The regular pillbottle in the picture is a bottle that will never end up in an end consumer's hands. It just has a small quantity of pills in it. Most pharmas only sell REALLY big bottles for things like Tylenol hospital shipments.
I recently co-oped at a large pharmaceutical company and it honestly looks like RFID is a good idea here.
Counterfeit drugs are a serious problem. There are several large counterfeiting operations working out of areas like China that produce product that is so authentic looking that most people (even doctors) can't tell the difference. The only problem is that nobody has any idea as to whether the dosages are correct or if the product was manufactured under sterile conditions. There have already been a few deaths.
I've read quite a few people complaining about how RFID is going to jack up the cost of prescriptions, but I would willingly pay %0.50-$1.00 to guarantee that I'm actually taking what I think I'm taking.
It's your life, though. Feel free to gamble with it if you must.
The article mentioned that this guy punched out 800 million spam e-mails through that one account. That's enough to give three spams to every man, woman, and child in the United States three spams.
Maybe there are a lot less spammers than I thought, and they're just really, really bad.
I would personally argue that fair use and the right to personal property come in to play here, but what struck me as interesting is that Valenti extended his argument to all public policy, rather than just this instance.
TT: I'll tell you, because I'm an engineer, I'm an engineering student, and this year I built a high-definition television, from scratch. But because of the broadcast flag, if I wanted to do that again after July 2005, that would be illegal.
JV: How many people in the United States build their own sets?
TT: Well, I'm talking about engineers.
JV: Let's say there are a thousand. But there are 284 million people in this country. You can't have public policy that is aimed at 100,000 people when the other multi-multi-millions are also involved. You can't do it that way.
It's been a while since my civics class, but isn't our entire country founded on the idea that people have certain inalienable rights, even in the face of a majority that wishes to take away those rights?
The central campus for Penn State is actually in University Park, PA (near State College, PA), which is near the geographical center of the state. The Harrisburg campus is a branch campus. You may be thinking of the state capitol, which is in Harrisburg.
I just installed the patch on my laptop and now it BSOD's immediately on boot. It's quick, but I caught something that looked like "basesrv." Quite the pain, really. Is anyone else having a similar problem, and if they are, how do you fix it?
I wouldn't be surprised if they did document it, but that the documents did not survive. The battery is made of stone and metal. Unless a civilization advanced enough to create a battery was still carving all of it's documents in stone I doubt any would survive. The US National Archive spends millions of dollars a year to preserve documents, but even those are starting to crumble after just two hundred years. What would happen to them after a thousand?
This is really pretty interesting. The device has it's own power supply that actually allows you to save data when you shut down your computer. It doesn't seem like it would be too reliable, but it does provide a reason as to why this is better than a traditional RAM drive (provided you have it hooked up to a UPS).
I was reading the FAQ and it said that this thing didn't need a monitor or keyboard to boot. This would make a great server because you could shove a lot of these things onto one rack if you wanted to.
Actually, I remember reading an article on Active state about Perl.net. It said that it used typed variables. What kind of blasphemy is this, and how is that not amputating a language?
The Rio Riot seems like a good idea, but I'd personally like to see a wireless NIC and some P2P software built in. Imagine sharing files automatically by just walking around...
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The regular pillbottle in the picture is a bottle that will never end up in an end consumer's hands. It just has a small quantity of pills in it. Most pharmas only sell REALLY big bottles for things like Tylenol hospital shipments.
Or at least it is in this case.
I recently co-oped at a large pharmaceutical company and it honestly looks like RFID is a good idea here.
Counterfeit drugs are a serious problem. There are several large counterfeiting operations working out of areas like China that produce product that is so authentic looking that most people (even doctors) can't tell the difference. The only problem is that nobody has any idea as to whether the dosages are correct or if the product was manufactured under sterile conditions. There have already been a few deaths.
I've read quite a few people complaining about how RFID is going to jack up the cost of prescriptions, but I would willingly pay %0.50-$1.00 to guarantee that I'm actually taking what I think I'm taking.
It's your life, though. Feel free to gamble with it if you must.
Thanks,
If I had mod points, they would be yours.
Do you have a direct link to the recommended ruleset? I couldn't find it.
The article mentioned that this guy punched out 800 million spam e-mails through that one account. That's enough to give three spams to every man, woman, and child in the United States three spams.
Maybe there are a lot less spammers than I thought, and they're just really, really bad.
I would personally argue that fair use and the right to personal property come in to play here, but what struck me as interesting is that Valenti extended his argument to all public policy, rather than just this instance.
Sorry about that. I Read it backwards.
It's been a while since my civics class, but isn't our entire country founded on the idea that people have certain inalienable rights, even in the face of a majority that wishes to take away those rights?
The central campus for Penn State is actually in University Park, PA (near State College, PA), which is near the geographical center of the state. The Harrisburg campus is a branch campus. You may be thinking of the state capitol, which is in Harrisburg.
I just installed the patch on my laptop and now it BSOD's immediately on boot. It's quick, but I caught something that looked like "basesrv." Quite the pain, really. Is anyone else having a similar problem, and if they are, how do you fix it?
Then again, what else are you going to use a laser that can heat things up as hot as a star for?
Cooking hotdogs?
I wouldn't be surprised if they did document it, but that the documents did not survive. The battery is made of stone and metal. Unless a civilization advanced enough to create a battery was still carving all of it's documents in stone I doubt any would survive. The US National Archive spends millions of dollars a year to preserve documents, but even those are starting to crumble after just two hundred years. What would happen to them after a thousand?
You might want to watch the movie "Six Degrees of Separation." Smith played a serious role and did very well in the part.
This is really pretty interesting. The device has it's own power supply that actually allows you to save data when you shut down your computer. It doesn't seem like it would be too reliable, but it does provide a reason as to why this is better than a traditional RAM drive (provided you have it hooked up to a UPS).
You're right. They forgot the gigantic dollar sign in the middle.
(Note to mods: Yes I know that it's supposed to start with a red stripe at the top.)
I was digging through my documentation and I found the jumper of which you speak. Thanks.
I was reading the FAQ and it said that this thing didn't need a monitor or keyboard to boot. This would make a great server because you could shove a lot of these things onto one rack if you wanted to.
Mix:
A bunch of computer geeks
A toy like this
"Secret commands"
I have a feeling that there are going to be a lot of calls from concerned parents after some of these commands get discovered.
Only half? Look at darned near anything put out by Image or Marvel nowadays and the numbers get considerably higher than that.
How is this different than the feudal system? Just face it, we're the new surfs.
That being said. I just put out a letter to Senator Rick Santorum about this. I doubt that he'll listen, but it's worth a shot.
So how does the intended recipient get the message without changing it?
Actually, I remember reading an article on Active state about Perl.net. It said that it used typed variables. What kind of blasphemy is this, and how is that not amputating a language?
Bill, son, that's very nice, but why do all of your lego blocks spell out 1 0WNZ J00?
The Rio Riot seems like a good idea, but I'd personally like to see a wireless NIC and some P2P software built in. Imagine sharing files automatically by just walking around...