You're more likely to drop the phone in the toilet then getting hacked. Besides, I'm sure Samsung will release a patch soon, so no need to run to the Apple store!
If someone want's to subject themselves to apple's restrictions, I usually encourage them - it will likely be an educational experience. Moreover, they'll probably be on a long and expensive contract that they won't soon forget.
Because "quite nice" is not exactly what you want your smart phone to be. Try "amazing" like iPhone.
Sounds like apple fanboy talk to me. A smartphone is a smartphone, the amazing should have worn off shortly after you got your first one regardless of the model.
What astonishes me is that people aren't installing more of these Philips lights—they are amazing. You can't tell the difference between them and incandescents, but they last forever, use minimal power, and look _really_ cool (but don't look at them when they're on—they're _bright_!).
There's nothing astonishing about it, really. They are a little more than 40 times more expensive than incandescent with the same output (10 times the price of comparable CFL). I've got 29 "regular" light sockets to fill in my house. $15 ($58 for cfl) vs $638.... well.. it will be a LONG time before they pay for themselves.
Fortunately, since there are often good sales on CFL bulbs, I've got CFL bulbs everywhere.
When these are under $5 I will start to consider them.. not before.
Price. It's the same reason everyone hasn't gone out and replaced their gas powered automobiles with the Tesla S.
Most people, U.S. or not, spend most of their time not travelling.
The important difference between U.S. and Europe is that all the networks and phones use GSM. That lowers costs and promotes competition — hence the unlocked phones. When you can move your phone to any network, there's a big market for unlocked ones. With less competition here, carriers can get away with bundling and long-term contracts, which means locked-in phones.
Speaking of which Verizon's network is not GSM. So are these iPhones dual-network or what?
You didn't even read the summary, apparently.
TFS:
As units have started making it out of the stores, it appears that the Verizon version of the device is fully unlocked out of the box and able to connect to any GSM network.
optimize billing codes to ensure maximum revenue per procedure by basically scanning a billing batch and re-coding it using more lucrative codes for the same procedures.
Sounds to me like the coding system need to be revamped to remove the duplications if possible.
it's already been established that moving to electronic records helps track Medicare fraud. Yes, the system has a lot of gaps, but electronic tracking reduces them. If that wasn't true companies wouldn't use electronic purchasing systems to track expenditures, and the spreadsheet would just be an interesting foot note in computer history...
True, but as organizations such as anonymous and other hacker groups frequently show us they also help make fraud easier. It's very much a double edged sword.
I gotta ask (since I'm far too lazy to read the article): Is this a lame attack on the existing administration?
I didn't get that impression. They mention the Obama and Bush administrations together since both were pushing electronic records. I think if it were a political attack, you wouldn't see dubya's name on it.
I don't think most consumers will go for it out of the box, but I bet windows 8 pc's will come with some free limited time subscription. Then people will be tempted to continue paying some monthly fee. Same thing with pay per month or micro transaction video games.
Corporations will probably like it because many seem to prefer leasing or otherwise renting over buying.
Number of articles != quality. I don't need my encyclopedia filled with junk.
I fail to see how an encyclopedia having an article that you don't find important detracts from that encyclopedia. Personally, I don't find North Korea very interesting and yet I don't complain about encyclopedias having articles on the subject.
I'm for mandatory labeling of products and detailed government sponsored scientific studies on the topic
Why single out GE crops? Why should they get special restrictions while everything else (like the conventionally bred toxic Lenape potato and herbicide resistant Clearfield wheat) gets a free pass?
Sounds good to me, labeling them appropriately won't hurt.
I've been on a waiting list for at least 6 or 8 months and the last notice I had is that it was going to be shipped in about 4 months. It's ridiculous. Where does everyone get theirs?, do they even exist!?!?
I have the exact same problem. Maybe I'll try and get my money back and order from one of these other companies who are supposedly shipping real devices.
Thing is, it wasn't the GMO crops that are reputed to give you the cancer. It's the pesticide. Now, class, for 10 bonus points, who didn't know pesticides are dangerous?
True, but the GMO crops are what enables farmers to spray pesticides directly onto the crops. It sounds to me like nature is working this out for everyone, anyway: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19594335
Crazy JJ did. He/she was implying that anyone concerned about GMO was trying to ban it worldwide. It's a common tactic for smearing a movement you don't like: make it sound like they're advocating something absurd that they're not.
I assumed he was being facetious to make his point, but you're right - he did say that.
It sounds like roundup and GM crops are rapidly nearing the end of their useful life with the weeds becoming naturally resistant to the stuff. If true, this whole discussion is probably moot.
In that case I think banning GM foods would have a much smaller impact that you suppose. Commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994 (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food ). Not that I'm suggesting they need to be banned. I'm for mandatory labeling of products and detailed government sponsored scientific studies on the topic. If the problem was eliminated (or significantly reduced) before 1994, then GM crops and round-up did not play a role.
Oh no, of course you haven't. Because, thanks to GM crops and pesticides and the vastly improved crop yields they've provided, food today is plentiful in the developed world.
Not that it didn't happen, but can you cite a reference to a time when food was not plentiful in the developed world. I'm honestly curious. I know there are plenty of places in the world where folks are starving, but I've never heard of there being a food shortage in my country (USA) during my lifetime.
False dichotomy. No one is saying we must ban everything that gives you cancer.
I don't think anyone said it had to be banned, but labeling products that are genetically modified to be round-up resistant (and subsequently sprayed with round-up) is important in allowing consumers to make their own decisions. Currently that is not required by law and is not being done voluntarily. When you go to the store and buy products based on corn, soybeans etc you have no way to know if it's been modified or sprayed with roundup today. Unless you buy the highly expensive "organic" products. If the products were properly labeled, there could likely be some middle ground between the two.
If he could find them, he could probably get used typewriters free.
Yes, because in poor countries without computers or even regular electricity, where people have nothing to learn typing on, obviously a used typewriter is going to be completely valueless.
Try thinking outside your own little world, it can be an interesting exercise..
Clearly the person setting this up has internet access to post the question in the first place. He could probably contact companies or organizations with requests to donate and *ship* them. I know this whole shipping thing is fairly new to some people..... Try not being an asshole every time you post.
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You're more likely to drop the phone in the toilet then getting hacked. Besides, I'm sure Samsung will release a patch soon, so no need to run to the Apple store!
If someone want's to subject themselves to apple's restrictions, I usually encourage them - it will likely be an educational experience. Moreover, they'll probably be on a long and expensive contract that they won't soon forget.
Because "quite nice" is not exactly what you want your smart phone to be. Try "amazing" like iPhone.
Sounds like apple fanboy talk to me. A smartphone is a smartphone, the amazing should have worn off shortly after you got your first one regardless of the model.
It hasn't occurred to you that a ban on incandescents for lighting might just exclude incandescents for heating in industrial applications?
Can you cite a source? Everything I've read says it's just an outright ban.
What astonishes me is that people aren't installing more of these Philips lights—they are amazing. You can't tell the difference between them and incandescents, but they last forever, use minimal power, and look _really_ cool (but don't look at them when they're on—they're _bright_!).
There's nothing astonishing about it, really. They are a little more than 40 times more expensive than incandescent with the same output (10 times the price of comparable CFL). I've got 29 "regular" light sockets to fill in my house. $15 ($58 for cfl) vs $638.... well.. it will be a LONG time before they pay for themselves.
Fortunately, since there are often good sales on CFL bulbs, I've got CFL bulbs everywhere.
When these are under $5 I will start to consider them.. not before.
Price. It's the same reason everyone hasn't gone out and replaced their gas powered automobiles with the Tesla S.
Then hopefully my purchase will help to create a car everyone can afford.
So the target is the $100 electric car for rural India?
That comes a few steps down the road, but the process he was describing is the same.
They did that years ago. It's named "IVRU"
Most people, U.S. or not, spend most of their time not travelling.
The important difference between U.S. and Europe is that all the networks and phones use GSM. That lowers costs and promotes competition — hence the unlocked phones. When you can move your phone to any network, there's a big market for unlocked ones. With less competition here, carriers can get away with bundling and long-term contracts, which means locked-in phones.
Speaking of which Verizon's network is not GSM. So are these iPhones dual-network or what?
You didn't even read the summary, apparently.
TFS:
As units have started making it out of the stores, it appears that the Verizon version of the device is fully unlocked out of the box and able to connect to any GSM network.
optimize billing codes to ensure maximum revenue per procedure by basically scanning a billing batch and re-coding it using more lucrative codes for the same procedures.
Sounds to me like the coding system need to be revamped to remove the duplications if possible.
it's already been established that moving to electronic records helps track Medicare fraud. Yes, the system has a lot of gaps, but electronic tracking reduces them. If that wasn't true companies wouldn't use electronic purchasing systems to track expenditures, and the spreadsheet would just be an interesting foot note in computer history...
True, but as organizations such as anonymous and other hacker groups frequently show us they also help make fraud easier. It's very much a double edged sword.
I gotta ask (since I'm far too lazy to read the article): Is this a lame attack on the existing administration?
I didn't get that impression. They mention the Obama and Bush administrations together since both were pushing electronic records. I think if it were a political attack, you wouldn't see dubya's name on it.
What? A DEMOCRAT commited vote fraud?
Imagine that.
It is hard to believe that someone is reporting voter fraud and it wasn't a republican. I guess there is an exception to every norm.
I don't think most consumers will go for it out of the box, but I bet windows 8 pc's will come with some free limited time subscription. Then people will be tempted to continue paying some monthly fee. Same thing with pay per month or micro transaction video games.
Corporations will probably like it because many seem to prefer leasing or otherwise renting over buying.
Number of articles != quality. I don't need my encyclopedia filled with junk.
I fail to see how an encyclopedia having an article that you don't find important detracts from that encyclopedia. Personally, I don't find North Korea very interesting and yet I don't complain about encyclopedias having articles on the subject.
And if they do find a way to buy us all off, we can totally throw a rager with the money.
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Wikipedia: for editors with no life and paid shills. I'll stick to Encyclopedia Britannica thank you very much.
Because Britannica has more content than the world's largest encyclopedia and you can be certain nobody is paying them, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_comparisons
I'm for mandatory labeling of products and detailed government sponsored scientific studies on the topic
Why single out GE crops? Why should they get special restrictions while everything else (like the conventionally bred toxic Lenape potato and herbicide resistant Clearfield wheat) gets a free pass?
Sounds good to me, labeling them appropriately won't hurt.
I've been on a waiting list for at least 6 or 8 months and the last notice I had is that it was going to be shipped in about 4 months. It's ridiculous. Where does everyone get theirs?, do they even exist!?!?
I have the exact same problem. Maybe I'll try and get my money back and order from one of these other companies who are supposedly shipping real devices.
Thing is, it wasn't the GMO crops that are reputed to give you the cancer. It's the pesticide. Now, class, for 10 bonus points, who didn't know pesticides are dangerous?
True, but the GMO crops are what enables farmers to spray pesticides directly onto the crops. It sounds to me like nature is working this out for everyone, anyway: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19594335
Crazy JJ did. He/she was implying that anyone concerned about GMO was trying to ban it worldwide. It's a common tactic for smearing a movement you don't like: make it sound like they're advocating something absurd that they're not.
I assumed he was being facetious to make his point, but you're right - he did say that.
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What do you mean by "almost old enough to drive the PT Cruiser." Isn’t the minimum age to drive 14? (And yes, I did grow up in a farm state)
It's 16 here (Florida, USA). There's been talk for years of raising it to 18.
In related news, I just saw this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19594335
It sounds like roundup and GM crops are rapidly nearing the end of their useful life with the weeds becoming naturally resistant to the stuff. If true, this whole discussion is probably moot.
In that case I think banning GM foods would have a much smaller impact that you suppose. Commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994 (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food ). Not that I'm suggesting they need to be banned. I'm for mandatory labeling of products and detailed government sponsored scientific studies on the topic. If the problem was eliminated (or significantly reduced) before 1994, then GM crops and round-up did not play a role.
Ever watched someone die of cancer?
Ever watched someone starve to death?
Oh no, of course you haven't. Because, thanks to GM crops and pesticides and the vastly improved crop yields they've provided, food today is plentiful in the developed world.
Not that it didn't happen, but can you cite a reference to a time when food was not plentiful in the developed world. I'm honestly curious. I know there are plenty of places in the world where folks are starving, but I've never heard of there being a food shortage in my country (USA) during my lifetime.
False dichotomy. No one is saying we must ban everything that gives you cancer.
I don't think anyone said it had to be banned, but labeling products that are genetically modified to be round-up resistant (and subsequently sprayed with round-up) is important in allowing consumers to make their own decisions. Currently that is not required by law and is not being done voluntarily. When you go to the store and buy products based on corn, soybeans etc you have no way to know if it's been modified or sprayed with roundup today. Unless you buy the highly expensive "organic" products. If the products were properly labeled, there could likely be some middle ground between the two.
If he could find them, he could probably get used typewriters free.
Yes, because in poor countries without computers or even regular electricity, where people have nothing to learn typing on, obviously a used typewriter is going to be completely valueless. Try thinking outside your own little world, it can be an interesting exercise..
Clearly the person setting this up has internet access to post the question in the first place. He could probably contact companies or organizations with requests to donate and *ship* them. I know this whole shipping thing is fairly new to some people..... Try not being an asshole every time you post.