Unsure of the specific barcode you are talking about but if you are talking about the barcode that you see on UPS packages then it is UPS that patented that back in 1998 I think. I remember them showing us a video of the up and coming way to sort packages and they mentioned that they patented this new 3D barcode system.
I thought I read somewhere that some of the ships are too volatile to have firearms aboard. I guess having oil and other explosives aboard with someone very scared shooting willy nilly may make some matters worse.
these to the coast of Somalia? I know they wouldn't be perfect but they may help stop some of the pirates. At the very least spot them ahead of time giving ships a little more time to get to safety.
Well in Humboldt, it's almost legal, as close as you can get without actually admitting it. Unless you have more than an ounce on you , you're not looking at a lot of trouble from police. They said in a TV special that if it weren't for the majority of cash from weed a lot of small business wouldn't have been started. The local weekly magazine did ANOTHER article on it last week:
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/issues/2009/01/01/new-years-eve/
What most people don't tell you about farming pot is the high electric bills, the risk of fires from those lights, the nutrients you need to grow good weed as well as the attention to the trimming and such to allow maximum light through. The paranoia of being found out is another detriment, like I said, an ounce or less and they will pretty much warn you. Unless of course you have baggies and a scale, nevermind a gun or two, those will get you in big trouble with just an ounce or not.
You can make a lot of money, but like all businesses, the bigger you get the more people you got to hire, can you trust them are they even close to productive being a stoner. The locals say there are a lot of shallow graves up here because of the weed industry.
What I was told at phlebotomy school (class) was that the finger stick needles we use can only be 2.4mm in length by law. Everybody complains about them, whether that's because a lot of nerves end in the fingertips or they're just weak, unsure. Anything that penetrates the skin will hurt a little bit, it's just a matter of how much it will hurt because of your threshold for pain. Someone into the whole bondage thing won't care, but a child will definitely be alarmed, as well as the parent.
Its what they COULD do with this technology. Just because some executive of the offending company says "Don't worry" doesn't mean I'm not going to worry.
What's to stop them from inserting a camera anyway, admittedly or not? I don't recall On-Star saying that their service can be hijacked by the FBI to listen to in-car conversations, did I miss the memo?
There are plenty of other ways to customize a TV set, I don't need a camera or anything LIKE a camera to do it, never mind do it FOR me. Just because they claim it can't send any info back to corporate doesn't mean it's true nor does it mean it can't be switched on when say a subpoena is issued. What about employees switching it on, or the cable installer hijacking it for his/her own purpose.
To all that claim sensationalism and having an alarmist attitude is wrong, I'm sorry but trusting ANY company to do what they say considering the benefit of what they COULD do to gain market share or more ad revenue is wrong.
History is littered with all sorts of examples of government abuse of it's people's privacy and rights, and since companies are part of our government now, who knows what they will do.
Remember everyone is worried about what THEY COULD do once it's in the home.
If I remember correctly, when setting up PGP, it mentioned this type of attack and their countermeasures. From the Help File:
" Passphrase Erasure
When you enter a passphrase, PGP Desktop uses it only for a brief time, then erases it from memory. PGP Desktop also avoids making copies of the passphrase. The result is that your passphrase typically remains in memory for only a fraction of a second...."
" Memory Static Ion Migration Protection
When you mount a PGP Virtual Disk volume, your passphrase is turned into a key. This key is used to encrypt and decrypt the data on your PGP Virtual Disk volume. While the passphrase is erased from memory immediately, the key (from which your passphrase cannot be derived) remains in memory while the disk is mounted. This key is protected from virtual memory; however, if a certain section of memory stores the exact same data for extremely long periods of time without being turned off or reset, that memory tends to retain a static charge, which could be read by attackers. If your PGP Virtual Disk volume is mounted for long periods, over time, detectable traces of your key could be retained in memory. Devices exist that could recover the key. You won't find such devices at your neighborhood electronics shop, but major governments are likely to have a few.
PGP Desktop protects against this by keeping two copies of the key in RAM, one normal copy and one bit-inverted copy, and inverting both copies every few seconds....."
I've had plenty of patients ask for a copy of their results from the main testing lab we use, as long as they signed a medical record release I'm allowed to give them a copy. The lab we send the blood to will fax the results to a number automatically if I supply a number, and if I put CC:Patient it is SUPPOSED to mail them a copy. I've had problems with bad addresses where I received over 30 pages of form letters saying that "We tried to mail a copy of these lab results to this patient and it was returned as...." so I know they are doing it. One patient told me that it took two weeks when he had them mailed to his house, so he gave me a fax number the next time.
As far as California law I believe a patient is allowed to come in and view and copy their medical record at their own cost at any time, it may just be a clinic policy of ours, but I'm pretty sure it's a law.
was that the results are mailed ONLY to the test subject. The paper the patient gave me with the lab address to mail to specifically stated that they will not release the results to anybody else, not even the doctor unless there is a signed document declaring that this is the patients decision. Granted this is only one lab, but Im hoping its the same for all labs.
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Unsure of the specific barcode you are talking about but if you are talking about the barcode that you see on UPS packages then it is UPS that patented that back in 1998 I think. I remember them showing us a video of the up and coming way to sort packages and they mentioned that they patented this new 3D barcode system.
I thought I read somewhere that some of the ships are too volatile to have firearms aboard. I guess having oil and other explosives aboard with someone very scared shooting willy nilly may make some matters worse.
these to the coast of Somalia? I know they wouldn't be perfect but they may help stop some of the pirates. At the very least spot them ahead of time giving ships a little more time to get to safety.
Well in Humboldt, it's almost legal, as close as you can get without actually admitting it. Unless you have more than an ounce on you , you're not looking at a lot of trouble from police. They said in a TV special that if it weren't for the majority of cash from weed a lot of small business wouldn't have been started. The local weekly magazine did ANOTHER article on it last week:
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/issues/2009/01/01/new-years-eve/
What most people don't tell you about farming pot is the high electric bills, the risk of fires from those lights, the nutrients you need to grow good weed as well as the attention to the trimming and such to allow maximum light through. The paranoia of being found out is another detriment, like I said, an ounce or less and they will pretty much warn you. Unless of course you have baggies and a scale, nevermind a gun or two, those will get you in big trouble with just an ounce or not. You can make a lot of money, but like all businesses, the bigger you get the more people you got to hire, can you trust them are they even close to productive being a stoner. The locals say there are a lot of shallow graves up here because of the weed industry.
What I was told at phlebotomy school (class) was that the finger stick needles we use can only be 2.4mm in length by law. Everybody complains about them, whether that's because a lot of nerves end in the fingertips or they're just weak, unsure. Anything that penetrates the skin will hurt a little bit, it's just a matter of how much it will hurt because of your threshold for pain. Someone into the whole bondage thing won't care, but a child will definitely be alarmed, as well as the parent.
then how did one of their submarines pop up in the middle of one of our Navy carrier groups undetected?
Its what they COULD do with this technology. Just because some executive of the offending company says "Don't worry" doesn't mean I'm not going to worry. What's to stop them from inserting a camera anyway, admittedly or not? I don't recall On-Star saying that their service can be hijacked by the FBI to listen to in-car conversations, did I miss the memo? There are plenty of other ways to customize a TV set, I don't need a camera or anything LIKE a camera to do it, never mind do it FOR me. Just because they claim it can't send any info back to corporate doesn't mean it's true nor does it mean it can't be switched on when say a subpoena is issued. What about employees switching it on, or the cable installer hijacking it for his/her own purpose. To all that claim sensationalism and having an alarmist attitude is wrong, I'm sorry but trusting ANY company to do what they say considering the benefit of what they COULD do to gain market share or more ad revenue is wrong. History is littered with all sorts of examples of government abuse of it's people's privacy and rights, and since companies are part of our government now, who knows what they will do. Remember everyone is worried about what THEY COULD do once it's in the home.
If I remember correctly, when setting up PGP, it mentioned this type of attack and their countermeasures. From the Help File: ..."
...."
" Passphrase Erasure
When you enter a passphrase, PGP Desktop uses it only for a brief time, then erases it from memory. PGP Desktop also avoids making copies of the passphrase. The result is that your passphrase typically remains in memory for only a fraction of a second.
" Memory Static Ion Migration Protection
When you mount a PGP Virtual Disk volume, your passphrase is turned into a key. This key is used to encrypt and decrypt the data on your PGP Virtual Disk volume. While the passphrase is erased from memory immediately, the key (from which your passphrase cannot be derived) remains in memory while the disk is mounted. This key is protected from virtual memory; however, if a certain section of memory stores the exact same data for extremely long periods of time without being turned off or reset, that memory tends to retain a static charge, which could be read by attackers. If your PGP Virtual Disk volume is mounted for long periods, over time, detectable traces of your key could be retained in memory. Devices exist that could recover the key. You won't find such devices at your neighborhood electronics shop, but major governments are likely to have a few.
PGP Desktop protects against this by keeping two copies of the key in RAM, one normal copy and one bit-inverted copy, and inverting both copies every few seconds.
I've had plenty of patients ask for a copy of their results from the main testing lab we use, as long as they signed a medical record release I'm allowed to give them a copy. The lab we send the blood to will fax the results to a number automatically if I supply a number, and if I put CC:Patient it is SUPPOSED to mail them a copy. I've had problems with bad addresses where I received over 30 pages of form letters saying that "We tried to mail a copy of these lab results to this patient and it was returned as ...." so I know they are doing it. One patient told me that it took two weeks when he had them mailed to his house, so he gave me a fax number the next time.
As far as California law I believe a patient is allowed to come in and view and copy their medical record at their own cost at any time, it may just be a clinic policy of ours, but I'm pretty sure it's a law.
was that the results are mailed ONLY to the test subject. The paper the patient gave me with the lab address to mail to specifically stated that they will not release the results to anybody else, not even the doctor unless there is a signed document declaring that this is the patients decision. Granted this is only one lab, but Im hoping its the same for all labs.