... drugs are expensive because researching them takes lot of money paying intelligent people with expensive educations, and which may or may not be successful.
Oxdung. Most drug research is performed in university labs with government money. Drugs are expensive because they have to be marketed to the public because in the US, it's a "free" "market".
In Canada, drug prices are strictly regulated, and for the most part, are not marketed to the public. Not having to market is a tremenduous cost cutter and leaves more money for what little research is done by pharmaceutical labs.
All I can tell you is that I work for a pharma company, as we spend millions directly on drug research, so don't think the the govt is picking up the tab for drug research.
Took the words right out of my pie hole. While the DC power cube transformer is not the most delicate piece of hardware, the amperage across a typical 44.32 MHz transmitter is substantial.
I was also worried that the velocity modulated (periodically bunched) voltage applied to the klyston would result in damping of the skywave
One only has to look at the work of the Irish folk-teller, Táin Cúailnge and his quest cycle "The Second Battle of Mag Tuired" to see the roots of Lucas' dramatic framework and where he fleshes it out like the "La Camara Prohibida" of Iberian writer, Cayetano Coll y Toste.
Also in Mission Control is Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's governor. He and Gore are talking to the entry team and looking at data screens just moments after touchdown.
Sure..and when it's your job being replaced, explain to your family how you're really helping these two Indian families. Perhaps they have a job for you over there.
Yes they were engaging in questionable behavior, however the RICO law permits criminal prosecution and civil suits against groups and organizations that engage in a "pattern of racketeering activity" in order to acquire or maintain a business
"enterprise." source: Not So Suave: the Problem with RICO Laws.
The devil is in the lack of specificity as to what constitutes a 'pattern of racketeering' and 'enterprise' The Catholic church has been sued under this these provisions and the Texas Medical Assoc. is suing HMOs Humana and CIGNA for profiteering.
The problem with these laws is their built-in generalities to cover every occasion. The real damage these laws do never comes when they first are enacted, only after time, usually when the political landscape changes, is their power abused.
What you have to fear is the law of unintended consequences. The prime example of that is the RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations) law. Intended to stop organized crime, it is now used against anti-abortion protesters. You might not think you're doing anything wrong, but it what the other guys thinks that matters and what seems/is legal today, might be interpreted very different in the future.
I hate to argue, but argue I must...
After the US landed a man on the moon, how many other nations 'learned' and sent theirs? After we landed on the moon, the USSR changed its focus to its space station and forgot the moon. If we can't establish a base on something as close as the moon, how/why the hell would we choose to colonize Mars? If the Chinese get to Mars first, what do we say? "On to Europa!"
Yes there would be a lot of feat in your scenario, and it is a good one, but the authorities could quickly(?) determine the source of the radiation and rule out a bomb. The subways might be shutdown for a few days.
I was just thinking, are there also biological detectors running to check for those agents, this threat seems more plausible.
So the idea is they're smuggling radioactive material in place of vital organs. Think about how much they could bring thru in place of their kidney...or their lung. Better yet, swallow a balloon filled with plutonium.
If the guy's not carrying anything like a briefcase, where do they think he's hiding a 'dirty' bomb? Do the authorities think it's possible to carry a bomb on your person? So they think the tech is available to make the device that small? A strip search does seem a little over the top.
Also, export of many goods to certain restricted countries ("axis of evil") is very tightly regulated. China's not on that list.
And it never will be. When you have a country the size(market) of China, they pretty much write the rules. Everyone on the outside knows China is a repressive regime. Yet no one can afford not to deal with them, money has trumped morals.
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They can only play games. As soon as WOW has a COBOL interface, things will change.
I tapped out a vein once...
I was unable to find this story.
Took the words right out of my pie hole. While the DC power cube transformer is not the most delicate piece of hardware, the amperage across a typical 44.32 MHz transmitter is substantial.
I was also worried that the velocity modulated (periodically bunched) voltage applied to the klyston would result in damping of the skywave
just about all of them
One only has to look at the work of the Irish folk-teller, Táin Cúailnge and his quest cycle "The Second Battle of Mag Tuired" to see the roots of Lucas' dramatic framework and where he fleshes it out like the "La Camara Prohibida" of Iberian writer, Cayetano Coll y Toste.
Pandas...Nature's koalas
Curse you and your first post...the next time the cards will play out their hand!
That's not Imperial, that's butter!
[Douglas Quaid seeing his real personality on the screen]
Douglas Quaid: Now get your ass to Mars.
"A Pluto-Kuiper Joint."
Sure..and when it's your job being replaced, explain to your family how you're really helping these two Indian families. Perhaps they have a job for you over there.
Yes they were engaging in questionable behavior, however the RICO law permits criminal prosecution and civil suits against groups and organizations that engage in a "pattern of racketeering activity" in order to acquire or maintain a business "enterprise." source: Not So Suave: the Problem with RICO Laws. The devil is in the lack of specificity as to what constitutes a 'pattern of racketeering' and 'enterprise' The Catholic church has been sued under this these provisions and the Texas Medical Assoc. is suing HMOs Humana and CIGNA for profiteering. The problem with these laws is their built-in generalities to cover every occasion. The real damage these laws do never comes when they first are enacted, only after time, usually when the political landscape changes, is their power abused.
What you have to fear is the law of unintended consequences. The prime example of that is the RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations) law. Intended to stop organized crime, it is now used against anti-abortion protesters. You might not think you're doing anything wrong, but it what the other guys thinks that matters and what seems/is legal today, might be interpreted very different in the future.
when he misses the airfield and smacks into the nearby forest.
Been done already...
I hate to argue, but argue I must...
After the US landed a man on the moon, how many other nations 'learned' and sent theirs? After we landed on the moon, the USSR changed its focus to its space station and forgot the moon. If we can't establish a base on something as close as the moon, how/why the hell would we choose to colonize Mars?
If the Chinese get to Mars first, what do we say?
"On to Europa!"
I predict...the Chinese will have a man on Mars before we do.
I agree...computers are not a dated item...software is dated...post-dated...destined to fail in the future.
I don't get it...the part about my conscience, I mean.
My god, I really want a turkey club sandwich.
I was just thinking, are there also biological detectors running to check for those agents, this threat seems more plausible.
So the idea is they're smuggling radioactive material in place of vital organs. Think about how much they could bring thru in place of their kidney...or their lung. Better yet, swallow a balloon filled with plutonium.
If the guy's not carrying anything like a briefcase, where do they think he's hiding a 'dirty' bomb? Do the authorities think it's possible to carry a bomb on your person? So they think the tech is available to make the device that small? A strip search does seem a little over the top.
And it never will be. When you have a country the size(market) of China, they pretty much write the rules. Everyone on the outside knows China is a repressive regime. Yet no one can afford not to deal with them, money has trumped morals.