That's the same in America. Minorities can tell off color jokes about the majority, and they can form segregated groups as well.
Mostly true.
There is BET, but there is not WET.
True.
You can say nigger as long as you are not a honky.
True.
You can attack Creationism, and be praised, but don't you dare attack Darwinism.
Darwinism is based in science. There's nothing legally wrong with attacking Darwinism, but it's academically on par with saying the earth is flat. Creationism is based in faith, and can't be confirmed by science. They're not on the same plane.
If you are ok with homosexuality, you can talk about how it should be accepted, but if you are not ok with it then keep your mouth shut!
If by 'not ok with homosexuality' you mean you don't practice it, no one rational will argue with that. If you think people shouldn't be homosexual, this is clearly discriminatory. It's no different than saying people shouldn't be black.
Everyone who ever used Windows 95, 98 or ME had to deal with reformatting and reinstalling on a regular basis. The last PC I put Windows on everything worked out of the box except the video card, and that driver came on the CD with the card anyway. The internet connection 'just worked', too (the router needed a bit of setup, but I don't think the OS had anything to do with that). It is hard to get linux support if you don't already have a pretty good idea what's going on. There's no tech support to call, and most people don't care enough to find an online forum to ask technical questions. Most people here just have enough experience that they don't remember the stupid-simple problems that people with less familiarity have.
I'm having a bit of trouble finding the exact source I'm looking for, but even a world-class athlete can only generate a few hundred watts for a few hours. This article gives a figure of 379 watts for a 75 minute time trial for Floyd Landis during the Tour de France in 2005, and I'd presume that a bicycle is one of the more efficient ways to capture energy while working out. Unless you're a really spectacular athlete, you're going to have trouble turning on more than a few lightbulbs, let alone your home PC.
This, listed as a reference from the Wikipedia site, suggests that the case is indeed as ridiculous as it sounds at face value.
As an irrelevant aside, when I worked at Wendys in high school, the tap water could get up to around 170 degrees, which isn't much cooler than the allegedly too-hot temperature for coffee.
It shouldn't be hard if you have a good balance. The copper ones are heavier [3.1g vs. 2.5g]. You can also cut it in half, which makes it pretty obvious which you're working with, but is not so good if you're trying to collect a set of each. I think they sound a little different when dropped, too, but I could be wrong on that one.
More recent pennies are zinc in the middle. It looks funny in coin smash machines because sometimes the copper coating gets spread out enough to show the zinc through, which is a different color.
Using 1% of the total ocean surface, in equatorial waters, would equate to what? Taking away 10% if the ocean's thermal input?
You made this up.
That would make the long-term global warming trend look laughable by comparison, and yes, it would unfortunately be in the opposite direction. I don't think we know exactly what the tipping point is for an ice age to start, but once it starts, we have no way to stop it.
Exactly what we're doing now? Incidentally, having the cells absorb the sun's energy won't reduce the total solar energy input into the ecosystem, because it's still being absorbed. Unless the solar cells increase the albedo of the ocean, which seems... unlikely.
(And then, incidentally, 99% of the human race would die of thirst or starvation.)
Could be that they "found" the minivan on the 9th, and when they asked the people in the neighborhood, they said something like "Oh yeah. That car's been parked there since Thursday. I thought maybe the Sullivans had guests for the weekend".
I don't think it's very interesting at all. Sturgeon sued Hans over a loan that allegedly wasn't paid back, and they settled out of court. This could be because Hans had no case and paid without having to deal with the courts. It could be because Sturgeon figured the amount he was going to get settling made it not worth going for the rest. It wasn't a slander suit, so it probably doesn't have much to do with Hans's claims about Sturgeon's sexual indiscressions one way or another.
The fact that a melting ice cube will not contribute to a rise in water level was not wrong, and was not what the parent was disputing. The contention that Much of the world's ice is already floating on the oceans and is therefore displacing the water. All that floating ice melting would not raise the oceans even a millimeter. All the ice on land melting would not make much of a rise either is misleading. The largest portion of the world's ice is in Antartica. This melting would cause a large rise in sea levels (though the world would need to warm quite a bit for *all* of it to melt)
Shell games. There aren't that many people that make even $100,000 a year. Six figure salaries are pretty much a falsehood for the average American no matter what TV might try to convince us of.
Since when is 95th percentile average? There are quite a variety of professions that have a chance (some greater than others) of making six figures - law, medicine, engineering, and management to name a few.
I also don't trust the U.S. census of 2000 due to the damage it did in my state. It made Columbus Ohio the "largest" city in Ohio by incorporating all the cow towns around it. The REAL largest city in Ohio is Greater Cleveland IF we played the same game and incorporated the entire surrounding county into Cleveland proper. The end result is that Cleveland lost a LOT of federal funding and it all went to Columbus. This has caused somewhat of a boom in the Columbus area while killing off Cleveland. We've been losing businesses and the associated jobs thanks to census games.
That's nice. I can't dispute the accuracy of the claim. It, however, has absolutely nothing to do with the census's measurement of income levels.
I suspect that the 95th percentile number was merely a numbers game to try and make it seem like there are more wealthy people in the U.S. than there really are.
Ok. And I think they counted up the responses and plopped them on a graph.
So you don't make that much? What does that prove? According to census.gov, the 95th percentile in the US was $150K [in 2001], so there are probably several hundred thousand people making more than a quarter million here alone. Also, it gives the same "rich list" position for $200001/yr as for $100M/yr. It may well be accurate for the middle of the scale, but it's definitely off at the high extreme.
Putting your bikes on top of your car or mount it on the back gets up your gas usage by 50%-100%
I think you pulled this out of your ass. In my experience, it's ~10%. Maybe as much as 20% for kayaks and canoes, but that's tough to judge, because the roads around where I take boats tend to be hilly and windy.
You're using the base price of the 360 and the deluxe price of the PS3, so there's a $100 discrepency you're ignoring.
The xbox 360 core (no hard drive) is far more gimped than the PS3 base model.
The rebate [mentioned elsewhere in the thread] is only useful to a pretty limited number of people - Microcenter doesn't sell the 360 online and there are only 19 retail locations in the country, at least according to their website.
The PS3 costs $500-$600, not $600-$700. Presumably you use these numbers to make your argument look better?
There new competitors to the PS2 that were not there last year. It probably wouldn't have surprised many people if the Wii had taken a big chunk out of PS2 sales, because it's not nearly as expensive as the PS3 or 360.
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That's the same in America. Minorities can tell off color jokes about the majority, and they can form segregated groups as well.
Mostly true.
There is BET, but there is not WET.
True.
You can say nigger as long as you are not a honky.
True.
You can attack Creationism, and be praised, but don't you dare attack Darwinism.
Darwinism is based in science. There's nothing legally wrong with attacking Darwinism, but it's academically on par with saying the earth is flat. Creationism is based in faith, and can't be confirmed by science. They're not on the same plane.
If you are ok with homosexuality, you can talk about how it should be accepted, but if you are not ok with it then keep your mouth shut!
If by 'not ok with homosexuality' you mean you don't practice it, no one rational will argue with that. If you think people shouldn't be homosexual, this is clearly discriminatory. It's no different than saying people shouldn't be black.
Everyone who ever used Windows 95, 98 or ME had to deal with reformatting and reinstalling on a regular basis. The last PC I put Windows on everything worked out of the box except the video card, and that driver came on the CD with the card anyway. The internet connection 'just worked', too (the router needed a bit of setup, but I don't think the OS had anything to do with that). It is hard to get linux support if you don't already have a pretty good idea what's going on. There's no tech support to call, and most people don't care enough to find an online forum to ask technical questions. Most people here just have enough experience that they don't remember the stupid-simple problems that people with less familiarity have.
I'm having a bit of trouble finding the exact source I'm looking for, but even a world-class athlete can only generate a few hundred watts for a few hours. This article gives a figure of 379 watts for a 75 minute time trial for Floyd Landis during the Tour de France in 2005, and I'd presume that a bicycle is one of the more efficient ways to capture energy while working out. Unless you're a really spectacular athlete, you're going to have trouble turning on more than a few lightbulbs, let alone your home PC.
I don't know. How many? Do you know, or are you just making an accusation?
Where the hell do you find something like that? That may be the kookiest thing I've ever seen in the wide world of the internet. I'm impressed.
Mitochondria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion
You're thinking Midi-chlorian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midochlorian
This, listed as a reference from the Wikipedia site, suggests that the case is indeed as ridiculous as it sounds at face value.
As an irrelevant aside, when I worked at Wendys in high school, the tap water could get up to around 170 degrees, which isn't much cooler than the allegedly too-hot temperature for coffee.
If you have oil heat?
It shouldn't be hard if you have a good balance. The copper ones are heavier [3.1g vs. 2.5g]. You can also cut it in half, which makes it pretty obvious which you're working with, but is not so good if you're trying to collect a set of each. I think they sound a little different when dropped, too, but I could be wrong on that one.
More recent pennies are zinc in the middle. It looks funny in coin smash machines because sometimes the copper coating gets spread out enough to show the zinc through, which is a different color.
Using 1% of the total ocean surface, in equatorial waters, would equate to what? Taking away 10% if the ocean's thermal input?
You made this up.
That would make the long-term global warming trend look laughable by comparison, and yes, it would unfortunately be in the opposite direction. I don't think we know exactly what the tipping point is for an ice age to start, but once it starts, we have no way to stop it.
Exactly what we're doing now? Incidentally, having the cells absorb the sun's energy won't reduce the total solar energy input into the ecosystem, because it's still being absorbed. Unless the solar cells increase the albedo of the ocean, which seems... unlikely.
(And then, incidentally, 99% of the human race would die of thirst or starvation.)
You made this up too.
Could be that they "found" the minivan on the 9th, and when they asked the people in the neighborhood, they said something like "Oh yeah. That car's been parked there since Thursday. I thought maybe the Sullivans had guests for the weekend".
I don't think it's very interesting at all. Sturgeon sued Hans over a loan that allegedly wasn't paid back, and they settled out of court. This could be because Hans had no case and paid without having to deal with the courts. It could be because Sturgeon figured the amount he was going to get settling made it not worth going for the rest. It wasn't a slander suit, so it probably doesn't have much to do with Hans's claims about Sturgeon's sexual indiscressions one way or another.
The fact that a melting ice cube will not contribute to a rise in water level was not wrong, and was not what the parent was disputing. The contention that Much of the world's ice is already floating on the oceans and is therefore displacing the water. All that floating ice melting would not raise the oceans even a millimeter. All the ice on land melting would not make much of a rise either is misleading. The largest portion of the world's ice is in Antartica. This melting would cause a large rise in sea levels (though the world would need to warm quite a bit for *all* of it to melt)
Odd moral stance to take, in a capitalist society. Hope you enjoy the pedestal you've put yourself on.
Those wacky japanese businessmen.
As opposed to.... Sony?
And here I thought it was pigeons.
[they're probably just as tasty]
Shell games. There aren't that many people that make even $100,000 a year. Six figure salaries are pretty much a falsehood for the average American no matter what TV might try to convince us of.
Since when is 95th percentile average? There are quite a variety of professions that have a chance (some greater than others) of making six figures - law, medicine, engineering, and management to name a few.
I also don't trust the U.S. census of 2000 due to the damage it did in my state. It made Columbus Ohio the "largest" city in Ohio by incorporating all the cow towns around it. The REAL largest city in Ohio is Greater Cleveland IF we played the same game and incorporated the entire surrounding county into Cleveland proper. The end result is that Cleveland lost a LOT of federal funding and it all went to Columbus. This has caused somewhat of a boom in the Columbus area while killing off Cleveland. We've been losing businesses and the associated jobs thanks to census games.
That's nice. I can't dispute the accuracy of the claim. It, however, has absolutely nothing to do with the census's measurement of income levels.
I suspect that the 95th percentile number was merely a numbers game to try and make it seem like there are more wealthy people in the U.S. than there really are.
Ok. And I think they counted up the responses and plopped them on a graph.
Because pointing out facts that disagree with someone's opinion is trolling. Clearly.
So you don't make that much? What does that prove? According to census.gov, the 95th percentile in the US was $150K [in 2001], so there are probably several hundred thousand people making more than a quarter million here alone. Also, it gives the same "rich list" position for $200001/yr as for $100M/yr. It may well be accurate for the middle of the scale, but it's definitely off at the high extreme.
Who do you think EA has to pay more, their developers, or the massive egos of the 'professional' athletes?
(c) The astute businessmen who run the NFL franchise.
I don't think you've ever been to New Jersey.
Putting your bikes on top of your car or mount it on the back gets up your gas usage by 50%-100%
I think you pulled this out of your ass. In my experience, it's ~10%. Maybe as much as 20% for kayaks and canoes, but that's tough to judge, because the roads around where I take boats tend to be hilly and windy.
And Subaru went and slapped an unnecessary turbocharger on one of the only good ones on the market, so now it gets pretty lousy mileage too.
You're using the base price of the 360 and the deluxe price of the PS3, so there's a $100 discrepency you're ignoring.
The xbox 360 core (no hard drive) is far more gimped than the PS3 base model.
The rebate [mentioned elsewhere in the thread] is only useful to a pretty limited number of people - Microcenter doesn't sell the 360 online and there are only 19 retail locations in the country, at least according to their website.
The PS3 costs $500-$600, not $600-$700. Presumably you use these numbers to make your argument look better?
There new competitors to the PS2 that were not there last year. It probably wouldn't have surprised many people if the Wii had taken a big chunk out of PS2 sales, because it's not nearly as expensive as the PS3 or 360.
Yeah, otherwise this is an insightful post.