There are some words that are easy to google bomb. There are some words that have so much SEO already in place that even slashdot's readership would struggle to get it to #1. The word you suggested has wikipedia ranked #6, so I think it's fair to say that you are not going to get #1.
Why should science be more complex than necessary? For every String Theory area (where complexity is unavoidable) there are plenty of theories like economics, which just rely on weird jargon to fence out the interlopers.
There is a rumor that Newton meant it as an insult to Hooke. Newton had refined DesCarte's wave theory, while Hooke had backed the corpuscul theory. Also, Hooke was a short man.
Deniers don't just use a single data point. They use every year since 1998 - and point out that every one of those years is cooler than 1998. That's a lot of data points, right? All those cool years (compared to 1998) can't be outliers, can they?
On the other hand, Newton tried to cover up the Calculus, just so he could have the edge over other natural philosophers. Some competition is harmful. It depends.
I would presume that it will be mostly used by as a theme park / tourist attraction / eXtreme sports thing. The $200k will be nothing compared to the wages, operating expenses, free t-shirts, and public liability insurance.
I also like the way that neither claims to have seen the other. I guess it would be a bit on an "incident" if someone piped up how they were really playing chicken.
Now that you mention it... A lot of drugs these days are new drugs that aren't as effective (or have uglier side effects) as good ol' aspirin and penicillian. Except the patents are expired on the old drugs, so they don't market them any more.
Patent status can be more important than effectiveness. Heck, they only stopped marketing that antibiotic that made children hemorrhage to death when the patent expired (http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1139&context=marketing_papers)
Heart attack drugs that give you strokes? Diabetes drugs that make you fat (which is just *marvelous* for your long-term risks)? Pain killers that are more addictive than morphine? Oh, where can I sign up!
OK, some of it is good, but drug companies are marketing companies first, and research companies second. Look at their budgets.
Health habits wouldn't correlate with insurance much because the cost is less than the suffering.
As for the efficiencies of public health, when was the last time a HMO was accused of efficiently delivering customer treatments? They don't act too different to Soviet Central Planners, except they aint as altruistic. At least, that's what I saw on Sicko.
It's not like health insurance is an efficient market - you can't change (without a lot of costs), and customers don't know the difference between good and bad service (until their treatment is denied, and they can't change due to pre-existing conditions).
How cares? If they can't profit from your data why should they even bother to keep it? Just toss it out like a cryogenic storage farm that doesn't want to buy any more liquid nitrogen.
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Do you mean we need to post in blogs, or forums that require registration?
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There are some words that are easy to google bomb. There are some words that have so much SEO already in place that even slashdot's readership would struggle to get it to #1. The word you suggested has wikipedia ranked #6, so I think it's fair to say that you are not going to get #1.
The phrase "micro-dicked weasels" has no pages on google, yet. So it would be fairly easy to googlebomb.
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Why should science be more complex than necessary? For every String Theory area (where complexity is unavoidable) there are plenty of theories like economics, which just rely on weird jargon to fence out the interlopers.
There is a rumor that Newton meant it as an insult to Hooke. Newton had refined DesCarte's wave theory, while Hooke had backed the corpuscul theory. Also, Hooke was a short man.
Kangaroo, Kudu, Kookaburra, Kiwi, Killer whale, Komodo dragon, Krill, and Kite were other options.
Kind, Kooky, Keen, Knightly, and Kiddish could have been the adjective.
But my vote would have been with Kick-ass Kronosaurus, or Kinky Kitten.
Deniers don't just use a single data point. They use every year since 1998 - and point out that every one of those years is cooler than 1998. That's a lot of data points, right? All those cool years (compared to 1998) can't be outliers, can they?
But does Questhelper let you browse online "art" collections during the boring bits?
It's not a strawman. If children deserve adult rights, when they break the law they should get handled by the cops.
It's a reference to xkcd, right?
Or write a file system to encode pirate videos on facebook photos. Who needs TPB?
Where is your SNES? Poser.
If I recall correctly, the medieval Russians used to eat wholly mammoths during banquets, and mammoth ivory was an export to China.
On the other hand, Newton tried to cover up the Calculus, just so he could have the edge over other natural philosophers. Some competition is harmful. It depends.
You stole a joke about stealing a car analogy?
I would presume that it will be mostly used by as a theme park / tourist attraction / eXtreme sports thing. The $200k will be nothing compared to the wages, operating expenses, free t-shirts, and public liability insurance.
I also like the way that neither claims to have seen the other. I guess it would be a bit on an "incident" if someone piped up how they were really playing chicken.
And what is the bet that a slice of this 20% of profits will be re-invested in "educating" medical staff?
They drive on the opposite sides of the street. Maybe they give way differently was well?
Or maybe they were both in stealth mode.
Now that you mention it ... A lot of drugs these days are new drugs that aren't as effective (or have uglier side effects) as good ol' aspirin and penicillian. Except the patents are expired on the old drugs, so they don't market them any more.
Patent status can be more important than effectiveness. Heck, they only stopped marketing that antibiotic that made children hemorrhage to death when the patent expired (http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1139&context=marketing_papers)
Heart attack drugs that give you strokes? Diabetes drugs that make you fat (which is just *marvelous* for your long-term risks)? Pain killers that are more addictive than morphine? Oh, where can I sign up!
OK, some of it is good, but drug companies are marketing companies first, and research companies second. Look at their budgets.
Health habits wouldn't correlate with insurance much because the cost is less than the suffering.
As for the efficiencies of public health, when was the last time a HMO was accused of efficiently delivering customer treatments? They don't act too different to Soviet Central Planners, except they aint as altruistic. At least, that's what I saw on Sicko.
It's not like health insurance is an efficient market - you can't change (without a lot of costs), and customers don't know the difference between good and bad service (until their treatment is denied, and they can't change due to pre-existing conditions).
How cares? If they can't profit from your data why should they even bother to keep it? Just toss it out like a cryogenic storage farm that doesn't want to buy any more liquid nitrogen.
Oh please. What is the UK going to do about it? Try to tax their tea again?