Not your own either, obviously. You make a claim with no evidence to support it, then expect your audience to do your research for you?
Fuck that, I'll just assume you're full of shit, since you can't or won't prove you're not.
If you can't do simple, obvious research, that is easily available on the internet, then you're hopelessly dumb.
How lost in the conspiracy theory are you?
Amazing that you can infer so much about a person from a simple request for citation... You're either a clairvoyant, or an ignorant, egotistical asshole incapable of reason and cogent thought. Which could it be? I'll give you a hint - there's no such thing as clairvoyance.
Since you have failed, repeatedly, to back your claim that good cops turn in bad cops for illegal behavior, I assume that to mean there is no evidence of such.
So, in other words, you can't provide a citation to prove your claim that cops turn each other in for criminal behavior? Somehow, judging from the rest of your response, I'm far from surprised.
Sometimes I really wonder how dumb paranoid people like you are.
Smart enough to not make blanket generalizations and statements I can't back up, which translates to 'obviously smarter than you.'
Do you REALLY believe that every single cop in the world is corrupt, and that no cop ever reports another corrupt cop?
Not necessarily; then again, I'm not the one making specious claims without having the wherewithal to back them up.
And then on top of that, you can't be bothered to do basic research?
You made the claim, you need to provide the reference, asshat. I assume you never went to college? I pray not, otherwise I would have to wonder how you managed to survive without understanding the concept of bibliography.
With enough of these cameras, they could do average speed ticketing fairly easily. E.g. you get from point A to point B that's 20 miles away in 10 minutes...
You seem to be under the impression that the person a license plate is registered to is always the person driving the automobile that said license plate is attached to.
Fatal flaw in your premise: I occasionally drive my wife's car.
What about checking to see if the same 2 or more vehicles are regularly scanned within a few miles of each other? Drug runners regularly use lead vehicles to scout for various obstructions/speed traps.
Yea, because it's completely inconceivable that multiple different vehicles will travel down the same stretches of interstate highway within a given period of time...
Except you know, when good cops actually DO turn in bad cops. Which does happen. Just because you're so biased that you can't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
The reason that America has the largest black market in the world is because of the high standard of living + welfare checks. If Africans had more money, they'd be the largest black market in the world.
This is one of those posts that makes you laugh, and then makes you feel bad because you laughed...
The tv show seaquest had them as well. if you were caught speeding instead of paying a fine it was deducted from your social security.
I know you're just talking about a tv show, but that's one of the most horrible solutions I can think of. Just like student loans, a fine against your future self wouldn't feel like a punishment at all (to many people).
Not to mention, in a lot of places it's illegal to ticket an inanimate object. The city I live in had to turn off their red-light cameras after losing in the state Supreme Court over that very issue.
Amazingly, some automobiles actually have multiple drivers.
Without social security, the elderly would turn to violent street crime and we'd have roving gangs of geriatric thugs.
... I know you're trying to make a point about how awful it would be to penalize SS for traffic violations, but, well, damn if that doesn't sound like it would make things interesting...
Hmmm 24 hours of criminals posting tweets detrimental to your business on their own account which is displayed in their own software. I guess everyone over at WHMCS must be on vacation...OR ARE COMPLETE MORONS! Maybe they forgot their security question though, lol.
Or the ugnazis changed the security question/answer...
Can't speak for everywhere, but where I live we have a right to know what we're being charged for; in the situation you've described, I would simply tell the university they have 2 options - give me an itemized bill, or sue me and explain to a judge why they can't or won't provide what they are legally obligated to, and likely lose out on any payment whatsoever (A lot of the judges around here are fed up with medical fraud).
It tends to work, as dealing with me nitpicking every expense on the bill (Wait - you charged me full retail for every tool used during the procedure? That means I get to keep them, right? No? OK, then I have no obligation to pay for them) is far less expensive than litigation.
Ha! Clearly you both are underestimating the level of greed and corruption in big pharma. You forgot to consider that this test is now likely more accurate than the current test. In 6 months time, the small handful of the populace who barely remembers "28 times cheaper" won't matter, for this "new and improved" test will hit the market at 2x the current price.
If anything, the cost will go UP, not down. This will be marketed as a "better" product, not a "cheaper" one.
I guess I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt ("Do No Harm First" and all)... mea culpa. Anyway, you're half right; regarding the "new and improved" status being reason to charge more, I present some anecdotal evidence -
Several years ago I had to have a emergency CAT scan, and an emergency MRI. After the insurance company decided to not pay for these "covered procedures," I received 2 bills, one for each procedure, both of which totaled exactly $3,000. Incredulous that 2 completely different procedures would have the exact same cost, I called the hospital to inquire: Here's the rationale, according to the 4 or 5 different people I was transferred between:
- MRI's are so expensive because the machines they use are brand new.
- CAT scans are so expensive because the machines they use are so old.
No bullshit. Ever since, I've been a total dick when it comes to paying medical bills; unless I have a fully itemized receipt in front of me, I refuse to so much as talk to a hospital employee about payment.
I advise other consumers who are fed up with getting screwed over to do the same.
You forgot:
- Was he considered to be a Creationist?
In that case, all the other questions go out the window even if they were all followed to a T.
Oh, right - I forgot that if a person disagrees with another person's ideology, the other person is obviously a fraud, regardless of the validity of his experiments and results.
but ridiculously profitable. I would imagine charging 1/4 current rates would be about right, considering that the cost is 28 times cheaper.
Considering that these are the same greedy assholes that charge $100+ for the Sharpie markers they use in the OR*, I expect at least 1/2 the current rate, if not more.
* No bullshit. Make sure you get an itemized bill for your next surgical procedure, it'll piss you off what they charge for some of this shit.
For the system as a whole, LESS resources are used if you do some skilled labor for someone and trade that labor for solar cells than if you were doing hard labor in your own backyard.
So, for example, you believe Jack Daniels uses less resources per bottle of whiskey than a moonshiner? Unless you have some figures that support your premise, I'm gonna have to call bullshit on that one.
Sure, people USED to do everything on their own lands, but the population has been too high for this to be possible for centuries now.
Not from the midwest, I take it? Or perhaps you are under the misconception that I actually care about anyone other than myself having access to cheap, renewable energy?
If the rest of the world wants to run their cars and equipment on petrol, or natural gas, or unicorn farts is of no consequence to me - while you and the rest of the globe continue hemorrhaging money hand over fist into the coffers of the energy cartels, I'll be laughing all the way to the still.
2. I'm saying that anyone BUT a hillbilly with no education or capital will get more usable energy, faster with solar cells than wasting time with ethanol.
Doesn't matter - point always was and still is renewable DIY energy production. Not that I take issue with solar power, mind you, but until someone comes up with a way to cheaply manufacture them at home, they are non sequitur to the point.
As for "wasting time with ethanol," that's obviously a subjective statement and thus, I don't really give a rat's ass what you think.
3. The thermoelectric effect is useless for energy production of any noticeable quantity. Go take a few math and physics classes. http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/
You know, that's exactly the kind of narcissistic, self-righteous statement that makes it difficult for me to continue being polite and not tell you to go fuck yourself.
You want a practical route? Buy a car or convert one to run on natural gas.
How is that more practical than ethanol, especially considering the fact I can make my own ethanol in my back field? Unless you've developed some new method of capturing natural gas that doesn't require expensive rigs and highly toxic pollutants, that's probably one of the least practical ideas I've heard thus far.
I won't even go into how much more difficult it is to convert a vehicle to natural gas than ethanol.
There's tons and tons of it being pumped, for dirt cheap, and this will continue for decades until the easy to frack reservoirs are drained.
Do you even understand my premise? Did you actually read what I wrote, or did you stop reading the instant you saw the word "ethanol?"
I don't give two shits how cheaply gas can be pumped and transported; my point was and still is that I can make my own fuel for damn near free, without ever leaving my property.
This will be the third time I've had to restate my premise; how many times do I have to say it? one cannot just grow natural gas wells in one's back field: Which was kind of my entire point.
Yes, but you can't grow nearly everything else needed for you to survive in your back field, either.
Why not? People have for thousands of years, still do.
Of course, that's non sequitur - this particular discussion is about energy independence, let's stay on topic and leave the strawmen in the fields scaring crows.
The point is that in the long run, cheap solar cells will be produced that need very little in the way of resources to make (whether it be skilled labor, materials, or energy).
Self produced ethanol requires even less: Any hillbilly can build and operate a still, the materials are plentiful, abundant, and infinitely renewable, and the energy needed to distill alcohol is provided by the ancient method of burning wood to produce heat.
I do have to concede that the production of the copper materials used in distillation would likely have to be outsourced, but that is of minimal concern.
The fact that China can make a profit (albeit yes with some cheating such as a deflated currency, and no OSHA standards) selling them this cheap means that the resources in them are already down to moderate levels.
... ensuring future dependence on the economies of other nations. Not a positive point when discussing energy independence.
Silicon is pretty darn common an element. The rare earths aren't, but some solar cells types need very little of those.
Hey, man, you figure out how to make solar cells from natural and readily available materials, and I'll be your biggest supporter! Thermoelectric Effect devices (AKA Peltier cooler/heaters) also show promise for both power generation and efficient heating/cooling, might want to check out that technology as well.
Until then, I'm going to go the practical route and stick to my alcohol/electric hybrid idea.
Or maybe it's a father who wants to monitor what his kids are doing.
Judging by summary writer's admission that beyond making patch cables, he doesn't know networking from a cow fart, I would consider this an accurate assumption.
I've never worked on this exact kind of project before, and thought it might be better to query slashdot instead of do my own research from scratch.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm not your research monkey.
Not your own either, obviously. You make a claim with no evidence to support it, then expect your audience to do your research for you?
Fuck that, I'll just assume you're full of shit, since you can't or won't prove you're not.
If you can't do simple, obvious research, that is easily available on the internet, then you're hopelessly dumb. How lost in the conspiracy theory are you?
Amazing that you can infer so much about a person from a simple request for citation... You're either a clairvoyant, or an ignorant, egotistical asshole incapable of reason and cogent thought. Which could it be? I'll give you a hint - there's no such thing as clairvoyance.
Since you have failed, repeatedly, to back your claim that good cops turn in bad cops for illegal behavior, I assume that to mean there is no evidence of such.
This "conversation" is over.
Check it.
So, in other words, you can't provide a citation to prove your claim that cops turn each other in for criminal behavior? Somehow, judging from the rest of your response, I'm far from surprised.
Sometimes I really wonder how dumb paranoid people like you are.
Smart enough to not make blanket generalizations and statements I can't back up, which translates to 'obviously smarter than you.'
Do you REALLY believe that every single cop in the world is corrupt, and that no cop ever reports another corrupt cop?
Not necessarily; then again, I'm not the one making specious claims without having the wherewithal to back them up.
And then on top of that, you can't be bothered to do basic research?
You made the claim, you need to provide the reference, asshat. I assume you never went to college? I pray not, otherwise I would have to wonder how you managed to survive without understanding the concept of bibliography.
With enough of these cameras, they could do average speed ticketing fairly easily. E.g. you get from point A to point B that's 20 miles away in 10 minutes...
You seem to be under the impression that the person a license plate is registered to is always the person driving the automobile that said license plate is attached to.
Fatal flaw in your premise: I occasionally drive my wife's car.
What about checking to see if the same 2 or more vehicles are regularly scanned within a few miles of each other? Drug runners regularly use lead vehicles to scout for various obstructions/speed traps.
Yea, because it's completely inconceivable that multiple different vehicles will travel down the same stretches of interstate highway within a given period of time...
Except you know, when good cops actually DO turn in bad cops. Which does happen. Just because you're so biased that you can't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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The reason that America has the largest black market in the world is because of the high standard of living + welfare checks. If Africans had more money, they'd be the largest black market in the world.
This is one of those posts that makes you laugh, and then makes you feel bad because you laughed...
The tv show seaquest had them as well. if you were caught speeding instead of paying a fine it was deducted from your social security.
I know you're just talking about a tv show, but that's one of the most horrible solutions I can think of. Just like student loans, a fine against your future self wouldn't feel like a punishment at all (to many people).
Not to mention, in a lot of places it's illegal to ticket an inanimate object. The city I live in had to turn off their red-light cameras after losing in the state Supreme Court over that very issue.
Amazingly, some automobiles actually have multiple drivers.
Without social security, the elderly would turn to violent street crime and we'd have roving gangs of geriatric thugs.
... I know you're trying to make a point about how awful it would be to penalize SS for traffic violations, but, well, damn if that doesn't sound like it would make things interesting...
This is still a free country... right?
Wrong. Get back in your cell... err home.
The word you're looking for there is cubicle
Hmmm 24 hours of criminals posting tweets detrimental to your business on their own account which is displayed in their own software. I guess everyone over at WHMCS must be on vacation...OR ARE COMPLETE MORONS! Maybe they forgot their security question though, lol.
Or the ugnazis changed the security question/answer...
And here I thought that was obvious...
Can't speak for everywhere, but where I live we have a right to know what we're being charged for; in the situation you've described, I would simply tell the university they have 2 options - give me an itemized bill, or sue me and explain to a judge why they can't or won't provide what they are legally obligated to, and likely lose out on any payment whatsoever (A lot of the judges around here are fed up with medical fraud).
It tends to work, as dealing with me nitpicking every expense on the bill (Wait - you charged me full retail for every tool used during the procedure? That means I get to keep them, right? No? OK, then I have no obligation to pay for them) is far less expensive than litigation.
No, its called bribery. I know you were joking but these people are screwing all of us over money & power.
Geez, you make it sound as if there's something wrong about using vast amounts of wealth to rule a nation by proxy...
Ha! Clearly you both are underestimating the level of greed and corruption in big pharma. You forgot to consider that this test is now likely more accurate than the current test. In 6 months time, the small handful of the populace who barely remembers "28 times cheaper" won't matter, for this "new and improved" test will hit the market at 2x the current price.
If anything, the cost will go UP, not down. This will be marketed as a "better" product, not a "cheaper" one.
I guess I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt ("Do No Harm First" and all)... mea culpa. Anyway, you're half right; regarding the "new and improved" status being reason to charge more, I present some anecdotal evidence -
Several years ago I had to have a emergency CAT scan, and an emergency MRI. After the insurance company decided to not pay for these "covered procedures," I received 2 bills, one for each procedure, both of which totaled exactly $3,000. Incredulous that 2 completely different procedures would have the exact same cost, I called the hospital to inquire: Here's the rationale, according to the 4 or 5 different people I was transferred between:
- MRI's are so expensive because the machines they use are brand new.
- CAT scans are so expensive because the machines they use are so old.
No bullshit. Ever since, I've been a total dick when it comes to paying medical bills; unless I have a fully itemized receipt in front of me, I refuse to so much as talk to a hospital employee about payment.
I advise other consumers who are fed up with getting screwed over to do the same.
You forgot: - Was he considered to be a Creationist? In that case, all the other questions go out the window even if they were all followed to a T.
Oh, right - I forgot that if a person disagrees with another person's ideology, the other person is obviously a fraud, regardless of the validity of his experiments and results.
:P
How silly of me
The scam is you will get some bullshit answer and no matter what you will not change their opinion.
This entire thing is a huge waste of time.
This.
My bad for thinking it was obvious.
Now we can have a nice, bullshit, boilerplate response to a legitimate question!
Seriously, is anyone still falling for this obvious scam?
but ridiculously profitable. I would imagine charging 1/4 current rates would be about right, considering that the cost is 28 times cheaper.
Considering that these are the same greedy assholes that charge $100+ for the Sharpie markers they use in the OR*, I expect at least 1/2 the current rate, if not more.
* No bullshit. Make sure you get an itemized bill for your next surgical procedure, it'll piss you off what they charge for some of this shit.
What had you accomplished by age 15? Hairy palms and premature blindness?
Something tells me one of the smartest adolescents in the world (who happens to be $75,000 richer than you) doesn't really give a fuck what you think.
Sounds like an awesome result, but isn't this more a feat of engineering than science?
Depends; did the student:
- Develop a hypothesis?
- Test the hypothesis (i.e. experiment)?
- Record results?
- "Rise and repeat?"
If the answer is "yes" to all of the above, than yes, it is science.
Unless the term is defined as something other than the method by which it is achieved?
when will we see wide-spread usage in regular medical practice?
When insurance companies and hospital administration boards find a way to make it ridiculously expensive.
For the system as a whole, LESS resources are used if you do some skilled labor for someone and trade that labor for solar cells than if you were doing hard labor in your own backyard.
So, for example, you believe Jack Daniels uses less resources per bottle of whiskey than a moonshiner? Unless you have some figures that support your premise, I'm gonna have to call bullshit on that one.
Sure, people USED to do everything on their own lands, but the population has been too high for this to be possible for centuries now.
Not from the midwest, I take it? Or perhaps you are under the misconception that I actually care about anyone other than myself having access to cheap, renewable energy?
If the rest of the world wants to run their cars and equipment on petrol, or natural gas, or unicorn farts is of no consequence to me - while you and the rest of the globe continue hemorrhaging money hand over fist into the coffers of the energy cartels, I'll be laughing all the way to the still.
2. I'm saying that anyone BUT a hillbilly with no education or capital will get more usable energy, faster with solar cells than wasting time with ethanol.
Doesn't matter - point always was and still is renewable DIY energy production. Not that I take issue with solar power, mind you, but until someone comes up with a way to cheaply manufacture them at home, they are non sequitur to the point.
As for "wasting time with ethanol," that's obviously a subjective statement and thus, I don't really give a rat's ass what you think.
3. The thermoelectric effect is useless for energy production of any noticeable quantity. Go take a few math and physics classes. http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/
You know, that's exactly the kind of narcissistic, self-righteous statement that makes it difficult for me to continue being polite and not tell you to go fuck yourself.
You want a practical route? Buy a car or convert one to run on natural gas.
How is that more practical than ethanol, especially considering the fact I can make my own ethanol in my back field? Unless you've developed some new method of capturing natural gas that doesn't require expensive rigs and highly toxic pollutants, that's probably one of the least practical ideas I've heard thus far.
I won't even go into how much more difficult it is to convert a vehicle to natural gas than ethanol.
There's tons and tons of it being pumped, for dirt cheap, and this will continue for decades until the easy to frack reservoirs are drained.
Do you even understand my premise? Did you actually read what I wrote, or did you stop reading the instant you saw the word "ethanol?"
I don't give two shits how cheaply gas can be pumped and transported; my point was and still is that I can make my own fuel for damn near free, without ever leaving my property.
This will be the third time I've had to restate my premise; how many times do I have to say it? one cannot just grow natural gas wells in one's back field: Which was kind of my entire point.
Now, please get it, or leave me alone.
Apparently, condensing your thoughts into a single sentence is "Insightful," whereas actually spelling the problem out is "Troll..."
Either that, or one of your foes had some mod points to burn.
Yes, but you can't grow nearly everything else needed for you to survive in your back field, either.
Why not? People have for thousands of years, still do.
Of course, that's non sequitur - this particular discussion is about energy independence, let's stay on topic and leave the strawmen in the fields scaring crows.
The point is that in the long run, cheap solar cells will be produced that need very little in the way of resources to make (whether it be skilled labor, materials, or energy).
Self produced ethanol requires even less: Any hillbilly can build and operate a still, the materials are plentiful, abundant, and infinitely renewable, and the energy needed to distill alcohol is provided by the ancient method of burning wood to produce heat.
I do have to concede that the production of the copper materials used in distillation would likely have to be outsourced, but that is of minimal concern.
The fact that China can make a profit (albeit yes with some cheating such as a deflated currency, and no OSHA standards) selling them this cheap means that the resources in them are already down to moderate levels.
... ensuring future dependence on the economies of other nations. Not a positive point when discussing energy independence.
Silicon is pretty darn common an element. The rare earths aren't, but some solar cells types need very little of those.
Hey, man, you figure out how to make solar cells from natural and readily available materials, and I'll be your biggest supporter! Thermoelectric Effect devices (AKA Peltier cooler/heaters) also show promise for both power generation and efficient heating/cooling, might want to check out that technology as well.
Until then, I'm going to go the practical route and stick to my alcohol/electric hybrid idea.
Or maybe it's a father who wants to monitor what his kids are doing.
Judging by summary writer's admission that beyond making patch cables, he doesn't know networking from a cow fart, I would consider this an accurate assumption.
Bad call, chief.
google it yourself, retard. nobody wipes your ass for you,
Now, now, we don't know that for a fact...