Could someone tell me the differences then, between plasmapheresis and dialysis? Would the former be safer for a patient than the latter? Are these procedures so similar that it wouldn't matter or are any of these procedures (like plasmapheresis or lukopheresis(?)) not even close to being appropriate for treatment when antibiotics fail?
I cannot agree more with what you say, but I'd like to give it a twist: I want computers to assist me, and I want them to DO it WELL, RELIABLY, and ROBUSTLY.
That way, when sales of Assassin's Creed 2 are pathetically low and there are no cracks available, then Ubisoft must be forced to accept that poor sales are due to poor products, not "piracy". Hopefully the movie, music and games industries will learn from Ubisoft's impending demise.
The problem is that there will always be at least one crack (or attempted crack) of the game out there in the 'tubes somewhere, somehow. The thing is, so-called piracy will be blamed regardless of the quality of the game itself, thereby relieving the company of any guilt that may ordinarily have been generated due to putting out utter tripe for a game. It is my belief that this holds true for the movie industry, music industry, etc. as well; as the quality of the companies' products sinks lower and lower, the profits demanded for shitty products either hold steady or rises. The only way to keep this charade going longer is by blaming so-called piracy.
Fifteen seconds per geek? After the obligatory movie quotes and boastings about having a girlfriend/wife, that really doesn't leave much time for the tech talk.
Again, you and I are in complete agreement. The real issue is that the insurance companies and courts have been in complete agreement as well -- or at least enough so that it takes but a few cases to enforce the contract, with very little attention paid to insignificant things like 'duress.'
I've said it before and I'll say it again (where appropriate) is that if it's "too big to fail", it's also too big to stop.
I agree that there is very, very little bargaining power in nearly every contract that is signed these days. My only point is that it cannot be reasonably claimed that there is *no* obligation assumed by the patient who may have insurance.
Another real problem is when the hospitals are required by law to charge the exact same thing that insurance companies are charged because it "isn't fair" to the poor multi-million dollar insurance companies. My heart breaks that they continue to report record profits year after year, ya know.
Denied by insurance, the hospital has the gall to turn around and demand from you not just the 30% the insurance was supposed to pay, no, but the full 100%, because of course you don't have any such agreement with the hospital.
That's strange. I haven't once seen a doctor, even in an ER, without signing papers to the effect that I was fully responsible for any bill, regardless of insurance coverage. So, I think that counts as "having an agreement with the hospital." But YMMV and all that.
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So you're saying it's really more 'clout computing?'
Could someone tell me the differences then, between plasmapheresis and dialysis? Would the former be safer for a patient than the latter? Are these procedures so similar that it wouldn't matter or are any of these procedures (like plasmapheresis or lukopheresis(?)) not even close to being appropriate for treatment when antibiotics fail?
I cannot agree more with what you say, but I'd like to give it a twist: I want computers to assist me, and I want them to DO it WELL, RELIABLY, and ROBUSTLY.
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That way, when sales of Assassin's Creed 2 are pathetically low and there are no cracks available, then Ubisoft must be forced to accept that poor sales are due to poor products, not "piracy". Hopefully the movie, music and games industries will learn from Ubisoft's impending demise.
The problem is that there will always be at least one crack (or attempted crack) of the game out there in the 'tubes somewhere, somehow. The thing is, so-called piracy will be blamed regardless of the quality of the game itself, thereby relieving the company of any guilt that may ordinarily have been generated due to putting out utter tripe for a game. It is my belief that this holds true for the movie industry, music industry, etc. as well; as the quality of the companies' products sinks lower and lower, the profits demanded for shitty products either hold steady or rises. The only way to keep this charade going longer is by blaming so-called piracy.
So why do computer users let Wirth's law [wikipedia.org] overpower Moore's?
Because it's now Wirth/Moore?
and apparently viagra is much cheaper in canada than the u.s.
And here I thought that America was full of cheap pricks...
I'm in UR jail, doin UR time
Yeah, he really shot himself is the foot with that one.
That seems really too good to be true.
Reading comprehension in mandatory.
In mandatory what?
Fifteen seconds per geek? After the obligatory movie quotes and boastings about having a girlfriend/wife, that really doesn't leave much time for the tech talk.
(cue Batman music).
Don't you mean Botman music?
Do I get bonus points for quoting Trek?
No, but you'd get bonus points for being an IM-bot quoting Trek.
That was frigging awesome. Extra ration of grog for you!
Because Latvia is part of the EU, and wants to impress it's (relatively) new friends.
Then they should legalize marijuana because all the cool countries are doing it.
It wasn't even a back door, the front door was wide open!
How would you know... unless you WERE ONE OF THE HACKERS?!?!
http://www.australia.gov.au/backdoor ?
Again, you and I are in complete agreement. The real issue is that the insurance companies and courts have been in complete agreement as well -- or at least enough so that it takes but a few cases to enforce the contract, with very little attention paid to insignificant things like 'duress.'
I've said it before and I'll say it again (where appropriate) is that if it's "too big to fail", it's also too big to stop.
I agree that there is very, very little bargaining power in nearly every contract that is signed these days. My only point is that it cannot be reasonably claimed that there is *no* obligation assumed by the patient who may have insurance.
Another real problem is when the hospitals are required by law to charge the exact same thing that insurance companies are charged because it "isn't fair" to the poor multi-million dollar insurance companies. My heart breaks that they continue to report record profits year after year, ya know.
Denied by insurance, the hospital has the gall to turn around and demand from you not just the 30% the insurance was supposed to pay, no, but the full 100%, because of course you don't have any such agreement with the hospital.
That's strange. I haven't once seen a doctor, even in an ER, without signing papers to the effect that I was fully responsible for any bill, regardless of insurance coverage. So, I think that counts as "having an agreement with the hospital." But YMMV and all that.
Yahoo and Bing?
Now I can ignore both at the same time!
It's going to be hard like it was hard for me to shirk off sports
Dude, if you keep shirking off, you'll go blind.
I think it goes beyond that to the idea that many people have, it seems, of "they wouldn't print it if it weren't true."
Then the cellphone in her pocket rang...
"Yeah, it's cancer calling. Can you hear me now, bitch?"
Whats in my pockets is my business.
What's it gots in it's pocketses, precious?!
WHAT'S IT GOTS, MY PRECIOUS?!
Oh, fuck the riddleses! Just step through this x-ray backscatter full body nanometer scanner...
Thats why you never go back to the same sites if people are interested in you.
Then how do I get any dates from eHarmony?