but that's hardly the point of an insurance company in general. Anyways...
Then what is the point of an insurance company? It's been a few months since my last risk management and insurance course, but insurance companies exist to assume risks in exchange for a premium. Without insurance, your only recourse is probably to sue the party responsible. Your purchased coverage is there so you don't have to deal with that. If it's worth a lawsuit, then the insurance company can sue who's responsible.
Coming at it from the other side: liability insurance exists to cover you for incidents you might otherwise be sued for. In either case, insurance is there to reduce risk and potential losses . . . and to keep you out of court. Of course, litigation can't always be avoided, but insurance can at the very least act as a buffer to provide a settlement in many cases rather than a full-on court battle.
When there's a disagreement on settlement, you go to court. It happens all the time. One dumb adjuster/investigator can make your time as a claimant difficulty - but by moving to court you can ensure a due process.
. . . at a tremendous cost in time, lawyers fees and all around hassle. It might be worth it for $20,000, but smaller claims are so often not worth it. Litigation sucks. Often times the only real winners are the lawyers. The whole point of having an insurance company is to provide you with compensation for a covered loss without having to go through the hassle of suing the responsible party.
I love how their obvious solution is to buy monopoly protection through legislation, instead of altering their business models to adapt to changing markets.
I couldn't have said it better myself. Consumers can be pretty dense about the effects of some of the idiotic wet-kisses-to-big-industry laws that get pushed through various nations' legislatures. Eventually the monopolies go away as consumers get mad enough to actually attract the attention of their elected officials.
It seems like every time a rocket blows up or fails to launch the payload is lost. Why? It keeps happening, and the payloads keep being destroyed. Failsafes to prevent this need to be in place. I envision a payload pod with tripple redundant explosive release mechanisms, and capable of re-entering the atmosphere from orbit. I'd love to just once hear: "rocket blows up, payload recovered, re-launch expected after payload is tested and re-certified."
There's only so much redundancy that's feasible when you're strapping payloads to a rocket that needs to punch through the atmosphere and reach orbital velocity. You'd have to toughen the payload to handle the huge aerodynamic stresses, add a thermal protection system and parachutes, etc. The added weight, complexity and overall expenses would probably far exceed the costs of replacing the payload.
1.) Because their company's culture is geared towards providing the best user experiences it can and that whole "Don't be evil." bit.
2.) Even if you think all of that's a crock, Google will make more money selling online advertising if they aren't continually making ~$90 million or so click fraud settlements periodically . ..
That's fine until they're all repainted with reflective paint.
That shouldn't be a problem. The mirror would have to be virtually flawless. The slightest scratch or bit of dust and the first few pulses burn any reflectivity right off. From the Wikipedia:
"Some believe that mirrors or other countermeasures can reduce the effectiveness of high energy lasers. This has not been demonstrated. Small defects in mirrors absorb energy, and the defects rapidly expand across the surface. Protective mirroring on the outside of a target could easily be made less effective by incidental damage and by dust and dirt on its surface."
I seriously doubt MS will be releasing an officially supported version of Office for Linux any time soon. While less attractive to businesses, Office XP runs just fine under Wine and/or Crossover Office. There are still some issues with Office 2003, tho.
Ummmm . . . Apple has been adding more options and features to their OS with every 10.x release while streamlining it every time. The minimum sys reqs for Vista Ultimate with Aero are through the roof.
One application of something similar is definately coming to desktops (and laptops in particular) in hybrid hard drive arrangements--cacheing commonly used files to flash memory to be able to spin down the platters and conserver power or for performance gains. (Although I remain wary of Vista using USB thumb drives as caches . . . finite read/write cycles and all.)
Ubuntu's base image is geared for desktop use and to fit on a single CD. User applications are more important than compilers for "Joe Average." Compilers are readily available from the repositories. "sudo apt-get install gcc . . . etc."
Working at a company that manages pay-per-click ads, pay per action is something we've been waiting for a long time to come over the horizon. I'm so glad Google's rolling it out, even if it is only on a test basis.
"Clicks" are abstract concepts and very difficult to sell to less tech-savvy business people. They want a better measure of their return on investment for their ad campaigns. A number of companies offer call tracking, which is easier for businesses to grok . . . but a call != a sale . . . or even an actual lead.
This is a welcome step in the right direction, IMHO.
Maybe he lied and said he was the same age as her, 14. She just figured he was allowed to drive at such a young age because he was so darn cool. Either that, or he lied and said he was older. Because, clearly, only 19 year old guys ever sexually assault people.
For actual consumer devices, higher pixel count doesn't always mean better pictures. Color quality, optics, processing, etc. can make a huge difference. We're limited largely by what our eyes can perceive and our display devices actually represent. I guess such huge resolutions might be helpful for "zooming" without needing the lens assemblies . . . but there's still atmospheric distortion to contend with . . . It's a shame TFA doesn't mention what this CCD is actually supposed to be used for.
They're using Viral Marketing and leveraging Web 2.0 paradigms to synergistically create scalable advertising solu--. . . oh bother . . . they're not even using AJAX.
It also depends on how you draw the line on what's a single software product.
Vista Ultimate is going to have tons more code than Vista Basic simply because of all the extra bundled apps. Linux is another good example--Red Hat includes the GNU tools and assorted applications, Ubuntu's base distro fits on a single CD, whereas Debian and SUSE's official distros provide everything but the kitchen sink and probably contain an order of magnitude more code as a result.
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but that's hardly the point of an insurance company in general. Anyways...
Then what is the point of an insurance company? It's been a few months since my last risk management and insurance course, but insurance companies exist to assume risks in exchange for a premium. Without insurance, your only recourse is probably to sue the party responsible. Your purchased coverage is there so you don't have to deal with that. If it's worth a lawsuit, then the insurance company can sue who's responsible.
Coming at it from the other side: liability insurance exists to cover you for incidents you might otherwise be sued for. In either case, insurance is there to reduce risk and potential losses . . . and to keep you out of court. Of course, litigation can't always be avoided, but insurance can at the very least act as a buffer to provide a settlement in many cases rather than a full-on court battle.
When there's a disagreement on settlement, you go to court. It happens all the time. One dumb adjuster/investigator can make your time as a claimant difficulty - but by moving to court you can ensure a due process.
. . . at a tremendous cost in time, lawyers fees and all around hassle. It might be worth it for $20,000, but smaller claims are so often not worth it. Litigation sucks. Often times the only real winners are the lawyers. The whole point of having an insurance company is to provide you with compensation for a covered loss without having to go through the hassle of suing the responsible party.
Pennsylvania is not the most powerful country in the world
As if that wasn't embarassing enough, they're not even a country either!
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(Gentoo, obviously.)I love how their obvious solution is to buy monopoly protection through legislation, instead of altering their business models to adapt to changing markets.
I couldn't have said it better myself. Consumers can be pretty dense about the effects of some of the idiotic wet-kisses-to-big-industry laws that get pushed through various nations' legislatures. Eventually the monopolies go away as consumers get mad enough to actually attract the attention of their elected officials.It seems like every time a rocket blows up or fails to launch the payload is lost. Why? It keeps happening, and the payloads keep being destroyed. Failsafes to prevent this need to be in place. I envision a payload pod with tripple redundant explosive release mechanisms, and capable of re-entering the atmosphere from orbit. I'd love to just once hear: "rocket blows up, payload recovered, re-launch expected after payload is tested and re-certified."
There's only so much redundancy that's feasible when you're strapping payloads to a rocket that needs to punch through the atmosphere and reach orbital velocity. You'd have to toughen the payload to handle the huge aerodynamic stresses, add a thermal protection system and parachutes, etc. The added weight, complexity and overall expenses would probably far exceed the costs of replacing the payload.
1.) Because their company's culture is geared towards providing the best user experiences it can and that whole "Don't be evil." bit.
2.) Even if you think all of that's a crock, Google will make more money selling online advertising if they aren't continually making ~$90 million or so click fraud settlements periodically . . .
That's fine until they're all repainted with reflective paint.
That shouldn't be a problem. The mirror would have to be virtually flawless. The slightest scratch or bit of dust and the first few pulses burn any reflectivity right off. From the Wikipedia:
"Some believe that mirrors or other countermeasures can reduce the effectiveness of high energy lasers. This has not been demonstrated. Small defects in mirrors absorb energy, and the defects rapidly expand across the surface. Protective mirroring on the outside of a target could easily be made less effective by incidental damage and by dust and dirt on its surface."
I seriously doubt MS will be releasing an officially supported version of Office for Linux any time soon. While less attractive to businesses, Office XP runs just fine under Wine and/or Crossover Office. There are still some issues with Office 2003, tho.
Yipii!
Ummmm . . . Apple has been adding more options and features to their OS with every 10.x release while streamlining it every time. The minimum sys reqs for Vista Ultimate with Aero are through the roof.
I agree. My mom's a domestic engineer. If you call her a house wife, she'll engineer you right across the face. =D
I'm sure there are lots of people who would support using thier idle PCs for alzheimers research. They just forgot.
. . . East Ukrainian dentists declare in their recent study that "Manned spaceflight is more difficult than they thought."
(Seriously . . . shouldn't physists be studying . . . I dunno . . . physics?)
One application of something similar is definately coming to desktops (and laptops in particular) in hybrid hard drive arrangements--cacheing commonly used files to flash memory to be able to spin down the platters and conserver power or for performance gains. (Although I remain wary of Vista using USB thumb drives as caches . . . finite read/write cycles and all.)
It makes me so mad when some loudmouth on a cell phone keeps yacking while I'm trying to watch a good thunderstorm.
Ubuntu's base image is geared for desktop use and to fit on a single CD. User applications are more important than compilers for "Joe Average." Compilers are readily available from the repositories. "sudo apt-get install gcc . . . etc."
Working at a company that manages pay-per-click ads, pay per action is something we've been waiting for a long time to come over the horizon. I'm so glad Google's rolling it out, even if it is only on a test basis.
"Clicks" are abstract concepts and very difficult to sell to less tech-savvy business people. They want a better measure of their return on investment for their ad campaigns. A number of companies offer call tracking, which is easier for businesses to grok . . . but a call != a sale . . . or even an actual lead.
This is a welcome step in the right direction, IMHO.
Maybe he lied and said he was the same age as her, 14. She just figured he was allowed to drive at such a young age because he was so darn cool. Either that, or he lied and said he was older. Because, clearly, only 19 year old guys ever sexually assault people.
For actual consumer devices, higher pixel count doesn't always mean better pictures. Color quality, optics, processing, etc. can make a huge difference. We're limited largely by what our eyes can perceive and our display devices actually represent. I guess such huge resolutions might be helpful for "zooming" without needing the lens assemblies . . . but there's still atmospheric distortion to contend with . . . It's a shame TFA doesn't mention what this CCD is actually supposed to be used for.
Amazon already has a gourmet food store. This seems like a logical extension to me.
They're using Viral Marketing and leveraging Web 2.0 paradigms to synergistically create scalable advertising solu--. . . oh bother . . . they're not even using AJAX.
. . . "Gang of Escaped Lobotomy Patients" is to "Improve MIT".
I think they call those "alumni."
It also depends on how you draw the line on what's a single software product.
Vista Ultimate is going to have tons more code than Vista Basic simply because of all the extra bundled apps. Linux is another good example--Red Hat includes the GNU tools and assorted applications, Ubuntu's base distro fits on a single CD, whereas Debian and SUSE's official distros provide everything but the kitchen sink and probably contain an order of magnitude more code as a result.
Well *I'd* certainly categorize those people as browser tools.