And a species of salmon that to my understanding, is actually invasive, not native.

In Calif politics, "Cui Bono?" is the real driving force. Frex, I'd like to know who in the state power hierarchy has investments with food importers and/or overseas ag interests.

[Longtime and former SoCal resident here; I've seen these "Follow the Money" disasters time and again.]

And this won't be the first disastrous drought in the Central Valley, but I think it may be the first one that Central Calif farming never recovers from.

I noticed that when I first heard someone accuse "Denier!" in the same tone of voice in which a bygone era's enforcers would have shouted "Heretic!"

I think churches should be taxed on any income that doesn't go directly to "good works" -- ie. some form of charity or support structure. Which would put them on an equal footing with other charitable organizations. (Tho having perused some of those tax documents... dodging out of taxes is more like it.)

I =liked= the technomage -- in fact he was my fave character of the lot. So I want to know where the hell *his* story arc was going....??

Why not an intermediate license, or class it as a motorcycle but allow it to be driven with an ordinary car license? I know some places have scooter licenses, so it's not like it hasn't been done.

So is there any real reason it can't have a real roll cage, that would survive being mashed by a truck and improve the occupant's chances??

I do find it a bit amusing that we're essentially reinventing the go-cart in the name of fuel economy.

Some things can't be said too often!

Like the time I had to jump on the brake with all my strength to avoid plowing right through the idiot who pulled out no more than 30 feet ahead of 10,000 pounds of truck and trailer going 25mph and with nowhere else to go??

That's when I learned what amazing brakes Ford puts on their heavier trucks. Stopped with room to spare. But with a "harshness governor" on my actions and only normal braking -- the idiot would have been dead.

[Incidentally, I'm fairly sure popping out in front of oncoming traffic without troubling to look first is the Idaho state sport.]

Absolutely right. There is no idea so stupid, or so counterproductive, or so liberty-killing, that some politician or bureaucrat can't manage to implement it. Do you =really= know what all the riders are on each and every bill?? Do you really know what's in those federal regulations that keep growing by tens of thousands of pages every year??

That explains your sig. Your eyes are in backwards. ;)

Seriously, you are right. And the more fatigued you are, the more likely you are to wind up in a waking-dream sort of state, eyes open and kinda regarding what you see as hallucination, rather than just going to sleep.

Cap my speed at 55, so I can't get out of the way of the idiot who is careering across six lanes, or I wind up blocking my lane which would otherwise move at 75mph... yeah, that'll improve tempers, right.

I've never installed Adblock. Between Noscript, Prefbar, and the MSVP Hosts file, I see ... well, pretty much NO ads.

Bah. I still have a 20 MEG drive that works perfectly. (Actually, two. One MFM, one IDE.)

I got rid of most of my very old drives a while back too. And too late, discovered that some of 'em were worth big bucks to data recovery companies... $900 for that 10mb Rodine. [crying]

What I've noticed since the, um, Great Migration referenced in your sig, is that slashdot now has a lot of posters I don't recall having ever seen before..,. some of every stripe, but generally without the fire in the belly, if you know what I mean. I think that, more than the current crop of articles, has caused a shift in tone.

I now spend more time on SN. Fuck beta!