Jan 9
thene commented on Required Viewing: Jon Stewart on Gun Control.
thene commented on Required Viewing: Jon Stewart on Gun Control.
Agreed with @1, the Lindsay Graham segment was especially beautiful...is there anyone left who doesn't know that he's gay, at this point?
Dec 24, 2012
thene commented on More than 48,000 Sign Petition Calling for CNN's Piers Morgan to Be Deported Over Pro-Gun Control Comments.
thene commented on More than 48,000 Sign Petition Calling for CNN's Piers Morgan to Be Deported Over Pro-Gun Control Comments.
Clearly freedom of speech is not a right, but a privilege that only natural-born US citizens ought to be permitted to exercise. It could be worse, though. At least Morgan isn't exercising his right as a US resident to own a gun.
Dec 19, 2012
thene commented on National Review Writer Blames Newtown Massacre on Feminine Passivity.
thene commented on National Review Writer Blames Newtown Massacre on Feminine Passivity.
Men; those things we ought to keep around to protect us from men!
Dec 14, 2012
thene commented on SL Letter of the Day: Fighting Ugly.
thene commented on SL Letter of the Day: Fighting Ugly.
No shit, anytime anyone mentions feeling suicidal, we want to hear them check in and tell us that they're still here and it got better.
Dec 11, 2012
thene commented on The Oatmeal Strikes Back.
thene commented on The Oatmeal Strikes Back.
Inman is a cunt, this isn't the first time he's shown it, and his 'oh poor widdle me' act every time he gets criticised is getting old.
Dec 10, 2012
thene commented on How Will Local Cannabis Businesses Manage Their Banking?.
thene commented on How Will Local Cannabis Businesses Manage Their Banking?.
sorry, #2, you beat me to it!
Dec 10, 2012
thene commented on How Will Local Cannabis Businesses Manage Their Banking?.
thene commented on How Will Local Cannabis Businesses Manage Their Banking?.
As a general rule the IRS don't care how you make your money so long as a) you report it accurately, and b) you don't engage in self-incrimination. I'm sure that weed sellers will, like sex workers (I mean, 'escorts' and 'dancers'), develop a vocab of legally sanctioned euphemisms to label what business they conduct. I'd figure simply filing as a 'retail store' without saying what you sell wouldn't be a problem. (The IRS seriously don't engage in much law enforcement - I mean, they know the home addresses of all the ITIN filers who aren't in the USA legally but are paying their taxes like the rest of us, and they don't rat all those people out to the DHS.)
Dec 10, 2012
thene commented on Density and Refrigeration.
thene commented on Density and Refrigeration.
#37 - that's not affection, dude, that's math. More power to you if you can make efficiency calculations without the trouble of using actual math.
Seriously, the only 'efficiency' you seem to be advocating in this regard is one of space, not energy use/greenhouse gas emissions. You don't seem to care about obsoleting inefficient technologies at ALL, only about making things denser. Refrigerator efficiency is a matter of cooling air and then keeping it cool afterwards. The latter stipulation does not socialise well.
Seriously, the only 'efficiency' you seem to be advocating in this regard is one of space, not energy use/greenhouse gas emissions. You don't seem to care about obsoleting inefficient technologies at ALL, only about making things denser. Refrigerator efficiency is a matter of cooling air and then keeping it cool afterwards. The latter stipulation does not socialise well.
Dec 10, 2012
thene commented on Density and Refrigeration.
thene commented on Density and Refrigeration.
#30 - thank you, and this isn't even counting store refrigerator cabinets that don't have doors, such as the ones most places use to chill meat and dairy. Some places are getting more carbon-footprint aware and putting doors on those fuckers - but really, Charles, even a tiny bit of thermodynamic awareness would tell you that chilling the contents of a cabinet that doesn't even have a door to keep off the heat of everything else in the (large, maybe extremely large) room it's in is not efficient. If you want a more efficient food chain then legislating fridge doors on all cold storage in stores would be a much better start than trying to get rid of home kitchens/fridges.
Even the doors to store freezer compartments are much thinner and less insulating than the freezer doors we have at home, because they have to be made of something we can see through - and then someone opens them every few seconds to let the heat of the room in there, so the thermostats never get a rest during opening hours.
JFC go learn the laws of thermodynamics and then come back and talk to us about efficiency.
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Even the doors to store freezer compartments are much thinner and less insulating than the freezer doors we have at home, because they have to be made of something we can see through - and then someone opens them every few seconds to let the heat of the room in there, so the thermostats never get a rest during opening hours.
JFC go learn the laws of thermodynamics and then come back and talk to us about efficiency.
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