It's a messy solution, but if you look at the insurance money coming back, might actually gain you a nickel. Especially if there's multiple parties to pin the blame on!
Fabulous pictures, I so wish I could go, and smoke cigars, drink whatever they've got, and enjoy some interesting music. What a stupid waste that being a US consumer, I can't go and visit one of our friendly neighbors. Kinda looks like Pittsburgh, a little bit.
Unfortunately, as I understand the way insurance works, I could have whatever coverage my employer (of the month) dishes out, and still end-up with a quarter million dollar bill in the event of the same traumatic injury.
Meanwhile, I think that if I need a checkup, fixed hangnail, etc, the copay is about as much as the I-don't-have-insurance rates, and without all the monthly bill.
I think insurance companies are making a killing. Two killings, actually. This whole managed healthcare mess is becoming unmanageable. Either way, I can't afford healthcare, and refuse to pay a giant organization to not serve me, or keep me healthy. I can do that for free, thank you very much!
Insurance, isn't. Even with insurance, a doctor's appointment is months away. After you visit the doctor, and he says that you need x procedure, s/he schedules you for another doctor -- a month away.
In the case of having a tooth absess, this doesn't cut it, and you end-up at the emergency-room, waiting for 12 hours for a doctor to see you, and none of that is covered by insurance.
Me, I don't have insurance. I not get sick, or take too much crack at one time, and then I don't need to see a doctor. Why have insurance, when the entire reason of having insurance is to cover medical costs -- and the insurance system is geared towards making sure that medical costs are not covered by the insurance companies?
They can all screw themselves. If I get in a horrible auto (or systems administrative) accident, and end-up at the emergency room, I'll pay the same whether or not I have insurance -- an arm and a leg.
I understand that the problem you have when you take Viagra or Cialis, is that the blood clots in your penis. The solution is to make an incision, and drain it externally. (Ick!)
Oh, the practical value in society of making all sorts of drugs legal (and suicide), means that the bogus War on Drugs can go away, and save us however many billions are spent on such a useless endevor. If the government instead, taxed these drugs, they'd make more money than they get allocated for their WOD budget.
Also, people that are really fucked up, and kill themselves overdosing, etc, saves the rest of us from having to deal with them. Same with suicide, etc.
Actually, I live right *on* the main drag in the South Side of Pittsburgh. Every nite, swarms of bikers flood the city, tooting their fucking loud-ass harleys. Drunk frat-boys hoot and holler all nite long, every nite. The Rex, and 5 other heavy-metal clubs are within a one block radius.
The things that bother me are the peeing in my back yard, and the assholes who smash and break-into our cars sometimes.
So when you say "you are just another honkey who praises unqualified freedom as long as you don't have to live next door to it," I do actually live next door to some pretty unqualified freedoms. I could prolly do without mister harley asshole sitting in front of my house playing with the throttle at 3:AM 10 feet from my apartment, every nite. I could prolly do without the drunk jockboy feeling all macho as he smash the sideview mirror off my car with his ass for no reason. I could prolly also live without catching people peeing in my back yard.
Does this mean I think alcohol should be banned? No. Or PCP, or cocaine, or crack should be illegal? No.
(As an asside, the native punks and overly tattood people and wierdos that generally live in the area are quite nice people, and don't fuck with people's shit -- even though some of them are really scary looking.)
But, part of his implied statement was, what's it to you if they're not operating heavy machinery, or on the highway?
People should be allowed to drink bleach, whip-up a batch of the nastiest crank you've ever seen, and sit in their homes snorting away, if that's their thing. None of this bothers any of us, until they wander out into the street, or on the highway.
What's the worst that can happen? Dude wins a Darwin award? That makes us all better, if you think about it.
Some of us, like me, have no insurance. This doesn't just mean no doctor visits, but no doctor. Period.
I'm all for people consuming anything and everything they want -- crack, heroin, asperin, ibuprofen, cialis, PCP, sugar, caffeine, water -- whatever you want.
I'd rather try an experimental drug, rather than pay out the nose for what little sick-care I can afford. Hopefully, it'll be something I like.
My two cents tell me that there is nothing wrong with skipping commercials, or even of commercials being tagged as commercials, and muted or skipped by your PVR, VCR, or other type of set-top. Why not tag commercials?
They won't hear of it, of course, but then again, isn't that what the FCC is supposed to handle?
My view of the next twenty minutes into the future...
TOtal integration, all things location-based. Location software is one of the last frontiers we have. Sure their are those that have done stuff like this a while ago, but how many of them have popular integrated features? None I've heard of.
It's a little difficult to singlehandedly (for a person) to do something like that all by themselves.
My Subaru Impreza Outback Sport is not a hybrid vehicle. However, I think I get some pretty good gas mileage when compared to my other choices, the BMW 325ix, and Jetta with AWD. Important for me was AWD, manual transmission, and power windows (go figure). I lucked-out with the aftermarket detachable sunroof.
It's a '97. I take long trips between Boston and Pittsburgh, which takes about 10 hours.
I have driven this first leg at over 100MPH through a full tank of gas, I get 24MPG. I think I get about 26MPG with normal driving, and no tune-up (and no oil sometimes). It's rated for 29MPG highway.
Here's some other facts:
[] I understand the WRX 2 liter does 28mpg highway, one less than my 2.2 narually aspirated engine.
[] I beat on this thing like the worst of shitboxes, and it is still solid.
[] I always put the best gas in it that I can. I do actually go farther with less gas than I do if I use shit gas. Even if it is too expensive, and I only put $2.34 in.
[] I've had this for 5 years, and I've only replaced brakes and two tires.
[] This is my 5th Subaru. Usually the bodies fall off the car, but I understand they upgraded their steel quality, and use 50 lbs of paint, instead of like 14.
So, I'm psyched. Not only do I not have to buy a new car, but my old one gets pretty good gas mileage. AWD is a must in eastern climates, with snow, rain, and assholes.
The metric system is taught in schools, but it is not used. Ever.
Silly wacky arbitrary English measurements are just wrong, and impossible to remember. I'd rather be empowered by ease-of-use, than hindered by needless obfuscation.
I agree with you. However, it's too much for a residential type of connection. Perhaps it may be an alternative to T1 or ancient frame-relay.
I'd like to see free-space optics get more useful, and ultra cheap. Aggregation of multimodal bandwidth is obvious, but how it plays out in the marketplace is another story. I prefer things without a recurring charge, but how do we make this happen?
Another thing we haven't seen quite yet is the turbine hybrid vehicle. We've had turbine powered vehicles in the past, but rather than gearing-down the turbine, I believe that you should be able to gain power from the rotating part in the turbine -- just by itself. I would assume that the unit would maintain it's rotation, and fuel/air ratios. I think capacitors come more into play than just batteries, as other electric-only cars have had.
Granted, I am not an engineer, but I've been inspired by things like this.
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Sounds like a new way to get ripped-off. Is the sack under the mattress such a bad idea?
It's a messy solution, but if you look at the insurance money coming back, might actually gain you a nickel. Especially if there's multiple parties to pin the blame on!
Fabulous pictures, I so wish I could go, and smoke cigars, drink whatever they've got, and enjoy some interesting music. What a stupid waste that being a US consumer, I can't go and visit one of our friendly neighbors. Kinda looks like Pittsburgh, a little bit.
Hehehehehe!
Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!
Seriously. Just like our current government, just because you say something is one way, does not quite make it so.
Logs? What logs?
Too bad they didn't do a story on those people that machine-gun the HR department, and give us the breakdown there.
Unfortunately, as I understand the way insurance works, I could have whatever coverage my employer (of the month) dishes out, and still end-up with a quarter million dollar bill in the event of the same traumatic injury.
Meanwhile, I think that if I need a checkup, fixed hangnail, etc, the copay is about as much as the I-don't-have-insurance rates, and without all the monthly bill.
I think insurance companies are making a killing. Two killings, actually. This whole managed healthcare mess is becoming unmanageable. Either way, I can't afford healthcare, and refuse to pay a giant organization to not serve me, or keep me healthy. I can do that for free, thank you very much!
Insurance, isn't. Even with insurance, a doctor's appointment is months away. After you visit the doctor, and he says that you need x procedure, s/he schedules you for another doctor -- a month away.
In the case of having a tooth absess, this doesn't cut it, and you end-up at the emergency-room, waiting for 12 hours for a doctor to see you, and none of that is covered by insurance.
Me, I don't have insurance. I not get sick, or take too much crack at one time, and then I don't need to see a doctor. Why have insurance, when the entire reason of having insurance is to cover medical costs -- and the insurance system is geared towards making sure that medical costs are not covered by the insurance companies?
They can all screw themselves. If I get in a horrible auto (or systems administrative) accident, and end-up at the emergency room, I'll pay the same whether or not I have insurance -- an arm and a leg.
I understand that the problem you have when you take Viagra or Cialis, is that the blood clots in your penis. The solution is to make an incision, and drain it externally. (Ick!)
Oh, the practical value in society of making all sorts of drugs legal (and suicide), means that the bogus War on Drugs can go away, and save us however many billions are spent on such a useless endevor. If the government instead, taxed these drugs, they'd make more money than they get allocated for their WOD budget.
Also, people that are really fucked up, and kill themselves overdosing, etc, saves the rest of us from having to deal with them. Same with suicide, etc.
Uh, Huh?
Actually, I live right *on* the main drag in the South Side of Pittsburgh. Every nite, swarms of bikers flood the city, tooting their fucking loud-ass harleys. Drunk frat-boys hoot and holler all nite long, every nite. The Rex, and 5 other heavy-metal clubs are within a one block radius.
The things that bother me are the peeing in my back yard, and the assholes who smash and break-into our cars sometimes.
So when you say "you are just another honkey who praises unqualified freedom as long as you don't have to live next door to it," I do actually live next door to some pretty unqualified freedoms. I could prolly do without mister harley asshole sitting in front of my house playing with the throttle at 3:AM 10 feet from my apartment, every nite. I could prolly do without the drunk jockboy feeling all macho as he smash the sideview mirror off my car with his ass for no reason. I could prolly also live without catching people peeing in my back yard.
Does this mean I think alcohol should be banned? No. Or PCP, or cocaine, or crack should be illegal? No.
(As an asside, the native punks and overly tattood people and wierdos that generally live in the area are quite nice people, and don't fuck with people's shit -- even though some of them are really scary looking.)
But, part of his implied statement was, what's it to you if they're not operating heavy machinery, or on the highway?
People should be allowed to drink bleach, whip-up a batch of the nastiest crank you've ever seen, and sit in their homes snorting away, if that's their thing. None of this bothers any of us, until they wander out into the street, or on the highway.
What's the worst that can happen? Dude wins a Darwin award? That makes us all better, if you think about it.
Some of us, like me, have no insurance. This doesn't just mean no doctor visits, but no doctor. Period.
I'm all for people consuming anything and everything they want -- crack, heroin, asperin, ibuprofen, cialis, PCP, sugar, caffeine, water -- whatever you want.
I'd rather try an experimental drug, rather than pay out the nose for what little sick-care I can afford. Hopefully, it'll be something I like.
My two cents tell me that there is nothing wrong with skipping commercials, or even of commercials being tagged as commercials, and muted or skipped by your PVR, VCR, or other type of set-top. Why not tag commercials?
They won't hear of it, of course, but then again, isn't that what the FCC is supposed to handle?
My view of the next twenty minutes into the future...
TOtal integration, all things location-based. Location software is one of the last frontiers we have. Sure their are those that have done stuff like this a while ago, but how many of them have popular integrated features? None I've heard of.
It's a little difficult to singlehandedly (for a person) to do something like that all by themselves.
Anyone know how I can sign myself up for this procedure?
Absolutely! I'll bet that (in certain robot cultures) may be also considered as art, a joke, or analogies about the meaning of life.
The cop ticketing you for going too fast.
I'd rather call a pink elephant a pink elephant, than be lied to, and told it is a fabulous new Buick.
My Subaru Impreza Outback Sport is not a hybrid vehicle. However, I think I get some pretty good gas mileage when compared to my other choices, the BMW 325ix, and Jetta with AWD. Important for me was AWD, manual transmission, and power windows (go figure). I lucked-out with the aftermarket detachable sunroof.
It's a '97. I take long trips between Boston and Pittsburgh, which takes about 10 hours.
I have driven this first leg at over 100MPH through a full tank of gas, I get 24MPG. I think I get about 26MPG with normal driving, and no tune-up (and no oil sometimes). It's rated for 29MPG highway.
Here's some other facts:
[] I understand the WRX 2 liter does 28mpg highway, one less than my 2.2 narually aspirated engine.
[] I beat on this thing like the worst of shitboxes, and it is still solid.
[] I always put the best gas in it that I can. I do actually go farther with less gas than I do if I use shit gas. Even if it is too expensive, and I only put $2.34 in.
[] I've had this for 5 years, and I've only replaced brakes and two tires.
[] This is my 5th Subaru. Usually the bodies fall off the car, but I understand they upgraded their steel quality, and use 50 lbs of paint, instead of like 14.
So, I'm psyched. Not only do I not have to buy a new car, but my old one gets pretty good gas mileage. AWD is a must in eastern climates, with snow, rain, and assholes.
The metric system is taught in schools, but it is not used. Ever.
Silly wacky arbitrary English measurements are just wrong, and impossible to remember. I'd rather be empowered by ease-of-use, than hindered by needless obfuscation.
I agree with you. However, it's too much for a residential type of connection. Perhaps it may be an alternative to T1 or ancient frame-relay.
I'd like to see free-space optics get more useful, and ultra cheap. Aggregation of multimodal bandwidth is obvious, but how it plays out in the marketplace is another story. I prefer things without a recurring charge, but how do we make this happen?
I totally agree, TDIs are quite efficient.
Another thing we haven't seen quite yet is the turbine hybrid vehicle. We've had turbine powered vehicles in the past, but rather than gearing-down the turbine, I believe that you should be able to gain power from the rotating part in the turbine -- just by itself. I would assume that the unit would maintain it's rotation, and fuel/air ratios. I think capacitors come more into play than just batteries, as other electric-only cars have had.
Granted, I am not an engineer, but I've been inspired by things like this.
Uh, so where's my sig? Don't tell me the black hole ate it, either.
This is nothing new, God was just dividing by zero!