Actually, it is a protection racket. If you don't "pay up", the healthcare industry will beat you up with additional charges, crappier service, etc. It's all interconnected. Both parties make money hand over fist, which I don't have a problem with by itself, but they do it by extorting their customers, which I do have a problem with.
Pay up now or you bet you'll pay later. *smacks hand with blackjack*
Don't get me wrong, I love my new macbook, but the one-button mouse really bugs me. I can live with the two-finger click thing, but I'd really prefer a two, or three button trackpad.
I really wish that the AP and other similar entities would realize that no matter the legal backing of their terms and conditions of redistribution very few people actually care, and people care less every day. At Burger King, they provide a copy of the newspaper. Does the AP get money for every reader? I think not. This is just are ridiculous as it would be if they tried to make Burger King pay for every person who reads the newspaper while in the restaraunt.
Yes, but no one uses the *bi- prefixes, because they sound stupid, and make one sound stupid for trying to use them. The word "gigabyte" has meant 1,073,741,824 bytes in common usage for over thirty years. So, to steal an apparantly legitimate proof of factuality, the consensus among IT professionals is that a gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes. If consensus among professionals in a field can make something a fact in any one field, it can make it a fact in every field.
This was the first time I'd even heard of this game. It looks really cool. But I wouldn't have played it, since there's a monthly fee, and I really can't scrape up the cast for that most months.
That link will slow down IE, Firefox, or Opera to a crawl for a looooong time while it loads all the spyware crap. Use a text-only browser to read it. It actually has some interesting (though still not capable of justifying this, imo) posts.
Yeah, the first time I tried to read it, I couldn't get into the story at all. But I picked it back up a few years later, and now I actually like it better than LotR. Lots of action, great setting and plot, and some awesome characters!
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Ah, so you're using Windows too! Do you like the shiny new interface?
and nothing of value was lost.
...welcome our new netbook overlords.
...to dub this the "Giant Electric Condom" or GEC for short.
Actually, it is a protection racket. If you don't "pay up", the healthcare industry will beat you up with additional charges, crappier service, etc. It's all interconnected. Both parties make money hand over fist, which I don't have a problem with by itself, but they do it by extorting their customers, which I do have a problem with.
Pay up now or you bet you'll pay later. *smacks hand with blackjack*
Ban insurance completely.
It's a protection racket, under guise of a protection racket. No better than mobsters did in the early 20th century.
P.S. I work in the insurance business.
My just-updated Safari (3.1) keels over at 77%.
What version is getting 96%?
This is exactly why live CDs like Damn Small Linux (and Knoppix, if you have a ton of ram) run so fast if you load the CD image to ram. Ram is fast!
What does the spreadsheet say about the glaxy's thickness?
Don't get me wrong, I love my new macbook, but the one-button mouse really bugs me. I can live with the two-finger click thing, but I'd really prefer a two, or three button trackpad.
I really wish that the AP and other similar entities would realize that no matter the legal backing of their terms and conditions of redistribution very few people actually care, and people care less every day. At Burger King, they provide a copy of the newspaper. Does the AP get money for every reader? I think not. This is just are ridiculous as it would be if they tried to make Burger King pay for every person who reads the newspaper while in the restaraunt.
You do realize that pi to one significant digit /is/ 3, right?
Yes, but no one uses the *bi- prefixes, because they sound stupid, and make one sound stupid for trying to use them. The word "gigabyte" has meant 1,073,741,824 bytes in common usage for over thirty years. So, to steal an apparantly legitimate proof of factuality, the consensus among IT professionals is that a gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes. If consensus among professionals in a field can make something a fact in any one field, it can make it a fact in every field.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction!
But does it run Linux? Or make toast?
But did anyone else read "The Klingongram is Losing Weight"?
This was the first time I'd even heard of this game. It looks really cool. But I wouldn't have played it, since there's a monthly fee, and I really can't scrape up the cast for that most months.
>>do you know and trust what locks 'physically' protect your data from hacks like these?"
I know I weld my doors shut nightly. You should too!
YAY, now I can get an evening of peace while his lizard love bot entertains him!!
That link will slow down IE, Firefox, or Opera to a crawl for a looooong time while it loads all the spyware crap. Use a text-only browser to read it. It actually has some interesting (though still not capable of justifying this, imo) posts.
...when I say, "I just hope he died of ass cancer."
100 internets to whoever tags this story "oshits" or "ohshitson"
...let me be the first to say, "Umm, no."
Yeah, the first time I tried to read it, I couldn't get into the story at all. But I picked it back up a few years later, and now I actually like it better than LotR. Lots of action, great setting and plot, and some awesome characters!
Beware Melkor! HE WILL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!
I have always thought Chris has done a good job compiling his father's stuff. I can't wait to pick this up!