"You can't just slide your library card into a computer card reading slot for unrestricted access"
Um yes actually, that's exactly what it means. The computers at my library (and it's not a very good library) have card readers that monitor the time spent on the system by individual cards. The limit is 60 minutes without logging off, at which point you can log back on for a new 60 minute session.
So yeah, you can do exactly what you just said couldn't be done. Easily.
"Eh, using coal to make hydrogen is of course possible, but I thought we wanted clean fuel."
Ok, it's not "possible" it's VERY EASY.
And it allows us to continue using petroleum products while transitioning off of them, while simultaneously developing a replacement infrastructue based on the hydrogen created.
Admit it, you didn't know it was possible, and now you're grasping at straws in order to salvage your point.
"The "Pledge of Allegiance" thing that many American school children recite every day."
They're not required to. In fact, it has been demonstrated repeatedly that there is no requirement to take the pledge at all.
"I brought this up in conversation with some American friends recently and they didn't understand why many people in Europe find such things chilling."
I don't either. Spend two minutes in a class watching the kids actually recite a pledge, and you'll realize it's noting more than rote recitation of an outdated "poem".
So, no I don't understand why it's chilling to them. If the kids believed what they were saying, maybe you'd have a point.
Where in there does it say anything about phone calls?
It is now, and always has been, not what the amendments say, but how they are interpreted.
Why does this stuff get modded up?
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"In a nutshell there are two ways to get hydrogen commercially. The first is striping hydrocarbons. They're called hydrocarbons because it diverts your attention from the very obvious problem with this approach. Hydrocarbons are foriegn oil (more accurately natural gas, but it is the same problem.) Remind me again what the problem is that prompted us to look at alternative fuels."
Or, you could use the Fischer-Tropsch process to make artificial gasoline and hydrogen AT THE SAME TIME.
"The mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is called synthesis gas or syngas. The resulting hydrocarbon products are refined to produce the desired synthetic fuel.
The carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide is generated by partial oxidation of coal and wood-based fuels. The utility of the process is primarily in its role in producing fluid hydrocarbons or hydrogen from a solid feedstock, such as coal or solid carbon-containing wastes of various types. Non-oxidative pyrolysis of the solid material produces syngas which can be used directly as a fuel without being taken through Fischer-Tropsch transformations. If liquid petroleum-like fuel, lubricant, or wax is required, the Fischer-Tropsch process can be applied. Finally, if hydrogen production is to be maximized, the water gas shift reaction can be performed, generating only carbon dioxide and hydrogen and leaving no hydrocarbons in the product stream. Fortunately shifts from liquid to gaseous fuels are relatively easy to make."
But we'd still have to use hydrocarbons to make it right? Yes, coal actually, which the US has a larger reserve of than any other country in the world
Upsides are continued petroleum production, and a consistent source of hydrogen during the transition away from fossil fuels. No dependence on foreign oil anyore either.
"I am waiting you to open this issue, there is a famous joke about when dear Mr James Earl Carter talked this issues with Mr Deng Xiaoping in 1980s and asked Mr. Deng to relax domestic immigration policies. Mr Deng say if America can receive 10M people or more to the U.S. and he would be willing to. Mr Carter then shut up his mouth. Now you should..."
Um, what? English please, I've been cool about your shitty writing, but this is incoherent babble.
Excuses. You and I both know the only reason you can't write it is because of the consequences.
Meanwhile, I can say things like "Chairman Mao is my bitch" with impunity. I can even say "President Bush is also my bitch" as much as I want.
You can continue to ACT like it's a game if you want, but you asked for justification of Slashdot stories that continually donounce China.
The FACT that you can't call Chairman Mao a cum-slurping slut is no game. Until you can do so without fear of government reprisal, your pathetic defense of China rings completely hollow.
What's there to try, you bitched about unfair coverage of China, I showed you that it goes both ways, you respond with more barely coherent "english".
The only thing I'll lose is my patience in dealing with astroturfing government shills like you.
"Tibet was part of China"
The Tibetans disagree. Why are the Chinese correct, and the Tibetans not? Sucks not to have an answer for that doesn't it?
"I am not going to discuss you about topic of Tibet anymore"
Of course not. When presented with an irrefutable point, your only choice is to close down debate. It MUST be because of my ignorance, and not because of a completely indefensible position.
Fine, choke on this one. Forced abortion of female babies. Good luck dodging that one.
"The University of Southern California is a state school...Or am I missing something?"
You're missing something, specifically
"The University of Southern California (also known as USC, 'SC, Southern California and Southern Cal), was founded in 1880 and is California's oldest private research university, and is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California."
LOL you are the kind of person who talks and talk, but never hears anything that anyone else ever says.
Hear this.
The reason I brought up Tibet was BECAUSE YOU WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT IRAQ. Iraq is discussed EVERY DAY here on Slashdot.
Tibet is not.
So while you continue to complain about unfair coverage of China, I wanted to bring your attention to an example where the treatment of the US is unfair by your standards.
Is that clear to you, or do you need to find someone smarter to explain it to you?
Also, you leave this stuff out.
"In 1950, the People's Liberation Army entered Tibet, crushing the Tibetan army."
"No, the federal Constitution is supreme over treaties."
You said that
"I never said that treaties supersede the Constitution."
And you also said that.
So, not only are you a crappy lawyer but you're a liar.
And you're wrong about your reading of the Constitution too. I mean, you can blather on about parsing, but if you were honest, you'd admit that I didn't make this argument, Constitution scholars have.
So stop acting like you have a hammer lock on Constitutional law, and stop lying (which would mean no more law for you I guess).
"However, what I am againt is the unbalanced percentage of such kind of news assigned to China in such a technical website."
I think I covered that when I said we don't really care.
"The fact is : "human right" in China is becoming a joke"
You misspelled "have always been".
"By the way, I would like to hear your explaintions about who give your government rights"
This is where my making fun of your ignorance and astroturfing stops and your civics lesson begins. I gave them that ability. The government has no "rights". They have only what power is afforded them by the people.
That fundamental difference is what you fail to comprehend.
Now you explain what rights China has being in Tibet. Better yet don't. Just chew on the fact that it never gets discussed here.
"Hey, what's score of reading course you get in the secondary school?"
Perfect. I scored 100% on every assignment and test. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to decode that incomprehensible mess of a "sentence".
"I say 80% news here about china is just about sensorship and none of other countries recevie such manner even iraq."
That's most likely because people find the level of censorship in China to worthy of discusion. Apparently you disagree. Luckily, we don't care what you think.
"As the biggest IT manufacturer base in the world, is this kind of news we only to know about China?"
No, of course not. We would love to hear more about the other human rights abuses in China, but the Chinese seem to be doing a better job of keeping the lid on them.
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"You can't just slide your library card into a computer card reading slot for unrestricted access"
Um yes actually, that's exactly what it means. The computers at my library (and it's not a very good library) have card readers that monitor the time spent on the system by individual cards. The limit is 60 minutes without logging off, at which point you can log back on for a new 60 minute session.
So yeah, you can do exactly what you just said couldn't be done. Easily.
"Eh, using coal to make hydrogen is of course possible, but I thought we wanted clean fuel."
Ok, it's not "possible" it's VERY EASY.
And it allows us to continue using petroleum products while transitioning off of them, while simultaneously developing a replacement infrastructue based on the hydrogen created.
Admit it, you didn't know it was possible, and now you're grasping at straws in order to salvage your point.
And that proves my point. None of those people are taking the pledge because they want to, it's because they have to.
"I don't think kids are that cynical. When I was young, I believed it."
1 out of the 16 kids in my class right now agree. Sorry, you're wrong.
"Maybe not in high school, but in elementary I bought the whole story"
Easter bunny? Santa Claus? You weren't capable of the kind of thinking at that age that you are now.
My library has two types of cards, one for adults, one for minors.
You have no point at all.
"at the risk of sounding defeatest, does anyone remember the Hindenburg?"
Don't worry guy, that didn't sound defeatist.
Stupid? Oh yeah, but not defeatist.
Why do you fools always bring this crap up, when you've been living in a gasoline economy?
Do you have any idea what gasoline is? Think about your comment again in that light.
"Its their parents"
I can't remember the last time I saw an adult take the pledge. Never, I think.
"The "Pledge of Allegiance" thing that many American school children recite every day."
They're not required to. In fact, it has been demonstrated repeatedly that there is no requirement to take the pledge at all.
"I brought this up in conversation with some American friends recently and they didn't understand why many people in Europe find such things chilling."
I don't either. Spend two minutes in a class watching the kids actually recite a pledge, and you'll realize it's noting more than rote recitation of an outdated "poem".
So, no I don't understand why it's chilling to them. If the kids believed what they were saying, maybe you'd have a point.
Where in there does it say anything about phone calls?
It is now, and always has been, not what the amendments say, but how they are interpreted.
"In a nutshell there are two ways to get hydrogen commercially. The first is striping hydrocarbons. They're called hydrocarbons because it diverts your attention from the very obvious problem with this approach. Hydrocarbons are foriegn oil (more accurately natural gas, but it is the same problem.) Remind me again what the problem is that prompted us to look at alternative fuels."
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Or, you could use the Fischer-Tropsch process to make artificial gasoline and hydrogen AT THE SAME TIME.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer-Tropsch_proc
"The mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is called synthesis gas or syngas. The resulting hydrocarbon products are refined to produce the desired synthetic fuel.
The carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide is generated by partial oxidation of coal and wood-based fuels. The utility of the process is primarily in its role in producing fluid hydrocarbons or hydrogen from a solid feedstock, such as coal or solid carbon-containing wastes of various types. Non-oxidative pyrolysis of the solid material produces syngas which can be used directly as a fuel without being taken through Fischer-Tropsch transformations. If liquid petroleum-like fuel, lubricant, or wax is required, the Fischer-Tropsch process can be applied. Finally, if hydrogen production is to be maximized, the water gas shift reaction can be performed, generating only carbon dioxide and hydrogen and leaving no hydrocarbons in the product stream. Fortunately shifts from liquid to gaseous fuels are relatively easy to make."
But we'd still have to use hydrocarbons to make it right? Yes, coal actually, which the US has a larger reserve of than any other country in the world
http://www.geohive.com/charts/charts.php?xml=en_c
Upsides are continued petroleum production, and a consistent source of hydrogen during the transition away from fossil fuels. No dependence on foreign oil anyore either.
Downside is greatly increased CO2 production.
You haven't looked at all the alternatives.
"These shitty sentenses were written by a pefect boy "scored 100% on every assignment and test."
Sentences.
"Wow you win again!!!"
Agreed
"GO TO WORLD TRADE CENTRE NOW!!!"
Go to Tian'anmen Square. And while you're there, criticize the Chinese government.
HAHA! I win.
Again
I told you already, it's no game.
I can say those things, you can't.
So, even though you were being sarcastic (and you suck at it) yes, I win.
Again.
Meanwhile, you have no such freedom. HAHA!
Mao is my bitch.
"I am waiting you to open this issue, there is a famous joke about when dear Mr James Earl Carter talked this issues with Mr Deng Xiaoping in 1980s and asked Mr. Deng to relax domestic immigration policies. Mr Deng say if America can receive 10M people or more to the U.S. and he would be willing to. Mr Carter then shut up his mouth. Now you should..."
Um, what? English please, I've been cool about your shitty writing, but this is incoherent babble.
Aborting female babies.
I win. Again.
TFA said nothing of the kind, liar.
Excuses. You and I both know the only reason you can't write it is because of the consequences.
Meanwhile, I can say things like "Chairman Mao is my bitch" with impunity. I can even say "President Bush is also my bitch" as much as I want.
You can continue to ACT like it's a game if you want, but you asked for justification of Slashdot stories that continually donounce China.
The FACT that you can't call Chairman Mao a cum-slurping slut is no game. Until you can do so without fear of government reprisal, your pathetic defense of China rings completely hollow.
And I skullfucked Lan Ping.
Hey, douche, why did you say this
"I am not going to discuss you about topic of Tibet anymore "
Then write an entire post about it?
I thought that we had moved on to the subject of China forcing women to abort female babies.
But, since you have no way to refute that point, I guess you had to go running back to the Tibet issue.
"How do you know the most Tibetans disagree to mine?"
They say so.
"have you been there?"
Many times
"how many Tibetans friends do you have?"
Several hundred
"How many books you have read about Tibet?"
Last count, over fifty.
I win.
Fine. I love al Qaeda, and bin Laden was my superhero on 911.
I can do it. You WON'T. And it's not because you don't want to, it's because you're afraid of the consequences.
And I win.
"I used to play such game when I was 11 years old, by the way."
Well if you played yesterday, why not now?
" you are welcome to try it, though."
What's there to try, you bitched about unfair coverage of China, I showed you that it goes both ways, you respond with more barely coherent "english".
The only thing I'll lose is my patience in dealing with astroturfing government shills like you.
"Tibet was part of China"
The Tibetans disagree. Why are the Chinese correct, and the Tibetans not? Sucks not to have an answer for that doesn't it?
"I am not going to discuss you about topic of Tibet anymore"
Of course not. When presented with an irrefutable point, your only choice is to close down debate. It MUST be because of my ignorance, and not because of a completely indefensible position.
Fine, choke on this one. Forced abortion of female babies. Good luck dodging that one.
"The University of Southern California is a state school...Or am I missing something?"
You're missing something, specifically
"The University of Southern California (also known as USC, 'SC, Southern California and Southern Cal), was founded in 1880 and is California's oldest private research university, and is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California."
Oops!
LOL you are the kind of person who talks and talk, but never hears anything that anyone else ever says.
Hear this.
The reason I brought up Tibet was BECAUSE YOU WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT IRAQ. Iraq is discussed EVERY DAY here on Slashdot.
Tibet is not.
So while you continue to complain about unfair coverage of China, I wanted to bring your attention to an example where the treatment of the US is unfair by your standards.
Is that clear to you, or do you need to find someone smarter to explain it to you?
Also, you leave this stuff out.
"In 1950, the People's Liberation Army entered Tibet, crushing the Tibetan army."
China conquered Tibet. Period.
Now go ahead and shill, shill.
And lastly, we still don't care what you think.
"No, the federal Constitution is supreme over treaties."
You said that
"I never said that treaties supersede the Constitution."
And you also said that.
So, not only are you a crappy lawyer but you're a liar.
And you're wrong about your reading of the Constitution too. I mean, you can blather on about parsing, but if you were honest, you'd admit that I didn't make this argument, Constitution scholars have.
So stop acting like you have a hammer lock on Constitutional law, and stop lying (which would mean no more law for you I guess).
"Especially since there have been viable alternatives for years that are superior in absolutely every way"
How about availability? Oops, you lose...
Um, NCLB has been around for four years. Why would it have anything at all to do with adults and their ability to code?
"However, what I am againt is the unbalanced percentage of such kind of news assigned to China in such a technical website."
I think I covered that when I said we don't really care.
"The fact is : "human right" in China is becoming a joke"
You misspelled "have always been".
"By the way, I would like to hear your explaintions about who give your government rights"
This is where my making fun of your ignorance and astroturfing stops and your civics lesson begins. I gave them that ability. The government has no "rights". They have only what power is afforded them by the people.
That fundamental difference is what you fail to comprehend.
Now you explain what rights China has being in Tibet. Better yet don't. Just chew on the fact that it never gets discussed here.
"Hey, what's score of reading course you get in the secondary school?"
Perfect. I scored 100% on every assignment and test. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to decode that incomprehensible mess of a "sentence".
"I say 80% news here about china is just about sensorship and none of other countries recevie such manner even iraq."
That's most likely because people find the level of censorship in China to worthy of discusion. Apparently you disagree. Luckily, we don't care what you think.
"As the biggest IT manufacturer base in the world, is this kind of news we only to know about China?"
No, of course not. We would love to hear more about the other human rights abuses in China, but the Chinese seem to be doing a better job of keeping the lid on them.