letitbeirie - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Health insurance is a tax now (Score 1) 2424

by letitbeirie on Monday March 22, 2010 @08:43PM (#31577984) Attached to: House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212

Malpractice isn't a problem, says the lawyer. The jury awards and legal settlements don't include the staggering expense of unnecessary procedures and tests physicians perform to avoid these lawsuits, nor do they include the costs of legal representation for doctors in cases decided for the defendant.

Comment Re:Bullshit level: High - Storm likely. (Score 1) 322

by letitbeirie on Monday January 11, 2010 @08:31AM (#30721718) Attached to: Tech Tools Fostering "Mini Generation Gaps"

The History channel was much better when it had WWII and explosions. Now it's just reality shows about lumberjacks and truck drivers.

Blizzard Sued By South Carolina Inmate 239

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @01:46PM from the they-don't-come-much-more-zany-than-this dept.

Benjamin Duranske writes "Jonathan Lee Riches, an inmate in South Carolina famous for filing long, handwritten, rambling screeds against celebrities, politicians, and even buildings, has filed a third-party motion in Federal Court in Arizona in the MDY v. Blizzard botting case claiming that Blizzard's World of Warcraft 'caused Riches mind to live in a virtual universe, where Riches explored the landscape committing identity theft and fighting cybermonster rival hacker gangs. Riches was addicted to video games and lost touch with reality because of defendants. This caused Riches to commit fraud to buy defendants video games. Riches chose World of Warcraft over working a legit job, Riches mind became a living video game.'"

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