No, actually, you are the moron that clearly hasn't received care through the ER without insurance
Don't make assumptions where you have no business making them, it just makes anything say invalid and not worth reading from that point forward.
idiot. if you want to live in a socialist country so bad, move. Today. You can get the hell out of my country and don't bother coming back when you find out its not all rainbows and butterflies like you thought as you wont be welcome.
Hospitals are collapsing due to being *REQUIRED* to treat patents regardless of ability to pay. And once treatment starts the doctors don't have any clue if you can pay or not, so you get the same exact treatment as a 'payer' gets.
For YOUR dose of reality you can visit most any large city ER on the weekends and you will quickly loose track of how many people who cant pay are shuffled thru the system.
Unless you were implying hospitals cant give out quality care to anyone?
he greatest insult of all is that in this great country so many people cannot afford the most basic of medical care. Jesus Christ, my country of origin is the second poorest in the western hemisphere, and the average city dweller has basic medical access more readily available and affordable than his/her American counterpart. How can we explain that????
I explain it as you lived in a socialist nation. Myself i will give up health care in exchange for freedom.
Also, you are incorrect since anyone can get care in this nation if they need to. Just drive down to the hospital and they WILL treat you, regardless of your ability to pay.
This is a crime in most any countries. It just varies what that means from place to place. Here in the US, copying a song, or selling breath mints, qualifies.
And again, you are forgetting that there is a whole world out there, outside USA
No, i forget nothing and know there is something beyond our borders. I just don't care.
We spend far to much time, money, resources and bend too much to the whims of your 'outside the USA' entities, for me to give a damn if you can watch netflix ( an American company btw ) or not.
Even Google ( googledocs ) and Microsoft ( skydrive ) will let you publish your documents to the 'public', which is no different than what mega was doing.
Its really not about protecting the music/movie/etc industries. That is just the excuse to get it passed with ( some ) citizen support. Its really about the restriction of freedoms and a increase in government control over our lives. The entire 'anti piracy' angle is just a 'shiny smokescreen' if you like.
Copyright needs to change. Business models need to change. If they don't, running arbitrary code will become a crime, and countries with digital freedom will leave the rest of us scrabbling in the dust.
I agree, but i think its a growing global problem, not just the USA. The entire planet is heading towards a collapse.
I doubt many will migrate since 'mega was usable by the 'average guy' that just happened to get a link that went somewhere that gave them their files like magic. Freenet does still take a bit of knowledge to setup, and in its current state, understanding what it is and isn't, and a lot of patience is paramount or they will leave and never look back..
But, its one step closer to that end... And my advice is to grab Freenet source NOW, as they will be targeted at some point as a 'circumvention' violation when SOPA goes into effect.
Since they build vehicles that are used to transport illegal items, does that mean they are just as liable?
Even more seriously, does that mean that any ISP or hosting service now has to audit what is on their servers, even tho they had no more control over it than megaupload did?
Much as they have 'sanitized' classics before they let school children access them, its not that this process is new, but it will become easy to go full out as once everyone's copy has been changed/eliminated in masse, who is going to be able to speak up?
I hate to break this to you, but they can create any legislation they want. What you ( or I ) want is really not relevant, nor do we have any control over what they do. Even if they cross Constitutional lines in the process and the president signs it, the law still stands until the supreme court feels like hearing it, and if they strike it down.
Sure, we can try to vote them out, after the damage has been done..
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No, actually, you are the moron that clearly hasn't received care through the ER without insurance
Don't make assumptions where you have no business making them, it just makes anything say invalid and not worth reading from that point forward.
idiot. if you want to live in a socialist country so bad, move. Today. You can get the hell out of my country and don't bother coming back when you find out its not all rainbows and butterflies like you thought as you wont be welcome.
And breaking the rules in public.
You sir, are a moron.
Hospitals are collapsing due to being *REQUIRED* to treat patents regardless of ability to pay. And once treatment starts the doctors don't have any clue if you can pay or not, so you get the same exact treatment as a 'payer' gets.
For YOUR dose of reality you can visit most any large city ER on the weekends and you will quickly loose track of how many people who cant pay are shuffled thru the system.
Unless you were implying hospitals cant give out quality care to anyone?
he greatest insult of all is that in this great country so many people cannot afford the most basic of medical care. Jesus Christ, my country of origin is the second poorest in the western hemisphere, and the average city dweller has basic medical access more readily available and affordable than his/her American counterpart. How can we explain that????
I explain it as you lived in a socialist nation. Myself i will give up health care in exchange for freedom.
Also, you are incorrect since anyone can get care in this nation if they need to. Just drive down to the hospital and they WILL treat you, regardless of your ability to pay.
This is a crime in most any countries. It just varies what that means from place to place. Here in the US, copying a song, or selling breath mints, qualifies.
And again, you are forgetting that there is a whole world out there, outside USA
No, i forget nothing and know there is something beyond our borders. I just don't care.
We spend far to much time, money, resources and bend too much to the whims of your 'outside the USA' entities, for me to give a damn if you can watch netflix ( an American company btw ) or not.
No, that means you do care which was the opposite of what i said.
Some people really don't care if its counterfeited and understand it wont be the same as 'real' since its FAR cheaper.
Think about this: how many people would pay $50 or so for high speed internet every month if they couldn't download whatever they wanted?
People that prefer to use streaming services from places like netflix.
Even Google ( googledocs ) and Microsoft ( skydrive ) will let you publish your documents to the 'public', which is no different than what mega was doing.
Even my hosting provider lets me share files.
Cool, sort of like having access to an industrial 3d printer. Tho picking up your finished products might be tough.
Its really not about protecting the music/movie/etc industries. That is just the excuse to get it passed with ( some ) citizen support. Its really about the restriction of freedoms and a increase in government control over our lives. The entire 'anti piracy' angle is just a 'shiny smokescreen' if you like.
No really. They don't even amount as much as real life picketers out front of their building do, and that effect is negligible.
If you are going to make a real "statement", you need to do it in person. Hiding a world away and being a thorn for a few minutes just doesn't cut it.
What if you don't care that you are purchasing a counterfeit or stolen legit component?
I thought this was banned by international treaty.
Copyright needs to change. Business models need to change. If they don't, running arbitrary code will become a crime, and countries with digital freedom will leave the rest of us scrabbling in the dust.
I agree, but i think its a growing global problem, not just the USA. The entire planet is heading towards a collapse.
I doubt many will migrate since 'mega was usable by the 'average guy' that just happened to get a link that went somewhere that gave them their files like magic. Freenet does still take a bit of knowledge to setup, and in its current state, understanding what it is and isn't, and a lot of patience is paramount or they will leave and never look back..
But, its one step closer to that end... And my advice is to grab Freenet source NOW, as they will be targeted at some point as a 'circumvention' violation when SOPA goes into effect.
Google too ( tho they are the same company i realize. Im talking about search results )
Oh, and comcast..
SOPA is far more reaching and lets them shut stuff down without any due process, and can easily be extend to squelch citizens rights.
Need is relative
This will all get resolved one way or another.
Yes, it will. And we citizens will lose.
Since they build vehicles that are used to transport illegal items, does that mean they are just as liable?
Even more seriously, does that mean that any ISP or hosting service now has to audit what is on their servers, even tho they had no more control over it than megaupload did?
But its coming.. The day is coming when you wont even be able to access a data file until its ownership is verified by some magic service in the sky.
So, i guess that theory is out the window. You listening, Google? You are next.
Which was my point.
Much as they have 'sanitized' classics before they let school children access them, its not that this process is new, but it will become easy to go full out as once everyone's copy has been changed/eliminated in masse, who is going to be able to speak up?
I didn't say it never happened, i said this would make it easier. Almost trivial in fact
"have a shot"?
I hate to break this to you, but they can create any legislation they want. What you ( or I ) want is really not relevant, nor do we have any control over what they do. Even if they cross Constitutional lines in the process and the president signs it, the law still stands until the supreme court feels like hearing it, and if they strike it down.
Sure, we can try to vote them out, after the damage has been done..