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 Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:11 pm
Monom see, now THAT'S why the world is Dumb, Everything is about Profit Profit Profit... If it doesn't help you why do it right? but what if it doesn't help OR hinder you, why do we STILL not do it? Because there is no "Profit" in doing something you get NOTHING from, right? I find that to be BULL, We lack common courtesy now cuz, why help someone if they aren't gonna do anything in return? WELL I help people NEVER expecting ANYTHING in return, if they wanna give me something than FINE, but I will never ask for it The golden rule has died, only a few people now, Like me, actually Follow it... Now a days it's "Treat people how you feel like, and get mad if they don't treat you like a god" I really dislike this attitude that people have... I'm nice to everyone I possibly can be nice to, and then HOPE they are actually nice BACK to me... What use is there of offering a product that will make you no profit and will put you out of business? Has nothing to do with common courtesy. We don't build economies on products that have no profit. How else will people keep their jobs and provide for their families? Thats like saying Microsoft should start a giving away their source-codes for free to other software rivals so that it will advance new technologies. How long would Microsoft be around afterwards? Probably not very long. Thus, their employees would lose their jobs. Without profit no one would have anything, neither would they have food to feed themselves with. The golden rule is to treat others as you would want others to treat you. That doesn't mean that you have to make a different product for every single persons needs for the betterment of society. From the same book that gave you the golden rule gave you another principle and that was "A worker earns his own wages." If you make no profit how do you pay their wages?
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:33 pm
Momiji Akiko Yami Takashi Momiji Akiko Now as for "having large tanks of water in the desert that are heated" as a source of energy. I'm sure if it was a feasible idea, it would have been tried or talked about by scientists that are looking to implement them along with other technologies. The 'Green Movement' also would have used it in proposals as they lobbied the government to use more of what they call "Green Technologies". I'm sure it's been talked about by scientist. They want to put a solar tower in the desert. Its just scientist want to have things all sci-fi like. It would embarrass them if they publicly said "we're going fill tanks of water up in the desert, let them warm up some, then heat them ourselves and turn turbines with the steam, then recycle the water with an air conditioning system similar to how your personal AC works." compared to "we're engineering a tower that will harness the sun's energy to its fullest unlike anything before it!" Think what would be cooler to have in a sci-fi movie. this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tWlP0knKQUor a huge bulky tanks/silos with bulky coil (for cooling) coming out of them, plus the structure underneath for heating the tank? the idea is too primitive to scientist. something like this they would be in favor of because it looks cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9flSPAdOLkThe reason we don't have bubble dome cars, and batmobils (the old ones) all over is because they're too inefficient in design and we no longer view them as cool. The VW Beatle is the closest car i can think of to what the jetsons had, and even people who had the original ones make fun of people driving them today. the whole concept is renewable. while the water in the tanks can be recycled something has to heat it at night, working harder then day. Fuel that for a while would need to be either fossil or something just as efficient. The best idea i can think of is splitting the water into H and O and burning the hydrogen and release the oxygen. the point is your doing less work (at least in the day) by using the desert hear and getting more energy with less waste. Well, if they are successful, then I'm sure they'll be implanted in more places, hopefully here too. The solar tower looked pretty amazing but those funny looking wind turbines just look a little too strange, not that it wouldn't work though. Even though the video says the Solar Tower will be ready by 2012, seeing as the construction won't start till 2010, that it will be longer then that before its done. I'm not saying that they're estimates are off or anything, its just that the tower alone, given its shear size, would seem like it would take longer then two years to build. FF7 had the right idea, remember that huge arena that had mirrors and solar panels? Its a old idea, its just someone took a rolling pin to it and made it flt.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:33 pm
you guys really know your stuff
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:23 pm
Yami Takashi Momiji Akiko Yami Takashi Momiji Akiko Now as for "having large tanks of water in the desert that are heated" as a source of energy. I'm sure if it was a feasible idea, it would have been tried or talked about by scientists that are looking to implement them along with other technologies. The 'Green Movement' also would have used it in proposals as they lobbied the government to use more of what they call "Green Technologies". I'm sure it's been talked about by scientist. They want to put a solar tower in the desert. Its just scientist want to have things all sci-fi like. It would embarrass them if they publicly said "we're going fill tanks of water up in the desert, let them warm up some, then heat them ourselves and turn turbines with the steam, then recycle the water with an air conditioning system similar to how your personal AC works." compared to "we're engineering a tower that will harness the sun's energy to its fullest unlike anything before it!" Think what would be cooler to have in a sci-fi movie. this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tWlP0knKQUor a huge bulky tanks/silos with bulky coil (for cooling) coming out of them, plus the structure underneath for heating the tank? the idea is too primitive to scientist. something like this they would be in favor of because it looks cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9flSPAdOLkThe reason we don't have bubble dome cars, and batmobils (the old ones) all over is because they're too inefficient in design and we no longer view them as cool. The VW Beatle is the closest car i can think of to what the jetsons had, and even people who had the original ones make fun of people driving them today. the whole concept is renewable. while the water in the tanks can be recycled something has to heat it at night, working harder then day. Fuel that for a while would need to be either fossil or something just as efficient. The best idea i can think of is splitting the water into H and O and burning the hydrogen and release the oxygen. the point is your doing less work (at least in the day) by using the desert hear and getting more energy with less waste. Well, if they are successful, then I'm sure they'll be implanted in more places, hopefully here too. The solar tower looked pretty amazing but those funny looking wind turbines just look a little too strange, not that it wouldn't work though. Even though the video says the Solar Tower will be ready by 2012, seeing as the construction won't start till 2010, that it will be longer then that before its done. I'm not saying that they're estimates are off or anything, its just that the tower alone, given its shear size, would seem like it would take longer then two years to build. FF7 had the right idea, remember that huge arena that had mirrors and solar panels? Its a old idea, its just someone took a rolling pin to it and made it flt. FF7... Do you mean the video game? If so, I'm not sure. I had the game but never really played it...
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:39 am
@momi: I never said I was Applying the golden rule or anything else to companies, I was talking about people in general, ya know, the General Public?
Also I like the Idea of solar power and Wind generators, If my dad's body and mind weren't shot he'd remember how to actually make and set them up, we could have our own little buisness, selling clean energy, and the cost would be low, just enough that me make a Little profit, but don't leech em dry, and we would offer a cheap Monthly repair thing too, something like for $5 a month, we make sure they work properly and keep em working.
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:22 am
never played FF7?!?!?!? that's jsut sad, i was watching the news and they had a 70 something year old granny playing it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:44 pm
The problem with massive amounts of solar is it will cause DROUTS. That means we'd trade an energy crisis for a WATER CRISIS. Our other sources of power aren't developed nearly enough, which is why I think we need to develop more alternatives, and safer nuclear technology as well. We should also be working with the those working on the fission or fusion power, that would produce massive amounts of energy on the cheap.
I'd say profits aren't bad, it's when you try to screw people out as much as possible, and be as LAZY as possible while doing it, THEN we have problems. Like look at Comcast, they're sucking up lots of money, but they aren't using it to really IMPROVE their service. Rather then swtich to a new code that would handle data faster, they just limit the maximum amount of data you can download. Or like how they are moving lots of customer service jobs out of country, where they pay people less then 50% of what they make here, but won't even give us extra Customer Support Hours. Not to mention paying people *gaps* living wages for jobs well done!
The bottom line is too many companies these days, put LAZYNESS and MONEY above the needs of their employees and customers. "The love of money is the root of all evil" kind of thing.
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:54 pm
Ayanami Rei First Child The problem with massive amounts of solar is it will cause DROUTS. That means we'd trade an energy crisis for a WATER CRISIS. Our other sources of power aren't developed nearly enough, which is why I think we need to develop more alternatives, and safer nuclear technology as well. We should also be working with the those working on the fission or fusion power, that would produce massive amounts of energy on the cheap. I'd say profits aren't bad, it's when you try to screw people out as much as possible, and be as LAZY as possible while doing it, THEN we have problems. Like look at Comcast, they're sucking up lots of money, but they aren't using it to really IMPROVE their service. Rather then swtich to a new code that would handle data faster, they just limit the maximum amount of data you can download. Or like how they are moving lots of customer service jobs out of country, where they pay people less then 50% of what they make here, but won't even give us extra Customer Support Hours. Not to mention paying people *gaps* living wages for jobs well done! The bottom line is too many companies these days, put LAZYNESS and MONEY above the needs of their employees and customers. "The love of money is the root of all evil" kind of thing. wait...whaaa? how will solar power make drouts?
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:02 pm
kinda scary seeing uke all fem now.
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:57 pm
Solar power itself won't cause Droughts, intense sunlight and Lack of rain will cause them, Like here in NM, we have too much "Dry Rain" and are in a drought, although all the normal Rain we've been getting this year might be helping stop how deep it is...
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:16 pm
Monom @momi: I never said I was Applying the golden rule or anything else to companies, I was talking about people in general, ya know, the General Public? .... Then what exactly were you replying to in that post then? All we've been talking about was greedy corporations so I assumed that was what you were referring to...
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:19 pm
Yami Takashi never played FF7?!?!?!? that's jsut sad, i was watching the news and they had a 70 something year old granny playing it. I played it like once or twice and didn't like it, then again at that time I was only interested in fighting games. I still have the game floating around my storage somewhere...
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:38 pm
Ayanami Rei First Child The problem with massive amounts of solar is it will cause DROUTS. That means we'd trade an energy crisis for a WATER CRISIS. Our other sources of power aren't developed nearly enough, which is why I think we need to develop more alternatives, and safer nuclear technology as well. We should also be working with the those working on the fission or fusion power, that would produce massive amounts of energy on the cheap. I'd say profits aren't bad, it's when you try to screw people out as much as possible, and be as LAZY as possible while doing it, THEN we have problems. Like look at Comcast, they're sucking up lots of money, but they aren't using it to really IMPROVE their service. Rather then swtich to a new code that would handle data faster, they just limit the maximum amount of data you can download. Or like how they are moving lots of customer service jobs out of country, where they pay people less then 50% of what they make here, but won't even give us extra Customer Support Hours. Not to mention paying people *gaps* living wages for jobs well done! The bottom line is too many companies these days, put LAZYNESS and MONEY above the needs of their employees and customers. "The love of money is the root of all evil" kind of thing. I know Comcast and hate them, if they were not the only Broadband provider in my area I would go somewhere else. Upgrading their code will do little. What they need to do is upgrade their infrastructure. New, more powerful and additional servers. But they refuse to pay a little extra money to overhaul the system which would allow for an expansion into new areas, tons of new customers, and a cheaper priced, uncapped service. Now for what they pay their employees, as long as they are legal wages they can pay them whatever they want. After all, they do not have to work for them. Now moving Customer Support over seas always bothers me. HP has done it also and I find it hard to understand what some of them say due to their lack of English speaking skills and strong accent. You know how hard it is to order replacement parts for a computer when you can't understand what the hell they are saying? I kept asking the guy to repeat himself so much that he actually hung the phone up on me.
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:06 pm
Well our local broadband company wasn't as fast, but they paid their employees a LIVING WAGE! Heck that's what we used to do decades ago!
Well I was watching an expert on this talk show, and he was talking about how Solar Tech would cause droughts. I'm guessing it would kill the rain or something. The guy didn't have time to really explain it. Still though we could be developing safer and better nuclear tech. We could be developing hydrogen and bio-fuel sources that won't cause famine. There's all KINDS of things we could be doing, but aren't motivated enough.
Oh and let's not forget, "Hey we're the government and we'll PAY YOU to NOT grow anything!". What I think is farmers should keep that same wages, but have the OPTION to grow crops under the strict condition that they would be donated to a homeless shelter, schools, or some other charity.
The thing with moving jobs overseas is that they are screwing us over in TWO ways. First is the fact that they save money, but screw Americans out of jobs. Second of all is that they KEEP THEIR SAME HOURS, instead of INCREASING THEM!! It's like saying "Hey we're going to screw over America and make a profit, and screw our customers open by not having longer customer support, despite paying our employees little money!"
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:46 pm
I want to say "go back to your own country!" to half these call center workers, then i remember they are in their country. The Indian ones are the worse, they hack English up like veggies for a curry. They also skip words in sentences which pisses me off. "Yes, it seems that you do owe us (a) balance of $278 and 94 (cents)" "I told you that the installers could not install the dish, we owe you nothing!" "Yes, our records (show?) you own balance of $278 and 94" "We were not getting the service! We have a huge tree in the way, the installers didn't even bring a pole or bucket!" "You own for HBO, STARS and SHOWTIMMY (yes showtim the dumb b***h said timmy)" "That was suppose to be free when we called the move number!" "yes well we can credit it" "ok?" "You still own 278-94" I try not to be racist or intolerant, but how can you not be with stupid people who learned English off a ******** soap box. scream  I might as well talk to Timmy
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