Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread

[TroutMan]

You’ve seen his oeuvre…what connotations do you think it has for him?

[Atamasama]

@TroutMan

You’ve seen his oeuvre…what connotations do you think it has for him?

In the context of his statement, he’s using the term “red-blooded American” ironically because he follows it up by painting American employers as the real problem, and not the immigrants they exploit. He even explicitly states, “illegal immigrants shouldn’t be thought of as these hordes of ‘others’ invading the USA.” It doesn’t even require much analysis, just reading both paragraphs in full.

I’m not saying he’s a saint. He’s repeatedly expressed his fondness for young foreign prostitutes. Although his taste is apparently in Eastern European girls, maybe he wants to broaden his horizons and engage in some domestic sex tourism? I don’t know his mind and never want to.

[TroutMan]

Holy shit, I think we found SamuelA.

@Steve_MB

Florida Man has a plan!

[wolfpup]

@TroutMan

Holy shit, I think we found SamuelA.

If that’s not Sammy, it’s certainly someone who exactly follows his modus operandi, namely: (a) acquire a tiny snippet of knowledge about something, and (b) extrapolate wildly and thereby (c) solve all the world’s problems!

In this case, the moron in the video has learned that hurricanes form due to warm sea surface temperatures, so his solution is classic Sammy: [just] dump ice cubes into the ocean to cool it! That’s why we have a navy (left unsaid: that’s also why we have refrigerators!). Also, since we also have an air force, [just] send in some planes to make the hurricane winds blow in the opposite direction! Presumably, these would be the ones with the big propellers that make a lot of wind, not the silly jets.

To be fair to the moron, Sammy would probably have proposed something even less realistic, undoubtedly involving self-replicating nanobots with little tiny fans doing all the work.

[tricoteuse]

@wolfpup

To be fair to the moron, Sammy would probably have proposed something even less realistic, undoubtedly involving self-replicating nanobots with little tiny fans doing all the work.

Don’t knock it. After all, you blow on your coffee to cool it off before you drink it. You blow candles out. It’s hard to light the barbecue when it’s windy.

:p:D;)

[Tripler]

Sorry guys, been on travel. Tricoteuse, gotcha covered for the 13th.

I’m on a cellphone, but I’ll post this weekend.

Trip

[jz78817]

Apparently he only has a hammer (The Cloud) and everything seems to be a nail to him.

[running_coach]

He doesn’t know what a mobile home is.

Are you planning to do the “tour the country in an RV” thing that medium-budget seniors do?

If so, I will comment on the worst part of those RVs in my experience with them - the waste disposal. The poop dump tube setup is just not as clean and straightforward to use as you would think, there are a lot of ways to screw and and get waste on you…

[tricoteuse]

“there are a lot of ways to screw and and get waste on you…”

His ideas about engineering and stuff are bad enough! I don’t want to hear about his sex life!

[Atamasama]

@running_coach

He doesn’t know what a mobile home is.

I think that once again, you are underestimating him. Of course he knows what a mobile home is!

It’s a house that can be disassembled by a cloud of nanobots and reassembled at a place of your choosing. It’s just that simple.

[SamuelA]

@running_coach

He doesn’t know what a mobile home is.

Neither do you.

mo·bile home
/ˈmōbəl ˈˌhōm/
noun
a large trailer or transportable prefabricated structure that is situated in one particular place and used as a permanent living accommodation.

An RV is a mobile home, as well as the “manufactured home” you are referring to.

Muphry's law

[running_coach]

@SamuelA

Neither do you.

mo·bile home
/ˈmōbəl ˈˌhōm/
noun
a large trailer or transportable prefabricated structure that is situated in one particular place and used as a permanent living accommodation.

An RV is a mobile home, as well as the “manufactured home” you are referring to.

Muphry's law - Wikipedia

That is not the typical use of an RV. Especially the permanent part. Most jurisdictions do not allow living in an RV except at specific locations/events/etc.
No one but tech-challenged idiots refer to an RV as a “mobile home”.

[running_coach]

From here.

So, given the language of the HUD law, why are travel trailers, fifth-wheels and park model RVs not required to be built to HUD’s housing standards (motorhomes, by the way, are not part of this discussion because they are specifically exempted from HUD regulation in the HUD law)?

The simple answer is because, due to the distinct evolutionary paths of the products, in 1982 RVs were specifically exempted from manufactured housing standards so long as they meet HUD’s definition of an RV which has been:

A recreational vehicle is a vehicle which is:
(1) Built on a single chassis;
(2) 400 Square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projections;
(3) Self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and
(4) Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.

The fundamental difference between manufactured housing and RVs was, is and always will be their design intent: RVs are designed for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use. Manufactured homes are designed to be permanent dwellings. This was the case in 1982, it is the case today and it will be the case in the future.

[SamuelA]

@running_coach

From here.

You’re correct. My mistake. I will comment that I have seen RV-based trailer parks where the RVs never move. And when I read the OP I figured their plan was to travel around, which is supposedly pretty inexpensive to do.

[cochrane]

So, has anyone seen Sammy’s latest bit of lunacy?

@SamuelA

So, Trump has expressed a desire, per CNN, to have illegal immigrants shot.

This would be an inhumane, despicable act. And it doesn’t address the root cause of illegal immigration. (though, in reality, it might be an effective deterrent)

So my first thought is “no, this would be a violation of international law and a failure to use proportional force”.

But, then again, trespassers at the Area 51 base can legally be shot for entering a restricted area. The border fencing is Federal property and this is an international border. Could the Feds declare a military controlled zone up and down the border, post signs in multiple languages warning that lethal force is authorized, and fire on anyone that crosses?

Could the President make an executive order authorizing this? Is it within his powers?

If the answer is no, why can the military shoot unarmed area 51 trespassers to prevent them from seeing what’s there? What precisely authorizes this?

https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=882979

Although, to be fair, he was inspired by Donald’s lunacy.

[crowmanyclouds]

We should just decapitate illegal immigrants with nano-robots and keep the frozen brains on Mt Everest.
CMC fnord!

[TroutMan]

Unless the immigrants are hookers. We should let them in.

[Tripler]

Sorry guys! I’ve been on the road for a little bit.

The udpdated list:
[del]
SunnyDaze (8/10 or 11 dependent on privilege restoration);
Oredigger77 (8/13);
Guest Starring: Id! (8/14);
Tripler (8/18);
JohnT (8/21);
TroutMan (8/30);
SlowMovingVehicle (9/4);
Tricoteuse (9/13);
Atamasama (9/22).[/del]

Seems we ran through this first round without a winner. I vaguely remember someone saying October though. I’ll be happy to sponsor Round #2!

What have I missed in the meantime though?

Tripler
SamuelA: With whom incompetence takes flight, and the imagination soars.

[Deltree]

I’m an optimist. Put me down for January 1st.

[Sunny_Daze]

Sammy’s talking out of his ass again. California’s fire problems are easy to solve, dontcha know.