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Comment Re: Duh (Score 4, Insightful) 462

Measles prognosis:

There are many complications associated with measles. Some of the complications are very serious and occur most frequently in babies or adults who contract the disease. These include ear infections, bronchitis, and pneumonia. However, the most serious complication associated with measles is encephalitis, an infection of the brain. Encephalitis can lead to convulsions, hearing loss, and mental retardation, and affects approximately 1 of every 1,000 children infected with measles. Despite advances in medicine, measles can still occasionally be fatal because of these complications.
How is measles treated?

There is no treatment for measles. Once a person is infected, the virus must run its course (usually 10 to 14 days). Bed rest, acetaminophen, and other medications are often recommended or given to help treat symptoms.

TLDR: Measles is rarely fatal but there may be severe complications in 1 in 1,000. Otherwise it is two weeks of hell that they have no treatment for.

Word to the wise, if I had a kid who couldn't get the vaccine for some reason and they caught this from your kid. I would not be a happy camper.

Comment Re:interesting though stupid comment (Score 1) 784

I most certainly disagree.
If you sold the ticket then they most certainly should be required to allow and enable you to take your flight. If you don't want them on your plane, do not sell them the ticket. Anything else is bullshit.
Now stop claiming to speak for everyone because I most certainly disagree, and I know I am not the only one.

Comment Re:very understandable (Score 1) 784

How exactly does knowing the diagnosis help them. Having a list of drugs you're on helps them, but knowing why does not help in the slightest. Nor does it help to be printed on the label. Perhaps you can make an argument that the diag may help prevent the wrong medicine from being given, but why does the bottle need the diag?

Comment Re:FTFY (Score 5, Informative) 629

What a load of BS.

As a 30 year old admin I can tell you right now that I can easily diag failing hard drives, memory sticks and yes even network issues..

If you think that you need many many years of experience to do this you are not nearly as talented as you seem to want to make yourself out to be. Go look in the mirror, if your crowning achievement is being able to diag simple hardware problems, then maybe the issue with you getting hired has more to do with your inexperience and not your age.

Comment Re: rentals (Score 1) 1143

Whenever I am interested in signing a lease I call the power and gas companies and ask them for an idea on what those properties have cost over the past year. I've turned down "energy efficient" places that had sky high utility bills. In fact I have had the best luck in places built in the 70's or 80's. Older places tend to be draftier, and newer places tend to be built on the extremely cheep.

Comment Re:An open system (Score 1) 271

Thanks for the list, I did not realize it was that extensive. One issue I do see though is that a number of the big publishers dont show up on that list, like EA and Ubisoft. (Except for some older games.) But they have much more draconian DRM schemes. It seems like you are going to get stuck locked into at least one of the DRM schemes.

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