I came across the site looking for the human body one but they do have quite a few Once upon a time...Man - history (from big bang to now, in major eras) Once upon a time...Life/Human Body - Biology (the 1 i wanted) Once upon a time...Americas - history (of america (south & north) Once upon a time...Space Once upon a time...Discoverers Once upon a time...Explorers there are previews here imavision is in canada (so same DVD code) but they may only be in french
Also good are the royal institute Christmas lectures. You can view them online here for a fee, but they're probably available elsewhere. samples form 1974 one are here, Its not as interesting as later ones but it shows the way they blend serious science with kids. They cover pretty much everything from biology to astrophysics and chemistry to survival.
I am actually proud of my kids' school, where they have banned wikipedia for use as a source. Funny that because every article has like a hundred references anyway, so i always use wikipedia, just never put it down as a source, as its not the source.
And you dont seam to understand that your talking bollocks, iranian politicians are well politicians they will say anything to get into power but thats all that matters to them, and your not at all powerful if you dont have a country any more (read the excellent comment from an irainan somewhere in this page)
But assuming for a second that they really do intend to nuke Israel, which they dont, how exactly would you prevent this? A) Go into Iran into a war you cant win (any war where the enemy isn't fighting conventionally doesn't work out so well for you (Vietnam, Iraq, etc)) and guarantee the loss of thousands of Americans, an escalation of violence in the entire middle east and an increase in terrorist attacks on US soil. B) Let the Israeli anti-missile sites and spy planes track the nuclear material and prevent an attack by blowing up the missile/stealing the bomb?
If I no anything about wankers politicians, its that they will say anything to get into office, but all they really want is the money & power, now if you get your country blown to shit, you instantly become powerless and poor. see this for a more detailed explanation.
Didnt Iraq pretend it had nukes and was going to blow up Isreal already, people lie to look more powerful, this is nothing new, its just that president george whackjob bush, never learnt any social skills at school and doesn't know how to play with the other kids.
Right, because bombing the US from Iran is plausible? and neither of those would result in Iran getting wiped off the map?
Are you the kid who was always getting banned from CS because everybody else was cheating, just calm down breath, and realise that even if they are developing a bomb/cheating, there is nothing that shouting and screaming will do about it, well just have to rely on good old MAD.
Also as a bonus, he scares the shit out of Israel. Does nobody else think that maybe the best cause of action of Iran is to develop nuclear power but to keep bluffing about nuclear power just to piss off Israel and the US. I mean it didnt work out so well for Iraq, but as Iran is already democratic (not in the same way as america or europe but basically through a complex (yeah even more complex than the US) the citizens do vote people into power), so after going into Iran and finding nothing, what will the excuse be?
OTOH maybe Iran arn't bluffing, but they've realised that the US has no friends to attack them with this time, so they are free to actually develop nukes. Throw into the mix that the iranians have an army that has already got an unorthodox wing ( conventional warfare doesn't work against the US, but as people saw in vietnam and iraq unconventional fighting does have quite an effect) perhaps Iran is actually trying to get American into a fight, so it can give them a bloody nose and leave Israel pretty much open to attack.
Maybe Im overthinking this all but the only situation i can see not leaving America either embarrassed (because they did get nukes) or bloody (because they invaded) is for America to just not get involved, and let MAD defend Israel.
Making a fuss, then iran building nukes = a war america cant win Making a fuss, then iran not building nukes = a war anyway (ala iraq) Not making a fuss, then iran building nukes = MAD Not making a fuss, then iran not building nukes (because nobody cares) = no problem
Its alright, mccain wants the war to go on for another 100 years. While this may seam stupid at first, according to my calculations in about 95 years, the debt will be so large it will overflow and America will be rich again.
And in 2053, o wait there wont be any fucking oil left, damn, do they have anything else we could invade them for, i hear the US sand reserve will be running low.
Actually that was just a list off wikipedia, but its hard to find anybody calling the president of the world bank a socialist nut job. The BBC are allegedly left leaning, so perhaps newsnight could be called be called socialist, but probably not nut jobs or liars Kofi Annan, well if you think the UN is a socialist organisation (your probably the one not listening to anybody elses viewpoint) but he wasnt really a nut job In any sort of world view the UK is quite right not left, but if i was to look at it from an american viewpoint, they could pass as socialists, hell theyre politicians too so youve got me on the liars part. The rest were just mention on wikipeida, but if you read conservipedia, you probably think all wikipedia articles are made by socialist nut jobs, who make up the references.
Can you honestly tell me that you consider everybody i listed a socialist nut job, then claim that Im the one not listening to anybody outside of my own political viewpoint?
I have to say its a little wierd that the only country that is incredibly critical of the healthcare there is the US. Sure it aint perfect, (its not bad considering it relative to the fact thier economy is fairly shit ) but isn't it a bit arrogant to think so many other nations (basically everybody but the US) have been tricked and only the US have seen through the lies?
I have never heard anyone who has actually experienced Cuban health care praise it. And I lived there for more than a year. Even the Cubans themselves who have been exposed their entire lives to pro-Cuban propoganda don't praise it. I've never heard anybody praise the NHS, it doesnt mean that it has no merit.
I suspect the reason that non-communists praise it is due more to Cuba's isolation from the rest of the world than anything else. In other words it is probably based on assumptions/guesses/rumors rather than actual experience. Did you even bother looking at the list of bodies that have praised it: A UK House of Commons Health Select Committee, spent months over there looking at it Newsnight, isnt faux news, they also spent months over there & most likely didnt follow the cuban tour route (these are the sort of people that are banned from zimbabwae but still have weekly reports from there)
And while I have seen plenty of first world doctors who were ignorant of recent medical advances, it is nothing like Cuban doctors many of whom haven't seemed to have caught up to medical breakthroughs that happened 20 years ago Yeah thats one of the many critisms, since the missle crises there econemy has been pretty much screwed and so everything is underfunded. But given thier underfunding i find it quite impressive that they only rank 2 places below the US according to the WHO (they seam to know a thing or two about health)
Although even the doctors (who make $20-$40/month) in Cuba can't really afford a computer let alone an internet connection, maybe this new law will help bring Cuban doctors into the 21st century.Eventually. Extreme isolation has its price. Thats exactly why the US should grow up and start dealing with them.
Although I suspect that if you had to live on 10 USD per month your health care would be the least of your concerns. Actually i cant find the quote right now, but apparently their healthcare & education systems are seen as key reasons that the regime has lasted so long.
If the republicans have a clue about the economy maybe sombody should pass the note on to bush, because so far things haven't gone so well. And whenever Obama tries talking about his economic policies it seams people care more about him saying the economy is more important than guns & religion that what he actually said.
Using either system in the group you described is going to end up being a mess. After a while both systems are going to require somebody to go through and sort them all out manually.
In the land of instant gratification you'll get a bunch of medications, an MRI, surgery, and rehab. There is no impact on life expectancy, but the more complex more expensive solution gets you back to a higher quality of life and productivity faster. Unless they give you drugs that dont actually do anything to get rid of you, i cant imagine that happening Prozac. You do have a point, but id assume their tackling problems early approach would actually help more with the little problems more than the US way of dealing with it, but as its not very quantifiable, and I haven't been there, i cant back that up.
What do I believe the news, im sorry im not quite paranoid to think that all the news stations in this country would make this up. Im not apologising for anything just stating that their healthcare is at the same level as the US, I've said nothing about any of their other policies, just that pretending thier healthcare isnt as good as the US is rubbish.
Yeah i always hear the UK House of Commons Health Select Committee, Newsnight, the Gallup Organization, Kofi Annan, The Kaiser Family Foundation, the President of the World Bank (James Wolfensohn) being called socialist nut jobs and lairs. Sure there are problems because of the crippled economy, but generally the Cuban healthcare system has got praise from everybody apart from the US
No but you dont see anybody travelling to America to see how to improve their system. Spain & England have both been looking into Cuban healthcare because for just $300 per head, they achieve the same results as America in life expectancy & child mortality, the only problem they have is their economy has been crushed, but their healthcare is at the same level as the US by any standard other than judging the very top.
Regarding cancer in particular, they will most likely not need the best cancer treatment in the world, as they pick up illnesses early and cancer is fairly easy to beat if you catch it early. $100 of treatment if the cancer is a month old >> $10,000 if the cancer is a year old.
If the US was smart, strike and agreement with Cuba, given them decent pipe access via Florida so long as they put 1 million uncensored PCs on it in say 2-3 years. That will reach 1 in 11 Cubans. Free flow of information is a true friend of democracy. Shhh, if we speak to our enemies everybody will think were weak, we just have to ignore them because that way Iran/cuba/china/next enemy will just go away.
It sucks because people use the system even when they don't need it so the whole thing is one big congested nightmare. Now that argument works for welfare, but you cant just go into a hospital and demand a new leg unless you need one.
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Why cant they simply give the code to a non-us company to host?
I hear Mr Svartholm uses DMCA notices as toilet paper.
I came across the site looking for the human body one but they do have quite a few
Once upon a time...Man - history (from big bang to now, in major eras)
Once upon a time...Life/Human Body - Biology (the 1 i wanted)
Once upon a time...Americas - history (of america (south & north)
Once upon a time...Space
Once upon a time...Discoverers
Once upon a time...Explorers
there are previews here
imavision is in canada (so same DVD code) but they may only be in french
Also good are the royal institute Christmas lectures. You can view them online here for a fee, but they're probably available elsewhere. samples form 1974 one are here, Its not as interesting as later ones but it shows the way they blend serious science with kids. They cover pretty much everything from biology to astrophysics and chemistry to survival.
And you dont seam to understand that your talking bollocks, iranian politicians are well politicians they will say anything to get into power but thats all that matters to them, and your not at all powerful if you dont have a country any more (read the excellent comment from an irainan somewhere in this page)
But assuming for a second that they really do intend to nuke Israel, which they dont, how exactly would you prevent this?
A) Go into Iran into a war you cant win (any war where the enemy isn't fighting conventionally doesn't work out so well for you (Vietnam, Iraq, etc)) and guarantee the loss of thousands of Americans, an escalation of violence in the entire middle east and an increase in terrorist attacks on US soil.
B) Let the Israeli anti-missile sites and spy planes track the nuclear material and prevent an attack by blowing up the missile/stealing the bomb?
there never is enough evidence though.
If I no anything about wankers politicians, its that they will say anything to get into office, but all they really want is the money & power, now if you get your country blown to shit, you instantly become powerless and poor. see this for a more detailed explanation.
Didnt Iraq pretend it had nukes and was going to blow up Isreal already, people lie to look more powerful, this is nothing new, its just that president george whackjob bush, never learnt any social skills at school and doesn't know how to play with the other kids.
Right, because bombing the US from Iran is plausible?
and neither of those would result in Iran getting wiped off the map?
Are you the kid who was always getting banned from CS because everybody else was cheating, just calm down breath, and realise that even if they are developing a bomb/cheating, there is nothing that shouting and screaming will do about it, well just have to rely on good old MAD.
Or send thousands of troops in to do it.
Also as a bonus, he scares the shit out of Israel. Does nobody else think that maybe the best cause of action of Iran is to develop nuclear power but to keep bluffing about nuclear power just to piss off Israel and the US. I mean it didnt work out so well for Iraq, but as Iran is already democratic (not in the same way as america or europe but basically through a complex (yeah even more complex than the US) the citizens do vote people into power), so after going into Iran and finding nothing, what will the excuse be?
OTOH maybe Iran arn't bluffing, but they've realised that the US has no friends to attack them with this time, so they are free to actually develop nukes. Throw into the mix that the iranians have an army that has already got an unorthodox wing ( conventional warfare doesn't work against the US, but as people saw in vietnam and iraq unconventional fighting does have quite an effect) perhaps Iran is actually trying to get American into a fight, so it can give them a bloody nose and leave Israel pretty much open to attack.
Maybe Im overthinking this all but the only situation i can see not leaving America either embarrassed (because they did get nukes) or bloody (because they invaded) is for America to just not get involved, and let MAD defend Israel.
Making a fuss, then iran building nukes = a war america cant win
Making a fuss, then iran not building nukes = a war anyway (ala iraq)
Not making a fuss, then iran building nukes = MAD
Not making a fuss, then iran not building nukes (because nobody cares) = no problem
Its alright, mccain wants the war to go on for another 100 years. While this may seam stupid at first, according to my calculations in about 95 years, the debt will be so large it will overflow and America will be rich again.
And in 2053, o wait there wont be any fucking oil left, damn, do they have anything else we could invade them for, i hear the US sand reserve will be running low.
Ill see your chicken and raise you a "why do you hate America?"
Dick...is that you?
Actually that was just a list off wikipedia, but its hard to find anybody calling the president of the world bank a socialist nut job.
The BBC are allegedly left leaning, so perhaps newsnight could be called be called socialist, but probably not nut jobs or liars
Kofi Annan, well if you think the UN is a socialist organisation (your probably the one not listening to anybody elses viewpoint) but he wasnt really a nut job
In any sort of world view the UK is quite right not left, but if i was to look at it from an american viewpoint, they could pass as socialists, hell theyre politicians too so youve got me on the liars part.
The rest were just mention on wikipeida, but if you read conservipedia, you probably think all wikipedia articles are made by socialist nut jobs, who make up the references.
Can you honestly tell me that you consider everybody i listed a socialist nut job, then claim that Im the one not listening to anybody outside of my own political viewpoint?
I have to say its a little wierd that the only country that is incredibly critical of the healthcare there is the US. Sure it aint perfect, (its not bad considering it relative to the fact thier economy is fairly shit ) but isn't it a bit arrogant to think so many other nations (basically everybody but the US) have been tricked and only the US have seen through the lies?
A UK House of Commons Health Select Committee, spent months over there looking at it
Newsnight, isnt faux news, they also spent months over there & most likely didnt follow the cuban tour route (these are the sort of people that are banned from zimbabwae but still have weekly reports from there) And while I have seen plenty of first world doctors who were ignorant of recent medical advances, it is nothing like Cuban doctors many of whom haven't seemed to have caught up to medical breakthroughs that happened 20 years ago Yeah thats one of the many critisms, since the missle crises there econemy has been pretty much screwed and so everything is underfunded. But given thier underfunding i find it quite impressive that they only rank 2 places below the US according to the WHO (they seam to know a thing or two about health) Although even the doctors (who make $20-$40/month) in Cuba can't really afford a computer let alone an internet connection, maybe this new law will help bring Cuban doctors into the 21st century.Eventually. Extreme isolation has its price. Thats exactly why the US should grow up and start dealing with them. Although I suspect that if you had to live on 10 USD per month your health care would be the least of your concerns. Actually i cant find the quote right now, but apparently their healthcare & education systems are seen as key reasons that the regime has lasted so long.
If the republicans have a clue about the economy maybe sombody should pass the note on to bush, because so far things haven't gone so well.
And whenever Obama tries talking about his economic policies it seams people care more about him saying the economy is more important than guns & religion that what he actually said.
Using either system in the group you described is going to end up being a mess. After a while both systems are going to require somebody to go through and sort them all out manually.
What do I believe the news, im sorry im not quite paranoid to think that all the news stations in this country would make this up. Im not apologising for anything just stating that their healthcare is at the same level as the US, I've said nothing about any of their other policies, just that pretending thier healthcare isnt as good as the US is rubbish.
Since several slashdot members died in mysterious chair related accidents, that policy has been revoked.
Yeah i always hear the UK House of Commons Health Select Committee, Newsnight, the Gallup Organization, Kofi Annan, The Kaiser Family Foundation, the President of the World Bank (James Wolfensohn) being called socialist nut jobs and lairs. Sure there are problems because of the crippled economy, but generally the Cuban healthcare system has got praise from everybody apart from the US
No but you dont see anybody travelling to America to see how to improve their system. Spain & England have both been looking into Cuban healthcare because for just $300 per head, they achieve the same results as America in life expectancy & child mortality, the only problem they have is their economy has been crushed, but their healthcare is at the same level as the US by any standard other than judging the very top.
Regarding cancer in particular, they will most likely not need the best cancer treatment in the world, as they pick up illnesses early and cancer is fairly easy to beat if you catch it early. $100 of treatment if the cancer is a month old >> $10,000 if the cancer is a year old.