One of the reason the US medical bill is through the roof is that because if a patient demands X procedure while the doctor knows it is silly, he gets it, because else he might sue.
I take it you have never had a doctor who doesn't know his stuff do you? There are a lot of doctors who simply refuse to listen to their patient's complaints, many times leading to complications.
This is true. About 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with pertussis (whooping cough). How? My daughter and I had had similar symptoms for about 4 months (mostly consisting of coughing up a lung). I told the doctor that my daughter had been diagnosed with pertussis and asked for the test. The asshole said, "Have you been vaccinated?" I said "Yes." He said, "You don't have it, then!". I had to threaten him to get the test, and sure enough it came back positive. Two weeks with the proper antibiotics, and my condition cleared up.
Some doctors really are assholes.
P.S. I know that the singular of data is not "anecdote".
Badge checking is encouraged in many corporate subcultures.
I used to work in a closed area (escort required for those without clearance and access list).
Once, the company president came in to look around. A friend of mine, who didn't know who the prez was, asked him who he was, and if he was on the list. She got complimented on her security awareness.
Every good manager knows that it is far more effective (from an employee motivation POV) to spend a reasonable amount of money providing small and helpful perks like this, than it would be to take the same amount of money and distribute it among the executives as part of their next bonus.
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You've got to build your own toolchain, too.... from the bare metal.
Reflections on Trusting Trust.
And I guess you have to trust the CPU not to have backdoors, too...
Banning encryption falls afoul of the First Amendment, and possibly the Second (depending on whether strong crypto is still considered a munition).
That government of the corporations
By the corporations
For the corporations
Shall not perish from the Earth
Heinlein did it first, and better, in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. He threw multi-ton canisters of rock at earth.
This is true. About 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with pertussis (whooping cough). How? My daughter and I had had similar symptoms for about 4 months (mostly consisting of coughing up a lung). I told the doctor that my daughter had been diagnosed with pertussis and asked for the test. The asshole said, "Have you been vaccinated?" I said "Yes." He said, "You don't have it, then!". I had to threaten him to get the test, and sure enough it came back positive. Two weeks with the proper antibiotics, and my condition cleared up.
Some doctors really are assholes.
P.S. I know that the singular of data is not "anecdote".
And after the test, when the atmosphere didn't catch fire, they thought it was just a really big boom.
And you also realize that at the time we dropped those nukes, we thought they were "just like a regular bomb, but with a bigger boom"?
Badge checking is encouraged in many corporate subcultures.
I used to work in a closed area (escort required for those without clearance and access list).
Once, the company president came in to look around. A friend of mine, who didn't know who the prez was, asked him who he was, and if he was on the list. She got complimented on her security awareness.
OK, thanks. Never mind.
Then allow it in your site preferences for maps.google.com
No, it's an octal decade.
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Do not underestimate the power of the Google.
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Is your /. name a reference to Bobby Abreu?
in this case the RTM was already at a higher quality than the corporate world had seen in a commercial Microsoft OS
There. Fixed that for you.
Nothing Hollywood makes turns a profit.
My Eee900 maxes out at 2GB, according to the docs (and yes, I do have a 2GB stick in there).
You mean just like they said here?
I'm sure their help will be just like that they gave to the development of OpenGL.
What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?
Every good manager knows that it is far more effective (from an employee motivation POV) to spend a reasonable amount of money providing small and helpful perks like this, than it would be to take the same amount of money and distribute it among the executives as part of their next bonus.
There. Fixed that for you.
Well, after all, it's a Dog's Life^W^WMan's Life in the BDA!
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Hey! That's MY IP address, you insensitive clod!
Thanks, Jonas.
The most appropriate story for me to post in, if only for my sig.