Uh, yeah. I don't even know why I replied. You obviously know everything. Maybe you should run the country! Not. Read up on the history of socialism and get back to me. Socialism has killed more people than any other idea in the history of human civilization.
When you assume... Both parties are statist pieces of crap who care about nothing but maintaining and increasing their power. Just for different reasons. One is slightly less crappy than the other but that is basically splitting hairs.
We have been on a slow road to socialism for at least the last 100 years. Obama has kicked it in to high gear. Read the damn Constitution and Declaration of Independence and get back to me...
If you don't think this is socialism you better take a good look at what is going on in this country. We have been on a slow road to socialism for at least the last 100 years. Obama has kicked it in to high gear. Read the damn Constitution and Declaration of Independence and get back to me...
Yup, 'change'. F'ing idiots voted for 'change'. Um, change to what??? They would have been better off voting for Mickey Mouse. Would have made more sense given the average voter's level of knowledge about history, politics and the Constitution of the United States. Well, here you have it, your 'change'. Change to socialism. Happy now?
Our current government serves no purpose other than to increase it's own power at this point. If you believe otherwise, then good luck to you when they come knocking on your door.
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Sorry to burst your bubble but I can't be pigeon holed that easily. I never read WND. I used to listed to Hannity when I had Sirius in my vehicle. I disagreed with him a lot. He is too right wing for me. He does make some valid points sometimes though.
As I mentioned in another post, the actual damages may not be that much. Thing is though that doctors order more tests than may really be necessary to cover their asses out of fear. Those extra tests add up, probably to quite a lot.
The AMA may only represent 25% of doctors once they are practicing (which says something to me) but 100% of medical degree programs at schools are AMA certified. The number of schools offering AMA certified degree programs has DECREASED over the years, not increased. Having less doctors available who had to go through more costly schooling to get their degree certainly can't reduce the cost of health care.
My vote is one that certainly can't be bought. Sometimes I am tempted to not vote in protest but then people like you remind me that if I don't, you still will...
You really think there is that much of a separation between government and big business? They work together to further each other's agendas. Maybe there wouldn't be a financial collapse every five years if the government would stop meddling in the economy.
Oh wait, that would take away some of the government's power so they won't do that. It would also eliminate the sweetheart deals, tariffs, etc. that government hands to big business. Well now, we certainly can't have that!
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The actual damages awarded may or may not amount to that much. It is a fact that doctors often order many more tests than may really be required to cover their asses though and that definitely adds up, probably to quite a lot.
Links? Why bother, I'm sure there aren't any. I've read over and over again exactly the opposite of what you are claiming. I could dig up links for you but I'm too busy making money and paying ridiculously taxes to pay for the health care for you and all the other socialist bums on this site.
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I don't think anybody said they are ALL frivolous. Some certainly are. I don't think anyone including yourself would argue that doctors should have to pay the outrageously high malpractice insurance rates that they do now. Those high rates most certainly can not be caused by only (or even mostly) valid lawsuits.
Since the insurance industry is the most regulated of all in America, maybe the regulators should take some responsibility for the mess...
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Um, if it doesn't initially have a single payer setup, it eventually will. Unfortunately at this point in time, our government serves no other purpose than to increase its own power. Both democrats and republicans have the same agenda just for different reasons.
The insurance industry is already highly regulated. If anything needs to be changed in those regulations, do it. In the mean time, do tort reform and seriously consider breaking up the AMA. The number of schools handing out medical degrees has DECREASED over time, not increased. This is due to the AMA withholding acredidation to server their own purposes.
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It certainly would improve access to health care by reducing costs. So would breaking up the AMA cartel.
Government run health care may make it more accessible to more people but it would do so at a huge cost. The quality of care is also very likely to be reduced.
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If you really want to fix healthcare, do tort reform first. Then break up the AMA cartel. Then look at other things that may need to be changed.
Is there anything that the government runs that really functions correctly/efficiently?
A while ago I read some link off Slashdot that compared the CPU/RAM usage of various virus scanners. Avira was at or near the top on all the tests. My use of it seems to validate that.
Security Essentials is a Microsoft product so I figure they know all or most of the tricks of their own OS to make it reasonably low on resource usage which it seems to be. It also has no nag screens which is nice.
How about a used Pentium III motherboard/CPU from eBay or wherever? That is what I did when I wanted to reduce my watts at home. My old server was a 1GHz Athlon (underclocked 1.4GHz). It did most everything that I needed but was using about 85 watts. It was an improvement over the 200 watt Sun Ultra 60 that it replaced but not good enough.
Since I don't need much CPU for my home server, I looked up old CPUs to see what had a decent performance per watt. I decided on a Pentium III at about 1GHz which is what I got off eBay. I stuck 1GB of RAM, a PCI to SATA card and two 500GB WD green drives in it. It uses about 45-50 watts idle. The motherboard and CPU cost about $25...
Most likely, the only way you'll be able to get lower watts than that in a full size system is to spend some $$$ on modern low power hardware.
I wonder if the problems I recently had with two cheap electronic devices were related. I had a small portable Emerson CD/Tape/Radio device which emitted a nasty smell. I would say it was a 'chemical' type smell but almost like it had an organic component to it maybe like stale BO. Sometimes I thought it was maybe an almond like smell? Anyway, once I figured out that was it, I discarded it. It had worked for maybe a year before doing that.
Then maybe a year later, last month, my cheap second TV started doing the same thing. It was a 27" Sylvania from about 2004. EXACT same smell. Very strange. It had worked for about 4 years before doing it too. No indication of failure except the smell.
Anyway, does anyone think I or anyone else with similar experiences should be concerned if we or especially young children are exposed to these types of chemical emissions from electronics?
My relatively simple rule is twice the amount of RAM until you hit 1GB of RAM. Systems with between 1GB and 8GB of RAM will get a 2GB swap. Systems with 8GB or more I would probably give a 4GB swap.
That assumes the requirements of the system don't dictate having more swap than the rule above for some reason. And if they did, it probably means the system needs more RAM anyway.
How about switching from AC to DC on a wide scale. Current power supplies aren't very efficient because they have to transform AC to DC. If it was DC coming in from the pole then the millions (or billions?) of AC to DC transformers could be eliminated probably saving a great deal of electricity. I'm not an electrical engineer or anything like that but from what I know very few devices run directly on AC (some motors, what else?).
Use CD/DVD media that has a high quality dye and your data will last longer. I use Mitsui CDRs for data that I want to last a while. They use high quality dye and thier optical media products are among if not the best in the industry. http://www.mam-a.com/
High quality media along with proper storage will help your data last longer. As to what the ultimate in long term data storage is, I have no idea. Pressed CDs maybe? I suppose magnetic tape as TFA says isn't that bad but it has its issues too.
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Marshall Brain's Manna:
http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
Definitely worth reading.
A safer way might be something like the Snow Dragon.
http://www.snowdragonmelters.com/
I hear it is being used somewhere around here.
Uh, yeah. I don't even know why I replied. You obviously know everything. Maybe you should run the country! Not. Read up on the history of socialism and get back to me. Socialism has killed more people than any other idea in the history of human civilization.
When you assume... Both parties are statist pieces of crap who care about nothing but maintaining and increasing their power. Just for different reasons. One is slightly less crappy than the other but that is basically splitting hairs.
We have been on a slow road to socialism for at least the last 100 years. Obama has kicked it in to high gear. Read the damn Constitution and Declaration of Independence and get back to me...
If you don't think this is socialism you better take a good look at what is going on in this country. We have been on a slow road to socialism for at least the last 100 years. Obama has kicked it in to high gear. Read the damn Constitution and Declaration of Independence and get back to me...
Yup, 'change'. F'ing idiots voted for 'change'. Um, change to what??? They would have been better off voting for Mickey Mouse. Would have made more sense given the average voter's level of knowledge about history, politics and the Constitution of the United States. Well, here you have it, your 'change'. Change to socialism. Happy now?
No problem.
What you brush off as impossible has happened before and will happen again.
Our current government serves no purpose other than to increase it's own power at this point. If you believe otherwise, then good luck to you when they come knocking on your door.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I can't be pigeon holed that easily. I never read WND. I used to listed to Hannity when I had Sirius in my vehicle. I disagreed with him a lot. He is too right wing for me. He does make some valid points sometimes though.
As I mentioned in another post, the actual damages may not be that much. Thing is though that doctors order more tests than may really be necessary to cover their asses out of fear. Those extra tests add up, probably to quite a lot.
The AMA may only represent 25% of doctors once they are practicing (which says something to me) but 100% of medical degree programs at schools are AMA certified. The number of schools offering AMA certified degree programs has DECREASED over the years, not increased. Having less doctors available who had to go through more costly schooling to get their degree certainly can't reduce the cost of health care.
My vote is one that certainly can't be bought. Sometimes I am tempted to not vote in protest but then people like you remind me that if I don't, you still will...
You really think there is that much of a separation between government and big business? They work together to further each other's agendas. Maybe there wouldn't be a financial collapse every five years if the government would stop meddling in the economy.
Oh wait, that would take away some of the government's power so they won't do that. It would also eliminate the sweetheart deals, tariffs, etc. that government hands to big business. Well now, we certainly can't have that!
The actual damages awarded may or may not amount to that much. It is a fact that doctors often order many more tests than may really be required to cover their asses though and that definitely adds up, probably to quite a lot.
Links? Why bother, I'm sure there aren't any. I've read over and over again exactly the opposite of what you are claiming. I could dig up links for you but I'm too busy making money and paying ridiculously taxes to pay for the health care for you and all the other socialist bums on this site.
I don't think anybody said they are ALL frivolous. Some certainly are. I don't think anyone including yourself would argue that doctors should have to pay the outrageously high malpractice insurance rates that they do now. Those high rates most certainly can not be caused by only (or even mostly) valid lawsuits.
Since the insurance industry is the most regulated of all in America, maybe the regulators should take some responsibility for the mess...
(last reply didn't seem to go through, hopefully not a repost)
Um, if it doesn't initially have a single payer setup, it eventually will. Unfortunately at this point in time, our government serves no other purpose than to increase its own power. Both democrats and republicans have the same agenda just for different reasons.
The insurance industry is already highly regulated. If anything needs to be changed in those regulations, do it. In the mean time, do tort reform and seriously consider breaking up the AMA. The number of schools handing out medical degrees has DECREASED over time, not increased. This is due to the AMA withholding acredidation to server their own purposes.
It certainly would improve access to health care by reducing costs. So would breaking up the AMA cartel.
Government run health care may make it more accessible to more people but it would do so at a huge cost. The quality of care is also very likely to be reduced.
If you really want to fix healthcare, do tort reform first. Then break up the AMA cartel. Then look at other things that may need to be changed.
Is there anything that the government runs that really functions correctly/efficiently?
I would recommend either Avira http://www.freeav.com/ or M$ Security Essentials.
A while ago I read some link off Slashdot that compared the CPU/RAM usage of various virus scanners. Avira was at or near the top on all the tests. My use of it seems to validate that.
Security Essentials is a Microsoft product so I figure they know all or most of the tricks of their own OS to make it reasonably low on resource usage which it seems to be. It also has no nag screens which is nice.
How about a used Pentium III motherboard/CPU from eBay or wherever? That is what I did when I wanted to reduce my watts at home. My old server was a 1GHz Athlon (underclocked 1.4GHz). It did most everything that I needed but was using about 85 watts. It was an improvement over the 200 watt Sun Ultra 60 that it replaced but not good enough.
Since I don't need much CPU for my home server, I looked up old CPUs to see what had a decent performance per watt. I decided on a Pentium III at about 1GHz which is what I got off eBay. I stuck 1GB of RAM, a PCI to SATA card and two 500GB WD green drives in it. It uses about 45-50 watts idle. The motherboard and CPU cost about $25...
Most likely, the only way you'll be able to get lower watts than that in a full size system is to spend some $$$ on modern low power hardware.
I wonder if the problems I recently had with two cheap electronic devices were related. I had a small portable Emerson CD/Tape/Radio device which emitted a nasty smell. I would say it was a 'chemical' type smell but almost like it had an organic component to it maybe like stale BO. Sometimes I thought it was maybe an almond like smell? Anyway, once I figured out that was it, I discarded it. It had worked for maybe a year before doing that.
Then maybe a year later, last month, my cheap second TV started doing the same thing. It was a 27" Sylvania from about 2004. EXACT same smell. Very strange. It had worked for about 4 years before doing it too. No indication of failure except the smell.
Anyway, does anyone think I or anyone else with similar experiences should be concerned if we or especially young children are exposed to these types of chemical emissions from electronics?
My relatively simple rule is twice the amount of RAM until you hit 1GB of RAM. Systems with between 1GB and 8GB of RAM will get a 2GB swap. Systems with 8GB or more I would probably give a 4GB swap.
That assumes the requirements of the system don't dictate having more swap than the rule above for some reason. And if they did, it probably means the system needs more RAM anyway.
How about switching from AC to DC on a wide scale. Current power supplies aren't very efficient because they have to transform AC to DC. If it was DC coming in from the pole then the millions (or billions?) of AC to DC transformers could be eliminated probably saving a great deal of electricity. I'm not an electrical engineer or anything like that but from what I know very few devices run directly on AC (some motors, what else?).
Use CD/DVD media that has a high quality dye and your data will last longer. I use Mitsui CDRs for data that I want to last a while. They use high quality dye and thier optical media products are among if not the best in the industry. http://www.mam-a.com/
High quality media along with proper storage will help your data last longer. As to what the ultimate in long term data storage is, I have no idea. Pressed CDs maybe? I suppose magnetic tape as TFA says isn't that bad but it has its issues too.
The day the U.S. switches to a cashless society is the day I move to another continent. I hope and think that it will not happen in my lifetime.