The American system provides plenty of checks and balance. The problem lies in the fact that they all collude together in their selfishness. The old who watches the watchers..... Well those watching the watchers want some of what their watching. We are all fucked!
You guys are nuts. You're actually asking Americans to stop and think about what they are doing BEFORE they do it. Well, let me know how that works out for you...... Sorry if I sound like it is an absolute lost cause.....
What's sad is that there are a lot of smart people in America who are either blinded by religion and this code of morals/ethics attached to it, or they too have lost hope and couldn't be bothered to vote. And thus I give to you.... America!
I vote. And I vote my conscience after learning about candidates/issues.
And rightfully so. Homeopathy is kind of like treating someone with the idea of medicine instead of the actual thing. We will dilute this so much that there is nothing left except the fact that there was at one time something there. This is for all intents and purposes treating an ailment with nothing.
I believe what science has proven. Simple as that. However I have to bring this up simply because it pertains to the subject at hand and I do find it interesting. I got a puppy 14 years ago. He had mange, we found this out after we brought him home. We asked the SPCA and they said they had treated him twice for mange and he should be all better. Well he wasn't. We had him treated with the traditional dip again and he did ok for a short time until the mange reappeared. We asked the SPCA again what we should do. They said we cannot keep giving him the dip because it is toxic and will hurt him. So we asked a vet what we should do and they said the same thing. The dog was extremely sick at this point and it was either find a way to treat him or put him down. Well, we decided to try the homeopathic route. We went to a homeopathic vet and began treatment. After about 2 months he began to get better. Actually he was extremely better but still had a few problems so we continued. Over time he bacame 100% better and he lived a long healthy life. He died just a few months ago.
I bring this up because it is interesting. I do not believe that the homeopathic medications helped him and that without the medication his own immune system would have cured him. At the beginning it did not seem that this would happen because he kept getting worse. In fact I have begun to believe that the mange was a reaction to something else that was cured after he left the pound and the toxic dips. I do know that mange is tiny mites.
Anyways make of this what you will. Many people I talk to say that there is a direct correlation between the homeopathy and his healing. I guess I am just a pessimist.
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You are full of shit. I worked for a satellite communication company in 2000 - 2001 and we had home built routers designed by our company and Phillips. We used smart cards for security. I was the unix sys admin on staff and worked with engineering on security. The router ran linux. I bought a smart card reader writer and an unlooper from whiteviper for the very reason of researching the security of our system. We learned a lot about the security of smart cards and the security of our systems. The reason I bought from Whiteviper was because the devices were a quarter the price than any where else. Turns out that DirecTV got a hold of the customer list and thus I was sued for hacking their signal. I didnt have directv or any satellite television. Did not matter. Either pay directv to settle or pay a lawyer to fight. Thousands of dollars either way. Tell me exactly how that is legitimate.
This is true. I do most of the plumbing/electrical around my house. You can get one of those how-to books to show you most of it. The problems start when you are moving from town to town and building codes change. In San Francisco you cannot use PVC vents on the roof but you can in San Mateo County. Little stuff like that can wind up costing a lot of money. I would go to Home Depot or the book store and get a "How to do Electrical Wiring" book. Also, if you start to do wiring and you find knob and tube, call an electrician. That stuff is scary.
There are more? I am into the restoration part alright but for the reason of racing. I am a sysadmin by day and racer by night/weekend. Right now I am working on a 87 Grand National. I have it in the mid 11's and am working towards the 10's.
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Or charge extra to afford the state of the art new facility in Santa Clara. Kaiser just opened a new facility in Santa Clara that is twice the size of it's replacement, 95% of rooms are private, and every room has a flat screen T.V. and a DVD player. I am not that against private rooms for those that are really sick or in need, but anyone who has seen new Kaiser facilities knows that they are marble palaces. All this and my premiums went up this year, after being raised last year. Disgusted......
The thing I wonder about is, I am sure that NASA can successfully knock an asteroid off course. The asteroid is in an orbit around the sun. So id NASA accounting for the new orbit of the asteroid. What if the new orbit puts the object in a direct collision course with earth? We could keep firing nukes at it I guess. I just kinda wonder if they are considering the outcome before we go blowing stuff up, or pushing stuff around. Actually, considering NASA I am sure they are, but do we have the technology to plot the new orbit after a certain size explosion?
It is about American corporate priorities. That's about it. We have the technology and the money to do it. The problem is that the corp's would have to actually SPEND all the tax money that was given them by the US gov't.
I will agree on one point. Today people are making music and musical careers on a computer without playing an instrument. I'll admit that most of the electronic music I hear I think is horrible. What happened to the days that a bunch of guys/girls could get together and play music, on instruments, and really create something. Even if they are emulating their favorite band of the time, it is WAY better to understand the individual components of what makes the music what it is. Understanding the chord progressions, harmonic major and minors, why one would use a diminished 7th in a certain location to conjure a certain feeling in the listener. I think very few musicians today understand these concepts and music is written generally to keep a melody in your head so that you will buy it.
I am a little bitter but I really wish that people would start creating music for themselves instead of for the crowd. If people would forget for a minute what is selling at the moment, and make music that they truly loved the industry would change, and thus we would have better music.
I kind of have to agree. If someone really wants to know who makes really great music, one needs to ask their favorite artist who their influences are. Often times, in many different genres, Elton John is brought up as a primary influence. Elton John is revered as one of the greats. I personally do not really like his music, nor do I listen very often. I have played music for most of my life and it is not hard to see who a lot of mainstream artists influences are. I can fully see the value and genius that goes into a lot of Elton John's music, just not my cup of tea. It will be a great day when people can appreciate music for what it is instead of allowing themselves to be dictated to by the industry what they should think is good. If this could happen then the music industry we know today would be a very different thing.
The only flaw in your reasoning is that the energy companies will inevitably raise costs as their profits dwindle due to conservation. So short term you might have a little more money but nothing that will dramatically change how you live your life or where you spend it.
I will generally agree with you but there have been a few American advancements that stand outside of that. Specifically the Buick 3.8 litre engine. These days it is the 3800 V6 and is used in many GM cars. This motor gets good mileage, is very strong for it's size and lasts a long time with proper preventative maintenance. I know of quite a few that are at the 300K and 400K mile marks. Additionally, though I loathe to admit it, some of the Ford trucks are quite good. Granted these are not meant necessarily for fuel conservation, but they perform well for the given job and will last a long time with proper care.
Overall, German and Japanese engineering really exceeds what is being done in the US car market, but some of this can be attributed to planned obsolescence. Think General Motors and 1980's.
I work 45 miles from my house. So that 100+ mile range would come in handy. I drive a car now that gets me about 35-40 miles to the gallon highway though. So I spend about $120 a month on gas for commuting. I lease the car for $225 a month. The car has 4 seats and a trunk. This is necessary because I have 2 kids. I really want to go green and stop using gas all together. I love the idea of not using gas. As soon as someone can offer me a car that does what I currently have for a competitive price I will consider it.
Right on. Thanks both of you for your responses. In light of that, I have more questions. Considering the cost of undertaking such an extreme project, solar collectors in space and beaming down the energy, wouldn't that money be better spent developing more efficient terrestrial solar technologies? Or is the amount of energy gained from something like this so much more that that is a moot point? Also, I am kinda ignoring the gov't applications of a technology like this and only thinking in terms of supplementing/replacing other harmful energy technologies.
Could something like this be used in the same way DISH sends TV down? Blanket a city with a weak enough beam not to hurt anyone, but if everyone had a receptor on their roof they could at least supplement their energy usage? At least enough to make some type of significant cut in fossil fuel/coal usage? Like I said, I know nothing of this and am really just curious.
You are absolutely right. The co-lo we use is just down the street from there and the last few times they "tested" their generators we had outages. Five times in the last 1.5 years. those were the "unsuccessful" tests anyways. Needless to say we are moving to another co-lo.
I am really sick of reading from all you who think this doomed to failure. You know what??? They are not going to drive village to village and hand them out to the kids playing futbol in the street and say " here ya go kids, good luck!" Can we at least wait until it does/doesn't fail and say "I told you so" or "Great it is working"?
We have been handing money and food to many of these third world countries for decades. Problem is they are still in need. Well I say it's high time we try another method. Maybe this will help, maybe it won't.... but quit the, this will never work and is stupid crap....
Prices remain high because the national telecommunications linked to the cable maintain a monopoly over access, squeezing out potential competitors. Sounds like another country I know of that starts with an A. Well, Africa is a continent but you get the idea....
well dang..... The problem I have is if an airplane crashes, specifically a commercial airliner, I am almost guaranteed to die. If my car crashes I have a better, in some cases much, better chance of surviving. I know the odds stack up that flying is absolutely the safest way to travel, but when there is a problem, it is catastrophic. Not so with autos.
I wanna know why when they test new airplanes they have an escape hatch that you can jump out and parachute to safety but in the production models this feature is removed. Would it be that hard to have a parachut under the seat and have everyone bail out if the plane starts going down? I this does nothing for takeoff and landing crashes or even the likes of 9/11.
Seems that some lives saved would be better than absolutely no lives saved. Or at least they tried.....
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The American system provides plenty of checks and balance. The problem lies in the fact that they all collude together in their selfishness. The old who watches the watchers..... Well those watching the watchers want some of what their watching. We are all fucked!
Gimme a break dude. There is no problem with morals/ethics.
So yeah, come on over and try to take my stuff. Then I will show you my morals and ethics!
Don't take things out of context for an attack.
You guys are nuts. You're actually asking Americans to stop and think about what they are doing BEFORE they do it. Well, let me know how that works out for you...... Sorry if I sound like it is an absolute lost cause.....
What's sad is that there are a lot of smart people in America who are either blinded by religion and this code of morals/ethics attached to it, or they too have lost hope and couldn't be bothered to vote. And thus I give to you.... America!
I vote. And I vote my conscience after learning about candidates/issues.
no gnews is good gnews with Gary Gnu!
And rightfully so. Homeopathy is kind of like treating someone with the idea of medicine instead of the actual thing. We will dilute this so much that there is nothing left except the fact that there was at one time something there. This is for all intents and purposes treating an ailment with nothing.
I believe what science has proven. Simple as that. However I have to bring this up simply because it pertains to the subject at hand and I do find it interesting. I got a puppy 14 years ago. He had mange, we found this out after we brought him home. We asked the SPCA and they said they had treated him twice for mange and he should be all better. Well he wasn't. We had him treated with the traditional dip again and he did ok for a short time until the mange reappeared. We asked the SPCA again what we should do. They said we cannot keep giving him the dip because it is toxic and will hurt him. So we asked a vet what we should do and they said the same thing. The dog was extremely sick at this point and it was either find a way to treat him or put him down. Well, we decided to try the homeopathic route. We went to a homeopathic vet and began treatment. After about 2 months he began to get better. Actually he was extremely better but still had a few problems so we continued. Over time he bacame 100% better and he lived a long healthy life. He died just a few months ago.
I bring this up because it is interesting. I do not believe that the homeopathic medications helped him and that without the medication his own immune system would have cured him. At the beginning it did not seem that this would happen because he kept getting worse. In fact I have begun to believe that the mange was a reaction to something else that was cured after he left the pound and the toxic dips. I do know that mange is tiny mites.
Anyways make of this what you will. Many people I talk to say that there is a direct correlation between the homeopathy and his healing. I guess I am just a pessimist. --
You are full of shit. I worked for a satellite communication company in 2000 - 2001 and we had home built routers designed by our company and Phillips. We used smart cards for security. I was the unix sys admin on staff and worked with engineering on security. The router ran linux. I bought a smart card reader writer and an unlooper from whiteviper for the very reason of researching the security of our system. We learned a lot about the security of smart cards and the security of our systems. The reason I bought from Whiteviper was because the devices were a quarter the price than any where else. Turns out that DirecTV got a hold of the customer list and thus I was sued for hacking their signal. I didnt have directv or any satellite television. Did not matter. Either pay directv to settle or pay a lawyer to fight. Thousands of dollars either way. Tell me exactly how that is legitimate.
This is true. I do most of the plumbing/electrical around my house. You can get one of those how-to books to show you most of it. The problems start when you are moving from town to town and building codes change. In San Francisco you cannot use PVC vents on the roof but you can in San Mateo County. Little stuff like that can wind up costing a lot of money. I would go to Home Depot or the book store and get a "How to do Electrical Wiring" book. Also, if you start to do wiring and you find knob and tube, call an electrician. That stuff is scary.
There are more? I am into the restoration part alright but for the reason of racing. I am a sysadmin by day and racer by night/weekend. Right now I am working on a 87 Grand National. I have it in the mid 11's and am working towards the 10's. --
Or charge extra to afford the state of the art new facility in Santa Clara. Kaiser just opened a new facility in Santa Clara that is twice the size of it's replacement, 95% of rooms are private, and every room has a flat screen T.V. and a DVD player. I am not that against private rooms for those that are really sick or in need, but anyone who has seen new Kaiser facilities knows that they are marble palaces. All this and my premiums went up this year, after being raised last year. Disgusted......
The thing I wonder about is, I am sure that NASA can successfully knock an asteroid off course. The asteroid is in an orbit around the sun. So id NASA accounting for the new orbit of the asteroid. What if the new orbit puts the object in a direct collision course with earth? We could keep firing nukes at it I guess. I just kinda wonder if they are considering the outcome before we go blowing stuff up, or pushing stuff around. Actually, considering NASA I am sure they are, but do we have the technology to plot the new orbit after a certain size explosion?
It is about American corporate priorities. That's about it. We have the technology and the money to do it. The problem is that the corp's would have to actually SPEND all the tax money that was given them by the US gov't.
Gas maybe cheaper than it was in the 50's adjusted for inflation. How is that minimum wage doing adjusted for inflation?
I will agree on one point. Today people are making music and musical careers on a computer without playing an instrument. I'll admit that most of the electronic music I hear I think is horrible. What happened to the days that a bunch of guys/girls could get together and play music, on instruments, and really create something. Even if they are emulating their favorite band of the time, it is WAY better to understand the individual components of what makes the music what it is. Understanding the chord progressions, harmonic major and minors, why one would use a diminished 7th in a certain location to conjure a certain feeling in the listener. I think very few musicians today understand these concepts and music is written generally to keep a melody in your head so that you will buy it.
I am a little bitter but I really wish that people would start creating music for themselves instead of for the crowd. If people would forget for a minute what is selling at the moment, and make music that they truly loved the industry would change, and thus we would have better music.
I kind of have to agree. If someone really wants to know who makes really great music, one needs to ask their favorite artist who their influences are. Often times, in many different genres, Elton John is brought up as a primary influence. Elton John is revered as one of the greats. I personally do not really like his music, nor do I listen very often. I have played music for most of my life and it is not hard to see who a lot of mainstream artists influences are. I can fully see the value and genius that goes into a lot of Elton John's music, just not my cup of tea. It will be a great day when people can appreciate music for what it is instead of allowing themselves to be dictated to by the industry what they should think is good. If this could happen then the music industry we know today would be a very different thing.
The only flaw in your reasoning is that the energy companies will inevitably raise costs as their profits dwindle due to conservation. So short term you might have a little more money but nothing that will dramatically change how you live your life or where you spend it.
I will generally agree with you but there have been a few American advancements that stand outside of that. Specifically the Buick 3.8 litre engine. These days it is the 3800 V6 and is used in many GM cars. This motor gets good mileage, is very strong for it's size and lasts a long time with proper preventative maintenance. I know of quite a few that are at the 300K and 400K mile marks. Additionally, though I loathe to admit it, some of the Ford trucks are quite good. Granted these are not meant necessarily for fuel conservation, but they perform well for the given job and will last a long time with proper care.
Overall, German and Japanese engineering really exceeds what is being done in the US car market, but some of this can be attributed to planned obsolescence. Think General Motors and 1980's.
I work 45 miles from my house. So that 100+ mile range would come in handy. I drive a car now that gets me about 35-40 miles to the gallon highway though. So I spend about $120 a month on gas for commuting. I lease the car for $225 a month. The car has 4 seats and a trunk. This is necessary because I have 2 kids. I really want to go green and stop using gas all together. I love the idea of not using gas. As soon as someone can offer me a car that does what I currently have for a competitive price I will consider it.
well it was a wise man who said " we cannot arrest our way out of social problems". Now if I could just remember who that was.....
Right on. Thanks both of you for your responses. In light of that, I have more questions. Considering the cost of undertaking such an extreme project, solar collectors in space and beaming down the energy, wouldn't that money be better spent developing more efficient terrestrial solar technologies? Or is the amount of energy gained from something like this so much more that that is a moot point? Also, I am kinda ignoring the gov't applications of a technology like this and only thinking in terms of supplementing/replacing other harmful energy technologies.
I know and I apologize in advance......
Could something like this be used in the same way DISH sends TV down? Blanket a city with a weak enough beam not to hurt anyone, but if everyone had a receptor on their roof they could at least supplement their energy usage? At least enough to make some type of significant cut in fossil fuel/coal usage? Like I said, I know nothing of this and am really just curious.
You are absolutely right. The co-lo we use is just down the street from there and the last few times they "tested" their generators we had outages. Five times in the last 1.5 years. those were the "unsuccessful" tests anyways. Needless to say we are moving to another co-lo.
I am really sick of reading from all you who think this doomed to failure. You know what??? They are not going to drive village to village and hand them out to the kids playing futbol in the street and say " here ya go kids, good luck!" Can we at least wait until it does/doesn't fail and say "I told you so" or "Great it is working"?
We have been handing money and food to many of these third world countries for decades. Problem is they are still in need. Well I say it's high time we try another method. Maybe this will help, maybe it won't.... but quit the, this will never work and is stupid crap....
well dang..... The problem I have is if an airplane crashes, specifically a commercial airliner, I am almost guaranteed to die. If my car crashes I have a better, in some cases much, better chance of surviving. I know the odds stack up that flying is absolutely the safest way to travel, but when there is a problem, it is catastrophic. Not so with autos.
I wanna know why when they test new airplanes they have an escape hatch that you can jump out and parachute to safety but in the production models this feature is removed. Would it be that hard to have a parachut under the seat and have everyone bail out if the plane starts going down? I this does nothing for takeoff and landing crashes or even the likes of 9/11.
Seems that some lives saved would be better than absolutely no lives saved. Or at least they tried.....