Yeah, I was just going old school. Heard that line somewhere in a movie. We must see your papers. I think we should just RFID chip people at birth, then setup readers everywhere. GPS tag the lot of em. Let's see you try to run from the popo now. Then make running a stop light a capital crime and open up the organ banks.
Ok, I just can not stop on this one. I got 20 damn years supporting various software/hardware packages. Half of that supporting medical databases, voice rec engines, transcription systems, dictation,... You name it and if it involves keeping track of a medical record then I have probably dealt with it, installed it, troubleshot it, worked a help desk as a tech for it,... Get the picture Mr loving alaska. I have earned an opinion on this one. Not to mention that my significant other also holds a medical degree, multiple certifications in current standing and manages a large medical record transcription dept. and talks to me nightly about her issues and rules at work dealing with these exact same things as identity and what does and what does not constitute and accurate record.
They do call it a record for a reason, you can sue the Dr. if they do something wrong. The physicians keep the record to help themselves and their colleagues treat you in the future and so they can prove what they did and or did not do to you. Also, it is a really bad idea to simply "practice" medicine and not keep an accurate record of what you did and WHO you fricking did it to. Verification of a patient's identity is important.
You can get insurance and tell the company providing it that you do not wish to be tracked by your SSN. We can simply put 999-99-9999 instead of your real SSN when putting you in the system but Why for Christ's sake would you want to do that? Is it to keep the illusion alive that you still have some sort of protection from identity theft in this world? You got more than one identity? You want a gun shot wound treated and have the police report reflect the wrong person?
OK here's the real end rant.
Ok, just make all the assumptions you want. Troll. I guess your experience is all that matters or happens. No way in the world someone else's experience could be different than yours.
BTW, it is called a medical record and they will not see you if they do not know how you are.
Did ya see the overwhelming use of the word Usually?. Someone please stop me I am feeding the trolls again.
You usually cant make an appointment to see a Dr. without some sort of insurance. You usually cant get insurance without giving up your SSN. They can't just insure you without knowing who you are. Try making an appointment with a physician and never giving out your SSN or some definite way of tracking your identity. Just does not happen in this country anymore. Yes, you may choose to pay the physician in cash but they will not see you if you do not tell them who you are.
You know, that's exactly what we used to give them. Old IBM 3270s, if I remember correctly. They really could not mess up anything but their own Cobol or Pascal assignments. Let's face it, most folks dont want or need or can even handle a real computer. Too much responsibility. Give em all Iphones and Ipads, leave em in the walled garden of Apple apps and these bot nets might be eliminated.
You know what, I have pretty much made a career out of those issues. If MS was better then I would probably not have a job. So, sucks to be a user who cant figure out how to fix a MS based PC but nice to be an admin who can.:)
Thankfully these problems are only a portion of what I need to do in your typical "normal" day.
Ok everyone, you just put your copy of that video right back where you got it. No hold outs please, them thar civil leaders cant have this sort of thing.
Just bought some navigation lights for the little boat. They offer LED lights now. I wonder if those meet the requirements? I'd go look it up on the net but I have to actually get some work done today.
Yes, it is. Spent several years there and they got like 800 handicapped parking spaces in front of any major food outlet. If you try to shop in a grocery store the aisles are full of old folks walking around real slow. If you commute to work in the early am you get cut off by folks whose medicines have not kicked in yet. All in all, it's got great beaches, wonderful fishing but lots of retired folks. If you can handle that it's great. Oh, forgot about the hard to get house insurance, constant boom and bust of the real estate market, hot as hell if your not within 10 miles of the coast, mosquitoes, hurricanes,... List goes on and on.
Nice place to visit, as the saying goes.
Katrina hit in August of 2005 and then Rita came along in September of the same year. We all know what Katrina did but remember that Rita hit the same basic coastline. Texas and Louisiana share a border. Having lived in the northern part of Louisiana most of my life and taken in a refugee or two, believe me when I say that it was no laughing matter. It is way to easy to sit there reading/. and just post whatever you want but the real world is not so simple. I can tell that most folks trolling or attempting to be inflammatory have never been put to the test with real tragedy. If you had, you would be much more forgiving to those that are going through rough times. House gone, beloved pets left behind to fend for themselves, not sure where the rest of your family is or if they are even alive. Let me tell you folks, that shit aint funny.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita
Shoeing horses is actually a specialty. My family has about 15 of them and they hire a furrier who happens to have about 25 years experience. He went to a special school for shoeing horses and everything. Those critters got a special frog in their hoof. It is a pressure powered valve in their circulatory system that basically pushes blood back up their long legs. Shoe the horse wrong and you could cause damage to the frog. Damage the frog and you can have the pleasure of watching about 20 gallons of blood come spilling out of their foot as they die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_(horse)
Woo Hoo, not so simple as you thought huh? Maybe we should have a little more respect for old technology. Ever actually tried to tune up a Model T? It aint so easy either. All ages have techs which are "up" on the latest technology.
OK, I decided to NOT go into the obvious Gates is the Borg comments and put all kidding aside. It is about time for a tone indicator. Most folks I run across these days could definitely use one. Seems like simple decency was slowly replaced with rage over the last decade or so. Maybe it's burn out or the fact that I still have to deal with users but it seems like the overall population has slowly turned into little rage puppies. Probably because it's easy to rage with a keyboard and say (type) things you would never repeat in person.
K, you can definitely respect Picard but Kirk you actually like.
What's the big deal with all these passwords anyway. I just use the letter a for anything critical but my web site is always down.
Ooohh, no you didn't. Let's see if that link is still out there on U-Tube.
Oh yeah, it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU
Alternatively, you can make all users p/ws = letmein. Then make them change it everyday but allow old passwords to be reused.
This way their daily login process becomes,
CTRL+ALT+DEL, type in letmein. System makes you change your password but user knows they can reuse old ones. So, they type in the old p/w followed by their new one twice.
letmein, letmein, letmein. HaHaHaa!
How evil is that? Am I bad?
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Actually, it's worth a read just to get a look at that cute little Lori Zimmer.
Yeah, I was just going old school. Heard that line somewhere in a movie. We must see your papers. I think we should just RFID chip people at birth, then setup readers everywhere. GPS tag the lot of em. Let's see you try to run from the popo now. Then make running a stop light a capital crime and open up the organ banks.
Ok, I just can not stop on this one. I got 20 damn years supporting various software/hardware packages. Half of that supporting medical databases, voice rec engines, transcription systems, dictation,... You name it and if it involves keeping track of a medical record then I have probably dealt with it, installed it, troubleshot it, worked a help desk as a tech for it,... Get the picture Mr loving alaska. I have earned an opinion on this one. Not to mention that my significant other also holds a medical degree, multiple certifications in current standing and manages a large medical record transcription dept. and talks to me nightly about her issues and rules at work dealing with these exact same things as identity and what does and what does not constitute and accurate record. They do call it a record for a reason, you can sue the Dr. if they do something wrong. The physicians keep the record to help themselves and their colleagues treat you in the future and so they can prove what they did and or did not do to you. Also, it is a really bad idea to simply "practice" medicine and not keep an accurate record of what you did and WHO you fricking did it to. Verification of a patient's identity is important. You can get insurance and tell the company providing it that you do not wish to be tracked by your SSN. We can simply put 999-99-9999 instead of your real SSN when putting you in the system but Why for Christ's sake would you want to do that? Is it to keep the illusion alive that you still have some sort of protection from identity theft in this world? You got more than one identity? You want a gun shot wound treated and have the police report reflect the wrong person? OK here's the real end rant.
Ok, just make all the assumptions you want. Troll. I guess your experience is all that matters or happens. No way in the world someone else's experience could be different than yours. BTW, it is called a medical record and they will not see you if they do not know how you are. Did ya see the overwhelming use of the word Usually?. Someone please stop me I am feeding the trolls again.
You usually cant make an appointment to see a Dr. without some sort of insurance. You usually cant get insurance without giving up your SSN. They can't just insure you without knowing who you are. Try making an appointment with a physician and never giving out your SSN or some definite way of tracking your identity. Just does not happen in this country anymore. Yes, you may choose to pay the physician in cash but they will not see you if you do not tell them who you are.
Papers, we must see your papers. I dont care if you just want to buy a burger at Macky Dee's. Show us your papers.
Start a war, draft them and let them defend the homeland. Maybe their progeny won't breed so much. Just guessing, not trolling. :)
You know, that's exactly what we used to give them. Old IBM 3270s, if I remember correctly. They really could not mess up anything but their own Cobol or Pascal assignments. Let's face it, most folks dont want or need or can even handle a real computer. Too much responsibility. Give em all Iphones and Ipads, leave em in the walled garden of Apple apps and these bot nets might be eliminated.
Free Candy, where? I clicked on all those warnings and still got no candy, Waaah Waaaah.
You know what, I have pretty much made a career out of those issues. If MS was better then I would probably not have a job. So, sucks to be a user who cant figure out how to fix a MS based PC but nice to be an admin who can. :)
Thankfully these problems are only a portion of what I need to do in your typical "normal" day.
Ok everyone, you just put your copy of that video right back where you got it. No hold outs please, them thar civil leaders cant have this sort of thing.
Just bought some navigation lights for the little boat. They offer LED lights now. I wonder if those meet the requirements? I'd go look it up on the net but I have to actually get some work done today.
Yes, it is. Spent several years there and they got like 800 handicapped parking spaces in front of any major food outlet. If you try to shop in a grocery store the aisles are full of old folks walking around real slow. If you commute to work in the early am you get cut off by folks whose medicines have not kicked in yet. All in all, it's got great beaches, wonderful fishing but lots of retired folks. If you can handle that it's great. Oh, forgot about the hard to get house insurance, constant boom and bust of the real estate market, hot as hell if your not within 10 miles of the coast, mosquitoes, hurricanes, ... List goes on and on.
Nice place to visit, as the saying goes.
So, you are saying the first thing the robot overlords will do is shut down all the fast food restaurants? Eating that crap causes harm, right?
He's dead Jim, you get his wallet and I'll get his boots.
There are other countries?
He said itard, huh huh.
No need to bring 3 legged critters into the discussion. ;)
Katrina hit in August of 2005 and then Rita came along in September of the same year. We all know what Katrina did but remember that Rita hit the same basic coastline. Texas and Louisiana share a border. Having lived in the northern part of Louisiana most of my life and taken in a refugee or two, believe me when I say that it was no laughing matter. It is way to easy to sit there reading /. and just post whatever you want but the real world is not so simple. I can tell that most folks trolling or attempting to be inflammatory have never been put to the test with real tragedy. If you had, you would be much more forgiving to those that are going through rough times. House gone, beloved pets left behind to fend for themselves, not sure where the rest of your family is or if they are even alive. Let me tell you folks, that shit aint funny.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita
Move along, these are not the ones we are looking for.
Start capacitor or Run capacitor? In the A/C world there is a difference and I am guessing Start.
Shoeing horses is actually a specialty. My family has about 15 of them and they hire a furrier who happens to have about 25 years experience. He went to a special school for shoeing horses and everything. Those critters got a special frog in their hoof. It is a pressure powered valve in their circulatory system that basically pushes blood back up their long legs. Shoe the horse wrong and you could cause damage to the frog. Damage the frog and you can have the pleasure of watching about 20 gallons of blood come spilling out of their foot as they die. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_(horse) Woo Hoo, not so simple as you thought huh? Maybe we should have a little more respect for old technology. Ever actually tried to tune up a Model T? It aint so easy either. All ages have techs which are "up" on the latest technology.
As a fellow tech support worker, I applaud this comment. It is spot on bro, spot on.
OK, I decided to NOT go into the obvious Gates is the Borg comments and put all kidding aside. It is about time for a tone indicator. Most folks I run across these days could definitely use one. Seems like simple decency was slowly replaced with rage over the last decade or so. Maybe it's burn out or the fact that I still have to deal with users but it seems like the overall population has slowly turned into little rage puppies. Probably because it's easy to rage with a keyboard and say (type) things you would never repeat in person.
K, you can definitely respect Picard but Kirk you actually like. What's the big deal with all these passwords anyway. I just use the letter a for anything critical but my web site is always down. Ooohh, no you didn't. Let's see if that link is still out there on U-Tube. Oh yeah, it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU Alternatively, you can make all users p/ws = letmein. Then make them change it everyday but allow old passwords to be reused. This way their daily login process becomes, CTRL+ALT+DEL, type in letmein. System makes you change your password but user knows they can reuse old ones. So, they type in the old p/w followed by their new one twice. letmein, letmein, letmein. HaHaHaa! How evil is that? Am I bad?