OK, so now you've showed how many are effected by CVD. What you said was:
"AIDS research already recieves a disproportionally large ammount of money, if you look at the number of people who die from it, and the ammount spent on other serious diseases."
By "other serious diseases" you must mean CVD. Prove that AIDS is getting a "disproportionally large amount of money" compared to CVD. CVD kills 5 times as many people each year as AIDS. You saying that they get less that 5 times the funding? Preposterous.
"The NIH is not typical here. The fact is that AIDS and Cancer are recieving many times more funding than CVD (per person affected by the diseases)."
Let's see your statistics in support of this. Not that I believe your claim for one second, but what you're saying is that resent the fact that private donations are biased toward cancer and AIDS reseach. Just what axe are you grinding? Apparently you are more impacted by heart disease than the other two and don't concern yourself with anything else. If only AIDS and cancer enjoyed the attention that heart disease gets.
"They should not, however, be spending all their time and effort on the diseases that are MARKETED the best, rather than those that have the biggest real impact."
And who says they are? Who's doing the "marketing"? The American Heart Association is as good at marketing as any and better at fundraising than all of them. Perhaps by your standards we should cut NIH funding there.
"...I just don't happen to think that the problems of syncing phones is a Bluetooth specific issue."
I'm not an expert on BT but I think it's complicated. BT defines device profiles which are very specific things. If the profiles are sufficient and are supported properly on both sides, then it works. Because of that, I think it may be a BT-specific issue but I don't know.
"In my personal experience, the software support is better on OSX than on Windows,..."
Actually, I think I do agree with you regarding BT but I'm not an expert. It's clear that Apple is trying there but just not succeeding with a lot of cell phones. Why that is idk but I think it's likely NOT Apple's fault. What I do think is that the limited device support makes the platforms more alike than different, that's all. I believe that OS X tries to be a superior platform in this regard with limited success.
"Your mileage may vary."
Yes, it does! I owned 3 Treo 650's and have had 3 friends who've owned them with universally bad results. Haven't used one in about a year because i gave up on the instability. Perhaps they've finally gotten it right. The builtin mail app is a real killer as far as triggering memory problems. I'm glad it works for you, because the 650 really is the best device of its type otherwise. I'd never buy another because I won't trust Palm again.
"Yes, you need smartphone-specific software to do all the stuff that smartphones can do."
My point was that a number of things that you quoted "just working" have nothing to do with OS X at all. Specifically email and IM. Perhaps you sync email with OS X (you can with Windows too) but I use IMAP and avoid the issue. IM doesn't sync. You don't have to sell me on a cell phone/PDA with a QWERTY keyboard. I love them! I just wish I could find one that works well. Obviously, none of that has anything to do with bluetooth:-)
"Mmmmmkay. I don't recall ever saying that, but whatever floats your boat."
And I wasn't saying OS X and Windows were the same, either, but whatever floats your boat. I'm glad you're not saying that. Just what, then, makes OS X superior to Windows for cell phones then?
"Worked fine for me, before installing MarkSpace."
OK. It didn't work fine for me nor does it for Apple. That's why Apple says it doesn't work and I know precisely why. Palm changed the interface to their syncing to support certain enhancements that they made since the Treo 600. One of those was the address book category field. I brought that up for a reason. Apparently you don't mind losing data when you sync. Either that or you don't really pay attention when things "just work".
"Or you could install Palm Desktop, and sync with that."
Yep, just like with Windows. There really is no difference in this case. Have you tried using the 650 with Windows? Works just like in OS X except for the MDI interface. I've used both platforms and two things are clear. First, you have to install extra software in either case, and second, you really want to sync with the Palm app. It seems clear that you don't do that.
Perhaps you haven't had to deal with the hourly or minute-by-minute resets with the 650 yet. Until you do, you can't appreciate the need to wipe the 650 clean and reinstall the software every few weeks. iSync doesn't help you with that. The 650 isn't a device worth owning in any case, so how it works with OS X vs. Windows is really moot. The thing is that any phone in the Treo 650 class has the same issues. None will work with iSync without additional software. That was my original point (this is a bluetooth discussion after all, not an iSync one).
"Uh, OK. Like I said, sometimes the drivers are bundled, sometimes they're not. Where do you find drivers for syncing say, a Sony Ericsson phone with Windows?"
If what you're saying is that OS X is better than Windows for cell phone because a small number of phones are supported out of the box, that's pretty weak argument. Neither system meets the needs of the typical user without 3rd party software. With 3rd party software they are essentially the same except that Windows supports more phones overall than OS X does. Where do you find drivers for syncing, say, a Moto Q with OS X?
"Well, sure. But you're not seriously trying to say that OS X's syncing system is the same as Windows', are you? Because that'd be pretty silly."
No, I'm saying that mac's "it just works" claim is a fallacy when it comes to cell phones. My comparisons to Windows (which I didn't originally make) have always been that it is no different in reality, not that they are the same. You are the one that brought up a specific phone that is explicitly NOT supported by OS X as an example of how it works with "zero drama". You didn't offer up that fact that you purchased additional drivers to make it so until asked, then you claimed that it worked anyway in direct contradiction to Apple's statement and my direct experience. You've also admitted to being unfamiliar with the complications of the Treo 650's address book changes compared to previous Treo products.
"I have one address book that's shared by my PDA and my Mac, which runs my IM client, my mail client, even syncs a spare copy to my iPod. I can make a change on the PDA or the computer, and it propagates fine. It just works."
Yes, after you installed 3rd party software to make that happen. When I owned your phone, I accomplished the same thing (except for the odd iPod sync which is uninteresting to me) using Windows and I didn't have to buy any additional software. Running an IM client and mail client are unrelated as they are nothing more than Palm apps. Nevertheless, your Treo 650 didn't "just work" until you added software by someone other than Apple.
Apple themselves say that the Treo 650 requires the purchase of mark/space software in order to be supported my Tiger. Don't know why you insist otherwise.
"Having said that, I don't necessarily understand why installing drivers/software for a phone would not be a part of a reasonable "what is necessary to make it work" rigamarole."
I think it is reasonable, yet mac people like to make a point of "it just works". If you install phone drivers on Windows then "it just works" too. Getting phones supported in Windows and OS X requires basically the same effort and that was my point. I think integrated PIM apps and iSync is a great feature of OS X but I'd like to see more stuff work out of the box. After all, BT defines profiles for that reason (although honestly it's probably more the fault of the phones).
""Ever tried syncing a WM5 phone to OS X?" Eww. No. Why?"
Hehe. Why indeed. I try to keep an open mind so I tried one. It was absolutely horrid though probably not worse than my Nokia E61 that I have now. One thing good about WM phones---they have best of breed 3rd party apps and lots of them. Too bad WM5 itself is so bad.
You know what burns me about the current state of the art PDA phones besides that they all suck is that none are supported by OS X. I would include the Treo 650/700, Nokia E61, Moto Q, SE P990, the Blackberry's, and any WM phone. Not one of those works without additional software.:-( Of course, Windows is no different, but macs *try* to get that right and fail. I'd like a seemless transfer of contacts from one phone to another but that has never worked for me.
Yes, Missing Sync is the software but it isn't part of OS X and the claim was that BT "just worked" with a mac. That is not true for cell phones. Some do work, Moto and some SE in my experience, and address sync *should* be part of that. Ideally, you should be able to sync *any* BT cell phone address book to mac and then back to any other cell phone. That most definitely does not work. It doesn't work in Windows either, but then again Windows isn't the one that advertises how well it "just works" with arbitrary peripherals. Windows doesn't talk to Japanese digital cameras apparently either.;-) Could have fooled me.
Address book formats are defined in the BT standard (although I'm not an expert on BT). The category field has always been dropped for me when syncing a 650 to another BT address book because that field is undefined in the standard. Too bad because I like it.:-( The best way to sync a Treo 650 is with the Palm software so the issue is really moot.
Ever tried syncing a WM5 phone to OS X? Yeah, I know, who would want to. Nevertheless, it doesn't "just work" either. I get tired of importing my addresses one vCard at a time each time I change phone platforms.
Don't know in what way. The Treo 650 in particular is incompatible with address book standards due to it's categories tag. When I had a Treo 650 (which I gave up because it was so unstable) it would not work with Tiger out of the box. That may have changed at this point. More likely, you've installed the Palm software and use BT with that. When I owned both, in order to support the 650 on mac through mac's address book, you had to install the Palm software PLUS a 3rd party bridge--- hardly "it just works".
I'm not suggesting this is Apple's fault but I do object to the claim that the 650 works with zero drama. Cell phones vary in their support of BT standards and the Treo 650 is specifically one of those.
"The computer doesn't give me crap about using some crummy generic USB BT dongle, either. (Unlike Windows where I'd need to install vendor-supplied drivers.)"
I assume that's because you're using Apple's builtin BT? Fair comparison. Windows notebooks come with BT built in frequently as well. You don't get the problem you describe with those either.
"Then again, the phone has also worked pretty well with my IBM laptop and its BT implementation, so maybe more credit is due to Motorola than Apple."
I think it's more a matter of all three adhering to standards.
Mice and keyboards "just work" in Windows, too, as do phones once you go through the effort of installing software. The point is that there isn't a difference. I use a MS BT mouse with my MBP. It just worked just as it did with my Windows notebook.
I'm guessing that you feel that heart disease is the one that's being shortchanged. Heart disease, the #1 killer with one of the highest profile and active charitable organizations (AHA), arguably the most recognized health charity with tremendous government support, is somehow being ripped off by breast cancer awareness and AIDS. Sure it is. Besides the United Way, what charity has a higher profile than the American Heart Association?
Comparable statistics aren't easy to Google, but a quick look found that the NIH (US National Institute of Health) alone granted $27.3B in fiscal 2003 for heart disease. In contrast, AIDS reseach got $591M (about 41% of the US total) and breast cancer got $693M. The numbers suggest that quite the opposite of your claim is true. To quote from the link you provided:
"Cardiovascular disease alone will kill five times as many people as HIV/AIDS in these [low and middle income] countries."
So heart disease will kill 5 times as many people in developing countries as AIDS, 10 times the number of African American males, yet the NIH provides over 46 times the funding. You couldn't be more wrong. What annoys you about people contributing their time and energy to trying to improve the quality of people's lives anyway? Private citizens have to raise money for AIDS because the US government isn't interested.
You know, there's a lot of scientists in this world and they're capable as a group of studying more than one problem at a time. No matter how much money and effort you throw at heart disease you will always have the problem. AIDS could end up eradicated like polio and small pox while many cancers could become curable as well. All if these diseases deserve attention.
"As for AIDS, the first cases in the U.S. were amongst homosexual drug users. Not exactly the country's healthiest population."
No, they were among drug users and among homosexuals, not "homosexual drug users". It was AIDS that helped encourage the image that homosexuals were "not exactly the country's healthiest population". You are mistaken on that.
The rest of your points are too irrational to respond to. Seems like nothing more than a big troll to me.
"Yet, AIDS research already recieves a disproportionally large ammount of money, if you look at the number of people who die from it, and the ammount spent on other serious diseases."
I'd like to know your sources for making this claim. The information isn't easily obtained in a few moments of googling.
In 2004, there were 3 million worldwide deaths from AIDS, 5 million new cases and 40 million cases total (don't know the likelihood of error in those numbers). Total funding for AIDS research in 2004 was $3.6B (about 45% from the USA for what it's worth). AIDS is the second leading killing among infectious diseases worldwide. I used 2004 because that's what I could find.
Not sure what to contrast that with because you haven't said what disease is more worthy than breast cancer or AIDS. I suspect you are mistaken on your claim, but if there's a disease you feel is more worthy than breast cancer or AIDS, I'm sure the world will welcome your charitable efforts.
Every prostate exam I've had involved a single finger and a few seconds. The most I recieved for that was some lube and a pat on the back. The camera version is a colonoscopy and I've had one of those, too. I don't remember the colonoscopy due to the drugs and it's probably a good thing. I saw pictures though;-)
It's not a competition, but breast cancer kills more women each year than prostate cancer kills men. It generally strikes younger and treatment is more disfiguring. All in all, I'm happy to have to deal with prostate cancer rather than breast cancer although I know that if I live long enough I'm sure to get it eventually. Fighting the slow effects of andropause with hormone replacement is likely to have a very beneficial effect on prostate cancer (although that opinion is controversial).
Not only that, but prostate cancer is very slow growing and easily treated if you catch it early. Furthermore, if the patient is quite old the doctor may not treat it at all since prostate cancer takes a long, long time to develop.
I get prostate exams yearly, or more often if you count what my boyfriend does;-)
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"...and take good care of your computer..."
What exactly does that mean? Feed it right and take it on regular walks?
OK, so now you've showed how many are effected by CVD. What you said was:
"AIDS research already recieves a disproportionally large ammount of money, if you look at the number of people who die from it, and the ammount spent on other serious diseases."
By "other serious diseases" you must mean CVD. Prove that AIDS is getting a "disproportionally large amount of money" compared to CVD. CVD kills 5 times as many people each year as AIDS. You saying that they get less that 5 times the funding? Preposterous.
"The NIH is not typical here. The fact is that AIDS and Cancer are recieving many times more funding than CVD (per person affected by the diseases)."
Let's see your statistics in support of this. Not that I believe your claim for one second, but what you're saying is that resent the fact that private donations are biased toward cancer and AIDS reseach. Just what axe are you grinding? Apparently you are more impacted by heart disease than the other two and don't concern yourself with anything else. If only AIDS and cancer enjoyed the attention that heart disease gets.
"They should not, however, be spending all their time and effort on the diseases that are MARKETED the best, rather than those that have the biggest real impact."
And who says they are? Who's doing the "marketing"? The American Heart Association is as good at marketing as any and better at fundraising than all of them. Perhaps by your standards we should cut NIH funding there.
Perhaps you just hate women and gays.
"...I just don't happen to think that the problems of syncing phones is a Bluetooth specific issue."
:-)
I'm not an expert on BT but I think it's complicated. BT defines device profiles which are very specific things. If the profiles are sufficient and are supported properly on both sides, then it works. Because of that, I think it may be a BT-specific issue but I don't know.
"In my personal experience, the software support is better on OSX than on Windows,..."
Actually, I think I do agree with you regarding BT but I'm not an expert. It's clear that Apple is trying there but just not succeeding with a lot of cell phones. Why that is idk but I think it's likely NOT Apple's fault. What I do think is that the limited device support makes the platforms more alike than different, that's all. I believe that OS X tries to be a superior platform in this regard with limited success.
"Your mileage may vary."
Yes, it does! I owned 3 Treo 650's and have had 3 friends who've owned them with universally bad results. Haven't used one in about a year because i gave up on the instability. Perhaps they've finally gotten it right. The builtin mail app is a real killer as far as triggering memory problems. I'm glad it works for you, because the 650 really is the best device of its type otherwise. I'd never buy another because I won't trust Palm again.
"Yes, you need smartphone-specific software to do all the stuff that smartphones can do."
My point was that a number of things that you quoted "just working" have nothing to do with OS X at all. Specifically email and IM. Perhaps you sync email with OS X (you can with Windows too) but I use IMAP and avoid the issue. IM doesn't sync. You don't have to sell me on a cell phone/PDA with a QWERTY keyboard. I love them! I just wish I could find one that works well. Obviously, none of that has anything to do with bluetooth
"Mmmmmkay. I don't recall ever saying that, but whatever floats your boat."
And I wasn't saying OS X and Windows were the same, either, but whatever floats your boat.
I'm glad you're not saying that. Just what, then, makes OS X superior to Windows for cell phones then?
"Worked fine for me, before installing MarkSpace."
OK. It didn't work fine for me nor does it for Apple. That's why Apple says it doesn't work and I know precisely why. Palm changed the interface to their syncing to support certain enhancements that they made since the Treo 600. One of those was the address book category field. I brought that up for a reason. Apparently you don't mind losing data when you sync. Either that or you don't really pay attention when things "just work".
"Or you could install Palm Desktop, and sync with that."
Yep, just like with Windows. There really is no difference in this case. Have you tried using the 650 with Windows? Works just like in OS X except for the MDI interface. I've used both platforms and two things are clear. First, you have to install extra software in either case, and second, you really want to sync with the Palm app. It seems clear that you don't do that.
Perhaps you haven't had to deal with the hourly or minute-by-minute resets with the 650 yet. Until you do, you can't appreciate the need to wipe the 650 clean and reinstall the software every few weeks. iSync doesn't help you with that. The 650 isn't a device worth owning in any case, so how it works with OS X vs. Windows is really moot. The thing is that any phone in the Treo 650 class has the same issues. None will work with iSync without additional software. That was my original point (this is a bluetooth discussion after all, not an iSync one).
"Uh, OK. Like I said, sometimes the drivers are bundled, sometimes they're not. Where do you find drivers for syncing say, a Sony Ericsson phone with Windows?"
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If what you're saying is that OS X is better than Windows for cell phone because a small number of phones are supported out of the box, that's pretty weak argument. Neither system meets the needs of the typical user without 3rd party software. With 3rd party software they are essentially the same except that Windows supports more phones overall than OS X does. Where do you find drivers for syncing, say, a Moto Q with OS X?
"Well, sure. But you're not seriously trying to say that OS X's syncing system is the same as Windows', are you? Because that'd be pretty silly."
No, I'm saying that mac's "it just works" claim is a fallacy when it comes to cell phones. My comparisons to Windows (which I didn't originally make) have always been that it is no different in reality, not that they are the same. You are the one that brought up a specific phone that is explicitly NOT supported by OS X as an example of how it works with "zero drama". You didn't offer up that fact that you purchased additional drivers to make it so until asked, then you claimed that it worked anyway in direct contradiction to Apple's statement and my direct experience. You've also admitted to being unfamiliar with the complications of the Treo 650's address book changes compared to previous Treo products.
"I have one address book that's shared by my PDA and my Mac, which runs my IM client, my mail client, even syncs a spare copy to my iPod. I can make a change on the PDA or the computer, and it propagates fine. It just works."
Yes, after you installed 3rd party software to make that happen. When I owned your phone, I accomplished the same thing (except for the odd iPod sync which is uninteresting to me) using Windows and I didn't have to buy any additional software. Running an IM client and mail client are unrelated as they are nothing more than Palm apps. Nevertheless, your Treo 650 didn't "just work" until you added software by someone other than Apple.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/device
Apple themselves say that the Treo 650 requires the purchase of mark/space software in order to be supported my Tiger. Don't know why you insist otherwise.
"Having said that, I don't necessarily understand why installing drivers/software for a phone would not be a part of a reasonable "what is necessary to make it work" rigamarole."
:-( Of course, Windows is no different, but macs *try* to get that right and fail. I'd like a seemless transfer of contacts from one phone to another but that has never worked for me.
I think it is reasonable, yet mac people like to make a point of "it just works". If you install phone drivers on Windows then "it just works" too. Getting phones supported in Windows and OS X requires basically the same effort and that was my point. I think integrated PIM apps and iSync is a great feature of OS X but I'd like to see more stuff work out of the box. After all, BT defines profiles for that reason (although honestly it's probably more the fault of the phones).
""Ever tried syncing a WM5 phone to OS X?" Eww. No. Why?"
Hehe. Why indeed. I try to keep an open mind so I tried one. It was absolutely horrid though probably not worse than my Nokia E61 that I have now. One thing good about WM phones---they have best of breed 3rd party apps and lots of them. Too bad WM5 itself is so bad.
You know what burns me about the current state of the art PDA phones besides that they all suck is that none are supported by OS X. I would include the Treo 650/700, Nokia E61, Moto Q, SE P990, the Blackberry's, and any WM phone. Not one of those works without additional software.
My Nokia E61, Treo 650 and my WM5 phone (Tmobile MDA) have all not worked. My SE's and Moto's have.
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I think it's well known that cell phones are problematic. If they weren't, Apple wouldn't feel the need to enumerate the ones that were supported.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/device
BTW, this is not a list of BT supported phones, it's a list of ALL supported phones. Some don't work with BT. Not a very big list is it?
Did you also install Palm Sync first?
;-) Could have fooled me.
:-( The best way to sync a Treo 650 is with the Palm software so the issue is really moot.
Yes, Missing Sync is the software but it isn't part of OS X and the claim was that BT "just worked" with a mac. That is not true for cell phones. Some do work, Moto and some SE in my experience, and address sync *should* be part of that. Ideally, you should be able to sync *any* BT cell phone address book to mac and then back to any other cell phone. That most definitely does not work. It doesn't work in Windows either, but then again Windows isn't the one that advertises how well it "just works" with arbitrary peripherals. Windows doesn't talk to Japanese digital cameras apparently either.
Address book formats are defined in the BT standard (although I'm not an expert on BT). The category field has always been dropped for me when syncing a 650 to another BT address book because that field is undefined in the standard. Too bad because I like it.
Ever tried syncing a WM5 phone to OS X? Yeah, I know, who would want to. Nevertheless, it doesn't "just work" either. I get tired of importing my addresses one vCard at a time each time I change phone platforms.
You're not going to take away my linguistics award or get your balls back when you can't even form a complete sentence.
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Don't know in what way. The Treo 650 in particular is incompatible with address book standards due to it's categories tag. When I had a Treo 650 (which I gave up because it was so unstable) it would not work with Tiger out of the box. That may have changed at this point. More likely, you've installed the Palm software and use BT with that. When I owned both, in order to support the 650 on mac through mac's address book, you had to install the Palm software PLUS a 3rd party bridge--- hardly "it just works".
I'm not suggesting this is Apple's fault but I do object to the claim that the 650 works with zero drama. Cell phones vary in their support of BT standards and the Treo 650 is specifically one of those.
Yep, Moto's have worked for me.
"The computer doesn't give me crap about using some crummy generic USB BT dongle, either. (Unlike Windows where I'd need to install vendor-supplied drivers.)"
I assume that's because you're using Apple's builtin BT? Fair comparison. Windows notebooks come with BT built in frequently as well. You don't get the problem you describe with those either.
"Then again, the phone has also worked pretty well with my IBM laptop and its BT implementation, so maybe more credit is due to Motorola than Apple."
I think it's more a matter of all three adhering to standards.
Mice and keyboards "just work" in Windows, too, as do phones once you go through the effort of installing software. The point is that there isn't a difference. I use a MS BT mouse with my MBP. It just worked just as it did with my Windows notebook.
Most of the bluetooth phones i've tried don't "just work" with a mac.
Oh I see. I'll put that trophy on my mantle next to your balls.
"So AIDs is #2. Did you try to look-up #1?"
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Of course I did. It was listed just above AIDS but it wasn't the topic of conversation. Respiratory diseases were #1. Heart disease is not infectious.
"http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=198559&cid=1
I'm guessing that you feel that heart disease is the one that's being shortchanged. Heart disease, the #1 killer with one of the highest profile and active charitable organizations (AHA), arguably the most recognized health charity with tremendous government support, is somehow being ripped off by breast cancer awareness and AIDS. Sure it is. Besides the United Way, what charity has a higher profile than the American Heart Association?
Comparable statistics aren't easy to Google, but a quick look found that the NIH (US National Institute of Health) alone granted $27.3B in fiscal 2003 for heart disease. In contrast, AIDS reseach got $591M (about 41% of the US total) and breast cancer got $693M. The numbers suggest that quite the opposite of your claim is true. To quote from the link you provided:
"Cardiovascular disease alone will kill five times as many people as HIV/AIDS in these [low and middle income] countries."
So heart disease will kill 5 times as many people in developing countries as AIDS, 10 times the number of African American males, yet the NIH provides over 46 times the funding. You couldn't be more wrong. What annoys you about people contributing their time and energy to trying to improve the quality of people's lives anyway? Private citizens have to raise money for AIDS because the US government isn't interested.
You know, there's a lot of scientists in this world and they're capable as a group of studying more than one problem at a time. No matter how much money and effort you throw at heart disease you will always have the problem. AIDS could end up eradicated like polio and small pox while many cancers could become curable as well. All if these diseases deserve attention.
"As for AIDS, the first cases in the U.S. were amongst homosexual drug users. Not exactly the country's healthiest population."
No, they were among drug users and among homosexuals, not "homosexual drug users". It was AIDS that helped encourage the image that homosexuals were "not exactly the country's healthiest population". You are mistaken on that.
The rest of your points are too irrational to respond to. Seems like nothing more than a big troll to me.
What's a "spacial ocassion"? Is that prom for you guys on the short bus?
"Yet, AIDS research already recieves a disproportionally large ammount of money, if you look at the number of people who die from it, and the ammount spent on other serious diseases."
I'd like to know your sources for making this claim. The information isn't easily obtained in a few moments of googling.
In 2004, there were 3 million worldwide deaths from AIDS, 5 million new cases and 40 million cases total (don't know the likelihood of error in those numbers). Total funding for AIDS research in 2004 was $3.6B (about 45% from the USA for what it's worth). AIDS is the second leading killing among infectious diseases worldwide. I used 2004 because that's what I could find.
Not sure what to contrast that with because you haven't said what disease is more worthy than breast cancer or AIDS. I suspect you are mistaken on your claim, but if there's a disease you feel is more worthy than breast cancer or AIDS, I'm sure the world will welcome your charitable efforts.
Every prostate exam I've had involved a single finger and a few seconds. The most I recieved for that was some lube and a pat on the back. The camera version is a colonoscopy and I've had one of those, too. I don't remember the colonoscopy due to the drugs and it's probably a good thing. I saw pictures though ;-)
Thanks for proving me right.
It's not a competition, but breast cancer kills more women each year than prostate cancer kills men. It generally strikes younger and treatment is more disfiguring. All in all, I'm happy to have to deal with prostate cancer rather than breast cancer although I know that if I live long enough I'm sure to get it eventually. Fighting the slow effects of andropause with hormone replacement is likely to have a very beneficial effect on prostate cancer (although that opinion is controversial).
Not only that, but prostate cancer is very slow growing and easily treated if you catch it early. Furthermore, if the patient is quite old the doctor may not treat it at all since prostate cancer takes a long, long time to develop.
;-)
I get prostate exams yearly, or more often if you count what my boyfriend does
This is a case you'd like upgrade rather than throw away, but then again, it'll probably get tossed out periodically due to constant redecorating.
Anyone who'd buy this isn't sensitive to cost so lifespan probably won't matter either.
You think those fans out the back are silent? Did you see the photo gallery?
They make these cases that look like coffee tables until you see that they're a lot like the Stonehenge monument in Spinal Tap.