Backups gone missing? Right. This is a department of health. They are subject to endless regulatory compliance requirements, including detailed procedures on backups and storing of same. The only possible concern might be a release of the data to the public.
There are some things that inherently need to be done under professional supervision. Medicine dosing is one of them.
Who do you think whores out all those prescriptions to those soccer moms if not your precious "medical professionals"? You think your soccer moms just dreamed up all those pills? It's the doctors who are the drug pushers. Without them the public wouldn't have a fraction of the dangerous chemicals they're shoving into their faces as we speak.
It says a lot about the man when he decides to join the dumbest "Oprah technologies", instead of interesting and intelligent ones. Clearly he has absolutely no clue about any of it (if he did, I would give him more credit for intelligence than choosing those on his own), and he does it solely for publicity. Cheap and in poor taste.
It's just a matter of programming, not even any dramatically new hardware. Word can do what you want today in reviewing mode. Adding such capabilities to Kindle should not be nuclear science. It will happen.
Oh yes, I don't read propaganda crap, that means I must be getting my information from Twitter (or Colbert Report, as if there was a difference). The world according to NYT readers.
two news organizations to be involved will be The New York Times and The Washington Post. 'Under this latest iteration of advanced search, users will be automatically served the kind of news that interests them just by calling up Google's page.
If it comes from The New York Times or The Washington Post, then it is extremely unlikely that it will contain anything that interests me.
I see very little long-term benefit to Google from this, and I see a lot of potentially pissed off users who do not want to be spoon fed NYT or WP crap. Seriously, anyone can find whatever news sources one wants today on the net. Why the hell would I want to have that crap shoved into my face every time I want to do a search?
I will bet you within weeks of Google launching this idiocy, someone will write an add-on for Firefox to block it.
Would you rather the 75+ year old politicians pass laws like that to add another 20 years to life span? Are you that greedy to live longer that the government starts harvesting unused eggs and sperm to create stem cells?
How long does it take to raise the eggs and sperm? How much does it cost to educate them? How much professional experience do they have?
So yes, from the societal cost point of view, it makes perfect sense to extend the life of adults to help them be useful and productive longer. The big investment is already done, now it's payoff time.
Amegy's decision to ban the use of social networking sites in its hiring process demonstrates its respect for prospective employees' privacy.
No, it demonstrates typical HR paranoid fear of lawyers and a complete lack of understanding that there is more to a potential employee that a school diploma. I would consider it irresponsible not to google a potential candidate. You have to research your spending decisions, and hiring someone is a big ticket item.
eBooks are not doing too well because technology is still crude. Like with so many other inventions that kept percolating until the time was right and then exploded, so will eBooks. Taking the world by storm from launch is not how technology works. It has to develop to the point where it is truly useful to Mr. Joe Consumer, and the price has to drop appropriately. And when it does...
We are getting close. I can feel it, I can smell it. I would not bet against it.
Remember when vinyl disappeared from music stores? Remember the great discussion about film vs. digital? Not too long ago people were still debating whether digital photography will take hold and how many decades it will take. I remember my first camera, Hitachi Mpeg. It was awful, but I knew it was over for film. And yet, people kept talking it down. Then one day Canon and Nikon released digital SLRs that were competetive to film SLRs. It was as if someone turned off the light for film. It was an instant wipeout. That's how it will happen for paper books. The writing is already on the wall.
I wrote nothing about reading online. Electronic book readers (truly better than the current crop) and ultralight laptops are coming. Paper book will go the way of a film camera.
I like to think of it as the revitalization of the local bookshop industry
Sorry, it's more like a desperate attempt to cling to the old sales model. You have to switch gears to accommodate the future - electronic books. That means no paper printing at all. Anyone who plans to build a long-lasting business by clinging to the past in the face of a technological revolution will have an uphill battle ahead of them.
Here is a perfect example of it. Turbo diesels are particularly useful where high torque is needed, like small vans or trucks or utility vehicles. It is a dream power plant for those applications. Yet, when Ford decides to bring the
Transit Connect, they drop the 1.8l Duratorq Diesel engine and substitute it with a 2.0l gas engine. Here is a relevant quote on the subject from greencarcongress.com:
Rather than the 1.8-liter Duratorq diesel engines featured in the Transit Connect in Europe, the version headed for North American offers a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder gasoline engine and automatic transmission. The North American version of the Transit Connect delivers fuel economy estimated at 19 mpg US city and 24 mpg US highway. The 66 kW (88 hp) version of the 1.8L Duratorq on the European cycle delivers 30 mpg US (7.9L/100km) city and 40.6 mpg US (5.8L/100km) highway.
The main problem with the adoption of diesel cars in the US is the perception that they are loud, smelly, expensive to maintain, boring to drive, and unreliable.
Let's take it apart:
loud
They are slightly louder than gasoline engines, but the new ones are not really loud
smelly
Not any more. With Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and current particulate control mechanisms you cannot tell a passenger diesel car from a gasoline one.
expensive to maintain [...] unreliable
Quite the opposite, actually. Diesel engines are build to last much longer than gasoline engines. You may be going back to the disastrous GM 5.7D attempt. That soured a lot of people, but that is long gone. Modern small diesels run forever compared to gasoline engines. Witness VW's 1.9.
boring to drive
Not necessarily. It all depends on what you like, horsepower or torque. I like driving diesels. Their forte is low end. Granted, it is an issue of personal preferences, so I will not argue that with you.
It should be said that TDs gained ground in Europe in no small part due to the fact that diesel fuel gets preferential tax treatment, so in most countries (with a notable exception of the UK), diesel is cheaper than gas. In the US diesel is quite a bit more expensive that gas, so the fuel mileage gains stemming from higher energy density are partly lost.
The problem so far with bringing in European-American cars has been the annoying desire by American auto manufacturers to "Americanize" the cars by making changes that in the end make them much less attractive. Almost invariably the nice interiors get replaced with insultingly cheap plastic, small and efficient engines get replaced with boring, me-too offerings, and turbo-diesels are dropped from the lineup.
I've been complementing Ford on their Fiesta ever since I drove it in Europe last year. Two people with considerable luggage, combined city and highway, we got 42 mpg (US) on the turbo diesel, even with my lead foot. I am 6'3", and I was quite comfortable (with an understanding that it is a small car, so no, this is not the Town Car-type of comfort). The interior was very pleasant. How much of it will make it to the US? I remain incredulous.
What's this unhealthy obsession with making sure that someone else doesn't spend his money as he pleases? Even if Apple costs more, it's none of my business when someone spends the money he earned to get what he wants.
I see Mac user community a much bigger problem than prices. Cultist behavior gives me the creeps.
To avoid militant advocacy under the guise of moderation, all that needs to happen is/. need to stop anonymous moderation. Sign each mod score with uid, and voila, the next time they are about to mod down a legitimate post whose author will likely moderate also, they will think twice, cause as they say, "payback is a bitch".
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Backups gone missing? Right. This is a department of health. They are subject to endless regulatory compliance requirements, including detailed procedures on backups and storing of same. The only possible concern might be a release of the data to the public.
Who do you think whores out all those prescriptions to those soccer moms if not your precious "medical professionals"? You think your soccer moms just dreamed up all those pills? It's the doctors who are the drug pushers. Without them the public wouldn't have a fraction of the dangerous chemicals they're shoving into their faces as we speak.
It says a lot about the man when he decides to join the dumbest "Oprah technologies", instead of interesting and intelligent ones. Clearly he has absolutely no clue about any of it (if he did, I would give him more credit for intelligence than choosing those on his own), and he does it solely for publicity. Cheap and in poor taste.
It's just a matter of programming, not even any dramatically new hardware. Word can do what you want today in reviewing mode. Adding such capabilities to Kindle should not be nuclear science. It will happen.
And yet all these people are allowed to vote.
Wait, does that mean the eXtenze hasn't paid for free cable delivery to all homes in the US yet?
BTW, how can such an obvious, mind-numbing scam be allowed on TV? Oh, wait, we do broadcast political speeches, too.
If it's as useful as the slide presentation in TFA is informative, then it will be as eloquent as twitter and as disciplined as USENET.
Oh yes, I don't read propaganda crap, that means I must be getting my information from Twitter (or Colbert Report, as if there was a difference). The world according to NYT readers.
That's why I don't read it.
Said anonymous coward, a NYT and WP reader.
You can read more about Nemertes here, including profiles of their management and employees (including two research analysts):
http://www.linkedin.com/companies/nemertes-research
If it comes from The New York Times or The Washington Post, then it is extremely unlikely that it will contain anything that interests me.
I see very little long-term benefit to Google from this, and I see a lot of potentially pissed off users who do not want to be spoon fed NYT or WP crap. Seriously, anyone can find whatever news sources one wants today on the net. Why the hell would I want to have that crap shoved into my face every time I want to do a search?
I will bet you within weeks of Google launching this idiocy, someone will write an add-on for Firefox to block it.
How long does it take to raise the eggs and sperm? How much does it cost to educate them? How much professional experience do they have?
So yes, from the societal cost point of view, it makes perfect sense to extend the life of adults to help them be useful and productive longer. The big investment is already done, now it's payoff time.
You mean entire regions can survive on porn alone?
Logging out, then logging back in seems to have helped me (at least for now).
No, it demonstrates typical HR paranoid fear of lawyers and a complete lack of understanding that there is more to a potential employee that a school diploma. I would consider it irresponsible not to google a potential candidate. You have to research your spending decisions, and hiring someone is a big ticket item.
eBooks are not doing too well because technology is still crude. Like with so many other inventions that kept percolating until the time was right and then exploded, so will eBooks. Taking the world by storm from launch is not how technology works. It has to develop to the point where it is truly useful to Mr. Joe Consumer, and the price has to drop appropriately. And when it does...
We are getting close. I can feel it, I can smell it. I would not bet against it.
Remember when vinyl disappeared from music stores? Remember the great discussion about film vs. digital? Not too long ago people were still debating whether digital photography will take hold and how many decades it will take. I remember my first camera, Hitachi Mpeg. It was awful, but I knew it was over for film. And yet, people kept talking it down. Then one day Canon and Nikon released digital SLRs that were competetive to film SLRs. It was as if someone turned off the light for film. It was an instant wipeout. That's how it will happen for paper books. The writing is already on the wall.
I wrote nothing about reading online. Electronic book readers (truly better than the current crop) and ultralight laptops are coming. Paper book will go the way of a film camera.
Sorry, it's more like a desperate attempt to cling to the old sales model. You have to switch gears to accommodate the future - electronic books. That means no paper printing at all. Anyone who plans to build a long-lasting business by clinging to the past in the face of a technological revolution will have an uphill battle ahead of them.
I wonder if you logically extend this attitude to starving Africans?
Here is a perfect example of it. Turbo diesels are particularly useful where high torque is needed, like small vans or trucks or utility vehicles. It is a dream power plant for those applications. Yet, when Ford decides to bring the Transit Connect, they drop the 1.8l Duratorq Diesel engine and substitute it with a 2.0l gas engine. Here is a relevant quote on the subject from greencarcongress.com:
Here we go again.
BTW, rev_sanchez, I should have added that that perception does exist, and that I essentially agree with you that it will not be easy to overcome.
Let's take it apart:
They are slightly louder than gasoline engines, but the new ones are not really loud
Not any more. With Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and current particulate control mechanisms you cannot tell a passenger diesel car from a gasoline one.
Quite the opposite, actually. Diesel engines are build to last much longer than gasoline engines. You may be going back to the disastrous GM 5.7D attempt. That soured a lot of people, but that is long gone. Modern small diesels run forever compared to gasoline engines. Witness VW's 1.9.
Not necessarily. It all depends on what you like, horsepower or torque. I like driving diesels. Their forte is low end. Granted, it is an issue of personal preferences, so I will not argue that with you.
It should be said that TDs gained ground in Europe in no small part due to the fact that diesel fuel gets preferential tax treatment, so in most countries (with a notable exception of the UK), diesel is cheaper than gas. In the US diesel is quite a bit more expensive that gas, so the fuel mileage gains stemming from higher energy density are partly lost.
The problem so far with bringing in European-American cars has been the annoying desire by American auto manufacturers to "Americanize" the cars by making changes that in the end make them much less attractive. Almost invariably the nice interiors get replaced with insultingly cheap plastic, small and efficient engines get replaced with boring, me-too offerings, and turbo-diesels are dropped from the lineup.
I've been complementing Ford on their Fiesta ever since I drove it in Europe last year. Two people with considerable luggage, combined city and highway, we got 42 mpg (US) on the turbo diesel, even with my lead foot. I am 6'3", and I was quite comfortable (with an understanding that it is a small car, so no, this is not the Town Car-type of comfort). The interior was very pleasant. How much of it will make it to the US? I remain incredulous.
What's this unhealthy obsession with making sure that someone else doesn't spend his money as he pleases? Even if Apple costs more, it's none of my business when someone spends the money he earned to get what he wants.
I see Mac user community a much bigger problem than prices. Cultist behavior gives me the creeps.
To avoid militant advocacy under the guise of moderation, all that needs to happen is /. need to stop anonymous moderation. Sign each mod score with uid, and voila, the next time they are about to mod down a legitimate post whose author will likely moderate also, they will think twice, cause as they say, "payback is a bitch".