Comment Re:Kickstarter! (Score 1) 88
$500 - Invite to a local "We saved Earth!" party on the launch date!
Saved, past tense, on *launch* date? Isn't that a bit optimistic?
$500 - Invite to a local "We saved Earth!" party on the launch date!
Saved, past tense, on *launch* date? Isn't that a bit optimistic?
I like fireworks as much as anyone and I don't mind if someones takes his chances with blowing his own hand off because he's had a few too many Bud Lights. What I mind is when it hasn't rained in months and all the fire danger alerts are Ultra Violet level but people are still shooting off sparkly rockets. Have a little sense, people!
I have a brand new T-series and while the keyboard is mediocre, the truly awful part is the spring loaded touchpad. You can't just use the trackpoint either because the buttons are built into the bouncy touchpad which has a terrible time registering clicks.
For some odd reason I was thinking IPv6 didn't require DHCP. Maybe that's why Google isn't in a hurry to implement it at an extra. But don't let that stop you from having a cussing fit.
Outside of deep Antarctica (Dome A, not far east of the South Pole),
What are you smoking? It isn't possible to be *east* of the South Pole. Only north of it.
and removing asbestos
Sure, the blown asbestos messes up your lungs when it's blowing around but after it's in place? It makes a good insulator and about the best fire retardant ever. Leave it in place.
If the people pass laws
Actually, the people's representatives get together and pass laws after listening to various lobbyists.
Schools are paid for by property taxes. That makes up a tiny, tiny fraction of tax break incentives given out to companies. And the parents who work at a company getting a property tax break buy homes in the area with their salaries.
government subsidies should be used to build an industry so it can be competitive on it's own, not support it indefinitely
Not possible.
However, government could refrain from regulating in such as way as to prevent new industries from being created and new competitors from entering existing industries.
"We value all of your ideas equally, so all decisions will be made by randomly drawing employees’ proposals out of a hat."
This one actually has high entertainment value!
some tech pundits have worried that robots and software will gradually replace human workers in key industries such as manufacturing and IT administration
"Some"? WTF??? Absolutely *ALL* the gizelle pundits are worried robots will replace actual cheetahs now.
Materials science has progressed to the point that a space elevator is a matter of "when" and is no longer wild-eyed sci-fi.
the cost of panels for my house is estimated at $40K, which I cannot afford
You do realize you don't have to go completely off the grid with a $40k array? Why not just a few panels to supplement?
you can get most of that (SSN & DoB) by looking at someone's Driver License in most States
Are there still states that want to use SSN as driver's license id number? I lived in a state that did that (VA) years ago but you could refuse and have them generate a DL number. The employees at the DMV hated that request and tried to bully you out of it, but would eventually relent. I thought I heard they started generating DL numbers for everyone though, so what's with your assertion?
Isn't Hot Topic the store in the mall where all the teens go to buy stuff that makes them unique, just like all the other teens?
Nothing is finished until the paperwork is done.
