Problem is there ain't enough tax revenue from the youths in this country. Birth rates are too low. You disincentivized having children. Many don't want high paying jobs. So where are you going to find the dough to pay for it.
That part's easy. If we had the French system the savings would let us either retire the personal income tax or the federal deficit.
Personally the ACA is the same thing as the UN coming in and telling the people of France they have to either buy 'insurance' for a product they don't want or pay a fine,
Actually it's like France telling the people of France they have to pay into statutory sickness funds. But odd you bring up France: If we used their system we could use the savings to retire the personal income tax. Freedom from income tax sounds like a worthy freedom, n'est-ce pas?
Most of the problems aren't on the website, and many may not be due to scaling. The problems occur when the website has to query IRS, VA, DHS, state, and other databases for for information about the user and receive information back in a short period of time or quit the process. Speculation is that the company that created the data hub that all of the queries go through didn't adequately design for failed queries and that the government databases themselves couldn't handle the load.
Well Tesla has, what, one model, with very few options available. More coming, sure, but today, its pick your color and battery size, and send a check.
Actually they have quite a few options; a loaded Tesla costs up to $60k more than a base model. Suede headliner anyone?
Wireless monitoring of data can be allowed without also allowing wireless reprogramming. For implanted devices they could at least restrict wireless protocols to near field communication.
Searching isn't as hard (anymore), interpretation (what Watson aims to do) still is. Given the right query using symptoms and lab test results as keywords Google will give you a list of articles and websites, some of which will have information on the correct differential diagnosis protocols to use to come up with a diagnosis. Watson will give you a ranked list of diagnoses and the evidence for each and/or further tests to run. I agree with you about Watson's vulnerabilities: Watson was raised on a pretty well behaved neighborhood of the internet.
OK, how about a compromise. If the plane is on fire, stay in your seat and wait for other people to evacuate first. Then retrieve your luggage and head for the exit. That way you are not putting other lives in danger because you're worried your embassy might take a few extra days to issue plane crash victims temporary passports. On the other hand, if you can posit leaving your medication in the overhead bin I can posit the guy behind you having two toddlers to evacuate. If you're futzing with the overhead bins or your bag is slowing everyone down don't be surprised when he "places" you in a seat: people will do what is necessary when an emergency happens. Especially when someone is putting their family at risk.
I think it could cause flight delays, more paperwork, and annoyed flight crews. Flight crews really won't appreciate having to police misbehaving gadgets/surly gadgeteers while parked at the gate: flight crew doesn't get paid til they pull away. If there are enough RF-noisy gadgets out there to affect the on-time percentages for airlines, the rules will revert ASAP.
You'll get more medicine when you're taken to the hospital (you will be taken to a hospital); your embassy will get you a new passport (you'll get the highest priority). Or maybe you blocking the aisle while retrieving your stuff causes yourself or someone else to die of smoke inhalation. Anyway, don't argue with me - take it up with the FAA and the NTSB.
People will do what is needed when an emergency happens.
Asiana flight 214: People take their luggage when exiting a burning plane via the emergency chute, others try to re-enter a burning plane to get their luggage.
I wonder if Apple's design patent for rounded corners on its widgets has a claim for "less likely to poke into user's skull when launched at high speed".
I always thought the issue wasn't properly functioning cell phones, kindles, walkmen, etc interfering with VOR or HF bands (the rules predate GPS on phones) ; the problem was electronic gadgets that generated lots of RF interference due to malfunction or due to being cheap imports that were never UL approved in the first place. Airlines could test everyone's electronics for interference during or right after boarding... or just make everyone turn every damn thing off. I know which is simpler and faster.
I didn't forget them, just looking at relative mortality risks. Earthquakes are the biggest natural disaster killers yet kill less than 100K worldwide each year; even in the countries that have suffered major earthquakes and tsunamis those are still a blip in mortality rates when you look decade to decade. If Tornado Alley, the San Andreas fault, and a major floodplain all overlapped and you lived in the intersection you'd still probably die of CV/cancer. Probably related to stress. Economic/property damage, injury, and plain inconvenience are another matter, but don't make for blockbuster movies.
I'm still all for being prepared though: We have several weeks worth of food, a weeks worth of water, bugout bags, n95 masks, bookshelves secured to walls, etc.
it suggested that his commissions were in the range of $80 million -- or about 600,000 Bitcoins. You might notice the disconnect between the 26,000 Bitcoins seized and the supposed 600,000 Ulbright made.
Wouldn't the vast majority of his commissions have already been spent or at least laundered long ago? Why does everyone expect him to have left all of his income in his wallet?
Same thing in the Pharma branch of fantasyland: ILOS (in-license, out-source). Makes perfect sense: why would a VP wait 3-10 years to find out if a research program is going to pan out when they can buy someone else's drug candidates, declare immediate victory, and get promoted before the drugs flop in clinical trials?
A bicycle is nice, but it won't help you evacuate your family and pets. It won't help you haul a generator, fuel, and two weeks worth of food home. It won't help you haul all of the debris out of your house and yard, sandbags to prevent flooding, or the tools you need to start fixing stuff. They also suck ass during blizzards, hurricanes, or when the fast zombies also have bicycles.
Much more than that: the risks most first world slashdotters face are just too mundane for people to fantasize about: cardiovascular disease, car accidents, cancer. Want to keep your family safe? Take defensive driving courses. Go to the gym. Quit smoking and eating so much bacon.
I think they're getting a twofer: 1, Good press for supposedly making things harder for the NSA, 2, making it a PITA for ISPs to eavesdrop on/monetize google searches. ISPs can push their own targeted advertising based on search terms the same way that Google does; they can also redirect traffic away from google results and to their own affiliates based on those search terms. Paxfire offered that capability to ISPs in the past; they redirected traffic from Google, Yahoo, and Bing searches to their clients. They stopped after Google sued.
I'll guess the overhead on encrypting all searches is less expensive than trying to sue ISPs all around the world.
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At least in a private system, if an insurance company won't cover you, they don't charge you either.
No, they charge you for years and then either deny your claim or cancel your coverage over discrepancies in your medical records.
Problem is there ain't enough tax revenue from the youths in this country. Birth rates are too low. You disincentivized having children. Many don't want high paying jobs. So where are you going to find the dough to pay for it.
That part's easy. If we had the French system the savings would let us either retire the personal income tax or the federal deficit.
Usually... a single group plan to cover a couple of adults (and maybe a kid or three) costs less than separate plans for each member
Gee, if there was only some way to get everyone on the same plan ...
Were there debit card fees from the banks, etc?
Personally the ACA is the same thing as the UN coming in and telling the people of France they have to either buy 'insurance' for a product they don't want or pay a fine,
Actually it's like France telling the people of France they have to pay into statutory sickness funds. But odd you bring up France: If we used their system we could use the savings to retire the personal income tax. Freedom from income tax sounds like a worthy freedom, n'est-ce pas?
http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-johnston/2012/09/11/a-tale-of-two-healthcare-plans/
But key specifications weren't handed over until spring this year.
Most of the problems aren't on the website, and many may not be due to scaling. The problems occur when the website has to query IRS, VA, DHS, state, and other databases for for information about the user and receive information back in a short period of time or quit the process. Speculation is that the company that created the data hub that all of the queries go through didn't adequately design for failed queries and that the government databases themselves couldn't handle the load.
Well Tesla has, what, one model, with very few options available. More coming, sure, but today, its pick your color and battery size, and send a check.
Actually they have quite a few options; a loaded Tesla costs up to $60k more than a base model. Suede headliner anyone?
Wireless monitoring of data can be allowed without also allowing wireless reprogramming. For implanted devices they could at least restrict wireless protocols to near field communication.
Searching isn't as hard (anymore), interpretation (what Watson aims to do) still is. Given the right query using symptoms and lab test results as keywords Google will give you a list of articles and websites, some of which will have information on the correct differential diagnosis protocols to use to come up with a diagnosis. Watson will give you a ranked list of diagnoses and the evidence for each and/or further tests to run. I agree with you about Watson's vulnerabilities: Watson was raised on a pretty well behaved neighborhood of the internet.
OK, how about a compromise. If the plane is on fire, stay in your seat and wait for other people to evacuate first. Then retrieve your luggage and head for the exit. That way you are not putting other lives in danger because you're worried your embassy might take a few extra days to issue plane crash victims temporary passports. On the other hand, if you can posit leaving your medication in the overhead bin I can posit the guy behind you having two toddlers to evacuate. If you're futzing with the overhead bins or your bag is slowing everyone down don't be surprised when he "places" you in a seat: people will do what is necessary when an emergency happens. Especially when someone is putting their family at risk.
I think it could cause flight delays, more paperwork, and annoyed flight crews. Flight crews really won't appreciate having to police misbehaving gadgets/surly gadgeteers while parked at the gate: flight crew doesn't get paid til they pull away. If there are enough RF-noisy gadgets out there to affect the on-time percentages for airlines, the rules will revert ASAP.
You'll get more medicine when you're taken to the hospital (you will be taken to a hospital); your embassy will get you a new passport (you'll get the highest priority). Or maybe you blocking the aisle while retrieving your stuff causes yourself or someone else to die of smoke inhalation. Anyway, don't argue with me - take it up with the FAA and the NTSB.
People will do what is needed when an emergency happens.
Asiana flight 214: People take their luggage when exiting a burning plane via the emergency chute, others try to re-enter a burning plane to get their luggage.
I wonder if Apple's design patent for rounded corners on its widgets has a claim for "less likely to poke into user's skull when launched at high speed".
I always thought the issue wasn't properly functioning cell phones, kindles, walkmen, etc interfering with VOR or HF bands (the rules predate GPS on phones) ; the problem was electronic gadgets that generated lots of RF interference due to malfunction or due to being cheap imports that were never UL approved in the first place. Airlines could test everyone's electronics for interference during or right after boarding ... or just make everyone turn every damn thing off. I know which is simpler and faster.
I didn't forget them, just looking at relative mortality risks. Earthquakes are the biggest natural disaster killers yet kill less than 100K worldwide each year; even in the countries that have suffered major earthquakes and tsunamis those are still a blip in mortality rates when you look decade to decade. If Tornado Alley, the San Andreas fault, and a major floodplain all overlapped and you lived in the intersection you'd still probably die of CV/cancer. Probably related to stress. Economic/property damage, injury, and plain inconvenience are another matter, but don't make for blockbuster movies. I'm still all for being prepared though: We have several weeks worth of food, a weeks worth of water, bugout bags, n95 masks, bookshelves secured to walls, etc.
it suggested that his commissions were in the range of $80 million -- or about 600,000 Bitcoins. You might notice the disconnect between the 26,000 Bitcoins seized and the supposed 600,000 Ulbright made.
Wouldn't the vast majority of his commissions have already been spent or at least laundered long ago? Why does everyone expect him to have left all of his income in his wallet?
Same thing in the Pharma branch of fantasyland: ILOS (in-license, out-source). Makes perfect sense: why would a VP wait 3-10 years to find out if a research program is going to pan out when they can buy someone else's drug candidates, declare immediate victory, and get promoted before the drugs flop in clinical trials?
You're right about the cardio though. Heading off to the gym in a minute, though it's more about preparation for winter surfing than for zombies.
A bicycle is nice, but it won't help you evacuate your family and pets. It won't help you haul a generator, fuel, and two weeks worth of food home. It won't help you haul all of the debris out of your house and yard, sandbags to prevent flooding, or the tools you need to start fixing stuff. They also suck ass during blizzards, hurricanes, or when the fast zombies also have bicycles.
Much more than that: the risks most first world slashdotters face are just too mundane for people to fantasize about: cardiovascular disease, car accidents, cancer. Want to keep your family safe? Take defensive driving courses. Go to the gym. Quit smoking and eating so much bacon.
Actually this is an offshoot of the Canyonero.
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,
65 tons of American Pride!
In that case they would have done it before the patents were submitted.
I think they're getting a twofer: 1, Good press for supposedly making things harder for the NSA, 2, making it a PITA for ISPs to eavesdrop on/monetize google searches. ISPs can push their own targeted advertising based on search terms the same way that Google does; they can also redirect traffic away from google results and to their own affiliates based on those search terms. Paxfire offered that capability to ISPs in the past; they redirected traffic from Google, Yahoo, and Bing searches to their clients. They stopped after Google sued. I'll guess the overhead on encrypting all searches is less expensive than trying to sue ISPs all around the world.