Have you looked at private insurance? I have a catastrophic plan ($5000 deductible) that runs $114 per month. I've paid for my own insurance for 15 years now, and have never paid more than $140 per month. Yeah, I have a big deductible now (I've saved up for it), but there is also a $170 per month plan with a $1000 deductible available. That should meet nearly anyone's needs...
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We do not need a nationalized plan; simply allow insurance to be sold cross-State borders, and you'd see a massive reduction in costs everywhere from the huge increase in competition.
Your experience about minimum wage and welfare is PRECISELY the issue; the Government is making it easier to be 100% dependent on it, rather than yourself. That's not a failure of the private market, but an overreach of power by the Government. You get hooked, you get pulled in, and the bureaucracy and power of the Government grows. You become the power base to work from.
You're obviously a veteran techie (based upon our 5 digit UID); have you considered moving out of State? PA's not cutting it in assistance or employment... There's no reason to settle - it can be done. And yes, I've been self-employed for 15 years, hustling for those next jobs. Even in this market, I maintain basically full-time employment...
Who cannot get insurance? State plans already exist for those with too little income, or who have pre-existing conditions. COBRA exists for those who lose their job and are in-between. And private plans exist as well (for example, I pay $114 per month of my plan, as a 42 year old, overweight male with a family history of cancer).
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WHY do we need to nationalize this? Why does the Federal Government need to come in with a one-size-fits-all approach? If the concern is over the people supposedly dying because the Federal plan doesn't exist, then WHY delay the plan for 5 years - do those people who will die over the next 5 years not matter?
We have State insurance programs already; at least, most of the States I know of have such a plan. For example, here in Washington State, you can make up to 150% of poverty and have 100% financed health insurance. And it's a sliding scale from that.
So you won't pay for their common defense, but for yours? Then that's what happens - they pay their taxes, you pay yours, and it provides for both. And it's part of the Constitution - forcing me to pay for your health insurance is decidedly not!
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As far as I-90, I didn't know the Government should provide services based upon beliefs a person held. I guess as long as you hold the right positions, you're OK. But what if the Government changes its position and your speech and beliefs are no longer in vogue? No services for you?
You should stop and think about who the small-minded, redneck racist really is...
And I don't want to pay for roads leading up to the home of redneck racists who fly Confederate Flags, nor provide for their common defense.
Guess what - you don't. The road stops at the property line - that road to their home is their own issue. And that redneck racist pays property taxes for that road on the public right of way of property.
Chances are, too, that the bubba you don't want also provides for his defense - he's most likely armed and experienced in using his firearms. After all, the police are not there to protect you, you cannot sue them for failing to stop and assault. It's up to YOU to provide for that.
Before Obamacare you could get medical assistance with having a baby or if your life is endangered regardless if you are a citizen or not.
I take it you mean that in an emergency you can go to the ER. There are at least 2 major problems with that:
1. The ER is the #1 most expensive way to treat patients. If the cost isn't paid by the patient, it's going to get paid by everybody else via higher prices. For instance, a typical ER visit is in the range of $300-$500. A typical office visit is closer to $150 to $200.
BS. If I go to the ER, I pay for it. Of course, I have insurance that I pay for myself. What you mean is that the ER is the most expensive way to pay for UNINSURED consumers of healthcare. Obamacare does nothing to solve the problem of uninsured, however, as the penalty is a tax hit - if you have no income, you pay no taxes, and thus there is no penalty for not paying into the healthcare system. We have the same problem, just that now the Government gets to orchestrate who's collecting and who's paying. And of course, restrict choice and freedom at the same time, as well as result in a more expensive delivery of care...
2. If you do need to get treatment for life-threatening issues, it could well cost you not only everything you own, but everything you'd possibly be able to save after you recover. You'll be alive, but you and your family will be impoverished more-or-less permanently.
Which is why a responsible person carries insurance. If you don't carry insurance, then yes - you can be left destitute for a significant illness. Same happens if you have your home uninsured and it burns down, or an earthquake demolishes it. It's YOUR responsibility to plan and provide for potential disasters, not Government's role to bail out those who refuse to take their own responsibilities seriously.
We finally pass meaningful health care reform, and there is a Republican Judge, waiting to strike it down, killing thousands in the process. Not that Republicans ever give a shit about their fellow Americans.
Everyone who has voted Republican has the blood of sick Americans on their hands. As well as the blood of Iraqi civilians, and the stench of their stolen oil.
I guess President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid - along with every member of Congress who voted for the bill also have blood on their hands since they delayed implementation of the bill until 2015... I guess only people who die AFTER that time matter, or is this just a partisan attack line about blood on hands?
Fucking kids and your luxury... When I was young, we had to carve out individual zeros or ones on stone tablets, tie them to a passing brontosaurus or triceratops tail and herd them down the valley to Thag's house, just to send an LOL message!
Broadband - to me, the consumer who buys it - is fast enough access to get what I need, when I need it. For me, that's a 1Mbps DSL line that I pay $15.99 per month for. It's broadband for me; higher speed doesn't get my anything more - I can check e-mail, use SVN, stream Pandora, watch Netflix, and post on/. - all with a cheap, "non-broadband" connection.
That's the only time I use mine - for documenting 2D drawings of parts. HOWEVER, I doubt I'll be doing CAD work on a Chrome OS based product; at least, as far as I know Alibre does not have plans to release a cloud-based 3D parametric CAD system!
So one form of procedural - vector based - would work. If we can describe a signal mathematically, we can recreate it within the precision of our description. Doesn't matter if that signal is an RF wave or a texture - or a vector graphic to zoom.
That would be quite welcome, but if ditching the display port meant gaining a USB port (or even an additional one) or an SDHC slot, I would gladly trade it away.
My little HSG X5A (a 7" tablet running Eclair) has:
1. One full size USB port
2. One mini-size USB port
3. One mini-size HDMI port
4. One 3.5mm audio jack
5. One SDHC card slot
Items 1 through 4 live on one short end of the device (along with the power jack and the power button); the SDHC slot is on one of the long sides. The other short side and the other long side are empty. There's plenty of room on a 7" - and thus more than enough room on a 10" - for your entire wish list of connectivity.
the app page looked almost Apple iPad-like. Infact the Gmail app looked almost exactly like Gmail on the iPad
Uhh, that means the app looks GOOGLE like, since they MADE both apps... It was their choice - not Apple's - to make it look the way it looks. I guess tech writers have bought in to the whole "the world is Apple is the world" cult mentality after all...
The OS should be able to switch profiles automatically. If I receive a call from a contact that's marked as a client/professional contact, then use the professional profile. If it's from my drinking buddy, go to personal. If it's my design partner (professional AND personal contact), then use the time of day or schedule to select - if I'm in a meeting or it's business hours, use professional - otherwise use personal.
Not if they're rendered into static images at install time... You can put a lot of processing time into rendering those textures once on your machine, after you've downloaded the algorithm to do the texture generation. Yeah, it might be a 5-10 minute hit on first install, but it'll save you about the same amount of time on downloading, and save you a LOT of 3G bandwidth too.
If you buy a game for "Windows"... it never works out of the box. Hell there are so many PC's being sold right now that won't even play 10 year old games. Who should I blame?
Funny, I was just tweaking a DOS utility I use for calibrating my parallel-port based force meter yesterday. And I'm doing the software development (MSVC 1.52c for DOS) on my Windows 7 x64 Ultimate platform. Seems like 20 year old software that runs only on DOS, and directly accesses the hardware works on the latest and greatest Windows platform.
Sorry, black turtlenecks and the Dieter look are reserved for those living North of Cologne, East of Oslo, and West of Tallinn. Anyone else is just a wannabe and deserves the wrath of the stoic Scandinavians.
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Don't they know that 2011 is the year of Linux in the Desktop?
We do not need a nationalized plan; simply allow insurance to be sold cross-State borders, and you'd see a massive reduction in costs everywhere from the huge increase in competition.
Your experience about minimum wage and welfare is PRECISELY the issue; the Government is making it easier to be 100% dependent on it, rather than yourself. That's not a failure of the private market, but an overreach of power by the Government. You get hooked, you get pulled in, and the bureaucracy and power of the Government grows. You become the power base to work from.
You're obviously a veteran techie (based upon our 5 digit UID); have you considered moving out of State? PA's not cutting it in assistance or employment... There's no reason to settle - it can be done. And yes, I've been self-employed for 15 years, hustling for those next jobs. Even in this market, I maintain basically full-time employment...
WHY do we need to nationalize this? Why does the Federal Government need to come in with a one-size-fits-all approach? If the concern is over the people supposedly dying because the Federal plan doesn't exist, then WHY delay the plan for 5 years - do those people who will die over the next 5 years not matter?
We have State insurance programs already; at least, most of the States I know of have such a plan. For example, here in Washington State, you can make up to 150% of poverty and have 100% financed health insurance. And it's a sliding scale from that.
As far as I-90, I didn't know the Government should provide services based upon beliefs a person held. I guess as long as you hold the right positions, you're OK. But what if the Government changes its position and your speech and beliefs are no longer in vogue? No services for you?
You should stop and think about who the small-minded, redneck racist really is...
And I don't want to pay for roads leading up to the home of redneck racists who fly Confederate Flags, nor provide for their common defense.
Guess what - you don't. The road stops at the property line - that road to their home is their own issue. And that redneck racist pays property taxes for that road on the public right of way of property.
Chances are, too, that the bubba you don't want also provides for his defense - he's most likely armed and experienced in using his firearms. After all, the police are not there to protect you, you cannot sue them for failing to stop and assault. It's up to YOU to provide for that.
Before Obamacare you could get medical assistance with having a baby or if your life is endangered regardless if you are a citizen or not.
I take it you mean that in an emergency you can go to the ER. There are at least 2 major problems with that: 1. The ER is the #1 most expensive way to treat patients. If the cost isn't paid by the patient, it's going to get paid by everybody else via higher prices. For instance, a typical ER visit is in the range of $300-$500. A typical office visit is closer to $150 to $200.
BS. If I go to the ER, I pay for it. Of course, I have insurance that I pay for myself. What you mean is that the ER is the most expensive way to pay for UNINSURED consumers of healthcare. Obamacare does nothing to solve the problem of uninsured, however, as the penalty is a tax hit - if you have no income, you pay no taxes, and thus there is no penalty for not paying into the healthcare system. We have the same problem, just that now the Government gets to orchestrate who's collecting and who's paying. And of course, restrict choice and freedom at the same time, as well as result in a more expensive delivery of care...
2. If you do need to get treatment for life-threatening issues, it could well cost you not only everything you own, but everything you'd possibly be able to save after you recover. You'll be alive, but you and your family will be impoverished more-or-less permanently.
Which is why a responsible person carries insurance. If you don't carry insurance, then yes - you can be left destitute for a significant illness. Same happens if you have your home uninsured and it burns down, or an earthquake demolishes it. It's YOUR responsibility to plan and provide for potential disasters, not Government's role to bail out those who refuse to take their own responsibilities seriously.
We finally pass meaningful health care reform, and there is a Republican Judge, waiting to strike it down, killing thousands in the process. Not that Republicans ever give a shit about their fellow Americans.
Everyone who has voted Republican has the blood of sick Americans on their hands. As well as the blood of Iraqi civilians, and the stench of their stolen oil.
I guess President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid - along with every member of Congress who voted for the bill also have blood on their hands since they delayed implementation of the bill until 2015... I guess only people who die AFTER that time matter, or is this just a partisan attack line about blood on hands?
Fucking kids and your luxury... When I was young, we had to carve out individual zeros or ones on stone tablets, tie them to a passing brontosaurus or triceratops tail and herd them down the valley to Thag's house, just to send an LOL message!
Broadband - to me, the consumer who buys it - is fast enough access to get what I need, when I need it. For me, that's a 1Mbps DSL line that I pay $15.99 per month for. It's broadband for me; higher speed doesn't get my anything more - I can check e-mail, use SVN, stream Pandora, watch Netflix, and post on /. - all with a cheap, "non-broadband" connection.
You should have more choices, such as AT&T, Charter, and Verizon...
LOL... iSeeWhatYouDidThere... But that was all SHIFT, not CAPSLOCK. My left pinkie is massive strong!
That's the only time I use mine - for documenting 2D drawings of parts. HOWEVER, I doubt I'll be doing CAD work on a Chrome OS based product; at least, as far as I know Alibre does not have plans to release a cloud-based 3D parametric CAD system!
Show me Netcraft confirms it or it doesn't happen...
So one form of procedural - vector based - would work. If we can describe a signal mathematically, we can recreate it within the precision of our description. Doesn't matter if that signal is an RF wave or a texture - or a vector graphic to zoom.
IIRC, getting spooge from a mobile device is patented by Apple. At least that's the way their fanbois act...
That's unpossible!
That would be quite welcome, but if ditching the display port meant gaining a USB port (or even an additional one) or an SDHC slot, I would gladly trade it away.
My little HSG X5A (a 7" tablet running Eclair) has:
1. One full size USB port
2. One mini-size USB port
3. One mini-size HDMI port
4. One 3.5mm audio jack
5. One SDHC card slot
Items 1 through 4 live on one short end of the device (along with the power jack and the power button); the SDHC slot is on one of the long sides. The other short side and the other long side are empty. There's plenty of room on a 7" - and thus more than enough room on a 10" - for your entire wish list of connectivity.
I see my grandma made it to them too, with the pinching of the cheeks and all...
the app page looked almost Apple iPad-like. Infact the Gmail app looked almost exactly like Gmail on the iPad
Uhh, that means the app looks GOOGLE like, since they MADE both apps... It was their choice - not Apple's - to make it look the way it looks. I guess tech writers have bought in to the whole "the world is Apple is the world" cult mentality after all...
Are they ugly because it's impossible to make a good procedural texture, or because the programmer does a half-assed job at the procedural?
The OS should be able to switch profiles automatically. If I receive a call from a contact that's marked as a client/professional contact, then use the professional profile. If it's from my drinking buddy, go to personal. If it's my design partner (professional AND personal contact), then use the time of day or schedule to select - if I'm in a meeting or it's business hours, use professional - otherwise use personal.
Not if they're rendered into static images at install time... You can put a lot of processing time into rendering those textures once on your machine, after you've downloaded the algorithm to do the texture generation. Yeah, it might be a 5-10 minute hit on first install, but it'll save you about the same amount of time on downloading, and save you a LOT of 3G bandwidth too.
If you buy a game for "Windows"... it never works out of the box. Hell there are so many PC's being sold right now that won't even play 10 year old games. Who should I blame?
Funny, I was just tweaking a DOS utility I use for calibrating my parallel-port based force meter yesterday. And I'm doing the software development (MSVC 1.52c for DOS) on my Windows 7 x64 Ultimate platform. Seems like 20 year old software that runs only on DOS, and directly accesses the hardware works on the latest and greatest Windows platform.
I think you should blame trolls like yourself...
Sorry, black turtlenecks and the Dieter look are reserved for those living North of Cologne, East of Oslo, and West of Tallinn. Anyone else is just a wannabe and deserves the wrath of the stoic Scandinavians.