From what I understand, it's used to access patient records for waiting room-type purposes. It's definitely not used for anything that is time or life critical.
I always wondered how often the PS1s needed to be replaced. After all the trouble that I've heard about those machines, I should have had the presence of mind to ask.
So what do you advocate? Zero population growth? Unless you can stem that, no matter how much conservation you can effect you will at one point run out of energy.
The problem lies on both sides of supply and demand. However, the long term solution is to find supplies that won't run out in the near future nor cause too much environmental pollution. The only viable source of energy that supports those two criteria is nuclear.
Actually, not really. I know of one company that's developing medical software that uses the PS1 as the platform. TV screens are cheaper than monitors. PS1s are cheaper than PCs. And once the software is in the CD tray, the thing never has to be opened again.
Replacing or upgrading the software just requires a reburn and a few stamps for postage. Of course, these are just clients to a much larger machine somewhere nearer to the IT department.
How they input patient information with that crappy gamepad, I'll never know.;-)
What I found, especially in the Perl newsgroup, is that TFM covered a hell of a lot and usually answered just about any question you could come up with. The best question to ask is where TFM resides and how can you get it.
FAQs were written to answer exactly those questions that are frequently asked. Book recommendations is one topic that is covered in most FAQs.
The cost of software is one of the lowest cost points for corporations. Among the highest are the salaries for the employees. So if you could furnish the company with low cost open source software and low cost open source engineers, you'll be doing good.
Unfortunately OSS engineers typically cost much more than MCSEs.
When will it become obvious to everyone that burning fossil fuels for electricity is a dead-end proposition? Nuke is truly the way to go at least until fusion arrives. Garbage incineration may be another alternative to oil and coal. There are many things we have to really worry about, but global warming is not one of them.
Let's look for ways to reduce our total pollution, not for ways to beat up unliked industries. Nuclear powerplants suffer from the NIMBY effect, but the only viable alternative to nuke is fossil fuels. If people would get their luddite heads out of the sand and take an impartial look at the solutions to our energy problems, major headway could be made. But until "environmentalist" groups stop fighting the nuclear bogeyman there won't be any headway.
The main problem with online tutorials is that they must be big enough to be noticed by enough people who can accurately assess the quality of the lessons. When I frequented CLPM, posters would every now and then pop in with their latest online tutorial pages. Unfortunately, a good portion of those tutorials were crap. They were bad because they quite often taught things that were flat out incorrect.
They were the equivalent of Perl for Dummies. Most taught things that had nothing to do with Perl (CGI, HTML) and when they taught Perl concepts the concepts would either be incorrect or presented in a manner that was confusing.
It's difficult as a newbie to discern good information from bad information. Take the case of C++ and Herbert Schildt. Schildt is perhaps the best author and teacher of C++. He can explain concepts clearly and interestingly. However, if you learn solely from his books, you'll never be able to use C++ as anything more than a "better C". Objects are merely enhanced structs. Use char arrays instead of strings. The list goes on.
If you are really interested in learning a new language, spend some time on the newsgroups and ask a couple of questions (Where's the FAQ? is a good question). That way you'll be able to get some opinions of books or online tutorials to better make your decision about which one to go with.
If we could just harness the power of air pressure, I think we could develop a local area data network. By modulating the air pressure at different frequencies, it might be possible to transmit data at a reasonable rate.
Too bad it doesn't look like anyone's actually trying to communicate here. It's a little like observing that the sun comes up in the morning and sets in the evening everyday.
I think it's obvious to anyone that watched the original Morimoto/Flay bout that Bobby Flay is a complete asshole. I thought maybe it was a bad set of circumstances for him, but then I saw him on Regis, still the same.
Maybe this time they can turn the juice up a little in the electrical cords they run near the stage.
Treating others with disrespect is a sure way of ensuring that you too will be treated with disrespect.
If the Maori think that the usage of their culture/tattoos/language can be prohibited in the courts, imagine the shock when they realize that everyone's decided to laugh at them.
Getting upset when your culture is misrepresented is one thing. Getting upset because someone has a tattoo that vaguely resembles a tattoo that you have is something that belongs in biker bars. And getting upset because someone has adapted your culture in a clever way so as to make a game, well, that's the Maori way.
I won't be taking anyone in NZ that particular game this year.
Mustard plants have their own defense mechanism - spicy taste. It's not unlike the defenses of spiny pufferfish or bad tasting Monarch butterflies. If a Martian predator tried to eat a plant, they'd likely just spit it out and move on to the next tasty-looking organism.
The plan will probably fall to hell if the Martians have been hankering for another condiment, though.;-)
It's great that he does that, but don't we have Jesse Berst, John Dvorak, and Jon Katz to do exactly the same type of thing?
Here's my future predictions:
1) Assembly line fertility will be a big hit with farmers, but humans will stick to the tried and true methods of procreation.
2) Computer languages will continue to be created. Many will feature built in data structures and object hierarchies that make RAD a reality. Scheme and Smalltalk programmers will still scoff that these new languages are just reprises of their own favorite language, only done badly.
3) Personal Area Networks will fail to catch on. Instead, encrypted broadband wireless will allow network access at every level from personal to wide area networks.
4) Network security will increase until the only known exploits are fundamental structural weaknesses of operating systems.
5) Cell phones will become ubiquitous.
6) An open source design gaming system fails to materialize. Contributors eventually realize that they've re-invented the PC.
7) Microsoft will split into two companies - Products and Operating Systems. They will sign exclusive deals with each other and the status quo will be maintained.
8) Communications companies will eventually merge to form a single communications conglomerate. Slashdotters will cry out against the tyranny of business.
9) Artificial Intelligence fails to deliver. Instead, programmers keep their jobs by constantly upgrading the capabilities of robots. Robot wars drops its restrictions against untethered projectiles.
10) Self-proclaimed tech visionaries continue to set unrealistic roadmaps. The CEOs of tech companies continue to drive the progression of technologies, regardless of the whims of the visionaries.
Seeing as how the Pentagon knew that it was not a nuclear strike, I'd be more worried that some hothead in the White House would shoot his mouth off before receiving actual verification one way or the other.
The explosion occurred over the ocean in the atmosphere. The meteor did not hit the ocean. Except for really really large rocks, these guys hit our atmosphere, blow up, and turn to molten powder. We'd likely notice a "doomsday" meteor a little earlier than these little surprises.
Starbucks has better coffee beans, IMHO. Tully's makes much better espresso drinks, though. Funny, I actually just fired off an email to Tully's management yesterday about their Spin drink.
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From what I understand, it's used to access patient records for waiting room-type purposes. It's definitely not used for anything that is time or life critical.
I always wondered how often the PS1s needed to be replaced. After all the trouble that I've heard about those machines, I should have had the presence of mind to ask.
Dancin Santa
Ho Ho Ho
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So what do you advocate? Zero population growth? Unless you can stem that, no matter how much conservation you can effect you will at one point run out of energy.
The problem lies on both sides of supply and demand. However, the long term solution is to find supplies that won't run out in the near future nor cause too much environmental pollution. The only viable source of energy that supports those two criteria is nuclear.
Dancin Santa
Actually, not really. I know of one company that's developing medical software that uses the PS1 as the platform. TV screens are cheaper than monitors. PS1s are cheaper than PCs. And once the software is in the CD tray, the thing never has to be opened again.
;-)
Replacing or upgrading the software just requires a reburn and a few stamps for postage. Of course, these are just clients to a much larger machine somewhere nearer to the IT department.
How they input patient information with that crappy gamepad, I'll never know.
Dancin Santa
What I found, especially in the Perl newsgroup, is that TFM covered a hell of a lot and usually answered just about any question you could come up with. The best question to ask is where TFM resides and how can you get it.
FAQs were written to answer exactly those questions that are frequently asked. Book recommendations is one topic that is covered in most FAQs.
Dancin Santa
The cost of software is one of the lowest cost points for corporations. Among the highest are the salaries for the employees. So if you could furnish the company with low cost open source software and low cost open source engineers, you'll be doing good.
Unfortunately OSS engineers typically cost much more than MCSEs.
The costs don't balance out in favor of OSS.
Dancin Santa
When will it become obvious to everyone that burning fossil fuels for electricity is a dead-end proposition? Nuke is truly the way to go at least until fusion arrives. Garbage incineration may be another alternative to oil and coal. There are many things we have to really worry about, but global warming is not one of them.
Let's look for ways to reduce our total pollution, not for ways to beat up unliked industries. Nuclear powerplants suffer from the NIMBY effect, but the only viable alternative to nuke is fossil fuels. If people would get their luddite heads out of the sand and take an impartial look at the solutions to our energy problems, major headway could be made. But until "environmentalist" groups stop fighting the nuclear bogeyman there won't be any headway.
Dancin Santa
The main problem with online tutorials is that they must be big enough to be noticed by enough people who can accurately assess the quality of the lessons. When I frequented CLPM, posters would every now and then pop in with their latest online tutorial pages. Unfortunately, a good portion of those tutorials were crap. They were bad because they quite often taught things that were flat out incorrect.
They were the equivalent of Perl for Dummies. Most taught things that had nothing to do with Perl (CGI, HTML) and when they taught Perl concepts the concepts would either be incorrect or presented in a manner that was confusing.
It's difficult as a newbie to discern good information from bad information. Take the case of C++ and Herbert Schildt. Schildt is perhaps the best author and teacher of C++. He can explain concepts clearly and interestingly. However, if you learn solely from his books, you'll never be able to use C++ as anything more than a "better C". Objects are merely enhanced structs. Use char arrays instead of strings. The list goes on.
If you are really interested in learning a new language, spend some time on the newsgroups and ask a couple of questions (Where's the FAQ? is a good question). That way you'll be able to get some opinions of books or online tutorials to better make your decision about which one to go with.
CLPM Santa
If we could just harness the power of air pressure, I think we could develop a local area data network. By modulating the air pressure at different frequencies, it might be possible to transmit data at a reasonable rate.
Dancin Santa
I can't seem to get to that press release. (Slashdotted with 7 posts? What server are they running?)
Here is a text version of the article.
Too bad it doesn't look like anyone's actually trying to communicate here. It's a little like observing that the sun comes up in the morning and sets in the evening everyday.
Dancin Santa
I think Jeff Smith was in deep water for molesting boys, last I heard. Martin Yan would be interesting, though.
A Tom Douglas or Wolfgang Puck would be pretty cool, too.
Dancin Santa
I think it's obvious to anyone that watched the original Morimoto/Flay bout that Bobby Flay is a complete asshole. I thought maybe it was a bad set of circumstances for him, but then I saw him on Regis, still the same.
Maybe this time they can turn the juice up a little in the electrical cords they run near the stage.
Dancin Santa
MARS NEEDS CHUTNEY
You heard it here first, folks! Start loading the barrels.
Dancin Santa
Treating others with disrespect is a sure way of ensuring that you too will be treated with disrespect.
If the Maori think that the usage of their culture/tattoos/language can be prohibited in the courts, imagine the shock when they realize that everyone's decided to laugh at them.
Dancin Santa
Getting upset when your culture is misrepresented is one thing. Getting upset because someone has a tattoo that vaguely resembles a tattoo that you have is something that belongs in biker bars. And getting upset because someone has adapted your culture in a clever way so as to make a game, well, that's the Maori way.
I won't be taking anyone in NZ that particular game this year.
Dancin Santa
It has a "re-center" thingy on it.
Powerglove anyone?
Dancin Santa
Shhh... That's how I got myself an extension on my senior project!
What do you mean the disk doesn't work? I copied all of my files on there this morning...
Sorry Mahe!
Dancin Santa
Mustard plants have their own defense mechanism - spicy taste. It's not unlike the defenses of spiny pufferfish or bad tasting Monarch butterflies. If a Martian predator tried to eat a plant, they'd likely just spit it out and move on to the next tasty-looking organism.
;-)
The plan will probably fall to hell if the Martians have been hankering for another condiment, though.
Dancin Santa
Believe me, the launch codes are not in the hands of idiots.
;-)
Famous last words.
Dancin Santa
It's great that he does that, but don't we have Jesse Berst, John Dvorak, and Jon Katz to do exactly the same type of thing?
Here's my future predictions:
1) Assembly line fertility will be a big hit with farmers, but humans will stick to the tried and true methods of procreation.
2) Computer languages will continue to be created. Many will feature built in data structures and object hierarchies that make RAD a reality. Scheme and Smalltalk programmers will still scoff that these new languages are just reprises of their own favorite language, only done badly.
3) Personal Area Networks will fail to catch on. Instead, encrypted broadband wireless will allow network access at every level from personal to wide area networks.
4) Network security will increase until the only known exploits are fundamental structural weaknesses of operating systems.
5) Cell phones will become ubiquitous.
6) An open source design gaming system fails to materialize. Contributors eventually realize that they've re-invented the PC.
7) Microsoft will split into two companies - Products and Operating Systems. They will sign exclusive deals with each other and the status quo will be maintained.
8) Communications companies will eventually merge to form a single communications conglomerate. Slashdotters will cry out against the tyranny of business.
9) Artificial Intelligence fails to deliver. Instead, programmers keep their jobs by constantly upgrading the capabilities of robots. Robot wars drops its restrictions against untethered projectiles.
10) Self-proclaimed tech visionaries continue to set unrealistic roadmaps. The CEOs of tech companies continue to drive the progression of technologies, regardless of the whims of the visionaries.
Dancin Santa
Seeing as how the Pentagon knew that it was not a nuclear strike, I'd be more worried that some hothead in the White House would shoot his mouth off before receiving actual verification one way or the other.
Dancin Santa
The explosion occurred over the ocean in the atmosphere. The meteor did not hit the ocean. Except for really really large rocks, these guys hit our atmosphere, blow up, and turn to molten powder. We'd likely notice a "doomsday" meteor a little earlier than these little surprises.
Dancin Santa
it's not really that hard to point someone in the right direction rather than just telling them to RTFM
:-)
I believe the correct answer to this is:
TFM is the right direction.
CLPM Santa
Starbucks has better coffee beans, IMHO. Tully's makes much better espresso drinks, though. Funny, I actually just fired off an email to Tully's management yesterday about their Spin drink.
Dancin Santa