Even against Albert Hammond's one time hit song "It Never Rains In Southern California"? 😀
But seriously, anything to stop those horrendous forest fires. Remember, Syria has had a darught spell now 5 years long. Prince Charles reckons that was a major contributing factor to the war over there. Having lived around those parts, I have to agree, even on a normal year that's some mighty dry land.
Sonoma country where my sister lived and died was rather pleasant tho. Having a beer in the summer whilst paddling in the russian river is to be recommended. Can't remember who told me that the way to pick where to live in america is chose your preferrred isocline then find somewhere on it you can get a job!
I found that a certain elevation...... about at the snow line -- 2500 to 3000 feet level is a very good compromise.... not too hot and not too cold. Above the fog and smog but below the snow (most of the time). That is where I am right now..... looking at miles of forest trees.... wheras a month earlier it was a forest of sky scrappers, hot and smog.... even on the 30th floor above the city.
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Richard, ever wonder why the European gentry went to the seaside lowlands in the winter and mountain resorts in the summer? About exactly the opposite of what most continetal dwellers do?
Because that way they live in as constant a temperature as can be managed. As little extremes as mangable. The Italian gentry for example spent their summers on the Dolomites and their winters in Venice.
Because that way they live in as constant a temperature as can be managed. As little extremes as mangable. The Italian gentry for example spent their summers on the Dolomites and their winters in Venice.
No, I have never thought about their habits. But, mild and constant temp is what I looked for also in a place where I could retire/afford. All along the western side of the 'foot' hills to the Sierra-Nevada mountain range at the 2000-3000 foot level is as good as it gets, weather-wise. Not too hot and not too cold.
Besides being comfortable, the heat and cooling bills are modest, also.
-Richard
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I watched an invited TED talker on the Internet..... about the black internet. The one which NSA cant find/trace you. You can start and learn more with their browser called TOR. I'm using it now.
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I'm afraid neither one of you gets it, but I'm currently not in an explaining mood.
('European Gentry' is total crock, btw. Provided it doesn't relate to 'enlightenment' days, or earlier, all it takes is to read some decent books)
('European Gentry' is total crock, btw. Provided it doesn't relate to 'enlightenment' days, or earlier, all it takes is to read some decent books)
Shepherds with their herds (sheep, cows) do the same.
Venice in the winter, no thank you.
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George
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And given TOR was developed by the US Navy one wonders if they didn't put numerous back doors in!
TOR is open source so backdoors are hard to hide. otherwise the NSA wouldn't be the only backdoor in it. I tried it and decided I don't have the time to waste in that cesspool, given how slow it can be. This place is bad enough.
Know what the mechanical unit is. Not sure what the use case for an electronic one would be. Certainly a lot of session tag based things would work in a similar way.
There is no internet equivalent, if anyone gets access to your pc it is game over, the only thing I can think of is fips140-3 or fips140-4 hardware, and the price would be eye watering.
That is quite naive. One does not need to put any software on your PC to watch almost everything you look at!
I never have been able to find out why people stay and live in freezing cold or unbearably hot/desert places.... just because they had the misfortune to be born there? Worse yet, willing to kill and die for those miserable weather places.
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One of those folks I know traded the shaky ground for solid with a bit of snow.
"Guns, Germs and Steel" is actually Jared Diamond's optimistic book - "The World Until Yesterday" points out that modern mobility, not killing strangers on sight is a recent social invention
and from that perspective, our, Richard's geographic living opportunities rest in part on historically recent successful wars, near genocides in the Americas
and from that perspective, our, Richard's geographic living opportunities rest in part on historically recent successful wars, near genocides in the Americas
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