I I'm sure that Medicare would LOVE to find out about THAT particular HIPAA violation. >:-D
Then go tell them. If you've physically been in the hospital that could be your data, your loved ones data, or just plain due diligence if you were there for work and not for a medical reason.
Yes. Give a team of admins root access, *SNIP!* have admins use su or sudo to achieve root access.
Given that its trivial to implement, saves a LOT of hassle with shared passwords/keys, using su/sudo should be the default case rather than the special needs case.
And what's wrong with assisted driving technology? It saves lives!
It creates a false sense of security and far too many drivers see it as an absolution of responsibility.
Unintended acceleration - fault of the car, what about the driver shutting the car down or putting it in neutral or using the parking brake (gently!) ? 4-wheel drive - I see this once every winter. Some yob with all wheel drive blows past me, then promptly loses traction on all 4 wheels at a higher speed and needs to be fished out of the ditch ABS - Better braking is good. Leaving more room and braking sooner is better still. traction control - see 4-wheel drive On Star - For not emergency situations having a basic toolkit, first aid kit, and enough water and blankets to survive a few hours would beat the hell out of OnStar. I do actually like this once the shit has hit the fans. Treat it like a fire alarm not a personal assistant IMO. tire pressure sensors - Check your damned tires when you get fuel. It gets you close to your car and during that process you may spot a problem that doesn't have a sensor watching for it.
Applying power is also an acceptable response to some situations. Accident avoidance when there are cars behind you can actually be helped by a quick application of power to move the car out of the way and free up an extra few feet for other drivers to stop. Applying power and avoiding is acceptable if braking is not an option. Being able to promptly accelerate and merge instead of having traffic stack up behind on an onramp is also helpful.
I agree that technology can help and is generally beneficial, its the attitudes around its use that bother me. Its an asset or a tool not a replacement for personal responsibility when operating heavy machinery.
What do you say we don't start thinking in those terms until we've gotten to the point where everyone has sufficient food, shelter, clothing and education?
Good luck with that... it's been tried many different ways and has never been sustainable.
Best of both worlds. We install smart meters and have the old meter readers drive around and deliver job training materials to the poor and unemployed. Unions get to cling to their dying unskilled labor a little longer and the people who are genuinely down on their luck can get going again and the freeloaders won't have any more viable excuses to not support themselves.
Go get a shotgun, a case of birdshot, set up an optimal test and place a lot of small dark bird sized targets in a tree. Wait for dark. Fire a lot of shots into the tree. See how many you've hit come morning.
Yes some irresponsible gun owners can cause problems, but 1000's of birds over a few days in many locales just isn't going to add up to a few hoons.
I'm not sure how the UK is, but here in the US: Comcast has an interest in blocking Netflix so they can sell me cable and Vonage so they can sell me phone service. ATT has an interest in blocking Netflix so they can sell me cable (UVerse) Vonage so they can sell me phone service. Eon has an interest in blocking ????? so they can sell me electricity.
Power companies main advantage is that they're another wire to the home, they have the infrastructure already. They'll have to overcome some hurdles since their current network engineers are in a classic internal support role, that is they have computer networks to support their main power delivery operations rather than supporting routing bits and bytes to the actual customers. The advantage to the consumer is that the power company is used to providing a (metered) pipe and thats about it. They have no other competitive issues because you can't power your house with an internet connection.
But wait, I can play dumb flash games over the web for free. Clearly Call Of Duty 4 should now be free too!
The real question is how do people manage to charge $0.99 for an iPhone game when they are much closer to the free flash games available on the web or even the free games available on the iPhone.
Yes, lets have the UN send one of its famous "Stern Letters Of Warning" to China that they've been very naughty and shouldn't do what every other nation or its citizens doesn't already do.
And force the taxpayers to cover infrastructure which is then leased to a private monopoly which charges the taxpayers to use the infrastructure they just paid for?
I have mod points and I'm not sure whether to go +1 Insightful, -1 Troll, +1 Effort, -1 Psychobabble, or -1 Emo.
Instead I just won't post anonymously and ponder why Slashdots "no posting and modding the same thread" rule exists only to destroy the contributions I could have made to this discussion.
If we're able to make it cheap and truly make it a commodity I would hope the market would take care of itself.
Its rather utopian, but if you can decentralize the control of a central source of electricity and bring it out to the people or small groups of people it keeps costs down and reduces corruption. In the US ompare local or regional co-ops to corporate or state-run power generation. Co-ops are generally cheaper and generally have happier customers.
Thats just it. I keep up on my field just fine. I want to be informed about things outside my field.
My big concern is that I'll hear a story from a generally decent source about something related to my field or to my hobby and they'll get something wrong. Maybe not egregiously incorrect, but just not quite right. That scares me because it makes me wonder what else they're getting not-quite-right when reporting on a field I'm not heavily involved in.
Could they be right? Of course they could be right. It wouldn't change the fact that they sound like five-year-olds.
By the time its dumbed down from the initial scientific review, through the journal, to the PR dept, through the wire service, to the media outlet yes it does.
Where can I go for science news thats not quite as intense as the journals themselves, but more in depth than the normal news outlets? Something that explains whats going on without having to create controversy to justify airtime but recognizes I have a Bachelors and a job and not a PhD?
Slashdot Mirror
it's not like I'm going to start patrolling the streets looking for kids.
If you get the urge to, theres an article a few posts down about sex offenders.
And the Objective Ergo Slider Plus for Apple users?
For Apple users?
I believe that would be the Subjective Ego Stroker .
ZING!
I I'm sure that Medicare would LOVE to find out about THAT particular HIPAA violation. >:-D
Then go tell them. If you've physically been in the hospital that could be your data, your loved ones data, or just plain due diligence if you were there for work and not for a medical reason.
Yes. Give a team of admins root access, *SNIP!* have admins use su or sudo to achieve root access.
Given that its trivial to implement, saves a LOT of hassle with shared passwords/keys, using su/sudo should be the default case rather than the special needs case.
And what's wrong with assisted driving technology? It saves lives!
It creates a false sense of security and far too many drivers see it as an absolution of responsibility.
Unintended acceleration - fault of the car, what about the driver shutting the car down or putting it in neutral or using the parking brake (gently!) ?
4-wheel drive - I see this once every winter. Some yob with all wheel drive blows past me, then promptly loses traction on all 4 wheels at a higher speed and needs to be fished out of the ditch
ABS - Better braking is good. Leaving more room and braking sooner is better still.
traction control - see 4-wheel drive
On Star - For not emergency situations having a basic toolkit, first aid kit, and enough water and blankets to survive a few hours would beat the hell out of OnStar. I do actually like this once the shit has hit the fans. Treat it like a fire alarm not a personal assistant IMO.
tire pressure sensors - Check your damned tires when you get fuel. It gets you close to your car and during that process you may spot a problem that doesn't have a sensor watching for it.
Applying power is also an acceptable response to some situations. Accident avoidance when there are cars behind you can actually be helped by a quick application of power to move the car out of the way and free up an extra few feet for other drivers to stop. Applying power and avoiding is acceptable if braking is not an option. Being able to promptly accelerate and merge instead of having traffic stack up behind on an onramp is also helpful.
I agree that technology can help and is generally beneficial, its the attitudes around its use that bother me. Its an asset or a tool not a replacement for personal responsibility when operating heavy machinery.
What do you say we don't start thinking in those terms until we've gotten to the point where everyone has sufficient food, shelter, clothing and education?
Good luck with that... it's been tried many different ways and has never been sustainable.
Best of both worlds. We install smart meters and have the old meter readers drive around and deliver job training materials to the poor and unemployed. Unions get to cling to their dying unskilled labor a little longer and the people who are genuinely down on their luck can get going again and the freeloaders won't have any more viable excuses to not support themselves.
Why aren't you telling the gaming commission about this?
Oh noes, not the day traders! People who make lots of money while producing no useful product might get ripped off.
Politicians watch out for their own.
Go get a shotgun, a case of birdshot, set up an optimal test and place a lot of small dark bird sized targets in a tree. Wait for dark. Fire a lot of shots into the tree. See how many you've hit come morning.
Yes some irresponsible gun owners can cause problems, but 1000's of birds over a few days in many locales just isn't going to add up to a few hoons.
Says the man with a 7 digit UID, we're over 20% there on /. alone!
Because my point wasn't about Flash. Besides, your comment just begs the question, "so why would I use an iPhone then?".
Because it has Apps?
Its not a cure, but its a start.
I'm not sure how the UK is, but here in the US:
Comcast has an interest in blocking Netflix so they can sell me cable and Vonage so they can sell me phone service.
ATT has an interest in blocking Netflix so they can sell me cable (UVerse) Vonage so they can sell me phone service.
Eon has an interest in blocking ????? so they can sell me electricity.
Power companies main advantage is that they're another wire to the home, they have the infrastructure already. They'll have to overcome some hurdles since their current network engineers are in a classic internal support role, that is they have computer networks to support their main power delivery operations rather than supporting routing bits and bytes to the actual customers. The advantage to the consumer is that the power company is used to providing a (metered) pipe and thats about it. They have no other competitive issues because you can't power your house with an internet connection.
But wait, I can play dumb flash games over the web for free. Clearly Call Of Duty 4 should now be free too!
The real question is how do people manage to charge $0.99 for an iPhone game when they are much closer to the free flash games available on the web or even the free games available on the iPhone.
Because theres no Flash on the iPhone?
Yes, lets have the UN send one of its famous "Stern Letters Of Warning" to China that they've been very naughty and shouldn't do what every other nation or its citizens doesn't already do.
IPv24?
IPv1296?
IPv4096?
And force the taxpayers to cover infrastructure which is then leased to a private monopoly which charges the taxpayers to use the infrastructure they just paid for?
What can have changed in two hours that another judge would reverse the decision?
The judge.
Theres a lot of FUD associated with his work because thats what his work IS.
Makes it quieter for the rest of us.
I have mod points and I'm not sure whether to go +1 Insightful, -1 Troll, +1 Effort, -1 Psychobabble, or -1 Emo.
Instead I just won't post anonymously and ponder why Slashdots "no posting and modding the same thread" rule exists only to destroy the contributions I could have made to this discussion.
If we're able to make it cheap and truly make it a commodity I would hope the market would take care of itself.
Its rather utopian, but if you can decentralize the control of a central source of electricity and bring it out to the people or small groups of people it keeps costs down and reduces corruption. In the US ompare local or regional co-ops to corporate or state-run power generation. Co-ops are generally cheaper and generally have happier customers.
Thats just it. I keep up on my field just fine. I want to be informed about things outside my field.
My big concern is that I'll hear a story from a generally decent source about something related to my field or to my hobby and they'll get something wrong. Maybe not egregiously incorrect, but just not quite right. That scares me because it makes me wonder what else they're getting not-quite-right when reporting on a field I'm not heavily involved in.
Could they be right? Of course they could be right. It wouldn't change the fact that they sound like five-year-olds.
By the time its dumbed down from the initial scientific review, through the journal, to the PR dept, through the wire service, to the media outlet yes it does.
Where can I go for science news thats not quite as intense as the journals themselves, but more in depth than the normal news outlets? Something that explains whats going on without having to create controversy to justify airtime but recognizes I have a Bachelors and a job and not a PhD?
He was playing Civ3 as the Romans and built the Great Wall.
BTWI am American and live in Texas.
Well you're certainly not native to Texas. Most folk I know from there claim to be "Texans living in America".