In the sense that it is hard to get very expensive operations for non-life threatening conditions quickly. Not in the sense
that only rich people can get treatment - like the rationing in the USA.
"Rationing" here is certainly not in the sense we had food and fuel rationing when I was young, as some people make out. I know someone who had cosmetic surgery privately - and within 3 months, and someone else who had it free, but had to wait a year. There is certainly no suggestion that "you cant have a hip replacement now, cos you already had one this year".
If you pay for private insurance, USA style, you can get USA style treatment - its not banned - it
just costs almost half as much as in the USA - a terrifying thought few of us can face!.
Doctors just DISAPPEARED FROM ALL THOSE COUNTRIES, it was the weirdest thing!
I assume this was not meant to be sarcastic (or I am a troll).
I think you will find plenty of doctors in most European countries,
all of which have a socialised health care system by American standards.
Many of those doctors came from countries which do not have socialised health care.
I have switched my machines to Karmic, and they all "just work", even the Fujitsu-Siemens that was a bit wierd with jaunty (sound system would play out of the PC's internal speaker, and no way to stop it). I have no problems.
Yes I did try Vista first, but given the learning curve for users, I figured Ubuntu was just
as easy, and massively cheaper cos it avoided the need for hardware upgrades.
When I was concerned about stability, I used *BSD, but Karmic is fine for my desktop machines, (Not using it on my Sun Enterprise Servers yet though).
Can I suggest sacrificing some virgins to the local dragon? It has often worked in the past!
After all, our beloved government has just demonstrated their opposition to the concept of science,
so logical responses are clearly politically unacceptable.
They are probably down too - at least in London, the reason for the decline is that
the blocking of "rat runs" means that the slightest minor accident blocks the
main road completely for several hours.
I live on the edge of the Olympic Park, and no one here thinks that people will
be able to get to the Olympics through traffic jams. A relatively minor incident
on day one will close all of East London for at least three weeks. A journey that
takes me 15 minutes walking, recently took me 2 hours by car. A burst watermain
typically causes a 20 mile tailback for several days with a deep recession and no Olympics.
Building and maintaining a large, continuously updated website is not something you do in a weekend with Notepad, a giant bag of Cheetos, and a case of diet Coke.
With government you can get an even cheaper, if not optimal price,
That is not the experience in the UK - with government you get massive empire building,
a random definition of quality (might be high or low, but no choice) and the price
rises each year regardless of external factors.
My view: it is the role of government to steer the ship of state - not to row it (Labour)
or let it go which ever way the wind blows (Conservative).
You do realise that political embarrassment in the context of the military generally doesn't mean the Permanent Undersecretary having an affair,
You are obviously unfamilar with UK politics. That is indeed the most frequent meaning.
Other meanings include, but are not limited to, minsters being caught beaking the law they themselves are responsible for enacting, and various assorted high-ups being caught in various forms of large scale corruption, or acts which could reasonably be desribed as treason, while preventing prosecution of the police for killing innocent people. (ver the last 10 years, the police have killed more people in the UK than terrorists have.)
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In the sense that it is hard to get very expensive operations for non-life threatening conditions quickly. Not in the sense that only rich people can get treatment - like the rationing in the USA. "Rationing" here is certainly not in the sense we had food and fuel rationing when I was young, as some people make out. I know someone who had cosmetic surgery privately - and within 3 months, and someone else who had it free, but had to wait a year. There is certainly no suggestion that "you cant have a hip replacement now, cos you already had one this year".
If you pay for private insurance, USA style, you can get USA style treatment - its not banned - it just costs almost half as much as in the USA - a terrifying thought few of us can face!.
I assume this was not meant to be sarcastic (or I am a troll).
I think you will find plenty of doctors in most European countries, all of which have a socialised health care system by American standards. Many of those doctors came from countries which do not have socialised health care.
This is the internet - you should know the answer is porn.
The logic here in the UK is that
a) You might be able to pay for it, but not when you are sick
b) People contribute to society in other ways than materially
c) Desperate people may be driven to commit crimes "I stole it to pay for my sick other/child's operation"
d) The disease might spread to _ME_
Which industialised nation? and what Operation? Brain tranplant maybe?
If you were that smart, you would realise that, in his case, the hard drive _is_ more intelligent.
When is "International Mapouka Challenge" going to be released?
Yes I did try Vista first, but given the learning curve for users, I figured Ubuntu was just as easy, and massively cheaper cos it avoided the need for hardware upgrades.
When I was concerned about stability, I used *BSD, but Karmic is fine for my desktop machines, (Not using it on my Sun Enterprise Servers yet though).
How on earth do you satisfy the local politicians' lust for pocket-lining?
Can I suggest sacrificing some virgins to the local dragon? It has often worked in the past!
After all, our beloved government has just demonstrated their opposition to the concept of science, so logical responses are clearly politically unacceptable.
They are probably down too - at least in London, the reason for the decline is that the blocking of "rat runs" means that the slightest minor accident blocks the main road completely for several hours.
I live on the edge of the Olympic Park, and no one here thinks that people will be able to get to the Olympics through traffic jams. A relatively minor incident on day one will close all of East London for at least three weeks. A journey that takes me 15 minutes walking, recently took me 2 hours by car. A burst watermain typically causes a 20 mile tailback for several days with a deep recession and no Olympics.
How hard is it to pop up a dialogue box saying "It looks like your carrier has gone in to liquidation. Try another? [yes] [no] [Oh, Wait]"
You must be new here!
I think we have the wrong trousers, Grommit!
Its called "inflation" in the west. In Nigeria it is called "adding salt and pepper to the story". It is a big problem in third world countries.
I would be angry too if Apple's profits were up and mine were down ... oh, wait
Some people seem to have lost their sense of reality!
Nope thats "military" - think Hummer, only bigger. Maybe IPv256k?
No. But there are good social reasons why we dont want it to tase better than Bud.
Same reason politicians get elected!
That is not the experience in the UK - with government you get massive empire building, a random definition of quality (might be high or low, but no choice) and the price rises each year regardless of external factors.
My view: it is the role of government to steer the ship of state - not to row it (Labour) or let it go which ever way the wind blows (Conservative).
The standard engineering solution to this problem. Obvious to anyone "sufficiently skilled in the art" - ie everyone except the USPTO.
AFAICT Michael Faraday was British, Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz were German, and the outcome of WWII was largely determined by Russia.
I think you watch too many Hollywood movies.
You missed out the bit where they are unable to find an actual criminal, so they shoot someone else instead.
You are obviously unfamilar with UK politics. That is indeed the most frequent meaning.
Other meanings include, but are not limited to, minsters being caught beaking the law they themselves are responsible for enacting, and various assorted high-ups being caught in various forms of large scale corruption, or acts which could reasonably be desribed as treason, while preventing prosecution of the police for killing innocent people. (ver the last 10 years, the police have killed more people in the UK than terrorists have.)