So your claim is that an optometrist does the test differently than an online app? That doesn't speak to whether the test is more accurate, or at least significantly more accurate, just that the test is done differently.
There's one thing I don't understand about the TPP. I can understand that the US would be more than happy to sign the TPP. But the other counties that would be screwed by the conditions that the US would want to impose on them through this agreement, where is their incentive to want to sign the TPP? Without the support of the other countries, how can this have a chance of passing?
This just guarantees that everyone will use the insurance
"Staff/materials stolen by the rival will in fact remain on your base, and an identical amount of staff/materials will be handed over to the rival instead."
So all you need to do is, buy the insurance, disable all your defenses, tell everyone "free stuff come and take it". They get all your stuff, and then the insurance gives you everything back that they took?
Even for the other industries that were not carved-out, this presents a problem if governments actually get sued by those other companies under corporate sovereignty. The governments can just point to this exclusion and claim that they should be exempt from other lawsuits as well.
Rand Paul had recently said, "I think that they secretly want there to be another terrorist attack, so they can blame it on me." He was criticized for that statement. Looks like he was right.
The fact that they even have the ability to let you to avoid the usage caps, just means that they didn't need the usage caps in the first place. But we already knew that.
Roman Pierskalla should be expelled from his job for posting as Anonymous Troll in these comments. This reaction seems appropriate considering his reaction to the tweet.
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"I don't see how it could ever be reliable", but the clinical trial shows that it can be reliable.
If you want to dismiss the results of the clinical trial, go ahead. You still have the choice to go to a regular optometrist.
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For the specific things that an online exam can't detect, you can still go to an regular optometrist.
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Great idea
Great idea! Let's DO the education. And then use the education to point out that there is no harm from copyright piracy.
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This just guarantees that everyone will use the insurance
So all you need to do is, buy the insurance, disable all your defenses, tell everyone "free stuff come and take it". They get all your stuff, and then the insurance gives you everything back that they took?
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Rand Paul was right
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You wouldn't download a thumb.
You wouldn't download an ear.
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No they didn't. They were intelligently designed by God to live on Earth. And God doesn't want to create animals that can live in space.
(/sarcasm)
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