How about we actually pay the doctors for the care we recieve? What effect will that have?
You claim that there is "NO NADA ZIP ZERO ZILCH money in something like the cure for cancer". I say the same situation exists for inexpensive treatments. In an open market, people would flood away from the expensive treatments toward the cheaper cure. The impetus is that the cost is coming out of their own pockets.
Whether we're talking insurance companies or the government, we're still talking about separating the customer and consumer. That warps the market. Everyone wants the gold-plated insurance plan, demanding every expensive treatment on the menu, but everyone expects those plans to somehow be "affordable". Everyone expects to have an hour of quality time with their personal doctor every time a child has the sniffles, and everyone expects to pay $10 for the privilege. The 'government' or the 'insurance company' should pick up the tab for the rest.
The 'government' and the 'insurance companies' don't exist in this context. There is only us.
Got busy (I'm at work), and couldn't finish the list that puts the sociopath in the script kiddie realm.
-There was the defacing of various myspace pages (of people he didn't even know).
-Cracking the school computers to modify my son's high school schedule.
-Various and sundry other activities that all revolve around wasting time in front of a computer while attempting to make other people's lives miserable.
The point of my post is that: a) it isn't harmless activity. The police showing up with loaded weapons was downright dangerous. b) the ability to hide behind anonimizing tools amplifies the activities and makes it impossible for law enforcement to protect the innocent.
It's all fun and games, until someone gets shot or has their credit/social status ruined.
As someone that has had much to personal experience with this, I can decisively say that it is much larger than myspace.
-Using skype to make anonymous phone calls. I was home alone and had two pizza delivery men show up. One had $50 worth. I don't eat pizza if I can get out of it.
-Using skype to make anonymous phone calls. I had the police show up, one with pistol drawn and the other with a rifle at the ready. And I mean READY. The phone call had detailed how a car robbery at my house had devolved into a gunfight. My hands were buried in a sand-blasting cabinet. The police had made a dangerous, high-speed run to my house.
-United States Postal Service boxes delivered to my house. 600 of them. Ordered online. Anonimously.
-Multiple bomb threats at my son's middle school.
-Anonymous skype calls to a neighbor, informing them that their daughter was pregnant and other such nonsense. (the 13yr old girl was not).
Anonimous services on the internet have their place, but they can be abused by the stupid and idle.
The perpetrator in this case was one of my son's classmates. The last I heard, the investigation was ongoing. The detective did not feel the testimony of my son and my neighbors daughter was enough to get a search warrant for the kids computer, and skype was uncooperative.
No, Ms. Logic-deprived Dweeb. The implication is that it isn't that difficult to get people to band together if they believe their cause is just.
Case in point: The brainwashing that has occurred that leads people to the conclusion that is perfectly permissible to rob those making >$250K/yr in order to give it to those who won't work. "I can't find a job", might cut it in a 3rd world country or if we had real unemployment problems. It just doesn't ring true when the rate is 6%. But as long at the Pres will give me $1000, everything's good.
And to answer the GP, you don't need everyone to keep quiet about it. You need a press core that calls verbal felatio of their favorite candidate journalism.
So, the question becomes "Who controls the doors?", ie, who is the gatekeeper of knowledge?
How about this? We have a system where people can communicate, making any sort of claim they feel led to make. Other people are allowed to discuss it, and some may make counter-claims. Anyone is allowed to present evidence to support their claims. At some point, an entity may collect a set of claims/counter-claims with their relevant supporting evidence and present them in a clear and condensed, easily digestible format. We will call said format a "scientific publication". Said "scientific publication" shall charge its readership for the privilege of reading it, and will be judged upon its ability to provided well supported claims in an easily digestible format. Those that develop a reputation for doing a better job of presenting relevant claims shall be able to charge a higher subscription price.
A reader wishing to investigate all claims could delve into what has become known as "The Internet". A reader who wishes to have the data pre-digested would subscribe to the "scientific journal" of his choosing.
This is similar to the argument that Europeans are smarter than Americans, because they are forced to learn more than one language. I call bullshit on both arguments.
Communication is the grease that allows society to exist. Grease doesn't power or control a machine. It only keeps the machine from tearing itself apart. The less grease you can use the better. Using a lighter, less viscuous grease allow the machine to be more efficient. In all cases, having to work through the viscosity of the lubrication robs a machine from accomplishing its ultimate goal (regardless of what the goal may be.)
Learning to interpret symbols that are often vague or ambiguous robs the process of some efficiency. I can post a video of here-this-is-how-it-works.mpg, or I can write a manual. The latter takes orders of magnitude more training and experience to do properly, and the end result is that it is less effective and more time consuming to use.
It is the same for learning multiple languages. You can travel across Europe and need to know five different ways to order breakfast. You can claim Americans are dumb for not knowing five languages, but I counter that you're dumb for NEEDING five languages in the first place.
The one downside to being able to write effectively, and don't kid yourself into thinking that it was ever a common trait, is that the tediousness of writing forces a clarity of thought. It is easier to be be sloppy in a quick video and still be effective enough to get the job done. Not that clarity of thought has always been a common trait either, but at least with writing as the only form of mass communication we strived for it.
I had a conversation with a one of my wife's friends once concerning generic vs. name-brand drugs. My contention was that the active ingredients and each constituent percentages are listed on the label. If both have the same percentages of the same active ingredients, then they are the same. Each will have the same effectiveness. She was adamant that the name brand drugs would have INACTIVE ingredients that would make them work better. I pointed out that would make the inactive ingredient an active one, but she would have none of that. This is the same airhead that bragged about paying $160 for a shirt.
I learned something that day. You can't fight stupid. Just smile, give them a placebo, and take their money. It's just easier on everyone.
Don't worry. We're going to have our own prince to come in and spread the wealth around.
Heh! Didn't the owner of that company that made the Model-T make a lot of money and get rich and stuff? I don't recall that great upsurge of middle-class car makers from my history lessons.
You do realize that their purchase allowed several German engineers and airplane manufacturing workers to feed their families? Several maintenance personnel will also need to be employed. If that isn't unselfish charity, I don't know what is.
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Engineers who are paid for what they are doing are encouraged to use established solutions. That's why engineers go home and work on their own projects. Then they get to do something different, just for the sake of doing something differently.
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Stop insulting trolls. He's just a clueless idiot.
BTW, most people don't realize that their tires are speed rated. Tires are just rubber balloons, after all. Just ones with really thick walls. They will deform and even come apart if pulled hard enough. The faster a car goes, the more pull on the tire's tread and sidewall. Once the pull starts, it will most likely deform to an out of balance shape. In this case that out of balance will translate to a vibration, which translates to a bump, which translates to a lot of pieces to pick up off the desert floor.
A post above gave the figure of 173g for a 1m wheel travelling at 1000mph. That 1m wheel will be spinning at 8542 RPM. A slight imbalance at that rotational rate? Even the engineering of the tire will need novel ideas for strengthening the sidewall and lightening the tread to keep it balanced.
You think they got rid of it? Go build you a still and then make an anonymous call to your local ATF office. Get back to us with how long it takes for them to break your door down.
As someone who finds Obama dangerously inexperienced and a socialist joke for a candidate for the Presidency of the United States, I must say this paper is worthless.
The giveaway is the opening fifteen pages where the author finds it necessary to defend his claims and to say how dangerous and illegal the claimed "techniques" are. A serious position paper or study will first present a position, then present supporting evidence, and then possibly present a defense against possible attacks. The effect that the author seems to be shooting for is to create hysteria about the danger and illegality of the "technique", so that any amount of flimsy evidence will be accepted as proof that Obama is dangerous and felonious for using the "technique".
Now, look,...uh...Obama gives speeches following the cadence and structure that has been employed by fundamentalist southern Baptist preachers for many years....uh...It isn't anything special. It's just a...uh... practiced techNIQUE. It isn't even particularly eloquent, except to those 'openminded' folk who've never bothered to visit a tent meeting.
Don't waste them like that. They make the best voice-activated remote control you'll will ever get. Somewhat expensive, but still the most functionality you can get in one package.
It has value, but that value is not necessarily convertible to currency.
If I could write OpenOffice during my unemployment period, that would be convertible. Having an evening available for a bug fix, or to post a comment on/. is NOT convertible.
During the dot-bomb, I spent 8 hours a day being told there were not jobs available. After a while, I just got tired of looking and wanted to program on something...anything. The answer was open source stuff. I have drawing of the Dyke Delta airplane available if you have a copy of ProEngineer.
I resent that. Now I will count down why you and Bush are evil. Not to worry, I'll have an occasional left leaning media representative here to give the impression that I'm unbiased and open-minded.
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There is another path.
How about we actually pay the doctors for the care we recieve? What effect will that have?
You claim that there is "NO NADA ZIP ZERO ZILCH money in something like the cure for cancer". I say the same situation exists for inexpensive treatments. In an open market, people would flood away from the expensive treatments toward the cheaper cure. The impetus is that the cost is coming out of their own pockets.
Whether we're talking insurance companies or the government, we're still talking about separating the customer and consumer. That warps the market. Everyone wants the gold-plated insurance plan, demanding every expensive treatment on the menu, but everyone expects those plans to somehow be "affordable". Everyone expects to have an hour of quality time with their personal doctor every time a child has the sniffles, and everyone expects to pay $10 for the privilege. The 'government' or the 'insurance company' should pick up the tab for the rest.
The 'government' and the 'insurance companies' don't exist in this context. There is only us.
Got busy (I'm at work), and couldn't finish the list that puts the sociopath in the script kiddie realm.
-There was the defacing of various myspace pages (of people he didn't even know).
-Cracking the school computers to modify my son's high school schedule.
-Various and sundry other activities that all revolve around wasting time in front of a computer while attempting to make other people's lives miserable.
The point of my post is that:
a) it isn't harmless activity. The police showing up with loaded weapons was downright dangerous.
b) the ability to hide behind anonimizing tools amplifies the activities and makes it impossible for law enforcement to protect the innocent.
It's all fun and games, until someone gets shot or has their credit/social status ruined.
As someone that has had much to personal experience with this, I can decisively say that it is much larger than myspace.
-Using skype to make anonymous phone calls. I was home alone and had two pizza delivery men show up. One had $50 worth. I don't eat pizza if I can get out of it.
-Using skype to make anonymous phone calls. I had the police show up, one with pistol drawn and the other with a rifle at the ready. And I mean READY. The phone call had detailed how a car robbery at my house had devolved into a gunfight. My hands were buried in a sand-blasting cabinet. The police had made a dangerous, high-speed run to my house.
-United States Postal Service boxes delivered to my house. 600 of them. Ordered online. Anonimously.
-Multiple bomb threats at my son's middle school.
-Anonymous skype calls to a neighbor, informing them that their daughter was pregnant and other such nonsense. (the 13yr old girl was not).
Anonimous services on the internet have their place, but they can be abused by the stupid and idle.
The perpetrator in this case was one of my son's classmates. The last I heard, the investigation was ongoing. The detective did not feel the testimony of my son and my neighbors daughter was enough to get a search warrant for the kids computer, and skype was uncooperative.
No, Ms. Logic-deprived Dweeb. The implication is that it isn't that difficult to get people to band together if they believe their cause is just.
Case in point: The brainwashing that has occurred that leads people to the conclusion that is perfectly permissible to rob those making >$250K/yr in order to give it to those who won't work. "I can't find a job", might cut it in a 3rd world country or if we had real unemployment problems. It just doesn't ring true when the rate is 6%. But as long at the Pres will give me $1000, everything's good.
And to answer the GP, you don't need everyone to keep quiet about it. You need a press core that calls verbal felatio of their favorite candidate journalism.
So, the question becomes "Who controls the doors?", ie, who is the gatekeeper of knowledge?
How about this? We have a system where people can communicate, making any sort of claim they feel led to make. Other people are allowed to discuss it, and some may make counter-claims. Anyone is allowed to present evidence to support their claims. At some point, an entity may collect a set of claims/counter-claims with their relevant supporting evidence and present them in a clear and condensed, easily digestible format. We will call said format a "scientific publication". Said "scientific publication" shall charge its readership for the privilege of reading it, and will be judged upon its ability to provided well supported claims in an easily digestible format. Those that develop a reputation for doing a better job of presenting relevant claims shall be able to charge a higher subscription price.
A reader wishing to investigate all claims could delve into what has become known as "The Internet". A reader who wishes to have the data pre-digested would subscribe to the "scientific journal" of his choosing.
You think I could get a patent on this idea?
This is similar to the argument that Europeans are smarter than Americans, because they are forced to learn more than one language. I call bullshit on both arguments.
Communication is the grease that allows society to exist. Grease doesn't power or control a machine. It only keeps the machine from tearing itself apart. The less grease you can use the better. Using a lighter, less viscuous grease allow the machine to be more efficient. In all cases, having to work through the viscosity of the lubrication robs a machine from accomplishing its ultimate goal (regardless of what the goal may be.)
Learning to interpret symbols that are often vague or ambiguous robs the process of some efficiency. I can post a video of here-this-is-how-it-works.mpg, or I can write a manual. The latter takes orders of magnitude more training and experience to do properly, and the end result is that it is less effective and more time consuming to use.
It is the same for learning multiple languages. You can travel across Europe and need to know five different ways to order breakfast. You can claim Americans are dumb for not knowing five languages, but I counter that you're dumb for NEEDING five languages in the first place.
The one downside to being able to write effectively, and don't kid yourself into thinking that it was ever a common trait, is that the tediousness of writing forces a clarity of thought. It is easier to be be sloppy in a quick video and still be effective enough to get the job done. Not that clarity of thought has always been a common trait either, but at least with writing as the only form of mass communication we strived for it.
I had a conversation with a one of my wife's friends once concerning generic vs. name-brand drugs. My contention was that the active ingredients and each constituent percentages are listed on the label. If both have the same percentages of the same active ingredients, then they are the same. Each will have the same effectiveness. She was adamant that the name brand drugs would have INACTIVE ingredients that would make them work better. I pointed out that would make the inactive ingredient an active one, but she would have none of that. This is the same airhead that bragged about paying $160 for a shirt.
I learned something that day. You can't fight stupid. Just smile, give them a placebo, and take their money. It's just easier on everyone.
Dude, that one ranks right up there with "Can God make a rock so big that He can't lift it?"
Don't worry. We're going to have our own prince to come in and spread the wealth around.
Heh! Didn't the owner of that company that made the Model-T make a lot of money and get rich and stuff? I don't recall that great upsurge of middle-class car makers from my history lessons.
You do realize that their purchase allowed several German engineers and airplane manufacturing workers to feed their families? Several maintenance personnel will also need to be employed. If that isn't unselfish charity, I don't know what is.
Years? YEARS?!
Damned optimist.
Engineers who are paid for what they are doing are encouraged to use established solutions. That's why engineers go home and work on their own projects. Then they get to do something different, just for the sake of doing something differently.
Stop insulting trolls. He's just a clueless idiot.
BTW, most people don't realize that their tires are speed rated. Tires are just rubber balloons, after all. Just ones with really thick walls. They will deform and even come apart if pulled hard enough. The faster a car goes, the more pull on the tire's tread and sidewall. Once the pull starts, it will most likely deform to an out of balance shape. In this case that out of balance will translate to a vibration, which translates to a bump, which translates to a lot of pieces to pick up off the desert floor.
A post above gave the figure of 173g for a 1m wheel travelling at 1000mph. That 1m wheel will be spinning at 8542 RPM. A slight imbalance at that rotational rate? Even the engineering of the tire will need novel ideas for strengthening the sidewall and lightening the tread to keep it balanced.
You think they got rid of it? Go build you a still and then make an anonymous call to your local ATF office. Get back to us with how long it takes for them to break your door down.
No.
Them having anything to do with you or I? Now that is still totally unrealistic.
Yes.
How is this any different from the current US political process?
As someone who finds Obama dangerously inexperienced and a socialist joke for a candidate for the Presidency of the United States, I must say this paper is worthless.
The giveaway is the opening fifteen pages where the author finds it necessary to defend his claims and to say how dangerous and illegal the claimed "techniques" are. A serious position paper or study will first present a position, then present supporting evidence, and then possibly present a defense against possible attacks. The effect that the author seems to be shooting for is to create hysteria about the danger and illegality of the "technique", so that any amount of flimsy evidence will be accepted as proof that Obama is dangerous and felonious for using the "technique".
Now, look,...uh...Obama gives speeches following the cadence and structure that has been employed by fundamentalist southern Baptist preachers for many years....uh...It isn't anything special. It's just a ...uh... practiced techNIQUE. It isn't even particularly eloquent, except to those 'openminded' folk who've never bothered to visit a tent meeting.
Even more so, you'll never understand the chain without implying that C->A. The implication is what indicates that there is a thread to investigate.
implicate->indicate->investigate
Don't waste them like that. They make the best voice-activated remote control you'll will ever get. Somewhat expensive, but still the most functionality you can get in one package.
It has value, but that value is not necessarily convertible to currency.
If I could write OpenOffice during my unemployment period, that would be convertible. Having an evening available for a bug fix, or to post a comment on /. is NOT convertible.
During the dot-bomb, I spent 8 hours a day being told there were not jobs available. After a while, I just got tired of looking and wanted to program on something...anything. The answer was open source stuff. I have drawing of the Dyke Delta airplane available if you have a copy of ProEngineer.
I resent that. Now I will count down why you and Bush are evil. Not to worry, I'll have an occasional left leaning media representative here to give the impression that I'm unbiased and open-minded.
In North Carolina, 92% of the black population is claiming that they will vote for Obama. There's your "thousands" right there.
I'm amazed that whenever the issue of race comes up, it is always the white guys that are racist.