That's going to take a while, what with the pesky laws of thermodynamics. We need Space Chickens to fulfill that rather lofty goal. In fact, if we increase the caloric intake of the entire world's population, the mass of the earth's bisphere would actually decrease due to heat losses and whatnot. Oh the woes of being an entropic lifeform.
I would have to check my contract, but I'm pretty sure the only limitation on it is that you're not allowed to run a business or use an excessively large amount of bandwidth. I've been running a web and ftp server for personal use for about three and a half years now, and my brother has had a full web page on it that get a few hundred hits a day, and they haven't said anything yet (knock on wood)
Yes, thanks for pointing that out. Jokes are just SO much funnier when someone is there to explain them for you. (I considered placing a or tags, but I figured the nature of my previous comments was fairly evident)
so... you're saying the best system they could come up with would be about on par with a teenager on a search engine? Sounds a bit harsh to me. Like I said, it is another tool in the arsenel a GOOD doctor should have. It's not a replacement for proper medical training, but rather an augmentation to it. And as far as inexperienced people using such a system, that's only better. I always read all the user manuals and repair guides I can for any appliances or machinery I buy. If you can talk to a mechanic or plumber and sound as though you know enough to do it yourself, you far less likely to get screwed. Why should it be any differnt for a medical professional?
This could be an extremely useful tool. Why any good doctor would be opposed to it is beyond me. A truly professional doctor should be completely willing to defer to specialist or some sort of well-researched body when he is any less than 100% certain of his own work. Really, the only doctors I could imagine this would hurt are the bad doctors.
The only down side is that, cause it works so well and is so transparent, you don't really keep track of how much money is left on the card and you find yourself adding more money to the card too frequently.
Downside? That's the main purpose of these things.
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It's not a lot of hate. And I like to think that with a sink for my negativity, I have more positive feelings free for the rest of the world.;-)
and yes, I got the demo eventually. I think my brother brought it home through the network at the college he was attending at the time.
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I used an AOL free account once. I was in high school, and the demo for duke nukem 3d had just come out. I didn't have internet access at the time, just a couple local BBS's which would most likely not have the demo. So I signed up on one of those 15 free hours or whatever it was back then. Anyway, their service would only connect at 2600 bps instead of the full 14400 my modem could (and that they advertised). At that rate, the download would exceed the free trial time. So I cancelled. Or so I thought. Since I was in high school at the time, I had no credit cards. My mother was more than happy to put it on hers. Desptie having cancelled after about 2 hours of their free trial, and never once logging on afterwards, they charged for about 2 years before anyone realized it. $15/month down the drain. And then once we did realize and call in and cancel, they still charged the next month. And the next. And the next. And so on for about 4 or 5 months, with a monthly call requesting a cancellation. We had to threaten to sue for them to stop charging for a service we had never once even used, not requested, and not desired, and had even repeatedly attempted to cancel.
heh... Oh yeah, that's right. I knew that. Really. (same thing happened to me on a physics test last night. I just kinda blanked and got about a fourth of the exam wrong. Maybe I have a tumor or something)
Over the course of my life, I've weighed as much as 385 (down to 315 now with a continuing downward trend, knock on wood). I can say without a doubt that you are wrong. It's important to realize that to be able to weigh 350 pounds, a person must have a rather large frame and is in all likelihood over six feet. Assuming a stride length of 6 feet (rather short for a person that height. In a jog, it would be closer to 8 feet), it would take about 3 strides per second to keep a pace of 12.5 MPH. Even for a fairly out of shape person, it's possible, however unlikely they are to actually want to do it or be able to maintain it for more than a few dozen strides.
not necessarily. What you mention in your sig is the result of oligopoly and plutocracy. What the poster before you suggested is that a fully free market offers the most freedom to consumers, and that is true. What is not true is that anything close to a free market truly exists in our society. The possible and expected effects of advertising (suriously, still as of yet unproven) as well as nonequivalent goods and services guarantee that no pure and perfect competition can exist, and those are the circumstances under which consumers will hold the most freedom. I think you have some interesting ideas. You should add a messageboard to that site.
And therein lies one of the most important points for any person claiming to live in a free society should consider when casting their opinion into law: Restricting any behavior through legislation is an absurdity. A law will only work if every person knows, understands, respects, and appreciates that law. Control over any sentient being relies entirely on their willingess to be controlled.
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That's going to take a while, what with the pesky laws of thermodynamics. We need Space Chickens to fulfill that rather lofty goal. In fact, if we increase the caloric intake of the entire world's population, the mass of the earth's bisphere would actually decrease due to heat losses and whatnot. Oh the woes of being an entropic lifeform.
Interesting numbers. They're making, on average, $600 more per machine in '99 than they were in '89.
so if you abolish it like the soviets did, you will live in a happy, clean, perfect society forevermore...
err... yeah
I would have to check my contract, but I'm pretty sure the only limitation on it is that you're not allowed to run a business or use an excessively large amount of bandwidth. I've been running a web and ftp server for personal use for about three and a half years now, and my brother has had a full web page on it that get a few hundred hits a day, and they haven't said anything yet (knock on wood)
Are they optionable? This would be a great time to sell a few puts. =)
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I thought MPEG was a series of JPEGs.
explain?
Yes, thanks for pointing that out. Jokes are just SO much funnier when someone is there to explain them for you. (I considered placing a or tags, but I figured the nature of my previous comments was fairly evident)
yeah. I was thrown by that too. Wouldn't be be nice if they proofread before publshing stories?
so... you're saying the best system they could come up with would be about on par with a teenager on a search engine? Sounds a bit harsh to me. Like I said, it is another tool in the arsenel a GOOD doctor should have. It's not a replacement for proper medical training, but rather an augmentation to it. And as far as inexperienced people using such a system, that's only better. I always read all the user manuals and repair guides I can for any appliances or machinery I buy. If you can talk to a mechanic or plumber and sound as though you know enough to do it yourself, you far less likely to get screwed. Why should it be any differnt for a medical professional?
This could be an extremely useful tool. Why any good doctor would be opposed to it is beyond me. A truly professional doctor should be completely willing to defer to specialist or some sort of well-researched body when he is any less than 100% certain of his own work. Really, the only doctors I could imagine this would hurt are the bad doctors.
I wish I had mod points. That site is absolutely hilarious!
check out this article they posted on the V-Chip. It had me rolling.
mope. Sideward loads destroy bearings.
Downside? That's the main purpose of these things.
It's not a lot of hate. And I like to think that with a sink for my negativity, I have more positive feelings free for the rest of the world. ;-)
and yes, I got the demo eventually. I think my brother brought it home through the network at the college he was attending at the time.
I used an AOL free account once. I was in high school, and the demo for duke nukem 3d had just come out. I didn't have internet access at the time, just a couple local BBS's which would most likely not have the demo. So I signed up on one of those 15 free hours or whatever it was back then. Anyway, their service would only connect at 2600 bps instead of the full 14400 my modem could (and that they advertised). At that rate, the download would exceed the free trial time. So I cancelled. Or so I thought. Since I was in high school at the time, I had no credit cards. My mother was more than happy to put it on hers. Desptie having cancelled after about 2 hours of their free trial, and never once logging on afterwards, they charged for about 2 years before anyone realized it. $15/month down the drain. And then once we did realize and call in and cancel, they still charged the next month. And the next. And the next. And so on for about 4 or 5 months, with a monthly call requesting a cancellation. We had to threaten to sue for them to stop charging for a service we had never once even used, not requested, and not desired, and had even repeatedly attempted to cancel.
I hate AOL. With a vengeance.
IIRC, it's still 9600 baud
heh... Oh yeah, that's right. I knew that. Really. (same thing happened to me on a physics test last night. I just kinda blanked and got about a fourth of the exam wrong. Maybe I have a tumor or something)
looking at that diagram, I said to myself, "wow, self. Denmark sure has been a violent country."
I guess it's that Viking influence.
Over the course of my life, I've weighed as much as 385 (down to 315 now with a continuing downward trend, knock on wood). I can say without a doubt that you are wrong. It's important to realize that to be able to weigh 350 pounds, a person must have a rather large frame and is in all likelihood over six feet. Assuming a stride length of 6 feet (rather short for a person that height. In a jog, it would be closer to 8 feet), it would take about 3 strides per second to keep a pace of 12.5 MPH. Even for a fairly out of shape person, it's possible, however unlikely they are to actually want to do it or be able to maintain it for more than a few dozen strides.
not necessarily. What you mention in your sig is the result of oligopoly and plutocracy. What the poster before you suggested is that a fully free market offers the most freedom to consumers, and that is true. What is not true is that anything close to a free market truly exists in our society. The possible and expected effects of advertising (suriously, still as of yet unproven) as well as nonequivalent goods and services guarantee that no pure and perfect competition can exist, and those are the circumstances under which consumers will hold the most freedom. I think you have some interesting ideas. You should add a messageboard to that site.
the states are not sovereign. the 14th amendment ended their sovereignty, and the civil war maintained sole federal sovereignty.
well, if it's anything at all. I think the guy would be a little more forthcoming if he wanted to be believed.
yeah, but why do you have a playstation in you pants? and would I need a special adapter to do the same with my dreamcast?
And therein lies one of the most important points for any person claiming to live in a free society should consider when casting their opinion into law: Restricting any behavior through legislation is an absurdity. A law will only work if every person knows, understands, respects, and appreciates that law. Control over any sentient being relies entirely on their willingess to be controlled.