A thousand time this. Price discovery is almost unheard of in the medical industry. If patients were told prices and actually paid for service themselves (to be later reimbursed by insurance) you would see an immediate change in behavior as people shop the marketplace and prices rationalize. These are basic Free Market principles.
Do this experiment: next time you go to the Doctor, ask them the cost as if you were going to write them a check. Seems simple, right? What is the cost of "x", where x is my medical service? In many/most cases they will not be able to tell you a number. If they do, many times it will be the net cost (after insurance, discount, etc) instead of the total cost as if you were writing a check then and there.
I am a very happy customer of the credit reporting agencies. The information I receive from them is well worth the price I pay and helps me make better credit decisions.
I don't really care if you don't think a late payment from March 2007 is relevant to my credit decision. What really matters is whether I (the lender) do and by my actions and words - I do care. You are coming to me wanting to borrow money, not the other way around. I want to know as much about your payback and credit history as possible. Sorry, that's how it is.
Got it. That makes perfect sense now. Yes, that is certainly what got you blacklisted. Thanks for the clarification. I have run a relay but never an exit node for precisely this reason. I can't believe you ran it for 2 weeks without hearing from Verizon before that time.
Did you know you can run tor and be a relay without being an exit node? That still helps the Tor network tremendously so you might consider that if you aren't able to be an exit node anymore.
Why would you have problems with Hulu if you are a non-exit relay? I don't understand how that can happen or how Hulu even knows you're running a tor relay.
If you are running a Tor relay AND setup as an exit node, then I get it.
Are you guys serious? Do you not read the news? Despite the slashdot hiveminds wishes to the contrary, terrorism is very real and is happening. Just a few days ago, we had the Kenyan mall attack. How many attacks does it take before you believe it is happening?
Yes, do you not see that it's the very regulation you espouse that is part of the problem?
Or are you one of those people who see all regulation by our benevolent government as good? If you are one of those people, then no amount of discussion will change your mind. Just keep adding rules and regs until you naively watch it collapse in a pile of ashes.
The vulnerability of Tor is in its exit nodes
This is true only if you intended target is on the regular internet and not within Tor itself. The article speaks to hidden services within Tor so exit nodes don't even come into play.
There are plenty of hidden services inside the Tor network that are far worse than botnet C&Cs and those have been going on for years now. Methinks if there was a way to shutdown bad stuff on Tor, you'd have already heard about it.
It's becoming increasingly obvious that the modern day environmental movement is not interested in more efficient use of energy, rather, they seem to only be interested in limiting our use of energy. They are trying their damnedest to tax it but that is not the only tool they are using to convince people to do more with less.
Maybe they don't realize that engineers, from the beginning, have ALWAYS worried about efficient energy usage. We are confused by their sudden interest in the topic as it's something we've been working on since the days of Edison and Tesla.
Wait so with a (D) President and a (D) Senate.....you think the problem is the house of representatives because "people aren't electing who they should be"?
Parse words all you want but even regular people can see the difference between metadata used for routing and storing ALL metadata so-as to recreate a timeline of events.
One, as you explained well, is fine. The other is not fine....and everyone knows it.
I don't hear "typically conservative" news outlets giving PETA much of a voice. If they do, it's usually wrapped in disdain or outright mockery as it should be.
However, the traditional news outlets seem to give them a voice on just about everything they publish or promote. If political liberals hate PETA and liberals outnumber conservatives by 4:1 in the mainstream press, then why do they get so much airtime?
If what you say is true - that liberals HATE PETA - then I would expect to find PETA rarely gets a voice and we all know that's not true.
I know they've pretty much only been doing the latter since 1980
Right, it's just been going on just since 1980. Before that, things were perfect but good ol' Reagan screwed it up for everyone (eye roll). Had we only lived pre-1980 when big business was put in their place then we would have a utopia today instead of what we have. Dangit. We were so close if it only hadn't been for Reagan.
Can you smell the sarcasm yet? Good because I am laying it on pretty thick:) Methinks you might be cherry picking your data a bit....
....and I bet your compensation level reflects that attitude.
I am not saying that to be mean or judgemental. Some people put their career/money ahead of other priorities and they are no better or worse than someone who puts their career/money behind other priorities.
The holy grail, of course, is to match them up. When you can make money and a career out of doing what you love to do. At that point it's hardly called work, rather, its called "living the dream".
No, if we were all riding around on Segways, someone would have crashed by now and skinned a knee. In response, a class action suit will have begun and sued the maker of X part on the Segway (as well as Segway itself) and progress will have stopped.
Don't you know the drill? Anything that is more risky than what we are already doing is to be shunned and sued out of existence. Progress or "leaps forward for mankind" don't matter anymore
May, might, could have, possibly.....sure, anything's possible. The question is: what is most probable?
I ask because the other side has lots of evidence that these guys were/are doing bad things and trying to kill Americans. Drone video may not be admissible in court but common sense can pretty easily see bad guys doing bad things.
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Energy.
That, here in the USA, is cheap and plentiful
A thousand time this. Price discovery is almost unheard of in the medical industry. If patients were told prices and actually paid for service themselves (to be later reimbursed by insurance) you would see an immediate change in behavior as people shop the marketplace and prices rationalize. These are basic Free Market principles.
Do this experiment: next time you go to the Doctor, ask them the cost as if you were going to write them a check. Seems simple, right? What is the cost of "x", where x is my medical service? In many/most cases they will not be able to tell you a number. If they do, many times it will be the net cost (after insurance, discount, etc) instead of the total cost as if you were writing a check then and there.
Where do you think your information is going?
Let's check back in about 18 months.....
I am a very happy customer of the credit reporting agencies. The information I receive from them is well worth the price I pay and helps me make better credit decisions.
I don't really care if you don't think a late payment from March 2007 is relevant to my credit decision. What really matters is whether I (the lender) do and by my actions and words - I do care. You are coming to me wanting to borrow money, not the other way around. I want to know as much about your payback and credit history as possible. Sorry, that's how it is.
(P.S. This is +5 insightful now?.....)
Got it. That makes perfect sense now. Yes, that is certainly what got you blacklisted. Thanks for the clarification. I have run a relay but never an exit node for precisely this reason. I can't believe you ran it for 2 weeks without hearing from Verizon before that time.
Did you know you can run tor and be a relay without being an exit node? That still helps the Tor network tremendously so you might consider that if you aren't able to be an exit node anymore.
Why would you have problems with Hulu if you are a non-exit relay? I don't understand how that can happen or how Hulu even knows you're running a tor relay.
If you are running a Tor relay AND setup as an exit node, then I get it.
Please clarify.
Are you guys serious? Do you not read the news? Despite the slashdot hiveminds wishes to the contrary, terrorism is very real and is happening. Just a few days ago, we had the Kenyan mall attack. How many attacks does it take before you believe it is happening?
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay
Not only relevant but a must-read for any educated person....
Also, how do you know who or what to research?
Yes, do you not see that it's the very regulation you espouse that is part of the problem?
Or are you one of those people who see all regulation by our benevolent government as good? If you are one of those people, then no amount of discussion will change your mind. Just keep adding rules and regs until you naively watch it collapse in a pile of ashes.
we are saying the same thing
Right....so a head count
The vulnerability of Tor is in its exit nodes
This is true only if you intended target is on the regular internet and not within Tor itself. The article speaks to hidden services within Tor so exit nodes don't even come into play.
There are plenty of hidden services inside the Tor network that are far worse than botnet C&Cs and those have been going on for years now. Methinks if there was a way to shutdown bad stuff on Tor, you'd have already heard about it.
I don't mean to point out the obvious but what makes you think the entity who created Tor (US Armed Forces, Navy) wants to shut it down?
Or did you not realize that part of Tor's funding comes from the US government itself?
A journalist is a person who reports things that people don't want reported. Anything else is public relations.
Easy. Look at his record, past policies, and their impact on America.
Ding Ding. we have a winner.
It's becoming increasingly obvious that the modern day environmental movement is not interested in more efficient use of energy, rather, they seem to only be interested in limiting our use of energy. They are trying their damnedest to tax it but that is not the only tool they are using to convince people to do more with less.
Maybe they don't realize that engineers, from the beginning, have ALWAYS worried about efficient energy usage. We are confused by their sudden interest in the topic as it's something we've been working on since the days of Edison and Tesla.
Wait so with a (D) President and a (D) Senate.....you think the problem is the house of representatives because "people aren't electing who they should be"?
Uhh, ok dude.
Parse words all you want but even regular people can see the difference between metadata used for routing and storing ALL metadata so-as to recreate a timeline of events.
One, as you explained well, is fine. The other is not fine....and everyone knows it.
Then why do they get so much airtime?
I don't hear "typically conservative" news outlets giving PETA much of a voice. If they do, it's usually wrapped in disdain or outright mockery as it should be.
However, the traditional news outlets seem to give them a voice on just about everything they publish or promote. If political liberals hate PETA and liberals outnumber conservatives by 4:1 in the mainstream press, then why do they get so much airtime?
If what you say is true - that liberals HATE PETA - then I would expect to find PETA rarely gets a voice and we all know that's not true.
I know they've pretty much only been doing the latter since 1980
:) Methinks you might be cherry picking your data a bit....
Right, it's just been going on just since 1980. Before that, things were perfect but good ol' Reagan screwed it up for everyone (eye roll). Had we only lived pre-1980 when big business was put in their place then we would have a utopia today instead of what we have. Dangit. We were so close if it only hadn't been for Reagan.
Can you smell the sarcasm yet? Good because I am laying it on pretty thick
....and I bet your compensation level reflects that attitude.
I am not saying that to be mean or judgemental. Some people put their career/money ahead of other priorities and they are no better or worse than someone who puts their career/money behind other priorities.
The holy grail, of course, is to match them up. When you can make money and a career out of doing what you love to do. At that point it's hardly called work, rather, its called "living the dream".
No, if we were all riding around on Segways, someone would have crashed by now and skinned a knee. In response, a class action suit will have begun and sued the maker of X part on the Segway (as well as Segway itself) and progress will have stopped.
Don't you know the drill? Anything that is more risky than what we are already doing is to be shunned and sued out of existence. Progress or "leaps forward for mankind" don't matter anymore
directly responsible
I don't think this means what you think it means.....
May, might, could have, possibly.....sure, anything's possible. The question is: what is most probable?
I ask because the other side has lots of evidence that these guys were/are doing bad things and trying to kill Americans. Drone video may not be admissible in court but common sense can pretty easily see bad guys doing bad things.