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  1. Re:There's theory, and there's fact. on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Underwater basket weaving does seem, however, to be better than IT.

  2. Re: Don't put your one egg on Satellite Owner Says SpaceX Owes $50 Million Or Free Flight (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    All I know is that it seems very convoluted.

  3. Re: Don't put your one egg on Satellite Owner Says SpaceX Owes $50 Million Or Free Flight (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    So I guess you just need to make sure your driver isn't confused about the insurance before you get into the vehicle. It indicates that in every driver profile, right?

  4. That's why Apple has to keep reminding everyone they're different.

  5. Re:They couldn't use student labor or interns? on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Good thing employers have the choice to pay people high enough wages that they will come from wherever you want them to. This is just another snow job.

  6. Re: Don't put your one egg on Satellite Owner Says SpaceX Owes $50 Million Or Free Flight (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    In October, Aviva Insurance began cancelling the policies of clients found to be driving for UberX. Politicians and police now have concrete proof that UberX drivers are not covered by their personal policies and yet police have no plans to take action; this, while they tow hundreds of cars during the “parking blitz.”
    According to Uber’s own numbers, there are now 20,000 uninsured UberX drivers on Toronto’s roads.
    This begs the question: Which is the greater societal crime to which enforcement resources should be allocated, illegal parking or uninsured vehicles?
    https://www.thestar.com/opinio...

    "While the possible legality of the Uber taxi system (or how it may be regulated) remains to be seen, what is clear is the huge risk the current system poses from an insurance and liability perspective."
    https://www.chinneck.ca/the-hi...

    "A crash involving an Uber driver carrying a passenger is grabbing headlines in Toronto after the driver’s insurance company refused to cover his claim — and dropped him. The reason? The driver, Tawfiqul Alam, had personal auto insurance, but was using his car for commercial purposes." http://www.lfpress.com/2015/08...

  7. Re: This almost makes me want to move to Canada... on Canadian Telecoms Will Try to Justify Their 'Ripoff' TV Plans Today (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Correct, patients are triaged depending on the severity and aggression of the cancer. Three weeks is just the standard guideline. As I said, the first cancer we were scheduled for surgery definitely the week after it may only have been a couple days. I don't want to knock the US health care system I really don't, but I know a family who were on vacation down there and one of their kids had to be seen for a distended stomach. They spent an entire day getting shuffled between three facilities for purely political reasons for something that just required a laxative in the end. There was a bill from each facility they went to and it amounted to a few thousand dollars, which was payed for fortunately. Stuff like that just seems bizarre to us.

  8. Re:an app? do you have an vending license / food? on Uber Drivers Are Subject To Individual Arbitration, Says Court (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    We're not a food vendor, we're just friends cooking for other friends who pay us.

  9. Re:This thought just occured to me on Uber Drivers Are Subject To Individual Arbitration, Says Court (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not a menu, an app. If they order from an app you're not a restaurant. You can prepare the food on the surface of the lot out back if you want!

  10. Re:employment classifications may not be limited on Uber Drivers Are Subject To Individual Arbitration, Says Court (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Only in America.

  11. Re:This almost makes me want to move to Canada... on Canadian Telecoms Will Try to Justify Their 'Ripoff' TV Plans Today (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    "So universal insurance is as bad as no insurance, right? Not so fast. For one thing, survival rates in Canada, Japan, Australia and Cuba were all comparable to or higher than U.S. survival rates on all types of cancer that the Lancet study examined, except for prostate cancer."

    http://www.factcheck.org/2009/...

  12. Re:This almost makes me want to move to Canada... on Canadian Telecoms Will Try to Justify Their 'Ripoff' TV Plans Today (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Well I have yet to hear of anyone waiting 2 years for treatment. I've researched 'new meds not available in canada' before, and usually it's not just because of the cost.. it is because the cost is not worth the extra success rate that they yield. I'll look into it.

  13. Maybe I don't understand the place that Thunderbolt is supposed to fill. I thought it was supposed to be a faster USB. So I would expect the number of USB devices available multiplied by four or so. As I see here, it has just become a niche to connect a large disk to a laptop. For a tower you could just use eSATA or network anyway.

  14. And they all look the same to me. Same number of ports, same use pattern. No variance. Like they're all copying one another.

  15. Re:Well there you have it, you dig your OWN graves on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a large portion called "profits" that you seem to be omitting. People really get screwed at both ends because companies are taking everything and funneling more and more to shareholders year over year, or simply keeping it offshore. At one time there was balance but now there is not.

  16. I just don't see any selection anywhere. That's all I'm saying. I'm accustomed to a lot more selection.

  17. Re:I'm so mad, I almost want to vote for on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a pretty slick answer.. but then why doesn't he just hire one person and teach them to flip between a couple seasonal jobs? There are too many other solutions.

  18. Thanks for the information, but how is this relevant? You're saying a federally subsidized organization shouldn't care about anyone but its own students?

  19. Yes I checked other sites, they all seem to have the same hub at a similar price. My point is that the market isn't working if you only have one to pick from at one price level. Sounds like you might enjoy communism.

  20. Re:Well, what do you expect? on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There are plenty of good people, but the problem is good people get too many enemies as they rise to the top.

  21. Re:They couldn't use student labor or interns? on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yet he staffs his resorts using similar tricks.

  22. Re:I'm so mad, I almost want to vote for on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    His resorts staff up the same way.

  23. Re:This almost makes me want to move to Canada... on Canadian Telecoms Will Try to Justify Their 'Ripoff' TV Plans Today (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    We talk to a lot of nurses, not to mention a lot of survivors who wanted to wish my wife well. I should also say that we have been treated fabulously through the entire experience. The Canadian health care system has its warts, but ultimately everyone is cared for. I think that is a most noble cause to take care of any citizen as well as you can no matter who they are. There are sacrifices, but they are managed and spread thin over the entire population.

  24. Oh the battery has been gone in the macbook for a long time, I didn't feel it was worth the replacement cost.

  25. Re:Completely wrong.... on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No, because they are supposed to be committed to the welfare of students that pay good money to be there. Instead they choose to become part of the problem.