Anyway I think the point of the people for pay medical is the fact that "why am I paying for someone Else's stupidity". Sure people have accidents, and it would be nice to be there for others. However I think the point is sometimes it isn't accidents, or it is accidents that can be avoided, so why the hell should I pay for another's privilege?
A perfect example of this is the Parents of the 15 year old that tried to sailed around the world, got into trouble, had to call for emergency help, and was helped by navel units. Why the heck should I or anyone else pay for their irresponsibility? The parents should be on the hook for paying that bill. Anyway its not a perfect analogy, but its pretty close.
The main problem with the "pay" system is that generally people cannot be expected to cover catastrophic costs. This is where insurance companies come in. Unfortunately the whole way insurance companies make money is by refusing coverage. So this type of system does not work well, and insurance companies cannot be trusted for this sort of thing.
Anyway I am from Canada and have free health care, and I believe in it, and pay for it. It does have some significant problems however that will have to be addressed soon I think. Costs have been escalating faster than is sustainable, at some point it will reach a breaking point, where we will need our own heath care reform. Likely to address the waste and profiteering that goes with the industry.
What I don't really get, is Health Care is free... unless you get hit in the teeth, then your SOL.
I don't understand how we have for profit health care only for Dentists and Oral Surgeons yet free for basically everything else. As someone who had to pay out 5000$+ for a dental implant, and will likely have to shell out for another sometime in the future it doesn't seem to make sense.
If I get whacked by someone with a baseball bat in the knee or the hand, I can get it fixed for free, but if I get some teeth knocked out, I have to pay the tab? In what world does that make any logical sense?
I learned off Wiki this year that India's nukes basically came from Canada back in the day. Apparently we built them a whole bunch of Candu reactors. They were not "supposed" to be used to produce weapon material. India modified them so the would. When Canada found out, they pulled out of India. India continued to make modified Candu reactors now called "Candu Derivative Reactors" as they are modified design of the Candu that was supplied to them. India is now a nuclear power. Once the cat is out of the bag it is too late. I believe they use it them to produce tritium or something like that. I believe the originals are still running, but there are about 3 or 4 times as many derivative reactors now.
Anyway given history of proliferation, and the kind of statements that Iran has said publicly, I think it is pretty irresponsible of Russia to assist Iran possibly in its nuke program. I think Iran is one of the last countries that should get nukes. If I was a citizen, I would be getting more and more nervous the closer they get. If it is ever found that they have nukes, I think the reaction, particularly by the USA would be "very bad".
I think I must be the only person I know that refuses to play FB games. I mean when the applications first came out, sure I tried a few... But I quickly saw that they were A) mostly stupid B) annoying, and C) Mined you and your friends data including private information.
Now I "hide" any notifications my friends have for their stupid FB games, but it is hard to keep up with new ones.
Register a fake name with Facebook etc... as that is what we are really talking about here.
I already have friends on Facebook that are registered under an assumed name. It can be a bit confusing at first, but its just like having an online handle in the old days.
It's not like Facebook can actually check or anything. The only problem is that if everyone does this, then no one can find one another, which totally negates any reason for using Facebook. If a few do it, no one can find you, but you just add everyone else that you know.
Anyway I guess if you really think this stuff through, then it is in Facebooks very best interest to straighten up and start enforcing some strict privacy protocals, because as soon as everyone starts using aliases, Facebooks entire business plan falls to pieces.
Or you could show some common sense and not post anything you remotely care about on sites like Facebook, and if your friends do, then unfriend them.
I have no doubt of any of that. I am only saying that it is from the perspective of the person that is making a moral decision.
So ya, the guys in the chopper, in the heat of things, and have been conditioned, may have thought the order was an legitimate one. I am not arguing that point. Its easy for me in my armchair to pass judgment.
However the same could be said for the guy in the the armed forces who sees this video. He made a moral judgment call, and that conclusion was that this was a horrible mistake and that people should know about it. I think he is right to assume that this would never have seen the light of day if he did anything but what he did.
He may have to pay a price, and his judgment will be under question. However from my perspective I think he did the right thing. I think we have a RIGHT to know if something like that happened. I have still yet to see any legitimate news outlet even now, much much later, cover ANY of it.
When you transfer a file along your home network does it travel at up to 100mb/s or 1000mb/s as per the standard. No it doesn't. That is the theoretical maximum. The ISP is basically saying if all the planets align on Friday the 13th, and your favorite color happens to be blue, you MIGHT get 10mb/s.
For some reason people accept that. They should be asking for, OK what is your average speed for you average user. I blame monopoly.
Companies do this all the time. Its sneaky, but not new, or news.
"SAVE UP TO 80%" Translation: We have one crappy product that is 80% off. There are 10 physical copies of them across the entire country. Everything else will be regular price or 5-10% off. We will likely inflate our prices a week before anyway to make it seem like a better deal. "BUY BUY BUY"
I don't pay any attention to those ads, some stupid people do and get angry. Likewise is the speed issues, its a bit different because it is technical and not everyone knows that, so even more sneaky. You can get 10mb/s if all the planets are aligned just right, its just not common or really practical. You can say the same thing about Ethernet speeds, or Hard drive speed, or any speed not actually set or driven by an actual clock. They are all theoretical. Last time I transferred files across my network I only got 40mb/s not 100mb/s as advertised. The mb/s on my Hard drive is even higher, but that doesn't happen either. It is however about par for the course that are the dirt bags that run our telecommunications around here. They have no competition, have no enforced regulation other that to obtain a monopoly so it is no surprise they do the stupid things they do. We let them screw us, so logically, they do.
Because humans, and as an extension soldiers, are not automatons.
A soldier should not perform any order that he considers illegal.
I think its ironic that people in the States that say this sort of stuff forget all about the whole Nazi affair. All the time their soldiers are committing genocide it was always "I was just following orders". At the Nuremberg trial for crimes against humanity the leaders of the Nazi's were put on trial, and it was the same thing, "I was just following orders", I believe most of them were hanged.
Just following orders is not an excuse.
Considering at the heart of all this was that video posted of the US attack helicopter mowing down innocent civilians and non-combatants with no hesitation or remorse. Even going so far as doing it eagerly and joking about it. If he thought that the Army was going to cover that up (and likely they would, and it certainly would never have been released) then he should feel obligated to do something about it. Likely the best way would be to first go through the proper channels of command, to see that it got the proper attention, however if he thought that this would defiantly not work, and in fact further cover up the issue, and perhaps lead to the the destruction of the evidence, then perhaps the only option left to him was Wikileaks. Considering the amount of governmental control over the usual media sources its also not surprising. People should be glad that such an option exists as a check against this sort of thing.
Anyway from what I saw, the guy should get a medal not a court martial.
Which I suspect is the whole reason Canada recently got its own Pirate Party. The USA has continually tried to alter out laws and lobby our government for their corporate interests and copyright law. Lately the Conservatives in power have a chubby for the USA and Obama so are bending over backwards, and are using the oft stated rational about us doing so much trade with the US that we have to play nice. If I had to pick between trade with the USA and our sovereignty, I think I would pick the later.
Yeah I have an old Dell P3 800, as well a my first 'custom' system a dual BP6 running 433's or 533's (I had several sets of processors), and I the old P120 or 486DX can't remember now... Most of them still work, but a bit of a waste of time. I remember digging through only hard drives and finding a 6GB one that still worked (Fujitsu I think)... I mean I have thumb drives bigger than that now! Which reminds me of opening my dad's old computer years ago, finding a 5.25in Hard Drive in it, and telling my dad it was really time to buy a new computer already! He also had me go through "junk" to throw away. Serial Keyboards man...
Anyway they only thing about popping in the radio to a modern system is that who knows what drivers the thing would use in Vista. I mean I am pretty certain whatever company made the thing is long gone by now! Vista might have a legacy driver somewhere in its archives someplace... I know I hooked up a old PCI 4 port internal 4 port HUB once (took off the BP6), and it found drivers for it (the only documentation I had for it was the lettering on the chips). I ended up ditching it anyway but only because it only supported the 10mb/s standard not 100, or 1GB, not because it didn't work. It just worked very slowly...:) and I didn't really need it with a wireless router with 4 physical ports as well anyway...
Which btw, I still have (as I don't throw anything away), and likely still works. I likely have a PCI slot free in my current Core 2 Duo system that I could throw it in... through I would still rather not..:)
Might have been my 486 then. I am pretty sure it was PCI not ISA. In any case, it was old technology then. I know at the time I "doubted" the validity of the idea of putting a radio in a PC even then. And that was before the times of internet radio and such that REALLY makes it even more IRRELEVANT.
Anyway it reminds me of the radio/frying pan on Simpsons.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it (likely someone has at this point), but it really shows how out dated/modeled the RIAA really is if this is the kind of business model they are trying to foist on people. I mean really its like something out of a parody!
However this being a PG movie for kids and no blood, I am sure they could justify it that the Armor DID protect them, and they were only knocked unconscious by the trauma, with the armor will repair them automatically, or something like that. Not one trooper was killed in the making of 3 movies. The trooper's certainly couldn't kill anyone because they couldn't hit the inside of a barn wall with a blaster. So everyone lives. Except Greedo, but he shot first so its OK now right?
Oh and the Emperor was killed, but he was a very bad man.
And Porkins... but who cares about him, lets face it, he was livin' on borrowed time anyway!
oh yeah I guess everyone on Alderann died also. Hippies.
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That depends if the baby has any money! JK!
Anyway I think the point of the people for pay medical is the fact that "why am I paying for someone Else's stupidity". Sure people have accidents, and it would be nice to be there for others. However I think the point is sometimes it isn't accidents, or it is accidents that can be avoided, so why the hell should I pay for another's privilege?
A perfect example of this is the Parents of the 15 year old that tried to sailed around the world, got into trouble, had to call for emergency help, and was helped by navel units. Why the heck should I or anyone else pay for their irresponsibility? The parents should be on the hook for paying that bill. Anyway its not a perfect analogy, but its pretty close.
The main problem with the "pay" system is that generally people cannot be expected to cover catastrophic costs. This is where insurance companies come in. Unfortunately the whole way insurance companies make money is by refusing coverage. So this type of system does not work well, and insurance companies cannot be trusted for this sort of thing.
Anyway I am from Canada and have free health care, and I believe in it, and pay for it. It does have some significant problems however that will have to be addressed soon I think. Costs have been escalating faster than is sustainable, at some point it will reach a breaking point, where we will need our own heath care reform. Likely to address the waste and profiteering that goes with the industry.
What I don't really get, is Health Care is free... unless you get hit in the teeth, then your SOL.
I don't understand how we have for profit health care only for Dentists and Oral Surgeons yet free for basically everything else. As someone who had to pay out 5000$+ for a dental implant, and will likely have to shell out for another sometime in the future it doesn't seem to make sense.
If I get whacked by someone with a baseball bat in the knee or the hand, I can get it fixed for free, but if I get some teeth knocked out, I have to pay the tab? In what world does that make any logical sense?
Whatever. No need to invade Canada. We just sell off our resources assets to the highest bidder. Capitalism at its stupidest.
I learned off Wiki this year that India's nukes basically came from Canada back in the day. Apparently we built them a whole bunch of Candu reactors. They were not "supposed" to be used to produce weapon material. India modified them so the would. When Canada found out, they pulled out of India. India continued to make modified Candu reactors now called "Candu Derivative Reactors" as they are modified design of the Candu that was supplied to them. India is now a nuclear power. Once the cat is out of the bag it is too late. I believe they use it them to produce tritium or something like that. I believe the originals are still running, but there are about 3 or 4 times as many derivative reactors now.
Anyway given history of proliferation, and the kind of statements that Iran has said publicly, I think it is pretty irresponsible of Russia to assist Iran possibly in its nuke program. I think Iran is one of the last countries that should get nukes. If I was a citizen, I would be getting more and more nervous the closer they get. If it is ever found that they have nukes, I think the reaction, particularly by the USA would be "very bad".
Well Starcraft 2 seemed to be curing me of my WOW addiction...
I assume Blizzard will come out with something around Christmas to cure me of my SC2 addiction...
After that... well...
I think I must be the only person I know that refuses to play FB games. I mean when the applications first came out, sure I tried a few... But I quickly saw that they were A) mostly stupid B) annoying, and C) Mined you and your friends data including private information.
Now I "hide" any notifications my friends have for their stupid FB games, but it is hard to keep up with new ones.
Register a fake name with Facebook etc... as that is what we are really talking about here.
I already have friends on Facebook that are registered under an assumed name. It can be a bit confusing at first, but its just like having an online handle in the old days.
It's not like Facebook can actually check or anything. The only problem is that if everyone does this, then no one can find one another, which totally negates any reason for using Facebook. If a few do it, no one can find you, but you just add everyone else that you know.
Anyway I guess if you really think this stuff through, then it is in Facebooks very best interest to straighten up and start enforcing some strict privacy protocals, because as soon as everyone starts using aliases, Facebooks entire business plan falls to pieces.
Or you could show some common sense and not post anything you remotely care about on sites like Facebook, and if your friends do, then unfriend them.
I thought that this was when Homer Simpson went back and time and sneezed.
I have no doubt of any of that. I am only saying that it is from the perspective of the person that is making a moral decision.
So ya, the guys in the chopper, in the heat of things, and have been conditioned, may have thought the order was an legitimate one. I am not arguing that point. Its easy for me in my armchair to pass judgment.
However the same could be said for the guy in the the armed forces who sees this video. He made a moral judgment call, and that conclusion was that this was a horrible mistake and that people should know about it. I think he is right to assume that this would never have seen the light of day if he did anything but what he did.
He may have to pay a price, and his judgment will be under question. However from my perspective I think he did the right thing. I think we have a RIGHT to know if something like that happened. I have still yet to see any legitimate news outlet even now, much much later, cover ANY of it.
Now combine that with unused CAP space and you can get real savings! "I only used 10GB of my 60GB CAP further reducing my bill to 6.81$...."
Nice. If I could mod you I would!
"Say, I got this bill for 75.65$. However my average speed was only 54% of your maximum 10mb/s. Enclosed is a check for 40.85$. Have a nice day! :)"
When you transfer a file along your home network does it travel at up to 100mb/s or 1000mb/s as per the standard. No it doesn't. That is the theoretical maximum. The ISP is basically saying if all the planets align on Friday the 13th, and your favorite color happens to be blue, you MIGHT get 10mb/s.
For some reason people accept that. They should be asking for, OK what is your average speed for you average user. I blame monopoly.
Which is why in recent times they also put caps on everything.
Companies do this all the time. Its sneaky, but not new, or news.
"SAVE UP TO 80%" Translation: We have one crappy product that is 80% off. There are 10 physical copies of them across the entire country. Everything else will be regular price or 5-10% off. We will likely inflate our prices a week before anyway to make it seem like a better deal. "BUY BUY BUY"
I don't pay any attention to those ads, some stupid people do and get angry. Likewise is the speed issues, its a bit different because it is technical and not everyone knows that, so even more sneaky. You can get 10mb/s if all the planets are aligned just right, its just not common or really practical. You can say the same thing about Ethernet speeds, or Hard drive speed, or any speed not actually set or driven by an actual clock. They are all theoretical. Last time I transferred files across my network I only got 40mb/s not 100mb/s as advertised. The mb/s on my Hard drive is even higher, but that doesn't happen either. It is however about par for the course that are the dirt bags that run our telecommunications around here. They have no competition, have no enforced regulation other that to obtain a monopoly so it is no surprise they do the stupid things they do. We let them screw us, so logically, they do.
Because humans, and as an extension soldiers, are not automatons.
A soldier should not perform any order that he considers illegal.
I think its ironic that people in the States that say this sort of stuff forget all about the whole Nazi affair. All the time their soldiers are committing genocide it was always "I was just following orders". At the Nuremberg trial for crimes against humanity the leaders of the Nazi's were put on trial, and it was the same thing, "I was just following orders", I believe most of them were hanged.
Just following orders is not an excuse.
Considering at the heart of all this was that video posted of the US attack helicopter mowing down innocent civilians and non-combatants with no hesitation or remorse. Even going so far as doing it eagerly and joking about it. If he thought that the Army was going to cover that up (and likely they would, and it certainly would never have been released) then he should feel obligated to do something about it. Likely the best way would be to first go through the proper channels of command, to see that it got the proper attention, however if he thought that this would defiantly not work, and in fact further cover up the issue, and perhaps lead to the the destruction of the evidence, then perhaps the only option left to him was Wikileaks. Considering the amount of governmental control over the usual media sources its also not surprising. People should be glad that such an option exists as a check against this sort of thing.
Anyway from what I saw, the guy should get a medal not a court martial.
Which I suspect is the whole reason Canada recently got its own Pirate Party. The USA has continually tried to alter out laws and lobby our government for their corporate interests and copyright law. Lately the Conservatives in power have a chubby for the USA and Obama so are bending over backwards, and are using the oft stated rational about us doing so much trade with the US that we have to play nice. If I had to pick between trade with the USA and our sovereignty, I think I would pick the later.
Liar. All of us know on slashdot the incubator myth! Access to such a device is expressly forbidden!
We all know live started spontaneously in moms basement.
Yeah I have an old Dell P3 800, as well a my first 'custom' system a dual BP6 running 433's or 533's (I had several sets of processors), and I the old P120 or 486DX can't remember now... Most of them still work, but a bit of a waste of time. I remember digging through only hard drives and finding a 6GB one that still worked (Fujitsu I think)... I mean I have thumb drives bigger than that now! Which reminds me of opening my dad's old computer years ago, finding a 5.25in Hard Drive in it, and telling my dad it was really time to buy a new computer already! He also had me go through "junk" to throw away. Serial Keyboards man...
Anyway they only thing about popping in the radio to a modern system is that who knows what drivers the thing would use in Vista. I mean I am pretty certain whatever company made the thing is long gone by now! Vista might have a legacy driver somewhere in its archives someplace... I know I hooked up a old PCI 4 port internal 4 port HUB once (took off the BP6), and it found drivers for it (the only documentation I had for it was the lettering on the chips). I ended up ditching it anyway but only because it only supported the 10mb/s standard not 100, or 1GB, not because it didn't work. It just worked very slowly... :) and I didn't really need it with a wireless router with 4 physical ports as well anyway...
Which btw, I still have (as I don't throw anything away), and likely still works. I likely have a PCI slot free in my current Core 2 Duo system that I could throw it in... through I would still rather not.. :)
Might have been my 486 then. I am pretty sure it was PCI not ISA. In any case, it was old technology then. I know at the time I "doubted" the validity of the idea of putting a radio in a PC even then. And that was before the times of internet radio and such that REALLY makes it even more IRRELEVANT.
Anyway it reminds me of the radio/frying pan on Simpsons.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it (likely someone has at this point), but it really shows how out dated/modeled the RIAA really is if this is the kind of business model they are trying to foist on people. I mean really its like something out of a parody!
I know WAY back in the day I think I had a new 286 that had a "radio" PCI card in it. At that time I thought the radio card was a bit archaic...
However this being a PG movie for kids and no blood, I am sure they could justify it that the Armor DID protect them, and they were only knocked unconscious by the trauma, with the armor will repair them automatically, or something like that. Not one trooper was killed in the making of 3 movies. The trooper's certainly couldn't kill anyone because they couldn't hit the inside of a barn wall with a blaster. So everyone lives. Except Greedo, but he shot first so its OK now right?
Oh and the Emperor was killed, but he was a very bad man.
And Porkins... but who cares about him, lets face it, he was livin' on borrowed time anyway!
oh yeah I guess everyone on Alderann died also. Hippies.
I dunno, Star Wars is messed up man.
If it's good enough for my luggage, it's good enough for my planetary shielding system.
True, but they didn't do much against blasters, let alone lightsabers... So what exactly were they defending against! :)
Pretty sure the Emperor's Throne Room is in the bathroom, but whatever.