And the most interesting part: while climbing the stairs to my apartment going through the floors when I was getting near my floor the nasty sensation was setting off.
I think you ought to have your blood pressure checked.
Yeah, I'm slightly (-1.75 diopters) nearsighted myself and the better vision closeup is why I still wear glasses rather than contacts (easier to remove when I read or work at a computer) and don't plan on getting corrective surgery unless things change dramatically (prescription hasn't changed at all in the 7 years since I got glasses, so I figure it isn't likely to change anytime soon).
Something that doesn't just give someone a 'different', 'unique' or 'special' perspective on reality, but an affliction that removes and impedes capability to function as well as the rest of us.
Actually, colourblindness can be legitimately described as a unique perspective on reality. One of my high school friends is fully red colourblind (protanopia). He's in the military where his colourblindness is an asset. Most camouflage is almost useless against him due to the patterns being designed with normal colour vision in mind. He also has far better night vision than a person with normal vision would have.
it takes more power to block out the backlight with a pixel.
That depends on what type of LCD panel it is. TN (twisted nematic) panels (most common type in cheaper displays) are clear in their off state and darken when voltage is applied, but VA (vertical alignment) panels are the exact opposite.
Small USB drives are not that expensive, especially when you buy in bulk. I can find 128MB drives (plenty of room for a customized version of DSL or SliTaz or whatever your favorite mini-distro is) for under $2 a piece. Or if you want lots of room for a larger distro, 2GB drives can be found practically everywhere for under $8 and most likely much cheaper in bulk.
Not really. The current census is pretty minimal, only 10 questions.
1. How many people live here? 2. Are there any additional people who live here you didn't mention in #1? 3. Is this home owned, owned with mortgage, rented, or occupied without rent? 4. What is your telephone #? 5. Name 6. Gender 7. Age and DOB 8. Are you of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin? 9. Race? 10. Do you sometimes live elsewhere than here?
5-10 are duplicated for each person.
The one wanting lots of info is the American Community Survey, which is 50 pages long and has 54 questions, including stuff such as how much is spent on utilities, real estate taxes, home/flood/fire insurance, etc. It's randomly sent to 250k homes per month.
I prefer level3's DNS servers (4.2.2.1-4.2.2.4). I've heard rumours of them planning to block public access to them, but never heard anything more about it. Works great for me.
That depends on the power of said oven and how long you feel like cooking for. A typical microwave oven can heat stuff up to over 1000C. Not enough to melt the platters, but most likely above their Currie temperature and would at the very least trash the drive electronics.
You can bet your ass these people aren't operating out of the US and you're going to have to trace through layers upon layers of contracting and shell corporations to track down the people actually behind this crap.
He didn't invent the concept, but he invented the first practical lightbulb. Previous attempts at it resulted in designs that were extremely expensive to produce and/or burnt out very quickly.
Tort reform would be a nice thing for other matters, but it wouldn't help much for healthcare costs. The republican suggested damages caps on malpractice suits and whatnot would reduce healthcare costs by about $50 billion over 10 years. While that sounds big, it's about 0.2% of health care spending (which is about $2.2 trillion per year) over that 10 years. Not a relevant amount of savings.
I think that says more about Americans (Canadians seem to be guilty of this too) tossing out perfectly serviceable equipment than it does about not able to afford new bikes. What exactly is so different about a 60 year old bike that it is no longer useful?
My current bike (the frame anyway. The wheels, tires, gears, and seat have been replaced/upgraded as they wore out) was made in the mid 70s.
I also have a pair of neat folding bikes made sometime in the 60s that I fished out of a dumpster. Some cleaning, new wheels (It looks like someone took a baseball bat to them), some oil and grease, a little welding, and a fresh coat of paint and they're good as new. About $100 of parts and 20 hours of labour for each. New ones like them would cost over $600.
If your income is below the federal poverty line, no fine and you get a subsidy to buy insurance.
If you make less than 400% (~$88k) of the poverty line, fine is a maximum of 1% of your income and you get a tax credit for buying insurance, and if you are unable to get an insurance policy that costs less than 9% of your income, no fine.
There are alternate radiocarbon techniques that are much more accurate. Nuclear weapons testing resulted in a big spike in atmospheric carbon-14 levels globally, which is dropping rapidly since the test ban treaty. Biologists have been using these techniques for determining cell ages for a couple years.
You listed this as a problem not being addressed "the for-profit nature of the health care providers themselves"
I don't understand this one..should a doctor, after years of training (and debt for that schooling) not be able to hang their shingle out and make a good bit of money on a very highly prized work skills? What about nurses and etc...I don't get why you don't want health providers to make a profit. Why else would anyone go into that profession? I like my fellow man as much as anyone, but hey I wanna make a good living while I'm on this earth!!
We seem to have a disagreement over the definition of "provider". You're stating that the providers are the doctors and nurses. His definition of provider is the company the doctors and nurses are employed by, the company running the hospital/clinic/etc.
Car analogy? Sure. Abstinence is 100% effective at preventing pregnancies and STDs in the same manner that walking everywhere is 100% effective at preventing car accidents.
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And the most interesting part: while climbing the stairs to my apartment going through the floors when I was getting near my floor the nasty sensation was setting off.
I think you ought to have your blood pressure checked.
And people have never lied about that before.
Without extreme methods, you simply can't drive a mentally healthy person to suicide.
does physical and psychological abuse 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, with enforced attendance qualify?
European? I'm Canadian.
Yeah, I'm slightly (-1.75 diopters) nearsighted myself and the better vision closeup is why I still wear glasses rather than contacts (easier to remove when I read or work at a computer) and don't plan on getting corrective surgery unless things change dramatically (prescription hasn't changed at all in the 7 years since I got glasses, so I figure it isn't likely to change anytime soon).
Something that doesn't just give someone a 'different', 'unique' or 'special' perspective on reality, but an affliction that removes and impedes capability to function as well as the rest of us.
Actually, colourblindness can be legitimately described as a unique perspective on reality. One of my high school friends is fully red colourblind (protanopia). He's in the military where his colourblindness is an asset. Most camouflage is almost useless against him due to the patterns being designed with normal colour vision in mind. He also has far better night vision than a person with normal vision would have.
Possibly the part where they mention ink and how much it costs?
Fun fact : it would be cheaper to print in blood than in HP ink?
Unless their "director of computing" can't tell the difference between ink and toner, which wouldn't surprise me overmuch.
it takes more power to block out the backlight with a pixel.
That depends on what type of LCD panel it is. TN (twisted nematic) panels (most common type in cheaper displays) are clear in their off state and darken when voltage is applied, but VA (vertical alignment) panels are the exact opposite.
Small USB drives are not that expensive, especially when you buy in bulk. I can find 128MB drives (plenty of room for a customized version of DSL or SliTaz or whatever your favorite mini-distro is) for under $2 a piece. Or if you want lots of room for a larger distro, 2GB drives can be found practically everywhere for under $8 and most likely much cheaper in bulk.
Not really. The current census is pretty minimal, only 10 questions.
1. How many people live here?
2. Are there any additional people who live here you didn't mention in #1?
3. Is this home owned, owned with mortgage, rented, or occupied without rent?
4. What is your telephone #?
5. Name
6. Gender
7. Age and DOB
8. Are you of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin?
9. Race?
10. Do you sometimes live elsewhere than here?
5-10 are duplicated for each person.
The one wanting lots of info is the American Community Survey, which is 50 pages long and has 54 questions, including stuff such as how much is spent on utilities, real estate taxes, home/flood/fire insurance, etc. It's randomly sent to 250k homes per month.
Sugar beets also grow nicely in the US.
I prefer level3's DNS servers (4.2.2.1-4.2.2.4). I've heard rumours of them planning to block public access to them, but never heard anything more about it. Works great for me.
That depends on the power of said oven and how long you feel like cooking for. A typical microwave oven can heat stuff up to over 1000C. Not enough to melt the platters, but most likely above their Currie temperature and would at the very least trash the drive electronics.
You can bet your ass these people aren't operating out of the US and you're going to have to trace through layers upon layers of contracting and shell corporations to track down the people actually behind this crap.
He didn't invent the concept, but he invented the first practical lightbulb. Previous attempts at it resulted in designs that were extremely expensive to produce and/or burnt out very quickly.
My ancient Thinkpad A30 from 2000 had both mic and line in jacks.
Tort reform would be a nice thing for other matters, but it wouldn't help much for healthcare costs. The republican suggested damages caps on malpractice suits and whatnot would reduce healthcare costs by about $50 billion over 10 years. While that sounds big, it's about 0.2% of health care spending (which is about $2.2 trillion per year) over that 10 years. Not a relevant amount of savings.
I think that says more about Americans (Canadians seem to be guilty of this too) tossing out perfectly serviceable equipment than it does about not able to afford new bikes. What exactly is so different about a 60 year old bike that it is no longer useful?
My current bike (the frame anyway. The wheels, tires, gears, and seat have been replaced/upgraded as they wore out) was made in the mid 70s.
I also have a pair of neat folding bikes made sometime in the 60s that I fished out of a dumpster. Some cleaning, new wheels (It looks like someone took a baseball bat to them), some oil and grease, a little welding, and a fresh coat of paint and they're good as new. About $100 of parts and 20 hours of labour for each. New ones like them would cost over $600.
Try installing these and add the directory to your path.
If your income is below the federal poverty line, no fine and you get a subsidy to buy insurance.
If you make less than 400% (~$88k) of the poverty line, fine is a maximum of 1% of your income and you get a tax credit for buying insurance, and if you are unable to get an insurance policy that costs less than 9% of your income, no fine.
There are alternate radiocarbon techniques that are much more accurate. Nuclear weapons testing resulted in a big spike in atmospheric carbon-14 levels globally, which is dropping rapidly since the test ban treaty. Biologists have been using these techniques for determining cell ages for a couple years.
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Yes, we have private insurance available here in Canada also.
You listed this as a problem not being addressed "the for-profit nature of the health care providers themselves"
I don't understand this one..should a doctor, after years of training (and debt for that schooling) not be able to hang their shingle out and make a good bit of money on a very highly prized work skills? What about nurses and etc...I don't get why you don't want health providers to make a profit. Why else would anyone go into that profession? I like my fellow man as much as anyone, but hey I wanna make a good living while I'm on this earth!!
We seem to have a disagreement over the definition of "provider". You're stating that the providers are the doctors and nurses. His definition of provider is the company the doctors and nurses are employed by, the company running the hospital/clinic/etc.
Car analogy? Sure. Abstinence is 100% effective at preventing pregnancies and STDs in the same manner that walking everywhere is 100% effective at preventing car accidents.
Nope, you're not the only one. I had a vision of sysadmins in SCUBA gear doing hardware swaps.