Right, because doctors are *so* above class warfare when they artificially restrict the number of doctors to jack up their salaries and otherwise limit the ability of people to learn medicine outside of approved facilities.
Why? it is a voluntary contact. Yes, it is stupid. That just means you need to find a new doctor.
I agree, to an extent. But at the same time, WTF is up with them waiting until you've set the appointment and arrived at the office, ready to go, before they spring this shit on you? You've already set aside the time in your schedule and gotten away from work, just to be told -- what, you're inches away and you can't go through unless you agree to waive significant rights, and you're expected to sign it in seconds or no appointment for you.
They could have given you the forms a LONG time ago so you could actually do an INFORMED review of them before coming in. But no, that would make it too easy to exercise your rights.
It's modern extortion. Make it as difficult as possible to say no, courtesy be damned.
If a doctor will only serve patients that agree not to post attacks against them in public -- fine. But FFS, be transparent about this. For something this ununusual and burdensome, the patient better have it clearly explained to them before they even set an appointment. None of this, "oh, just *one* more form to sign away fundamental rights -- you don't have to read it, it's standard" bullshit.
Way back in the day, people thought it nuts to purchase or transfer rights as opposed to a real, tangible thing like, say, gold.
Oh, don't you worry: you can still find people like that in any discussion of intellectual property rights. "Only tangible stuff can be owned, mannnn!"
It's not complex in this case. If most homeowners still find it affordable to frequently water their (non-xeriscaped) lawns, then the utility isn't charging enough for he water -- at least, not while this is coincident with an upcoming water shortage.
(But what about the poor? Fine, only charge for water used above some threshold, or pay everyone the cost of the water up to that limit so you preserve the incentive to save.)
And yes, it would also help to have clearly defined, tradeable usage rights for underground water, so that it can go where it's most needed and farms have an incentive to use less water-intense crops. It makes no sense for cities to be running out of water when they're willing to pay $700/acre-foot while farmers get to splurge by paying only $50/acre-foot.
This issue had come up before, and I was surprised that "electrocute" is supposed to mean killed by electricity, supposedly as a combination (sorry, sorry, sorry, I'm so fucking sorry, I mean portmanteau, how dare I use a perfectly functional English word when we have a French one) of "electric" and "execute" (even though it was being used in cases where victims weren't being executed, but whatever).
That had surprised me because I had always seen it used to mean any electric shock. Which would seem to give a common usage defense.
So you're trying to tell me, that just because I'm using a company credit card, that means that when I hire hookers to entertain clients, my boss must be allowed to watch them have sex?
That would totally ruin our ability to attract clients.
Since it is our data, why can't we demand a cut of the profits?
Probably because then you'd have to reconcile that ownership claim with the dismissive attitude you might have toward intellectual property -- sorry, "imaginary property", "shouldn't-exist property", whatever.
And no one wants to have to think through that shit.
First, the pirates don't care if you shiver. Second, the climate where this piracy takes place is warm all year. Third, miniguns would, if anything, heat the surrounding air, albeit not in a way noticeable to most people in the area. Fourth, pirates *want* their timbers to be shivered anyway.
Last year, Union Pacific ran a train 3.5 miles long from Los Angeles to Denver.
And pissed the hell out of anyone who had to stop at a rail crossing for it. 3.5 miles + 500 ft warning on both ends, train going 30 mph = 7 and a half minutes wait.
You are ranting and raving as if a multi-million dollar judgement is not infact proof that a doctor has made a dire mistake
No, the fact that John Edwards could convinced 12 mouth-breathers through emotional rhetoric that a baby with birth defects is the fault of the doctor who was just around to pull the bugger out... isn't very good proof that the doctor has made a dire mistake.
Of course, it doesn't help that the doctors make their art so resistant to scrutiny, either.
Glad to hear it! But I didn't know I was saying something all that insightful or demonstrative of thermodynamics understanding.
It is kind of counterintuitive that you'd be able to extract energy just because there's a difference in concentration between two bodies, but it makes more sense once you've read about the Gibbs paradox (esp. Jaynes's handling) and how you can power a mechanical device by using membranes that differ in their permeability to the different constituents of the mixture.
But man, if even that level of understanding is rare for thermo, God help us all (in the secular sense).
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But a typical business failure ends in the entrepreneur having $0, at worst, having discharged the debt in bankruptcy court.
A typical college grad ends up with negative $X, which can't be discharged in bankruptcy -- no matter how crappy a job they can find.
Yeah, good point. These students should avoid failure by blowing $150k in college to qualify for a entry level job. Much more successful.
Why not pick the internet as a whole?
Right, because doctors are *so* above class warfare when they artificially restrict the number of doctors to jack up their salaries and otherwise limit the ability of people to learn medicine outside of approved facilities.
Why? it is a voluntary contact. Yes, it is stupid. That just means you need to find a new doctor.
I agree, to an extent. But at the same time, WTF is up with them waiting until you've set the appointment and arrived at the office, ready to go, before they spring this shit on you? You've already set aside the time in your schedule and gotten away from work, just to be told -- what, you're inches away and you can't go through unless you agree to waive significant rights, and you're expected to sign it in seconds or no appointment for you.
They could have given you the forms a LONG time ago so you could actually do an INFORMED review of them before coming in. But no, that would make it too easy to exercise your rights.
It's modern extortion. Make it as difficult as possible to say no, courtesy be damned.
If a doctor will only serve patients that agree not to post attacks against them in public -- fine. But FFS, be transparent about this. For something this ununusual and burdensome, the patient better have it clearly explained to them before they even set an appointment. None of this, "oh, just *one* more form to sign away fundamental rights -- you don't have to read it, it's standard" bullshit.
I almost never do this with my real name.
Fine, but that makes your criticisms that much less reliable to others. Anyone can set up a fake account and say whatever they way.
Oh, don't you worry: you can still find people like that in any discussion of intellectual property rights. "Only tangible stuff can be owned, mannnn!"
It's not complex in this case. If most homeowners still find it affordable to frequently water their (non-xeriscaped) lawns, then the utility isn't charging enough for he water -- at least, not while this is coincident with an upcoming water shortage.
(But what about the poor? Fine, only charge for water used above some threshold, or pay everyone the cost of the water up to that limit so you preserve the incentive to save.)
And yes, it would also help to have clearly defined, tradeable usage rights for underground water, so that it can go where it's most needed and farms have an incentive to use less water-intense crops. It makes no sense for cities to be running out of water when they're willing to pay $700/acre-foot while farmers get to splurge by paying only $50/acre-foot.
Also, are any of the enemies Chinese-American soldiers? America does have ethinic Chinese in her military, and I hope the PLA is aware of this.
This is why big tobacco is allowed to use deadly pesticides on their crops, to ensure deaths.
No, Big Tobacco's allowed to use deadly pesticides on their crops because this conversation took place at least once:
Government: Hey! You can't put that stuff on your crops! It's deadly! We don't want people ingesting that!
Tobacco Growers: You realize these crops are just going to end up in cigarettes, right?
Government: Ohhhh.... Carry on then!
I like the general idea, but what the fuck is up with the random Capitalization of Words?
This issue had come up before, and I was surprised that "electrocute" is supposed to mean killed by electricity, supposedly as a combination (sorry, sorry, sorry, I'm so fucking sorry, I mean portmanteau, how dare I use a perfectly functional English word when we have a French one) of "electric" and "execute" (even though it was being used in cases where victims weren't being executed, but whatever).
That had surprised me because I had always seen it used to mean any electric shock. Which would seem to give a common usage defense.
So you're trying to tell me, that just because I'm using a company credit card, that means that when I hire hookers to entertain clients, my boss must be allowed to watch them have sex?
That would totally ruin our ability to attract clients.
Why couldn't he just use Tor? Heckuva lot simpler and less vulnerable to betrayal by associates.
(sooner)
Since it is our data, why can't we demand a cut of the profits?
Probably because then you'd have to reconcile that ownership claim with the dismissive attitude you might have toward intellectual property -- sorry, "imaginary property", "shouldn't-exist property", whatever.
And no one wants to have to think through that shit.
First, the pirates don't care if you shiver. Second, the climate where this piracy takes place is warm all year. Third, miniguns would, if anything, heat the surrounding air, albeit not in a way noticeable to most people in the area. Fourth, pirates *want* their timbers to be shivered anyway.
I don't know ... I tend to trust the Italian merchant royalty.
LEDs use a Lot more power.
No, they don't. Not light emitted per unit of electrical input, anyway.
Yeah, I'm totally up for reading some good LED fic.
Last year, Union Pacific ran a train 3.5 miles long from Los Angeles to Denver.
And pissed the hell out of anyone who had to stop at a rail crossing for it. 3.5 miles + 500 ft warning on both ends, train going 30 mph = 7 and a half minutes wait.
You are ranting and raving as if a multi-million dollar judgement is not infact proof that a doctor has made a dire mistake
No, the fact that John Edwards could convinced 12 mouth-breathers through emotional rhetoric that a baby with birth defects is the fault of the doctor who was just around to pull the bugger out ... isn't very good proof that the doctor has made a dire mistake.
Of course, it doesn't help that the doctors make their art so resistant to scrutiny, either.
Wha ... but ... I thought we weren't allowed to be that even-handed and reasonable in Slashdot posts! When did the rules change?
Glad to hear it! But I didn't know I was saying something all that insightful or demonstrative of thermodynamics understanding.
It is kind of counterintuitive that you'd be able to extract energy just because there's a difference in concentration between two bodies, but it makes more sense once you've read about the Gibbs paradox (esp. Jaynes's handling) and how you can power a mechanical device by using membranes that differ in their permeability to the different constituents of the mixture.
But man, if even that level of understanding is rare for thermo, God help us all (in the secular sense).
Probably be more feasible for Mediterranean -> Dead Sea, but then you'd have to tunnel through numerous archaeological sites to do it.