So why aren't we seeing cures come out of Scandinavia?
The health insurance companies are the ones who profit most from finding cures. This is especially true now that everyone in the U.S. is required to purchase private health insurance.....they can keep charging the same amount while spending less on treating the disease they cured.
Yeah that's why I said "I partially agree" (and the response was directed at guruevi).
I feel that we already had a great dog-fighter in the F-22, and it was misguided to terminate production of it, because let's face it....the F-35 won't be able to fill that role, and the F-15/16/18 won't be competitive forever.
"But how many US pilots have been in an actual dogfight since, say WWII"
I partially agree, but this is the mentality that cost a lot of American pilots their lives in Vietnam. Even the latest American jets had a hard time dog-fighting against the obsolete MIG-17. The F-4 Phantom originally didn't have a gun, because the pervasive thinking was that air combat would be fought with beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles. This mindset started to change once the missiles (such as the AIM-4 Falcon) were shown to have serious reliability issues......and visual identity of the target was required anyway, to avoid friendly-fire incidents. By the time you get close enough to a plane to make sure it's in fact hostile, a BVR missile loses it's threat potential, and it comes down to the skill of the pilot.
I'm pretty sure people in the UAW, AFL-CIO, and USW work 40-hours a week, in industries that are highly automated.
When pay is tied to the number of hours worked, it's the workers that want more hours. When you're paid a salary, management wants you to work more hours. The Unions would never agree to a reduced number of hours unless there was a corresponding increase in hourly pay.
Yeah I was wondering about that too. The line from Wikipedia is somewhat vague.....because if you were using an SSL website to send something, aren't you encrypting the contents?
I don't think that this is the case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... "As of 2011 and since 2004, the law for trust in the digital economy (LCEN) mostly liberalized the use of cryptography. As long as cryptography is only used for authentication and integrity purposes, it can be freely used. The cryptographic key or the nationality of the entities involved in the transaction do not matter. Typical e-business websites fall under this liberalized regime. Exportation and importation of cryptographic tools to or from foreign countries must be either declared (when the other country is a member of the European Union) or requires an explicit authorization (for countries outside the EU)."
"The UK is part of Europe and internet is CENSORED" This one is complex, but it looks like any type of net filtering is done voluntarily by ISPs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...
As for the parent: "If something like that had happened in Europe, we would not have tolerated it even for a microsecond. We would have rallied on the streets and attacked the agency's headquarters."
I assume he's talking about recently? I mean, Europe was home to the Stasi, Fascism, Nazism, etc etc. Besides, what are they going to attack the agency's headquarters with? Cricket bats?
I could never figure out why DEC even bothered with FX!32, or why MS bothered with Alpha for that matter. I mean, PowerPC OS X Apps didn't run that slow on Intel when using Roesetta.....how did FX!32 get it so wrong?
One of the big reasons for a manned space program has been so-called technology "spin-offs" resulting from the program, but I think that they pale in comparison to the list of spin-offs that we receive from military technology. Here's a short list off the top of my head:
The Internet (Eisenhower created DARPA, and packet-switching was created as a way to maintain communications during a nuclear attack) Electronic Computers (Alan Turing's "Bomb", ENIAC for ballistics tables, etc) Rocketry and Jet Propulsion (The V-2, which is weird because it's a spinoff from war that made it's way to space) Chemotherapy (Mustard Gas was the basis for the first chemotherapy drug) RADAR/SONAR (a modern airport would be near-impossible without RADAR) Nuclear Fission (energy production) Submarines (another "spin-off" that has moved over to undersea exploration) Plastic Exposives (used for construction, better than blackpowder) Encryption (has been around for centuries, probably invented for military purposes) Synthetic Rubber (such as Ameripol) GPS is pretty pervasive too
All of these things have had a significant impact on our civilization, and to be honest, we wouldn't have a space program without some of them....It's just horrible that so many millions of people had to die for these things to come about. If a manned space program could provide these sorts of technologies, most people would be on board.......but ask them what the International Space Station has provided, and they would be hard pressed to tell you.
"Too bad that the "racism" thing had to enter the picture when cops have been brutalizing people of all races, but if that's what it takes to raise awareness, so be it."
This is what irritates me about the recent Baltimore case. It’s being passed as “cops vs. blacks”, when in reality it’s “cops vs. everyone”. Take a look at the racial makeup of the 6 cops that are facing charges (3 are black). Hell, even the Baltimore police chief is black.
Ditto. I love coffee (and caffeine by extension), but don't like it unsweetened. I usually use Splenda when available.
I'd be interested in Stevia, but there really doesn't seem to be much effort behind producing ready-made drinks with it. I did see Coca-Cola with Stevia in the market the other day, but it was 50% Stevia with the rest sugar, which wouldn't do us much good.
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So why aren't we seeing cures come out of Scandinavia?
The health insurance companies are the ones who profit most from finding cures. This is especially true now that everyone in the U.S. is required to purchase private health insurance.....they can keep charging the same amount while spending less on treating the disease they cured.
"Diabetes is the drug company's wet dream"
But it's the health insurance company's worst nightmare.
Yeah that's why I said "I partially agree" (and the response was directed at guruevi).
I feel that we already had a great dog-fighter in the F-22, and it was misguided to terminate production of it, because let's face it....the F-35 won't be able to fill that role, and the F-15/16/18 won't be competitive forever.
"But how many US pilots have been in an actual dogfight since, say WWII"
I partially agree, but this is the mentality that cost a lot of American pilots their lives in Vietnam. Even the latest American jets had a hard time dog-fighting against the obsolete MIG-17. The F-4 Phantom originally didn't have a gun, because the pervasive thinking was that air combat would be fought with beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles. This mindset started to change once the missiles (such as the AIM-4 Falcon) were shown to have serious reliability issues......and visual identity of the target was required anyway, to avoid friendly-fire incidents. By the time you get close enough to a plane to make sure it's in fact hostile, a BVR missile loses it's threat potential, and it comes down to the skill of the pilot.
I'm sure it can compete on price.
Maybe, but when you have something that prevents you from properly debugging said kernel, it may be a problem:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/s...
systemd.....why?
So you're going to stretch power lines from the solar panels in China all the way to the United States?
I'm pretty sure people in the UAW, AFL-CIO, and USW work 40-hours a week, in industries that are highly automated.
When pay is tied to the number of hours worked, it's the workers that want more hours. When you're paid a salary, management wants you to work more hours. The Unions would never agree to a reduced number of hours unless there was a corresponding increase in hourly pay.
He must have misplaced a decimal point. He always screws up some mundane detail.
Yeah I was wondering about that too. The line from Wikipedia is somewhat vague.....because if you were using an SSL website to send something, aren't you encrypting the contents?
Anyone from France wish to comment?
Did he have "Free Candy" written on the side of his TIE Fighter?
Maybe it's because I value my privacy more than any of those things.
"In France ENCRYPTION IS ILLEGAL"
I don't think that this is the case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
"As of 2011 and since 2004, the law for trust in the digital economy (LCEN) mostly liberalized the use of cryptography.
As long as cryptography is only used for authentication and integrity purposes, it can be freely used. The cryptographic key or the nationality of the entities involved in the transaction do not matter. Typical e-business websites fall under this liberalized regime.
Exportation and importation of cryptographic tools to or from foreign countries must be either declared (when the other country is a member of the European Union) or requires an explicit authorization (for countries outside the EU)."
"The UK is part of Europe and internet is CENSORED"
This one is complex, but it looks like any type of net filtering is done voluntarily by ISPs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...
As for the parent:
"If something like that had happened in Europe, we would not have tolerated it even for a microsecond. We would have rallied on the streets and attacked the agency's headquarters."
I assume he's talking about recently? I mean, Europe was home to the Stasi, Fascism, Nazism, etc etc. Besides, what are they going to attack the agency's headquarters with? Cricket bats?
"They bothered because there wasn't any native Alpha NT programs at the time"
Yeah that was kinda my point though....DEC had VMS and Tru64, which smoked NT 4.0. I blame Compaq ;-)
I could never figure out why DEC even bothered with FX!32, or why MS bothered with Alpha for that matter. I mean, PowerPC OS X Apps didn't run that slow on Intel when using Roesetta.....how did FX!32 get it so wrong?
One of the big reasons for a manned space program has been so-called technology "spin-offs" resulting from the program, but I think that they pale in comparison to the list of spin-offs that we receive from military technology. Here's a short list off the top of my head:
The Internet (Eisenhower created DARPA, and packet-switching was created as a way to maintain communications during a nuclear attack)
Electronic Computers (Alan Turing's "Bomb", ENIAC for ballistics tables, etc)
Rocketry and Jet Propulsion (The V-2, which is weird because it's a spinoff from war that made it's way to space)
Chemotherapy (Mustard Gas was the basis for the first chemotherapy drug)
RADAR/SONAR (a modern airport would be near-impossible without RADAR)
Nuclear Fission (energy production)
Submarines (another "spin-off" that has moved over to undersea exploration)
Plastic Exposives (used for construction, better than blackpowder)
Encryption (has been around for centuries, probably invented for military purposes)
Synthetic Rubber (such as Ameripol)
GPS is pretty pervasive too
All of these things have had a significant impact on our civilization, and to be honest, we wouldn't have a space program without some of them....It's just horrible that so many millions of people had to die for these things to come about. If a manned space program could provide these sorts of technologies, most people would be on board.......but ask them what the International Space Station has provided, and they would be hard pressed to tell you.
"Prove it: name a single white person unjustifiably killed by police in the last 3 years."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...
It was almost 4 years ago, so I'll give you that.
"Too bad that the "racism" thing had to enter the picture when cops have been brutalizing people of all races, but if that's what it takes to raise awareness, so be it."
This is what irritates me about the recent Baltimore case. It’s being passed as “cops vs. blacks”, when in reality it’s “cops vs. everyone”. Take a look at the racial makeup of the 6 cops that are facing charges (3 are black). Hell, even the Baltimore police chief is black.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05...
"(e.g. Germany, France, Finland)."
So how is this situation handled in the countries you mentioned? Do they have an H1-B/Green Card equivalent for non-Europeans?
Sounds like you need to find a new wife while you're at it ;-)
"He cannot force her to give them up any more than he could force her to abort the fetus or give the child up for adoption"
So can she not force him to pay child support if it's her decision to keep them?
"mostly spent on the military."
Although military spending is a nice chunk of the federal budget, most of it is spent on Social Security and Medicare:
https://static.nationalpriorit...
LOL (seriously, I did) :-)
"If you're a Type I diabetic like myself"
Ditto. I love coffee (and caffeine by extension), but don't like it unsweetened. I usually use Splenda when available.
I'd be interested in Stevia, but there really doesn't seem to be much effort behind producing ready-made drinks with it. I did see Coca-Cola with Stevia in the market the other day, but it was 50% Stevia with the rest sugar, which wouldn't do us much good.