1- Build and maintain networks
2- Building data centres (construction)
3- Network management and services (ISPs, etc...)
4- IT support (hundreds of thousands of jobs and probably millions, small consultant companies and mom and pop shops)
5- Research has tremendously increase
#1 - This is true, but it's certainly a short-term item (and is basically the same as #4).
#2 - How many data centers are there? And how does "construction" even count? I mean, there will always be "construction".
#3 - Most ISPs now are cable companies, which already existed. But again, the ones that aren't cable companies, are generally some local guys re-selling cable internet via wireless - and they employ a small number of people, just like TFA points out.
#4 - This one you are correct about. I'm one of these mom&pop shops that you mention. A lot of the folks that know what they're doing in the IT field are finding self-employment more reasonable these days. And the more that get their balls together to take the first step in doing it, the easier it becomes for others to do the same.
#5 - Research has increased, but probably not added very many jobs, and much of it is involved with #1 - #4.
One thing that maybe no one is mentioning is that the Russian mob, and hackers around the world are using the internet in ways that eliminate the need for (them to have) jobs at all.;)
I said it a long time ago, and I'll say it again here: The internet is going to revolutionize the local farming "industry".
Did they change their fact sheet, or definition of "law enforcement"? It looks like they didn't remove "Law enforcement" as their primary objective, but rather renamed it from "law enforcement" to "national security". If they changed what they actually do, then we're looking at no more FBI raids on governmental buildings, as we've seen in the past, as well as a private citizens, for things that used to be covered by the FBI's jurisdiction - and I guess, what state police do that now? Does this mean that drug runners will be better off crossing state lines?
And if it's just verbiage that's changed, does that mean that governmental problems and drug runners will now be addressed as threats to national security?
But the truth is that this work cannot diminish the extraordinary utility of this analogy. And so the public love affair with general relativity is safe. Long may it continue!
Maybe it's just a general analogy for general relativity that's easy to understand, and not to be taken so so literally. Did they bother to come up with another analogy? Didn't think so. What dicks.
o...k... but then why is it so 'up in the air', all this debate about global warming? Why don't these climate scientists let us all know that the Earth has no actual temperature, and that the fact that it's fluctuating is a normal part of the nature of the planet? You know, so that we can all shut the hell up, and go back to... whatever it is that we do as humans.
I'm not following you completely, but I've had about 5 hours of sleep in the last 3 days. All I know is that stuff has in it, some grain, and some wheat, as well as some stuff that relaxes the allergic reaction. The theory is that by introducing very small amounts of the "problem" (grain or wheat) as well as a small amount of the "relaxant", it could train your immune system to calm the hell down during times when you eat grain or wheat in normal doses. I don't think it's working that way for me, so I'm simply using it for it's "relaxant" effects. You just take 15 drops every 3 or 4 hours, and eat what you wish. I admit that it's not the best plan, perhaps cutting out wheat would be (I think wheat in it's own right isn't good to eat a lot of) ultimately a better idea. But cutting out wheat leaves you with a limited menu, that's pretty pricey.
In all seriousness, I know nothing of this. You seem like maybe you have a handle on it, and that's great. What I have to ask is, what in the hell is vortexcortex.com?
Apple hardware is all they use. More than likely Apple contributed, even if it's just free hardware (I'm talking completely out of my arse here - "slashtalk", yo - but it makes sense to me;). Apple seems to be on the smarter side of getting their product out there. They've probably admitted that advertizing is crap, and it's a simple matter of getting people used to their product, and not a matter of trying to tame an audience. I run Linux:)
I wish you were right. As far as I know, the nocebo effect can only take place in one that knowingly takes the "allergen".
However, in my case, I had stomach problems for about 2 years before a suspect diagnosis. I went to the doctor 4 or 5 times for this stomach discomfort, and they did all sorts of tests. Finally they found that I was allergic to wheat, by way of a blood test. Once I started a non-wheat diet, the symptoms went away. But to hell with that diet. Wheat is in so many things that I love to eat, and to go gluten-free, which is what you have to do, is costly. That stuff in the link in my last post helps tremendously. It could be argued that it's a placebo effect that enables me to get benefit from it, but I highly doubt it.
Of course greed, deceit, rape and genocide (hell you forgot to mention murder) are a part of nature, but they're things that, when viewed from a humane perspective (the one with altruism built-in), are looked down upon as barbaric, or things that are done by those with less evolution.
The idea that this is a matter of "level of evolution" is as silly as as calling rich people "more evolved" than poor people.
Well, that's not fair. I feel that you took what I said out of context. Murder is something that has to be done, period. I "murder" a plant to eat it. But what to do? This is a limitation of our language. You cannot say, "Ohh BringsApples says that murdering is ok!" In this way, I feel that you are rearranging the definition of "greed" to be different than how I was using it, and also in this way, I cannot agree that it's built into the frame of humanity. Humans do not have to be greedy, it's a choice. It's the result of thinking only of ones self. Humans have the capacity to think of all humans and all animals at the same time. We're able to write, and later read. This allows us to make long-term decisions, and is also the basis for any scientific method - another thing that humans are capable of, but no other animal is. And so when I see or hear about someone murdering another person, or animal, or whatever (I'm defining "murder" here to mean to kill in the same way that a terrorist kills, or a bank robber kills, etc...) I look at it as being a barbaric act, less than what could have been achieved using better methods that are built-in to the human frame, that's all.
But genocide and greed collapse small ecosystems _all the time_. If you don't believe they can devestate the planet's ecosystem, then look at the evolution of photosynthesis. It _changed the atmosphere of the whole planet_ to include roughly 20% of a searing, chemically reactive, and quite poisonous gas to the rest of the ecosystem. The results were _devastating_ worldwide.
If I breath in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide, reproduce, do that over and over until all of the oxygen is gone, and we all die off, then there is nothing that I can do about it, anymore than the evolution of photosynthesis could have. And later, the beings that take place of us will look back and say, "yep, that was an act of Nature." (they would not say, "Those greedy bastards, sucking up all the oxygen, why did they have to breath so much???") But instead, what we're dealing with are things like factories that are building things like lay-z-boys, fuming up the atmosphere, owners of those factories bribing governmental officials to allow it to continue... things like that. The beings that replace us (if we were to die off en masse due to these factories) would be forced to respect the fact "greed" (unless they come up with a better word) kills.
The next time you see or hear of anything except for mankind knowingly ruining the entire planet for it's own personal and very temporary gain, hit me up and I'll buy you a drink.
Say what? Maybe I worded what I said in a shotty way, let me try to re-word it: The next time you find a species, other than humans, in an act of knowingly ruining the entire planet for it's own personal and very temporary gain, hit me up and I'll buy you a drink.
You seem overly smitten by the "natural" world, and every species except for Man.
I know, I'm told that a good bit here on slashdot. Ultimately it's due to my shotty way of communicating. Seriously, I need to work on it, but it's partially due to my trying to do multiple things, while posting to slashdot. The reason that I seem, as you say above 'overly smitten...' is because of a deep respect for Nature. I do recognize mankind as a part of that Nature. I take the stance that I take on account of the deep respect for what mankind's potential is, vs where it seems to be headed. This is not my own personal feeling, all you have to do is look around at all that's happening with mankind to understand - wars, lying, apathy... And I use animals as an example of 'beings that are in tune with their own Nature as it fits with the overall scheme of things'. I do know that it's not a perfect analogy (animals aren't able to chose on the level that humans can), as mankind has roles that no other animals have, but what to do? I cannot find another analogy to use.
I really like my Boston Terriers, but their favorite occupations (aside from being with us) seem to be licking their private parts.
I think that we can learn from your dogs, as long as we translate what they are doing, to how it applies to us. Obviously licking our own assholes and cock&balls (or vaginas) is not correct for mankind, but there should be a level of attention to our Selves that we currently do not allocate time for in our busy societies. Meditation comes to mind.
About that drink... I'll take a Balvenie, neat.
Tell me how much that drink costs, and honestly, I'll paypal you the dosh. I'm not a drinker and I have no idea what that drink is, or how to make it "neat".
Sweet baby Jesus does. He puts dots on their body and a bit on the tail. Every time you hit a deer on the road, sky-daddy puts sweet baby Jesus in time-out.
And I think it's unfair, because no amount of paint that poor poor little sweet baby Jesus puts on them, will stop those stupid deer from getting scared of the bright fucking lights.
Um, no.... I think that you forget that there are locations in the US that get this stuff called snow and that said snow, and the dirt & salt they spread to melt the snow, tends to cover lines on the road. Then there is fog, for which brighter lights do not help, and dark rainy nights, where brighter lights do help.
In my experience, (even bright) lights do not help see through snow, fog, or rain. In fact, it's very popular to pull over when rain/snow/fog is so thick.
And yeah, when the lights are positioned correctly (down, and to the right - in America - so to point out the edge of the road better) they do not shine in the direction of on-coming traffic. But they don't need to be freggin laser beams blasting out 60,000 lumen 50 or 60 feet in front of your car. And of course it's nice to be in some expensive vehicle, with expensive and bright lights. What we're saying is that it sucks to be outside that vehicle with that light shining in your eyes.
The hospital was not fancy like we are used to seeing in the U.S., but the staff were professional and knowledgeable, and the quality of care was first rate.
Exactly the opposite here in the US (nice hospitals, asshole doctors that want antibiotics to fix everything), that's why it's so damn expensive.
There is a lot of evidence that shows our GMOs are not good.
You're right, and one problem is that they're patented, which means that it's hard, if not impossible, to determine what effects it's having, because (to my knowledge) you cannot go purchase the, say, wheat itself. Personally, I've noticed a lot of people in America suddenly allergic to wheat, myself included. At age 33 I suddenly developed a wheat allergy.
As a side note, to those that are also suddenly allergic to wheat, this stuff works very well.
I agree. The lights are on cars for 2 reasons: 1) for other cars to see each other at night - 2) for the driver to see the edge of the road a certain distance ahead.
Back in the day when these things were being developed, they didn't have the technology invested in that white paint that's on the side of the road (many roads didn't even have a line at all). And now that white line is very reflective on almost all roads (speaking from the US at least), it seems that, if anything, we can tone down the headlights. I know that cars drive a lot faster than they used to, but most of the speed limits are the same as they've been for many years.
Right, but everyone associates "3rd-world" with not achieving a certain level of health, education, and developmental abilities. What would be the correct terminology to use in place of what we're all calling "3rd-world"?
Ok, I understand what you are trying to tell me, and in that way, you are correct. Nature has no "being" and no "mind", you're correct to say that it cannot be anthropomorphized. But I'm not saying that either.
"Anthropomorphized" means "to attribute human form or personality to things not human". And I'm not trying to give Nature human qualities, in fact I'm claiming the opposite. All that I can say about Nature is that regardless what we humans may think life to be, Nature seems to be a sense-making entity of some kind, and we are a part of that entity.
One could easily argue that mankind is simply trying to mimic Nature is everything that he (mankind) does. Example: We claim to have "invented" solar cells. Solar cells are devices by which mankind can assemble over and over, using resources, all to "make sense" of sunlight, and use it for energy. But plants have been doing this for billions of years. In fact, not only do these plants produce a better solar cell than mankind does (takes far less energy to create the cells than the cells will yield in their lifetime), but those solar cells are 100% recyclable, whereas the ones made by mankind are not ( certainly not to the same extent anyway). And this is the point that I'm trying to make. This requirement to "give-and-take", or better yet, "take-and-give" is not generally something that mankind respects today.
I agree that this is a new paradigm for us today, even though original American Indians back in the day knew this quite well, and lived in harmony with Nature. But today it's even more important to understand, and integrate into our societies because of the impact that not doing so has had after so many years.
I'm not trying to advertize to you or anything, but there's a guy named Simon G. Powell that's written a very interesting book on the subject called, "Darwin's Unfinished Business". I don't want to offend you on any level, but at the same time, I challenge you to read that book without having, at the very least, a slightly different understanding of Nature. He's also got a few youtube videos out. This one is based loosely on the book that I just mentioned.
Welcome to the world, almost everything is a "hassle" depending on your mindset. So long as this type of insurance exists, I feel a bit more secure, as I had previously not known about it.
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If you remove the right to sell them, then you remove the right to own them. What'r we all supposed to do, make our own guns?
I don't know if you're 100% correct here.
;)
1- Build and maintain networks
2- Building data centres (construction)
3- Network management and services (ISPs, etc...)
4- IT support (hundreds of thousands of jobs and probably millions, small consultant companies and mom and pop shops)
5- Research has tremendously increase
#1 - This is true, but it's certainly a short-term item (and is basically the same as #4).
#2 - How many data centers are there? And how does "construction" even count? I mean, there will always be "construction".
#3 - Most ISPs now are cable companies, which already existed. But again, the ones that aren't cable companies, are generally some local guys re-selling cable internet via wireless - and they employ a small number of people, just like TFA points out.
#4 - This one you are correct about. I'm one of these mom&pop shops that you mention. A lot of the folks that know what they're doing in the IT field are finding self-employment more reasonable these days. And the more that get their balls together to take the first step in doing it, the easier it becomes for others to do the same.
#5 - Research has increased, but probably not added very many jobs, and much of it is involved with #1 - #4.
One thing that maybe no one is mentioning is that the Russian mob, and hackers around the world are using the internet in ways that eliminate the need for (them to have) jobs at all.
I said it a long time ago, and I'll say it again here: The internet is going to revolutionize the local farming "industry".
Did they change their fact sheet, or definition of "law enforcement"? It looks like they didn't remove "Law enforcement" as their primary objective, but rather renamed it from "law enforcement" to "national security". If they changed what they actually do, then we're looking at no more FBI raids on governmental buildings, as we've seen in the past, as well as a private citizens, for things that used to be covered by the FBI's jurisdiction - and I guess, what state police do that now? Does this mean that drug runners will be better off crossing state lines?
And if it's just verbiage that's changed, does that mean that governmental problems and drug runners will now be addressed as threats to national security?
Either way, this is weird.
But the truth is that this work cannot diminish the extraordinary utility of this analogy. And so the public love affair with general relativity is safe. Long may it continue!
So what's the damn point?
Maybe it's just a general analogy for general relativity that's easy to understand, and not to be taken so so literally. Did they bother to come up with another analogy? Didn't think so. What dicks.
Nor do they "have" to obey the laws of gravity...
o_O [BLANK STARE] You win with that one, sir.
o...k... but then why is it so 'up in the air', all this debate about global warming? Why don't these climate scientists let us all know that the Earth has no actual temperature, and that the fact that it's fluctuating is a normal part of the nature of the planet? You know, so that we can all shut the hell up, and go back to... whatever it is that we do as humans.
I'm not following you completely, but I've had about 5 hours of sleep in the last 3 days. All I know is that stuff has in it, some grain, and some wheat, as well as some stuff that relaxes the allergic reaction. The theory is that by introducing very small amounts of the "problem" (grain or wheat) as well as a small amount of the "relaxant", it could train your immune system to calm the hell down during times when you eat grain or wheat in normal doses. I don't think it's working that way for me, so I'm simply using it for it's "relaxant" effects. You just take 15 drops every 3 or 4 hours, and eat what you wish. I admit that it's not the best plan, perhaps cutting out wheat would be (I think wheat in it's own right isn't good to eat a lot of) ultimately a better idea. But cutting out wheat leaves you with a limited menu, that's pretty pricey.
In all seriousness, I know nothing of this. You seem like maybe you have a handle on it, and that's great. What I have to ask is, what in the hell is vortexcortex.com?
According to Ellis, this was the first giraffe bone ever found during an archaeological excavation of ancient Roman Italy.
What if that one piece of bone was a part of a funny advertizement that hung just outside the door? "We don't sell no giraffe here!"
Seriously though, why would they speculate that it was something that was eaten, if they only found one?
Apple hardware is all they use. More than likely Apple contributed, even if it's just free hardware (I'm talking completely out of my arse here - "slashtalk", yo - but it makes sense to me ;). Apple seems to be on the smarter side of getting their product out there. They've probably admitted that advertizing is crap, and it's a simple matter of getting people used to their product, and not a matter of trying to tame an audience. I run Linux :)
I wish you were right. As far as I know, the nocebo effect can only take place in one that knowingly takes the "allergen".
However, in my case, I had stomach problems for about 2 years before a suspect diagnosis. I went to the doctor 4 or 5 times for this stomach discomfort, and they did all sorts of tests. Finally they found that I was allergic to wheat, by way of a blood test. Once I started a non-wheat diet, the symptoms went away. But to hell with that diet. Wheat is in so many things that I love to eat, and to go gluten-free, which is what you have to do, is costly. That stuff in the link in my last post helps tremendously. It could be argued that it's a placebo effect that enables me to get benefit from it, but I highly doubt it.
Of course greed, deceit, rape and genocide (hell you forgot to mention murder) are a part of nature, but they're things that, when viewed from a humane perspective (the one with altruism built-in), are looked down upon as barbaric, or things that are done by those with less evolution.
The idea that this is a matter of "level of evolution" is as silly as as calling rich people "more evolved" than poor people.
Well, that's not fair. I feel that you took what I said out of context. Murder is something that has to be done, period. I "murder" a plant to eat it. But what to do? This is a limitation of our language. You cannot say, "Ohh BringsApples says that murdering is ok!" In this way, I feel that you are rearranging the definition of "greed" to be different than how I was using it, and also in this way, I cannot agree that it's built into the frame of humanity. Humans do not have to be greedy, it's a choice. It's the result of thinking only of ones self. Humans have the capacity to think of all humans and all animals at the same time. We're able to write, and later read. This allows us to make long-term decisions, and is also the basis for any scientific method - another thing that humans are capable of, but no other animal is. And so when I see or hear about someone murdering another person, or animal, or whatever (I'm defining "murder" here to mean to kill in the same way that a terrorist kills, or a bank robber kills, etc...) I look at it as being a barbaric act, less than what could have been achieved using better methods that are built-in to the human frame, that's all.
But genocide and greed collapse small ecosystems _all the time_. If you don't believe they can devestate the planet's ecosystem, then look at the evolution of photosynthesis. It _changed the atmosphere of the whole planet_ to include roughly 20% of a searing, chemically reactive, and quite poisonous gas to the rest of the ecosystem. The results were _devastating_ worldwide.
If I breath in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide, reproduce, do that over and over until all of the oxygen is gone, and we all die off, then there is nothing that I can do about it, anymore than the evolution of photosynthesis could have. And later, the beings that take place of us will look back and say, "yep, that was an act of Nature." (they would not say, "Those greedy bastards, sucking up all the oxygen, why did they have to breath so much???") But instead, what we're dealing with are things like factories that are building things like lay-z-boys, fuming up the atmosphere, owners of those factories bribing governmental officials to allow it to continue... things like that. The beings that replace us (if we were to die off en masse due to these factories) would be forced to respect the fact "greed" (unless they come up with a better word) kills.
The next time you see or hear of anything except for mankind knowingly ruining the entire planet for it's own personal and very temporary gain, hit me up and I'll buy you a drink.
How about this? http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/01/04/2057206/the-far-future-of-our-solar-system [slashdot.org]
Say what? Maybe I worded what I said in a shotty way, let me try to re-word it: The next time you find a species, other than humans, in an act of knowingly ruining the entire planet for it's own personal and very temporary gain, hit me up and I'll buy you a drink.
You seem overly smitten by the "natural" world, and every species except for Man.
I know, I'm told that a good bit here on slashdot. Ultimately it's due to my shotty way of communicating. Seriously, I need to work on it, but it's partially due to my trying to do multiple things, while posting to slashdot. The reason that I seem, as you say above 'overly smitten...' is because of a deep respect for Nature. I do recognize mankind as a part of that Nature. I take the stance that I take on account of the deep respect for what mankind's potential is, vs where it seems to be headed. This is not my own personal feeling, all you have to do is look around at all that's happening with mankind to understand - wars, lying, apathy... And I use animals as an example of 'beings that are in tune with their own Nature as it fits with the overall scheme of things'. I do know that it's not a perfect analogy (animals aren't able to chose on the level that humans can), as mankind has roles that no other animals have, but what to do? I cannot find another analogy to use.
I really like my Boston Terriers, but their favorite occupations (aside from being with us) seem to be licking their private parts.
I think that we can learn from your dogs, as long as we translate what they are doing, to how it applies to us. Obviously licking our own assholes and cock&balls (or vaginas) is not correct for mankind, but there should be a level of attention to our Selves that we currently do not allocate time for in our busy societies. Meditation comes to mind.
About that drink... I'll take a Balvenie, neat.
Tell me how much that drink costs, and honestly, I'll paypal you the dosh. I'm not a drinker and I have no idea what that drink is, or how to make it "neat".
Sweet baby Jesus does. He puts dots on their body and a bit on the tail. Every time you hit a deer on the road, sky-daddy puts sweet baby Jesus in time-out.
And I think it's unfair, because no amount of paint that poor poor little sweet baby Jesus puts on them, will stop those stupid deer from getting scared of the bright fucking lights.
Um, no.... I think that you forget that there are locations in the US that get this stuff called snow and that said snow, and the dirt & salt they spread to melt the snow, tends to cover lines on the road. Then there is fog, for which brighter lights do not help, and dark rainy nights, where brighter lights do help.
In my experience, (even bright) lights do not help see through snow, fog, or rain. In fact, it's very popular to pull over when rain/snow/fog is so thick.
And yeah, when the lights are positioned correctly (down, and to the right - in America - so to point out the edge of the road better) they do not shine in the direction of on-coming traffic. But they don't need to be freggin laser beams blasting out 60,000 lumen 50 or 60 feet in front of your car. And of course it's nice to be in some expensive vehicle, with expensive and bright lights. What we're saying is that it sucks to be outside that vehicle with that light shining in your eyes.
Why hugh pickens on that guy?
The hospital was not fancy like we are used to seeing in the U.S., but the staff were professional and knowledgeable, and the quality of care was first rate.
Exactly the opposite here in the US (nice hospitals, asshole doctors that want antibiotics to fix everything), that's why it's so damn expensive.
There is a lot of evidence that shows our GMOs are not good.
You're right, and one problem is that they're patented, which means that it's hard, if not impossible, to determine what effects it's having, because (to my knowledge) you cannot go purchase the, say, wheat itself. Personally, I've noticed a lot of people in America suddenly allergic to wheat, myself included. At age 33 I suddenly developed a wheat allergy.
As a side note, to those that are also suddenly allergic to wheat, this stuff works very well.
I agree. The lights are on cars for 2 reasons: 1) for other cars to see each other at night - 2) for the driver to see the edge of the road a certain distance ahead.
Back in the day when these things were being developed, they didn't have the technology invested in that white paint that's on the side of the road (many roads didn't even have a line at all). And now that white line is very reflective on almost all roads (speaking from the US at least), it seems that, if anything, we can tone down the headlights. I know that cars drive a lot faster than they used to, but most of the speed limits are the same as they've been for many years.
Right, but everyone associates "3rd-world" with not achieving a certain level of health, education, and developmental abilities. What would be the correct terminology to use in place of what we're all calling "3rd-world"?
Ok, I understand what you are trying to tell me, and in that way, you are correct. Nature has no "being" and no "mind", you're correct to say that it cannot be anthropomorphized. But I'm not saying that either. "Anthropomorphized" means "to attribute human form or personality to things not human". And I'm not trying to give Nature human qualities, in fact I'm claiming the opposite. All that I can say about Nature is that regardless what we humans may think life to be, Nature seems to be a sense-making entity of some kind, and we are a part of that entity.
One could easily argue that mankind is simply trying to mimic Nature is everything that he (mankind) does. Example: We claim to have "invented" solar cells. Solar cells are devices by which mankind can assemble over and over, using resources, all to "make sense" of sunlight, and use it for energy. But plants have been doing this for billions of years. In fact, not only do these plants produce a better solar cell than mankind does (takes far less energy to create the cells than the cells will yield in their lifetime), but those solar cells are 100% recyclable, whereas the ones made by mankind are not ( certainly not to the same extent anyway). And this is the point that I'm trying to make. This requirement to "give-and-take", or better yet, "take-and-give" is not generally something that mankind respects today.
I agree that this is a new paradigm for us today, even though original American Indians back in the day knew this quite well, and lived in harmony with Nature. But today it's even more important to understand, and integrate into our societies because of the impact that not doing so has had after so many years.
I'm not trying to advertize to you or anything, but there's a guy named Simon G. Powell that's written a very interesting book on the subject called, "Darwin's Unfinished Business". I don't want to offend you on any level, but at the same time, I challenge you to read that book without having, at the very least, a slightly different understanding of Nature. He's also got a few youtube videos out. This one is based loosely on the book that I just mentioned.
My sig is relevant to every situation. :)
See where it came from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_too_shall_pass
There is an old fable that a king had his wise men figure out what phrase could be said under all circumstances. They supposedly came up with this.
Welcome to the world, almost everything is a "hassle" depending on your mindset. So long as this type of insurance exists, I feel a bit more secure, as I had previously not known about it.
Wow I've never heard of it before. I managed to find this:
http://www.travelguard.com/travelinsurance/international.asp?intcmp=clc-001-Nav-2-International
Very interesting, thanks.