I wonder why the US has to help? Why can't their own country help their people? It says a lot about your government when they can't help their own people.
Except no one has actually given me any pure facts (not political facts) as to how Romney will help me and fix my issues. All I really have is what I can read about him, and what I read about him looks really bad for someone like me. I see republican (not really a fan), big corp (not really a fan), anti middle class (not really a fan), anti-gay marriage (bigot), anti-personal freedom, anti-woman's rights, so rich he's unconnected to the common man (not really a fan), no skills as a diplomat (not really a fan), and then there is his religion (not really a fan of any religion, but mormon is even scarier).
I don't know anything about his motives,his plans, his actual opinions, or even what he would do in his first day in office. All I know is 'REPEAL OBAMACARE, OBAMA MUST NOT BE ELECTED, OBAMA WILL SPEND ALL OUR MONEY, OBAMA WILL TAKE OUR GUNS, OBAMA IS THE DEVIL, OBAMA HATES WHITE PEOPLE', etc.
What I know about obama is that he is anti-personal freedom, 'pro' gay marriage, wants to tax people richer than me and help people less fortunate than me, didn't really do anything except his healthcare bill, and was president at a time where politics are so polarized we are lucky they can agree on even holding a session of congress let alone passing a bill.
I honestly have nothing to base my vote on. I'm not a member of a political party (religion) and I base my decision on actual facts and results, not propaganda. The facts are basically nil, the propaganda is basically so thick we could use it to land a martian rover, and all I can do is vote for anyone else.
And who exactly do we vote for? A piece of shit rich elitist who's only concern is making rich people richer at the expense of people like me? Or a 'know it all' douchebag who wants to spend all my money on shit I don't want or need?
I've voted straight libertarian for years. I honestly don't know or care about their message or ideals, I just want to vote, yet I don't want to be responsible for electing people from political parties who's only concern is taking my money or taking away my rights. Honestly, my voting hasn't changed jack shit. This year, I've decided not to vote.
If they are serious about this, they need to get Dell or HP to start building gaming oriented linux desktops and notebooks. Linux will never gain traction as long as the users have to actively decide to install it.
Doctor gets advertisement. Has to make a decision on how the drug will work for his patient. Doctor gets recommendation from computer with real world rankings by other doctors based on patient outcomes for patients with similar 'stats' to his patent. He has to make a decision on how the drug will work for his patient.
If private companies want to come up with that, I'm ok with a patent on that part. I'd liken it to taking some MIT or BSD licensed source code and putting it into a commercial product. Anyone else can do the leg work, but I get my money by either doing it better, being first to market, being more cost effective, or all of the above. Those patents however should not be extendable just because you find a new illness the drug treats, or find that you can take two pills a person used to take together anyway and make it one big pill and suddenly get a brand new patent.
Now if the public money is used for that delivery mechanism, then it's public.
Didn't IBM build a super compter to help diagnose patients? Seems trivial to develop a search for drugs based on patient illness, test results, and list of known history and medication.
Lists of results could be compiled as 'likes' and 'dislikes' and then using crowd sourced (but anonymous) data we could find better results for patients. My netflix que is pretty damn good at reading my mind, why can't I have netmeds to help my doctor find meds suited for me based on what has worked for me in the past and what has worked for people similar to me?
I never see cures advertised. Only maintenance drugs. I hope I'm wrong, but it seems like drug companies don't want cures, they want dugs that mask symptoms that you need to take for the rest of your life.
Is it better to cure aids or to let someone live on a daily pill with aids?
"If I pay you half, the man who hired you to kill me will use his money to hire someone else to kill me, and I'll be out the money I need for booze and hookers to live up the time I have left."
I've never understood the reasoning with why closing a 0 balance credit card should lower a credit score.
You would think the credit tracking companies would look at you closing a high interest, high limit, card as a good thing. It's like saying paying off a mortgage should lower your credit score.
If your going that route, then why not make your own noodles. You can make egg noodles cheaper than you can buy them. So you could feed your family on homemade noodles covered in some sauce which is probably just as health as mac and cheese.
Freezing and pre-prep can help with the time issue. It will hurt the quality, but it will still be healthy. That said, I shop daily not because I have to, but because I don't like to plan my meals.
Physically, buying fresh food is cheaper. Time wise it is more expensive.
My wife and I have saved a ton of money by making our own bread, pasta sauce, soups, etc. We only eat fresh fruits, veggies, and meats and have saved tons.
However, the time investment to make a jar of salsa and can it, or to make a large pot of pasta sauce or chicken stock for the next month or two is probably out of the range of time a single mother with two jobs has.
I fully agree, I think anything funded with public funds should be public domain.
This solves two problems
1) It gives us more value for what we paid for. This helps other researchers get easy access to data. 2) It would result in less money being spent by the government. Many companies wouldn't take government money with this restriction, this means more altruistic work would be done and our money would be better spent.
I suffer from some kind of mental problem where when presented with a choice, I break into a near frenzy of research on said choices. It can almost paralyze my choices as I try to discover the best choice. While I enjoy the research, sometimes I think I would be happier to just have one choice.
I didn't buy it, I was selected to test it. I had no idea what capabilities they would give it. Turns out, it was functionally useless for anything I do with technology.
Sucked as a web browser (tablet is better) and sucked as a laptop.
I have a CR-48 sitting on my desk. It has been off for at least a year. I was unable to do any of the things I do on a daily basis with it. I need a full terminal with ssh support, a nice development environment that doesn't require 3rd party servers I am not in control of, and the ability to play and listen to my 40 gigs of music.
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I invest in ammo. Ammo is cheaper than gold, more useful that anything and is a limited resource so it's value will improve over time.
I can use ammo to 'buy' food, tp, water, more ammo, etc. And by buy I mean take by force by using said ammo.
So if we had 0% piracy, should their games cost $3.00?
I wonder why the US has to help? Why can't their own country help their people? It says a lot about your government when they can't help their own people.
Except no one has actually given me any pure facts (not political facts) as to how Romney will help me and fix my issues. All I really have is what I can read about him, and what I read about him looks really bad for someone like me. I see republican (not really a fan), big corp (not really a fan), anti middle class (not really a fan), anti-gay marriage (bigot), anti-personal freedom, anti-woman's rights, so rich he's unconnected to the common man (not really a fan), no skills as a diplomat (not really a fan), and then there is his religion (not really a fan of any religion, but mormon is even scarier).
I don't know anything about his motives,his plans, his actual opinions, or even what he would do in his first day in office. All I know is 'REPEAL OBAMACARE, OBAMA MUST NOT BE ELECTED, OBAMA WILL SPEND ALL OUR MONEY, OBAMA WILL TAKE OUR GUNS, OBAMA IS THE DEVIL, OBAMA HATES WHITE PEOPLE', etc.
What I know about obama is that he is anti-personal freedom, 'pro' gay marriage, wants to tax people richer than me and help people less fortunate than me, didn't really do anything except his healthcare bill, and was president at a time where politics are so polarized we are lucky they can agree on even holding a session of congress let alone passing a bill.
I honestly have nothing to base my vote on. I'm not a member of a political party (religion) and I base my decision on actual facts and results, not propaganda. The facts are basically nil, the propaganda is basically so thick we could use it to land a martian rover, and all I can do is vote for anyone else.
And who exactly do we vote for? A piece of shit rich elitist who's only concern is making rich people richer at the expense of people like me? Or a 'know it all' douchebag who wants to spend all my money on shit I don't want or need?
I've voted straight libertarian for years. I honestly don't know or care about their message or ideals, I just want to vote, yet I don't want to be responsible for electing people from political parties who's only concern is taking my money or taking away my rights. Honestly, my voting hasn't changed jack shit. This year, I've decided not to vote.
I think Steve Jobs must have loved fans judging by the jet engine I call a 2010 unibody macbook pro on my desk.
If they are serious about this, they need to get Dell or HP to start building gaming oriented linux desktops and notebooks. Linux will never gain traction as long as the users have to actively decide to install it.
Exactly, I made this point once to my best friend.
I said, man, your one of my best friends. I'd help you hide bodies. But for a few million bucks, I'd have no problem giving you cancer.
How is that any different than now?
Doctor gets advertisement. Has to make a decision on how the drug will work for his patient.
Doctor gets recommendation from computer with real world rankings by other doctors based on patient outcomes for patients with similar 'stats' to his patent. He has to make a decision on how the drug will work for his patient.
That's what the doctor is for, to vet the machine.
If private companies want to come up with that, I'm ok with a patent on that part. I'd liken it to taking some MIT or BSD licensed source code and putting it into a commercial product. Anyone else can do the leg work, but I get my money by either doing it better, being first to market, being more cost effective, or all of the above. Those patents however should not be extendable just because you find a new illness the drug treats, or find that you can take two pills a person used to take together anyway and make it one big pill and suddenly get a brand new patent.
Now if the public money is used for that delivery mechanism, then it's public.
Didn't IBM build a super compter to help diagnose patients? Seems trivial to develop a search for drugs based on patient illness, test results, and list of known history and medication.
Lists of results could be compiled as 'likes' and 'dislikes' and then using crowd sourced (but anonymous) data we could find better results for patients. My netflix que is pretty damn good at reading my mind, why can't I have netmeds to help my doctor find meds suited for me based on what has worked for me in the past and what has worked for people similar to me?
I never see cures advertised. Only maintenance drugs. I hope I'm wrong, but it seems like drug companies don't want cures, they want dugs that mask symptoms that you need to take for the rest of your life.
Is it better to cure aids or to let someone live on a daily pill with aids?
At the very least I think all things discovered at public universities using public funds should be public domain.
Is it too much to ask that I get access to the things I pay for?
Do you want to clean up the sidewalks?
I would have replied to that email saying
"If I pay you half, the man who hired you to kill me will use his money to hire someone else to kill me, and I'll be out the money I need for booze and hookers to live up the time I have left."
I've never understood the reasoning with why closing a 0 balance credit card should lower a credit score.
You would think the credit tracking companies would look at you closing a high interest, high limit, card as a good thing. It's like saying paying off a mortgage should lower your credit score.
If your going that route, then why not make your own noodles. You can make egg noodles cheaper than you can buy them. So you could feed your family on homemade noodles covered in some sauce which is probably just as health as mac and cheese.
Freezing and pre-prep can help with the time issue. It will hurt the quality, but it will still be healthy. That said, I shop daily not because I have to, but because I don't like to plan my meals.
Physically, buying fresh food is cheaper. Time wise it is more expensive.
My wife and I have saved a ton of money by making our own bread, pasta sauce, soups, etc. We only eat fresh fruits, veggies, and meats and have saved tons.
However, the time investment to make a jar of salsa and can it, or to make a large pot of pasta sauce or chicken stock for the next month or two is probably out of the range of time a single mother with two jobs has.
I fully agree, I think anything funded with public funds should be public domain.
This solves two problems
1) It gives us more value for what we paid for. This helps other researchers get easy access to data.
2) It would result in less money being spent by the government. Many companies wouldn't take government money with this restriction, this means more altruistic work would be done and our money would be better spent.
I suffer from some kind of mental problem where when presented with a choice, I break into a near frenzy of research on said choices. It can almost paralyze my choices as I try to discover the best choice. While I enjoy the research, sometimes I think I would be happier to just have one choice.
If it makes you feel better, I use YYYY/MM/DD
I didn't buy it, I was selected to test it. I had no idea what capabilities they would give it. Turns out, it was functionally useless for anything I do with technology.
Sucked as a web browser (tablet is better) and sucked as a laptop.
Exactly,
I have a CR-48 sitting on my desk. It has been off for at least a year. I was unable to do any of the things I do on a daily basis with it. I need a full terminal with ssh support, a nice development environment that doesn't require 3rd party servers I am not in control of, and the ability to play and listen to my 40 gigs of music.