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Comment Re:How many beers? A LOT (Score 1) 51

To be honest, even the big breweries are capable of better and often produce "speciality" beers that are decent. The problem is that they can't change their core product, because too many people like it.

Britain, where I came from, had some very good ales throughout my time there. But it also had Bass. And you could drink such delightful imports as Budweiser, Castlemaine 4X, and so on if Bass wasn't shitty enough for you, at a sizable number of pubs.

Good point.

Budweiser has a consistency process that keeps older brews in order to have taste tests. They are pretty precise.

One odd thing is that Budweiser at one point didn't do the headache thing. Then around 1970, something changed. In High school, I could drink it with no problem. Then something happened. two buds, and I'd get queasy, and a hella headache. three and I'd vomit. Switched to "Rolling Rock", and nary a problem.

Yes, I was underage.

Comment Same old, same old (Score 1) 61

Battery life has exceeded the naysayers pronouncements of early doom since the Prius which had to have a 150,000 mile warranty way back in the day, and hardly had anyone using the warranty.

Same with solar panels which I was told they'd stop working in a few years. In Cape May there are quite functional Solar Arrays that have been there 25 years. At a school.

Time to move the goalposts again.

Comment The answer (Score 1) 37

Is no.

Wars have always been about destroying infrastructure. WW2 had The Allies destroying oil refineries, ball bearing plants, railways harbors and other manufacturing. As Germans retreated via rail, they had machinery that broke up the railroad ties. Uncle Joe Stalin moved his materiel production factories out of range. All corporate stuff.

Sometimes I wonder if the people who write these stories don't study history at all.

Comment Re: How many beers? A LOT (Score 2) 51

People drank small beer in the Colonial era like it was Coca-cola. Popular among women and children especially.

What happened to American beer and ale and cider was a 20th century catastrophe known as Prohibition.

Despite our terrible beer, we have quite a few good cocktail recipes. Again thanks to Prohibition for that.

Umm, is it your premise that all American beer is bad? Where do you get your facts from - 1960?

Thousands of Microbreweries, competent companies that make every version and style of beer on earth, and you make a bold statement that it is all bad.

I've tried many beers from many countries, and seriously, there are many American brews that are equals. The concept that all American beer is Bud Light, or Pabst Blue Ribbon or other light lagers is simply wrong.

Although I do use PBR in my sausage making. IPAs give the product an off taste - I might try Maudite from Canadian company Unibroue.

BTW, most pre Prohibition American beer wasn't all that good.https://www.beeradvocate.com/articles/4381/pre-prohibition-lager-more-nostalgic-than-authentic/

Comment Re:How many beers? A LOT (Score 1) 51

Don't forget: American beer is fucking close to water.

Yeah, no. Seriously dud, The country you hate has every range of beer that exists, from light to triple, IPA, We have thousands of microbreweries, that quite frankly brew beer that is equal to or even superior. Now go have a nice European Stella.

America has enough problems at the moment, that don't need the stupid and ill informed to chime in with their inanity.

Comment Re:Its not either or (Score 1) 130

Good for you.

At any rate. As I said earlier, the top-exec types that USED to, 30 years ago, use Concorde are no longer doing so. The market changed, Concorde could never cater to average Joe pricing so it retired.

I don't disagree. As I noted before you questioned my veracity, there really isn't much of a use case for it any more. I'm fine in First class. Hell I'll fly coach if needs must. Paying the price that it would be today, is financial irresponsibility, unless the need is to be there in a short time, and the stars align - that is, there is a Concorde flight taking off that you can get to the airport in time for it. There are probably many jumbos heading that could get you there sooner because they are taking off many times a day.

Comment Re:Its not either or (Score 1) 130

Really???

Do you think that Slashdot is made up solely of programmers and developers? It is not.

There are people here who are scientists, physicists, Engineers, I believe some NucE's as well, and may or may not be highly placed. My present position involves electromagnetic issues - RF from 100 MHz to 6 GHz mainly. but can be anywhere from DC to Daylight as we say.

As I noted, I'm not a VP in name, only that is the closest type position I can associate with what I do.

The advisement I give and counsel I give is on mitigating RF interference, very broadly stated. And since the process looks like black magic to normal people, what I say generally goes. That pattern weaving and mirroring I noted in my previous reply is why I can speak to the CEO's on their level, the Engineers on their level, and interact with all levels on the food chain.

And that is about as much as I can tell you.

Comment Re:US senators ae shiteaters who swallow (Score 1) 130

well, i guess i'll have to be happy that you didn't call me "anti-semite" or "communist" or "terrorist" or "ruzzian troll (tm)".

Explain for the folks at home exactly why I would do such a thing. Your debate technique has a non zero chance of not being very good.

other than that i don't really know how to (or i don't even want to try to) deal with your discombobulated claims.

It is extremely clear that you do not want to deal with anything I wrote. Discombobulated or not.

maybe if you reread your own stuff and realize where you're literally putting claims in my mouth that i had quite literally dispelled already?

Elucidate on your specific claims, where I said you said something you did not say, or is it perhaps that you are demanding to control the conversation by claiming the other person is discombobulated, lying about what you said or does not make sense.

Here's your challenge, If you care to reply. As teacher says, make your claims, and show your work.

Show exactly where I made up things that you supposedly said that you did not say.

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