Once again I have to point out government programs aren't created
and
meant to make a profit.
Ya think?
How about if they break even? That would be a hoot.
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Where are you getting this nonsense? What part of option won't
flow
through your head? I'd recommend using a hammer, but then you'd have
to use your insurance. That is if you have insurance.
Option means optional. Wham, wham, wham. Bang your head against the
wall a few more times
IT IS NEITHER!
It is called universal or one payer healthcare.
Nothing socialistic about it.
Then that word does not mean what you think it means.
I'm out of this discussion at this point. It has devolved into the usual
partisan nonsense.
If leftists have any sense, they'll read and
Sounds like paradise. Why aren't you living there?
I was just waiting for the old love it or leave it bullshit to
start. Why can't an intelligent and respectful conversation take
place without descending into the pit of old worn out saws such as
that?
Really? You saw love or leave it
As one with family from Cuba and some friends remaining, I can assure
you that Jeff W. has no idea about Cuba, considering his comments. It's
their health care insurance system and outcomes that are better than
ours, not the high tech gadgets and expensive doctors. The Cuban
government,
Did you see the Time cover story about cheap food? This is another
issue that Americans will have to face up to. Corporate farmers are
polluting our world and serving up food from diseased animals. Our
food is so strongly laced with antibiotics that they are breeding new
strains of
You mean like when we got rid of the laws that required local banking?
That worked very well. Didn't it?
If you look for banks that did not get caught in the sub-prime fiasco
you will find that these were banks run by local bankers who knew who
and what was getting the loan. You will also
If you encounter someone who is hungry and you don't feed them you are
not being nice.
If you encounter someone who is homeless and you don't shelter them
you are not being nice.
If you encounter someone who is bleeding to death and you don't help
them you are a criminal.
Tell us again
She said we, she didn't say you. We aren't including you. So don't
bother voting next election. It won't be counted. You're not included.
Oh, we'll still be taking SS out of your paycheck. Probably LI as
well, but you aren't part of our government. Wow, how freeing that
must feel. A man
This is a terrible comparison. But if you must, the airline travel
industry has also gone to hell. I don't know how much you fly, but
it's miserable today as compared to 20 years ago
I fly a couple of times a year. It's OK.
What I do know is that it's no longer only a tool for the
There's no free market. Never has been. Get over it. Deal with the
economy as it exists, not in some utopian, fear-inspired fantasy. Good
health, quality education, a stable economy with manufacturing, and a
clean environment are as important to our security as diplomacy and our
military. Who
Hmmm, coach healthcare and then first class healthcare if I'm
willing
to pay for it. What a concept.
Sounds like you're describing the UK's DHS or Canada's Medicare to a T.
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Whjy are you afraid of a choice between the private insurers and a government
program? I said: choice.
Private insurers can't print money or tax their customers when times get tight.
You can't compete with the govt. Choice with the state is a bug, not a
feature.
If the issue are persons
I find it funny that when liberals want change its called
socialism
or pandering to people with hands out. While when neocons call for
change it's fanatical renegade John Wynism (I just made that up).
Nah, it's pretty much socialism when the Stupid Party does it too.
I don't
Ok, and you have a problem with this why?
I think I've already explained this very clearly.
Do you really hate the poor that much?
Oh yes. They're easily overcooked and can get very chewy if you don't watch
them carefully.
I was mostly talking about the option everyone seems
Not so.. in the political process you have a vote and your representatives.
In a market process, I have much, much more than that.
I have hundreds of development companies to choose from for a home in my area
and no less than 8 different grocery stores chains/companies, who all want my
But, how does it fare under the single payer attack?
Have the other browsers mitigated the bitten finger exploit?
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I apologize in advance for the computer-related post.
Security researcher Brian Mastenbrook uncovered a cross-site scripting
vulnerability in Ruby
This is one subspecialty that is also elective surgery. Now say the
same thing about cardiac stints, hernia surgery etc.
Yes, I understand that. It's one of the better analogs for demonstrating
that the medical industry can deliver quality care with cost awareness. Why
wouldn't it work for
For what it is worth, Cuba has one of the best, if not the overall
best health care system in the world. Check out the world's health
statistics and see for yourself. Marcio can speak to this issue I am
sure.
Cuba is one poor as hell nation, and the Cuban health care system is
We are the government. We shouldn't be afraid, just because some
corporations want us to fear. Fear the corporate databases, not the
government.
Thanks for the larf, Betty. Good one!
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I'm behind on my email, but one problem is that anymore
there are few actual insurance companies. The big ones keep
buying the smaller ones to limit competition.
Compare a list of airline companies from 1980, shortly after the airlines
were deregulated, and compare that list to today. I
I appreciate your faith. I guess the most distressing part of the
whole affair is seeing the wing nuts so ready to sell out their
country for a sack of gold. They support the ultra-rich insurance
barons, the M$s, the Comcasts, etc. and give the shiv to their fellow
citizens.
I'm really
This is standard wing-nut strategy to make government look bad.
Of course. The guvmint never does anything to look bad. It's all a vast,
right-wing conspiracy to undermine their natural efficiency.
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DHL is going out of business because it was doing a terrible job. The
foreign owners seemed unable to put an effective management team in
place in the USA. Their service was horribly unreliable. Instead of
working harder at fixing the problem they just decided to give up.
The German stock
The 2010 IKEA catalog, now arriving at doorsteps around the world,
reveals the company's choice to change all typography to the Microsoft
font...
http://idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/
Bingo! We have a winner.
IKEA spokeswoman Camilla Meiby responds to AP (Aug 31, 2009):
Again very disingenuous.
You can make a choice in housing very simply. You either find a
house within your income bracket or you move.
Cant afford Steak, buy chicken and ground beef.
Been there done that.
You miss my point, Rev. I expect that of Tom, but you?
We are being told that
Everyone shots themselves in the foot sometimes.
Sometimes better than others.
The government is not perfect but neither are we.
Capitalism is not perfect either.
There are some things better handle under the capitalist strategy and
other things not.
I find it odd that people look
The beauty of the Single Payer is that we all will
share the risks. Isn´t this one of the reasons that we live in society?
That's what insurance is: risk pooling. It's also something I engage by
choice, not coercion.
I don't choose to be live in a society to be compelled, by the threat of
Why do so many believe this health OPTION would be forced on them?
What part of the word OPTION do these people not understand?
Do I need to point you to videos of Obama advocating a single payer plan or
to the current proponents who have proposed the same over the years?
This is a
But you pay for us (USA) to have a military, public security, wars... roads
and much more. Are you being coerced?...Or...you are sharing?...
The military is provided for explicitly in the US Constitution.
Roads are a given and again, are constitutionally provided, and with all due
respect,
No, you don't. The single payer plan, which is an option. No where
have I seen it written or said by it's proponents that it would be
required of everyone.
Jeff, that IS the single defining component of single payer. NO ONE else is
paying other than the guvmint, which is kinda the point of
I was taught many years ago, that the more doctors you have in a
region the higher the prices. Doctors do not compete, they judge one
another on the amount they make. So if one doctor raises prices, all
of them will to stay even.
Could you imagine what would happen if Doctors advertised
Roads are a given? And they're constitutionally provided? Where?
Please post that part of the constitution for me.
Oh fer cryin...You DO know how to use a search engine, right?
5th Amendment, takings clause, US Constitution.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise
OK on the Mackey thing. Yes I did read it, and he has some great
things to say, HOWEVER.
You must have government mandate minimums. If they do not many
companies will try and fly through with a bunch of worthless insurance.
Instead of removing mandates, make them nation wide. At
Don't bother arguing with this bunch. What they have inflicted on this
List in recent months is much like what the USA has had inflicted on it
in recent weeks of wild attacks against rational health care. I don't
know if you have been following any of this from afar, doctor, but it
has
That claim might have been true when Garmins, Tom Toms and the like were
a geek toy, but would you care to explain why most GPS units default to
a female voice?
I don't know about yours, but my TomTom has Homer Simpson as the voice.
I bought that one, but TomToms have several standard
Those were your deep conclusions not theirs. I can't help if you can't
even read the links you post.
Mike--You're forgetting Tom's Rule of Social Intercourse #1: Everyone else
is quite stupid.
Everything flows from that.
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/09/02/snow-leopard-downgrades-secur
ity-misses-opportunity-improve/
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America has its Dick Cheney. CGUYS has Chris Dunford.
What an ignorant comment that is...
No, Chris, run with it. Ask Tom to go hunting.
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A client of mine got the 64-bit version of Windows Vista on his new
computer and was no longer able to use his adaptive Keyboard (which by
itself costs $395). I went to the website today and it still does not
have 64-bit version.
You'd think for a $400 peripheral, he would have made that
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2009/08/microsoft-002225.php
Those miracle workers in Redmond have had a busy day. What will they
think of next?
Apple will never have to worry about such things, considering how their ads
are unfailingly stuffed with lily-white actors. It's like a 1950's
Apple is making a big push on drivers and beefing up its software
update process to include more drivers. In SL when you add a new
peripheral, software update will go out and look for drivers.
I guess I don't have to point out that Windows has been doing this since *at
least* 2002 with the
This is true, and, as a Mac user all my computing life, I've noticed this and
felt quite uncomfortable about it. The sense of community is rather skewered
toward white reps and users; entertainers of other ethnic origin qualify as
emblems only (eg Macy Gray).
Even then, they have
This is textbook Microsoft, the source adds. Microsoft has got some
of the best, highest-priced lobbyists that money can buy in Washington.
Textbook? Hardly.
MS didn't have any lobbyists until they were sued by the DOJ in the 90's in
collusion with MS competitors whose lobbyists were deep in
Nope, to all 3.
-Original Message-
Has anyone had trouble with Windows Update, when using any of those
versions?
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Now you are being silly just to prove a point. Most people do not dual
boot and may who try find themselves in a world of pain.
As if you have a point. Who cares if most people don't? Most people
don't use Macs, but that doesn't stop you from using them.
You can dual boot between 32 and 64
Mark is correct. 4 GB is a physical limitation of 32-bit kernels, which is
the best reason to go 64-bit: no real limitation to the amount of RAM you
can use, other than what the motherboard will support. However, I can
recall when 32-bit came around in the 90's, Wow! 4 GB of RAM! We'll never
My understanding of the Mess Vista got introduced to was yes it was
MS not releasing code and not allowing coders access to needed knowledge.
I remember a few of the antivirus folks complaining quite publicly about
this.
Seems that they did a lot more work with 7.
The anti-virus folks,
Vista's problem wasn't 64 or 32bit related it was that drivers were not
written for vista until it had been out nearly a year. You can blame this
on MS only in that they may have not given the code to software writers
soon
enough.
I don't even blame MS for that.
The Vista beta's were out
It's an old hoax. Consider getting a new friend.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Jordanjor17...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone gotten a warning or seen anything about the Postcard virus? A
friend of mine forwarded a big panic about not opening anything in an email
entitled Postcard.
As a Mac
Windows 7 Ultimate can support up to 192 GB of RAM. Less expensive
versions of Windows can go fish.
Snow Leopard can support a staggering 16 Tbytes.
1 TB of 2 GB 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory modules from Apple will cost you
$50,000.
16 TB will cost $800,000.
The good news is that shipping is
Sure is a huge difference. Reinstalling Windows is not quick and will
probably mess up many installed apps. Not something that is done
lightly. Definitely not something you would want to switch back and
forth.
You can dual boot with 32-bit and 64-bit versions. I know people who do it
now.
Nope they don't get paid until it is shipped! Did not order through
MS, ordered through merchants who cannot charge until it is shipped.,
Who's on first? is very important to Tom. Humor him and maybe he'll shut
up about it.
Good show old boy! Maybe next time is when we catch the weasel in
Fortunately there were many other posts that were
thoughtful about this very interesting situation.
TomLogik(t)
Not thoughtful = Objective reality.
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Time for a REAL reality check. Apple has rejected many apps that it
later accepted. They're not lying. They're being cautious. Apple
developers prefer to delay a questionable app until it will work nicely
with other apps and the OS. Google Voice does neither. They'll work it
out like they've
LogMeIn is easy as cake... a great tool. Web based it takes all the
tech out of setting up VNC / remote desktop login etc.
The Free version does most of all you want. No SFTP or printing to the
controlling computer that you get with Pro.
I use LogMeIn Free for supporting all of our
I have at least as much experience with Apple products as your so-called
tech site. There are NO real inside connections with Apple, except where
Apple allows. As soon as there are leaks, the leaker[s] is/are fired.
Industrial espionage is serious business. I still have a cousin who
works for
Apple's response to the DOJ inquiry looks a lot more plausible than
the explanations proffered by the conspiracy theorists. In a
nutshell, adding Google Voice to an iPhone significantly changes the
operation of the iPhone. It replaces so many of the iPhone's
functions that it left Apple
I posted two different articles about the same issue. I give very little
credence to anything on the editorial page of the WSJ, but it's
certainly provocative--and narrow-minded. Consider the header, using
Kill instead of a more accurate description. ATT isn't dying, it's
SBC, an incestuous
Apple's response to the DOJ inquiry looks a lot more plausible than
the explanations proffered by the conspiracy theorists. In a
nutshell, adding Google Voice to an iPhone significantly changes the
operation of the iPhone. It replaces so many of the iPhone's
functions that it left Apple
So if you are using Google voice across the data plan as you describe
does that essentially free you from the expensive daytime minutes
restriction?
I don't know the specific details. You'd have to contact TM.
Can you get a cell phone with a data plan AND WITHOUT a talk plan?
Soon, you
It is about profits. Trust me, the only thing that matters is rhe
money.
Oh, no question. I wasn't suggesting otherwise.
If a product is good it will stand on its own.
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Chris--What model is it? The flashy light is likely a trouble code.
-Original Message-
I've got an older Dell that hasn't been used much for a year or so, but
now I
need it. It works fine, but after I hit the power button it takes a couple
of
minutes before it starts the boot
Yeah, it's not that kind of flashy light. It's the power on light in the
center of the power button. It starts out flashing on and off slowly, then
ramps up so that it's flashing faster and faster
until it finally boots. There's no sequence that you could interpret as a
code.
Interesting.
Now tell me, doesn't this business sound the least bit suspicious to
you?
I believe I already stated that both mfrs make exaggerated claims on battery
life, at least that's what I've seen from reports of field testing the
battery life on the Touch.
OKAY WFBs, EDUCATE ME. CAN THE ZUNE HD DO THIS TOO?
With TomTom for iPhone, millions of iPhone users can now benefit
from the same easy-to-use and intuitive interface, turn-by-turn
spoken navigation and unique routing technology that our 30 million
portable navigation device users rely on
TWO OUT OF TWO TOMS AGREE...
The comment is derived from a general consensus by analysts that
Microsoft's portable media player missed its mark, and doesn't look
to gain any ground in its battle against Apple's iPhone and iPod
Touch anytime soon.
We all know that market analysts are *never*
The old argument Everybody's doing it so why can't I?
You saw an argument in there? You saw a defense of making exaggerated
claims?
Not to worry, I'm sure chronic paranoia will be covered under O-Care.
In truth, reviewers report Apple's estimates to be quite conservative.
I've seen the
You completely ignore the question I asked and substitute a straw-man
in its stead. Quite intellectually dishonest.
I didn't ignore your idiotic and pointless jingoism. You should be
flattered.
Of course you don't want to discuss if such applications will run in
the Zune HD.
Go nuts. Tell
I think Sarah Palin joined the List under an assumed name.
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Battery life:
I said *advertised* battery life and I'm sticking with that. The HD
numbers you quote comes from something MS reportedly sent
to engadget. However, MS's own store as of a few minutes ago
says 24 hours audio, 4 hours video:
Perhaps so, but radio stations most certainly use the quality thing
to convince listeners that they should invest in HD radio receivers.
Whadda ya think HD is an abbreviation for? Certainly nothing to do
with content.
The HD in HD Radio stands for hybrid digital, not high definition.
A thought. They hope to win market share by undercutting Apple's
current price, but are introducing a model that is technically
several years behind Apple's current models.
[citation needed]
Notice how my post said nothing at all about iPod's, it simply extolled how
nice the Zune HD was, yet
So first you want to compare it to the first gen ipod touch that are
refurb...now you want to compare them to unreleased ipod touches...
Those goal posts aren't going to move themselves, you know!
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I've got two drives, identical hardware, one is a direct copy/backup of
the
other. The internal one shows 20 gigs less then the external backup.
This
after running the sync, running defrag and error checking the the drives.
There is a
I know I'm nitpicking...
That's all that really needed to be said.
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I'll stick with my own bigotry, ignorance and confirmation bias.
FTFY
Mac zealots. The best free advertising Microsoft can have.
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Where is the zune HD behind on the touch?
Well, there's:
Screen size
(Zune HD) vs. (iPod Touch)
3.3 vs. 3.5 Will you really notice?
advertised battery life
Music: 33 hours vs. 36 hours
Video: 8.5 hours vs. 6 hours
The OLED tech comes through here.
Bluetooth
No word either way on
Note that our WFBs are now manufacturing false posts to further their
evil disinformation campaign.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
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Pretty friggin awesome. Very zippy. Very smooth.
http://gizmodo.com/5337532/zune-hd-tv-interface-makes-it-a-media-center-for-
your-pocket
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Great justice in that.
In the 90's MS extorted from Apple the copy write privilege to sell
Win95 by threat of dropping Office for the Mac. Now Apple has MS over a
barrel.
I say go fish!
Funny that, even though I have no idea to what exactly you reference above.
Give it a few minutes.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/google_opt_out_feature_lets_users?utm_
source=videoembed
http://tinyurl.com/ltfvaj
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Go ahead, I dare you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiNaadVOQEMeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecrunchgea
r%2Ecom%2Fpage%2F2%2Ffeature=player_embedded#t=30
http://tinyurl.com/q4ztmq
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Appleinsider is reporting that the 32gig zune could be as much as 100
dollars less then the 32gig touch. This could be good news even for MS
haters like Tom. Though the zune takes very little market share, this
could
be enough to push apple into lowering the price of the touch..good news
all
Not true at all. They buy guns by the dozen, legally (because it is
so easy in VA) and then sell them in DC (illegally). Why should they
bother to do something illegally when it is so easy to do in legally?
I thought we weren't going to have this discussion?
If you check the Wild List you will see that there are 100s of
active, circulating viruses that can attack Windows and we have to
add anti-virus software to watch for them.
Tom likes this metric because it says what he wants it to say. It has no
real meaning, but oo, is it scary sounding.
Except this isn't true. You constantly talk derisively about the
people you are supposed to support and save the greater portion on
your spleen for those who are best able to do their work with Macs.
That is what makes it an issue.
I don't think I've ever known anyone with such a strong
With 65,000 apps available for the iPhone and less than a dozen for
the competitors it is going to be very hard to catch up. The
competitors are still making some of the mistakes Apple made in its
early days and they will need to fix those first. Right now Apple
appears to be its own worst
Good example. Imperial IT management always assumes that they know how
to do everybody's job better than the people who were hired to do the
job.
Tom is certified by the National Association of Petulance. He knows what
he's talking about.
I would love to see Tom's client list one day. I
That's funny. Every time my MacBook updates, it tells me I've got to
shut down. No choice in the matter, whether I want to do it now, or
wait 'till later. I can't find the Start Button, so it *must* be OSX.
Tom also never moves off of v. 1.0 of his applications.
Those later versions are just
If you can't get emotional about technology,what are you doing here?
Actually, if you get that emotional over technology and gadgets, there are
other, more secure and padded places you should be.
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This discussion is pretty much pure speculation but:
The iPhone wasn't just first, it was about a generation and a half
ahead. Given Apple's history of innovation it's more likely that they
will innovate again than drop from popularity.
You'll notice that first was in quotes in my post. Very
Except this isn't true. You constantly talk derisively about the
people you are supposed to support and save the greater portion on
your spleen for those who are best able to do their work with Macs.
That is what makes it an issue.
Let's get one thing clear right now. I don't constantly talk
Every right winger like yourself has a stronger reality distortion field.
Now go back to your worship of Dick and Sara and leave the rational
discussion to others.
You know Jordan, I want to be nice to you, I really do. But then, you shoot
your mouth off with such blinding, illiterate and
An you have the temerity to accuse me of having a reality distortion
field? Your beloved M$ is moving in a clockwise direction in the
Southern Hemisphere, and in a counterclockwise direction in the
Northern Hemisphere.
Yes, I do, and it's at full power right now.
Name one instance where MS
Reviewers are already commenting that HD is false advertising. To
display HD it requires a dock (sold separately) and an HD TV (also
sold separately).
There's an app for that.
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It is interesting that in your mind interface is at worst just fine
translates into matches iPod touch. To me though, it says that
the interface is manageable with a connotation that it is not great,
which matches the impressions I've gathered. But you are right
that I should've let Mike
There are two ways to handle budget problems.
Therein lies your problem: a total and complete lack of vision.
The real world isn't binary.
I'll leave it to our sad sack WFBs to struggle with doing less with
less.
We do just fine, since we don't have to pay the Apple tax.
Yes, bad management tends to be a problem.
Ya think?
Is this your flow chart?
Bad management? Yes
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Yes
Non-profits can have funding issues for all sorts of reasons aside from
management. Changes in city or state administrations can change funding
Being a free-market Capitalist
You owe me a new monitor. This one has a spit-take all over it.
I would have to insist that it is a
management responsibility to navigate through such rough waters.
And they do, but not as the status quo. Hard choices are made quite often,
to ensure the
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