"The industry didn't want to contribute and support such an effort." What did you expect? That they were going to throw money at you because OPEN SOURCE?
The Montreal region has more than 3.8 million people, and the Quebec city region has over half a million. The total population is 8.25 million, and there are other enclaves, such as the eastern townships, where English is traditionally used.
That would require someone to actually call the phone. Most phones are used for text, messaging,etc., and rarely for phone calls. How are you going to return the text if the phone is locked? Also, iPhones can be set to require you to enter the pin/password to answer a call, and Android has an app for that.
The reason that the majority of prescriptions in the US aren't filled is because of $$$.
Nowadays, you don't need a prescription for the blood glucose machine - the test strip manufacturers supply them to the pharmacies for free, because the test strips are where the real money is. So, 2 different insulins (regular for each meal, and nph for overnight), insulin pen tips (anyone still using syringes???), test strips, finger prickers. And the machine can't fill any of those prescriptions, same as in your Type 1 diabetes example. That's 5 per month . I have an additional 5 prescriptions filled every month on top of that. Used to be more, but they were for either temporary conditions, or I reacted badly.
It's much easier for a pharmacist to receive a box filled with their daily drug order than to tend to all these machines, filling them, storing the results in bulk bottles with mandatory labeling, and ensuring that the raw materials are properly handled. Production lines are way cheaper to operate.
All I can say is it works for me, but YMMV. When I entered high school, my parents gave me a note saying I didn't need a note for any time I wasn't in class. There were a couple of times I took the afternoon off to watch movies - that's it. I like to think that kids generally want to live up to your expectations. And when they don't it's a teaching moment for everyone...
If you think that's going to happen, you're dreaming. There are very few english quebecers who don't also speak french - and the ones who don't are mostly racist assholes.
The loss of backbone was a purely American thing. You bailed out the banks because you got scared, and now Wall Street is crazier than ever. Iceland didn't blink.
Ditto with your reps voting to invade Iraq. No backbone - they were scared and would do anything rather than think.
These policies didn't inflict pain on a small number of people for the greater good - quite the opposite.
A shell of solar panels englobing the earth would boil us since we wouldn't be radiating heat faster than we produce it. And a hot jovian so close to the sun would have to have a lot more mass. Make for a good sci-fi story where someone forgets these little details:-)
Unless you know exactly where the aliens are in the sky, you would have to broadcast in all directions. That would take more energy than we can make, to say the least.
I get you. It makes total sense. It cheeses me off how much health issues have cut into my life in the last 5 years, keeping me from doing what I want, but I think now even though the eyes won't ever get better and depression is going to continue to be a recurring event, I can work with it instead of against it. 6 months of suckage, then 6 months of good, is survivable. Probably because when it's good, it's like seeing the whole world anew after months of darkness.
I still have lots of things to do and people to do them to (JOKE). And I want to know how the mess we've made turns out.
I certainly don't fear death - half the time it looks like the better option, unfortunately. Who knows, maybe they'll find a cure...:-)
And I wasn't refering to "this kid" - I was very specific when I referred to YOUR reaction about laws that allow 14-year-olds to get an abortion without parental knowledge. Reading comprehension is everything if you want to understand the context.
Rule 72 - Don't worry about it - it's just the internet.:-) Demographics could play a roll - as could geography. Canada is different, and Quebec is REALLY different. We went from a very restrictive society to a very liberal one during the "quiet revolution.".
We're not finished - there's still too much xenophobia and racism - but we're working on it.
While I would be highly offended by #2, I've got to admit that watching all the moonwalks live (except the one where they pointed the camera at the sun) was awesome. Today people thinks that the first moon walk was by Michael Jackson.
Thanks for the compliments. It's just that I've seen first-hand that not trusting your kids creates long-term disasters. I've had friends say that my two daughters had too much freedom, but it was their daughters who became teen-age parents, whereas mine waited until their early 30's to have one child each.
Going through their personal stuff would have been as unthinkable as them going through mine.
Really? The original point stands - you show that you don't trust your kids, they won't trust you, because that is what you're teaching them by example.
Besides, locking your phone, at least to me, seems counterproductive. If it's locked, how is someone supposed to know who to return it to if you lost it? Just cancel the service, and they can still find your contact info. And if they don't return it, well, c'est la vie. Once it's blacklisted, they won't be able to use it.
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Nah - this is a last-ditch effort to get businesses to say "hey look, if we pay you, will you change your mind?" Extortion 101.
"The industry didn't want to contribute and support such an effort." What did you expect? That they were going to throw money at you because OPEN SOURCE?
Now you can have your bacon and eat it too ... mmmm bacon!
Siri is Iris backwards. Pretty obvious.
The Montreal region has more than 3.8 million people, and the Quebec city region has over half a million. The total population is 8.25 million, and there are other enclaves, such as the eastern townships, where English is traditionally used.
That would require someone to actually call the phone. Most phones are used for text, messaging,etc., and rarely for phone calls. How are you going to return the text if the phone is locked? Also, iPhones can be set to require you to enter the pin/password to answer a call, and Android has an app for that.
The reason that the majority of prescriptions in the US aren't filled is because of $$$.
Nowadays, you don't need a prescription for the blood glucose machine - the test strip manufacturers supply them to the pharmacies for free, because the test strips are where the real money is. So, 2 different insulins (regular for each meal, and nph for overnight), insulin pen tips (anyone still using syringes???), test strips, finger prickers. And the machine can't fill any of those prescriptions, same as in your Type 1 diabetes example. That's 5 per month . I have an additional 5 prescriptions filled every month on top of that. Used to be more, but they were for either temporary conditions, or I reacted badly.
It's much easier for a pharmacist to receive a box filled with their daily drug order than to tend to all these machines, filling them, storing the results in bulk bottles with mandatory labeling, and ensuring that the raw materials are properly handled. Production lines are way cheaper to operate.
All I can say is it works for me, but YMMV. When I entered high school, my parents gave me a note saying I didn't need a note for any time I wasn't in class. There were a couple of times I took the afternoon off to watch movies - that's it. I like to think that kids generally want to live up to your expectations. And when they don't it's a teaching moment for everyone ...
Nothing beats the classics :-)
That's something the 30-somethings won't get ...
If you think that's going to happen, you're dreaming. There are very few english quebecers who don't also speak french - and the ones who don't are mostly racist assholes.
And most of the french also speak english.
So c'est quoi ton calice de probleme, tabernac?
The loss of backbone was a purely American thing. You bailed out the banks because you got scared, and now Wall Street is crazier than ever. Iceland didn't blink.
Ditto with your reps voting to invade Iraq. No backbone - they were scared and would do anything rather than think.
These policies didn't inflict pain on a small number of people for the greater good - quite the opposite.
A shell of solar panels englobing the earth would boil us since we wouldn't be radiating heat faster than we produce it. And a hot jovian so close to the sun would have to have a lot more mass. Make for a good sci-fi story where someone forgets these little details :-)
Unless you know exactly where the aliens are in the sky, you would have to broadcast in all directions. That would take more energy than we can make, to say the least.
I get you. It makes total sense. It cheeses me off how much health issues have cut into my life in the last 5 years, keeping me from doing what I want, but I think now even though the eyes won't ever get better and depression is going to continue to be a recurring event, I can work with it instead of against it. 6 months of suckage, then 6 months of good, is survivable. Probably because when it's good, it's like seeing the whole world anew after months of darkness.
I still have lots of things to do and people to do them to (JOKE). And I want to know how the mess we've made turns out.
I certainly don't fear death - half the time it looks like the better option, unfortunately. Who knows, maybe they'll find a cure ... :-)
And I wasn't refering to "this kid" - I was very specific when I referred to YOUR reaction about laws that allow 14-year-olds to get an abortion without parental knowledge. Reading comprehension is everything if you want to understand the context.
Rule 72 - Don't worry about it - it's just the internet. :-) Demographics could play a roll - as could geography. Canada is different, and Quebec is REALLY different. We went from a very restrictive society to a very liberal one during the "quiet revolution.".
We're not finished - there's still too much xenophobia and racism - but we're working on it.
Just compare the faces of smokers and non-smokers who are the same age.
While I would be highly offended by #2, I've got to admit that watching all the moonwalks live (except the one where they pointed the camera at the sun) was awesome. Today people thinks that the first moon walk was by Michael Jackson.
Here's the explanation.
Happy birthday :-)
I'll be 60 in 2 months, and I want to get into the triple digits. There's still way too much to discover.
Are you referring to tomhudson/BarbaraHudson?
Don't knock it if you haven't tried it :-)
Thanks for the compliments. It's just that I've seen first-hand that not trusting your kids creates long-term disasters. I've had friends say that my two daughters had too much freedom, but it was their daughters who became teen-age parents, whereas mine waited until their early 30's to have one child each.
Going through their personal stuff would have been as unthinkable as them going through mine.
Really? The original point stands - you show that you don't trust your kids, they won't trust you, because that is what you're teaching them by example.
Besides, locking your phone, at least to me, seems counterproductive. If it's locked, how is someone supposed to know who to return it to if you lost it? Just cancel the service, and they can still find your contact info. And if they don't return it, well, c'est la vie. Once it's blacklisted, they won't be able to use it.