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  1. Re: Cell phones used as CGMS devices on Jack White Bans Cellphones At Concerts For '100% Human Experience' (nme.com) · · Score: 2

    I asked Yondr again. They replied immediately this time: We have a special wristband for ADA requests that allows guests to keep their phones unlocked. A Yondr representative can issue these wristbands at the venue. So... there you go. And thanks for reminding me why I long ago stopped participating in Slashdot discussions.

  2. Cell phones used as CGMS devices on Jack White Bans Cellphones At Concerts For '100% Human Experience' (nme.com) · · Score: 2

    If you use your phone to monitor your blood glucose, but the venue forces your phone to be locked into a Yondr bag, are there ADA repercussions? Seems that the answer would be "yes".

    For example, an ADA-related consent order: https://www.ada.gov/sfxinc.htm6/, and this line specifically: "Clear Channel Entertainment agrees not to discriminate against any guest with diabetes with regard to their bringing diabetes related medical equipment or diabetes related food into a concert venue.â

    I sent a brief, polite message to Yondr 1.5 years ago asking if there is a protocol for this situation. https://www.overyondr.com/contact/

    No response.

    Obviously, there are back-up strategies like bringing the stand-alone G5 receiver, use a meter, exit the concert to check your Bg, or not to go to the concert at all, but all should be unnecessary as having a phone at your side for monitoring blood glucose is a reasonable accommodation.

  3. Continuous glucose monitoring on your smart phone on Alicia Keys Latest Artist To Enforce No Cell Phone Policy at Concerts (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    More info here: http://integrateddiabetes.com/dexcom-g5-not-just-a-matter-of-convenience/

    The Yondr bag will definitely cause issues if someone uses their phone and a CGMS transmitter to monitor, and react to, their blood glucose. There are work-arounds, like bringing a separate non-phone receiver, bringing a separate meter, leaving the concert to have security let you check your Bg, or not going to the concert at all.

    I'm certain there are some ADA concerns here that nobody has touched on yet. Also certain that the security people who enforce putting your phone in a bag do not have a protocol for this situation.

  4. Devo had this sorted out 35 years ago on Is Too Much Choice Stressing Us Out? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    In ancient Rome
    There was a poem
    About a dog
    Who found two bones
    He picked at one
    He licked the other
    He went in circles
    He dropped dead

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  5. Re:Flawed? on Temporary Classrooms Are Bad For the Environment, and Worse For Kids · · Score: 3, Funny

    Define old. At my son's school, across the street from our house we had a classroom in a portable. And not just *any* portable: Built in 1941 for the army, and installed at the school in 1943 to temporarily help with overcrowding in the regular classrooms. Our neighbor, who is 95, lived here when it was installed and her kids (who are now great grandparents!) attended class in it. My son, now 13, also enjoyed this classroom. This "temporary" portable, literally spitting distance from the Hayward fault, wasn't even anchored to the ground - elevated by four feet of stacked blocks of wood . Even crazier... the thing was riddled with asbestos tiles, and had a mold problem. The portable went away last year - 70 years after it was installed. I'd like to think that the paperwork I submitted to the city and state to have the portable declared a historical landmark worthy of preservation had something to do with it.

  6. No. This is not an artificial pancreas. on FDA Approves Wearable "Artificial Pancreas" · · Score: 2

    We've had insulin pumps for decades, and continuous glucose monitoring systems for many years. This is just a small iteration on top of that. The new thing? If the CGMS thinks your blood glucose is low, the pump is instructed to stop giving insulin.

    This ain't an artificial pancreas by any measure - even the manufacturer says as much.

  7. The future is now! on JAXA To Use Fishing Nets To Scoop Up Space Junk · · Score: 2
    Quark! A series from 1978 predicted all of this:

    The show was set on the United Galaxies Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an interstellar garbage scow operating out of United Galaxies Space Station Perma One in the year 2222. Adam Quark, the main character, works to clean up trash in space by collecting "space baggies" - unfortunately for Quark, while circumstances frequently dropped adventure into his lap, he was always ordered back to collecting garbage when the action was over.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(TV_series)

  8. Re:Temporary solution? on Diabetic Men May Be Able To Grow Their Own Insulin-Producing Cells · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that with the pump you HAVE to eat when it's time - or else.

    I'm a Type 1, and have been on an insulin pump for 13 years. Pumps afford the exact opposite of what you say here. The basal rates you program into the pump should allow you, when done correctly, to NOT eat at all - if you ignore plain old hunger. If you're having to ingest carbs to counteract your basal dosages, you're doing it wrong - and I can't state this strongly enough. Bolus dosages - e.g. the ones you take when you eat - work exactly like your eat/shot strategy you describe. A type 1's blood sugar will rise - in the absence of both food and insulin - and I'd be really surprised if this wasn't the case for you.

  9. Re:How are these getting indexed? on Target.com's Aggressive SEO Tactic Spams Google · · Score: 2, Informative

    <h1 class="offscreen">Welcome to Target Products and Promotions</h1>
    <h1 class="offscreen">your mom is hot Products and Promotions</h1>
    <a href="#mainBody">Skip to Main Content</a>
    <a href="#leftNav">Skip to Left Navigation</a>
    <a href="#scripted_tabs">Skip to Product Information Tabs</a>

    These are used to allow users navigating the site with screen readers an easier time. Search for 508, screen readers, and accessibility for more info. A bit more searching will show target was sued 3 years ago for its site not being accessible to blind users.

  10. Your future... Re:Taxing the wrong thing... on Wisconsin Mulls an Earmarked Video Game Tax · · Score: 1

    A message to darwin-rejects like yourself: that's fine, but everyone younger than you is expressively prohibited from changing your skanky ass diapers when you find yourself in a nursing home.

    Seriously. Think about your attitude, and the absolute reality that your life and comfort will be dependent on today's children at some point in your miserable hateful life.

  11. Re:Oh My. on Bush Signs Bill Enabling Martial Law · · Score: 1
    You (and people like you) are exactly why we are in this mess to begin with. Excuse me? We're in this mess because the candidates I once supported broke their promises and forsook their principles?

    I don't blame the politicians... I blame YOU. There were plenty of us out there over the last few elections saying exactly what you're saying now. They have NO principles, and you can't trust them to keep promises. That you voted for these criminals says more about you than them.

  12. Re:Jokes... on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    You'll come to understand that snickering with a bunch of geeks about death - around people who are materially impacted by it - puts you in negative karma territory. And don't think for a second that a Slashdot public forum isolates you from those who are impacted. As Google indexes these conversations they will be *easily* found by the children as they learn to use the internet... think about it.

    As to maturity... seriously? "Fucking joke", "ass-stick-ectomy"...? Need I say more?

  13. Jokes... on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    That's about right - I can't take a joke on this topic for exactly the reasons I gave. (And how you interpret this to mean I can't generally take a "fucking joke" - I've no idea...) If this apparently funny story wasn't actually happening around me, and I didn't take part in the search event at the park last weekend, I likely wouldn't have responded at all.

  14. Tragic - Re:You ain't seen tacky yet... on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    Neither tacky nor cute - the comment is simply mean-spirited and shows a complete lack of empathy... when you grow up, you'll understand...

    Just this weekend there was a search for Nina organized at the park across the street from my house. The children went to a local school. These same kids have lost their mother - and if the Oakland police are correct - they'll be losing their father. My kids are exactly the same age and it causes me physical distress thinking what the Reiser children are going through right now.

    Tragic.

  15. Re:Good work on BBC Reports UK-U.S. Terror Plot Foiled · · Score: 1

    Thanks for realizing this... cheers...

  16. Re:Good work on BBC Reports UK-U.S. Terror Plot Foiled · · Score: 1
    Why the hell does anyone need more than their book & a passport anyway?
    If I ever see you on a plane, I'll have to assume the following is just dandy for you:
    • I'll need to insert a straw through your abdomen and into your pancreas - and somehow remove any insulin you create. Otherwise, I'd die.
    • As you believe items like crayons, toys, etc. are necessary... You'll be extremely happy entertaining my 5 and 8 year old boys during the flight. Should be FUN for you!
  17. Re:My favorite part on PS3 Launch Details Announced · · Score: 1

    You can go back much further than the MS effort. In the very early 80's we had a motion sensitive joystick - Le Stick Was mercury filled, and sensed movement when tilted. In practice, it made game playing more difficult since it was hard to keep it centered.

  18. Re:I Think This Can Be Summed Up In Five Words on Life or Death for Tivo · · Score: 1

    Are you using a hacked version of the Tivo software? If so, your disagreeing Tivo isn't answering the right question.

  19. Re:I Think This Can Be Summed Up In Five Words on Life or Death for Tivo · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The analogy was spot on. Go ahead and grab the hardware, format the hard disk, and let's see how far you get with XMLTV. Without the Tivo Service - which is software + updates + schedule info - you'll have a real hard time doing anything interesting with XML feeds.

  20. No need to upgrade then on IBM's Radical Cell Processor · · Score: 1
    Clearly the PS3 will offer no better graphics than the PS2 - as the PS2 already offers this:
    The quality of the resulting tv image is comparable to movie 3D graphics in real time.
    http://www.shoptronics.com/sonplayps2sy.html

    I distinctly remember the PS2 being marketing with the same "movie quality graphics" line prior to its launch.

    Marketing weasels - you gotta love 'em!

  21. Re:Not happy with teh doom and gloom. on Neal Stephenson on Star Wars in the NYT · · Score: 1
    Nixon is a truly tragic American President, because he did accomplish much (as you say) but nonetheless fell. The height of his heights makes the depth of his depths all that more poignant. But in the end, he really did attempt to overthrow the proper functioning of the American political system, turning executive power into imperial diktat. There is no redemption for that crime, no matter what you put on the other side of the balance.
    Strangely enough, if you replace Nixon with Anakin, you've essentially described the story arc of Star Wars - just with different political entities.
  22. Infamous Jedit Arena? on The Feasibility of Star Wars Tech · · Score: 1

    Huh? What's infamous about it? Curious, since I'm pretty much in the loop on infamous VCS games.

    At the time, it was well reviewed. Nothing like the real infamous games: E.T. Pac Man, and Custer's Revenge.

  23. Re:I work at a bank on Intuit Disables Features in Quicken To Force Upgrades · · Score: 1

    It isn't clear to me where Quicken's "internet" features intersect with downloading or importing transaction information from your bank.

    That is, if I purchase Quicken 2005 - in 2008 will I be able to access my transaction information, in some manner, via Quicken?

    I'm happy doing once-a-month imports vs. using the automatic-download from within the aplication.

    FYI: My bank offers two download formats: ofx, and qfx.

  24. Re:Why Can They Do This??? on EA Games: The Human Story · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Anybody working in the shoe industry who is complaining about the hours needs to realise that that's the way the industry works, and it ain't changing anytime soon. If you actually notice the hours you're working, then you've been at it too long. There's some fresh young recruit just dying to have your job, so move on and let them have it.

    Um - really - what's the difference? Worker abuse is worker abuse no matter the industry or location.

    I sincerely hope you never move into a management position.

  25. ... it doesn't end up being derivative? on Alien Hominid Breaks New Grounds In Console 2D · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Read the article and am wondering - how exactly does it not "end up being derivative"? Almost every feature mentioned has been seen in a game in one form or another. I'm not knocking derivative here - I love games like this. I just want something more concrete to substantiate the statement.