Keep in mind that Dr. Wakefield has several vaccine patents that have potential for large financial returns if the current vaccines are discredited. One is a measles vaccine that is a direct competitor to the MMR. He files the patents in 1997 and begins to do that very thing - discredit the MMR in early 1998. Coincidence?
Now everyone's children are at a slightly greater risk because of the decreased utilization of the MMR and the greatly increased incidents of measles outbreaks.
Guns might just be the appropriate response to the RIAA (et al). A $27,000 fine for something like this is beyond outrageous. It is a sad commentary on the state of this country when these types of fines are leveraged for this crime. I would venture that she could be found guilty of much more egregious acts (and probably violent ones at that) that would result in a much smaller punishment. I challenge anyone here to justify this fine.
Some good points, but glosses over that there is evidence that warnings were ignored, safeguarding equipment *may* have been modified after being certified, and some response gear that was promised in documentation submitted to allow for the drilling in the first place was conveniently (from a financial standpoint) not found. Much investigation still to be done of course.
I think the beef may be that BP isn't meeting some standards they agreed to. Not so much a higher standard, but just the agreed upon ones.
And beyond all that, I don't think it is a higher standard to expect a company to have expertise in the very thing that is their core business. We are not asking them to act as brain surgeons or oil painting artists. We expect them to have a high level of expertise in the area of oil drilling, and the safety, and disaster preparedness around that activity. Promises were made, but have yet to materialize.
And finally they have not been doing everything possible to fix the problem. They have tried almost everything to avoid the top kill solution because, if successful, the top kill will cutoff access to the well and the precious oil within it. They will have to re-drill after the top kill.
Given all the weird ass'd rules and laws coming out from the Land Down Under, I am not sure we can still keep them in the Westernized Culture Club. Shit, at times I think the USA is aiming to get kicked out as well.
Wow. A "fuck you too, sport". Quite the skillful debater you be.
I am still waiting for a gold pimp to explain why everyone else needs to join them. Does your gold scam not work unless you get the rest of us to feed your ponzi schemes? Hmmm.
Yeah, but there is no choice for "tin foil hat wearing, I boil complex issues down to a simpleton view of world economics, scare tactic gold spamming a-holes". Troll with just have to do.
I just have one question for you gold pimps. If you know all this, then why cant you go buy your gold, and leave us the fuck alone? You have your gold. What do you need more converts for? Fucking spammers.
Yeah, maybe so. They all begin to act the same at a certain size. But after supporting everything from Non-dedicated NetWare to Windows 7 over the last 25 years, I do like the fact that Apple's shit is braindead easy to run. Nice to rarely have to troubleshoot anything outside of work.
They will get too big and fuck it all up at some point (or Google will, or whomever will), and some little guy will invent something newer, better, cheaper, whatever and kick them down. We will all rant, rave, and sport fan boy woodies for this and that. It's just the cycle.
Actually, almost every new (5 years or less being full time) teacher, and a good chunk of all teachers, spend a very large amount of time in the evening and on weekends producing lesson plans and other teaching materials. By your logic, I guess teaching is a 24x7x365 job. Oh, let's hear how they are greedy for spending their own money (as they often do) on supplies.
Awfully nice of you to job straight to "they must be greedy" card. I bet the programmers of the world would love your logic as well.
If you travel a lot outside the US you can just purchase a local access SIM card for the geographical area you are in. Pre-pay, pop it in your compatible phone, and save a bunch of money usually.
I am sure that the horse buggy whip manufacturers, ice block distribution kings, and whale oil lamp cartel had similar plans to change consumer behavior as well. Problem is that the copyright cartel has done little or nothing to change with the times. They have brought this on themselves. It is humorous (annoying?) to see them operate as if they should be allowed to not change simply because they don't want to. Why do they think they are different than every other corporation on the planet? Times change. Technology changes. Adapt or die. It is a fundamental pillar of capitalism (and biology as well, but that is different slashdot thread). You have love their arrogance though.
I can fully get behind this if:
1) the robot proves all "the moon landing was a hoax" a-holes wrong once and for all, and...
2) we build another robot to finish the ass kicking that Buzz Aldrin started on that fuckwad Bart Sibrel.
Since I am silly and want to handle my own parenting duties, is there another internet I can start to utilize? I prefer to protect my children, as much as possible, from the evil and stupid of the world and thus don't want the average politician interacting with ANY of their upbringing.
On the upside, I think we finally found a country (Australia) that would be happy to take Utah off our hands. Hell, maybe we can trade Utah, Idaho, and Nebraska for that giant fricking rock of theirs.
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I disagree. And I, for one, welcome our ACs that don't know from funny.
Keep in mind that Dr. Wakefield has several vaccine patents that have potential for large financial returns if the current vaccines are discredited. One is a measles vaccine that is a direct competitor to the MMR. He files the patents in 1997 and begins to do that very thing - discredit the MMR in early 1998. Coincidence? Now everyone's children are at a slightly greater risk because of the decreased utilization of the MMR and the greatly increased incidents of measles outbreaks.
Guns might just be the appropriate response to the RIAA (et al). A $27,000 fine for something like this is beyond outrageous. It is a sad commentary on the state of this country when these types of fines are leveraged for this crime. I would venture that she could be found guilty of much more egregious acts (and probably violent ones at that) that would result in a much smaller punishment. I challenge anyone here to justify this fine.
I am thinking of my address and credit card number right now. Please send me qty 2
Some good points, but glosses over that there is evidence that warnings were ignored, safeguarding equipment *may* have been modified after being certified, and some response gear that was promised in documentation submitted to allow for the drilling in the first place was conveniently (from a financial standpoint) not found. Much investigation still to be done of course. I think the beef may be that BP isn't meeting some standards they agreed to. Not so much a higher standard, but just the agreed upon ones. And beyond all that, I don't think it is a higher standard to expect a company to have expertise in the very thing that is their core business. We are not asking them to act as brain surgeons or oil painting artists. We expect them to have a high level of expertise in the area of oil drilling, and the safety, and disaster preparedness around that activity. Promises were made, but have yet to materialize. And finally they have not been doing everything possible to fix the problem. They have tried almost everything to avoid the top kill solution because, if successful, the top kill will cutoff access to the well and the precious oil within it. They will have to re-drill after the top kill.
Given all the weird ass'd rules and laws coming out from the Land Down Under, I am not sure we can still keep them in the Westernized Culture Club. Shit, at times I think the USA is aiming to get kicked out as well.
"Just because it's clear and obvious to you, doesn't make it so in the real world." - Best quote I have seen here in quite a while. Perfect.
Wow. A "fuck you too, sport". Quite the skillful debater you be. I am still waiting for a gold pimp to explain why everyone else needs to join them. Does your gold scam not work unless you get the rest of us to feed your ponzi schemes? Hmmm.
Yeah, but there is no choice for "tin foil hat wearing, I boil complex issues down to a simpleton view of world economics, scare tactic gold spamming a-holes". Troll with just have to do. I just have one question for you gold pimps. If you know all this, then why cant you go buy your gold, and leave us the fuck alone? You have your gold. What do you need more converts for? Fucking spammers.
Oh, what I would give for a mod point...Well said!
That argument gets really old. We have plenty of guns as well. It's one the least well kept liberal secrets.
Yeah, maybe so. They all begin to act the same at a certain size. But after supporting everything from Non-dedicated NetWare to Windows 7 over the last 25 years, I do like the fact that Apple's shit is braindead easy to run. Nice to rarely have to troubleshoot anything outside of work. They will get too big and fuck it all up at some point (or Google will, or whomever will), and some little guy will invent something newer, better, cheaper, whatever and kick them down. We will all rant, rave, and sport fan boy woodies for this and that. It's just the cycle.
Some frickin' sharks with lasers?
Actually, almost every new (5 years or less being full time) teacher, and a good chunk of all teachers, spend a very large amount of time in the evening and on weekends producing lesson plans and other teaching materials. By your logic, I guess teaching is a 24x7x365 job. Oh, let's hear how they are greedy for spending their own money (as they often do) on supplies. Awfully nice of you to job straight to "they must be greedy" card. I bet the programmers of the world would love your logic as well.
If you travel a lot outside the US you can just purchase a local access SIM card for the geographical area you are in. Pre-pay, pop it in your compatible phone, and save a bunch of money usually.
In Soviet Russia, analog hole watches you!
I am sure that the horse buggy whip manufacturers, ice block distribution kings, and whale oil lamp cartel had similar plans to change consumer behavior as well. Problem is that the copyright cartel has done little or nothing to change with the times. They have brought this on themselves. It is humorous (annoying?) to see them operate as if they should be allowed to not change simply because they don't want to. Why do they think they are different than every other corporation on the planet? Times change. Technology changes. Adapt or die. It is a fundamental pillar of capitalism (and biology as well, but that is different slashdot thread). You have love their arrogance though.
I can fully get behind this if: 1) the robot proves all "the moon landing was a hoax" a-holes wrong once and for all, and... 2) we build another robot to finish the ass kicking that Buzz Aldrin started on that fuckwad Bart Sibrel.
Since I am silly and want to handle my own parenting duties, is there another internet I can start to utilize? I prefer to protect my children, as much as possible, from the evil and stupid of the world and thus don't want the average politician interacting with ANY of their upbringing. On the upside, I think we finally found a country (Australia) that would be happy to take Utah off our hands. Hell, maybe we can trade Utah, Idaho, and Nebraska for that giant fricking rock of theirs.
You are still the only state that can, at times, makes us in Idaho feel a little less backwards. Thanks.