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Comment Re:It's called Kalocin. (Score 1) 414

by Kral_Blbec (#37051874) Attached to: New Drug Could Cure Nearly Any Viral Infection
And we also expect those who make them to live on rainbows and unicorn farts, right?
Your argument doesn't even work. If you get the prescription, you get the whole antibiotic course at once. Not finishing it has nothing to do with you paying for it. Unless it is a freaking long course of anti-biotics (which is most likely if you already have a resistant strain somehow), then not finishing has everything to do with you deciding not to finish the bottles you already paid for that are in your cupboard. If you didn't pay to begin with, you never took them so the bacteria you carry couldn't become resistant to it anyhow.

Comment Re:Eminent Domain (Score 5, Informative) 122

by Kral_Blbec (#37051078) Attached to: The Biggest Dangers to Your Fiber
Reading Comprehension fail.
There was already a highway running through the property. Eminent domain was used to purchase land to widen it. That's a big difference. He lost a few lanes worth of usable land from the border (and was paid for it), but that's hardly the same thing as punching a new hole down the center.

He was mad at Florida DOT because he didn’t get enough money when they purchased the right-of-way to widen the highway that cut through his property.

Comment Re:FCC says? (Score 1, Interesting) 164

by Kral_Blbec (#36943010) Attached to: Radio Energy Harvested With Inkjet-Printed Antenna
Incorrect. It doesn't reduce the signal quality for anyone downwave from the transmitter. It only reduces signal quality for those in the direct path of travel in a line intersecting the transmitter and this power harvesting antenna. It can only interact with waves that travel directly through it already. It doesn't alter the path of travel of nearby waves to suck them in. In this it is just like any other receiving device, meaning it wouldn't effect signal quality any more than having an equal number of radios/TVs.
Considering the height of radio/TV towers, the direct path of travel is mostly going to be into the ground anyway. The energy this would pick up would be wasted anyway.

Comment Re:Branding (Score 1) 264

by Kral_Blbec (#36794198) Attached to: Understanding the Payoffs From Investing In Space Flight

Aww, it seems someone needs a BIIIIIIGGG hug here. Those poor tax payers, they always get the short end of the stick. You want a tissue? Here, take the whole box, you'll need it.

The truth is that in any civilized society everyone is a tax payer, and everyone benefits from those taxes. And yes, there will be some people that get more out of the system than they put into it, but they will be rare, especially if you average over a lifetime, and those rare cases usually have a good reason, such as a severe mental or physical disability.

Respect for your fellow citizen is always good, but people that use food stamps or free medical care also contribute to society, and also deserve respect.

Everyone benefits how from what taxes? I drive on public roads, and I pay tax on my gas. I benefit from them and don't mind them. I use the public library, and I pay a property tax. I benefit from that too. I am protected by a strong military, and I pay federal income tax. I don't mind that (at least the part that pays for the military). I could go on with examples where there is a clear benefit from certain kinds of tax, but there are also others. What do I get out of the roughly 10% of my income that goes to Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security? Why should I respect those who take a large chuck of what little I have for themselves without so much as a thank you. Demands for more are more probable than thanks.

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