There is *ALWAYS* a bottleneck somewhere. Not enough CPU??? Throw more/faster CPUs at it. Oh crap.. now my memory is too slow. Ok.. fixed that. Now I need better disk throughput. Damn.. now the speed of light thing is slowing me down. Maybe if I build my computer in a circle to reduce the space between components.
The questions isn't how to make it faster. It's is it fast enough. Yep.. I would love to install an SSD and boot up windows in 5 seconds. But I only do it once or twice a month, so I'm not willing to pay for it. I could buy faster memory, or 10Krpm disks. Or install a SAN of some type with fiber. Or better video cards.
But in general, I'm content with what it is. And I know where to spend more money to make it faster if I want to.
And a good worker will communicate with their manager and let him know when they don't have clearly defined goals and aren't being rewarded according to their successes
If someone doesn't think their wife looks great, whether dressed in business attire, sexy nightware, or granny panties, then they should get a new wife. Or fall in love with the one they have.
My wife is ALWAYS the most beautiful woman in the world, and I never tire of looking at her. No matter what she is wearing. And she is almost 50.
Of course, she is also the only woman I'm allowed to have sex with. So I guess as long as my wife is having sex with me on a regular basis, she will continue to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
Nahhh...she always will because I just love her.
And if you don't understand that, you're not really in love....
It's a '3d Simulation'. The people on the right side of the theater don't get a different perspective than those on the left. Avatar was not a '3d' movie, it was a 'simulated 3d' movie.
I kinda like the 'depth' that the effect brings to the screen. But what drives me nuts is that I can't bring out of focus images into focus. I think this is why I get headaches, my eyes try to focus on the 'close' stuff or the 'far' stuff and can't. Avatar drove me nuts with the stupid bugs 'in front' of the screen. I don't mind things flying out at me, they are gone quickly enough. But when things are made to appear right in front of my face and stay there, my eyes want to focus on them and can't. I found that my eyes were tired after the movie, and I wondered if that was from an unconscious attempt to focus on things that weren't in focus. My wife said she didn't notice it such an effect at all, and she didn't get a headache.
I saw Alice in Wonderland without the 3d simulation, and in the future will probably skip 3d simulated movies if I have an option. Although I might try an Imax version of Avatar if it's still out in a few weeks after reading some of the responses about not getting headaches at those theaters.
Yeah.. that's it. We'll just ask for ID cards proving citizenship before we shoot back at someone.
If they are on US soil, I would agree. A US citizen in a foreign country that is hanging around with enemy combatants that the US military thinks might be doing bad things is fair game. I don't care if they are a news reporter either. Those are the risks one takes in a war zone.
War sucks... it's even worse when the enemy doesn't wear uniforms and hides like cowards among the civilian populations, using women and children to hide behind. If someone shoots at American soldiers on foreign soil, then goes into a civilian population center, he just put his family and friends at risk. Whether that person is a US citizen or not, I hope a predator drone puts a missile right up his ass.
I have a Bank of America credit card I use for things like this. BofA lets you create a 'fake' credit card number that is tied to your card, but that you have absolute control over. I can cancel it at will, change the limits up to my card limits, and set the expiration date to any period up to my own credit card expiration date. The cool part is you can also extend them if you choose to, and they are tied to one and only one merchant.
Whenever I buy anything online, I create a new number with a two month expiration date, and a limit that is $10 more than what the fee is. So next year, the card is no good and they have to come and ask me for a new card number.
Works GREAT!!! I wish more credit card companies offered it.
It's social evolution. Only stupid people were taken in by the ads. Now, those stupid people have less money and their friends mock them, so they can't breed, except with other stupid people. Eventually their offspring will be so stupid even breeding won't be possible.
In fact, they are so stupid that they'll think $3 is a great deal.
Thank you Classmates.com for helping get rid of stupid people.
And.. like most intelligent people.. you weren't fooled by it. So a bunch of stupid people who have no clue were taken in by a deceptive ad. I'll be that's the first time that ever happened. (Now.. where did I put those sarcasm tags...)
I used to pay for a premium membership so I could send emails to former classmates. During that time, I connected with several friends that I had lost touch with and still regularly send emails. One of those high school friends I am married to now. It was worth it those first few years when it was the only game in town.
I haven't paid for a premium membership in years. I watch my list of classmates, and if anyone new pops up that I want to email, I'll try to find them on facebook. And I'm really not interested in who signed my guest book.. I've contacted all of my old classmates that I wanted to that were on the site.
I do mostly maintenance programming (by choice.. I'm good at fixing code I know nothing about, I like it, it keeps from from being pigeonholed, and there is a lot less competition). So I spend a lot of time hopping around code I know nothing about. I also spend a lot of time 'going backwards' through programs, since sometimes all I have is an error message and it's easier than trying to start at Main. This type of interface would be very beneficial in my type of work.
Even writing code from scratch, I rarely program 'top down', but group methods in the file based on some vague grouping concept, like all setters/getters together, methods that are called somewhere around methods that are calling them. It's really not necessary for me to 'know' where in the file they are, as long as I can get to them, open, do whatever, then close them.
I think that as long as I can open a 'bubble' and have complete access to all my code via scrolling, this would work fine. I would only need to open bubbles as I need to then.
Besides.. what would happen to those bubbles if some braces got out of alignment. You would have to have pure code scrolling to be able to fix something like that.
The federal highway system is an example of what the US government SHOULDN'T get involved in. Sure.. it made a great highway system so that goods could easily move from one area to the other. It also wiped out HUNDREDS of small towns and made it simpler to mass people in large cities instead of small towns. It virtually eliminated the need for a railroad system since no one really had to travel much anymore. Then it allowed the federal government to jack up all of our income taxes to support it, and turn around and blackmail states into speed limit, seat belt, and drinking age laws in order to help keep those federal highway dollars coming in. THAT is the success of the federal highway system, more pollution, more congestion, and more control over our lives by federal politicians instead of our local and state governments.
The United STATES of America is one big experiment. States that do poorly look at states that do well and try to model them. Instead of one big education system, we have 50 small ones all run a little differently simultaneously that can be looked at, examined, and modeled by the other states. Health care is another example of being able to look at what hasn't worked to model new methods.
It is better to have several, independent power systems that compete with one another than one large one with only one way of doing things and a central control that could fail and take down everything. I think it's great that Texas and California and other states have this abundance of electricity. Let the companies that wish to tap it find ways to market it. Because once the feds control it, they can use that control to exert even more influence over our lives.
The United States has a constitution. But so does each state. The Bill of Rights came to be because our Federal politicians saw what each state had put into their constitution, and picked what they considered to be the best for the Bill of Rights. In other words, they were threatened by the power the states were exerting. While running 50 experiments may be inefficient, it is also the best way to find the best solutions in the end.
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Infrastructure is one of America's top 5 problems for the 21st Century.
Why should the public pay for moving electricity from the Midwest to the East coast? Let the East coast electricity get more expensive, and the Midwest electricity get cheaper. People and business will naturally migrate from expensive areas to less expensive areas, not requiring any expenditure at all. Remove the subsidies and tax credits on building anything but pilot projects and research. Provide loans for valid business plans that show a reasonable chance of success to help give a leg up to an industry.
Letting economics drive power sources is a lot more natural than having the government do it and creating tons of regulatory systems that only provide jobs in the legal and political arenas.
If a group of people agree to certain rules, then it is their responsibility. It's called 'a society'. All they have to do to comply is plant some more low-water usage plants. It seems the ordinance is very clear, it doesn't mention anything about fences. Agave and prickly pear are downright cheap, and they tend to grow 'like weeds' with very little water. Texas Sage can be used to cover larger areas and also uses very little water. I live in Mesa, AZ and the city provided a list of low-water plants for residents that would grow well.
It's unfortunate that other people want these types of rules, but the super-majority rules, and sometimes a simple-majority. I lived in Maine for 20 years, and there are places that have similar rules to Orange County. Usually put in place by transplants and 'from-away' types from Mass. who find the color choices by the French-Canadians who have lived their all of their life an eyesore. Yep.. it's unfair. To the 10% it affects.
Don't like the laws.. start work to change them. Until then, either comply or accept the consequences.
.. does not give you the right to use someone's property to express it. There are no protections in the Constitution that says a newspaper can't create rules for printing editorials, or YouTube can't determe what can and can't be displayed.
Don't like it.. start your own newspaper or video service. Or use Vimeo. I've stopped using YouTube for all my videos because of their copyright take down actions.
First, buy a second car. Install the update to make sure it works. Be sure to test all components to make sure there are no unintneded impacts.
Include several parallel tests also. Maybe even some regular parking tests.
Once all tests are completed, schedule the install during non-prime hours and have a backout plan.
I have TV because it's cheap and for when I get bored. I don't have digital cable because COX cable charges extra for it. I don't have extended cable because there just isn't that much more to make it worth it. If analog goes away and they force me to pay for a digital box of some type, then I'll drop it completely and just use NetFlix.
I don't have to watch TV, I enjoy doing other things and don't sit around and 'be entertained'. I choose to watch it and am more than willing to stop watching it altogether when it costs more to me than it's worth. I used to record a few shows, but find myself doing it less and less.
So I guess it makes sense to get a Tivo if TV watching is that much a part of someone's life, or they don't mind spending the money. Maybe someday I'll be rich enough that spending $5 every month on something I don't use that much won't mean anything to me. But if my life ever gets that boring, I hope suicide is legal by then.
Works fine for me.... all I have is basic cable. I don't waste money on 100 more stations of 'nothing on to watch'
When cable stops sending analog, I'll switch to over-the-air hd and drop basic cable.
You forgot...
TV Video card for your computer: Around $20-$100 and no monthly fee.
Software to use Video card -- $0 to $100 and no monthly fee
While it may not be the reason for most people, that's why I don't have a Tivo. I did spend the $100 for software just because I was too lazy to setup the free stuff.
My broken leg costs $70K after therapy. And yes.. I setup a payment plan because I have a high deductible. And because I'm a responsible person. I have a friend who had no insurance and broke her knee. She negotiated costs with the hospital (after the emergency room visit), reduced her bills by over 50%, and paid cash for her treatments by taking loans on her house. Another responsible person.
If my wife or I had to have an expensive treatment, we would look at all options and decide the best course of action. We have already discussed how we don't want outrageous medical treatments that would bankrupt us. That's being unselfish, deciding to give up one's own life for the benefit of another. And it's a choice people should be able to make without the government telling them what to do. But.. since each of us have a $5M lifetime maximum, we have a long way to go before we need to make that decision. And if our insurance goes away.. we will deal with it. I know.. you can't understand how heartless I can be. But responsible people look at all aspects of something, not just the emotional part. And that includes the quality of life after being bankrupted.
And stop that 'emergency rooms have to provide' BS. That doesn't mean they have to provide leukemia treatments, only keep someone from dying. Stop the bleeding.. yes. Set the broken leg.. no. Some might, but I doubt if therapy would be involved. So instead of a $42K hospital bill involving a multi-day stay and the insertion of plates into a leg, it might be a cast and 'off you go...see your doctor as soon as you can'.
I'm glad you have the choice to make your moral standards. Feel free to donate all of your paycheck to all of those that can't afford health care, or won't pay for insurance.
Now let me make choice and go away. You don't have the right to tell me what moral standards I get to have.
It's only a tax when people are required to pay it. I'm not required to have insurance. And don't start on 'states require car insurance, so that must be a tax.' First, many states allow for bonds to be posted in lieu of insurance. That costs more up front, and it also means that the person posting the bond has to pay the entire amount if something happens, but it's a possibility. And you only pay for car insurance if you drive on public streets. People who take the bus or ride bicycles don't have to subsidize my car insurance. THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
Most people don't go to the hospital or doctor on an emergency basis either. But.. just to carry your example a little further.. I drove my wife 20 miles to an emergency room a few weeks ago, even though there is a hospital 3 miles down the street. Why?? BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE BETTER CARE AND TREATMENT!!!
Some people don't shop around for places to take their car, they just take it to the dealer and get soaked for it. Is that any reason to stop forcing repair shops to post their prices or require written quotes... because some people are too lazy, ignorant, or apathetic to take responsibility for their own actions??
Take that matter of 'someone paying' up with your congressmen and senators. They are the ones that passed laws that said that any non-profit hospital must take all life-or-death cases in order to keep their non-profit status... for-profit medical facilities don't have to take all emergency cases. Of course, the hospital is able to limit what care it provides also if it feels the condition is terminal.
If my son get leukemia, we will deal with it like responsible people do. I'll ask for help from my friends and family, and maybe run a car wash or two. I might even cash in my retirement.
But that's MY business, and other people are free to help out as they choose to. No one will force them to.
You must be typical liberal who thinks it's the government's job to help all of those irresponsible people out there at the expense of all the responsible people. Feel free to donate your entire paycheck to all the non-profit hospitals in the area to take care of them.
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.. now my memory is too slow. Ok .. fixed that. Now I need better disk throughput. Damn .. now the speed of light thing is slowing me down. Maybe if I build my computer in a circle to reduce the space between components.
.. I would love to install an SSD and boot up windows in 5 seconds. But I only do it once or twice a month, so I'm not willing to pay for it. I could buy faster memory, or 10Krpm disks. Or install a SAN of some type with fiber. Or better video cards.
There is *ALWAYS* a bottleneck somewhere. Not enough CPU??? Throw more/faster CPUs at it. Oh crap
The questions isn't how to make it faster. It's is it fast enough. Yep
But in general, I'm content with what it is. And I know where to spend more money to make it faster if I want to.
With all their advances, I guess they haven't discovered either of the 'if ... then' or 'switch ... case' programming logic....
And a good worker will communicate with their manager and let him know when they don't have clearly defined goals and aren't being rewarded according to their successes
Communication works both ways.....
If someone doesn't think their wife looks great, whether dressed in business attire, sexy nightware, or granny panties, then they should get a new wife. Or fall in love with the one they have.
My wife is ALWAYS the most beautiful woman in the world, and I never tire of looking at her. No matter what she is wearing. And she is almost 50.
Of course, she is also the only woman I'm allowed to have sex with. So I guess as long as my wife is having sex with me on a regular basis, she will continue to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
Nahhh...she always will because I just love her.
And if you don't understand that, you're not really in love....
It's a '3d Simulation'. The people on the right side of the theater don't get a different perspective than those on the left. Avatar was not a '3d' movie, it was a 'simulated 3d' movie.
I kinda like the 'depth' that the effect brings to the screen. But what drives me nuts is that I can't bring out of focus images into focus. I think this is why I get headaches, my eyes try to focus on the 'close' stuff or the 'far' stuff and can't. Avatar drove me nuts with the stupid bugs 'in front' of the screen. I don't mind things flying out at me, they are gone quickly enough. But when things are made to appear right in front of my face and stay there, my eyes want to focus on them and can't. I found that my eyes were tired after the movie, and I wondered if that was from an unconscious attempt to focus on things that weren't in focus. My wife said she didn't notice it such an effect at all, and she didn't get a headache.
I saw Alice in Wonderland without the 3d simulation, and in the future will probably skip 3d simulated movies if I have an option. Although I might try an Imax version of Avatar if it's still out in a few weeks after reading some of the responses about not getting headaches at those theaters.
Yeah .. that's it. We'll just ask for ID cards proving citizenship before we shoot back at someone.
... it's even worse when the enemy doesn't wear uniforms and hides like cowards among the civilian populations, using women and children to hide behind. If someone shoots at American soldiers on foreign soil, then goes into a civilian population center, he just put his family and friends at risk. Whether that person is a US citizen or not, I hope a predator drone puts a missile right up his ass.
If they are on US soil, I would agree. A US citizen in a foreign country that is hanging around with enemy combatants that the US military thinks might be doing bad things is fair game. I don't care if they are a news reporter either. Those are the risks one takes in a war zone.
War sucks
hehe .. I never have a problem.
I have a Bank of America credit card I use for things like this. BofA lets you create a 'fake' credit card number that is tied to your card, but that you have absolute control over. I can cancel it at will, change the limits up to my card limits, and set the expiration date to any period up to my own credit card expiration date. The cool part is you can also extend them if you choose to, and they are tied to one and only one merchant.
Whenever I buy anything online, I create a new number with a two month expiration date, and a limit that is $10 more than what the fee is. So next year, the card is no good and they have to come and ask me for a new card number.
Works GREAT!!! I wish more credit card companies offered it.
It's social evolution. Only stupid people were taken in by the ads. Now, those stupid people have less money and their friends mock them, so they can't breed, except with other stupid people. Eventually their offspring will be so stupid even breeding won't be possible.
In fact, they are so stupid that they'll think $3 is a great deal.
Thank you Classmates.com for helping get rid of stupid people.
And .. like most intelligent people .. you weren't fooled by it. So a bunch of stupid people who have no clue were taken in by a deceptive ad. I'll be that's the first time that ever happened. (Now .. where did I put those sarcasm tags...)
.. I've contacted all of my old classmates that I wanted to that were on the site.
I used to pay for a premium membership so I could send emails to former classmates. During that time, I connected with several friends that I had lost touch with and still regularly send emails. One of those high school friends I am married to now. It was worth it those first few years when it was the only game in town.
I haven't paid for a premium membership in years. I watch my list of classmates, and if anyone new pops up that I want to email, I'll try to find them on facebook. And I'm really not interested in who signed my guest book
OMG man ... you've discovered crop circles....
I do mostly maintenance programming (by choice .. I'm good at fixing code I know nothing about, I like it, it keeps from from being pigeonholed, and there is a lot less competition). So I spend a lot of time hopping around code I know nothing about. I also spend a lot of time 'going backwards' through programs, since sometimes all I have is an error message and it's easier than trying to start at Main. This type of interface would be very beneficial in my type of work.
.. what would happen to those bubbles if some braces got out of alignment. You would have to have pure code scrolling to be able to fix something like that.
Even writing code from scratch, I rarely program 'top down', but group methods in the file based on some vague grouping concept, like all setters/getters together, methods that are called somewhere around methods that are calling them. It's really not necessary for me to 'know' where in the file they are, as long as I can get to them, open, do whatever, then close them.
I think that as long as I can open a 'bubble' and have complete access to all my code via scrolling, this would work fine. I would only need to open bubbles as I need to then.
Besides
The federal highway system is an example of what the US government SHOULDN'T get involved in. Sure .. it made a great highway system so that goods could easily move from one area to the other. It also wiped out HUNDREDS of small towns and made it simpler to mass people in large cities instead of small towns. It virtually eliminated the need for a railroad system since no one really had to travel much anymore. Then it allowed the federal government to jack up all of our income taxes to support it, and turn around and blackmail states into speed limit, seat belt, and drinking age laws in order to help keep those federal highway dollars coming in. THAT is the success of the federal highway system, more pollution, more congestion, and more control over our lives by federal politicians instead of our local and state governments.
The United STATES of America is one big experiment. States that do poorly look at states that do well and try to model them. Instead of one big education system, we have 50 small ones all run a little differently simultaneously that can be looked at, examined, and modeled by the other states. Health care is another example of being able to look at what hasn't worked to model new methods.
It is better to have several, independent power systems that compete with one another than one large one with only one way of doing things and a central control that could fail and take down everything. I think it's great that Texas and California and other states have this abundance of electricity. Let the companies that wish to tap it find ways to market it. Because once the feds control it, they can use that control to exert even more influence over our lives.
The United States has a constitution. But so does each state. The Bill of Rights came to be because our Federal politicians saw what each state had put into their constitution, and picked what they considered to be the best for the Bill of Rights. In other words, they were threatened by the power the states were exerting. While running 50 experiments may be inefficient, it is also the best way to find the best solutions in the end.
Infrastructure is one of America's top 5 problems for the 21st Century.
Why should the public pay for moving electricity from the Midwest to the East coast? Let the East coast electricity get more expensive, and the Midwest electricity get cheaper. People and business will naturally migrate from expensive areas to less expensive areas, not requiring any expenditure at all. Remove the subsidies and tax credits on building anything but pilot projects and research. Provide loans for valid business plans that show a reasonable chance of success to help give a leg up to an industry.
Letting economics drive power sources is a lot more natural than having the government do it and creating tons of regulatory systems that only provide jobs in the legal and political arenas.
If a group of people agree to certain rules, then it is their responsibility. It's called 'a society'. All they have to do to comply is plant some more low-water usage plants. It seems the ordinance is very clear, it doesn't mention anything about fences. Agave and prickly pear are downright cheap, and they tend to grow 'like weeds' with very little water. Texas Sage can be used to cover larger areas and also uses very little water. I live in Mesa, AZ and the city provided a list of low-water plants for residents that would grow well.
.. it's unfair. To the 10% it affects.
.. start work to change them. Until then, either comply or accept the consequences.
It's unfortunate that other people want these types of rules, but the super-majority rules, and sometimes a simple-majority. I lived in Maine for 20 years, and there are places that have similar rules to Orange County. Usually put in place by transplants and 'from-away' types from Mass. who find the color choices by the French-Canadians who have lived their all of their life an eyesore. Yep
Don't like the laws
Yes .. you are correct in what I meant, as my examples pointed out.
.. does not give you the right to use someone's property to express it. There are no protections in the Constitution that says a newspaper can't create rules for printing editorials, or YouTube can't determe what can and can't be displayed.
.. start your own newspaper or video service. Or use Vimeo. I've stopped using YouTube for all my videos because of their copyright take down actions.
Don't like it
The girl at the end of the video had really great lips. What was the video about again???
First, buy a second car. Install the update to make sure it works. Be sure to test all components to make sure there are no unintneded impacts. Include several parallel tests also. Maybe even some regular parking tests. Once all tests are completed, schedule the install during non-prime hours and have a backout plan.
I have TV because it's cheap and for when I get bored. I don't have digital cable because COX cable charges extra for it. I don't have extended cable because there just isn't that much more to make it worth it. If analog goes away and they force me to pay for a digital box of some type, then I'll drop it completely and just use NetFlix.
I don't have to watch TV, I enjoy doing other things and don't sit around and 'be entertained'. I choose to watch it and am more than willing to stop watching it altogether when it costs more to me than it's worth. I used to record a few shows, but find myself doing it less and less.
So I guess it makes sense to get a Tivo if TV watching is that much a part of someone's life, or they don't mind spending the money. Maybe someday I'll be rich enough that spending $5 every month on something I don't use that much won't mean anything to me. But if my life ever gets that boring, I hope suicide is legal by then.
Works fine for me .... all I have is basic cable. I don't waste money on 100 more stations of 'nothing on to watch'
When cable stops sending analog, I'll switch to over-the-air hd and drop basic cable.
You forgot ...
TV Video card for your computer: Around $20-$100 and no monthly fee.
Software to use Video card -- $0 to $100 and no monthly fee
While it may not be the reason for most people, that's why I don't have a Tivo. I did spend the $100 for software just because I was too lazy to setup the free stuff.
And 99% of all websites are boring, useless, commercial, or self-serving. Let them die...tomorrow would be too soon.
Bullshit. Pure, unadulterated bullshit.
.. I setup a payment plan because I have a high deductible. And because I'm a responsible person. I have a friend who had no insurance and broke her knee. She negotiated costs with the hospital (after the emergency room visit), reduced her bills by over 50%, and paid cash for her treatments by taking loans on her house. Another responsible person.
.. since each of us have a $5M lifetime maximum, we have a long way to go before we need to make that decision. And if our insurance goes away .. we will deal with it. I know .. you can't understand how heartless I can be. But responsible people look at all aspects of something, not just the emotional part. And that includes the quality of life after being bankrupted.
.. yes. Set the broken leg .. no. Some might, but I doubt if therapy would be involved. So instead of a $42K hospital bill involving a multi-day stay and the insertion of plates into a leg, it might be a cast and 'off you go...see your doctor as soon as you can'.
My broken leg costs $70K after therapy. And yes
If my wife or I had to have an expensive treatment, we would look at all options and decide the best course of action. We have already discussed how we don't want outrageous medical treatments that would bankrupt us. That's being unselfish, deciding to give up one's own life for the benefit of another. And it's a choice people should be able to make without the government telling them what to do. But
And stop that 'emergency rooms have to provide' BS. That doesn't mean they have to provide leukemia treatments, only keep someone from dying. Stop the bleeding
I'm glad you have the choice to make your moral standards. Feel free to donate all of your paycheck to all of those that can't afford health care, or won't pay for insurance.
Now let me make choice and go away. You don't have the right to tell me what moral standards I get to have.
It's only a tax when people are required to pay it. I'm not required to have insurance. And don't start on 'states require car insurance, so that must be a tax.' First, many states allow for bonds to be posted in lieu of insurance. That costs more up front, and it also means that the person posting the bond has to pay the entire amount if something happens, but it's a possibility. And you only pay for car insurance if you drive on public streets. People who take the bus or ride bicycles don't have to subsidize my car insurance. THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
.. just to carry your example a little further .. I drove my wife 20 miles to an emergency room a few weeks ago, even though there is a hospital 3 miles down the street. Why?? BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE BETTER CARE AND TREATMENT!!!
... because some people are too lazy, ignorant, or apathetic to take responsibility for their own actions??
Most people don't go to the hospital or doctor on an emergency basis either. But
Some people don't shop around for places to take their car, they just take it to the dealer and get soaked for it. Is that any reason to stop forcing repair shops to post their prices or require written quotes
Take that matter of 'someone paying' up with your congressmen and senators. They are the ones that passed laws that said that any non-profit hospital must take all life-or-death cases in order to keep their non-profit status ... for-profit medical facilities don't have to take all emergency cases. Of course, the hospital is able to limit what care it provides also if it feels the condition is terminal.
If my son get leukemia, we will deal with it like responsible people do. I'll ask for help from my friends and family, and maybe run a car wash or two. I might even cash in my retirement.
But that's MY business, and other people are free to help out as they choose to. No one will force them to.
You must be typical liberal who thinks it's the government's job to help all of those irresponsible people out there at the expense of all the responsible people. Feel free to donate your entire paycheck to all the non-profit hospitals in the area to take care of them.