For the insulin pump to not only malfunction, but to be damaged to the point of needing the be replaced, means it should NOT be certified by the FDA, its certification needs to be revoked immediately and recalled.
That is like the dark days where people with pacemakers had to avoid microwaves.
This time it was a TSA scanner, the next time it could be a cell tower, power transformer box (there are a lot of them at street level in many cities), cell phone, walkie talkie, CB, aviation radio, store anti-theft system, garage door opener, home security system, car key fob or anything RF based.
Also, FCC rules require, and I quote "This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. "
#2 means it can't freaking FRY from an RF source!
So it is in violation of FDA and FCC rules and not just in a technical way, it became busted, and it is a necessary medical device.
I hope it just turned off and wouldn't turn on or something similar, I hope it didn't decide to pump 45 days dose like in the hacker demonstration or silently underdose, overdose or something else crazy like that.
Given Google's track record with the new GMail interface change, I can't say I'd be comfortable sitting in a car running their software, ever. You just don't change software that's business-critical willy nilly like that. You just don't. Ever.
Like the kernel module interface in Linux or library ABIs?
If there wasn't this requirement, one guy could conceivably monitor the instruments and not pay attention to the road since the car is driving itself.
Yet half the drivers on the roads in Las Vegas, Nevada are TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONE instead of paying attention to the roads! Even after it was made illegal! And many of them can't even maintain a normal speed or sometimes even lane position! Nevermind being able to react to anything around them.
The penalty is a fine, but perhaps it should be having the phone inserted via one's rectum. (*)
Scratch that, too many weirdos here would like that.
(*)
"Hey that driver with the cell phone just crashed into an innocent person.. They should shove that phone up his ass" "You mean rectum". "Rectum? Damn near killed 'em"
The judge should treat ruling that APIs are copyrightable the same as pressing a big red button that says "Destroy the USA's software industry, economy, global competitiveness and national security".
I can cherry pick too... Like the deacon in Colorado that did stop a gunman with a legally carried gun. An armed populace does not guarantee that a passer-by will be able to stop a crime, but an unarmed populace guarantees that they will not.
You know how clerks in convience stores that get robbed are getting shot even though they are trying to comply (but never get the chance). Sometimes in the back of the head, execution style even after they comply.
Well, in one attempted Las Vegas robbery, a clerk didn't let that happen.
He shot the robber dead.
Saved his own life quite likely, removed a scumbag from society and saved us thousands of dollars!
The fact that Tx and Az have liberal gun laws isn't a solution to the problem, it feeds it by making it easier for dangerous people to get guns.
Because someone who is willing to kill and face the death penalty or life without parole for it, is going to be detered by the fact it is illegal for him or her to buy or possess a gun.
They are people (quasi-illegally) living in the exclusion zone.
And they aren't all dropping dead of cancer. Imagine that.
If the US became as radioactive as the exclusion zone, and smoking decreased by 5% and people exercised 5% more, and 5% more people would get colonoscopies the overll cancer rate would PLUNGE.
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Yeah, the TSA is oh so wrong for acting as though the medical device meets basic FDA and FCC rules about not being fried by interference.
So if her pump fried while using an iPhone, I bet you'd not want her to sue then.
If it is that fragile it needs to be recalled.
Should the TSA assume everything is so fragile it is going to break, or make reasonable assumptions and have broken by design devices recalled.
There are 6 billion people in the world, more than 2 were killed in terrorism, so you're wrong.
For the insulin pump to not only malfunction, but to be damaged to the point of needing the be replaced, means it should NOT be certified by the FDA, its certification needs to be revoked immediately and recalled.
That is like the dark days where people with pacemakers had to avoid microwaves.
This time it was a TSA scanner, the next time it could be a cell tower, power transformer box (there are a lot of them at street level in many cities), cell phone, walkie talkie, CB, aviation radio, store anti-theft system, garage door opener, home security system, car key fob or anything RF based.
Also, FCC rules require, and I quote "This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. "
#2 means it can't freaking FRY from an RF source!
So it is in violation of FDA and FCC rules and not just in a technical way, it became busted, and it is a necessary medical device.
I hope it just turned off and wouldn't turn on or something similar, I hope it didn't decide to pump 45 days dose like in the hacker demonstration or silently underdose, overdose or something else crazy like that.
Given Google's track record with the new GMail interface change, I can't say I'd be comfortable sitting in a car running their software, ever. You just don't change software that's business-critical willy nilly like that. You just don't. Ever.
Like the kernel module interface in Linux or library ABIs?
If there wasn't this requirement, one guy could conceivably monitor the instruments and not pay attention to the road since the car is driving itself.
Yet half the drivers on the roads in Las Vegas, Nevada are TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONE instead of paying attention to the roads! Even after it was made illegal! And many of them can't even maintain a normal speed or sometimes even lane position! Nevermind being able to react to anything around them.
The penalty is a fine, but perhaps it should be having the phone inserted via one's rectum. (*)
Scratch that, too many weirdos here would like that.
(*)
"Hey that driver with the cell phone just crashed into an innocent person.. They should shove that phone up his ass"
"You mean rectum".
"Rectum? Damn near killed 'em"
Please do.
Starting with here.
How would you like it if we put you in jail for blantantly obvious and abusive use of the Internet?
Exercise creates new brain cells.
Using Apple products kills them.
Seems plausible the side effects would mean more job security for you.
And Linux, and .NET (C# is a derivative of C), and FreeDOS and any BIOS not made by IBM, etc...
The implications are staggering, it would be like a nuclear bomb going off.
The way a C programmer would, as a no-op. :)
The judge should treat ruling that APIs are copyrightable the same as pressing a big red button that says "Destroy the USA's software industry, economy, global competitiveness and national security".
Because that is exactly what will happen.
Looks like the Microsoft astroturfing brigade has arrived!
This comes to mind
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ruvo%20brain%20center
The Ruvo Brain Center in Las Vegas
There are many cases of evolution leading to simpler or dumber creatures that have other traits that give them an edge in their environment.
Guess that explains the current crop of Republicans!
I can cherry pick too... Like the deacon in Colorado that did stop a gunman with a legally carried gun. An armed populace does not guarantee that a passer-by will be able to stop a crime, but an unarmed populace guarantees that they will not.
You know how clerks in convience stores that get robbed are getting shot even though they are trying to comply (but never get the chance). Sometimes in the back of the head, execution style even after they comply.
Well, in one attempted Las Vegas robbery, a clerk didn't let that happen.
He shot the robber dead.
Saved his own life quite likely, removed a scumbag from society and saved us thousands of dollars!
The fact that Tx and Az have liberal gun laws isn't a solution to the problem, it feeds it by making it easier for dangerous people to get guns.
Because someone who is willing to kill and face the death penalty or life without parole for it, is going to be detered by the fact it is illegal for him or her to buy or possess a gun.
Really?
A lot of the is policy and radiation fears.
They are people (quasi-illegally) living in the exclusion zone.
And they aren't all dropping dead of cancer. Imagine that.
If the US became as radioactive as the exclusion zone, and smoking decreased by 5% and people exercised 5% more, and 5% more people would get colonoscopies the overll cancer rate would PLUNGE.
The power company should just disconnect the anti-nuclear activists from the grid, to help reduce the load on the grid and increase justice.
As in remove the meter and wires, so once power is again available, they'll have to pay a full reconnection fee. Really expensive!
Nuclear can be dangerous, and perhaps it should be replaced, but shutting down supply before summer is STUPID!
Darwin would've had a field day!
Radiation burns?
You're kidding me!
They wouldn't make the emitter that powerful, it wouldn't be cost effective to do so!
It is likely capable of only 2X nominal output or less before it burns out!
Making the emitter capable of 100X or more nominal power would be crazy.
Are you seriously saying you are going to get radiation from being within MILES of a TSA scanner?
OMG WTF LOL!
For that kind of range it would be so "hot" the airport wouldn't need lights, it would glow!
Also, you have any idea how many medical X-ray machines or even radiation therapy machines are closer to your home than the airport is?
OMG
I guess I'd should worry about the Gamma Knife about 5 to 10 miles away from me.
It isn't cancer vs nothing it is cancer vs 9/11 part 2.
And how exactly does a cell know not to get cancer because the radiation is natural?
Radon is very natural and it causes cancer.
Having radon in your home would be like getting a scan every hour of every day!
I'm going to listen to that song "Have You Forgotten" about 9/11 again, since you all already have!
Didn't think it would happen so fast.
They'll lower fares to get more people.
It still costs over $200 to go many places in the US, and demand is elastic and supply mostly fixed.