I kind of doubt they would do that...after all whatever acquisition/etc that was done includes the acquisition of a brand..and that brand is/was McCrap
"If I start getting tagged by the same guy over and over, and he's taking out multiples at a time when they are shooting him w/ a gun/tank/whatever, you can sure bet I'll be the one "abusing the system" by reporting them."
If assholes had assholes you'd be the assholes assholes asshole.
"One of the items they wanted us to sign stated that we waive the right to sue if our child was killed during a field trip. Only three parents refused to sign, and those students stayed at school while the rest of the class went on the field trip."
Gee it's almost as if the other parents care more about their kids having a fun day out of class than their ability to sue the school if their kid dies!
I'm sure your priorities are all well and solid. I wish you were my dad/mom!
I'd gamble on something in that scenario: If that bill was used to perpetrate fraud of some kind, or if that bill was publicly published he'd find himself in court for fraud. I'm not saying it's just or moral or anything...but it does parallel a certain situation pretty well.
"In fact, if you ask most Americans, If doing something against the law will "protect them from terrorism" they will gladly allow it. the PATRIOT ACT goes against most of the constitution yet most Americans love it and adore it."
I'm pretty sure that's a tiny, tiny percentage of people. I'm pretty sure the vast majority have no idea or care as to what it is, and still wouldn't if you explained it to them. Most people who are politically aware are against.
I don't think there are many people who actively like it is what I'm getting at. It's more like..a lack of resistance due to apathy-fed ignorance.
Well clearly since your views on how society works are entirely non-normative and outside the mainstream you aren't fit to walk among us. So maybe society should just bury you and move on?
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Aaaand this is the most internet thing that has ever been said.
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"perfectly drinkable beers unlike the USA that has a choice between Bud light and Coors"
If you aren't familiar with our culture let me enlighten you a little bit: We do have American brewed beers, but those are just for guests. However, we, probably more than any country, sell all the beer.
We have entire warehouse-sized stores that stock nothing but different varieties of beer. There is probably one in every county. Then we have liquor stores which also (in many places) carry a large variety of beer..3 on every corner.
Going to Europe I was amazed at how good the beer is, but also amazed at just how horrible the selection was in any given country. Europe (anywhere but Germany) talking down to the US about beer is laughable.
This deal is going to immediately accelerate a lot of plans that were languishing on our wishlist, and the resulting hardware will be better AND cheaper [for us not you.]
So I'm not someone who thinks "the man" or something is trying to keep everyone down. I don't think that the medical industry (most likely) would intentionally cause harm to people. I don't think that there are super foods out there to make us lose weight, and I'm pretty sure the vast majority of the medication out there IS beneficial.
I only mention the last one because someone people think there being a pill for everything is some kind of conspiracy. It's not...it's pretty simple..they can identify a need for something, and gain a captive market for X amount of years, and most of the time they make back their research costs.
However, recently I had a fairly bad medical issue. You may have heard of it: MRSA. I got MRSA lesions on the back of my neck, in my nose, and on my chest. One of which was nearly the size of a half dollar. I spent thousands of dollars having them lanced and treated..and they just kept coming back. My doctor says "carrier" isn't the right word, but it's pretty close..I'm apparently very susceptible.
I was prescribed mupirocin, doxycyclene, and a sulfa-based antibiotic whose name escapes me. They were effective that much isn't up for debate, however the effectiveness diminished over treatment. At one point one of the lesions was barely hurt by mupirocin.
Since I'm a reasonably intelligent human being I naturally became curious about the effectiveness of "alternative treatments."
MRSA is really bad, and getting rid of it becomes an obssession. At one point for all intents and purposes I couldn't walk, and at another I could barely sleep due to a lesion on my tail bone.
I came across 2 specific remedies: one was tea tree oil. I saw a study on ncbi from it. When I asked my doctor about it he said "ohh yes it is absolutely effective as a supplement to your current medication though we generally don't formally recommend it as a primary treatment.
Mixing it 80:20 tea tree oil:canola oil (for penetration and to keep myself from getting chemical burns) resulted in a highly effective treatment which bolstered my original treatment.
Later on I found another study on nibh that seemed rather promising. It involved using garlic extracts to treat SRSA. All I can do is thank whatever higher power may or may not exist that I could get past the pay wall.
Despite their fantastic results their methodology was highly flawed. They were using a non-polar substance to extract the allicin salts from the garlic, and it was being stored before use. I remembered learning from a food chemistry book that allicin salts are highly unstable, and form entirely different salts with polar compounds as opposed to non-polar compounds.
After doing research I learned the alliinase-alliin reaction when the garlic is exposed to oxygen creates the maximum amount of allicin at roughly 6 minutes and 45 seconds. So at 6:45 I put half into water, and half into oil (small amounts) and used it.
It was the best treatment I have ever used. My doctor was blown away.
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I don't have any.
Litigation hurting them is a positive in my mind. However, they probably won't get fined enough money to really hurt them.
"Or Texas"
Not much to fall off of here
Wow and here I thought the 1900 ton Minster at work was monstorous :O
All our stacks in college were named after Simpson characters
With all those typewriters why even bother buying tablets! On a side note I wonder if the code for their "secure almost-android" OS was typed up.
Maybe they manually compiled it ?
I kind of doubt they would do that...after all whatever acquisition/etc that was done includes the acquisition of a brand..and that brand is/was McCrap
"If I start getting tagged by the same guy over and over, and he's taking out multiples at a time when they are shooting him w/ a gun/tank/whatever, you can sure bet I'll be the one "abusing the system" by reporting them."
If assholes had assholes you'd be the assholes assholes asshole.
"Why is Slashdot giving this guy a forum?"
He's /.s Joe Biden
"One of the items they wanted us to sign stated that we waive the right to sue if our child was killed during a field trip. Only three parents refused to sign, and those students stayed at school while the rest of the class went on the field trip."
Gee it's almost as if the other parents care more about their kids having a fun day out of class than their ability to sue the school if their kid dies!
I'm sure your priorities are all well and solid. I wish you were my dad/mom!
"Delivery isn't guaranteed with standard mail, only with certified, signed, etc."
Which considering the profession of one, and previous of another...they'd probably go ahead and do.
I'd gamble on something in that scenario: If that bill was used to perpetrate fraud of some kind, or if that bill was publicly published he'd find himself in court for fraud. I'm not saying it's just or moral or anything...but it does parallel a certain situation pretty well.
Is it possible that was like..meta-sarcasm? And..double reverse-whoosh?
Cuz that would be cool.
"In fact, if you ask most Americans, If doing something against the law will "protect them from terrorism" they will gladly allow it. the PATRIOT ACT goes against most of the constitution yet most Americans love it and adore it."
I'm pretty sure that's a tiny, tiny percentage of people. I'm pretty sure the vast majority have no idea or care as to what it is, and still wouldn't if you explained it to them. Most people who are politically aware are against.
I don't think there are many people who actively like it is what I'm getting at. It's more like..a lack of resistance due to apathy-fed ignorance.
Well clearly since your views on how society works are entirely non-normative and outside the mainstream you aren't fit to walk among us. So maybe society should just bury you and move on?
Let's just call those "edge cases" :)
Aaaand this is the most internet thing that has ever been said.
"perfectly drinkable beers unlike the USA that has a choice between Bud light and Coors"
If you aren't familiar with our culture let me enlighten you a little bit:
We do have American brewed beers, but those are just for guests. However, we, probably more than any country, sell all the beer.
We have entire warehouse-sized stores that stock nothing but different varieties of beer. There is probably one in every county. Then we have liquor stores which also (in many places) carry a large variety of beer..3 on every corner.
Going to Europe I was amazed at how good the beer is, but also amazed at just how horrible the selection was in any given country. Europe (anywhere but Germany) talking down to the US about beer is laughable.
This deal is going to immediately accelerate a lot of plans that were languishing on our wishlist, and the resulting hardware will be better AND cheaper [for us not you.]
FTFY
So I'm not someone who thinks "the man" or something is trying to keep everyone down. I don't think that the medical industry (most likely) would intentionally cause harm to people. I don't think that there are super foods out there to make us lose weight, and I'm pretty sure the vast majority of the medication out there IS beneficial.
I only mention the last one because someone people think there being a pill for everything is some kind of conspiracy. It's not...it's pretty simple..they can identify a need for something, and gain a captive market for X amount of years, and most of the time they make back their research costs.
However, recently I had a fairly bad medical issue. You may have heard of it: MRSA. I got MRSA lesions on the back of my neck, in my nose, and on my chest. One of which was nearly the size of a half dollar. I spent thousands of dollars having them lanced and treated..and they just kept coming back. My doctor says "carrier" isn't the right word, but it's pretty close..I'm apparently very susceptible.
I was prescribed mupirocin, doxycyclene, and a sulfa-based antibiotic whose name escapes me. They were effective that much isn't up for debate, however the effectiveness diminished over treatment. At one point one of the lesions was barely hurt by mupirocin.
Since I'm a reasonably intelligent human being I naturally became curious about the effectiveness of "alternative treatments."
MRSA is really bad, and getting rid of it becomes an obssession. At one point for all intents and purposes I couldn't walk, and at another I could barely sleep due to a lesion on my tail bone.
I came across 2 specific remedies: one was tea tree oil. I saw a study on ncbi from it. When I asked my doctor about it he said
"ohh yes it is absolutely effective as a supplement to your current medication though we generally don't formally recommend it as a primary treatment.
Mixing it 80:20 tea tree oil:canola oil (for penetration and to keep myself from getting chemical burns) resulted in a highly effective treatment which bolstered my original treatment.
Later on I found another study on nibh that seemed rather promising. It involved using garlic extracts to treat SRSA. All I can do is thank whatever higher power may or may not exist that I could get past the pay wall.
Despite their fantastic results their methodology was highly flawed. They were using a non-polar substance to extract the allicin salts from the garlic, and it was being stored before use. I remembered learning from a food chemistry book that allicin salts are highly unstable, and form entirely different salts with polar compounds as opposed to non-polar compounds.
After doing research I learned the alliinase-alliin reaction when the garlic is exposed to oxygen creates the maximum amount of allicin at roughly 6 minutes and 45 seconds. So at 6:45 I put half into water, and half into oil (small amounts) and used it.
It was the best treatment I have ever used. My doctor was blown away.
Oh I just realized his Alpha has an i instead of an l. My bad.
Just saying I have a lot of trouble not filling in fecal puns for every serious/constructive comment you put on the site.
Aren't you the guy who spammed the weird butthole stuff all over slashdot a couple months ago?
I think this star would be a good candidate to end with an "un nova" and go straight to a black hole instead of exploding.
I was under the impression that at the time it was barely older than 0day.
I wish I had mod points! I'm sure Krieger has all kinds of bumfight code.