Not trying to flog or sell anyone on the Palm Pixi but I have tried this. WebOS is good, runs Linux. You can get a root prompt directly from built-in terminal which is something. Does it seem to be relatively un-encumbered by patents and such? The price on it is amazing and the user interface is good... -- IV
Pretty simple: just ask. Not arrogantly, don't bring in side issues, don't say 'I am indispensible'. Just ask: Can I have equity? The worst they can do is say no. Be prepared for them to say no. Wait awhile and ask again. Ask three times. Try not to get angry if they say no and don't hold a grudge. They have their reasons. As a business owner I am astonished at what people won't do. You will never get the girl if you don't ask her out. -- IV
> can get away with an apology for the rape of countless young boys and girls on behalf of its members
They hardly got away with it with just an apology. They had to pay millions in damages including selling property and closing schools. Further, the vast majority of priests who did not commit any crime and are remarkably beneficial to local communities will always be suspect.
Because it is a public good like a lighthouse and not a private good like cars of furniture. Since medicine is a small market with massive computing requirements. Free/Open Source is really the only way to go but proprietary vendors are keeping it hostage. -- IV
>>I don't see why it matters who implements someone's electronic health records (open source, Joe's Software Shack, Bill's Multi-National Software Emporium, etc.)
We already have Veterans Affairs VistA which is already a superset of open source in the public domain. The military has Ahlta which is a close cousin branch of the original VistA which is said to be not as good as VistA.
Ha! Aside from the utter flamebait of 'hate science' (guess what, many MD's ARE scientists, nearly all HAVE TRAINING AS SCIENTISTS) 'ticket to becoming a millionaire.' Not anymore. Doctor pay has been going down for years and after the current government is through who have promised to 'squeeze doctors' we'll be driving taxis in our spare time. Have fun with your health care system when the ones that actually do the work, make the tough decisions, and go through years and years of very difficult training (routinely up for 36 hours straight) refuse to take Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements because they will go bankrupt or refuse to go to medical school at all because it is such a disaster. Why does no one want ever yell for a limit on attorney or politician pay? Physicians actually do life saving, crucial and difficult work.
"They are average everyday people" That is factually incorrect. As a group they are more intelligent and motivated than average. In many cases far more. They go through the most lengthy, grueling training imaginable having to master a huge, huge amount of knowledge in short periods of time. My medical school class as a group was on a performance level and competition that you CANNOT imagine. And yes, many of them I DO consider geniuses. I had a career as a BS, MS degree computer scientist before medical school and it was a walk in the park in comparison. I was not even close to the top of my class.
Kind of like the Linux kernel C language which is older than mumps and even more write-only? So is it antiquated or proven? Like the Linux kernel, the vast majority do not have to mess with Mumps. It is a great system, uniquely suited for health care that is a rock solid platform. No one else has made the billions in investment and decades of time necessary and likely never will. -- IV
Please let your federal government representative know the following: "The nation is demanding and spending billions to ensure that we have a high-performance Health Information Technology infrastructure. The ARRA of 2009 allows proprietary companies to put up tollbooths and black boxes everywhere at taxpayer expense with little or no guarantees of the ability of the public to audit, innovate, study, fix or extend the software to ensure high performance, privacy, security, fitness, or upgradeablility can occur. Without a ban on federal money for purchasing proprietary Electronic Medical Record software and requirements for licenses such as the Affero General Public License that safeguard public rights and ensures sustainability, we will become a nation of renters of poorly performing health IT software infrastructure that taxpayers paid dearly for, and will pay for again and again."
I have a better idea with inspiration from Bloom County: Simply send up by rocket into orbit a cloud of cash money thus blocking the sunlight and reversing global warming!
It's called Indivo Health, formerly known as Ping on Sourceforge. It's been around for years and it is LGPL licensed. There's been some recent activity with the Dossia Group. More information and links here. -- IV
Sure, using a very large, very powerful, very loud, super-cooled helium filled magnet that costs several million dollars and requires a special room so that metal objects don't come flying into it with the possibility of killing any occupant in the tunnel.
Logitech Trackman's with the thumb trackball are great. No fatigue after hours of use. That's all I've used for years after I had 'mouse shoulder' from 12 hour programming days end on end. Highly recommended. -- IV
If you live in Houston, Texas try Your Doctor Program(tm) http://yourdoctorprogram.com/ They provide access to doctors by e-mail or phone, a wellness program and a secure essential medical record online for a low monthly membership fee. As well, they are geek friendly. -- IV
Slashdot Mirror
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weapon_Shops_of_Isher
As this site says blatant copying: you decide.
Total hysteria breaks out on Slashdot. I like the other poster who said What are we going to demonstrate for: We DEMAND more debt now!?!
Not trying to flog or sell anyone on the Palm Pixi but I have tried this. WebOS is good, runs Linux. You can get a root prompt directly from built-in terminal which is something. Does it seem to be relatively un-encumbered by patents and such? The price on it is amazing and the user interface is good... -- IV
Pretty simple: just ask. Not arrogantly, don't bring in side issues, don't say 'I am indispensible'. Just ask: Can I have equity? The worst they can do is say no. Be prepared for them to say no. Wait awhile and ask again. Ask three times. Try not to get angry if they say no and don't hold a grudge. They have their reasons. As a business owner I am astonished at what people won't do. You will never get the girl if you don't ask her out. -- IV
> can get away with an apology for the rape of countless young boys and girls on behalf of its members
They hardly got away with it with just an apology. They had to pay millions in damages including selling property and closing schools. Further, the vast majority of priests who did not commit any crime and are remarkably beneficial to local communities will always be suspect.
-- IV
Pew, pew, pewwww... Luke, I am your Father.
Because it is a public good like a lighthouse and not a private good like cars of furniture. Since medicine is a small market with massive computing requirements. Free/Open Source is really the only way to go but proprietary vendors are keeping it hostage. -- IV
>>I don't see why it matters who implements someone's electronic health records (open source, Joe's Software Shack, Bill's Multi-National Software Emporium, etc.)
We already have Veterans Affairs VistA which is already a superset of open source in the public domain. The military has Ahlta which is a close cousin branch of the original VistA which is said to be not as good as VistA.
-- IV
For those of you old enough to remember Huey and Duey the robots in the movie Silent Running: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/
-- IV
Ha! Aside from the utter flamebait of 'hate science' (guess what, many MD's ARE scientists, nearly all HAVE TRAINING AS SCIENTISTS) 'ticket to becoming a millionaire.' Not anymore. Doctor pay has been going down for years and after the current government is through who have promised to 'squeeze doctors' we'll be driving taxis in our spare time. Have fun with your health care system when the ones that actually do the work, make the tough decisions, and go through years and years of very difficult training (routinely up for 36 hours straight) refuse to take Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements because they will go bankrupt or refuse to go to medical school at all because it is such a disaster. Why does no one want ever yell for a limit on attorney or politician pay? Physicians actually do life saving, crucial and difficult work.
"They are average everyday people" That is factually incorrect. As a group they are more intelligent and motivated than average. In many cases far more. They go through the most lengthy, grueling training imaginable having to master a huge, huge amount of knowledge in short periods of time. My medical school class as a group was on a performance level and competition that you CANNOT imagine. And yes, many of them I DO consider geniuses. I had a career as a BS, MS degree computer scientist before medical school and it was a walk in the park in comparison. I was not even close to the top of my class.
Kind of like the Linux kernel C language which is older than mumps and even more write-only? So is it antiquated or proven? Like the Linux kernel, the vast majority do not have to mess with Mumps. It is a great system, uniquely suited for health care that is a rock solid platform. No one else has made the billions in investment and decades of time necessary and likely never will. -- IV
Here is a Alpha rpm installer for nearly the entire Veterans Affairs hospital system server:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/worldvistarpmin
This is a GOOD thing. The public can know in its entirety how the thing works and check it for privacy and security.
-- IV
Please let your federal government representative know the following: "The nation is demanding and spending billions to ensure that we have a high-performance Health Information Technology infrastructure. The ARRA of 2009 allows proprietary companies to put up tollbooths and black boxes everywhere at taxpayer expense with little or no guarantees of the ability of the public to audit, innovate, study, fix or extend the software to ensure high performance, privacy, security, fitness, or upgradeablility can occur. Without a ban on federal money for purchasing proprietary Electronic Medical Record software and requirements for licenses such as the Affero General Public License that safeguard public rights and ensures sustainability, we will become a nation of renters of poorly performing health IT software infrastructure that taxpayers paid dearly for, and will pay for again and again."
I use my terrestrial antenna every day for HDTV it looks and sounds great! No blasted cable or satellite reaching into my wallet in my house. -- IV
Because it sucks both from a UI point of view and other the covers? -- IV
The answers: No, no, no and no. -- IV
I have a better idea with inspiration from Bloom County: Simply send up by rocket into orbit a cloud of cash money thus blocking the sunlight and reversing global warming!
-- IV
It's called Indivo Health, formerly known as Ping on Sourceforge. It's been around for years and it is LGPL licensed. There's been some recent activity with the Dossia Group. More information and links here. -- IV
Sure, using a very large, very powerful, very loud, super-cooled helium filled magnet that costs several million dollars and requires a special room so that metal objects don't come flying into it with the possibility of killing any occupant in the tunnel.
-- IV
Microsoft invented the Internet. -- IV
Must not get sick, must not throw up... -- IV
Logitech Trackman's with the thumb trackball are great. No fatigue after hours of use. That's all I've used for years after I had 'mouse shoulder' from 12 hour programming days end on end. Highly recommended. -- IV
If you live in Houston, Texas try Your Doctor Program(tm) http://yourdoctorprogram.com/ They provide access to doctors by e-mail or phone, a wellness program and a secure essential medical record online for a low monthly membership fee. As well, they are geek friendly. -- IV