> Wikipedia says Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Bingo. The key work here is "accountability". There are _major_ penalties for leaking client health info. I've worked with clients who would not, under any circumstances, email me test data (even though it was supposedly 'clean') unless it was PGP/GPG'd. Or others, who wouldn't email it at all.
I'm a bit older than some of you whippersnappers; I looked forward for years to the last appearance of Halley's. (I share a birthday with Samuel Clemmons, who arrived with the comet and -- correctly -- predicted that he would leave with it.)
But the last go-round was something of a bust, at least in view of the 1910 spectacular. 1985's visit was nearly indiscernable, and, hey: no poison gas clouds or anything (as predicted in 1910).
So, in view of the disappointment of 1985, do I look forward to 2029? Fool me once, yadda yadda yadda...
Besides, I'll be 79 years old -- so if I'm still here, I probably won't be here to see it:-)
* GMO is not necessarily (perhaps even not frequently?) related to improving the quality of the resulting food; it often implements a tie-in to a specific chemical manufacturer. Monsanto is a big name here.
I belong to a group that is unconditionally against genitically modified foods -- though my membership is based on other aspects of food quality that are not part of this argument. I agree with the previous post, in that unquestioning rejection of these techniques is illogical. But I will add some additional considerations:
* It's true that mankind has been shuffling the gene deck for millenia, but the only tools available heretofore have been those of 'elbowing' bad strains to the side, and selecting for 'good' traits through selection. This is different from the new aproach of picking up a characteristic from one species and plopping it into the middle of the genetic code of another. Not that this is necessarily bad, but...
* Some GMO strains are modified not for additional nutritional content; others, however, are doped with the ability to create their own herbicides or to specifically interact (or, more properly, _avoid_ interaction with commercial herbicides). Is herbicide-related content what you want in your bread?
* The GMO folks are behaving like the RIAA: If you (a would-be non-GMO farmer) are trying to remain totally natural, but someone plants GMO strains in the adjoining field, and if your crops are accidently cross-pollenated: YOU CAN BE CHARGED WITH THEFT when you sell your crop.
* Finally, there's the question of long-term effects; what seems benign now may prove otherwise later.
In short, it's a bag of worms. I believe that:
* GMO is not _inherently_ bad, but... * There has been a lack of sealed-room, long-term evaluation, and... * The potential for RIAA-type abuse is enormous.
Indeed. The first thing I did before posting was to search for 'Komando' to see if anyone had already posted.
She's a shill for MS. Interesting if you have Windows q's, but helpless if you call in on anything else. (And, by 'shill', I mean that she's a sponsor -- so forget objectivity!)
1) My wife got a new work-from-home job last winter. She'd used Outlook/IE before, but I laid down the law: I travel, and I CANNOT support this crap over the phone if you have a problem. I installed Fire(well, Bird, at the time) and Thunderbird, and she's had only a few user problems (new interface, etc.) But I feel safer, and she's happy. (And she understands my concerns.)
2) Set up my 75'ish parents with the same setup.
I still use Mozilla, but the separation of the two functions into two icons makes it conceptually easier for those that simply want to get something done.
"You haven't been around any English departments, have you? My wife has an MA in English, and it sounds like the department was pretty vicious."
Bingo. In a former life, I was married to an English professor. Your comment, and this whole deconstuctionist discussion brings back, well, shivers. I'm now married to a (non-professional) philosophy major, and things are better.. at least to the degree they can be with a philosophy major:-)
I was working in an IBM software development lab at the time, and was invited to a confidential meeting at which details of coming announcements were revealed, in an attempt to get everyone on board. The Jr. was projected to take over the home market, as well as find a place in many small businesses.
But, universally, all the development groups there said "Huh?" -- no one could believe that the hardware people were serious. All the fatal flaws for which the Jr. is now renowned were brought up, but the presenters were oblivious. The rest is history.
I suffered shoulder pain after schlepping a large bag with one (or two) laptops and associated peripherals, cables, and media. Solution 1: get a wheeled bag. Solution 2: after that one died, get a _good_ wheeled bag. I've had my Swiss Army for two years and have never had a better bag.
> Are there any neat things you would like to see in a case?
I'm sure that there are many that I haven't thought of, and at which I'll Ooh! and Ah! when someone posts a good hand-build example of their unique vision.
But, to the extent that this question means "what would you like to buy at , the answer is 'nothing'. If it's already reached commercialization, it's already past being cool.
Right you are, and I neglected to mention this important point. However, I was concerned with refuting the claim that Jon's software was a theft tool, and when I mentioned copying, it was in the sense of making copies for distribution to others.
As has been rehashed here many times, his software does nothing to enable copying CDs (which _would_ be stealing). It merely allows those who have legitimately paid for a CD to play it on devices (such as a Linux box) which has not been blessed by the music industry powers that be. Those who want to copy/steal can do so handily without the program.
The product is called eComStation. It's a mix of several things:
1) It's based on Warp 4. 2) But some things (such as improved TCP/IP and the JFS) are included from Warp Server for eBusiness. 3) Fixes were current at the time the CDs were mastered, and new ones are available at the web site. 4) Additional third-party stuff is included.
I don't know what the current price is; as a Warp 4 user, I got eCS as an upgrade for about $100.
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There is: the GPL.
Hmmm...
... Profit! (Oops, or something, grabbing for a Kleenex)
+"34b"
-"puffy"
> I don't think I will go this year. Maybe next year after more people hear about it...
Uh, I think you meant:
"I don't think I will go this year. Maybe the previous year after more people hear about it..."
But they're confirmed by satelite photo:
- timesi-editors-edit-reuters-story-to-remove-critic al-facts-supporting-us-position/
http://patterico.com/2005/04/30/2934/ilos-angeles
The witnesses are lying or mistaken (and, I suspect, it's the former).
> Wikipedia says Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Bingo. The key work here is "accountability". There are _major_ penalties for leaking client health info. I've worked with clients who would not, under any circumstances, email me test data (even though it was supposedly 'clean') unless it was PGP/GPG'd. Or others, who wouldn't email it at all.
If you're talking HIPAA, you're talking paranoia
Indeed.
:-)
I'm a bit older than some of you whippersnappers; I looked forward for years to the last appearance of Halley's. (I share a birthday with Samuel Clemmons, who arrived with the comet and -- correctly -- predicted that he would leave with it.)
But the last go-round was something of a bust, at least in view of the 1910 spectacular. 1985's visit was nearly indiscernable, and, hey: no poison gas clouds or anything (as predicted in 1910).
So, in view of the disappointment of 1985, do I look forward to 2029? Fool me once, yadda yadda yadda...
Besides, I'll be 79 years old -- so if I'm still here, I probably won't be here to see it
OK: you, me, and the original poster get it. That's, uh, +3 Funny
Please: somebody mod this +5 Funny!
Jerry Pournelle gets in trouble for bragging that he has access...
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http://www.stormtiger.org/bob/humor/pournell/li
Oops - I forgot to add one item to the summary:
* GMO is not necessarily (perhaps even not frequently?) related to improving the quality of the resulting food; it often implements a tie-in to a specific chemical manufacturer. Monsanto is a big name here.
I belong to a group that is unconditionally against genitically modified foods -- though my membership is based on other aspects of food quality that are not part of this argument. I agree with the previous post, in that unquestioning rejection of these techniques is illogical. But I will add some additional considerations:
* It's true that mankind has been shuffling the gene deck for millenia, but the only tools available heretofore have been those of 'elbowing' bad strains to the side, and selecting for 'good' traits through selection. This is different from the new aproach of picking up a characteristic from one species and plopping it into the middle of the genetic code of another. Not that this is necessarily bad, but...
* Some GMO strains are modified not for additional nutritional content; others, however, are doped with the ability to create their own herbicides or to specifically interact (or, more properly, _avoid_ interaction with commercial herbicides). Is herbicide-related content what you want in your bread?
* The GMO folks are behaving like the RIAA: If you (a would-be non-GMO farmer) are trying to remain totally natural, but someone plants GMO strains in the adjoining field, and if your crops are accidently cross-pollenated: YOU CAN BE CHARGED WITH THEFT when you sell your crop.
* Finally, there's the question of long-term effects; what seems benign now may prove otherwise later.
In short, it's a bag of worms. I believe that:
* GMO is not _inherently_ bad, but...
* There has been a lack of sealed-room, long-term evaluation, and...
* The potential for RIAA-type abuse is enormous.
> Oh wait... you said interesting. Sorry.
Indeed. The first thing I did before posting was to search for 'Komando' to see if anyone had already posted.
She's a shill for MS. Interesting if you have Windows q's, but helpless if you call in on anything else. (And, by 'shill', I mean that she's a sponsor -- so forget objectivity!)
Indeed:
1) My wife got a new work-from-home job last winter. She'd used Outlook/IE before, but I laid down the law: I travel, and I CANNOT support this crap over the phone if you have a problem. I installed Fire(well, Bird, at the time) and Thunderbird, and she's had only a few user problems (new interface, etc.) But I feel safer, and she's happy. (And she understands my concerns.)
2) Set up my 75'ish parents with the same setup.
I still use Mozilla, but the separation of the two functions into two icons makes it conceptually easier for those that simply want to get something done.
Bravo.
Bingo. In a former life, I was married to an English professor. Your comment, and this whole deconstuctionist discussion brings back, well, shivers. I'm now married to a (non-professional) philosophy major, and things are better.. at least to the degree they can be with a philosophy major
> In Italy, sparkling wine is called asti spumanti.
Well, asti spumante one of them. Don't forget Franciacorta, or prosecco, or brachetto, or...
I was working in an IBM software development lab at the time, and was invited to a confidential meeting at which details of coming announcements were revealed, in an attempt to get everyone on board. The Jr. was projected to take over the home market, as well as find a place in many small businesses.
But, universally, all the development groups there said "Huh?" -- no one could believe that the hardware people were serious. All the fatal flaws for which the Jr. is now renowned were brought up, but the presenters were oblivious. The rest is history.
I suffered shoulder pain after schlepping a large bag with one (or two) laptops and associated peripherals, cables, and media. Solution 1: get a wheeled bag. Solution 2: after that one died, get a _good_ wheeled bag. I've had my Swiss Army for two years and have never had a better bag.
> hecks, why not classical music. mozart? bach?
As you note, they have. Fantasia, anyone? (Mozart was spared, but Bach was butchered by Stokowski)
No: the hard way is when you resist all suggestions that anything might be wrong, and then you find out otherwise after election day.
As a Georgia voter, I'm very happy about this development.
China, no. You're thinking of Nigeria.
> Are there any neat things you would like to see in a case?
I'm sure that there are many that I haven't thought of, and at which I'll Ooh! and Ah! when someone posts a good hand-build example of their unique vision.
But, to the extent that this question means "what would you like to buy at , the answer is 'nothing'. If it's already reached commercialization, it's already past being cool.
Right you are, and I neglected to mention this important point. However, I was concerned with refuting the claim that Jon's software was a theft tool, and when I mentioned copying, it was in the sense of making copies for distribution to others.
As has been rehashed here many times, his software does nothing to enable copying CDs (which _would_ be stealing). It merely allows those who have legitimately paid for a CD to play it on devices (such as a Linux box) which has not been blessed by the music industry powers that be. Those who want to copy/steal can do so handily without the program.
The product is called eComStation. It's a mix of several things:
1) It's based on Warp 4.
2) But some things (such as improved TCP/IP and the JFS) are included from Warp Server for eBusiness.
3) Fixes were current at the time the CDs were mastered, and new ones are available at the web site.
4) Additional third-party stuff is included.
I don't know what the current price is; as a Warp 4 user, I got eCS as an upgrade for about $100.
I'm another current user; OS/2 (in its eCS garb) is the only OS on my primary machine (though, admitedly, I have others for Linux and NT).
As for getting it, there are two options:
1) Get the current, non-IBM-branded version from Serenity Systems (www.ecomstation.com)
2) Get the current (or previous versions, if you want) of the IBM version on eBay. Copies are available all the time for far less that you'd pay IBM.