So both the R's & D's do it, yeah! We already knew both parties were pretty slimy.

The state does have a legitimate interest in tracking whether your vote -- I.e., have not voted for x years, lose your registered status.I think x is 8 in my state. I know that they also track which party you vote for in the primaries. And they furnish all of this info with the R's and D's, don't know who else can get it.

I would never be intimidated by one of these letters, but I can see how that others would consider it intimidating. Lots of things are more worrisome than this. Thuggery committed by cops, DA's, IRS, EPA, TSA, FDA, NSA, and a host of others bothers me a lot more. Abuse of power by politicians of every stripe is very concerning.

Air doors can be effective in many cases where automatic doors are not practical. Air conditioning the outdoors is never a sound strategy.

Yes, it runs linux.

Cray Linux® Environment (includes SUSE Linux SLES11, HSS and SMW software)
Extreme Scalability Mode (ESM) and Cluster Compatibility Mode (CCM)

system specs

If you are old enough, the mind starts to go.

The $80 plan supposedly unlimited 4G data. Over his $65 price but could be ideal for some people.

Speeds reduced after 1GB of data.

"By far the most common way of a car being stolen is still from thieves breaking into homes and stealing keys," he said.

Don't leave your keys in the obvious places, including the spare keys.

For bonus points: Have some keys labeled "neighbor's house" that are useless.

There are about a dozen states that allow (buyers choice) or require no-fault automotive insurance.

There used to be more, but average premiums were clearly higher for no-fault insurance, so some states reverted to traditional tort insurance.

You may be right about it making more sense for insuring robot cars.

It was Indiana. It was 3.2. It passed the house not the Senate, never law. You actually had to read the bill fairly carefully to determine that it meant pi was exactly 3.2. But yeah, it came close to becoming law.

This is not the most shameful music in the Indiana general assembly, but this fight that at least in part led to the 17th amendment of the US constitution might be the most shameful.

5th generation Hoosier here. My brother is an Indiana state senator, he was of course surprised when I pointed out this preceding tidbit of Indiana history to him after his first election.

Ah, the peppered moth a.k.a. industrial melanism. Lots of evolutionists don't put to much faith in that study anymore since there were some questionable (or fraudulent depending upon who you ask). A quick summary makes it clear why some scientists leave this one alone, though there are still staunch defenders.

Not that I am pro-suicide booths, but at least they are voluntary for individuals (well at least if they had a few safeguards against accidental usage sadly lacking from the Futurama version were it not for the comedic element). They are not as cruel as forcing millions a people to live in squalor with poor sanitation, non-potable water supplies, limited food resources, etc. because someone else decided CO2 is bad and you can't be allowed to have any fossil fuels.

Please, if you are going to insist on no fossil fuels, delay that enforcement until we actually have some viable alternatives. Any alternative that is not nuclear or future tech is not really a viable alternative. Renewables without cheap energy storage are clearly not a viable replacement technology by themselves. The time to develop LFTR on a Manhattan Project basis is negligible in terms of additional CO2 burden if you could start converting fossil fuels power plants en masse starting in 2025. Lockheed Martin hss promised fusion by 2025. LFTR is the safe bet in terms of viability; no-one that really understands the technology says any fundamental breakthroughs are needed. So do both and let ITER and other projects continue.

Give us cheap room temperature superconductors and we could cover deserts around the world with solar panels and windmills without having to store energy. Or just nano-tech solar cells that grow themselves all over our roads. I am not fussy about how it is done, but if you double the cost of electricity you are killing people in large numbers. German electricity is already 0.36 per kWh and 0.12 in the US and 0.08 in China and India. Where do you think manufacturing will grow, where are people burning lots of wood because it it deemed renewable? You and Al Gore are probably safe though, so why should you really care -- pretending to care is enough isn't it.

Not really harping on you in particular since I suspect you would going for the comedic line. But we are ruled by lots of stupid and venal politicians that are pissing on the future as well as today.

Earth could qualify. I could easily sell 1 million 1 ounce Krugerands at $1,000.00 each and the only thing impressive would be how fast I lost hundred of millions of dollars.

Selling a billion dollars worth of Surface 3 in a quarter cannot be judged to be impressive or not when considered as a stand-alone statistic. You have to compare market growth, profitability, etc. You will also need to compare to alternatives in the market.

Maybe you should quote him in context.

The man who is possessed of wealth, who lolls on his sofa or rolls in his carriage, cannot judge the wants or feelings of the day-laborer. The government we mean to erect is intended to last for ages. The landed interest, at present, is prevalent; but in process of time, when we approximate to the states and kingdoms of Europe, — when the number of landholders shall be comparatively small, through the various means of trade and manufactures, will not the landed interest be overbalanced in future elections, and unless wisely provided against, what will become of your government? In England, at this day, if elections were open to all classes of people, the property of landed proprietors would be insecure. An agrarian law would soon take place. If these observations be just, our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation. Landholders ought to have a share in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and check the other. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The senate, therefore, ought to be this body; and to answer these purposes, they ought to have permanency and stability.

Madison intended a rule a benevolent statesman, not defacto slaveowners. In his mind, the purpose was to limit democracy so that mob rule does not simply vote itself the privilege of sharing the wealth of the rich. Madison may not have been terribly wise in seeing the future. But he at least had the foresight to protect against socialism. His protection against the evils of capitalism was also clearly inadequate too.

Your job is to inform and advise. Convincing them is not a reasonable task. People making the decision may not do so in a manner you consider rational.

Make your case honestly and to the best of your ability. What someone else does with your input is beyond your ability to control. You have already summarized the key points of the decision reasonable well. Back them up with supporting info and let it go. Ulcers are not fun.

How about -- one is a sure bet, but the other is more desirable but likely harder to produce.