You could always get your healthcare from the insurance company directly. That's always been an option. You do not HAVE to use your company provided package.
I also mail letters with the US Postal Service, which is a nice example of how efficient a government organization can be without partisan politics interfering.
The USPS now faces a budget crisis because Congress dropped 75 years of employee benefit funding on the organization, due in a span of only 10 years
You see how these contradict and back up my point, don't you? Do you think any government program is going to be different?
Even after proposing to close 3,700 offices over the next year, the U.S. postal service has a $9.2 billion deficit and is near a default.
But you blame it on the same government that you want to run insurance? You do see the hypocrisy in that, don't you? Are you trying to support my point that government run services are no better (in fact, in this case worse) than private sector? Politics can just as easily kill a business as a CEO. And don't even get started saying that Healthcare is failing in the private sector. It's arguably one of the most regulated (ie: ah, those politics again) sectors of industry today.
You can go back 10 years and find out why it's failing... hard. And of course, they don't consider themselves accountable for any of that. That's definitely what I want my life entrusted to... and since we are on the USPS: Why is it that UPS and FedEx are doing so well? Is it because the USPS cannot deliver packages? No. They deliver packages. What must it be then? Efficiency? Customer Service? Reliability? What is the USPS failing on so hard that it can't compete with these private companies? I think the CATO report sums it nicely: "the Postal Service decided to improve mail service by delaying letter delivery" They delay. So let's push our healthcare under that same "efficient" system. Let's just say, "Hold on sir, we'll get you that heart... when we are damn well ready."
Yeah, let's keep stamp prices artificially low. It makes them look good. (whopping 55%...)
“Heck, the only thing I need a physical mailing address for these days is to get physical packages from Amazon, UPS and FedEx do just fine and do it with lower labor costs (53% of its expenses for UPS, 32% for FedEx compared with 80% with the USPS)—the private delivery services just run more efficiently as a business,” Chan writes.
From 2008 to 2010, sales revenue in the mailing industry, which includes private mailers and printing companies, grew by 10 percent to $1.1 trillion and increased jobs by 16 percent.
Yes, spam... spam is saving the USPS. Not efficiency.
So... why is it that:
Postal services in the Netherlands and Germany have been privatized...
And about those markups. Since you cherry picked a single (highly regulated) business that's failed you, let me point out a few government programs that have/are failing as well: Cash for Clunkers Fannie Mae Freddie Mac TARP Heck, there was just an article the other day about Solar Energy in America and how it's being exploited by China...
More devastating than direct efficiency comparisons is the tendency for government to eventually bankrupt everything it manages, including itself. Amtrak, the Postal Service, Social Security, Medicare, Fannie and Freddie, FHA, FDIC, FSLIC, Student Loans, etc. are some examples.
A rail at the eve and a rail at the peak. Wire these to a junction box near the utility box downstairs. One rail is positive, the other negative. The only problems I see in doing that at construction is corrosion.
Yeah, and if that person doesn't keep their coverage with that company... less income - fewer profits. Whereas single provider... you don't have a choice. If the bureaucrat needs to cut funding because President Joe decides that the budget meeting didn't go well... tough shit.
The amazing thing about corporations is that they are comprised of many individuals who can concentrate on many things at once without being distracted by what color squirrel is running past the office in some other lab.
Who says the government official isn't measured on cost? I'd argue they are probably more cost conscientious people than private sector... mainly because they are public figures and people will be nitpicking every cost they cause. I mean, have you seen the tremendous amount of information people collect on how much Obama's wife spends (of taxpayer money via use of Secret Service/Air Force/Food/Lodging) on vacation?
If the bureaucrat's salary was based on the amount of lives saved like the private sector (indirectly through return visits) then you may have a point... but the bureaucrat's sole concern is budget constraints and medical/drug costs from what I've been reading.
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You can't favorite a program you download off the Internet to a subfolder of your home folder without that.desktop file. That's a usability problem. I don't care what the standard says.
If you mean pin apps that don't have.desktop files - that is a freedesktop standard.
Fine...then have Gnome Shell create that.desktop file using the executable name and default the path to the folder you ran it from and add it to favorites. Is it really that hard? Currently, if I right click on an app in that bar there is no option to add it to favorites. I have to open a terminal to run the application every time. The only workaround without manually creating the desktop file is using alacarte, but I find that doesn't always put the run path in the desktop files and some apps don't like that.
You can do it in Unity, however. But Unity has some other really big issues that keep me from using it.
This should be a setting somewhere. I still don't know how to add/search for extensions (without this webpage?) Last time I checked by typing Extensions in launcher search, nothing comes up. There's also no apparent visible way to do it from the task bar or launcher. I can download new background images fairly easy... why are extensions hidden away?
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All I really want is the ability to pin any app to the dock without having to create.desktop file for it... and the ability to always launch a new app instead of the default action of bringing up the previous instance.
A simple hurdle for those wanting to hack... the client could send the server a hash of the local data, and compare it to the server hash to detect "cheating." Of course, you'd have to send the hole binary blob up to the server to do it so the client couldn't just fake the hash. On second thought, it sounds like a PITA. Just let them hack saves for a tech demo.
It's binary... the redstone has a delay when you go through some of the gates and repeaters which makes it look a bit analog, but the logic is all binary. The torches can be used as repeaters (torches power redstone up to 16 blocks) and/or carry a bit signal up or down in elevation in the world. You cannot put redstone wire on the side of multiple block so you have to use stairs (space intense) or torches (compact) to change elevation.
Just to clear something up (in case someone else has never played it)... Minecraft is not an online game. It's a Java based game with a massive procedural generated world full of blocks that can be moved around. It has multiplayer aspects and a dedicated server, but they are not required for play.
In my opinion, I think it might be a better idea to kill the errant job if the controller/user gets disconnected than to continue with a job that may need a followup command that may never come, possibly leaving the server in an unusable state. So you have a choice of trusting the user or having the user say explicitly, "trust me, this is what I want to happen (screen/nohup)... even if I get disconnected."
If I understand correctly, they should be able to envelope something like an MRI so that you don't have to worry about metal bits carried into the room?
To be perfectly fair, Mac users always talk about "Time Machine" which is enabled mainly by the file system... so, while they don't talk about the file system directly, they are using a feature set.
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You could always get your healthcare from the insurance company directly. That's always been an option. You do not HAVE to use your company provided package.
As long as there are other desktop options that run GTK apps just as well, why does it matter? Don't like Gnome/Unity? Use KDE, xcfe, LXDE...
I also mail letters with the US Postal Service, which is a nice example of how efficient a government organization can be without partisan politics interfering.
The USPS now faces a budget crisis because Congress dropped 75 years of employee benefit funding on the organization, due in a span of only 10 years
You see how these contradict and back up my point, don't you? Do you think any government program is going to be different?
Even after proposing to close 3,700 offices over the next year, the U.S. postal service has a $9.2 billion deficit and is near a default.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/09/do-we-need-the-postal-service/
But you blame it on the same government that you want to run insurance? You do see the hypocrisy in that, don't you? Are you trying to support my point that government run services are no better (in fact, in this case worse) than private sector? Politics can just as easily kill a business as a CEO. And don't even get started saying that Healthcare is failing in the private sector. It's arguably one of the most regulated (ie: ah, those politics again) sectors of industry today.
You can go back 10 years and find out why it's failing... hard. And of course, they don't consider themselves accountable for any of that. That's definitely what I want my life entrusted to... and since we are on the USPS: Why is it that UPS and FedEx are doing so well? Is it because the USPS cannot deliver packages? No. They deliver packages. What must it be then? Efficiency? Customer Service? Reliability? What is the USPS failing on so hard that it can't compete with these private companies? I think the CATO report sums it nicely: "the Postal Service decided to improve mail service by delaying letter delivery" They delay. So let's push our healthcare under that same "efficient" system. Let's just say, "Hold on sir, we'll get you that heart... when we are damn well ready."
Yeah, let's keep stamp prices artificially low. It makes them look good. (whopping 55%...)
So what about that USPS? Do we still need it?
“Heck, the only thing I need a physical mailing address for these days is to get physical packages from Amazon, UPS and FedEx do just fine and do it with lower labor costs (53% of its expenses for UPS, 32% for FedEx compared with 80% with the USPS)—the private delivery services just run more efficiently as a business,” Chan writes.
From 2008 to 2010, sales revenue in the mailing industry, which includes private mailers and printing companies, grew by 10 percent to $1.1 trillion and increased jobs by 16 percent.
Yes, spam ... spam is saving the USPS. Not efficiency.
So... why is it that:
Postal services in the Netherlands and Germany have been privatized...
And about those markups. Since you cherry picked a single (highly regulated) business that's failed you, let me point out a few government programs that have/are failing as well: ...
Cash for Clunkers
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
TARP
Heck, there was just an article the other day about Solar Energy in America and how it's being exploited by China
More devastating than direct efficiency comparisons is the tendency for government to eventually bankrupt everything it manages, including itself. Amtrak, the Postal Service, Social Security, Medicare, Fannie and Freddie, FHA, FDIC, FSLIC, Student Loans, etc. are some examples.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/12/government_gone_wild.html
If the government cuts funding, the solution is to be more efficient
You don't live in the US under our Government, do you?
Stupid Water Barons!
A rail at the eve and a rail at the peak. Wire these to a junction box near the utility box downstairs. One rail is positive, the other negative. The only problems I see in doing that at construction is corrosion.
No, they'll blame piracy, like they always do. "We must have better DRM and laws protecting our IP!"
Yeah, and if that person doesn't keep their coverage with that company... less income - fewer profits. Whereas single provider... you don't have a choice. If the bureaucrat needs to cut funding because President Joe decides that the budget meeting didn't go well... tough shit.
The amazing thing about corporations is that they are comprised of many individuals who can concentrate on many things at once without being distracted by what color squirrel is running past the office in some other lab.
Who says the government official isn't measured on cost? I'd argue they are probably more cost conscientious people than private sector... mainly because they are public figures and people will be nitpicking every cost they cause. I mean, have you seen the tremendous amount of information people collect on how much Obama's wife spends (of taxpayer money via use of Secret Service/Air Force/Food/Lodging) on vacation?
If the bureaucrat's salary was based on the amount of lives saved like the private sector (indirectly through return visits) then you may have a point... but the bureaucrat's sole concern is budget constraints and medical/drug costs from what I've been reading.
You can't favorite a program you download off the Internet to a subfolder of your home folder without that .desktop file. That's a usability problem. I don't care what the standard says.
If you mean pin apps that don't have .desktop files - that is a freedesktop standard.
Fine.. .then have Gnome Shell create that .desktop file using the executable name and default the path to the folder you ran it from and add it to favorites. Is it really that hard? Currently, if I right click on an app in that bar there is no option to add it to favorites. I have to open a terminal to run the application every time. The only workaround without manually creating the desktop file is using alacarte, but I find that doesn't always put the run path in the desktop files and some apps don't like that.
You can do it in Unity, however. But Unity has some other really big issues that keep me from using it.
As for default to lauch - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/67/dash-click-fix/
This should be a setting somewhere. I still don't know how to add/search for extensions (without this webpage?) Last time I checked by typing Extensions in launcher search, nothing comes up. There's also no apparent visible way to do it from the task bar or launcher. I can download new background images fairly easy... why are extensions hidden away?
All I really want is the ability to pin any app to the dock without having to create .desktop file for it... and the ability to always launch a new app instead of the default action of bringing up the previous instance.
A simple hurdle for those wanting to hack... the client could send the server a hash of the local data, and compare it to the server hash to detect "cheating." Of course, you'd have to send the hole binary blob up to the server to do it so the client couldn't just fake the hash. On second thought, it sounds like a PITA. Just let them hack saves for a tech demo.
There are various suits you can get off monsters... one of them I got was a temporary fox suit that made you extra dodgy I think.
So it's pretty much just like the US...
It's binary... the redstone has a delay when you go through some of the gates and repeaters which makes it look a bit analog, but the logic is all binary. The torches can be used as repeaters (torches power redstone up to 16 blocks) and/or carry a bit signal up or down in elevation in the world. You cannot put redstone wire on the side of multiple block so you have to use stairs (space intense) or torches (compact) to change elevation.
Just to clear something up (in case someone else has never played it)... Minecraft is not an online game. It's a Java based game with a massive procedural generated world full of blocks that can be moved around. It has multiplayer aspects and a dedicated server, but they are not required for play.
No, not Informative... even the GP said Interesting. ;)
In my opinion, I think it might be a better idea to kill the errant job if the controller/user gets disconnected than to continue with a job that may need a followup command that may never come, possibly leaving the server in an unusable state. So you have a choice of trusting the user or having the user say explicitly, "trust me, this is what I want to happen (screen/nohup)... even if I get disconnected."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfEpdVqOLXs
http://www.getmyfbifile.com/form.php
If anyone wanted a link. (I'm not affiliated with the site.)
If I understand correctly, they should be able to envelope something like an MRI so that you don't have to worry about metal bits carried into the room?
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6sd-kdFFg
It's the new form of piracy/copyright infringement prevention. Charge half of what it cost to write, then hope two people buy it.
To be perfectly fair, Mac users always talk about "Time Machine" which is enabled mainly by the file system... so, while they don't talk about the file system directly, they are using a feature set.
Quick Google search "RDP Vulnerability": http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/rdp-exploit-watch-5-million-rdp-endpoints-found-on-internet/10937 (admittedly, I skimmed it.)