Do you pay health insurance at all? Because if you do, I find it hard to believe you would make such a statement. A large part of the high cost of health care is due to the litigous nature of our (American) society.
When doctors can't practice medicine because they can't afford malpractice insurance, something is wrong. When kids (can't) go to sleep at night with an illness, something is terribly wrong.
As others have pointed out, the same medicine cost less in Canada because Canada is a big enough purchaser that they can set a price. Supply and demand at its simplest. How is a single-payer system much different? You simply are putting the consumer (patients) on the same level as the huge multinational insurace/pharmaceutical companies, giving them the purchasing power to set a fair price.
Come to think of it, no wonder the oligarchy is making such a stink...
Perhaps you mean the part of Windows that deals with Firewire? I've had many problems with Firewire hard drives under 2K/XP.
That aside, the posters flaming you are right: the only difference is the software. I'm not sure if my box was marked Mac/Windows or just Windows, but it came formatted as HFS. Part of installing the Windows software involves formatting it as FAT32.
I've had similar problems with a first gen iPod, and the same problem with multiple firewire drives, all related to the fact that Windows gays up firewire drives. All would every now and then have a "Delayed Write Failed" error pop up occasionally, then the drives would disappear as far as Windows was concerned. Turning off write caching in Device Manager has no effect.
I will say that I'm still using the same firewire chassis, only now with 7200 RPM instead of 5400 RPM drives, and haven't had the problem since. The iPod has a rather slow hard drive too, which could explain the similar issues.
Regardless, I'm inclined to believe Windows just has a shitty VFS or Firewire subsystem...
Get over yourself. The only reason the rest of us are voting Democrat next year is because ANYTHING has to be better than a wacked out super-Christian nutjob. We know the Democrats are whores to their lobbyists too, but at least they aren't whores to the 700 Club.
I have fairly conservative views/beliefs myself, but Bush is a gross perturbation of "conservative".
And isn't that German law silly, from the outside looking in? Think how silly we must look to the rest of the world, watching while the document that is the basis for modern democracy slowly erodes...
I don't know that I would call it cheating, but both sides certainly were pushing their interpretation of the relevant laws. That is what happens when you get lawyers into the mix =/
A revote would have proved interesting, but I can see that in the minds of some it would cast doubt on our electoral process. But I'm sure that is nothing compared to the fiasco that will ensue if we're all voting on Diebold machines next November...
Regardless of your politcal bias, regardless of who gets elected, ANYTHING that casts doubt on the democratic process is an anathema to the people's faith in their government and their country.
At least Gore Vidal contributed something meaningful to society over the course of his life.
You'd be suprised at the ingenuity of "experimenters" though =D. I've built my own EFI computer using plans on the net, and the next one I'm working on will support cool stuff like ion sensing for ignition tuning and wideband oxygen sensor support. The current revision already has drivers for everything under the sun, and since it is based on an AVR processor, if I need more I/O I can just get a bigger chip (for the most part).
An example of something that would be difficult to do now would be the BMW throttle-body-less engine, but I'm sure this is something that the hotrodders will figure out soon enough.
Anomy mailtools does this one better, stripping out malicious HTML like spam web bugs and such. I'm currently implementing it on my employer's mail servers: http://mailtools.anomy.net/.
I don't know about the OP, but at my employer our bonus is contingent on meeting the goals outlined in our yearly review. Meet your goals, get 100% of your bonus (10% of salary, enumerated in the employement offer I was given).
So the difference here is the incentive to work towards one's goals, ostensibly.
I guess the commie pinko Socialist comment was asking for it...
My OP was about Diebold's voting machines. I would hope that anyone who believes in democracy - Republocrat or Demopublican - would want a system that isn't just a "black box".
And if you read anything about Afghanistan, you'd know it has reverted to being ruled by warlords, and that opium production has gone up ten fold since the days of the Taliban. Women aren't any safer to walk the streets; if anything they are less safe.
The media only cares about MONEY. Duh. Any liberal calling the press a government tool during the march to war is an idiot. Any conservative calling the press liberal since is an idiot.
IMHO, if you think the media just wants to paint things as a train wreck that is because the TRUTH stands in stark contrast to the shit spewing from the White House.
You haven't been modded down yet, so someone agrees with you.
I'm playing devil's advocate more than anything. But aren't you scared in the least about the recent Diebold follies? It may deliver you another 4 years of Bush next November, but what if some commie pinko steals it next time?
There's still a few more months left for the media to come around and start looking into anyways. Look at how the mainstream media has only recently taken Bush to task over Iraq.
Right, wouldnt want anyone bringing up those pesky "16 words" again. It's all in the past man...
I once happened across a webpage with a picture of George W. looking over his State of the Union address thoughtfully, and the caption indicated as much. Compare this to all the handwringing over how those 16 words got in there, and, well... It is hard not to see an at least somewhat sinister motive behind this =)
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Just because the truth is inflammatory doesn't make it flamebait...
Do you pay health insurance at all? Because if you do, I find it hard to believe you would make such a statement. A large part of the high cost of health care is due to the litigous nature of our (American) society.
When doctors can't practice medicine because they can't afford malpractice insurance, something is wrong. When kids (can't) go to sleep at night with an illness, something is terribly wrong.
As others have pointed out, the same medicine cost less in Canada because Canada is a big enough purchaser that they can set a price. Supply and demand at its simplest. How is a single-payer system much different? You simply are putting the consumer (patients) on the same level as the huge multinational insurace/pharmaceutical companies, giving them the purchasing power to set a fair price.
Come to think of it, no wonder the oligarchy is making such a stink...
Presumably means "manage your queue without (firing up a web browser and) logging on to Netflix"
Perhaps you mean the part of Windows that deals with Firewire? I've had many problems with Firewire hard drives under 2K/XP.
That aside, the posters flaming you are right: the only difference is the software. I'm not sure if my box was marked Mac/Windows or just Windows, but it came formatted as HFS. Part of installing the Windows software involves formatting it as FAT32.
I knew it wouldn't take long for someone to blame MS' fuck up on Apple.
It just might be Windows, chief.
I've had similar problems with a first gen iPod, and the same problem with multiple firewire drives, all related to the fact that Windows gays up firewire drives. All would every now and then have a "Delayed Write Failed" error pop up occasionally, then the drives would disappear as far as Windows was concerned. Turning off write caching in Device Manager has no effect.
I will say that I'm still using the same firewire chassis, only now with 7200 RPM instead of 5400 RPM drives, and haven't had the problem since. The iPod has a rather slow hard drive too, which could explain the similar issues.
Regardless, I'm inclined to believe Windows just has a shitty VFS or Firewire subsystem...
Does every neocon fuckwit have to jump whenever someone says the word Iraq?
Thanks for throwing in that ATHF quote at the end so we don't mistakenly think you had a point. Asshat.
When do we get that proof, when Bush wins in a landslide and the whole country goes apeshit?
Get over yourself. The only reason the rest of us are voting Democrat next year is because ANYTHING has to be better than a wacked out super-Christian nutjob. We know the Democrats are whores to their lobbyists too, but at least they aren't whores to the 700 Club.
I have fairly conservative views/beliefs myself, but Bush is a gross perturbation of "conservative".
And isn't that German law silly, from the outside looking in? Think how silly we must look to the rest of the world, watching while the document that is the basis for modern democracy slowly erodes...
I don't know that I would call it cheating, but both sides certainly were pushing their interpretation of the relevant laws. That is what happens when you get lawyers into the mix =/
A revote would have proved interesting, but I can see that in the minds of some it would cast doubt on our electoral process. But I'm sure that is nothing compared to the fiasco that will ensue if we're all voting on Diebold machines next November...
Can you asshats give a fuck about democracy?
Regardless of your politcal bias, regardless of who gets elected, ANYTHING that casts doubt on the democratic process is an anathema to the people's faith in their government and their country.
At least Gore Vidal contributed something meaningful to society over the course of his life.
Bullshit. It is a myth because there is a different motivation at stake, money. Follow the dollar signs, the truth shall set you free.
And if you think that having two people with "opposing" viewpoints duke it out is great journalism, well, you must be a fan of Fox News.
You'd be suprised at the ingenuity of "experimenters" though =D. I've built my own EFI computer using plans on the net, and the next one I'm working on will support cool stuff like ion sensing for ignition tuning and wideband oxygen sensor support. The current revision already has drivers for everything under the sun, and since it is based on an AVR processor, if I need more I/O I can just get a bigger chip (for the most part).
An example of something that would be difficult to do now would be the BMW throttle-body-less engine, but I'm sure this is something that the hotrodders will figure out soon enough.
It is either a troll, or a joke. Ignore it, or laugh =)
You bleeding-heart commie fag. It is obviously because CNN is a tool of those filthy liberal treehuggers.
Anomy mailtools does this one better, stripping out malicious HTML like spam web bugs and such. I'm currently implementing it on my employer's mail servers: http://mailtools.anomy.net/.
Wired had a rather telling story about this the other month: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/bagscan.h tml?pg=1
I don't know about the OP, but at my employer our bonus is contingent on meeting the goals outlined in our yearly review. Meet your goals, get 100% of your bonus (10% of salary, enumerated in the employement offer I was given).
So the difference here is the incentive to work towards one's goals, ostensibly.
Ask just about any kid what is easier to get, pot or alcohol, and they'll say pot. Either involves breaking the law.
I guess the commie pinko Socialist comment was asking for it...
My OP was about Diebold's voting machines. I would hope that anyone who believes in democracy - Republocrat or Demopublican - would want a system that isn't just a "black box".
And if you read anything about Afghanistan, you'd know it has reverted to being ruled by warlords, and that opium production has gone up ten fold since the days of the Taliban. Women aren't any safer to walk the streets; if anything they are less safe.
The media only cares about MONEY. Duh. Any liberal calling the press a government tool during the march to war is an idiot. Any conservative calling the press liberal since is an idiot.
IMHO, if you think the media just wants to paint things as a train wreck that is because the TRUTH stands in stark contrast to the shit spewing from the White House.
You haven't been modded down yet, so someone agrees with you.
I'm playing devil's advocate more than anything. But aren't you scared in the least about the recent Diebold follies? It may deliver you another 4 years of Bush next November, but what if some commie pinko steals it next time?
There's still a few more months left for the media to come around and start looking into anyways. Look at how the mainstream media has only recently taken Bush to task over Iraq.
Keep telling yourself that.
And 70% of the people in this country STILL think that Saddam played some part in 9/11. What was your point again?
Right, wouldnt want anyone bringing up those pesky "16 words" again. It's all in the past man...
I once happened across a webpage with a picture of George W. looking over his State of the Union address thoughtfully, and the caption indicated as much. Compare this to all the handwringing over how those 16 words got in there, and, well... It is hard not to see an at least somewhat sinister motive behind this =)
LOL, we can't let reality intrude THAT far into the public education system =D