Nrsolis

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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Carbon tax? I'm not talking about pollution here. I'm talking about geopolitics. If the cost of maintaining a fleet of ships in the Persian Gulf was fully factored into the cost of oil imported from the middle east, you think it's be clo
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
My point is this: just because oil employs lots of people, it isn't a reason to concentrate investment in those industries. The reporter might have been reporting a true statement, but it wasn't informative or even relevant to the discussio
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
We had a ton of fine women working as telephone operators once too. My father was a typewriter repairman for a bit. When was the last time you saw either one of those? Oil's biggest advantage (other than the massive amount of energy densit
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
I've had two experiences with the press. I have many friends who have also had far more interaction with the press than I have. I will tell you this: Both times I made it into the paper, my feeling while giving the interview was that the r
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
IIRC in Texas, they regulate the sale of Erlenmeyer flasks: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/RegulatoryServices/narcotics/na... http://www.crscientific.com/texas-glassware.html Keep in mind that TX generally has a pro-gun population.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Right now, the sale of ammunition isn't regulated in the same way that firearms are. The reason people are looking at ways to "print" banned firearms parts is because they aren't available or are restricted in some fashion.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
You don't need 3D printing to make usable firearms parts. Example: http://aresarmor.com/ Go head and read some of the info on this company, which is selling parts that are unfinished components of an AR-15 rifle. Essentially, they sell y
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
I've heard this before: Any landing where everyone walks away is A GOOD LANDING. Any landing where you can also use the plane again is A GREAT LANDING.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
You are correct about the SWR only measuring the matching of your output to the antenna. But consider this: a signal with lots of harmonics (read: outside of your band intended RF signals) is going to make a 1:1 SWR match harder to achieve
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Matt Taibbi isn't what I would call the most distinguished journalist to be getting your info from. He's a bit sensationalist for my taste. For that matter, he seems to enjoy picking a position to write from before he really has all the f
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Agree. Amateur radio operators have dummy loads and SWR meters to make sure that the signal they are putting out isn't stomping on some other critical portion of the RF band. Experimentation is a good thing, but this is the equivalent of s
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
And they are good at it. I spent some time on a submarine and navigation is one of the most critical things to the cruise.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
One of many. But I think my main point was that a lot of deductions disappear once your AGI reaches a point where people feel that you don't need the benefit of that deduction. With Pease Itemized Deduction phaseouts, the effective tax rate
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Not exactly. The student loan interest deduction gets phased out pretty early. It's gone once your AGI is over $75k. ITEMIZED deductions get reduced by 3% of every dollar you make over a specified threshold. That's 300k in 2013 with this
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
No. That deduction gets phased out at higher incomes.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
It's not said often enough, but Contagion is probably the best and most realistic movie to deal with the likely scenario of a deadly pandemic. Everything from the political and economic impact along with the roles of the scientists and fie
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
And /again/ I'd point you to the words you used in your argument that depend SOLELY on human judgement: accountable immoral bad people All of these words mean nothing until someone assigns them meaning. Your meaning might be different from
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
The thermodynamics are straightforward but the mechanisms for energy expenditure aren't. The body is a dynamic system. It responds to the stresses placed on it and adapts. Remove calorie inputs from the system and it tries to compensate b
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
You're right about the spectrum allocations, but given the way things are going, that might not last. First, the spectrum allocations were originally driven by the need to deliver video signals that were compatible with analog TVs. Now tha
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Really? China has a pretty good run going so far. How many Chinese people were imprisoned/starved during the cultural revolution? Have you taken a look at Central/South America lately? Don't even get me started on Africa. I'd challenge
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
I'd ask you to go back and consider the definition of a "just" law. You just suggested that people who work on "evil" systems be "excommunicated". Exactly how do you do that in the context of a functioning legal system without the involv
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
LOL. I'm assuming you're the authority on what constitutes "evil" right? You are essentially advocating a fascist viewpoint: either you agree with us, or we crush you.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
You're talking to someone who has parents from Central America and Germany. Believe me when I say that there is so much blame to go around, it's unlikely that any unbiased reading of history would place it SOLELY at the hands of the west.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Sorry. My response was to the parent.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Kettle: "Hey Pot! You're black!" The US isn't perfect, but there is no other place in the world I'd rather live. For all our faults, people still bang on the doors to get in. I'd put our record up against that of any other nation in the wo
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
LOL. I'm assuming you're the authority on what constitutes "evil" right? You are essentially advocating a fascist viewpoint: either you agree with us , or we crush you.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
So our legal system is a joke? That's news to me. I'd actually argue that it's been pretty damn effective in keeping our society from devolving into complete bedlam. Your comments reflect all the certitude of someone who has never seen r
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
So your argument is that I should not be a part of this system? Because you don't agree with it? As a person interested in PRIVACY and LAW and INTENRET TECHNOLOGY, who would you think I'd rather have working on this type of system? So
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
I think maybe you missed the point that I actually agree with the mechanisms that are in place. I don't have any disagreements when the framework is used as it is designed to be used. Namely, within the context of due process and rule of
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
It matters if you're trying to gain popular support for your political positions. The average joe doesn't see why wiretapping has anything to do with them. They don't understand or care. And those people vote. Sometimes.

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