Of course, british healthcare is not 'free' at all. It is free at point of usage, but all salaries have 'national insurance' deducted to pay for it - so it is effectively a government mandated health insurance scheme)
It’s worth noting that National insurance is paid by all people who have earnings subject a lower earning threshold of between $9.5k-$13k depending upon self-employment and full employment. You generally pay around 12-14% of your earnings. If you are an employee national insurance is deducted at source so you never have it to spend which is probably just as well.
So, it is fair to say that national insurance is a tax that is used to fund the NHS (amongst other benefits), it is not discriminatory in its application. If you had cancer you aren’t barred from being treated for cancer again.
In fact, with illnesses that are known to reoccur you would be placed on a regular check up schedule which would become less frequent over time e.g. every 3 months for a years, every 6 months for 4 years then every year thereafter.
The NHS has its problems but there is nothing fundamentally flawed about the system and buying medical supplies in bulk does afford some serious bargaining power to the NHS which is just as well as various expensive projects have been canned before completion.
Asking Bob to make a plan for disaster recovery could be an 'in' followed by your offer of help to implement the plan.
Bob may well have been the only person to step up to the plate and set up the system and he might realise that he has limitations. He might well step aside but I would not begrudge him for feeling a little dejected if, in a roundabout way, someone said "your system is shit, let's ditch it and replace it wither something that I consider to be more worthy".
Discuss disaster recovery and see where the conversation leads...
I recently set up a cinema room and bought a long low unit for the TV to sit on with all components hidden inside.
I planned the cabling to avoid interference/cross talk and to connect to my central hub via ethernet switches. However, with almost every device needing ethernet connectivity (TV, Xbox 360, BluRay, Wii, XBMC device, Cable TV, Wireless AP etc) plus the surround sound speakers and all the power blocks required, it still looks like a snake pit behind the unit.
The next time I do this I will have a false wall with horizontal batons forming channels and vertical, removable colour coordinated (to the room) boards which can hide the cables. Holes can be made in the boards where necessary to allow for cables to breakout to where they are needed.
Cheap indeed but for speed of installation and recently bought a couple of packs of these Cablox which were a breeze to use.
To clear my desk I put the monitor on a wall with a cantilever bracket and colour-coded the Cat 6 cables ensuring they were all the correct length (most were too long previously).
Using hardware that you can fix to the wall helps particularly when using switches with more then 4 ports as the bend radius of data cables plus the power connector on the opposite side increase the diameter of the router to 15 inches or more. Get that stuff on the wall just below desk level to avoid visual clutter and to keep the cables off the floor.
Without wishing to offend anybody, specifically Apple fans, I suspect this was due to the non replaceable battery failing quite early on. The short life cycle of each iteration meant that it was easier and more desirable to upgrade to the newest version rather than pay quite a lot to Apple to replace the battery.
Quite a shrewd business model provided that the user base is prepared to wear it.
The N95 was a truly poor phone. Not particularly well made and buggy as hell. I would rather have had the iPhone than the N95 but things move on and the iPhone is losing it's appeal as newer models arrive.
The iPhone definitely led the way by a considerable margin. The fact that everyone has pretty much caught up is great for consumers.
Which company will be next to make the next large jump in innovation? Apple again? Or someone else?
The closed system of Apple leads to innovation as the hardware and software are designed together. Android is not hardware dependent and whilst there is close work with manufacturers there is no exclusivity in the same way as Apple. However, Android and Android phones have done pretty well in a short period.
It's all the play for and MS can certainly get some of the action. Their OS does offer a credible third option.
You'd actually need to act out the crime scene in some way.
That leads me to think that monitoring is not occurring as it is likely that crimes have already been committed in front of the kinect without repercussions.
Unless 'monitoring' is a new development in which case you will need to moderate your behaviour i.e. "no, not here, not in front of the kinect..."
There is a genuinely funny episode of Family Guy when Peter Griffin farts in a lift in which there is one other person. The other person wrinkles his nose and looks at Peter. Peter looks at him and says "it was you".
Every joke has it's place BUT not every joke needs to be verbalised - particularly when it is obvious. We all thought it though I'm sure...
So, tax the people at the top and give this to the people at the bottom or give them jobs which will benefit society (building new roads, picking up litter etc.) and the rest should be encouraged to use their savings to promote new business.
The people at the top get hammered with extra tax but stimulating the economy should increase should trickle-up to their high value business ventures.
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft need to realize that they don't have the gaming market to themselves anymore
What goes around, comes around e.g. a decade ago...
"Nintendo and Sony need to realize that they don't have the gaming market to themselves anymore"
...which is precisely how Microsoft stole the rug from under them with the 360. Now the three companies are losing ground to Apple and Google.
I wonder if there will be another cycle in the the next decade or if one or more of the companies fold or are taken over? Nintendo seems the weakest but Sony seem more likely to leave the games industry after having been caught with their hands in the till on more than one occasion.
Publicity orders are reasonably common where companies are concerned. I can't see the harm in it myself as it tries to keep faceless companies 'in check' as their public persona is the only real currency that can be taken away from them.
Bearing in mind how much Apple has in the bank, a fine of a couple of million is spare change so a small public humiliation is more fitting. It's not like they are exhuming Steve Jobs and putting him on a stick on Tower Bridge are they?
I wonder what the answer would be if the question was phrased as "Do you support more use of drone aircraft to kill potentially innocent householders suspected of terrorism?"
Unfortunately the answer would probably be the same, such is the effect of the word 'terrorist' and it's derivatives.
It's like top trumps where 'terrorist' is the highest scoring card which beats 'suspect'.
"I killed my dog" is unacceptable whereas "I killed my dog as I suspected him of being a terrorist" is fine. "I killed my dog and its siblings who were terrorists" earns you a medal.
note: replace 'dog' with friend, neighbour, mother etc. depending upon purpose.
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Of course, british healthcare is not 'free' at all. It is free at point of usage, but all salaries have 'national insurance' deducted to pay for it - so it is effectively a government mandated health insurance scheme)
It’s worth noting that National insurance is paid by all people who have earnings subject a lower earning threshold of between $9.5k-$13k depending upon self-employment and full employment. You generally pay around 12-14% of your earnings. If you are an employee national insurance is deducted at source so you never have it to spend which is probably just as well.
So, it is fair to say that national insurance is a tax that is used to fund the NHS (amongst other benefits), it is not discriminatory in its application. If you had cancer you aren’t barred from being treated for cancer again.
In fact, with illnesses that are known to reoccur you would be placed on a regular check up schedule which would become less frequent over time e.g. every 3 months for a years, every 6 months for 4 years then every year thereafter.
The NHS has its problems but there is nothing fundamentally flawed about the system and buying medical supplies in bulk does afford some serious bargaining power to the NHS which is just as well as various expensive projects have been canned before completion.
Asking Bob to make a plan for disaster recovery could be an 'in' followed by your offer of help to implement the plan.
Bob may well have been the only person to step up to the plate and set up the system and he might realise that he has limitations. He might well step aside but I would not begrudge him for feeling a little dejected if, in a roundabout way, someone said "your system is shit, let's ditch it and replace it wither something that I consider to be more worthy".
Discuss disaster recovery and see where the conversation leads...
This.
I recently set up a cinema room and bought a long low unit for the TV to sit on with all components hidden inside.
I planned the cabling to avoid interference/cross talk and to connect to my central hub via ethernet switches. However, with almost every device needing ethernet connectivity (TV, Xbox 360, BluRay, Wii, XBMC device, Cable TV, Wireless AP etc) plus the surround sound speakers and all the power blocks required, it still looks like a snake pit behind the unit.
The next time I do this I will have a false wall with horizontal batons forming channels and vertical, removable colour coordinated (to the room) boards which can hide the cables. Holes can be made in the boards where necessary to allow for cables to breakout to where they are needed.
Cheap indeed but for speed of installation and recently bought a couple of packs of these Cablox which were a breeze to use.
To clear my desk I put the monitor on a wall with a cantilever bracket and colour-coded the Cat 6 cables ensuring they were all the correct length (most were too long previously).
Using hardware that you can fix to the wall helps particularly when using switches with more then 4 ports as the bend radius of data cables plus the power connector on the opposite side increase the diameter of the router to 15 inches or more. Get that stuff on the wall just below desk level to avoid visual clutter and to keep the cables off the floor.
Without wishing to offend anybody, specifically Apple fans, I suspect this was due to the non replaceable battery failing quite early on. The short life cycle of each iteration meant that it was easier and more desirable to upgrade to the newest version rather than pay quite a lot to Apple to replace the battery.
Quite a shrewd business model provided that the user base is prepared to wear it.
The N95 was a truly poor phone. Not particularly well made and buggy as hell. I would rather have had the iPhone than the N95 but things move on and the iPhone is losing it's appeal as newer models arrive.
The iPhone definitely led the way by a considerable margin. The fact that everyone has pretty much caught up is great for consumers.
Which company will be next to make the next large jump in innovation? Apple again? Or someone else?
The closed system of Apple leads to innovation as the hardware and software are designed together. Android is not hardware dependent and whilst there is close work with manufacturers there is no exclusivity in the same way as Apple. However, Android and Android phones have done pretty well in a short period.
It's all the play for and MS can certainly get some of the action. Their OS does offer a credible third option.
I can assure you, you are not alone :-)
How do you know? Are you watching him through the kinect?
and will probably be a reasonable number like "no more than 10 in the room".
Mitt Romney's kids and wives would be S.O.L. if the elections were pay-per-view...
You'd actually need to act out the crime scene in some way.
That leads me to think that monitoring is not occurring as it is likely that crimes have already been committed in front of the kinect without repercussions.
Unless 'monitoring' is a new development in which case you will need to moderate your behaviour i.e. "no, not here, not in front of the kinect..."
What if the film is age restricted?
Heat the room to 36 degrees centigrade and make everyone invisible?
There is a genuinely funny episode of Family Guy when Peter Griffin farts in a lift in which there is one other person. The other person wrinkles his nose and looks at Peter. Peter looks at him and says "it was you".
Every joke has it's place BUT not every joke needs to be verbalised - particularly when it is obvious. We all thought it though I'm sure...
How long before a victim of permadeath launches a law suit, seeking damages from the modder (or MS!)?
You can imagine the headline "modder takes plea bargain of homicide saying 'I'd rather take my chance in the big house than suffer punitive damages' "
It is only a matter of time...
Motherboards just look 'empty' without them don't you think? Like a living room without a fire place. The ISA slot is a focal point.
True indeed.
So, tax the people at the top and give this to the people at the bottom or give them jobs which will benefit society (building new roads, picking up litter etc.) and the rest should be encouraged to use their savings to promote new business.
The people at the top get hammered with extra tax but stimulating the economy should increase should trickle-up to their high value business ventures.
This economics thing is a breeze!
I prefer Atheism# - much easier for the beginner.
"Who is this God person anyway?"
Just imagine what they could do if they had electricity.
It sounds as though these kids would do a better job of replacing most outsourcing teams..
A bullet would be more humane than to cause an eventual death by progressively shutting down their body.
You've just described old age. You do know that Logan's Run is not a documentary right?
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft need to realize that they don't have the gaming market to themselves anymore
What goes around, comes around e.g. a decade ago...
"Nintendo and Sony need to realize that they don't have the gaming market to themselves anymore"
...which is precisely how Microsoft stole the rug from under them with the 360. Now the three companies are losing ground to Apple and Google.
I wonder if there will be another cycle in the the next decade or if one or more of the companies fold or are taken over? Nintendo seems the weakest but Sony seem more likely to leave the games industry after having been caught with their hands in the till on more than one occasion.
You're right - we need a brown iPhone...
Bearing in mind how much Apple has in the bank, a fine of a couple of million is spare change so a small public humiliation is more fitting. It's not like they are exhuming Steve Jobs and putting him on a stick on Tower Bridge are they?
I wonder what the answer would be if the question was phrased as "Do you support more use of drone aircraft to kill potentially innocent householders suspected of terrorism?"
Unfortunately the answer would probably be the same, such is the effect of the word 'terrorist' and it's derivatives.
It's like top trumps where 'terrorist' is the highest scoring card which beats 'suspect'.
"I killed my dog" is unacceptable whereas "I killed my dog as I suspected him of being a terrorist" is fine. "I killed my dog and its siblings who were terrorists" earns you a medal.
note: replace 'dog' with friend, neighbour, mother etc. depending upon purpose.
It works both ways though particularly if 'X' = 'rim jobs'
Walk, cycle or use public transportation instead. The latter can be run on electricity from renewable sources
The word 'latter' refers to the second of two options.
I would love to see a cycle running on pizza...
1) Build a huge ass solar plant in desert
2) Have these turn it all into gasoline
3) ? [Haul the gasoline on cheapest energy consumption method to everywhere in the world]
4)PROFIT
Something like that already exists - it's called "Barter Town".
"two men enter, one man leaves etc."