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There's plenty of real crappy wine for sale, some buy it, but everybody purchases to their taste and budget. So despite the universal availability of all the shitty wine anybody could want, there is also a steady and modestly priced supply of better wines. Same goes for beer. Saying that once there is lots of ditch weed available nobody will want the good stuff is like saying since there is lots of Budweiser and Mogen David around nobody will ever buy Heineken or a a fine Bordeaux. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

OK, silly troll type post. Though I do wonder why they even bother opening the door for such an exemption. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

No way? Is this for real? " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Let's hear some low numbers. At rest (not sleeping), I'm almost always below 50, and have been as low as 42. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

I hear you on that. When I redid the body on my old Firebird I left all the insignia off. I knew what kind of car it was, and didn't care if others had to guess. Almost without exception people were anywhere from confused to negatively critical. It was as if a good without logos and brand marks was worht less to them. I think it is just another manifestation of the hey-everybody-look-at-me syndrome. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

What he said. Also, although the analogy is vague, as is your story on the Corvette you drove - a Corvette is not a Ferrari. Only a very very small and highly trained proportion of the population would be able to push a modern Ferrari to anywhere near it's limits without losing control in the 1st corner, and peeing themselves. Whereas the average Cub Scout with his Soap Box Derby badge could be trained to drive a Corvette. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

No, just cleaned up a little. I tabbed mine. It made it much easier to use as a reference in preparing for my rating; and makes it a ton easier to use as a reference when instructing. About a dozen tabs changes it from feeling like your flipping thru a bible to feeling like you are using a decently organized reference manual. Also, just as a matter of good form, they should actually pay a professional proofreader to give the next version it's last looksee. It can't cost THAT much. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

How big do you think a GPS receiver and cellular phone transmitter are? No shit. I mean, if Control could do it back in the 60's, doing it now has got to be so easy. You probably don't even need to swing the heel open to make a call anymore. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

They write as if they were writing a fictional short story. I think TV actually started doing it first; and it really comes off corny when they try to turn a :30 clip into a dramatic cliffhanger. In Minneapolis they have a guy that has a perfect voice for the attempt. His opening and closing comments are so fucking syrupy and sappy and corny it is unbelievable. They should have left him where he was, and doing what he did best - the annual spring all-traffic-stopped-while-the-goslings-cross-the-highway story. Thank goodness for BBC on the Direct TV dish. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

I'm not sure why. I popped open the forum, saw the thread title and author, thought 'What the hell?' I think I have a personality flaw that will not allow me to be passive in the face of that level of XXXXXXXX. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

No, there is a relatively small proportion of US citizens that think like you do. We used to keep most of the nuttier ones locked up; or at least under careful watch. Reagan decided to mainstream them and Gore gave them the internet; creating a CT marketeers wet dream. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Can you have any discussion without resorting to outrageous hyperbole? We're becoming a dictatorship? Really? So all these hotly contested races, many with issues driving people to polarized extremes, and the political pendulum doing pretty dramatic swings every 4 or 8 years - looks like a dictatorship to you? Who, in your opinion, do you think we'll elect as our next dictator? (If that question doesn't enlighten you to the absurdity of your comment, nothing will). " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

With witch the government can snatch and steal their chunk of . . . so who is the cartel then? That's 15 yards for shooting repeated tangenital digressions from the hip. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

This COULDN'T be a political move, could it? Or is it just as it appears, an admission that the plan they shoved down our throat is bunk!? Yes, and yes. What they did was more along the lines of appealing to voter emotions (do you "feel" better now?) than actually addressing the problem - but that's politics as usual. It'll be intreresting to see how everybody "feels" as this whole thing plays out/unravels). " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

OK, had to look it up. Aphelion is only 2.5% farther than average distance, or 3.4% farther than preihelion. Also came across several references confirming elipticity as a relatively trivial component of Earth's seasonality. It's not that it can not matter, just that in the case of Earth it matters very little. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

QuoteBut if they're tide-locked, either there's no spin whatsoever (one side always faces the sun) or the axis of spin is pointed right at the sun. So axial tilt won't give them seasons - but their orbit might.Quote It is true that elipticity of the Earth's orbit provides some impact on seasonality; but it is very small and far less than that caused by minor factors such as ocean currents, albedo, wind, etc.; and trivial compared to axial tilt. In fact, the Earth as a whole is warmer at aphelion than at perihelion because of the orientation of land masses at that part of the orbit, further demonstrating the extreme dominace of tilt over elipticity (at least given the Earth's degrees of tilt and elipticity). Tidal locked bodies ALWAYS have spin. (Do you think that because the Moon is tidally locked to Earth that it has no rotational spin along the plane of it's revolution around the Earth?) Tidal locking does not erase or eliminate spin, it's just that the rate of spin along the axis perpendicular to the 2nd body is the same speed as the revolution around the 2nd body. Rotation and revolution are in 1:1 resonance, but rotation is definitely not eliminated. In the case of a dual locked system, the spin of both bodies and the revolution around the center of the sytem are all in a 1:1 resonance. A tidal locked body could have spin as described above; and also spin around a 2nd axis. If Uranus was tidally locked with the Sun, with it's pole always pointed to the Sun, it would have spin perpendicular to the solar plane in a 1:1 resonance to it's revolution around the Sun, as well as spin around it's poles. In that case it's seasonality would be based strictly on elipticity; but that would be an extreme case (and it's not tidally locked anyway). A tidally locked planet with a rotational spin axis pointed directly at the Sun will not have axial tilt - along any axis. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

The seasons are due to the tilt of the Earth's axis and the resultant variation in sun angle and length of day; not the elipticity of the orbit. The difference between close approach (perihelion) and farthest distance (aphelion) would have to be much greater than they are for it to significantly alter weather/climate patterns. In other words, the orbit could be perfectly round and we would still have seasons based on axial tilt; but without axial tilt, we would need a dramtically elongated eliptical orbit to have seasons. In more other words, the seasons are caused by the poles pointing away from perpendicular to the solar plane. When the pole you live closest to points directly toward the Sun, it is midsummer - and vice versa. (Not accounting for annual heat lag that causes the warmest and coldest days to be a month or 2 later then the solstices). The only rotation for a body in tidal lock is on it's axis that is perpendicular to the rotational plane of the 2nd body; and it's rotational speed on that axis matches it's speed of revolution around the larger body (such as the Earth and Moon). There are examples of 2 bodies in 'dual lock' (can't think of the proper term) in which both bodies show each other one hemisphere at all times. And then there is the freak Uranus. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Shame on our legislators for not foreseeing that even large insurers will simply pull out of certain market segments if the requirements mean they will take a loss. Shame on any carrier that can not even achieve an 85% loss ratio, much less 90%. Lots of blame to go around for basically extending the same old system with barely token efforts to actually control the cost of care. It's almost as if they said "Let's just fix the price of what carriers and consumers must pay, but not address the actual costs." Brilliant. And now that some of the folly is being exposed, here come the exemptions. This political cluster fuck is going to get a lot clustier. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Could be a delay due to some of the adjectives used. Writing to a board of any kind should be concise, professional, and devoid of colorful names. It is possible to be professionally critical without hurling insults. In fact, those 2 things are pretty much mutually exclusive. If a letter like that showed up on my desk, it would go to the bottom of the stack, and stay there until absolutely everything else was done. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

But it certainly is a bar right about sunset on. Earlier if the winds kick up for the evening. It's not a bar, it's a drop zone. There are a few with a liquor license, in which case it is a drop zone with a bar. Most DZ's have neither. But by your logic, my house is a bar, the baseball fields are a bar, my neighbor's yard is a bar, etc. Damn near the whole world is a bar if the only qualifier is that people are consuming alcohol. And I would not consider the places I listed, or the world in general, as an adult playground; especially if it is just to rationalize my desire for minors not to be there. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Seems the name fits. White, stuffy, conservative. Wonder if they insist on a 2 hour work stoppage the middle of every afternoon? But seriously, I'll reserve judgement while waiting to see if they are looking to do something other than politics as usual. Let's see if they are capable of anything more than the usual games (if they win a few seats). " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Yes, contractors can be let go for no reason - usually. If there really is a contract in place, and it calls for a specific length of service, then the letting go would need to be in compliance with the other terms of the contract. If the term of the contract is up, or if there is no term, or no contract at all; then there is no other reason needed then "We are done." However, if there is a specific term for which they contracted, then "Because you are gay" or "Because you are black" etc will not wash. For the person who has been thru this dozens of times; what have you been doing to warrant dozens of incidents? " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

9/11 seemed to be at the top of your list for a long time. It appears to have been replaced by banking. Two questions: 1 - Do you think 9/11 was sponsored by the evil bankers? 2 - What's your opinion on the world-will-end-in-2012 topic? " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Regardless of what people would like to think, a kindergarten sandbox is a good approximation of all politics. It is why who gets elected is a relatively trivial point compared to the momentum of the games being played. Countries are run by assholes who are more hung up on their juvenille games of dominance and greed than on the good of the whole. I also think it is not much about doing things first as it is about looking good. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Excellent advice. I saw a license card last night, person with just over 25 jumps (most of the training at some other DZ), with the card only about 1/4 complete. I know a lot of it had to have been done, and the student concurred, but the log lacked all the details. From another DZ, with no log details; I'm not signing stuff off. Plan to knock stuff out every jump, then LOG IT & GET THE LOG AND CARD SIGNED! " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley