Ok i'll bite, my father, mother and auntie have all had to go to hospital for major operations (life saving) in the last few years. All had major surgery and major rehabilitation. All had excellent experiences, minimal wait times and great recoveries. All three rated their experiences as excellent. My dad told me his hospital was "like a hotel, it was so nice".
What do they have common? Well, they all live in the UK, a country with a "socialised" health care system.
What else do they have in common? Well they all paid nothing.
In America they would be all footing bills for thousands of dollars. Luckily, they don't.
As for me? Well I live in New York, a few months ago I had all four wisdom teeth taken out by an oral surgeon, cost: $3000. So my dad, who lives in the UK, had a heart bypass and paid nothing, I had teeth removed and paid $3000. Good stuff.
I'm originally from England and now live in New York. So I have the experience of both Public Healthcare in the UK (the NHS) and private healthcare in the USA (provided by my company).
I have to say I have only be shocked by my experiences of the healthcare system here. People are literally afraid of ever getting sick, not for health reasons but for financial ones, ie: they won't be able to afford it, even with insurance! My girlfriend broke her arm some months ago (she has insurance) but some days ago got a bill for 1000 dollars for expenses not covered by her insurance. Price in the UK = 0. Also bear in mind that she's a student and already has huge loans taken out.
The costs here also go up almost exponentially if you require more heavy treatment. ie: major operations/rehab, time spent in hospitals. You can be faced with a bill of 1000's dollars quite easily. An example is my girlfriends brother who was in a skiing accident and got a major head injury. The insurance company paid most of the costs but the parents still ended up with a bill of $100'000, seriously.
So they had to take out a loan to pay the bill. Price in England: $0
So basically, in the USA currently, getting a serious injury could quite easily screw you up financially for the rest of your life, even if you HAVE insurance. What a joke!
As for England, my father recently had a heart bypass operation: prince $0. He had an excellent surgeon and the operation went successfully. I've also had two relatives had surgery for breast cancer, all of which went perfectly and was free!
If you have a problem with the free healthcare in the UK you can also pay for private healthcare, most people don't because they are happy with what they get for free!
Thanks both of you for putting me straight there. It makes complete sense now:) Although I still think the headline and summary could have been worded better...
I've been using Macs since system 6/7 (late 80's early 90's) and there was never anything like an OSX dock in the mac os.
The only thing remotely similar was a favorites menu which appeared in OS 8/9, which was accessed from the Apple menu.
Back then, the standard way of launching applications was either from making aliases on the desktop, or navigating to wherever the install location was.
Will there ever be a faction wide chat channel in WoW. If not, why not?
The old LFG system was the closest it got to a faction wide channel not specific to location. Then this was "nerfed" with the release of the LFG tool. Now, trade is used as a semi-universal chat channel in cities.. but obviously doesn't work while not in cities.
It's fairly clear to me that the player enjoys and wants this and it is simple to implement. Why does the WoW development team not seem inclined to implement this?
1) Buy cheap pc using cash (OLPC or similar)
2) Find open wifi network, choose a place far from where you live
3) Connect to TOR and do your dirty deeds
4) Clean finger prints from PC and trash it, far from where you live
OR
1) Goto internet cafe, ensure cafe has no security cameras
2) Pay with cash
3) Connect to TOR and do your dirty deeds
4) Clean finger prints from computer
I have v1 iphone and i've never had a problem with it, or apple (they've replaced it twice for free for accidental damage on my part).
I've had slight issues after the version 2 software but apparently less than 3g owners. Download 2.1 today and well yes we'll see. There are real problems with phones (3g mainly) but this isn't one of them:)
Tag this article as fud, because that's what it is. Any excuse to bash apple and/or iphone..
Really, if we're going to get upset about this, let's get upset about browser caching, cookies, history.. etc etc
That's not true in fact. I recently had my Macbook Pro repaired out of warranty and it pretty much all needed replacing (motherboard, fans, everything except hd and ram) and it cost me $1200 excluding tax.
I asked the "Genius" about the flat fee thing and he said it didnt exist. Which surprised me because a year and a half ago I had a different Macbook Pro die and the flat fee applied in this case..
So apparently it either
a) Doesnt exist anymore
b) There are obscure rules for when and where it applies
c) Some "Genius's" are douchebags
Same here, this study is clearly bullshit. I do quite a bit of DBA'ing for my company and have access to all the various DB's including customers and staff, blackberry etc and to be honest, i've never snooped or been inclined too, I find it all very boring. In addition, it's never smart to burn bridges, if I did leave the company why risk a good reference or criminal charges?
If i'm using the DBs i'm either making some necessary modifications or doing some sort of profiling/tracing. If i'm not using the DBs i'm doing something more fun, like reading Slashdot.
I've been stung before by buying new apple hardware immediately (core duo macbook pro).
Right now, i'm feeling pretty damn happy I decided to wait on the iphone 3g. I do have an iphone and it works perfectly. I think i'll wait for a few more months before I upgrade to the 3g:)
I don't think it's a good analogy at all. For a few reasons.
a) He doesn't define task. Given that I don't code low level applications I have no idea what constitutes an easy or hard "task" for a CPU. Or how long on average they take.
b) I know how fast light travels... 3x10^8 m/s. But i'm far too lazy to try and work out how fast light travels from my finger to my nose. Plus, it's so fast that I can't really compare it to anything else. So it's apparently faster than a Pentium 4, but I have no idea how fast light would travel my finger to my nose in the Pentium 4 equivalent test.
c) I know CPU's in general do things in tiny amounts of time and so hearing this little analogy didn't impress me at all, because I assume that it's normal for CPU's to do things quickly, it's their job after all.
A better comparison would have been, our processor can do X task (describe task) in the time it takes for light to go from my finger to my nose, however a Pentium 4 performing the same task would take the same time as light traveling from New York, to my nose.
What you experienced here wasn't because modern art was bad, what you were experiencing was due to human psychology, nothing to do with art.
People will always seek to align themselves to a "leader". Logically that leader might talk bullshit (most spiritual leaders) but if they project certain attributes, people will seek to join this leaders tribe. You were in fact exhibiting charimastic traits and showing alpha male characteristics. It is biological advantageous to align with an alpha male (programmed into us through 1000's of years of evolution) and so they were following the path of least resistance.
It is much easier to agree with someone, especially someone in a position of power, than it is to disagree. And actually following the logic of what they are saying goes out of the window. Look at all Jesus's followers, or Buddha, or look at how Joan of Arc duped France into thinking she had visions from god. A more modern example is Andy Warhol. He basically talked shit, made some average paintings referencing everyday items and was revered almost as a god by his followers. It wasn't anything to do with his art being amazing or not, it was his charismatic behavior and idiosyncrasies that drew people to him like moths to a flame.
You struck upon this that one day in the art gallery. You should try and channel this behavior more often as it's an extremely effective way of picking up chicks.
I always loved the story of Beren and Luthien as told in the Simarilion and if any new book was compiled by Christopher I would prefer it to be a fuller and more expansive telling of this story. Although I can't complain about hearing more about Hurin and Turin..
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Ok i'll bite, my father, mother and auntie have all had to go to hospital for major operations (life saving) in the last few years. All had major surgery and major rehabilitation. All had excellent experiences, minimal wait times and great recoveries. All three rated their experiences as excellent. My dad told me his hospital was "like a hotel, it was so nice".
What do they have common? Well, they all live in the UK, a country with a "socialised" health care system.
What else do they have in common? Well they all paid nothing.
In America they would be all footing bills for thousands of dollars. Luckily, they don't.
As for me? Well I live in New York, a few months ago I had all four wisdom teeth taken out by an oral surgeon, cost: $3000. So my dad, who lives in the UK, had a heart bypass and paid nothing, I had teeth removed and paid $3000. Good stuff.
In my opinion you're dead wrong.
I'm originally from England and now live in New York. So I have the experience of both Public Healthcare in the UK (the NHS) and private healthcare in the USA (provided by my company).
I have to say I have only be shocked by my experiences of the healthcare system here. People are literally afraid of ever getting sick, not for health reasons but for financial ones, ie: they won't be able to afford it, even with insurance! My girlfriend broke her arm some months ago (she has insurance) but some days ago got a bill for 1000 dollars for expenses not covered by her insurance. Price in the UK = 0. Also bear in mind that she's a student and already has huge loans taken out.
The costs here also go up almost exponentially if you require more heavy treatment. ie: major operations/rehab, time spent in hospitals. You can be faced with a bill of 1000's dollars quite easily. An example is my girlfriends brother who was in a skiing accident and got a major head injury. The insurance company paid most of the costs but the parents still ended up with a bill of $100'000, seriously.
So they had to take out a loan to pay the bill. Price in England: $0
So basically, in the USA currently, getting a serious injury could quite easily screw you up financially for the rest of your life, even if you HAVE insurance. What a joke!
As for England, my father recently had a heart bypass operation: prince $0. He had an excellent surgeon and the operation went successfully. I've also had two relatives had surgery for breast cancer, all of which went perfectly and was free!
If you have a problem with the free healthcare in the UK you can also pay for private healthcare, most people don't because they are happy with what they get for free!
Thanks both of you for putting me straight there. It makes complete sense now :) Although I still think the headline and summary could have been worded better...
I might be missing something here, but why would Google be demanding "higher" chip temps to save on cooling??
Surely they should be demanding lower chip temps.. or is it just a mistake in the headline?
What are you talking about??
I've been using Macs since system 6/7 (late 80's early 90's) and there was never anything like an OSX dock in the mac os.
The only thing remotely similar was a favorites menu which appeared in OS 8/9, which was accessed from the Apple menu.
Back then, the standard way of launching applications was either from making aliases on the desktop, or navigating to wherever the install location was.
To Tigole
Will there ever be a faction wide chat channel in WoW. If not, why not? The old LFG system was the closest it got to a faction wide channel not specific to location. Then this was "nerfed" with the release of the LFG tool. Now, trade is used as a semi-universal chat channel in cities.. but obviously doesn't work while not in cities. It's fairly clear to me that the player enjoys and wants this and it is simple to implement. Why does the WoW development team not seem inclined to implement this?
1) Buy cheap pc using cash (OLPC or similar)
2) Find open wifi network, choose a place far from where you live
3) Connect to TOR and do your dirty deeds
4) Clean finger prints from PC and trash it, far from where you live
OR
1) Goto internet cafe, ensure cafe has no security cameras
2) Pay with cash
3) Connect to TOR and do your dirty deeds
4) Clean finger prints from computer
Profit?
I have v1 iphone and i've never had a problem with it, or apple (they've replaced it twice for free for accidental damage on my part).
:)
I've had slight issues after the version 2 software but apparently less than 3g owners. Download 2.1 today and well yes we'll see. There are real problems with phones (3g mainly) but this isn't one of them
Tag this article as fud, because that's what it is. Any excuse to bash apple and/or iphone.. Really, if we're going to get upset about this, let's get upset about browser caching, cookies, history.. etc etc
Yes, I was pretty sad myself :(
That's not true in fact. I recently had my Macbook Pro repaired out of warranty and it pretty much all needed replacing (motherboard, fans, everything except hd and ram) and it cost me $1200 excluding tax.
I asked the "Genius" about the flat fee thing and he said it didnt exist. Which surprised me because a year and a half ago I had a different Macbook Pro die and the flat fee applied in this case..
So apparently it either
a) Doesnt exist anymore
b) There are obscure rules for when and where it applies
c) Some "Genius's" are douchebags
Same here, this study is clearly bullshit. I do quite a bit of DBA'ing for my company and have access to all the various DB's including customers and staff, blackberry etc and to be honest, i've never snooped or been inclined too, I find it all very boring. In addition, it's never smart to burn bridges, if I did leave the company why risk a good reference or criminal charges?
If i'm using the DBs i'm either making some necessary modifications or doing some sort of profiling/tracing. If i'm not using the DBs i'm doing something more fun, like reading Slashdot.
The chance of either card failing is 32% The chance of either card failing OR both cards failing is 36%
Two years ago, when I lived in Paris, I got 20Mbit. Now I live in New York and get more like 4Mbit.
Yep, the world's richest country is years behind in technology infrastructure..
I've been stung before by buying new apple hardware immediately (core duo macbook pro).
:)
Right now, i'm feeling pretty damn happy I decided to wait on the iphone 3g. I do have an iphone and it works perfectly. I think i'll wait for a few more months before I upgrade to the 3g
Please cut your geek card across with a pair of ceramic scissors and hand it in at your local Citizen's Advice Centre for controlled demolition.
I just typed it directly from the keyboard. I suppose this was my issue.
Mind if I ask how you got your symbol to show but mine was automatically removed?
ugh, there was supposed to be a less than symbol before the 3's, to make little hearts....
:(
As it is I just sound crazy..
3 Radiohead, they're like the anti-Metallica :)
You clearly never used tamperdata, firebug, adblock, flashblock etc..
I don't think it's a good analogy at all. For a few reasons.
a) He doesn't define task. Given that I don't code low level applications I have no idea what constitutes an easy or hard "task" for a CPU. Or how long on average they take.
b) I know how fast light travels... 3x10^8 m/s. But i'm far too lazy to try and work out how fast light travels from my finger to my nose. Plus, it's so fast that I can't really compare it to anything else. So it's apparently faster than a Pentium 4, but I have no idea how fast light would travel my finger to my nose in the Pentium 4 equivalent test.
c) I know CPU's in general do things in tiny amounts of time and so hearing this little analogy didn't impress me at all, because I assume that it's normal for CPU's to do things quickly, it's their job after all.
A better comparison would have been, our processor can do X task (describe task) in the time it takes for light to go from my finger to my nose, however a Pentium 4 performing the same task would take the same time as light traveling from New York, to my nose.
What you experienced here wasn't because modern art was bad, what you were experiencing was due to human psychology, nothing to do with art.
People will always seek to align themselves to a "leader". Logically that leader might talk bullshit (most spiritual leaders) but if they project certain attributes, people will seek to join this leaders tribe. You were in fact exhibiting charimastic traits and showing alpha male characteristics. It is biological advantageous to align with an alpha male (programmed into us through 1000's of years of evolution) and so they were following the path of least resistance.
It is much easier to agree with someone, especially someone in a position of power, than it is to disagree. And actually following the logic of what they are saying goes out of the window. Look at all Jesus's followers, or Buddha, or look at how Joan of Arc duped France into thinking she had visions from god. A more modern example is Andy Warhol. He basically talked shit, made some average paintings referencing everyday items and was revered almost as a god by his followers. It wasn't anything to do with his art being amazing or not, it was his charismatic behavior and idiosyncrasies that drew people to him like moths to a flame.
You struck upon this that one day in the art gallery. You should try and channel this behavior more often as it's an extremely effective way of picking up chicks.
Are you referencing the young ones there?
I always loved the story of Beren and Luthien as told in the Simarilion and if any new book was compiled by Christopher I would prefer it to be a fuller and more expansive telling of this story. Although I can't complain about hearing more about Hurin and Turin..