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  1. Re:Taking exception to a statement in the summary on EU Plastic Bag Debate Highlights a Wider Global Problem · · Score: 1

    * plastic bags are recyclable
    * paper bags are not recyclable
    * a paper bag at the bottom of a garbage pile will not biodegrade.

  2. Re:Fuck these government pricks on FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe To Halt DNA Test Service · · Score: 2

    How do you know that 23andme isn't simply making these results up with no scientific basis whatsoever for their claims?

  3. Re:Entirely Reasonable on FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe To Halt DNA Test Service · · Score: 1

    Is anyone claiming these tests aren't effective?

    Yes. I am claiming these tests aren't effective.

  4. Re:And here we go again on China Creates Air Defence Zone Over Japan-Controlled Islands, Issues War Threat · · Score: 1

    Taiwan has a better claim to these islands than either Japan or China.

  5. Re:Only partly joking... on China Creates Air Defence Zone Over Japan-Controlled Islands, Issues War Threat · · Score: 1

    The United States wants to rule the world. Japan and China want to rule their countries.

  6. Re:Google Voice on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 1

    You don't need a 2nd landline. A voip DID for $1 per month will work. If you only give your number to friends and family you will never receive telemarketer calls.

  7. Re:find an old modem on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 2

    voip users also pay to receive calls.

  8. Re:Spoof the line as disconnected.. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 4, Informative

    You don't need a device, just play the disconnect tone. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/IC_SIT.ogg

  9. Re:Not the same... on The US Now Faces the Same Dilemma Over Drones As It Did Over Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1
  10. Lakeview Gusher on BP Hired Company To Troll Users Who Left Critical Comments · · Score: 1

    "largest environmental disaster in U.S. history" The Lakeview Gusher spill was larger in terms of tons of oil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeview_Gusher

    I think the author meant "most expensive environmental disaster".

  11. Re:I wish them success... on Wikimedia Sends Cease and Desist Letter To Firm Providing Paid Editing Services · · Score: 1

    You do not have to create an account to edit a Wikipedia article.

  12. Re:So how much does a blood test cost in the US? on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 1

    Nope. You can almost always obtain the lowest prices by paying cash. While I have health insurance I almost always pay cash in order to save money. A recent blood test would have cost me about $80 if I used my health insurance. Instead I obtained the blood test for $20 by paying cash.

  13. Re:How to interpret results on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 1

    That chart provides no interpretation whatsoever. It only says if results are within range. Someone can have a result out of range, but be a normal result for them.

  14. Re:How much will it cost? on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 1

    In California, the insurance commissioner has said that none of the existing health insurance plans are compliant with the ACA and all must be cancelled.

  15. Re:How much will it cost? on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's about getting everyone insured.

    Nope. Some people are finding Obamacare is cancelling their insurance while their Obamacare replacement insurance is unaffordable and they make too much for a subsidy.

    So far, more people have had their insurance cancelled than the number of people who have been able to obtain a policy through the government website.

  16. Re:But will patients actually get to see the savin on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 2

    In California, patients are prohibited from obtaining blood tests without a doctor's request. And, the test results must be sent only to the doctor without providing the patient with a copy.

  17. Re:But will patients actually get to see the savin on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 1

    If your doctor has requested you take a blood test, you can have that blood test done at any facility of your choice. I have personally transferred my doctor's blood tests to other facilities.

  18. Re:Accuracy on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 1

    The government requires the accuracy of medical tests to be determined before the tests are used on patients.

  19. Re:hemoglobin test on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 1

    No you don't. Blood test results only rarely provide definitive diagnosis of anything. A diagnosis requires an analysis of a series of test results and symptoms in combination, which done of your websites will do. My doctor has told me that the interpretations I find on the web, from reliable medical websites, do not apply to my case.

  20. Re:Accuracy on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nope. Insurance companies have an interest in increasing medical costs.

    Under Obamacare health insurance companies are allowed a maximum of 20% of the cost of medical care. The only way health insurance companies can increase their profits is by increasing medical care costs.

  21. Re:Uhh on Time For a Warrant Canary Metatag? · · Score: 1

    My company exists purely in cyberspace. There is nobody in authority who can be contacted in person.

    Unfortunately, there is also no way for your customers to pay you.

  22. wind? on Arizona Approves Grid-Connection Fees For Solar Rooftops · · Score: 2

    But, no fee if you instead install a wind system?

  23. Re:Valuable real estate on Sears To Convert Old Auto Centers Into National Chain of Data Centers · · Score: 1

    Having a data centre located in the mall would enable the mall to sell large amounts of digital content. Don't think CDs and DVDs, perhaps something like super duper immersive games.

  24. Re:Why just video? on Legislation Would Prohibit ISPs From Throttling Online Video Services · · Score: 1

    If ISPs only sold bandwidth and did not try and bundle bandwidth with their own voice and video services, an ISP would have no desire to prioritize traffic.

  25. Re:Video only? on Legislation Would Prohibit ISPs From Throttling Online Video Services · · Score: 1

    For example, there is no prohibition on the blocking of voip.