Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread G Money
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > Have you seen the Christopher Walken video? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZLidy7pIQ > > Oh yeahi love that video..dig the song too. So there you goi do know some Fatboy Slim. Learn something new every day. -- Does an

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM, G Money wrote: > Cept when they played that one song, I could say "Oh, this is that song > accompanied that stupid 'did you know' video."  :) Have you seen the Christopher Walken video? http://www.yout

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread G Money
say "Oh, this is that song accompanied that stupid 'did you know' video." :) -- Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the words turn the minutes to hours? ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion commun

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Michael Grant
> > And the music sucked :) Pish tosh. Fat Boy Slim is the shiz man. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.co

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread William Bowen
> China will soon become the Number One English Speaking country in the world China, while it may soon contain the largest number of English *speakers* is *not* *not* *not* an "English speaking country". Not unless they've changed their official policies recently. High # English speaking popula

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread G Money
Meh...pretty generic...what constitutes an "internet device"? How do you measure the "computational power of the human brain"? 1 in 2 people have been at their jobs for less than 5 years? That means that 50% of workers have been at their job for MORE than 5 yearsthat's a more interesting stat

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Michael Grant
> > I think we are soon to reach a point where it will be impossible for a > collage degree to be valid for a life time. You can get a degree in collage? Cut, add paste and stick. Didn't really think that was degree worthy. ~|

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Ian Skinner
With the ever increasing rate of new information and the increasing life span of humans. I think we are soon to reach a point where it will be impossible for a collage degree to be valid for a life time. Not to get bogged down in the related debate about learning information and learning to l

RE: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Justin Scott
> What are the ramifactions for that though? That the top > performers of one country, India, can fill entire other > countries? That's the point though... what is the actual 75th percentile IQ in India? Just because they're the top 25% in India doesn't mean much unless you compare the *quality*

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Vivec wrote: > What are the ramifactions for that though? That the top performers of > one country, India, can fill entire other countries? > Why aren't they running the world,are they producing amazing advances > in medicine and technology that we haven't heard ab

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Vivec
There was a lot more to the video than just that one statistic LOL! It holds true for most countries in the world as well, India's population is much larger than that of the UK , so the stat holds true there. What are the ramifactions for that though? That the top performers of one country, India

RE: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Justin Scott
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Vivec wrote: > > The 25% of India's Population with the highest IQs, is greater than > > the entire population of the United States > > Or for that matter saying that the dumbest 25% of India's population > is larger than the entire population of the United stat

Re: Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Vivec wrote: > The 25% of India's Population with the highest IQs, is greater than > the entire population of the United States Isn't this the same thing as saying 25% of India's population is larger than the entire population of the United States? Or for that ma

Great Did You Know video from YouTube

2009-06-11 Thread Vivec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY Some interesting facts - China will soon become the Number One English Speaking country in the world The 25% of India's Population with the highest IQs, is greater than the entire population of the United States The Top Ten In Demand jobs in 2010, did

Re: Did you know #666 (How to clean blood off your wall)

2005-05-12 Thread Adam Haskell
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RE: Did you know #666 (How to clean blood off your wall)

2005-05-12 Thread Matthew Small
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Did you know #666 (How to clean blood off your wall)

2005-05-11 Thread Tony Weeg
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Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Gruss Gott
Sam wrote: > --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1.) Doctor incompetance exists, and > > 2.) Doctors should be responsible for their screw > > ups. > > And they are even if you cap the award. No they're not becase all doctors pay for the award, not just the one who screwed up. This wou

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread dana tierney
not quite what? Are you saying you have been there too? On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:16:43 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not quite. But good try. > > -Original Message- > From: dana tierney > > hrm. Tort reform is a term used by those who have never been denied > medica

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Depends how she cooks... -Original Message- From: dana tierney It isn't a matter of what the woman is "worth." Presumably her husband wasn't going to sell her at auction any time soon. ~| Purchase from House of Fus

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Not quite. But good try. -Original Message- From: dana tierney hrm. Tort reform is a term used by those who have never been denied medical treatment because the other driver's insurance company messed them around for three years like a good neighbor, my left erm... armpit. They made

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread dana tierney
Actually, I agree with you that this should happen. But any victims should be compensated and sorry, I am against caps on awards. On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:58:18 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suspend there licence for 6 months. That'll shock them > more than raising my insuran

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Sam Morris
Suspend there licence for 6 months. That'll shock them more than raising my insurance will. -sm --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It isn't a matter of what the woman is "worth." > Presumably her husband > wasn't going to sell her at auction any time soon. > If she had small > childr

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Sam Morris
--- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1.) Doctor incompetance exists, and > 2.) Doctors should be responsible for their screw > ups. And they are even if you cap the award. > The Bush policy says that: > > 1.) There should be no personal responsibility on > the Doctor's part, and No it d

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Hope he does that well when he gets in office -Original Message- From: Tangorre, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 11:10 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Did you know? > By the way...the lawyer that represented the man in the flu > shot law suit wa

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Gruss Gott
In a market economy this is how we ensure quality and demand responsibility: we make it very expensive to make mistakes. Especially where life is involved. Doctors, however, are exempt from the market economy so when society, via law, tries to send them a message they can shield themselves by sen

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread dana tierney
It isn't a matter of what the woman is "worth." Presumably her husband wasn't going to sell her at auction any time soon. If she had small children, compensation of actual losses would include hiring child care for ten or twelve years, plus a housekeeper, plus her salary if any. But most of these

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Your personal experience does not a policy make. The point is that: 1.) Doctor incompetance exists, and 2.) Doctors should be responsible for their screw ups. The Bush policy says that: 1.) There should be no personal responsibility on the Doctor's part, and 2.) Legitimate suits

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Sam Morris
Well if the doctor twisted the tubes that'd be a problem. Still my life insurance is only one years salary. Why would that accident make me or you suddenly worth over $100 million? -sm --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think you can say *what* it is worth. Isn't > that h

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread dana tierney
I don't think you can say *what* it is worth. Isn't that his whole point? These verdicts come about when a jury feels that someone has been criminally negligeant. If you are ever hospitalized would you not want to be able to count on the hospital to administer your medication safely? > If she did

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Sam Morris
Your personal experience does not a policy make. If she did die it would have been by accident, and is that worth 500 million to her husband? -sm --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > Average malpractice awards have tripled to $3.5 > > million since 1994, driving medical

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread dana tierney
dare I say it, perhaps the solution to this lies in the *licensing* process? On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:17:59 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Average malpractice awards have tripled to $3.5 > million since 1994, driving medical liability > insurance premiums up over 500 percent.

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread dana tierney
the "not meet FDA standards" argument applied to the drug supply is eyewash. Pure protectionism. Dana On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:44:56 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually it has to do with tort reform. > > To many lawsuits related to the very rare > complications of vaccin

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
ubject: Re: Did you know? > Sam wrote: > Average malpractice awards have tripled to $3.5 > million since 1994, driving medical liability > insurance premiums up over 500 percent. As I understand it, malpractice insurance isn't tied to an individual doctor. Rather, all doctor

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread dana tierney
hrm. Tort reform is a term used by those who have never been denied medical treatment because the other driver's insurance company messed them around for three years like a good neighbor, my left erm... armpit. They made no *attempt* to pay me until I hired a lawyer. On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:38

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
A friend of mine is a vascular surgeon and 30% of her expenses are malpractice insurance. -Original Message- From: Sam Morris Average malpractice awards have tripled to $3.5 million since 1994, driving medical liability insurance premiums up over 500 percent. In 2001, 12 juries awarded v

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread dana tierney
thank you Deanna :) On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:13:55 -0500, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/flushot.asp > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:01:22 -0500, Andy Ousterhout > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Read all the way to the bottom. > > > > How the vacci

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
They are using figures that only include the direct costs, but not the indirect costs. They are doing this to product their cronies who fund them. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott > Andy wrote: > It is not surprising that > Kerry and he don't see the need for any tort reform as part

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Average malpractice awards have tripled to $3.5 > million since 1994, driving medical liability > insurance premiums up over 500 percent. As I understand it, malpractice insurance isn't tied to an individual doctor. Rather, all doctors pay for the awards. This means that each doct

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Sam Morris
Average malpractice awards have tripled to $3.5 million since 1994, driving medical liability insurance premiums up over 500 percent. In 2001, 12 juries awarded verdicts over $20 million, including a $269 million judgment in Texas. The cost of America's tort system is predicted to go from $200 bill

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Larry C. Lyons
And the chances are you'll have a safer vaccine. The Ministry of Health has in many cases stronger standards than the US FDA. larry On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:44:56 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually it has to do with tort reform. > > To many lawsuits related to the very

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> William wrote: > is there no end to their uppity-ness?!? I hate to keep pointing this out, but Strange Brew proved the lengths Canadians will go to to control the world. ~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> Andy wrote: > It is not surprising that > Kerry and he don't see the need for any tort reform as part of an overall > Healthcare program. That's not true - they've endorsed tort reform but aren't prioritizing it since the costs is about %1 of the problem. They're being 80-20 or, in this case, 9

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread William Bowen
hehe! I'd be all for that, but it just so happens that hockey is the only pro sport I actually enjoy watching... Isn't there some sort of highly radioactive glass parking lot option we could use to prevent Canadians from pilfering our POE? :-) -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would jus

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread G
y" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:05 PM Subject: Re: Did you know? > > You can skip the whole FDA process by going to Canada for a shot. > > , but then you might grow a gripping hand as a side effect... > > Flapping-head Canadian research bast

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread William Bowen
> You can skip the whole FDA process by going to Canada for a shot. , but then you might grow a gripping hand as a side effect... Flapping-head Canadian research bastards wanting to do their gripping hand research on unsuspecting Americans who just want to get a vaccination... Next thing you

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Sam Morris
Actually it has to do with tort reform. To many lawsuits related to the very rare complications of vaccines. American companies don't want to take the chance and the British supply didn't meet FDA standards. You can skip the whole FDA process by going to Canada for a shot. -sm --- Gruss Gott <[

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Why not? If the facts fit, you can't convict. -Original Message- From: G Someone on this list hates when people mention Snopes.com to discredit incorrect information.so i won't mention Snopes.com on this list.or the fact that this piece is incorrect in its primary argument, as r

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Interesting and not surprising. However, the real point here is that Edwards is as attached to the plaintiffs bar as Chaney is to Oil companies. It is not surprising that Kerry and he don't see the need for any tort reform as part of an overall Healthcare program. -Original Message- From

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread G
- Original Message - From: "Andy Ousterhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:01 PM Subject: Did you know? > Read all the way to the bottom. > > How the vaccine works: > > Influenza vacci

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> Michael wrote: > And a rep from the CDC or some other place I forget said that this is not > the case. The real reason was that the profit margin is just to low. Exactly. Here's what I heard: The vaccine must be started 9-12 months before its intended use and then it cannot be used. That mean

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Deanna Schneider
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/flushot.asp On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:01:22 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Read all the way to the bottom. > > How the vaccine works: > > Influenza vaccine is produced by growing the virus in eggs. The virus is > killed and processed to

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Michael Dinowitz
And a rep from the CDC or some other place I forget said that this is not the case. The real reason was that the profit margin is just to low. > The major pharmaceutical companies in the US provided almost > 90% of the > nations flu vaccine at one time. They did this despite a very > low profit

Re: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Won Lee
Andy Ousterhout wrote: > Read all the way to the bottom. > > How the vaccine works: > > Influenza vaccine is produced by growing the virus in eggs. The virus is > killed and processed to create the vaccine, which is given by injection under > the skin. The body then produces antibodies to the vir

RE: Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Tangorre, Michael
> By the way...the lawyer that represented the man in the flu > shot law suit was John Edwards. AWESOME! He was doing his job. Can't fault a man for doing his job! ~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben

Did you know?

2004-10-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Read all the way to the bottom. How the vaccine works: Influenza vaccine is produced by growing the virus in eggs. The virus is killed and processed to create the vaccine, which is given by injection under the skin. The body then produces antibodies to the virus over the next two to four weeks. I

RE: Did you know

2001-05-25 Thread Dylan Bromby
meow -Original Message- From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 8:04 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Did you know * People in 16th-century Peking would take revenge on their enemies by placing finely chopped tiger whiskers in their food. The whisker

Did you know

2001-05-25 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
* People in 16th-century Peking would take revenge on their enemies by placing finely chopped tiger whiskers in their food. The whisker barbs would get caught in the victim's digestive tract, causing nasty sores and infections. ~~ Structure your Col