I don't think it is unrealistic, the guy I replied to did. That's why it needs to happen no matter the hurt. Rip that band aid off already! Bitzstream's response though is quite correct. The insurance leeches have to be dealt with. The only "voluntary" way to get them to comply is buy them off. Looks like ACA might be just that but it is still better than what we had.

No need to kid. I believe it is time to nationalize the healthcare system, no matter how realistic that may or may not be. I think we could just shovel money from the back of a pickup truck burning whale oil and still come out cheaper.

Fear not (though if anybody is actually reading this you'll get a 100 "don't do it" responses). Isobutane also known as r600 is available in many blends but it keeps getting harder to find since a flammable refrigerant is illegal in the US. This is the brand I use.

They aren't even hiding the costs anymore. I got a bill today for $201 for a cloth arm sling! That thing cost a Chinese dude less than a dollar to make. What a racket!

and more ligthing being installed in general.

AC reading comprehension fail!

I don't agree with that dude at all but your last sentence caught my eye:

The easy answers are usually not the right ones

I think Mr. Ockham would like to have a word with you!

It states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected. Other, more complicated solutions may ultimately prove correct, but—in the absence of certainty—the fewer assumptions that are made, the better.

Patrick STEWARD????? What? Is he the caretaker of the Enterprise until the day comes that the one true Captain returns to claim his rightful chair?

Well if you two are going to break your arguments down to such a caveman-like level of understanding, let me end this argument for you:
Water makes things grow (like water out the toilet). Poisons kill things therefore making them shrink. I don't want my tumor to grow, I want it to shrink so please give me the poison. Also, I like money. You like money too? We should hang out.

You've repeated this multiple times in this story. Why does that matter? If something is only receiving then it cannot, by definition, transmit anything to the systems down the chain. Your MP3 player is not going to crash your car. Sorry you hate Tesla so much.

Are you insinuating that I am not a trained professional who has spent years learning how to use my equipment in an efficient way that doesn't interfere with my driving?

Bumblebee the Beetle or Bumblebee the Camaro? This is IMPORTANT!

I know it's a joke, but you aren't that far off. This Mercedes 230SLK I've been working on does have a steering wheel calibration procedure which involves putting the key in 'run' and then turning the wheel fully left and then fully right. You may have to do it multiple times. It also has a procedure for the power windows, the throttle by wire, and the convertible top. All of these, it appears, calibrate the limits on the servo motors as they don't have limit switches.

NDT speaking in Patrick Stewart's voice is PROOF paranormal activities are real! Also, it would be HILARIOUS!!1 :D

It's someone you pay to have them tell you want to hear right? My dad used to visit one weekly when I was a kid. He's a very smart guy and it showed when he got back home. He always seemed enlightened afterwards. And man those ladies were pretty! He was a stingy guy though. He never would let me go hang out with the postulates and he didn't want us to talk about them when mom was around. All in all though I couldn't have asked for a better childhood.

Anyone actually have a mouse that loudly clunks in the way shown on virtually every television show, news show, etc?

Ask me how I know you don't have kids who incessantly and addictively play Minecraft all day! :D