I'm more worried about what the insurance industry will do with that information. They control the government, they will do whatever they want with it to maximize profit.
The problem is likely much worse. Few events that should make the news are more
quickly swept under the rug than accidental shootings. The ones that do make it through end up either buried in the back-most of the back pages, or written off in creative ways. A particularly egregious example of the latter made the slashdot front page years ago as Accidental Wii Suicide when a toddler got ahold of dad's loaded, unlocked revolver that was sitting within her reach and killed herself.
And of course what happens to the gun owners (if they are lucky enough to not be the ones shot)? Generally nothing. Not even charges investigated, law enforcement just says "shit happens" and walk away.
I don't know if you're being serious (in which case you are the one other liberal on slashdot aside from myself) or not (in which case you are parroting the majority in your parody). I have been calling for single-payer socialized medicine in the US for decades myself. From my vantage point the 2010 bill is the largest corporate handout in the history of government, and it made many things much worse.
If the insurance pays for a full genome scan, they will want to see the results. And then before you know it, they will be tagging as many conditions as possible as "pre-existing" and using that to justify partial / no coverage for them once the newborn is home.
Yeah, it's great to know the information, but it sets you up for a lifetime of getting fucked by the insurance companies (not that the 2010 "affordable care act" didn't set that up regardless).
Democrats also get their money from Billionaires and special interest groups.
Yes, but the summary showed that the majority of billionaires give the majority of their money to republicans. As I said, Samzenpus forgot to tell us why that is a good thing.
You usually post pro-republican articles to the front page, but with this one you forgot to tell us why this is a GOOD thing. Are you feeling OK? This is highly out of character for you.
Slashdot is hosted in the US. The employees for Slashdot all work in the US. The majority of slashdot readers are in the US. The majority of slashdot commenters are in the US as well. If they want an informed audience and an informed discussion it would be worth pointing out that three of the four brans listed don't sell Diesels in the US.
The point here is that when the headline says it expands to Honda, one might errantly assume it includes Honda vehicles that are available here in the US (as the VW Diesels are). If the headline was expanded to specify "Diesel vehicles from..." then it would be more clear. There have been emissions scandals with gasoline-powered cars in the past, so specifying that this applies just to Diesels would be useful.
I know they are available, but they are of no relevance in the US as you can't buy a Diesel-powered Honda in the US for any amount of money. I see that the source here is from the UK - where they are available - but the headline or summary could better reflect that this does not include any Honda vehicles on the road in the US today.
There are likely very few people who can't find something on TV that they find unwatchable. For me, it would mostly be the "ultimate fighting" - or from my experience better called "ultimate grandstanding" - shows. But nobody forces me to watch them. I can choose to watch other shows or to just turn off the TV completely. I'm pretty sure these people who are claiming such offense at the Big Bang Theory have the same option.
Of course they do. The Libertarian Party is just where Ron Paullowers go to find out who they should vote for. Unsurprisingly the answer is always "whoever is on the GOP ticket".
More to the point though, the poster claimed that slashdot users have "liberal social values", which they simply do not.
Only in that a large number of slashdot members are paullowers, who like to call themselves "libertarian".
Pro Liberal social policies
You're joking, right? We routinely see front page articles telling us that we should all own more guns. We routinely see discussions dominated by people shouting fact-free nonsense about abortion. We often see front page articles about how evil public schools are.
pro conservative fiscal policies
That part I agree with.
with a fair amount of independent thought.
10-15 years ago there was plenty of independent thought here. Now thought itself has become rare.
The fact is, the whole (D) good (R) bad (Or visa versa) is really getting old. And do not pretend the (D) don't do the very same thing. Blindly following your party is for Sheeple.
I never claimed that the democrats are better in any meaningful way. In fact, if you look at my comment and JE history here you'll find I criticize Obama quite regularly.
Rather, my point is that slashdot is overwhelmingly conservative. Anyone who does not adhere to the conservative agenda is labelled a "socialist" (generally by people who have no clue what socialism actually entails). I haven't decided yet if I like the TPP or not - particularly as we haven't know the full details of the deal yet - but most slashdot members decided long ago simply because they heard it was something that Obama wanted.
Sure, in tech circles the TPP is criticized for technical reasons. Here on slashdot, however, the main argument boils down to "Obama supports TPP, and Obama is evil, so TPP is evil". It could be a bill to give flags to orphans and it would still be unpopular here if Obama was supporting it.
Considering how far (R) has shifted to the right since the 80's the party would immediately declare the Ghost of Ronald Reagan to be a Dem.
That is logically sound, indeed Reagan is too liberal to be a republican. However one of the unshakable requirements for republicans is to praise him regardless; and they are not bothered by the hypocrisy (indeed they don't even acknowledge it). So while they should throw him out for being too liberal, they would be unable to bring themselves to do so.
She is gaining momentum in her campaign so we need to do something to slow her down
Slowing her down isn't necessary on slashdot. While we have a solid conservative majority in the slashdot user base, the overwhelming majority of slashdot conservatives will vote for whoever has the (R) after their name. In november if the ballot says Ghost of Ronald Reagan (D) vs Ficus Tree (R), the Tree will win the slashdot electorate by a landslide.
If the Impala is being hacked, it should be rental car companies worrying about this. The Impala is one of the most common rental cars out there, and do car rental companies check the engine bay and OBD II ports when cars come back in? I doubt it. If someone did something nefarious to a rental car (or several over time) it could be a big problem for the agency.
You should. If there is anything you can count on, it is that this will lead to more revenue and profit for them. Just as the Health Insurance Industry Bailout Act of 2010 (more commonly called "The Affordable Care Act" or "Obamacare") was the greatest corporate handout in the history of government, you can count on the insurance industry making plenty of money off of this as well. The longer an insurance company can deny payment for services, the greater the chances are that they won't have to pay it at all.
Oh, Medicare Part D was WAAAY bigger handout to corporations than ACA.
I disagree. Medicare Part D only allows Medicare users to purchase prescription coverage, but does not force it. Some people opted not to buy it for any number of reasons. The ACA, however, makes every living American an obligate consumer of the health insurance system and most of us have no option but to buy it from a for-profit company. Couple that to the fact that it gives them even more power over the consumer than they already had (which was not easy to do, but congress found a way!) and it is hard to see how anything could ever be a bigger handout.
the pay gap between those who make more and those who make less grows
That line clearly comes from someone supporting the insane wages of top executives in this country under the illusion that they are actually productive. They rarely make anything in terms of actual productivity - they are paid a lot primarily in reward for being well-connected.
You should. If there is anything you can count on, it is that this will lead to more revenue and profit for them. Just as the Health Insurance Industry Bailout Act of 2010 (more commonly called "The Affordable Care Act" or "Obamacare") was the greatest corporate handout in the history of government, you can count on the insurance industry making plenty of money off of this as well. The longer an insurance company can deny payment for services, the greater the chances are that they won't have to pay it at all.
It matters to slashdotters. We have a huge conservative majority here; they need to know that Boehner is stepping down. Many of them will likely see this as a sign to run to their favorite gun shops and buy up as much ammo as possible, as this certainly will bring about the end of our government.
For a site that rails against the two party system, the comments seem to want to reinforce it.
This site rails against the two party system only in that they find the other party (ie, the democrats) to be an inconvenience that they need to rid the nation of. Around here if you stand to the left of Genghis Khan you're a goddamned socialist.
This is of course particularly funny when you see slashdotters twist themselves into knots trying to align themselves with Reagan (who is far too far to the left to be welcomed in today's GOP) while still pushing their extreme conservative agenda.
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I'm more worried about what the insurance industry will do with that information. They control the government, they will do whatever they want with it to maximize profit.
We learned years ago that people from Florida don't know how to count.
The problem is likely much worse. Few events that should make the news are more quickly swept under the rug than accidental shootings. The ones that do make it through end up either buried in the back-most of the back pages, or written off in creative ways. A particularly egregious example of the latter made the slashdot front page years ago as Accidental Wii Suicide when a toddler got ahold of dad's loaded, unlocked revolver that was sitting within her reach and killed herself.
And of course what happens to the gun owners (if they are lucky enough to not be the ones shot)? Generally nothing. Not even charges investigated, law enforcement just says "shit happens" and walk away.
I don't know if you're being serious (in which case you are the one other liberal on slashdot aside from myself) or not (in which case you are parroting the majority in your parody). I have been calling for single-payer socialized medicine in the US for decades myself. From my vantage point the 2010 bill is the largest corporate handout in the history of government, and it made many things much worse.
If the insurance pays for a full genome scan, they will want to see the results. And then before you know it, they will be tagging as many conditions as possible as "pre-existing" and using that to justify partial / no coverage for them once the newborn is home.
Yeah, it's great to know the information, but it sets you up for a lifetime of getting fucked by the insurance companies (not that the 2010 "affordable care act" didn't set that up regardless).
Democrats also get their money from Billionaires and special interest groups.
Yes, but the summary showed that the majority of billionaires give the majority of their money to republicans. As I said, Samzenpus forgot to tell us why that is a good thing.
You usually post pro-republican articles to the front page, but with this one you forgot to tell us why this is a GOOD thing. Are you feeling OK? This is highly out of character for you.
Slashdot is hosted in the US. The employees for Slashdot all work in the US. The majority of slashdot readers are in the US. The majority of slashdot commenters are in the US as well. If they want an informed audience and an informed discussion it would be worth pointing out that three of the four brans listed don't sell Diesels in the US.
The point here is that when the headline says it expands to Honda, one might errantly assume it includes Honda vehicles that are available here in the US (as the VW Diesels are). If the headline was expanded to specify "Diesel vehicles from ..." then it would be more clear. There have been emissions scandals with gasoline-powered cars in the past, so specifying that this applies just to Diesels would be useful.
I know they are available, but they are of no relevance in the US as you can't buy a Diesel-powered Honda in the US for any amount of money. I see that the source here is from the UK - where they are available - but the headline or summary could better reflect that this does not include any Honda vehicles on the road in the US today.
There are likely very few people who can't find something on TV that they find unwatchable. For me, it would mostly be the "ultimate fighting" - or from my experience better called "ultimate grandstanding" - shows. But nobody forces me to watch them. I can choose to watch other shows or to just turn off the TV completely. I'm pretty sure these people who are claiming such offense at the Big Bang Theory have the same option.
Of course they do. The Libertarian Party is just where Ron Paullowers go to find out who they should vote for. Unsurprisingly the answer is always "whoever is on the GOP ticket".
More to the point though, the poster claimed that slashdot users have "liberal social values", which they simply do not.
If anything Slashdot is Libertarian.
Only in that a large number of slashdot members are paullowers, who like to call themselves "libertarian".
Pro Liberal social policies
You're joking, right? We routinely see front page articles telling us that we should all own more guns. We routinely see discussions dominated by people shouting fact-free nonsense about abortion. We often see front page articles about how evil public schools are.
pro conservative fiscal policies
That part I agree with.
with a fair amount of independent thought.
10-15 years ago there was plenty of independent thought here. Now thought itself has become rare.
The fact is, the whole (D) good (R) bad (Or visa versa) is really getting old. And do not pretend the (D) don't do the very same thing. Blindly following your party is for Sheeple.
I never claimed that the democrats are better in any meaningful way. In fact, if you look at my comment and JE history here you'll find I criticize Obama quite regularly.
Rather, my point is that slashdot is overwhelmingly conservative. Anyone who does not adhere to the conservative agenda is labelled a "socialist" (generally by people who have no clue what socialism actually entails). I haven't decided yet if I like the TPP or not - particularly as we haven't know the full details of the deal yet - but most slashdot members decided long ago simply because they heard it was something that Obama wanted.
Sure, in tech circles the TPP is criticized for technical reasons. Here on slashdot, however, the main argument boils down to "Obama supports TPP, and Obama is evil, so TPP is evil". It could be a bill to give flags to orphans and it would still be unpopular here if Obama was supporting it.
Considering how far (R) has shifted to the right since the 80's the party would immediately declare the Ghost of Ronald Reagan to be a Dem.
That is logically sound, indeed Reagan is too liberal to be a republican. However one of the unshakable requirements for republicans is to praise him regardless; and they are not bothered by the hypocrisy (indeed they don't even acknowledge it). So while they should throw him out for being too liberal, they would be unable to bring themselves to do so.
She is gaining momentum in her campaign so we need to do something to slow her down
Slowing her down isn't necessary on slashdot. While we have a solid conservative majority in the slashdot user base, the overwhelming majority of slashdot conservatives will vote for whoever has the (R) after their name. In november if the ballot says Ghost of Ronald Reagan (D) vs Ficus Tree (R), the Tree will win the slashdot electorate by a landslide.
This is what I was trying to get to in my post. Apparently I was not sufficiently verbose (or imaginative).
If the Impala is being hacked, it should be rental car companies worrying about this. The Impala is one of the most common rental cars out there, and do car rental companies check the engine bay and OBD II ports when cars come back in? I doubt it. If someone did something nefarious to a rental car (or several over time) it could be a big problem for the agency.
You should. If there is anything you can count on, it is that this will lead to more revenue and profit for them. Just as the Health Insurance Industry Bailout Act of 2010 (more commonly called "The Affordable Care Act" or "Obamacare") was the greatest corporate handout in the history of government, you can count on the insurance industry making plenty of money off of this as well. The longer an insurance company can deny payment for services, the greater the chances are that they won't have to pay it at all.
Oh, Medicare Part D was WAAAY bigger handout to corporations than ACA.
I disagree. Medicare Part D only allows Medicare users to purchase prescription coverage, but does not force it. Some people opted not to buy it for any number of reasons. The ACA, however, makes every living American an obligate consumer of the health insurance system and most of us have no option but to buy it from a for-profit company. Couple that to the fact that it gives them even more power over the consumer than they already had (which was not easy to do, but congress found a way!) and it is hard to see how anything could ever be a bigger handout.
You could use VNC, teamviewer, or anything along those lines to accomplish what you want without throwing additional hardware into the mix.
the pay gap between those who make more and those who make less grows
That line clearly comes from someone supporting the insane wages of top executives in this country under the illusion that they are actually productive. They rarely make anything in terms of actual productivity - they are paid a lot primarily in reward for being well-connected.
You should. If there is anything you can count on, it is that this will lead to more revenue and profit for them. Just as the Health Insurance Industry Bailout Act of 2010 (more commonly called "The Affordable Care Act" or "Obamacare") was the greatest corporate handout in the history of government, you can count on the insurance industry making plenty of money off of this as well. The longer an insurance company can deny payment for services, the greater the chances are that they won't have to pay it at all.
News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters.
It matters to slashdotters. We have a huge conservative majority here; they need to know that Boehner is stepping down. Many of them will likely see this as a sign to run to their favorite gun shops and buy up as much ammo as possible, as this certainly will bring about the end of our government.
For a site that rails against the two party system, the comments seem to want to reinforce it.
This site rails against the two party system only in that they find the other party (ie, the democrats) to be an inconvenience that they need to rid the nation of. Around here if you stand to the left of Genghis Khan you're a goddamned socialist.
This is of course particularly funny when you see slashdotters twist themselves into knots trying to align themselves with Reagan (who is far too far to the left to be welcomed in today's GOP) while still pushing their extreme conservative agenda.