have irritated you or somehow symbolized the intellectual rot of our society to your spiteful little mind.
But hey, who cares about those two little boys? Clearly it's the good of the elitists who take reality television as a personal affront that matters.
You do realize that the Netherlands is roughly the size of two New Jerseys, right? You can't really compare the fuel consumption of a geographically small nation to a geographically large one. My friends who live in Finland are constantly complaining about how far it is from Helsinki to Tampere - about a hundred and ten miles. When I told them I drove from DC to Atlanta last year and it took ten and a half hours, they were boggled. Americans have some of the longest work commutes in the world. From what I can determine, the average Dutch commuter travels about 4-6km to work every day, frequently by bicycle, whereas the national average here is more than 25km. Of course we're going to consume more fuel.
The only difference is that in Richmond there's a higher prevailing wind, so it's not quite as bad. Still pretty miserable - I lived there for 17 years and remember many a childhood summer day when the sky would begin to darken and we would all PRAY for rain because it would cut the heat by a few degrees and make things bearable. I moved up to the northern part of the state for college and you would not believe what a difference five fewer degrees of average temperature makes...
Zotero was developed at my alma mater, and we were the guinea pigs for it. The program has improved quite a bit since its early stages. It still sometimes has trouble recognizing that something is research, but in the instances where Zotero doesn't automatically give you the choice to copy the citation you can make a snapshot of the page. It's a nifty little add-on. The only problem with it is that you can't carry your research history from one machine to another like you can with the Google utility. The solution suggested to us by the Zotero Evangelist (yes, that's his job title, I love it) was that we install Firefox on a flash drive and carry the whole program around with us. They're working on a more viable option.
I don't think this movie looks interesting at all. I keep thinking that the next trailer or the next article or the next poster I see will spark my interest, but it hasn't happened yet. Agreed, the effects look cool. But I'm with the "Michael Bay sucks" school on this one. Frankly, Transformers is nothing more than a pain in my backside - we carry the comic books at our store, and they're garbage.
It's been a long time since I watched the cartoon, and the movie trailers haven't sparked any nostalgia - only disgust.
My boyfriend only voicechats with people he knows in real life, but I have no doubt the same would be true if he chatted with strangers and I came on the mic.
I avoid contact with people in online games. If this means I miss out on quests, fine. I didn't get into gaming to meet people - I got into gaming to get away from them. I've seen the way my fifty-something mother gets hit on by idiotic 17-year-old boys on WoW, and I'm not interested in that. I just want to run around killing things and gathering items.
There seems to be a fundamental difference between players who use the game to escape from their life and those who use the game as their life. The latter are the ones who tend to be obnoxious.
"Do you want to be my enchantress?"
Um, no.
Given that my mom is the resident Legend of Zelda fanatic in our household, and the one who's always burning all the bandwidth on WoW. She did more than indulge our gaming, she participated. I got her a copy of Four Swords Adventures for Christmas and she was ecstatic. Kind of a freak, but we love her all the more.
The way I understand it, the two users were not banned from SL for their avatar hanky panky but for being involved in the exchanges that others have pointed out - things that have a real correlation to real child exploitation. As for the question of whether or not expressing these urges helps control them: I don't believe there's much statistical data, but it seems logical that having a virtual outlet might be an option for some (probably not all) pedophiles. Others might find this stimulating in such a way that it encourages them to act out the fantasy. Who knows? There haven't been many studies done. Still, this incident occurred in a public enough online space that the investigators were able to capture it. If they were able to find and see it, others would be as well. It may be a virtual act between consenting adults, but SL is full of underage people. If people want to engage in graphic virtual sex, they need to do so in a forum that is adults-only, for the same reason that real consenting adult sex is not legal in public.
Well, one of the major sources of vitamin D is UV exposure, right? Haven't they been telling us for years that the sun will give us cancer? Perhaps the Epicureans really did have it right: all things, in moderation. Have a glass of milk and your tits won't rot off.
I'm not a legal expert, but that sounds patently unlawful to me. I suppose the RIAA can shelter itself in the precedences of labor unions. The problem is that the people who would defend music against the RIAA are not organized enough (or rich enough) to mount a successful legal battle. However, my question is, why hasn't the government stepped in here? I'm not one for federal control of our lives, but if they claim to have the authority to bust up monopolies, then why hasn't the RIAA been investigated? They obviously have the music industry in a stranglehold.
Yes, I remember the first time I got a cell phone call in the bathroom, cementing my hatred of being constantly connected. An airplane is a contained space, and I don't want to have to listen to people's phone conversations. People tend to talk louder on their phones than face-to-face. And of course there is the question--what could be so important that it can't wait a few hours for the plane to land? I refuse to believe that people will only use cell phones on planes for emergencies or vitally important calls.