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Comment Re:20 year lifespan (Score 1) 372

It sounds like they chose to implement sub-standard LED's because I know from experience that the LED lights that are used on Semi Tractor Trailers are quite visible from well over 5 miles with a foot of snow covering them on the tail end of the trailer... all in -25 to -35 degrees Celsius. This would lead me and most other people that have practical experience in this area... that they used cheap LED's for the street lights if the light is not visible under a little snow. And yes this was observed in Alberta, Canada during a snow storm. It was when I finally caught up to the truck that I was able to see how much snow was covering the lights.

Comment Re:Russia? Please... they were amateurs. (Score 1) 549

Receiving and Collecting are one and the same since if you receive and retain then you have collected. Pretty sure they did not immediately destroy or discard the information. Don't try and pussy foot around this, He lied flat out and he knew it. He (and they) is hoping that semantics and the apathy of the general population will let them get away with it.

Comment Apple IIe at age of 8 (Score 1) 623

I started out at the age of 8. My Dad taught computers in school (not programming) and so he would bring a couple Apple IIe's home on weekends. I too tried the compute magazine programs, but got bored with that and started making my own. I learned from magazines and books but mostly from doing. A few years later I found out that my Dad actually knew "The Dragon" and he lived a 30 minute drive from our home. When I was 10 my Dad was teaching a spreadsheet course at a local college, he had some meetings to go to that week and so my Mom drove me and I answered questions and taught the class while he was away. Not sure if you could get away with that today.

Comment Re: Gold standard = flawed idea (Score 1) 326

The real problem is that governments print money that they have no business printing, devaluing the currency. Countries rely too much on other countries instead of being self sufficient. People think the world owes them and they are entitled to everything without working for it. People are too selfish to help out the poor and needy. Those are the real problems. If you change that, you not only change your circumstances, but you change the world.

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