God I wish I had mod points. I'm reading the comments and wondering how so many people could ignore the giant whooshing sound of the point going over their heads.
Agreed, this is only a filing of the report, no follow-up. It's customary in every law enforcement organisation to file every report, no matter how stupid. Hell, I've heard about the police filing a report by a guy claiming every evening, after the news ran, the newscasters came out of his TV set, and beat him.
Why the hell did he keep watching the news each night?
No, driving time is unproductive time. You waste 45 minutes driving while your boss could be working while he is sitting on the train, because he isn't driving.
It doesn't have to be. During my commute I listen to these things called "podcasts" that allow me to catch up on news, learn more about economics, and improve my foreign language skills.
There are several other countries (Venezuela comes to mind) that are watching Iran push the international community around and may feel they can do the same exact thing and go down the road of nuclear arming.
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Taxing sodas, cigarettes, snack food, and alcohol to fund health care makes more sense than the tax on medical devices being proposed. Logic has long since left politics which has devolved into taxing whichever group has the worst lobbyists.
FDR (socialists as he was) did the right thing with the glass ceiling laws. It should be illegal to package assets together and flip properties to financial firms.
it's not like there's any information available on the internet or anything.
ok, I read the socialistworker "Why we're protesting the G20" link you posted and still have no idea why they are protesting. Most of the rather long page describes how and "you have a right to."
The only actual reasons given are:
"But they have not shared with us or consulted with us, the majority of the world's people, about exactly what they will be discussing."
The desire for the G20 to "respond positively on certain kind of issues"
"We need a better world, a different world, in which that democratic principle permeates everything."
Yeah, and I'd like a pony. Grow up, get a job, and actually do something with your life, because whatever you're doing now isn't have any impact.
Can't comment on anywhere else, but in the UK having insurance makes no difference to your treatment in the NHS. It means you can go to a private provider, but it makes no difference to your NHS provision.
I'm a Yank who spent nine years in Britain. After the first couple of years on the NHS, we gave up and went private for just about everything. As an example, my son needed three different operations. Each time we were told it was a six month wait on the NHS; we went private and were able to schedule the surgeries in 2, 3, and 6 weeks.
Technically you are correct that insurance doesn't change your treatment within the NHS. However, in several instances, we started with the NHS, only to switch to private at which we got better, faster service by the same doctors in the same hospital. So your statement is certainly misleading about the effect insurance has on health coverage in the UK.
In a sad anecdote, I watched our British neighbor go from a vigorous rambler to a shut-in after the NHS repeatedly brushed her off and mis-diagnosed her. Heaven help you if you're above 60 on the NHS. I'm convinced the NHS's philosophy is that all medical problems go away (from their perspective) if you wait long enough.
The "Democracy in Iraq" hasn't been considered much of a showpiece for emulation outside of the same group of people in the West who were cheerleaders for the war in the first place.
True. But I doubt there would have been the need to rig the vote if Hussein was still in charge of Iraq. Removing Iraq as a threat enabled people to focus on things beyond their immediate security.
For banking, taxes, etc., use the "Trusted Internet." For Slashdot, YouTube, Google, etc., use v1. But then I thought what would happen down the road: most businesses (i.e. content providers) want to know who you are so they can target their advertising. More and more of the Internet stables would move to v2, leaving v1 as a spam-filled world with a low signal-to-noise ratio: very similar to what Usenet is now. And v1 would suffer the same fate as Usenet: most people won't use it much, it will cost the ISPs more to provide, and there will be politicians calling to shut it down due to the terrorists/pedophiles/anarchists/communists/bogeyman. At that point, say goodbye to anonymity on the Internet.
Either your diet is *terrible*, or you're taking pills you DO NOT need. Don't believe me? Do some minimal research.
I suggest you do some minimal research on vitamin absorption and aging. (hint - it doesn't get better). You are correct that most under 30's don't need vitamins, but by the time you hit 40, B12, C, and D aren't absorbed as well. For mental functioning, B12 is the big one.
You can Google "vitamin absorption aging" and your favorite vitamin, or read a few of these: B12 B12 C D
I went to JB Hifi and asked for which iPod (trademarked) is the best. Does it have FM Radio? Are they best value?
Is it illegal to direct the consumer to an iRiver or Samsung player?
What if iRiver or Samsung was giving the salesman kick-backs for directing you to their players? That's closer to the scenario with Google.
Fact is, most users want a fairly modest average bandwidth, with rare bouts of high-bandwidth usage.
Exactly. Here in the UK, my ISP offers three broadband plans, all at 8 Mbps. If you just use the Internet to send email, browse, and occasionally download a movie trailer or MP3s, sign up for 5 Gbyte/month. If you download more, sign up for 8. And if you're addicted to porn, sign up for unlimited.
The point is, you pay more if you use more. "Light" users still get great speeds, and pay less. I'm surprised the US hasn't moved to this strategy before now.
. . . the fact that the UK film and TV industry in the past 20 years is at best mediocre, and at worst, truly awful. There's very little new ideas, fresh blood and innovation.
That's mostly true of Hollywood as well; they just have larger marketing budgets.
it seems to me that the only way for this to make economic sense is for Microsoft to cover the cost of Mandriva, the cost of a replacement, and then add something for incentive to replace Mandriva at all. (that last part we call a bribe)
Or just buy the government official in charge a new Mercedes. Then it makes perfect economic sense, at least to him.
I started drinking diet sodas when Aspertame first came out, and started getting severe headaches. It took a few months to figure out the correlation, but no Aspertame, no headaches. I don't have this problem with Splenda or Saccharin. I found out just last month that my brother had a similar experience.
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God I wish I had mod points. I'm reading the comments and wondering how so many people could ignore the giant whooshing sound of the point going over their heads.
Maybe because RIM is a foreign company?
Agreed, this is only a filing of the report, no follow-up. It's customary in every law enforcement organisation to file every report, no matter how stupid. Hell, I've heard about the police filing a report by a guy claiming every evening, after the news ran, the newscasters came out of his TV set, and beat him.
Why the hell did he keep watching the news each night?
"the hypothesis by String Theory that micro black holes would be formed and quickly evaporated"
Better no black holes than black holes that didn't evaporate.
It's different than a Ponzi scheme because in this case, no one wins.
. . . except the bankers
No, driving time is unproductive time. You waste 45 minutes driving while your boss could be working while he is sitting on the train, because he isn't driving.
It doesn't have to be. During my commute I listen to these things called "podcasts" that allow me to catch up on news, learn more about economics, and improve my foreign language skills.
There are several other countries (Venezuela comes to mind) that are watching Iran push the international community around and may feel they can do the same exact thing and go down the road of nuclear arming.
Especially worrying since Venezuela has been known to give weapons to rebel groups in neighboring countries.
Venezuala is almost totally dependent on American refineries to process it's sour crude. The US could cripple the country tomorrow if it wanted.
Maybe that's why they're making deals with the Chinese to process their crude.
Taxing sodas, cigarettes, snack food, and alcohol to fund health care makes more sense than the tax on medical devices being proposed. Logic has long since left politics which has devolved into taxing whichever group has the worst lobbyists.
FDR (socialists as he was) did the right thing with the glass ceiling laws. It should be illegal to package assets together and flip properties to financial firms.
I think you're referring to the Glass-Steagall act
But yes, I believe the repeal of this law was a major contributor to the current mess.
it's not like there's any information available on the internet or anything.
ok, I read the socialistworker "Why we're protesting the G20" link you posted and still have no idea why they are protesting. Most of the rather long page describes how and "you have a right to."
The only actual reasons given are:
"But they have not shared with us or consulted with us, the majority of the world's people, about exactly what they will be discussing."
The desire for the G20 to "respond positively on certain kind of issues"
"We need a better world, a different world, in which that democratic principle permeates everything."
Yeah, and I'd like a pony. Grow up, get a job, and actually do something with your life, because whatever you're doing now isn't have any impact.
Can't comment on anywhere else, but in the UK having insurance makes no difference to your treatment in the NHS. It means you can go to a private provider, but it makes no difference to your NHS provision.
I'm a Yank who spent nine years in Britain. After the first couple of years on the NHS, we gave up and went private for just about everything. As an example, my son needed three different operations. Each time we were told it was a six month wait on the NHS; we went private and were able to schedule the surgeries in 2, 3, and 6 weeks.
Technically you are correct that insurance doesn't change your treatment within the NHS. However, in several instances, we started with the NHS, only to switch to private at which we got better, faster service by the same doctors in the same hospital. So your statement is certainly misleading about the effect insurance has on health coverage in the UK.
In a sad anecdote, I watched our British neighbor go from a vigorous rambler to a shut-in after the NHS repeatedly brushed her off and mis-diagnosed her. Heaven help you if you're above 60 on the NHS. I'm convinced the NHS's philosophy is that all medical problems go away (from their perspective) if you wait long enough.
The "Democracy in Iraq" hasn't been considered much of a showpiece for emulation outside of the same group of people in the West who were cheerleaders for the war in the first place.
True. But I doubt there would have been the need to rig the vote if Hussein was still in charge of Iraq. Removing Iraq as a threat enabled people to focus on things beyond their immediate security.
For banking, taxes, etc., use the "Trusted Internet." For Slashdot, YouTube, Google, etc., use v1. But then I thought what would happen down the road: most businesses (i.e. content providers) want to know who you are so they can target their advertising. More and more of the Internet stables would move to v2, leaving v1 as a spam-filled world with a low signal-to-noise ratio: very similar to what Usenet is now. And v1 would suffer the same fate as Usenet: most people won't use it much, it will cost the ISPs more to provide, and there will be politicians calling to shut it down due to the terrorists/pedophiles/anarchists/communists/bogeyman. At that point, say goodbye to anonymity on the Internet.
When the fuck have electric grids started spanning all 24 timezones?
Two people rated that insightful? One of the points of this project is to reduce the distance electricity has to travel.
Either your diet is *terrible*, or you're taking pills you DO NOT need. Don't believe me? Do some minimal research.
I suggest you do some minimal research on vitamin absorption and aging. (hint - it doesn't get better). You are correct that most under 30's don't need vitamins, but by the time you hit 40, B12, C, and D aren't absorbed as well. For mental functioning, B12 is the big one. You can Google "vitamin absorption aging" and your favorite vitamin, or read a few of these:
B12
B12
C
D
I picked up a cheap "debranded" HP desktop at geeks.com a few weeks back. Just noticed today that it has an integrated GeForce 6500LE.
Isn't this a tricycle?
The spawn of satan they be! FIRE AT WILL!
Who is this Will guy and why does everyone hate him so?
I went to JB Hifi and asked for which iPod (trademarked) is the best. Does it have FM Radio? Are they best value?
Is it illegal to direct the consumer to an iRiver or Samsung player?
What if iRiver or Samsung was giving the salesman kick-backs for directing you to their players? That's closer to the scenario with Google.
Fact is, most users want a fairly modest average bandwidth, with rare bouts of high-bandwidth usage.
Exactly. Here in the UK, my ISP offers three broadband plans, all at 8 Mbps. If you just use the Internet to send email, browse, and occasionally download a movie trailer or MP3s, sign up for 5 Gbyte/month. If you download more, sign up for 8. And if you're addicted to porn, sign up for unlimited.
The point is, you pay more if you use more. "Light" users still get great speeds, and pay less. I'm surprised the US hasn't moved to this strategy before now.
. . . the fact that the UK film and TV industry in the past 20 years is at best mediocre, and at worst, truly awful. There's very little new ideas, fresh blood and innovation.
That's mostly true of Hollywood as well; they just have larger marketing budgets.
it seems to me that the only way for this to make economic sense is for Microsoft to cover the cost of Mandriva, the cost of a replacement, and then add something for incentive to replace Mandriva at all. (that last part we call a bribe)
Or just buy the government official in charge a new Mercedes. Then it makes perfect economic sense, at least to him.
Try making a power supply company with the same name as Delta Faucets.
I started drinking diet sodas when Aspertame first came out, and started getting severe headaches. It took a few months to figure out the correlation, but no Aspertame, no headaches. I don't have this problem with Splenda or Saccharin. I found out just last month that my brother had a similar experience.