America doesn't even have a universal healthcare system. You lag behind Australian and most of the countries in the European Union.
The reason for this is because we want the best healthcare system. People fly into the US (who can afford it) from all over the world precisely because it is not paid for by taxes. Government buisnesses are not as efficient as private buisnesses, anyone who works for the government can vouch for that. The problem now is that prices are going through the roof. The reason for this is often argued to be because of lawsuits which drive the doctor's insurance premiums through the roof. Doctors in the USA often turn patients down because for some reason that patient is "too risky" and they can't afford the insurance they would need to pay to work on that patient.
Awsome! Now people will be able to exersize their right to commit voter fraud more easily! You have to draw the line between convinience and security at some point.
2. Despite what you are determined to believe, while the memos may have proven to be fake, the 'real facts' did in fact get out and guess what, they support what's expressed in the memos. That's what made it possible to verify them. Everyone and their brother agreed that what's in them is true.
Ok, fine. Lets assume that the memos were factual, and there was no question. I don't understandy why this documentary is such a big deal then. This is a documentary (it's factual) that calls into question John Kerry's behavior after/during the Vietnam war. 60 Minutes aired a documentary that called into question George Bush's behavior during the war. 60 Minutes was broadcast on FAR more stations then this will be.
Now if Dan Rather had put Fahrenheit 9/11 on TV and dressed it up as news, then you might have a point, but you seem to be hanging on to your simplistic views a little too tightly.
Dan Rather reported misconduct by Bush during the war. It could be called news, history, documentary, whatever you want. The behavior of John Kerry at the same time is now being reported by some other source (although maybe less "reputable" than Dan Rather). This is not a sensationalistic documentary like Moores, this is going to be speeches given by Kerry, an account of where he was, and interviews with wives of POWs who say that their husbands were made to listen to Kerry as torture when they were in prison (to demoralize them, I guess). To complain about this but not Dan Rather's 60 Minutes is a double standard.
How would you feel about having an RFID chip in your driver's license?
I wouldn't really care that much. In California (at least, I don't know about other states) they already have this, but using a different technology. The magnetic strip on the back of the card has all your information that can be read when cops "swipe" the card. I think that RFID for some reason just always triggers a negative response from the/. hivemind, whether merited or not.
also by law aren't federal agents, any agents for that matter, required to show the warrant? so *some*body must know what's going on, right?
Yes, they are. And nowhere in this indymedia article does it even imply that no warrant was shown. They specifically said that they have not been told anything by Rackspace, whom the subpoena was issued to. And yes, somebody does know what is going on; and that is again Rackspace, as is clearly said in the article. And they are not presuming anyone guilty, but it is common practice to investigate crimes that you may charge people with before you charge them, to have evidence. Often, this requires a warrant. A warrant is neither a statement of guilt, nor even a criminal charge for that matter.
You mean the Patriot Act? Not that I think that the Patriot act is totally ok, but leaving it up to the politically motivated ACLU to explain what it is is kind of a bad idea.
I can't believe that this is only score 1 insightful right now. This was one of the first score 5 comments in this article. Oh yes, go ACLU!!! Go Free Speech!!! (Unless you are saying something I disagree with, in which case I try to mod you down to a troll).
I think that you are missing the point. Anyone who thinks that we are today living in the world of 1984 is dillusional. Micheal Moore can put out a movie tearing into the President, and Rush Limbaugh can tear into powerful govenment officials on his show, and its ok. The reason to stop things like this act now would be to prevent a slippery slope that could lead to a 1984-like world. But we are nowhere near that right now. There are way to many people that talk as if they are in fear of being hunted down by Ashcroft and thrown into a dungeon in Washington. I guess its fun to fantasize that you are Patrick Henry or something, but get real. We have historically unprecedented freedoms in America (even with the PATRIOT act now). Striking down this act would simply ensure that (PATRIOT act ^ 10) is not legislated so we still have these rights in 50 years.
Oh wait, didn't they act like terrorists against the British...?
Yes, they did. They attempted to strike civilian targets and were ready to kill up to 30,000 people that worked in two enormous buildings. They also would have set off nuclear bombs to destroy all inhabitants of a city if they could get their hands on one. Yes, they were definitely exactly like Osama. I think you might have meant to say that they used guerrilla warfare, which is true. But its a little different than "terrorism"...
Whats the word with Natural Selection? This has to be the best HL multiplayer mod there is. I would be thoroughly disappointed if this never came about.
Wow. The yoper site is already slashdotted. You would think that they would try to beef up their site before putting it on Slashdot. Where do they think they are going to get most of their users? I don't think that this is leaving a very good impression.
Seriously, if all the people who demanded an easy to use yet just as powerful linux distro while slagging off the rest as being too hard/a big pain in the arse actually sat down and tried to build what they wanted, we could have it by now.
I don't think that he was saying this "this distro sucks." I think was he was saying was: "Who gives a crap?" So somebody created a new distro, wow, thats special. And what does this have to offer? Exactly what he was saying, that it super 1337. These stories come out every so often, and the/. hive mind pays the distro homage, but the thing doesn't really offer what linux really needs.
Since bluffing is meant to fool human heuristics that judge the strenght of other players' hands based on those players' bets, why would a bot that works on probabilities NEED to consider bluffs?
The reason that a bot would need to consider bluffs is because the bot would need to consider other people's bets. Consider the following case in Hold 'em: You are up against only one other player and are in last position. The river has come out and there is a queen (from the flop), a jack, and then 3 low garbage cards. You have Ace-Jack. If that player checks to you, and has checked the previous bets, you will probably bet that even though you only have second pair. If he bets high, and has been betting the whole time, you may want to REALLY think before calling, and especially before raising. This is an example of how BETS come into consideration. And of course a good bot, like a good player, would not be able to just take all bets at face value.
In terms of features, I don't see why anyone would NOT use firefox. You could call things like tabs, quick searches and easily accesible plugins "innovative features," but its not really that innovative, if you think about it. Its just obvious. Microsoft's IE is just a way to look at web pages. Period. No customization. Congrats to the Mozilla folks for thinking out of the box and trying to create something that users wanted.
Okay, so this may be a little offtopic, but... Which satellite radio service is better in you/.er's opinions? I was already leaning towards Sirius because of the free internet streaming and nfl, but xm seems to have a few more channels. What do you think?
A "discount" rate? Why is it not free? For sirius satellite radio, you can stream over the internet for free (if you already have a subscription). This seems ridiculous.
This is a may be considered a little offtopic, but I lost some admiration for Ewoks after they took the Ewok song out of the new editions Return of the Jedi.
WHY LUCAS? WHY??
They wouldn't just release ALL their new code for an OS, thats just not like thair business model.
How is that not their business model? What about the "upgrade" from 98 to ME? They changed the way the recycle bin looked. What about 2000 to XP? Again, they changed the look. Even NT 4.0 to 2000 was hardly a change.
Actually, I have to be honest and admit that Microsoft Office is a good product. Its stable, has alot of nice features and is intuitive to use. I am not _at all_ a fan of M$, but we should be fair about this. Office is pretty solid.
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Government buisnesses are not as efficient as private buisnesses, anyone who works for the government can vouch for that.
The problem now is that prices are going through the roof. The reason for this is often argued to be because of lawsuits which drive the doctor's insurance premiums through the roof. Doctors in the USA often turn patients down because for some reason that patient is "too risky" and they can't afford the insurance they would need to pay to work on that patient.
Awsome! Now people will be able to exersize their right to commit voter fraud more easily!
You have to draw the line between convinience and security at some point.
Wow. That took a long time. I'm shocked at the result.
I don't understandy why this documentary is such a big deal then. This is a documentary (it's factual) that calls into question John Kerry's behavior after/during the Vietnam war. 60 Minutes aired a documentary that called into question George Bush's behavior during the war. 60 Minutes was broadcast on FAR more stations then this will be. Dan Rather reported misconduct by Bush during the war. It could be called news, history, documentary, whatever you want. The behavior of John Kerry at the same time is now being reported by some other source (although maybe less "reputable" than Dan Rather).
This is not a sensationalistic documentary like Moores, this is going to be speeches given by Kerry, an account of where he was, and interviews with wives of POWs who say that their husbands were made to listen to Kerry as torture when they were in prison (to demoralize them, I guess).
To complain about this but not Dan Rather's 60 Minutes is a double standard.
I think that RFID for some reason just always triggers a negative response from the
And yes, somebody does know what is going on; and that is again Rackspace, as is clearly said in the article.
And they are not presuming anyone guilty, but it is common practice to investigate crimes that you may charge people with before you charge them, to have evidence. Often, this requires a warrant. A warrant is neither a statement of guilt, nor even a criminal charge for that matter.
You mean the Patriot Act?
Not that I think that the Patriot act is totally ok, but leaving it up to the politically motivated ACLU to explain what it is is kind of a bad idea.
Oh yes, go ACLU!!! Go Free Speech!!! (Unless you are saying something I disagree with, in which case I try to mod you down to a troll).
I think that you are missing the point.
Anyone who thinks that we are today living in the world of 1984 is dillusional. Micheal Moore can put out a movie tearing into the President, and Rush Limbaugh can tear into powerful govenment officials on his show, and its ok.
The reason to stop things like this act now would be to prevent a slippery slope that could lead to a 1984-like world. But we are nowhere near that right now.
There are way to many people that talk as if they are in fear of being hunted down by Ashcroft and thrown into a dungeon in Washington. I guess its fun to fantasize that you are Patrick Henry or something, but get real.
We have historically unprecedented freedoms in America (even with the PATRIOT act now). Striking down this act would simply ensure that (PATRIOT act ^ 10) is not legislated so we still have these rights in 50 years.
Awww.... come on
You act as if the ACLU has an agenda that they are trying to disguise under the ploy of "Civil Liberties."
Oh, wait. They do.
I think you might have meant to say that they used guerrilla warfare, which is true. But its a little different than "terrorism"...
Whats the word with Natural Selection? This has to be the best HL multiplayer mod there is. I would be thoroughly disappointed if this never came about.
Wow. The yoper site is already slashdotted. You would think that they would try to beef up their site before putting it on Slashdot. Where do they think they are going to get most of their users?
I don't think that this is leaving a very good impression.
I think was he was saying was: "Who gives a crap?"
So somebody created a new distro, wow, thats special. And what does this have to offer? Exactly what he was saying, that it super 1337. These stories come out every so often, and the
Consider the following case in Hold 'em:
You are up against only one other player and are in last position. The river has come out and there is a queen (from the flop), a jack, and then 3 low garbage cards. You have Ace-Jack. If that player checks to you, and has checked the previous bets, you will probably bet that even though you only have second pair. If he bets high, and has been betting the whole time, you may want to REALLY think before calling, and especially before raising.
This is an example of how BETS come into consideration.
And of course a good bot, like a good player, would not be able to just take all bets at face value.
In terms of features, I don't see why anyone would NOT use firefox. You could call things like tabs, quick searches and easily accesible plugins "innovative features," but its not really that innovative, if you think about it. Its just obvious. Microsoft's IE is just a way to look at web pages. Period. No customization.
Congrats to the Mozilla folks for thinking out of the box and trying to create something that users wanted.
Okay, so this may be a little offtopic, but... /.er's opinions? I was already leaning towards Sirius because of the free internet streaming and nfl, but xm seems to have a few more channels.
Which satellite radio service is better in you
What do you think?
A "discount" rate? Why is it not free?
For sirius satellite radio, you can stream over the internet for free (if you already have a subscription).
This seems ridiculous.
This is a may be considered a little offtopic, but I lost some admiration for Ewoks after they took the Ewok song out of the new editions Return of the Jedi. WHY LUCAS? WHY??
How is that not their business model? What about the "upgrade" from 98 to ME? They changed the way the recycle bin looked. What about 2000 to XP? Again, they changed the look. Even NT 4.0 to 2000 was hardly a change.
Actually, I have to be honest and admit that Microsoft Office is a good product. Its stable, has alot of nice features and is intuitive to use.
I am not _at all_ a fan of M$, but we should be fair about this. Office is pretty solid.