The Netherlands is about the same size and population as the greater Los Angeles area, about 8% of the area of just the State of California. The size and scale of the task is rather different. In the Netherlands, it's rare to go more than 30-40km and not encounter another town or city; in the US there are hundreds of stretches more than 250 km long with no towns or cities at all. It's a bit different, no?
I lived in Brussels for a few years, and thought nothing of jumping on my motorcycle and riding 400km to somewhere else. Most in Belgium thought I was insane, that was so far to go, but where I grew up in Seattle, the next biggest city outside of the Puget Sound area was 300km away. We regularly made those quick,3-4 hour trips because that was just normal.
Windows XP has about the same market share as all of OSX. The question is why wouldn't they offer it, since it equals their nearest rival in its entirety? If you can be the distant second place runner with your old OS that supports legacy hardware, why not?
I stick with IHG and the loyalty program there. It more than pays off for me... Always upgraded, lots of free nights, free amenities, etc. Yes, the room may be more "expensive", but when you add up all the nice things that come with the loyalty program - it's money ahead AND much more convenient. Of course, I travel a LOT (86 nights in hotels so far this year), so I'm most likely not typical. But getting free meals, drinks, water, wifi, upgraded rooms, free laundry, etc. is definitely worth paying a few bucks more per night.
Not to mention the quality of the beds and pillows in IHG-brand hotels is always very high and consistent (not rock slabs in Asia, not stiff log pillows in Europe).
Apple paying Creative hundreds of millions of dollars for ripping off their UI kind of says the iPod was nothing more than a prettier Creative media player... oh, but with one important difference: it locked everything down via iTunes rather than as a simple 'drag and drop' music player.
Graduate from college, and rather than buy that $6 latte every day, put it away in a DJIA index fund. When you retire at 65, you'll have over $1 million. Then you can retire wherever you like...
Your proposal that he give away $60 billion would be funding for one year. Then what do you do after you've eaten the golden goose?
Well, realistically we'd need about 10 such billionaires each year, to fund the ~100 million taxpayers in these United States. And when we've used the assets of the first 10 for the first year, we move on to the next 10. Right? Eat the rich and all?
Perhaps he can take $60 billion of that and fund 10 million people with a $6,000 UBI all by himself? He'd still have that massive $3 billion to live on and feel guilty about...
So you're complaining because he did the same thing President Obama tried to do? Of course President Obama failed because the media as a whole said it was wrong. They're not saying that, this time. Perhaps because CNN and the LA Times have been caught flat out lying and refusing to correct their lies...
Nobody on the left has ever called for anything offensive to be banned or restricted.
Other than speech by those they do not agree with, you mean... Triggering and all. I'm sure all the protesting against Milo Yiannopoulos is shouted down and his events shuttered because of threats of violence is because of the extreme vitriol of the right, right?
No more so than when a liberal professor at Drexel College called for white geocide. Or a co-founder of a Black Lives Matter chapter calls for the same. Those are hate speech as well? Should we prosecute them for their speech as well?
Well, to be honest, it was thanks to all the slavery from the Europeans who colonized the Americas, bringing over all the slaves in the first place. Once the US was established, it Jim Crow came about as a result of one particular political party attempting to hold on to the old, European ways...
Here's the NOAA data, it certainly does look like the general trend is the northern climes to have a falling sea level (rebound) and the middle/southern climes to have a rising sea level (also rebound). There are a few exceptions along the ring of fire where we have huge plates subducting, but other than that... If it really were global warming, wouldn't we see a much more even growth in sea level everywhere, or at least one not quite so well delineated by the 49th parallel?
Looking at the long-term NOAA data it looks like the earth's crust is still rebounding from the last ice age, as much of the northern extremes are generally rising (sea level "falling") and the middle and southern areas are sinking (sea level "rising"). Not much we can do about that, is there? Other than use a solution the Dutch have implemented for the last several centuries, anyway...
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The Netherlands is about the same size and population as the greater Los Angeles area, about 8% of the area of just the State of California. The size and scale of the task is rather different. In the Netherlands, it's rare to go more than 30-40km and not encounter another town or city; in the US there are hundreds of stretches more than 250 km long with no towns or cities at all. It's a bit different, no?
I lived in Brussels for a few years, and thought nothing of jumping on my motorcycle and riding 400km to somewhere else. Most in Belgium thought I was insane, that was so far to go, but where I grew up in Seattle, the next biggest city outside of the Puget Sound area was 300km away. We regularly made those quick,3-4 hour trips because that was just normal.
Windows XP has about the same market share as all of OSX. The question is why wouldn't they offer it, since it equals their nearest rival in its entirety? If you can be the distant second place runner with your old OS that supports legacy hardware, why not?
Imagine all the carbon that wouldn't have been released if Apple didn't sell all those apps...
Just pull out your local printed copy. I print one out weekly, so I have a backup of the Internet any time I need it!
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I stick with IHG and the loyalty program there. It more than pays off for me... Always upgraded, lots of free nights, free amenities, etc. Yes, the room may be more "expensive", but when you add up all the nice things that come with the loyalty program - it's money ahead AND much more convenient. Of course, I travel a LOT (86 nights in hotels so far this year), so I'm most likely not typical. But getting free meals, drinks, water, wifi, upgraded rooms, free laundry, etc. is definitely worth paying a few bucks more per night.
Not to mention the quality of the beds and pillows in IHG-brand hotels is always very high and consistent (not rock slabs in Asia, not stiff log pillows in Europe).
Oh yeah? You should see my IP! I pinged myself and it came back as 10.0.0.1 - so there!
Apple paying Creative hundreds of millions of dollars for ripping off their UI kind of says the iPod was nothing more than a prettier Creative media player... oh, but with one important difference: it locked everything down via iTunes rather than as a simple 'drag and drop' music player.
So basically, an apple will cost $5, a pound of cherries $12-$15, etc, etc
So what you're saying is EVERYTHING will cost like we shopped at Whole Foods?
Graduate from college, and rather than buy that $6 latte every day, put it away in a DJIA index fund. When you retire at 65, you'll have over $1 million. Then you can retire wherever you like...
That upsets me. It must be hate speech. You have triggered me. I need a safe space. And a ball pit. And coloring books.
Your proposal that he give away $60 billion would be funding for one year. Then what do you do after you've eaten the golden goose?
Well, realistically we'd need about 10 such billionaires each year, to fund the ~100 million taxpayers in these United States. And when we've used the assets of the first 10 for the first year, we move on to the next 10. Right? Eat the rich and all?
Perhaps he can take $60 billion of that and fund 10 million people with a $6,000 UBI all by himself? He'd still have that massive $3 billion to live on and feel guilty about...
So why was Milo shouted down, why are people "triggered" if it's not offensive?
So you're complaining because he did the same thing President Obama tried to do? Of course President Obama failed because the media as a whole said it was wrong. They're not saying that, this time. Perhaps because CNN and the LA Times have been caught flat out lying and refusing to correct their lies...
Nobody on the left has ever called for anything offensive to be banned or restricted.
Other than speech by those they do not agree with, you mean... Triggering and all. I'm sure all the protesting against Milo Yiannopoulos is shouted down and his events shuttered because of threats of violence is because of the extreme vitriol of the right, right?
No more so than when a liberal professor at Drexel College called for white geocide. Or a co-founder of a Black Lives Matter chapter calls for the same. Those are hate speech as well? Should we prosecute them for their speech as well?
Then it hasn't been America for decades. You can say what you like, except on public broadcast TV where there are some limits, as George Carlin famously pointed out.
According to Merriam Webster, that is a valid way to pronounce it.
Well, to be honest, it was thanks to all the slavery from the Europeans who colonized the Americas, bringing over all the slaves in the first place. Once the US was established, it Jim Crow came about as a result of one particular political party attempting to hold on to the old, European ways...
Here's the NOAA data, it certainly does look like the general trend is the northern climes to have a falling sea level (rebound) and the middle/southern climes to have a rising sea level (also rebound). There are a few exceptions along the ring of fire where we have huge plates subducting, but other than that... If it really were global warming, wouldn't we see a much more even growth in sea level everywhere, or at least one not quite so well delineated by the 49th parallel?
Looking at the long-term NOAA data it looks like the earth's crust is still rebounding from the last ice age, as much of the northern extremes are generally rising (sea level "falling") and the middle and southern areas are sinking (sea level "rising"). Not much we can do about that, is there? Other than use a solution the Dutch have implemented for the last several centuries, anyway...
I don't remember you being up-in-arms when President Obama was checking his phone at a NCAA basketball game. Was that a breach of security?
Just like when President Obama spent 16 days on Martha's Vineyard in a resort any of us could book (if we could afford the $50,000 per week cost)?