Burn down the private healthcare industry and start over. As a society, we need to get back in touch with the basic fundamentals of what constitutes healing and caring for one another.
TFTFY
Nothing, absolutely nothing, has driven modern medicine so far away from the business of healing as has the insurance industry. Google the term "managed care", and weep for the days when physicians and other caregivers decided how to treat their patients. Worried about "government death panels" that decide who gets life saving care and who doesn't? Congratulations, sucker. That blatant misdirection worked on you too. In the U.S. we spend more (far more) and get less (by any credible metric) than any other industrialized nation when it comes to health care. To blame the physicians for this is absurd.
...who are, by and large, a remarkably conservative lot, but...
Oh, just shut up already, you whiny liberal bitches. This is the free market we're talking about here. You can't just call for the government to step in a regulate a sacred thing like that. What you should have done is shopped more carefully. If you wanted a piece of equipment you could service yourself, that's what you should have bought. The invisible hand can fix all ills. Shame on you for not wielding it more responsibly.
... so much for anybody ever using a British ISP for anything. Aren't "conservatives" supposed to support corporate interests, instead of killing businesses outright?
Yes, but they're also supposed to be almost completely clueless when it comes to "all that computer stuff", so a little "mixed messaging" is to be expected.
Either they lied about it for months, or were still clueless about the actual extent FOR MONTHS, after being made aware that they'd been pwned. I'm not sure which is worse, but either way... aslholes.
Troll? Seriously? Look, I will stipulate that Hillary and her people did a poor job of handling sensitive communications IF you Republican fan-boy asshats will acknowledge that poor security practices are the norm in most federal agencies, including the State Department during this administration and the previous one. Agreed? Fine. Let's move on.
So I guess we really are left with nothing but a party that is desperate to deflect attention away from the colossal embarrassment that is their presumptive nominee for president. Y'all really should hope that Hillary wins, because the damage that your boy will do the Republican brand if he actually gets elected will make your current discomfort look like the good old days. But hey, if the NRA likes him, it must be safe to support him. Right?
Only the phones get you the full, real time attention of an agent.
The people put on phone support are at the absolute bottom of the hierarchy. They are the least knowledgeable about your problem, and the least empowered to do anything about. Oh, and they also hate you.
Yeeeees... and again, that is exactly the problem - companies don't value their customers enough to properly support their products or services. How do you think it is that AT&T or Comcast are reaping record profits? It sure as hell isn't because they offer service that is superior to their "competitors".
...to move to a public utility model for telecom. Government owns and maintains the right-of-way and the copper/glass. Everybody who wants to gets to buy access to it, be it last mile or peerage
No. Please spare us the tired, "the guvamint will screw it up" argument. It's bullshit. I can show you public utility districts that make their commercial counterparts in the electrical service delivery business look like third-world pretenders. It works as well as it does for one simple reason, the district is beholden to the electorate, not shareholders.
We take a very dim view of speech that makes us or our firearms industry masters look bad. We will take you out... er..., we will have your web site taken down without a moment's notice. Don't believe us? Just ask your Congressman why he never votes for common-sense gun safety legislation. That's right. He knows who's running the show. So just play nice and nobody gets hurt.
Closer to saving $0.005 per unit. Yes less than a penny. That jack might cost you $0.05 or a little more if you were to buy a one off, but in the 10,000s that Apple purchases them in bulk they are super cheap.
It's just a dumbass move by a dumbass company who is totally out of touch with the end user.
Hey. We resent those remarks. We are too in touch with our users. Totally. I mean, how else would we be able to get you tools to spend as much as you do on our carefully metered stream of shiny new things? We pay a LOT of attention to what makes you tick and our profits show that we're masters at it. We know what you like, baby. So take your whiny little bitch ass down to the store and buy.
Actually, my phone number is one of the things I would most trust Google with. Unlike all that web data Google has on me, there are long established regulations that govern what an entity may and may not do with my phone number.
Don't be naive, Google will violate any "long established regulations", with impunity, whenever they want, to advance their core ADVERTISING business.
[citation needed]
How has Google run afoul of regulations governing mobile or wireline telephony? Right. They haven't. Given that they're Google, if they were going to behave in the manner you fear, they would have done so by now. They have not and they will not because there's nowhere near enough profit in telephony efforts compared to what they are already squeezing out of search, Android, Chrome, etc.
Federal law forbids the use of the military for domestic purpose. If the US army is fighting citizens on US soil then we have far, far greater problems than privacy.
It also forbids warrantless searches. So what's your point?
Actually, my phone number is one of the things I would most trust Google with. Unlike all that web data Google has on me, there are long established regulations that govern what an entity may and may not do with my phone number.
You're applying to use other people's money. One of the conditions is you're not going to use that money for drugs or illegal activities. Or do you prefer to have your money wasted in such a manner?
So those with big deductions shouldn't have to prove the same fucking thing? By what twisted logic do you arrive at the bizarre conclusion? They're applying to not pay their fair share of the taxes levied upon them. Should they not have to prove that they're not "wasting" that gift to them?
I can't decide if Brennan is stupid, or if he thinks everyone else is stupid.
Judging by the universal cringe displayed by all the analysts and technicians who an actual understanding of crypto, I'd go with "a little of both". I just can't believe he's so clueless as to not understand that math doesn't recognize lines on a map, nor can I quite believe he didn't expect to get called out on his bullshit. Either way, it was a dumbass thing to say.
It might be too late. Apple got him and now they're telling him he doesn't look ridiculous dressing like a middle-aged Goth.
OMG, if only I had mod points... Well played, sir, well played indeed.
And to Trent... Look, I have a great deal of respect for you as an artist, but you are full of shit on this issue. Most of what you call theft is "fair use". The rest of it is unauthorized use, not theft. You were not deprived of something you already possessed. And no, you weren't deprived of any significant amount of revenue either. No, you really were not. You should stop drinking the RIAA kool aid and face the fact that not everybody who ever wanted to listen to 30 seconds of your music is going to pay for it if they have no other option.
Actually, as a paid shill for the telecom industry, Mr. AC understands the subject just fine, but he's paid to stick to the script. You know, the one where consumers don't have a chance of getting a fair deal in something as complicated as Internet service unless Big Telecom is there to control it (expand, innovate, and similar benevolent sounding terms).
Yes, it does. Mateen was bi-polar.
Oh..., you meant that religious extremism has nothing to do with mental illness? Well, in that case... yes, it does. If you believe that the invisible man in the sky wants you to do things to [insert definition of "the other" here], you are insane.
The NRA helped this latest incident happen. The perpetrator was a known threat, interviewed by the FBI multiple times. Had documented mental health issues. Despite all this being a matter of record, he is able to buy weapons and ammo last week with no alerts being raised. WTF? Maybe, just maybe, now our elected officials will realize that they've chosen poorly in taking money from the NRA to torpedo meaningful attempts to expand and enhance the background check process. Don't get me wrong. I own lots of guns. I don't want to give them up, but then I can prove that I'm not crazy and that I don't have a history of telling the world that the invisible man in the sky wants us to kill those who are different from us.
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Burn down the private healthcare industry and start over. As a society, we need to get back in touch with the basic fundamentals of what constitutes healing and caring for one another.
TFTFY
Nothing, absolutely nothing, has driven modern medicine so far away from the business of healing as has the insurance industry. Google the term "managed care", and weep for the days when physicians and other caregivers decided how to treat their patients. Worried about "government death panels" that decide who gets life saving care and who doesn't? Congratulations, sucker. That blatant misdirection worked on you too. In the U.S. we spend more (far more) and get less (by any credible metric) than any other industrialized nation when it comes to health care. To blame the physicians for this is absurd.
Oh, just shut up already, you whiny liberal bitches. This is the free market we're talking about here. You can't just call for the government to step in a regulate a sacred thing like that. What you should have done is shopped more carefully. If you wanted a piece of equipment you could service yourself, that's what you should have bought. The invisible hand can fix all ills. Shame on you for not wielding it more responsibly.
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... To think it will all have to end next year, when TTIP and TPP outlaw freeware forever.
[citation needed]
Mind you, I'm not defending TTIP or TPP, but please...
No mod points today, and it's a damn shame, dude, 'cause you get first post and best fucking post of the week right out of the gate.
... so much for anybody ever using a British ISP for anything. Aren't "conservatives" supposed to support corporate interests, instead of killing businesses outright?
Yes, but they're also supposed to be almost completely clueless when it comes to "all that computer stuff", so a little "mixed messaging" is to be expected.
Either they lied about it for months, or were still clueless about the actual extent FOR MONTHS, after being made aware that they'd been pwned. I'm not sure which is worse, but either way... aslholes.
Troll? Seriously? Look, I will stipulate that Hillary and her people did a poor job of handling sensitive communications IF you Republican fan-boy asshats will acknowledge that poor security practices are the norm in most federal agencies, including the State Department during this administration and the previous one.
Agreed? Fine. Let's move on.
So I guess we really are left with nothing but a party that is desperate to deflect attention away from the colossal embarrassment that is their presumptive nominee for president. Y'all really should hope that Hillary wins, because the damage that your boy will do the Republican brand if he actually gets elected will make your current discomfort look like the good old days. But hey, if the NRA likes him, it must be safe to support him. Right?
...to be head of FSB. I fear that Mr. Bortnikov will, in two weeks, become disappearnik.
Only the phones get you the full, real time attention of an agent.
The people put on phone support are at the absolute bottom of the hierarchy. They are the least knowledgeable about your problem, and the least empowered to do anything about. Oh, and they also hate you.
Yeeeees... and again, that is exactly the problem - companies don't value their customers enough to properly support their products or services. How do you think it is that AT&T or Comcast are reaping record profits? It sure as hell isn't because they offer service that is superior to their "competitors".
I was thinking the same thing.
Ditto. Now get off our lawn with your new-fangled as a service nonsense.
...to move to a public utility model for telecom. Government owns and maintains the right-of-way and the copper/glass. Everybody who wants to gets to buy access to it, be it last mile or peerage
No. Please spare us the tired, "the guvamint will screw it up" argument. It's bullshit. I can show you public utility districts that make their commercial counterparts in the electrical service delivery business look like third-world pretenders. It works as well as it does for one simple reason, the district is beholden to the electorate, not shareholders.
We take a very dim view of speech that makes us or our firearms industry masters look bad. We will take you out... er..., we will have your web site taken down without a moment's notice. Don't believe us? Just ask your Congressman why he never votes for common-sense gun safety legislation. That's right. He knows who's running the show. So just play nice and nobody gets hurt.
- Your Friends at the NRA
It's a pity you cant register the debt against Comcast like they would you... and ruin their credit history
You still don't get it, do you? Credit ratings are for little people. How dare you suggest that they should apply to "the job creators".
Closer to saving $0.005 per unit. Yes less than a penny. That jack might cost you $0.05 or a little more if you were to buy a one off, but in the 10,000s that Apple purchases them in bulk they are super cheap.
It's just a dumbass move by a dumbass company who is totally out of touch with the end user.
Hey. We resent those remarks. We are too in touch with our users. Totally. I mean, how else would we be able to get you tools to spend as much as you do on our carefully metered stream of shiny new things? We pay a LOT of attention to what makes you tick and our profits show that we're masters at it. We know what you like, baby. So take your whiny little bitch ass down to the store and buy.
--Your Friends at Apple
Actually, my phone number is one of the things I would most trust Google with. Unlike all that web data Google has on me, there are long established regulations that govern what an entity may and may not do with my phone number.
Don't be naive, Google will violate any "long established regulations", with impunity, whenever they want, to advance their core ADVERTISING business.
[citation needed]
How has Google run afoul of regulations governing mobile or wireline telephony? Right. They haven't. Given that they're Google, if they were going to behave in the manner you fear, they would have done so by now. They have not and they will not because there's nowhere near enough profit in telephony efforts compared to what they are already squeezing out of search, Android, Chrome, etc.
My assault rifle against the US army.
Federal law forbids the use of the military for domestic purpose. If the US army is fighting citizens on US soil then we have far, far greater problems than privacy.
It also forbids warrantless searches. So what's your point?
LOL, Microsoft has been doing this for a long time already.
So has Duo Security. I wonder what this move by Google will do to their business model.
Actually, my phone number is one of the things I would most trust Google with. Unlike all that web data Google has on me, there are long established regulations that govern what an entity may and may not do with my phone number.
You're applying to use other people's money. One of the conditions is you're not going to use that money for drugs or illegal activities. Or do you prefer to have your money wasted in such a manner?
So those with big deductions shouldn't have to prove the same fucking thing? By what twisted logic do you arrive at the bizarre conclusion? They're applying to not pay their fair share of the taxes levied upon them. Should they not have to prove that they're not "wasting" that gift to them?
I can't decide if Brennan is stupid, or if he thinks everyone else is stupid.
Judging by the universal cringe displayed by all the analysts and technicians who an actual understanding of crypto, I'd go with "a little of both". I just can't believe he's so clueless as to not understand that math doesn't recognize lines on a map, nor can I quite believe he didn't expect to get called out on his bullshit. Either way, it was a dumbass thing to say.
It might be too late. Apple got him and now they're telling him he doesn't look ridiculous dressing like a middle-aged Goth.
OMG, if only I had mod points... Well played, sir, well played indeed.
And to Trent... Look, I have a great deal of respect for you as an artist, but you are full of shit on this issue. Most of what you call theft is "fair use". The rest of it is unauthorized use, not theft. You were not deprived of something you already possessed. And no, you weren't deprived of any significant amount of revenue either. No, you really were not. You should stop drinking the RIAA kool aid and face the fact that not everybody who ever wanted to listen to 30 seconds of your music is going to pay for it if they have no other option.
Get over it, princess.
The FBI already have the leverage.
Yeah... [citation needed].
Actually, as a paid shill for the telecom industry, Mr. AC understands the subject just fine, but he's paid to stick to the script. You know, the one where consumers don't have a chance of getting a fair deal in something as complicated as Internet service unless Big Telecom is there to control it (expand, innovate, and similar benevolent sounding terms).
This has nothing to do with mental illness.
Yes, it does. Mateen was bi-polar.
Oh..., you meant that religious extremism has nothing to do with mental illness? Well, in that case... yes, it does. If you believe that the invisible man in the sky wants you to do things to [insert definition of "the other" here], you are insane.
The NRA helped this latest incident happen. The perpetrator was a known threat, interviewed by the FBI multiple times. Had documented mental health issues. Despite all this being a matter of record, he is able to buy weapons and ammo last week with no alerts being raised. WTF? Maybe, just maybe, now our elected officials will realize that they've chosen poorly in taking money from the NRA to torpedo meaningful attempts to expand and enhance the background check process. Don't get me wrong. I own lots of guns. I don't want to give them up, but then I can prove that I'm not crazy and that I don't have a history of telling the world that the invisible man in the sky wants us to kill those who are different from us.