I think I gave up on this site because of censorship in their forums. They couldn't handle ideas contrary to their narrative. Not really surprised they are generating this kind of innanity.
I tried to get the mother-in-law to watch Cagney and Lacey. She refused because the girls are ugly. Chalk it up to 80s fashion or perhaps the fact that was like Steinem's favorite show ever.
This is someone with more education and a more interesting career than Steinem.
Sure, radio makes some money but they're really an advertising arm of the publishers. They expose people to things that they can then go and buy. They keep the publishers in business.
Some publishers even PAID for the privelege.
Google can just index everything else. They are the gateway for EVERYTHING, not just lame troll bait news organizations.
The remnants of the Ottoman empire can stop being at each other's throats but it's really all just the fault of the West. Ditto for the idea that that dreams of rebuilt empire are also all just the fault of the West.
912 was the day that the last caliphate was defanged.
Government can already do that with technology that existed before 911. I would expect that the data aggregators have adapted with the times and can tell you what your social media identities are and who all of your real accomplices are.
There is a government supplier of Epipens. The tech was originally developed for the military. So they have their own license. Epipens made for the Army are $50.
The private market supplier isn't just making a slight bit more profit. They're making 10x for a product that has been around for about 20 years already (if not longer).
We have a Pharma CEO with a father that's a Senator. We have a set of conditions that seem terribly beneficial to a particular corporation. We have that corporation and it's CEO profiteering and acting like an old school robber baron.
Follow the money.
It looks as corrupt as hell.
Yeah, CFCs are a nice excuse to create a monopoly out of thin air.
In the grand scheme of things, this is small potatoes. Companies get monopolies on drugs because they develop them and/or bear the costs of getting them tested and approved. This one just gets a lot of play because you can add a "but think of the children" angle to it. It is by far not the worst example.
On the other hand, the real stuff still needs to be developed. If idiots run amok like a bunch of rioting Frenchmen, the really interesting drugs may be collateral damage.
There is no reason you can't make proprietary games based off of (l)GPL code. No games or commercial applications (like Oracle) would exist otherwise. The license of a game engine is completely immaterial.
Except for RMS, no one uses the strict form of GPL for shared libraries and such.
We don't even do as good as we could do with that technology. Very minor tweaks to our current technology yield significant benefits even without getting into anything radical.
It doesn't matter what way things are going. These naieve ninnies need to get over their flower children fixation and realize that we may need to fight for our survival. If they are right, then there are ugly choices ahead.
There are only so many lifeboats on the Titanic.
You only exist because someone made selfish choices on your behalf.
Zealots come in all shapes and sizes. I personally never had ANY delusions about EITHER party being anti-war. I think NO ONE in this country gets seriously anti-war until there is a draft on. Then suddenly people start caring about war.
Just consider who today's biggest war mongers are.
The Democrats further right on Israel. You're on crack. There was a Jordanian flag on display at the convention and they were burning Israeli flags outside.
So the basic math of the proposition doesn't bother you any? You just take it on faith that the English could manage to start destroying the entire planet all on their own as soon as they started building factories?
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I think I gave up on this site because of censorship in their forums. They couldn't handle ideas contrary to their narrative. Not really surprised they are generating this kind of innanity.
I tried to get the mother-in-law to watch Cagney and Lacey. She refused because the girls are ugly. Chalk it up to 80s fashion or perhaps the fact that was like Steinem's favorite show ever.
This is someone with more education and a more interesting career than Steinem.
Movies were an expensive luxury when I was growing up. So, I am not quite sure what effect they would have had on me.
That's fine if you actually like Kale. Otherwise, you're just torturing yourself for no reason. Kale isn't even the only Brassica.
It's just like radio.
Sure, radio makes some money but they're really an advertising arm of the publishers. They expose people to things that they can then go and buy. They keep the publishers in business.
Some publishers even PAID for the privelege.
Google can just index everything else. They are the gateway for EVERYTHING, not just lame troll bait news organizations.
The remnants of the Ottoman empire can stop being at each other's throats but it's really all just the fault of the West. Ditto for the idea that that dreams of rebuilt empire are also all just the fault of the West.
912 was the day that the last caliphate was defanged.
Government can already do that with technology that existed before 911. I would expect that the data aggregators have adapted with the times and can tell you what your social media identities are and who all of your real accomplices are.
A big splash happened recently when a cancer patient was jailed for being a "deadbeat". He did NOT get his meds while in jail.
That's all fine until you're put on a waiting list for an operation or aren't given the same standard of care that an American would expect.
There is a government supplier of Epipens. The tech was originally developed for the military. So they have their own license. Epipens made for the Army are $50.
The private market supplier isn't just making a slight bit more profit. They're making 10x for a product that has been around for about 20 years already (if not longer).
This is more like aspirin than Gleevec.
We have a Pharma CEO with a father that's a Senator. We have a set of conditions that seem terribly beneficial to a particular corporation. We have that corporation and it's CEO profiteering and acting like an old school robber baron.
Follow the money.
It looks as corrupt as hell.
Yeah, CFCs are a nice excuse to create a monopoly out of thin air.
Universal healthcare will get you rationing instead. Add to that shortages, long wait times, and just plain inferior care.
We already have a public option. It sucks and it's underfunded. It has reimbursement rates that can obliterate medical providers.
In the grand scheme of things, this is small potatoes. Companies get monopolies on drugs because they develop them and/or bear the costs of getting them tested and approved. This one just gets a lot of play because you can add a "but think of the children" angle to it. It is by far not the worst example.
On the other hand, the real stuff still needs to be developed. If idiots run amok like a bunch of rioting Frenchmen, the really interesting drugs may be collateral damage.
That's all fun until people start dying.
> Yeah, on account of the FDA
There are other things that are common here that aren't done in "more civilized" part of the world. That goes both ways.
Plus it gets even worse than that. However restrictive and bothersome you might view the FDA, Medicare and Medicaid are even worse.
Without personal gain, shit just doesn't get done. You don't work for free. Why do you expect anyone else to.
As a real patient, I would rather the entire the entire industry not be destroyed either by crass idiots or morons with "good intentions".
The issue isn't that simple and there's a lot at stake that you're blissfully unaware of.
No, it just acknowledges the difference between liberty and anarchy.
Law and Order allows you to keep whatever money you make. Otherwise some thug could come along and just take everything you have with no recourse.
People are intentionally obtuse on this point.
There is no reason you can't make proprietary games based off of (l)GPL code. No games or commercial applications (like Oracle) would exist otherwise. The license of a game engine is completely immaterial.
Except for RMS, no one uses the strict form of GPL for shared libraries and such.
That was the result of a court verdict. We're trying to avoid the lawyers here.
[Lawrence Olivier] Let the excuses begin! [/Lawrence Olivier]
We don't even do as good as we could do with that technology. Very minor tweaks to our current technology yield significant benefits even without getting into anything radical.
It doesn't matter what way things are going. These naieve ninnies need to get over their flower children fixation and realize that we may need to fight for our survival. If they are right, then there are ugly choices ahead.
There are only so many lifeboats on the Titanic.
You only exist because someone made selfish choices on your behalf.
Zealots come in all shapes and sizes. I personally never had ANY delusions about EITHER party being anti-war. I think NO ONE in this country gets seriously anti-war until there is a draft on. Then suddenly people start caring about war.
Just consider who today's biggest war mongers are.
The Democrats further right on Israel. You're on crack. There was a Jordanian flag on display at the convention and they were burning Israeli flags outside.
So the basic math of the proposition doesn't bother you any? You just take it on faith that the English could manage to start destroying the entire planet all on their own as soon as they started building factories?