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    The Pirate Bay will become a pay site :(

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    From what I can tell is that MOST musicians don't really care if their music gets pirated, they make music because they love too and they want people to listen to it. But then you have the greedy ones that are just doing it for the money, and then you have the record company's that don't give a shit what their artist think and sue their fans.

    US Healthcare... Like it or Hate it

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    Zimmer and h3%5kr3w your arguments are flawed. You can not rely on the market to balance the cost when the product cannot be refused. You argue that taxes and spending will go up, what your not taking into account is that the current system cost want be carried through as they will be replaced.

    The current system in the US is not working and is not sustainable in any type of term. Lets have a quick look at some figures from the OECD (2007).

    Health expenditure as a share of GDP.

    US 16%

    France 11% (closest spender)

    Average 8.9%

    Canada 10.1% (added as US compare themselves to canada a lot)

    Health Expenditure per capita (private + public).

    US $7290

    Norway $4763

    Average $2964

    Canada $3805

    Now I can already hear you complaining that it includes both private and public, what about just public? Apart from 2 other countries (Norway and Luxembourg) the US Spends more than the other 31 countries, in fact it spends more publicly than the average of Private and Public.

    The current US medical system is flawed and needs replacing.

    But but if you replace it what will all the poor corporations do with out their billions of dollars!??

    US Healthcare... Like it or Hate it

    in Everything Else

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    Yes it provide you care... some of the best because if you want to get the care they give it to... then worry about bills... but in Canada the meds are cheap cheap cheap (well comparative) my Uncle would go over there to get his insulin because it was cheap BUT someone in Canada was paying for him!!!!! (BAD!!! Why should he pay for my uncle! (I still am happy my Uncle got cheap meds but still pay for yourself... it is the fairest method (not the spread the wealth nice method though... it is a cold and harsh method but IMO it is the best)))

    What do you mean some one was paying for him?

    Quoted for this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_and_..._compared#Drugs

    One of the most important differences between the two countries is the much higher cost of drugs in the United States. In the U.S., $728 per capita is spent each year on drugs, while in Canada it is $509.[69] At the same time, consumption is higher in Canada, with about 12 prescriptions being filled per person each year in Canada and 10.6 in the United States.[71] The main difference is that patented drug prices in Canada average between 35% and 45% lower than in the United States.[72] The price differential for brand-name drugs between the two countries has led Americans to purchase upward of $1 billion US in drugs per year from Canadian pharmacies.[73]

    There are several reasons for the disparity. The Canadian system takes advantage of centralized buying by the provincial governments that have more market heft and buy in bulk, lowering prices. By contrast, the U.S. has explicit laws that prohibit Medicare or Medicaid from negotiating drug prices. In addition, price negotiations by Canadian health insurers are based on evaluations of the clinical effectiveness of prescription drugs,[74] allowing the relative prices of therapeutically-similar drugs to be considered in context. The Canadian Patented Medicine Prices Review Board also has the authority to set a fair and reasonable price on patented products, either comparing it to similar drugs already on the market, or by taking the average price in seven developed nations.[75][76] Prices are also lowered through more limited patent protection in Canada. In the U.S., a drug patent may be extended five years to make up for time lost in development.[77] Some generic drugs are thus available on Canadian shelves sooner.[78]

    Umm WTF Hak5

    in Everything Else

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    Taking them to court LOL. 1. They don't know who they are. 2. They don't know what country they are from. 3. If they where good hackers they would be clean as a whistle already. Shit like this happens all the time, hak5 isn't the first. You need to be a corporation will millions of dollars to try and take some one to court for that.

    Umm WTF Hak5

    in Everything Else

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    Heh luckilly the two there where my weak passwords... so my higher stuff is good. But WTF. where the passwords stored on a server or what. Has anyone hear of this thing called HASHING and SALT!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!

    Read the threads on it and you will know what happened.

    Project Natal for Xbox360

    in Gaming

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    god it really does look amazing and for it to be on tv and running like that shows just how ready it almost is.

    Must make some money to buy this when it comes out!! What you guys think $100?

    Probably like $300, considering Microsoft charges $100 for a USB wifi dongle.

    Episode 5x25

    in Hak5

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    Google earth works better. Too bad they used one of their crappy camera cars there. If they used one of the high def cars, we could have just read the house number.

    Yeah I think they used the car with the point and shoots from 1999.

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