But "Drop Dead Gorgeous" is what the Web designer's customers want. They don't care what technology you use, they want "Hollywood". Currently, Flash is what can deliver that to most of the customers' customers. See 2Advanced Studios for examples of what "Customers" want. It truly doesn't matter what the developer wants. It REALLY doesn't matter what a few end-users with an obscure operating system want (from the customer's point of view). It's possible that the lack of Flash abilities on the iPad/iPhone could begin to change this attitude. It might even happen quickly.
It's important to remember that the customers pay the bills which let them dictate the terms of the work. If you offer them the same Flash-based site in HTML5, then tell them that all of their clients browsing with IE won't be able to see it the same as say, their clients browsing with FF, I'd say it's a safe bet that some of those bills aren't going to get paid.
And yes, I firmly believe that if it's OK for you to make fun of JC then it's absolutely OK for you to make fun of other religions. Why wouldn't you think so? Fair is fair after all. Heck, "Thou shalt have no other god before me" is broken all the time by the various worshippers of Mary in the Christian world, and nobody out there is throwing firebombs or beheading anyone for it.
Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to everyone who has ever had a part in making XBMC possible.
I have had hours of fun building, breaking and rebuilding my xbox. In fact I don't think I've spent even 1% of the time playing games on it than I have using XBMC in various capacities. Whether trying out new scripts and plugins or just generally screwing around and customizing things, it has provided me with an awful lot of enjoyment.
It also makes a great present for a friend since used Xboxes are only about $25. Come to think of it, I've got one modded and booting to XBMC just sitting in the trunk of my car. I should probably take that out of there.
I'll look to some of the suggestions in this thread for my next-gen XBMC machine. I've tried to use a PS3 as a media centre. I just didn't like it, probably because I'm so used to XBMC.
Does that look weird to anyone else? I realize it's technically correct for the registered trademark symbol to be there, but somehow it just doesn't seem right.
Are they paying you extra to use your own laptop at work, as they might if you were using your car for work and get a mileage allowance? If so then I'd say you probably will end up letting them install whatever they like. If not, tell them that if they want you to work within their rules, they'll need to buy you a "company" computer in order to satisfy those requirements since they aren't welcome to touch your personal machine.
As for checking your email from home, either have them also buy you an email-checking machine for home, or you can bask in the knowledge that your employer is well aware that you can't check email from anywhere but your office and go enjoy your life when you're not working.
If you hear the word "subluxation" at any time while talking to the Chiropractor or his staff, calmly ask them to stop the treatment (if in progress), and leave.
That's a great bullshit keyword - what it's telling you is that this particular Chiropractor is of the "I can cure disease" variety. These are the ones who don't believe in Germ Theory.
Did the chiro also offer to cure your diabetes? Cancer? Emphysema? Bad skin? This is what Singh was commenting on - the widespread, and supported-by-the-association claims to actually cure disease via Chiropractic Manipulation.
Maybe part of your issue is that there was no short story called "Blade Runner"?
Go read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and you'll get both the writing style and characters that you're after. There are at least two or three solid sub plots in the novel that are completely missing from the movie, then again it was a full novel and had a lot more room to maneuver than a movie does.
I also enjoyed the short story, "Minority Report" - but to each their own.
I'd like to see maybe a series of short films based on Dick's short stories. I wonder if the National Film Board (Canada) would give me a grant if I wanted to say, put "The Short, Happy Life of the Brown Oxford" on film? Hmmmm...
It seems to me that if you're going to run a for-pay business that purports to "heal people" then you ought to have at least a little evidence to show that what you're doing is actually working. There is currently no evidence to support Chiropractic's "subluxation" theories. I used to live above a chiropractor who claimed that he could cure diabetes via direct spinal manipulation.
Many of them also refuse to acknowledge Pasteur's Germ Theory of Disease. I'd say that they could use a little bit of evidence on their side instead of hiding behind ridiculous libel laws. I wonder if this post will get me sued in the UK?
So you're saying (and please correct me if I'm wrong..) that:
1) You would rather not be taxed for a single-payer healthcare system because you don't want to have to pay for other people's medical needs, except horribly-diseased children. You would prefer to pay for your own medical costs and wish everyone else would do the same.
2) "One price for everyone, insured or not" isn't what happens in a single-payer system.
3) Some procedures such as sex changes, boob jobs or granny hips shouldn't be covered in a single-payer system.
This is the easiest format I could think of to reply with any sort of coherence:
1) I'm not even sure what to say here. A friend of mine (Canadian) had a pneumothorax while in Buffalo at a concert. She didn't have out-of-province coverage (around $10/day) for the few hours she was going to be in the USA. An ambulance brought her to the hospital, the hospital performed assessment and informed her of her condition. She asked to be taken by ambulance back across the border and the hospital refused, citing liability reasons. One surgery and six days later she is released with a clean bill of health and goes home. The following month she receives an invoice for over $40,000 USD.
Ok. Fair enough. That's the way it works and she wasn't covered for her trip outside of Canada.
I'm still trying to figure out why you would prefer to pay out of pocket (e.g.) $40,000 for an issue that puts you in the hospital for a week. One could live very comfortably for an entire year on that much money in most small towns in Canada.
I am honestly curious as to how you see this as "a better option" compared to simply paying for it in small increments through a payroll tax that everyone else pays too.
Interesting Fact(?): I have recently left the unemployment rolls, the payroll tax was deducted from my Employment Insurance cheques for the entire 9 months I was off work.
2) Actually, this is exactly what happens in a single payer system. We just don't pay at the hospital, and the run-away prices that you mention are regulated by the "single payer".
3) Cosmetic procedures are not covered under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Boob jobs are definitely not covered, and I can only imagine it would have to be an incredibly extreme case where the patient must absolutely change their sex or they will die (hey, I said extreme) - they MIGHT be eligible to get that surgery on the public dime. Probably not, but it would definitely make the papers.
Old ladies' hips are definitely covered. Old men's, too.
By the way, I'm pretty sure people are blaming your insurance companies for happily accepting payments for years from loyal clients only to deny them coverage in their time of need through what appears to be any means necessary. It reminds me of Bill Gates on The Simpsons "not getting rich by cutting cheques". It just seems so....wrong. As a nosy neighbour Canadian watching from the North side of the fence, it has always baffled me that you kept letting them get away with it. I'm shocked that this has been such a point of contention down there, and really I suspect it has a lot more to do with politics and hurt feelings than really thinking the government death panel is going to kill Grandma when she turns 82. Did people really believe that line?
I cannot deny that single-payer doesn't fix everything but it sure seems to fix a lot more sick people compared to what you guys have had up until now. At least the insurance weasling is being dealt with, that is a great start.
On a personal note, how grey is the sky in your world? Wow. 80 year old grannies? Really?
I'm not sure what article you read, but the paragraph immediately after the one about the trail of blood - yup - says "dog DNA database". If you look a little further down they say it again at least 2 more times.
During the attack Tyson was accidentally stabbed and police found a 600-yard blood trail leading from the scene. When they arrested Johnson nearby they found he was covered in blood.
When both blood samples were tested by scientists using a newly set up dog DNA database they confirmed that the blood came from the same animal – Tyson. The dog was picked up later that night by police at a veterinary hospital.
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But "Drop Dead Gorgeous" is what the Web designer's customers want. They don't care what technology you use, they want "Hollywood". Currently, Flash is what can deliver that to most of the customers' customers. See 2Advanced Studios for examples of what "Customers" want. It truly doesn't matter what the developer wants. It REALLY doesn't matter what a few end-users with an obscure operating system want (from the customer's point of view). It's possible that the lack of Flash abilities on the iPad/iPhone could begin to change this attitude. It might even happen quickly.
It's important to remember that the customers pay the bills which let them dictate the terms of the work. If you offer them the same Flash-based site in HTML5, then tell them that all of their clients browsing with IE won't be able to see it the same as say, their clients browsing with FF, I'd say it's a safe bet that some of those bills aren't going to get paid.
So which was it? Funny, or disgusting? Do you get to have it both ways?
Sounds pretty hilarious to me, so I went and looked it up LOL yeah that is pretty funny.
And yes, I firmly believe that if it's OK for you to make fun of JC then it's absolutely OK for you to make fun of other religions. Why wouldn't you think so? Fair is fair after all. Heck, "Thou shalt have no other god before me" is broken all the time by the various worshippers of Mary in the Christian world, and nobody out there is throwing firebombs or beheading anyone for it.
Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to everyone who has ever had a part in making XBMC possible.
I have had hours of fun building, breaking and rebuilding my xbox. In fact I don't think I've spent even 1% of the time playing games on it than I have using XBMC in various capacities. Whether trying out new scripts and plugins or just generally screwing around and customizing things, it has provided me with an awful lot of enjoyment.
It also makes a great present for a friend since used Xboxes are only about $25. Come to think of it, I've got one modded and booting to XBMC just sitting in the trunk of my car. I should probably take that out of there.
I'll look to some of the suggestions in this thread for my next-gen XBMC machine. I've tried to use a PS3 as a media centre. I just didn't like it, probably because I'm so used to XBMC.
THANKS XBMC
however, 5m is pretty close to 15'..... (sigh)
15' != 15m
TBH, I was going for the Shatner angle.
They should have called it "Shat my dad says" and everything would have been fine.
Homer: "Ah, Ballet..."
The only windows OS I've ever paid for is the shrink-wrapped copy of Dos 5.0 that I got at a garage sale for fifty cents last summer.
I agree, it's alright. Why do you ask, Two Dogs Fucking?
Why doesn't Adobe just get really tough and drop all production of the Creative Suite for Macintosh? I bet that would get Steve's attention PDQ.
Mike Damone? Is that you?
The first word in the article summary is "Linux®"
Does that look weird to anyone else? I realize it's technically correct for the registered trademark symbol to be there, but somehow it just doesn't seem right.
Are they paying you extra to use your own laptop at work, as they might if you were using your car for work and get a mileage allowance? If so then I'd say you probably will end up letting them install whatever they like. If not, tell them that if they want you to work within their rules, they'll need to buy you a "company" computer in order to satisfy those requirements since they aren't welcome to touch your personal machine.
As for checking your email from home, either have them also buy you an email-checking machine for home, or you can bask in the knowledge that your employer is well aware that you can't check email from anywhere but your office and go enjoy your life when you're not working.
That was great. Replying to say so to undo a drunken-clicked moderation. Thanks for the laugh!
If you hear the word "subluxation" at any time while talking to the Chiropractor or his staff, calmly ask them to stop the treatment (if in progress), and leave.
That's a great bullshit keyword - what it's telling you is that this particular Chiropractor is of the "I can cure disease" variety. These are the ones who don't believe in Germ Theory.
Did the chiro also offer to cure your diabetes? Cancer? Emphysema? Bad skin? This is what Singh was commenting on - the widespread, and supported-by-the-association claims to actually cure disease via Chiropractic Manipulation.
Bogus, indeed.
Maybe part of your issue is that there was no short story called "Blade Runner"?
Go read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and you'll get both the writing style and characters that you're after. There are at least two or three solid sub plots in the novel that are completely missing from the movie, then again it was a full novel and had a lot more room to maneuver than a movie does.
I also enjoyed the short story, "Minority Report" - but to each their own.
I'd like to see maybe a series of short films based on Dick's short stories. I wonder if the National Film Board (Canada) would give me a grant if I wanted to say, put "The Short, Happy Life of the Brown Oxford" on film? Hmmmm...
It seems to me that if you're going to run a for-pay business that purports to "heal people" then you ought to have at least a little evidence to show that what you're doing is actually working. There is currently no evidence to support Chiropractic's "subluxation" theories. I used to live above a chiropractor who claimed that he could cure diabetes via direct spinal manipulation.
Many of them also refuse to acknowledge Pasteur's Germ Theory of Disease. I'd say that they could use a little bit of evidence on their side instead of hiding behind ridiculous libel laws. I wonder if this post will get me sued in the UK?
Don't forget that the U in UTP stands for "Unsheilded". That can't be good - hell, I bet the neighbour would use it as evidence of malice!
So you're saying (and please correct me if I'm wrong..) that:
1) You would rather not be taxed for a single-payer healthcare system because you don't want to have to pay for other people's medical needs, except horribly-diseased children. You would prefer to pay for your own medical costs and wish everyone else would do the same.
2) "One price for everyone, insured or not" isn't what happens in a single-payer system.
3) Some procedures such as sex changes, boob jobs or granny hips shouldn't be covered in a single-payer system.
This is the easiest format I could think of to reply with any sort of coherence:
1) I'm not even sure what to say here. A friend of mine (Canadian) had a pneumothorax while in Buffalo at a concert. She didn't have out-of-province coverage (around $10/day) for the few hours she was going to be in the USA. An ambulance brought her to the hospital, the hospital performed assessment and informed her of her condition. She asked to be taken by ambulance back across the border and the hospital refused, citing liability reasons. One surgery and six days later she is released with a clean bill of health and goes home. The following month she receives an invoice for over $40,000 USD.
Ok. Fair enough. That's the way it works and she wasn't covered for her trip outside of Canada.
I'm still trying to figure out why you would prefer to pay out of pocket (e.g.) $40,000 for an issue that
puts you in the hospital for a week. One could live very comfortably for an entire year on that much money in most small towns in Canada.
I am honestly curious as to how you see this as "a better option" compared to simply paying for it in small increments through a payroll tax that everyone else pays too.
Interesting Fact(?): I have recently left the unemployment rolls, the payroll tax was deducted from my Employment Insurance cheques for the entire 9 months I was off work.
2) Actually, this is exactly what happens in a single payer system. We just don't pay at the hospital, and the run-away prices that you mention are regulated by the "single payer".
3) Cosmetic procedures are not covered under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Boob jobs are definitely not covered, and I can only imagine it would have to be an incredibly extreme case where the patient must absolutely change their sex or they will die (hey, I said extreme) - they MIGHT be eligible to get that surgery on the public dime. Probably not, but it would definitely make the papers.
Old ladies' hips are definitely covered. Old men's, too.
By the way, I'm pretty sure people are blaming your insurance companies for happily accepting payments for years from loyal clients only to deny them coverage in their time of need through what appears to be any means necessary. It reminds me of Bill Gates on The Simpsons "not getting rich by cutting cheques". It just seems so....wrong. As a nosy neighbour Canadian watching from the North side of the fence, it has always baffled me that you kept letting them get away with it. I'm shocked that this has been such a point of contention down there, and really I suspect it has a lot more to do with politics and hurt feelings than really thinking the government death panel is going to kill Grandma when she turns 82. Did people really believe that line?
I cannot deny that single-payer doesn't fix everything but it sure seems to fix a lot more sick people compared to what you guys have had up until now. At least the insurance weasling is being dealt with, that is a great start.
On a personal note, how grey is the sky in your world? Wow. 80 year old grannies? Really?
BZZT! And that's the incredibly wrong answer that we were looking for!
Thanks for playing the "regurgitate-urban-legend-bullshit" game - you've won the ridicule of your online peers.
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
Anonymous Coward? Tell him what else he's won!
Smoke 'em if you've got 'em!
I'm not sure what article you read, but the paragraph immediately after the one about the trail of blood - yup - says "dog DNA database". If you look a little further down they say it again at least 2 more times.
That depends on what you mean by "it's"...