Sorry! I am familiar with the concept of sarcasm. Your comment just wasn't quite sarcastic enough to trigger my detectors. I tripped up on whatever the sarcastic version of Poe's law is.
If the pro-cap arguments were actually valid, then the broadband providers would do something a bit different because it would better accomplish the aims the arguments state:
They'd start charging a per-MB rate on the amount of bandwidth you actually use. That they don't do this and instead opt for inherently obnoxious usage caps tells me that even they don't believe these arguments.
Also, speaking personally, billing based on straight-up metering is not evil (even though I prefer flat-rate pricing in all things, not just internet service) and I could live with that. However, usage caps are evil.
"When people are told over and over again (mostly by the Right) that government is, in and of itself, bad, they're unlikely to take much of an interest in what it does, much less hold their representatives to account."
Bingo.
This is why there has been such a large coordinated effort to get people to axiomatically think "government == evil". It is an intentional campaign to make it even easier to completely corrupt and eventually take over the government.
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be because 'The People' have lost vigilance and welcome it!"
Yes. Tyranny cannot persist without the cooperation of the citizenry. This is why the precise form of tyranny is always tailored to the people who are suffering under it.
Also, another old saw holds true: find the amount of oppression a population is willing to tolerate and you have found the amount of oppression that will be imposed.
Cops are attacked and killed at a far higher rate than people in my industry. That police killings are at a low doesn't change the fact that being a cop puts you into dangerous situations as a inherent part of the job.
But it's very easy to overstate how dangerous being a cop is. It's not even in the top 10 most dangerous professions in the US.
With a single exception (an emergency car purchase), I have always avoided buying new cars and buying cars from a dealership.
New cars are a terrible deal, when you can buy cars that are only a year or two old for substantially less, and I have witnessed far too many people being taken for a ride by dealerships to have any trust in them.
"I can see an SST being useful for an executive jet, where reducing the travel time is more important than the expense."
I have problems seeing even that use case. Perhaps there may occur some rare emergency requiring the physical presence of an executive on a rush basis, but what would such an emergency even look like?
Unless your employer is in a covered business or is acting as an agent for the business (for example, acting as an agent for an insurance company), then no, employers do not have to adhere to HIPAA.
Apparently, they want to discourage people from buying cars.
Buying, owning, and driving a car has been an unpleasant activity for a long time now already, and getting more so as time goes on. This is a big reason why the younger generations are increasingly not even getting a driver's license at all.
You'd think that auto manufacturers would want to make their cars more desirable, not less.
I agree, it should be regulated under HIPAA rules, but remember the huge loophole with HIPAA: it only applies to certain health care professionals, insurance companies, and certain health care data clearinghouses.
For example, if I were to obtain sensitive medical data about you, I can legally ignore HIPAA rules completely since I am not a health care professional. The only rule I'd have to comply with is to not do any work with or for an entity that is covered under HIPAA.
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If the pro-cap arguments were actually valid
They'd start charging a per-MB rate on the amount of bandwidth you actually use. That they don't do this and instead opt for inherently obnoxious usage caps tells me that even they don't believe these arguments.
Also, speaking personally, billing based on straight-up metering is not evil (even though I prefer flat-rate pricing in all things, not just internet service) and I could live with that. However, usage caps are evil.
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Re: Re: The government we deserve?
Bingo.
This is why there has been such a large coordinated effort to get people to axiomatically think "government == evil". It is an intentional campaign to make it even easier to completely corrupt and eventually take over the government.
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Re: Re: Every one of those multi-national corporations has for years been ILLEGALLY SPYING on persons without any government urging.
There is little real difference between the two. Governments make full use of the results of corporate spying.
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Yes. Tyranny cannot persist without the cooperation of the citizenry. This is why the precise form of tyranny is always tailored to the people who are suffering under it.
Also, another old saw holds true: find the amount of oppression a population is willing to tolerate and you have found the amount of oppression that will be imposed.
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But it's very easy to overstate how dangerous being a cop is. It's not even in the top 10 most dangerous professions in the US.
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Re: Re: your going to need a liscence to poo
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New cars are a terrible deal, when you can buy cars that are only a year or two old for substantially less, and I have witnessed far too many people being taken for a ride by dealerships to have any trust in them.
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Re: Nearly all movies are crap
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I have problems seeing even that use case. Perhaps there may occur some rare emergency requiring the physical presence of an executive on a rush basis, but what would such an emergency even look like?
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Unless your employer is in a covered business or is acting as an agent for the business (for example, acting as an agent for an insurance company), then no, employers do not have to adhere to HIPAA.
Here's a more complete summary of who HIPAA applies to: http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/toolbox/HIVAIDSCaretoolbox/SecurityAndPrivacyIssues/whoisreq2comply.htm l
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Re: 80%
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Re: Re: Don't existing laws cover this?
The manufacturers would love this, but it would be nothing but terrible for everyone else.
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What do the auto manufacturers want?
Buying, owning, and driving a car has been an unpleasant activity for a long time now already, and getting more so as time goes on. This is a big reason why the younger generations are increasingly not even getting a driver's license at all.
You'd think that auto manufacturers would want to make their cars more desirable, not less.
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For example, if I were to obtain sensitive medical data about you, I can legally ignore HIPAA rules completely since I am not a health care professional. The only rule I'd have to comply with is to not do any work with or for an entity that is covered under HIPAA.
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In this situation, yes.
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