It isn't really news. It's notable because it's the first one with USB 3.0, which is still basically inferior to the transfer speeds of other technologies, but has the capacity to power the drive with only one cable/connection.
They've successfully done it once, though. Seems like an easy way to generate that cash AGAIN when someone else comes along to buy them up, since they won't be competing with their predecessor.
It's a 4chan thing. It has to do with the way the quote system there works. With use, it's spread while users don't necessarily realize why they're doing it.
Because the hospital is probably not a standalone company, but rather part of a "Health System" or similar type of organization. They are likely in direct competition with other, nearby hospitals belonging to other regional health systems or organizations. Why wouldn't they have a marketing department?
To reiterate, I'm speaking from personal industry involvement.
Are there patents surrounding some technology involved? Why don't the people responsible for it just make a new service that does functionally the same thing?
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd wager he's in the marketing department.
They're typically the only sorts of people that feel the need to use their own equipment. Especially since he mentioned both macs and PCs are bizarrely in use in this place.
As a hospital or health system, there are laws regarding security and privacy wherever patient information or data could be concerned. This is likely why they're requiring even offsite e-mail users to run encryption.
Er. As part of the IT staff at a hospital, I can tell you they certainly can't touch your machine if you don't want them to. But they don't have to let you touch their network with your machine if you won't submit to their requirements. That's that.
I worked on a network that was MPLS connected over the Verizon backbone, not the Intarwebs and my ping time from Washington DC to Los Angeles was 60ns. Playing Wow from my Comcast in DC to a West Coast server I never beat 120ns, and frequently double that.
Slashdot Mirror
Try it.
Pay for it for me.
I think the /. crowd said something more along the lines of, "It's a piece of crap, but every yuppie retard will still buy one."
Seems a little more in-line with reality.
Let me go ahead and drop eight hundred bucks on a web-surfing and e-mail viewing device.
What in the hell.
I'm not sure what that link is in response to. That's a USB 2.0 hard-drive enclosure for regular 2.5" hard-drives.
We're talking about SSD using a USB 3.0 connection.
It isn't really news. It's notable because it's the first one with USB 3.0, which is still basically inferior to the transfer speeds of other technologies, but has the capacity to power the drive with only one cable/connection.
He specified that he wouldn't be taking advantage of the offer because he has no way of paying for things online.
Dial it back a little, tiger.
Sounds like a post written in English to me. ;)
You see? It's goofy to bring up something that's already implied and understood by everyone reading it.
Mr. Pot meat Mr. Kettle
Sounds like a stag film.
shill*. Local joke tainted vocabulary.
Be a less obvious shiv, please.
I guess you're right, I foresee companies dissolving their marketing departments left and right in the immediate foreseeable future.
That's why I asked if there were patents? The second inquisitive statement was dependent upon the answer to the first.
That doesn't seem very conducive to a competitive market. :(
They've successfully done it once, though. Seems like an easy way to generate that cash AGAIN when someone else comes along to buy them up, since they won't be competing with their predecessor.
It's a 4chan thing. It has to do with the way the quote system there works. With use, it's spread while users don't necessarily realize why they're doing it.
Not our damned fault, it's the regular guys in management that make these demands of us.
What are you doing on Slashdot, anyway?
Because the hospital is probably not a standalone company, but rather part of a "Health System" or similar type of organization. They are likely in direct competition with other, nearby hospitals belonging to other regional health systems or organizations. Why wouldn't they have a marketing department?
To reiterate, I'm speaking from personal industry involvement.
Are there patents surrounding some technology involved? Why don't the people responsible for it just make a new service that does functionally the same thing?
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd wager he's in the marketing department.
They're typically the only sorts of people that feel the need to use their own equipment. Especially since he mentioned both macs and PCs are bizarrely in use in this place.
They'll just tell him it's not a supported device, and N.O. This thread is full of people saying the same things over and over again.
As a hospital or health system, there are laws regarding security and privacy wherever patient information or data could be concerned. This is likely why they're requiring even offsite e-mail users to run encryption.
Er. As part of the IT staff at a hospital, I can tell you they certainly can't touch your machine if you don't want them to. But they don't have to let you touch their network with your machine if you won't submit to their requirements. That's that.
I worked on a network that was MPLS connected over the Verizon backbone, not the Intarwebs and my ping time from Washington DC to Los Angeles was 60ns. Playing Wow from my Comcast in DC to a West Coast server I never beat 120ns, and frequently double that.
60 ns? That's fucking miraculous.
It's not appropriate to assume every AC is someone that's already posted in the thread.
He was being apologetic more than nitpicky. You're just being sort of a dick.