Why? If wikipedia can host a much larger database, serve it to far more users per month, and fund the whole thing with donations from the public, why in the world does a smaller more specialised database geared towards doctors need government funding?
Are all those poor MDs so empoverished that they can't afford a $3 donation every now and then?
Specifically, we collectively - as Americans - have allowed ourselves to become incredibly stupid and brain-washed to the point that we prioritize who kneels at a sports game over who will guarantee a civilized level of medical coverage for all citizens.
This is, of course, complete and utter horseshit. I've never met anyone who cares more about kneeling than healthcare; only a blowhard would claim that "Americans collectively" do.
What's happening here is that you, personally, have an issue with the current healthcare system and want to pretend that those who disagree with you don't care about it. The truth of the matter is that they do care, just as much as you do; they just happen to be more or less fine with the way things are, and want to keep it that way.
What I don't understand is why you would even WANT 15 gigs of data. My current plan is for 3 gigs per month and I don't think I've ever exceeded 2. Most months I barely go over 1.
I get that there may be areas out in the boondocks where you can't get cable or ADSL for home use, so a cheap 4g data plan would be a huge benefit... but I have no clue how so many people with good connection at home and living in cities littered with free WiFi still manage to blow through dozens of gigabytes in a month.
There are definitely programs to get more male elementary teachers in (male teachers are generally teaching later years to college). And I believe there are programs to get more male nurses in as well.
No need for programs; the problem will fix itself if we just complain enough about toxic femininity.
Different points of view come from different experiences - and different skin color definitely leads to different experiences, as does sex.
Which set has the greater diversity of experiences:
Three white guys, one an upper class graduate of an ivy league school, one from an impoverished family in the hills of Kentucky with a GED, and one a middle class immigrant from Poland who graduated from a technical school.
Or
A white guy, a black woman, and a "gender fluid" hispanic, all from middle class families, all graduates of MIT?
I expect to be able to move around in a public place in relative anonymity, without being tracked by tens or hundreds or thousands of random jackoffs like you. And this is completely reasonable.
You can expect whatever you like; the question is how are you going to prevent it?
I expect to be able to enjoy my dinner without having random jackoffs call to try and sell me something. I expect to be able to drive downtown without having dozens of random jackoffs insisting that I let them "clean" my windshield. I expect to be able to attend a speech without having mobs of random jackoffs try to block my entry or shout down the speaker. All of those expectations may be completely reasonable, but good luck putting a stop to it.
Some of them can think, but most just blindly follow the diagnostic trees provided by the PHD's who built the system they are maintaining.
That's got nothing to do with the military; it's the aerospace industry in general. Maintenance has to be done as per approved manufacturer defined procedures, otherwise you're in violation of all sorts of airworthiness policies. The days when you could slap together a temporary fix with duct tape and bubblegum are long gone.
There's still some thought involved in actually knowing the systems and being able to figure out which parts of the "diagnostics trees" are worth following in any given circumstance (or what to do when there aren't any to follow), but that's about it.
Well, the colonizing countries had strong and increasing national unification going, effective international coordination (from the Pope)
Soooo... you want to see an increase in nationalism and on overarching theocracy sucking wealth from nations while they engage in constant war with each other? OK. Interesting start.
solid industrial/economic bases with governments generating surpluses, recovery from the black death, and a resurgence in the use of science to make predictions as opposed to be guided by 2000 year old documents. With the exception of not having the plague, which of those are we doing now?
Well given that you're talking about humanity as a whole, we are doing all of those things, in different places. Some nations have strong industrial bases. Some are generating surpluses. Most, with the exception of the third world, are making much better use of science than ever before. So I would say we are doing all of them, except for the "recovering from the black plague" thing... and I count that as a positive thing.
Still not seeing how you're concluding that 1400s era Europe had their shit together but we do not....
That's assuming it COULD be reduced. The biggest expense for airliners is fuel, accounting for 20-30% of all expenditures. Yet, while some advances continue to be made, the overall percentage is never going to be half of that or less.
I'm not saying that there really IS that much gold in these sets. I have only the vaguest idea about how CRTs were built so I'm certainly not an expert on the subject. I'm just pointing out that it's not as implausible as the OP implied. I would love to hear from someone who actually knows what they're talking about but, so far, everyone is basically saying "nope it can't be true because it just sounds wrong".
the population of Israel is now almost 9 million, far greater than the 6 million 'allegedly' killed in WWII, and those Jews living today are so much better off.
You said that, but instead of Jews you said it about Native Americans. And you call me a smug ignoramus? Wow. Just wow.
Wow, just wow, is right. I was briefly tempted to respond to the rest of your comment despite the fact that it's just a repeat of the same kind of lies and misdirections which I exposed in my previous response. After reading this particular bit of libel, though? You've thrown away any shred of credibility and decency which I may have been willing to attribute to you. Feel free to continue ranting and raving about whatever nonsense you like; I'm done with you.
I realize that you're functionally retarded, but even you have got to be aware that total spending on "thing poor people use" is well over a trillion dollars annually. So I gotta ask; why are you being a disingenuous cunt?
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Why? If wikipedia can host a much larger database, serve it to far more users per month, and fund the whole thing with donations from the public, why in the world does a smaller more specialised database geared towards doctors need government funding?
Are all those poor MDs so empoverished that they can't afford a $3 donation every now and then?
Apparently all of the various professional medical organisations are too dumb to figure out how to put together a wiki.
lol. That page looks like it was designed by the Time Cube guy.
I don't think I've ever seen a vitamin-shilling crank on slashdot before. Congrats on breaking new ground!
Specifically, we collectively - as Americans - have allowed ourselves to become incredibly stupid and brain-washed to the point that we prioritize who kneels at a sports game over who will guarantee a civilized level of medical coverage for all citizens.
This is, of course, complete and utter horseshit. I've never met anyone who cares more about kneeling than healthcare; only a blowhard would claim that "Americans collectively" do.
What's happening here is that you, personally, have an issue with the current healthcare system and want to pretend that those who disagree with you don't care about it. The truth of the matter is that they do care, just as much as you do; they just happen to be more or less fine with the way things are, and want to keep it that way.
Is it cheap labour or are they trying to hire highly skilled people?
I'm not sure why you seem to think that those two things are mutually exclusive.
Not all anecdotes are evidence.
What I don't understand is why you would even WANT 15 gigs of data. My current plan is for 3 gigs per month and I don't think I've ever exceeded 2. Most months I barely go over 1.
I get that there may be areas out in the boondocks where you can't get cable or ADSL for home use, so a cheap 4g data plan would be a huge benefit ... but I have no clue how so many people with good connection at home and living in cities littered with free WiFi still manage to blow through dozens of gigabytes in a month.
There are definitely programs to get more male elementary teachers in (male teachers are generally teaching later years to college). And I believe there are programs to get more male nurses in as well.
No need for programs; the problem will fix itself if we just complain enough about toxic femininity.
All of it. He thinks medication is a Jewish plot.
Different points of view come from different experiences - and different skin color definitely leads to different experiences, as does sex.
Which set has the greater diversity of experiences:
Three white guys, one an upper class graduate of an ivy league school, one from an impoverished family in the hills of Kentucky with a GED, and one a middle class immigrant from Poland who graduated from a technical school.
Or
A white guy, a black woman, and a "gender fluid" hispanic, all from middle class families, all graduates of MIT?
I expect to be able to move around in a public place in relative anonymity, without being tracked by tens or hundreds or thousands of random jackoffs like you. And this is completely reasonable.
You can expect whatever you like; the question is how are you going to prevent it?
I expect to be able to enjoy my dinner without having random jackoffs call to try and sell me something. I expect to be able to drive downtown without having dozens of random jackoffs insisting that I let them "clean" my windshield. I expect to be able to attend a speech without having mobs of random jackoffs try to block my entry or shout down the speaker. All of those expectations may be completely reasonable, but good luck putting a stop to it.
Some of them can think, but most just blindly follow the diagnostic trees provided by the PHD's who built the system they are maintaining.
That's got nothing to do with the military; it's the aerospace industry in general. Maintenance has to be done as per approved manufacturer defined procedures, otherwise you're in violation of all sorts of airworthiness policies. The days when you could slap together a temporary fix with duct tape and bubblegum are long gone.
There's still some thought involved in actually knowing the systems and being able to figure out which parts of the "diagnostics trees" are worth following in any given circumstance (or what to do when there aren't any to follow), but that's about it.
They had it all together as good as it gets in the 15th century. That's why they explored.
We have it all together as good as it gets in the 21st century. That's why we're exploring.
Well, the colonizing countries had strong and increasing national unification going, effective international coordination (from the Pope)
Soooo ... you want to see an increase in nationalism and on overarching theocracy sucking wealth from nations while they engage in constant war with each other? OK. Interesting start.
solid industrial/economic bases with governments generating surpluses, recovery from the black death, and a resurgence in the use of science to make predictions as opposed to be guided by 2000 year old documents. With the exception of not having the plague, which of those are we doing now?
Well given that you're talking about humanity as a whole, we are doing all of those things, in different places. Some nations have strong industrial bases. Some are generating surpluses. Most, with the exception of the third world, are making much better use of science than ever before. So I would say we are doing all of them, except for the "recovering from the black plague" thing ... and I count that as a positive thing.
Still not seeing how you're concluding that 1400s era Europe had their shit together but we do not ....
Interesting. So if Europe had it's shit together back in the late 1400s, by what metric are you concluding that we don't have our shit together today?
That's assuming it COULD be reduced. The biggest expense for airliners is fuel, accounting for 20-30% of all expenditures. Yet, while some advances continue to be made, the overall percentage is never going to be half of that or less.
I'm not saying that there really IS that much gold in these sets. I have only the vaguest idea about how CRTs were built so I'm certainly not an expert on the subject. I'm just pointing out that it's not as implausible as the OP implied. I would love to hear from someone who actually knows what they're talking about but, so far, everyone is basically saying "nope it can't be true because it just sounds wrong".
Correct, but the numbers are accurate if you swap the unit.
the population of Israel is now almost 9 million, far greater than the 6 million 'allegedly' killed in WWII, and those Jews living today are so much better off.
You said that, but instead of Jews you said it about Native Americans. And you call me a smug ignoramus? Wow. Just wow.
Wow, just wow, is right. I was briefly tempted to respond to the rest of your comment despite the fact that it's just a repeat of the same kind of lies and misdirections which I exposed in my previous response. After reading this particular bit of libel, though? You've thrown away any shred of credibility and decency which I may have been willing to attribute to you. Feel free to continue ranting and raving about whatever nonsense you like; I'm done with you.
Ah. So ... retarded then.
Yeah, I miss the days when America wasn't a vassal colony of a foreign power :(
Also: open office is cheaper!
Cheaper than Microsoft Office, sure, but LibreOffice is the same price and way better.
Talk to Elon; I'm sure he can get you one for the right price.
It's a good thing Europe got it's shit together before exploring the Americas, or the whole project would have just been one massive waste of time.
You're confusing a lack of interest with a lack of ability. It's a common error, but a rather silly one.
I realize that you're functionally retarded, but even you have got to be aware that total spending on "thing poor people use" is well over a trillion dollars annually. So I gotta ask; why are you being a disingenuous cunt?