panzagl

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961.
by panzagl 11y ago
It takes a lot of fuel to deorbit something in a controlled manner.
962.
by panzagl 11y ago
He missed the really good stuff though (fission, etc). It's one thing to say 'the end is nigh' another to actually have it come relatively close to happening.
963.
by panzagl 11y ago
I think thermodynamics would state that it doesn't scale.
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by panzagl 11y ago
The common flaws listed for Lovecraft are his writing style and his racism, and it's usually the latter that people tend to bring up to discredit him. The applicability of his flaws to his ideas is usually a tar pit that unfortunately
965.
by panzagl 11y ago
kuschku's comments only make sense if you assume the US media is a direct arm of the US government.
966.
by panzagl 11y ago
Lovecraft's genius was in taking science at face value and stripping away the sentimentality. You want an infinite universe? Then don't be surprised when some random cosmic event wipes humanity away. You want to say humans came f
967.
by panzagl 11y ago
I would have loved to read Lovecraft's reaction when we did unlock knowledge capable of destroying mankind with the atom bomb...
968.
by panzagl 11y ago
Amiga Phone?
969.
by panzagl 11y ago
As much as I can see the need for disruption in the taxi industry, I can't help but feel like we're going to relearn some lesson from a hundred years ago as to why the regulations formed in the first place.
970.
by panzagl 11y ago
As everyone is saying Prince's method is not okay, I will try to defend him. First, Copyright should nurture creation, not ban it. So what Prince is doing should not be illegal/impossible, but maybe he should have to pay the origi
971.
by panzagl 11y ago
Tablets are just the next step in replacing teachers with their exorbitant $40K salaries with half that number of $10/hr babysitters, so more money can be funneled to the companies providing the curriculum and testing.
972.
by panzagl 11y ago
Where is there free parking? Either you have metered public spaces in a downtown area, or sections of private property set aside for parking use by the customers/employees of the owner of the property. Not really a subsidy in the way
973.
by panzagl 11y ago
Sounds good until Nevada does it.
974.
by panzagl 11y ago
Compare the US to the EU, not any of the countries within it.
975.
by panzagl 11y ago
This seems like an excellent way to give Comcast the power to decide how well your new product runs.
976.
by panzagl 11y ago
Good analogy, though in this case I think the argument is that the police can't compel a professor of obscure language to help.
977.
by panzagl 11y ago
Dystopia has a specific meaning- failed states and dictatorships are not necessarily dystopias.
978.
by panzagl 11y ago
The downvoters don't understand how federal contracts work- maintenance will be bid to the usual suspects, with the downward spiral that entails.
979.
by panzagl 11y ago
Conjuctions are when the objects are within a certain distance (basically a safety margin, usually several kms), a collision is an actual strike.
980.
by panzagl 11y ago
Rocket science really doesn't have a lot of room for primadonnas. It's all process and accountability.
981.
by panzagl 11y ago
You're assuming everyone lives in a relatively old big city. The town I grew up in couldn't support multiple schools, and the money was pretty tightly controlled by the elected school board. You're also not thinking of things
982.
by panzagl 11y ago
You are extrapolating one school system to the whole US. Chicago has chosen to organize its schools that way because it is one of the more corrupt cities in the country.
983.
by panzagl 11y ago
No you don't, at least not universally. I get mine sent to me, I think most libraries use the same system (Overdrive).
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by panzagl 11y ago
For me a lot of the slow down has to do with how transparent it has made the publisher price model. I can buy a new book today for $15.00, wait a year and get it for $10, or wait longer and maybe get it for $5, if I haven't gotten it
985.
by panzagl 11y ago
I'm so open minded I know all Texans are racist /s
986.
by panzagl 11y ago
No one wants to be the person who ignored all the warning signs for the next Columbine. Its as simple as that.
987.
by panzagl 11y ago
And it started beeping in class- depending on the kid's history/attitude sending them to an administrator is not an over-reaction. The zero-tolerance b.s. that happens next is the problem, but even there it's hard to blame a
988.
by panzagl 11y ago
The teacher has very little to do with this stupidity- zero tolerance and post-Columbine hysteria are not the fault of an English teacher.
989.
by panzagl 11y ago
Yeah, wait until these Javascript beasting brogrammers reach 35- all of a sudden experience will become much more valuable to them.
990.
by panzagl 11y ago
Why shouldn't it be 'not too bad'? For NYC that's the lower end of middle class- comparable to being in a (unionized) trade. And I can guarantee the teachers put up with more shit than a plumber.

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