A personal opinion of the USA
Jan 29th 2010, 7:19 am
#46
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
I had a very similar list which I put together when I first moved over here. My list also included things I missed/didn't miss. As time went by the dislikes and the things I missed dropped off.
Not to say that things on your dislike list will move to your like list, but they will move to your "accepted" and "irrelevant" list.
I actually found the remains of the list when I was rebuilding my computer last year and it was entertaining to read things I missed (e.g., my car from England), but it was somewhat irritating to read the original dislike list and realise that I now do some of those things which I used to get very pissed off about only six short years ago.
Give it a couple of years.
Not to say that things on your dislike list will move to your like list, but they will move to your "accepted" and "irrelevant" list.
I actually found the remains of the list when I was rebuilding my computer last year and it was entertaining to read things I missed (e.g., my car from England), but it was somewhat irritating to read the original dislike list and realise that I now do some of those things which I used to get very pissed off about only six short years ago.
Give it a couple of years.
Jan 29th 2010, 7:21 am
#47
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/02/w...s.electricity/
...in 2003, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, company called Powercast used radio waves to light a low-power LED bulb that was 1.5 miles from its power source, said Harry Ostaffe, spokesman for the company.
Treffers said there may be health risks associated with the magnetic fields created in the MIT process. Giler said the technology would produce magnetic fields that are "about the same density as the earth's magnetic field."
Jan 29th 2010, 7:23 am
#48
Septicity
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
After checking out a couple sites, it looks like the technology is mainly being used in "charging mats" that will charge your laptop, phone, iPod, etc. so far. But I do like the idea of having a big charging mat in your garage to charge the battery in an electric car. That promises electric cars to be more practical.
Jan 29th 2010, 7:38 am
#50
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
For clarification purposes ...
Are we using "sexless" here to mean androgynous or celibate?
Are we using "sexless" here to mean androgynous or celibate?
Jan 29th 2010, 7:40 am
#51
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
I think he meant androgynous.
Jan 29th 2010, 7:49 am
#53
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
Yeah, no doubt.
Jan 29th 2010, 8:00 am
#54
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
I find America is very conservative with the little c at the moment. There's a lot of resistance to plugging in your car overnight despite it's obviously where the next generation of hybrids are going. Of course, if we truly were an avant-garde nation, we'd be embracing hydrogen as a fuel, anyway.
Jan 29th 2010, 8:07 am
#55
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
I had a very similar list which I put together when I first moved over here. My list also included things I missed/didn't miss. As time went by the dislikes and the things I missed dropped off.
Not to say that things on your dislike list will move to your like list, but they will move to your "accepted" and "irrelevant" list.
I actually found the remains of the list when I was rebuilding my computer last year and it was entertaining to read things I missed (e.g., my car from England), but it was somewhat irritating to read the original dislike list and realise that I now do some of those things which I used to get very pissed off about only six short years ago.
Give it a couple of years.
Not to say that things on your dislike list will move to your like list, but they will move to your "accepted" and "irrelevant" list.
I actually found the remains of the list when I was rebuilding my computer last year and it was entertaining to read things I missed (e.g., my car from England), but it was somewhat irritating to read the original dislike list and realise that I now do some of those things which I used to get very pissed off about only six short years ago.
Give it a couple of years.
First step is the list.
Next you get to realize that the stuff off of the list cannot be just defined as good or bad but is often just different.
Finally you realize you'd be on someone else's list by using an -ize and slipping in the odd off of.
Jan 29th 2010, 8:56 am
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Re: A personal opinion of the USA
So he meant in a Susan Boyle way? Just trying to understand what they were saying.
