I sense your sarcasm. You don't have to buy Apple laptops. You make a consumer decision to do so. Put your money into laptops with filters if that pleases you.
It's OK, Apple will pass the cost on to the consumer (including the legal fees to defend), just like the car companies markup and pass on the cost for all the safety features they are forced by law to install.
Seriously though, this is freaking frivolous. I will not feel vindicated if Apple loses this, just more affirmed that if I start a company that makes a widget, it will end with more lawyers than widget makers before I sell it.
It will also make your premium go up. Probably higher than the federal plan. So you will drop your insurance and go with the cheaper one. All the while, private practices and private emergency care facilities will slowly crumble under the price negotiations of the government plan and hospitals will be bombarded with extra patients.
Health care might be more affordable, but quality and timely health care will be more scarce.
Did you hear that they confiscated a child's turkey sandwich in the U.S. because the state inspector deemed it unhealthy? Then they gave her chicken nuggets. Freedom is dead.
So true. I gave up on Facebook because of them, and now I can easily find people who are interesting. Maybe Google+ isn't a Facebook killer, but I find lots of good content on Google+. I deactivated my FB account months ago and will never look back. The cool thing about Google+ IMO is I have more people in my circles I do not know than people I do. These people are way more interesting than the people I knew in high school 15 years ago. The straw that broke the Facebook camel's back was when I ran into someone from high school who said, "${casual_acquaintance_classmate} thinks you are mad because you didn't friend them on Facebook."
If Google+ ever becomes Facebook, I'm done with social networking.
In an anecdotal vein, my next door neighboor and his wife are both doctors. He is a pediatrician and she works in ER. He's been working at a private practice for 4 years and I'm not sure about her, but she's about the same age. They drive modest cars and have 2 children. The house is probably 2000 sq ft which is big but is not a McMansion. They each pay a 'mortgage' for their school loans and still have that to look forward to for another 10-15 years. So, sure they make good money, but there is a big cost to making that kind of money and it takes quite a while to net any kind of wealth. They also keep really long hours and question their career decisions from a family point-of-view. I, as a software developer, am much farther ahead than they are because I did not have 8 years of school to pay off and was able to start making money while they were still in school racking up debt.
So they made an investment in their education, expecting it would pay off in the long run. And this is not uncommon to doctors. So put your anonymous mask down and stop spewing half truths to make yourself feel victimized.
And besides, comparing a doctor to a community college adjunct professor is just ignorant.
Most IT workers already have a job when they are negotiating a new position. Corporations are usually scrambling to find a technically qualified person who is presentable and shows up on time. In IT, there is much more leverage in negotiations, and that only increases as skill and experience increases.
I don't see a whole lot of.NET, Java, or Oracle developers unemployed for more than a few weeks, and even then they are waiting to apply for positions just so they can have a little time off. PHP and ColdFusion developers are a different story.
Don't like it? Run for office and get it changed. Got a gripe with the social contract that we are all in this society together? Move to another country.
This is a republic. You don't need to move to another country when another state, or possibly another county may suit you better. I don't want the federal government overseeing trash pickup.
The county where my parents live uses prisoners to sort trash into recyclables and non-recyclables. Don't assume that just because there is no bin that there is not recycling.
These summaries are much more informative when read via RSS
An anonymous reader writes "In a ground-breaking announcement issued today, CERN NASA PETA NAMBLA , the European Organization of Nuclear Research (which hosts the enormous and magnificent glorious orgasmic catastrophic Large Hadron Collider) has announced the discovery of the hugs boson, an unexpected gauge boson which was not predicted prognosticated invented baked by the Standard Model. Unexpectedly, the discovery was made by a high-school mascot student teacher gymnasium during his scholarship. Due to his Tourette's age face breath , it is not clear whether he can be awarded the Nobel Prize. However, his teacher has generously agreed to be awarded in his name, in case of any problems reprisals assassins aliens."
"Free" is very difficult to retain because it is so easily corruptible. It requires strict adherence to principle. America is no longer free because the government has become the monopoly. If the federal government were to relinquish its policy power back to the states, then it would be arguable that "America is free." But that's enough libertarian mumbo jumbo from me.
Depends on the extent to which you use the office suite. Our business is not built on the documents we provide; they are merely a tool in which we communicate data and ideas. In this case the OO.org people tend to be the kind of people who figure it out for themselves, while the MS Office people just want to get the work done. So support still goes to MS Office. Until there is an absolute reason to support both products, there is no need to consider diverging on a particular office suite.
I think the parent's comparison to browsers is a perfect example for our case. But it might not be for yours.
My office of approx 50 people is about 50/50 OO.org and MS Office. The more technically-minded people took to OO.org. We still save in the MS format for compatibility. For the most part, the MS Office users have not migrated simply because they "think" it's going to make their jobs harder. There have only been a handful of incidents where there was a compatibility issue. Culturally, the two camps feel they are superior to each other, so it is an interesting social experiment and mimics the dichotomy you see on/. posts.
Oh, you said you _want_ to use a keyboard. Cinema Tube does not let you do that. It's just for watching content... and there's not much I've thrown at it that it can't play.
I think that the Global Warming scare actually hurts the environmental movement. The theory got elevated to gospel, but there is still not enough evidence to prove human interference is the absolute cause. The fact of the matter is being more energy efficient is better for the Earth, the economy of the world, and quality of human life in general. Using Global Warming Armageddon to scare the masses into going green has not had the affect that was desired. People who were already green-minded just became more green, and those who doubt still haven't changed and in fact probably thumb their noses in defiance. Make environmentalism desirable through economic means and it will catch on much better.
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I sense your sarcasm.
You don't have to buy Apple laptops. You make a consumer decision to do so. Put your money into laptops with filters if that pleases you.
It's OK, Apple will pass the cost on to the consumer (including the legal fees to defend), just like the car companies markup and pass on the cost for all the safety features they are forced by law to install.
Seriously though, this is freaking frivolous. I will not feel vindicated if Apple loses this, just more affirmed that if I start a company that makes a widget, it will end with more lawyers than widget makers before I sell it.
Go to the website and fill out and fill out as much garbage info as you can, aside from your address. Just a thought.
I can tell you are humble just by reading your Nick.
It will also make your premium go up. Probably higher than the federal plan. So you will drop your insurance and go with the cheaper one. All the while, private practices and private emergency care facilities will slowly crumble under the price negotiations of the government plan and hospitals will be bombarded with extra patients.
Health care might be more affordable, but quality and timely health care will be more scarce.
Did you hear that they confiscated a child's turkey sandwich in the U.S. because the state inspector deemed it unhealthy? Then they gave her chicken nuggets. Freedom is dead.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/school-lunch-guidelines-p_n_1278803.html
conservative != social conservative
So true. I gave up on Facebook because of them, and now I can easily find people who are interesting. Maybe Google+ isn't a Facebook killer, but I find lots of good content on Google+. I deactivated my FB account months ago and will never look back. The cool thing about Google+ IMO is I have more people in my circles I do not know than people I do. These people are way more interesting than the people I knew in high school 15 years ago. The straw that broke the Facebook camel's back was when I ran into someone from high school who said, "${casual_acquaintance_classmate} thinks you are mad because you didn't friend them on Facebook."
If Google+ ever becomes Facebook, I'm done with social networking.
You got some links to support this assertion?
http://investment-fiduciary.com/2009/04/17/why-doctors-dont-get-rich/
In an anecdotal vein, my next door neighboor and his wife are both doctors. He is a pediatrician and she works in ER. He's been working at a private practice for 4 years and I'm not sure about her, but she's about the same age. They drive modest cars and have 2 children. The house is probably 2000 sq ft which is big but is not a McMansion. They each pay a 'mortgage' for their school loans and still have that to look forward to for another 10-15 years. So, sure they make good money, but there is a big cost to making that kind of money and it takes quite a while to net any kind of wealth. They also keep really long hours and question their career decisions from a family point-of-view. I, as a software developer, am much farther ahead than they are because I did not have 8 years of school to pay off and was able to start making money while they were still in school racking up debt.
So they made an investment in their education, expecting it would pay off in the long run. And this is not uncommon to doctors. So put your anonymous mask down and stop spewing half truths to make yourself feel victimized.
And besides, comparing a doctor to a community college adjunct professor is just ignorant.
IT unemployment is much lower than the national numbers. It's around 4% versus 9%. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/06/09/tech-sector-unemployment-half-the-u-s-national-average/
Most IT workers already have a job when they are negotiating a new position. Corporations are usually scrambling to find a technically qualified person who is presentable and shows up on time. In IT, there is much more leverage in negotiations, and that only increases as skill and experience increases.
I don't see a whole lot of .NET, Java, or Oracle developers unemployed for more than a few weeks, and even then they are waiting to apply for positions just so they can have a little time off. PHP and ColdFusion developers are a different story.
Scott Brown of Taxachusetts is definitely no conservative republican. Have no idea about the other two.
Don't like it? Run for office and get it changed. Got a gripe with the social contract that we are all in this society together? Move to another country.
This is a republic. You don't need to move to another country when another state, or possibly another county may suit you better. I don't want the federal government overseeing trash pickup.
The county where my parents live uses prisoners to sort trash into recyclables and non-recyclables. Don't assume that just because there is no bin that there is not recycling.
Did Apache Flaw finally get promoted out of incubation?
These summaries are much more informative when read via RSS
An anonymous reader writes "In a ground-breaking announcement issued today, CERN NASA PETA NAMBLA , the European Organization of Nuclear Research (which hosts the enormous and magnificent glorious orgasmic catastrophic Large Hadron Collider) has announced the discovery of the hugs boson, an unexpected gauge boson which was not predicted prognosticated invented baked by the Standard Model. Unexpectedly, the discovery was made by a high-school mascot student teacher gymnasium during his scholarship. Due to his Tourette's age face breath , it is not clear whether he can be awarded the Nobel Prize. However, his teacher has generously agreed to be awarded in his name, in case of any problems reprisals assassins aliens ."
US socialism? Seems funny to call the Department of Defense socialism.
"Free" is very difficult to retain because it is so easily corruptible. It requires strict adherence to principle. America is no longer free because the government has become the monopoly. If the federal government were to relinquish its policy power back to the states, then it would be arguable that "America is free." But that's enough libertarian mumbo jumbo from me.
/. != journalism
Journalism is dead. Most submissions have an agenda.
Depends on the extent to which you use the office suite. Our business is not built on the documents we provide; they are merely a tool in which we communicate data and ideas. In this case the OO.org people tend to be the kind of people who figure it out for themselves, while the MS Office people just want to get the work done. So support still goes to MS Office. Until there is an absolute reason to support both products, there is no need to consider diverging on a particular office suite.
I think the parent's comparison to browsers is a perfect example for our case. But it might not be for yours.
"Temperamental idiots" still do productive work. We do not rate their performance based on what office suite they prefer.
My office of approx 50 people is about 50/50 OO.org and MS Office. The more technically-minded people took to OO.org. We still save in the MS format for compatibility. For the most part, the MS Office users have not migrated simply because they "think" it's going to make their jobs harder. There have only been a handful of incidents where there was a compatibility issue. Culturally, the two camps feel they are superior to each other, so it is an interesting social experiment and mimics the dichotomy you see on /. posts.
Oh, you said you _want_ to use a keyboard. Cinema Tube does not let you do that. It's just for watching content... and there's not much I've thrown at it that it can't play.
I might as well chime in and mention what I use: Brite-View's Cinema Tube. They lack native streaming like Hulu or NetFlix, but I just use Play-On
BP makes public plans to buy Oil Skimmers, Inc. to decrease the amount it spends on implementing safe drilling practices.
I think that the Global Warming scare actually hurts the environmental movement. The theory got elevated to gospel, but there is still not enough evidence to prove human interference is the absolute cause. The fact of the matter is being more energy efficient is better for the Earth, the economy of the world, and quality of human life in general. Using Global Warming Armageddon to scare the masses into going green has not had the affect that was desired. People who were already green-minded just became more green, and those who doubt still haven't changed and in fact probably thumb their noses in defiance. Make environmentalism desirable through economic means and it will catch on much better.