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Comment Re:Good! (Score 1) 412

A lot of "for profit" companies have already embraced what Amazon is doing. Many companies built their own healthcare facilities. They had to comply with OSHA requirements to test their employees for exposure to chemicals and manage on the job injuries so they brought it in house. Since they had the healthcare facility they started to assist their employees with all of their healthcare. Providing care for everything from sinus infections to long term illness management not only makes your employees healthy and happy it makes them more productive. It is a win all around.

Comment Let's prepare for the hotness (Score 1) 620

So, we can agree that it's getting hotter right? Everyone says either we need to lower CO2 more than possible or that it's getting hotter because of outside forces. Either way, it's getting hotter. To say that it's nothing to worry about silly though. Sure the rock we live on survived past heating and cooling. You know, cause it's a rock. We should prepare for changes in climate the same way we prepare for increases in volcanic activity, hurricanes, or other changes in the weather AKA climate changes. Improve food production in harsh environments. Build dwellings that are energy efficient and safe from the elements. When you say we need to prepare for various destructive weather patterns people are chill and support you. You say climate change and they argue about coal.

Comment Re: Stop skimping on healthcare IT (Score 1) 69

It is a good analogy. I'd bet a dollar the people that work at quest also had labs done at quest. They had their data stolen too. Their house was broken in to and they were robbed. The assumption that they were negligent is just that. An assumption. We have no info on how the hackers got in. You can get all the pen testing, coverity scans, threat assessments, security updates, and highest encryption you can find but it doesn't mean you found it all. The people responsible here are the ones doing the hacking.
Lord of the Rings

'The Hobbit' Pub Threatened With Lawsuit 388

An anonymous reader writes "'The Hobbit,' a small pub in Southampton, England, has been threatened with a lawsuit by lawyers representing the Saul Zaentz Company in California. The pub, which has traded under the name for the last 20 years without incident, now faces closure if it does not change its name. It's yet another example of big business throwing its weight around to get its way. The pub's landlady said simply, 'I can't fight Hollywood.'"
Censorship

Library.nu and Ifile.it Shut Down 336

Ralph Spoilsport writes "A coalition of 17 publishing companies has shut down library.nu and ifile.it, charging them with pirating ebooks. This comes less than a month after megaupload was shut down, and SOPA was stopped. If the busting of cyberlockers continues at this pace and online library sharing dismantled, this under-reported story may well be the tip of a very big iceberg — one quite beyond the P&L sheets of publishers and striking at basic human rights as outlined in the contradictions of the UN Charter. Is this a big deal — a grim coalition of corporate power? Or just mopping up some scurvy old pirates? Or somewhere in between?" Adds new submitter roaryk, "According to the complaint, the sites offered users access to 400,000 e-books and made more than $11 million in revenue in the process. The admins, Fidel Nunez and Irina Ivanova, have been tracked down using their PayPal donation account, which was not anonymous. Despite the claims of the industry the site admins say they were barely able to cover the server costs with the revenue."

Comment Re:In a perfect world (Score 3, Informative) 1797

You're not understanding his stance on things. It goes like this.

1. Cut government funding
2. Let Citizens keep their money rather than paying taxes
3. Solve your own problems. It is the government, not your mommy.

He isn't selling any dreams to you. He wants everyone to understand that the government has NOTHING to do with your dreams. It should be there to serve few purposes. Everything else in your life should be up to you.
Idle

Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic? 561

ehrichweiss writes "The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is warning parents and teachers of a new threat to our children: sounds. Apparently kids are now discovering binaural beats and using them to get 'physiological effects.' The report goes on with everyone suggesting that such aural experiences will act as a gateway to drug usage and even has one student claiming there are 'demons' involved. Anyone who has used one of those light/sound machines knows all about the effects that these sounds will give and to state that they will lead kids to do drugs is nonsense at best. It seems the trend in scaring the citizens with a made-up problem has gone to the next level."

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