I believe that Hitler liked to bandy the phrase "intellectually dis-honest" against his critics.
Anyway, your politics aside, I didn't say that the poorest would get boned. They'll continue to freeload, as they have for the past 80 years. It's the Average Working Joe who's going to take in in the ass.
You do realize that insurers are going to offer individually tailored schemes that cost exactly the minimum threshold to force you to buy one, right? And that while they won't exclude pre-existing conditions, they'll exclude expensive ones, chronic and palliative care, and have such high co-pays that you'll end up paying as much as you would if you'd just paid yourself?
Think it through. 85% payouts - say, did you know that having an In House Medical Professional evaluate your claim can be billed a "health-care benefit"? - means that these Never Pay schemes will do exactly that: pay you back 85% of what you just paid in, for as long as you keep paying. You want to stop paying? Speak to the hospital's lawyers.
Understand this clearly: we're talking about new schemes that will be specifically tailored to prey on people turning up at the ER without insurance. Hey, Mr Smith, did you know that it's a legal requirement to buy health cover if you can afford it? Well, whatever you earn, our partners MediCrook Inc. have a policy tailored specifically to you. You don't want to take it? Well, since you could have bought insurance, but refused, you can either speak to our lawyers, or their salesmen. Your choice, Mr Smith.
It might be the CEO. It might be you. But the fault is always with a person, and they should be help responsible for their actions, including recovering costs.
If you're too poor to afford health cover, then you'll be fined for being too poor to afford health cover. In effect, it makes taking a median wage job untenable, unless the employee also provides health cover.
And that will - and this is the intent of the "insurance" crooks that drew up the bill - create a market for "Never Pay" cover, i.e. schemes that appear to meet the absolute minimum requirement, but which have such egregious exclusions and excess contributions that you'll never use them. In effect, free money for the insurers.
There's a big problem with the health industry in the US, but the problem is that it's infested with salesmen, lawyers and accountants. This bill makes that worse, not better.
Any "law professor" who says "attorney generals" instead of "attorneys general" might want to consider going taking a course in Law 101 rather than teaching it.
"What the hell"? Well, one of us is definitely an angry little chap.
In the real world, the contracts will have been signed years ago, and it'll cost any government more to weasel out of them than it will to press ahead.
Not that any government gives a damn about costs - it's not their money that they're spending. The only equation is votes gained or lost. Since all you "tentative" types will vote Lib Dem anyway, the only consideration is lost votes from lost jobs.
When you've joined the adult world, you'll understand that, and it'll be clear why any government will press ahead with funding the ID card industry.
So we're clear, we're talking about input lag here.
"lag compensation" isn't what you're describing, by the way. That's just lag hiding. Lag compensation would be having the server wind the world state back (approximately) to where it was when the client performed an action, in order to determine the result. Do you know of any games that do that?
Its like we're all enjoying transporting drunken cheerleaders across State lines in our fancy pants flying cars, but they're still using the same old steam engine that TBL designed under the hood.
You know, in some English towns, it's legal to kill an accountant if you find him within the walls between sunset and sunrise. I may be thinking of Scotsmen, or vampires, but I think you get my drift.
You're right, I'm looking at it from the angle of someone with half a brain.
Capital investment is not free. Laying fiber is not free. But let's pretend that we're retarded, and ignore that just for the moment. Maybe magic pixies laid it for them.
Maintaining fiber is not free. Cables get cut, hardware fails, you have to pay for electricity, and for people to maintain it. You think that's free? You don't want to pay? Fine, your hardware fails, your power gets shut off, your admins go to work for AT&T. Kiss your business goodbye.
Regardless of whether Google can trade bits 1-for-1 at the edge of their network, they still have to pay extra to maintain the capacity to perform that zero-benefit trade. Trading 1-for-1 is not free.
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As I said, it could be the BOFH's fault for having inadequate firewalling, filtering and virus checking. But someone ballsed up, and they need to go.
I believe that Hitler liked to bandy the phrase "intellectually dis-honest" against his critics.
Anyway, your politics aside, I didn't say that the poorest would get boned. They'll continue to freeload, as they have for the past 80 years. It's the Average Working Joe who's going to take in in the ass.
You do realize that insurers are going to offer individually tailored schemes that cost exactly the minimum threshold to force you to buy one, right? And that while they won't exclude pre-existing conditions, they'll exclude expensive ones, chronic and palliative care, and have such high co-pays that you'll end up paying as much as you would if you'd just paid yourself?
Think it through. 85% payouts - say, did you know that having an In House Medical Professional evaluate your claim can be billed a "health-care benefit"? - means that these Never Pay schemes will do exactly that: pay you back 85% of what you just paid in, for as long as you keep paying. You want to stop paying? Speak to the hospital's lawyers.
Understand this clearly: we're talking about new schemes that will be specifically tailored to prey on people turning up at the ER without insurance. Hey, Mr Smith, did you know that it's a legal requirement to buy health cover if you can afford it? Well, whatever you earn, our partners MediCrook Inc. have a policy tailored specifically to you. You don't want to take it? Well, since you could have bought insurance, but refused, you can either speak to our lawyers, or their salesmen. Your choice, Mr Smith.
You'll be laughing out the other side of your ass when InsuraCrooks Inc. "offer" you a Never Pay scheme that costs 7.99% of your salary.
Coming to your workplace in 3... 2... 1...
Did I write the article in question? Do I style myself a professor of law? I must have forgotten that.
It might be the CEO. It might be you. But the fault is always with a person, and they should be help responsible for their actions, including recovering costs.
If you're too poor to afford health cover, then you'll be fined for being too poor to afford health cover. In effect, it makes taking a median wage job untenable, unless the employee also provides health cover.
And that will - and this is the intent of the "insurance" crooks that drew up the bill - create a market for "Never Pay" cover, i.e. schemes that appear to meet the absolute minimum requirement, but which have such egregious exclusions and excess contributions that you'll never use them. In effect, free money for the insurers.
There's a big problem with the health industry in the US, but the problem is that it's infested with salesmen, lawyers and accountants. This bill makes that worse, not better.
Any "law professor" who says "attorney generals" instead of "attorneys general" might want to consider going taking a course in Law 101 rather than teaching it.
What kind of law professor doesn't know that it's Attorneys General?
Those who can, do. Those who can't, get tenure.
If he gets to speak to ET, the first thing he'll do is try to sell them a copy of his book "Why Nobody Gets it But Me, the Smarterest Man Ever"
Whereas your opinion is sought after and respected at the highest levels of government?
Sorry, I meant: so's your face.
I think the baby has drowned. Flush it.
Your assumption that they've in favour of other patents says more about your opinions than theirs.
At the time of writing, yes, but ask again later.
Not necessarily: you could have shoplifted it. Actually, given the RIAA's attitude to its customers, they'd likely assume that until proven otherwise.
From your link: "To be fair, the number is still tiny compared to overall album sales."
Pop quiz: is the increase in vinyl sales larger than the decrease in CD sales?
Well, colour me impressed: so it does. Good on Valve for grasping the nettle.
"What the hell"? Well, one of us is definitely an angry little chap.
In the real world, the contracts will have been signed years ago, and it'll cost any government more to weasel out of them than it will to press ahead.
Not that any government gives a damn about costs - it's not their money that they're spending. The only equation is votes gained or lost. Since all you "tentative" types will vote Lib Dem anyway, the only consideration is lost votes from lost jobs.
When you've joined the adult world, you'll understand that, and it'll be clear why any government will press ahead with funding the ID card industry.
That's charmingly naive. You seriously think that Cameron will hold to his promise to cancel ID cards?
So we're clear, we're talking about input lag here.
"lag compensation" isn't what you're describing, by the way. That's just lag hiding. Lag compensation would be having the server wind the world state back (approximately) to where it was when the client performed an action, in order to determine the result. Do you know of any games that do that?
My biker friends and I will pick up the slack. No need to thank us - we're just doing our bit to help.
Its like we're all enjoying transporting drunken cheerleaders across State lines in our fancy pants flying cars, but they're still using the same old steam engine that TBL designed under the hood.
(Psst... you're slipping)
You know, in some English towns, it's legal to kill an accountant if you find him within the walls between sunset and sunrise. I may be thinking of Scotsmen, or vampires, but I think you get my drift.
Yup, she bought the level 80 expansion and left her guildies behind.
and Back Again.
Galadriel is in The Hobbit? [citation needed]
You're right, I'm looking at it from the angle of someone with half a brain.
Capital investment is not free. Laying fiber is not free. But let's pretend that we're retarded, and ignore that just for the moment. Maybe magic pixies laid it for them.
Maintaining fiber is not free. Cables get cut, hardware fails, you have to pay for electricity, and for people to maintain it. You think that's free? You don't want to pay? Fine, your hardware fails, your power gets shut off, your admins go to work for AT&T. Kiss your business goodbye.
Regardless of whether Google can trade bits 1-for-1 at the edge of their network, they still have to pay extra to maintain the capacity to perform that zero-benefit trade. Trading 1-for-1 is not free.