Pattern Ghost Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 6 hours ago, Hermit said: Yeah..great that 'a' doctor visited earlier... but I have to admit, if I were the family I'd be not crazy about this myself. Dude is dying, hospitals ain't cheap, you can do better than a pop up in streaming service From the article: of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Kind of explains it. Last year, our only cheaper option for Obamacare was Kaiser, so we took the fine instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Is Kaiser so bad? My sister has had it for her insurance, and she hasn't complained about it. I also just got Kaiser as my insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 AIUI Kaiser has really turned things around over the past decade or so, having taken a preventative (and therefore cost effective) approach to maintaining members' health. I'm not on a Kaiser plan though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 49 minutes ago, Old Man said: AIUI Kaiser has really turned things around over the past decade or so, To be fair, my bad impressions of Kaiser go back more like 2+ decades, so maybe they're in better shape now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, tkdguy said: Is Kaiser so bad? My sister has had it for her insurance, and she hasn't complained about it. I also just got Kaiser as my insurance. Jerry Pournelle used to rave about how great Kaiser was, at least in California where he lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 My impressions of Kaiser were that he was definitely hiding something and his story was a little fishy. Then he limped down the street to where a driver picked him up and I never saw him again. L. Marcus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Lady decided to put up a billboard to help people feel better. It just says Big Hugs CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 On 3/10/2019 at 6:15 PM, Duke Bushido said: The past few days, I have been helping my brother do some research (in exchange for some art restoration to my scan projects) online, (notice I haven't been here much lately? ) and have been to numerous "comments" sections that feature the done-to-death "American's be so ignant!" comments..... This was mostly about the Ignorance about a certain Government Official. Some person that had a thing with walls. On 3/10/2019 at 10:00 PM, Pariah said: I'm speechless. This shouldn't happen in a developed nation. CDC: Unvaccinated Oregon boy almost dies of tetanus; $1M to save him I can not see the Insurance covering that. On 3/11/2019 at 11:24 PM, Rails said: I don't get it. Maybe I'm missing something. Why punish the team he was supposedly a fan of? How is it Birmingham City's responsibility that they have (had?) a nutjob as a fan? If something like that happened in an NFL or MLB game here, would we expect the team to be punished for the actions of a fan? (Raiders and Chiefs, I'm looking at you.) In Europe the Fanclubs are strongly tied to the Sportsteam itself. Sports Hooligans are a pretty big problem. And nothing is a better deterent then penalizing the club for their missdeeds. Indeed the areas around the goals are not sold fully publically. The cards are given to the Fanclub for sale. By the Sports Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 An unfortunate sequence of events: Customers request that Boeing produce an updated version of the 737. Boeing cannot alter the wings or airframe of the 737 because that would create an entirely new type that would have to undergo lengthy FAA approval procedures. Instead, it adds more powerful engines. The engines must be mounted higher and more forward of the wings. This alters the aircraft's center of gravity. In addition, at high angles of attack, the engine nacelles generate additional lift forward of the wings. Boeing corrects for the resulting instability by adding a system called MCAS, which is designed to automatically force the nose down if AOA (angle of attack) sensors indicate that the aircraft is approaching aerodynamic stall. Boeing sort of fails to emphasize to airlines and pilots the importance of MCAS and of knowing how to turn it off. AOA sensors fail. MCAS forces the nose down. Pilots don't know how to turn off MCAS. Aircraft trajectories intersect with the surface of the Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Old Man said: Aircraft trajectories intersect with the surface of the Earth. Let me guess: the sound it makes isn't, "Boeing, Boeing, Boeing"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 More like Boeing, Boeing, Gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 To be fair, we haven't firmly established at this point whether these two 737 crashes have the same cause, although that's looking more likely; and even if they do, whether the fault is with the MCAS system, the pilot, both, or neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Everyone else is jumping to conclusions, why can't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 I guess Facebook and Instagram were down today. Did the KGB need a day off or something? Hermit and Bazza 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Quantum computer reverses time I think Bazza uses this to watch movie premieres first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 15 hours ago, Old Man said: Everyone else is jumping to conclusions, why can't we? We're supposed to be better than everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 The colleges are claiming to be victims too because this makes them look bad when it was actually one or two members of the faculty in each and a few coaches that were really in on it. While I agree that the universities are not all in on it, it's a bad read of the room for them to claim 'victimhood' here when the real losers are the kids who got bumped by affluenza laden scams like this. If the colleges want to instill some good will? How about hunt down those that might have been cheated and see if they want a highly discounted ride if they're still looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, archer said: We're supposed to be better than everyone else? What fun is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, archer said: We're supposed to be better than everyone else? I've tried showing I'm better than the peasants and peons of the world, for some reason the little cake eaters didn't like it *Sniff* Typical commoner reaction. Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Starlord said: Quantum computer reverses time I think Bazza uses this to watch movie premieres first. My secret is out? Or is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 I haven't seen the Christchurch video, but I've read a text description of it. I recommend not watching it. If you come across it, report it to the mods at whichever site it's on; it should be taken down. 40 dead, 20 injured so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Awful. It would seem they are terrorists of the 'manifesto' variety. Mother Bleeping psychos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 This is terrifying and sickening. The beliefs that drive things like that are inhuman, and I agree with Old Man that this-- this monster -- not be given the forum he claims to deserve. This is Anders Breivik all over again. Next time I go to the Temple I will have in mind the questions this event raises, not just about this world but about my place in it. (I should note that I was tempted to use a certain b-word to describe the shooter. I refrained, and think we should too. Nobody chooses the circumstances of their birth, and nobody should be disparaged for the circumstances of their birth. Comparing these people to this monster is unjust, and I will not do it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) On 3/13/2019 at 1:53 AM, archer said: Jerry Pournelle used to rave about how great Kaiser was, at least in California where he lived. This is a fair and good point, but, on the other hand, it's Jerry Pournelle, who has a pretty solid track record for being wrong about stuff. Heh. I'm hilarious. On second thought, I don't feel like being hilarious this morning, although I'll leave that up in honour of this: RCMP take over investigation of UCP 'irregular financial contribution' allegations Edited March 15, 2019 by Lawnmower Boy Auckland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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