Is this a problem, or is it a Good Thing we're missing?
All of those turbines make pretty decent wind speed/direction instruments, and they're all connected. How much would it cost to rig data feeds from them to the weather data collection system? I mean, if the weather computers are reading a Doppler shift from an area where there are wind farms but the wind turbines are all indicating 80 kph winds in the same direction it's not hard to figure out what's going on. Likewise if they're showing major surface-level wind shear around a vertical axis!
I would really like to know why you believe they don't qualify.
They may well qualify -- but in the USA, common-carrier status (at least for telecommunications) isn't automatic. The company has to apply and be granted CC status (which is not without liabilities). Comcast never has.
Comcast has finally filed suit [CC], stating that there are no statutes or regulations that support the FCC's authority to stop traffic shaping procedures.
Consider that the only thing keeping hordes of State regulators from insisting on much stricter requirements (and even open access to that "last mile") is Federal preemption. If the FCC doesn't have the authority to do it, the States do.
Biting the hand that shields you. Smooth move, Comcast!
Further, if they choose to make these decisions on "their network" then they should lose common carrier status. And while I admit I am not sure if they have this
Well that's simple then. You guys need an on-staff EMT, or need to train one of your existing employees as an EMT.
All of the ski patrol (/me included) are at least EMT-B equivalent [1]; several are paramedics and a couple are MDs. None of which is much help when the nearest trauma center is 150 miles by air and the altitude is enough that choppers are just short of ceiling.
[1] OEC is a nonurban equivalent to EMT-B.
But EMT service as my office is about 7-8 minutes away. That's not soon enough for a heart attack (and thus we have our emergency responder program), but it's soon enough to administer the blue.
And my "office" (a ski resort) is a minimum of 30 minutes from the nearest hospital, and even by helicopter more often an hour.
Did I mention that we get a lot of cerebrospinal injuries?
Gosh, you'd think something that's FDA-approved to be present in visible quantities in foods marketed heavily to children wouldn't need *additional* FDA approval for these clinical trials.
There are some minor differences between "ingested" and "injected" that come into play. For instance, Coca-Cola is approved for ingestion, but I really don't think you want it squirted directly into your bloodstream.
Both of you are off base on this one: the "drug" in question is in mass production, and is so common that you can literally buy it by the pound. Every american eats grams and grams of it every year. If it wasn't safe, we'd know by now.
So is aspirin -- and it's off-limits to EMT-B or equivalent personnel. I kid you not -- if I'm treating someone who has an epi pen, asthma inhaler, or even oral aspirin, I can "help" them do it themselves but not actually administer it.
If it does get approved at some point, you'd almost want carried by first responders instead of having to wait until you reach the emergency room.
And since it's an injected drug, there are all sorts of legal restrictions on who can administer it. The list does not include EMT-Bs (basic emergency medical techs), only full paramedics [1] -- who are not always around when you need one.
[1] Training for paramedics beyond the standard "field medic" is extensive, including cadaver labs and stuff like that. Even so, they don't administer drugs without explicit direction from medical control (typically nearby ER doc.)
Apparently this is one of those things like clotbusters after a CVI or MI where time counts -- only more so: waiting an hour or two can make the difference between walking and not walking.
Which means that restricting it to use in trauma centers is going to end up with a lot of nonurban victims left paralyzed for life. Trouble is, administering it outside of a trauma center is going to cause a lot of problems with licensure etc. Which causes me, as a nonurban first responder, to simultaneously stress out and reach for the popcorn.
There are countless organizations that need people who are willing to actually give time to help others. Whether you're tech support, grunt labor, volunteer EMT, phone bank for community hotlines, another adult with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, driving meals to shutins, an aide for local schools,...
The need is huge, the hands very limited, and the job has awesome fringe benefits: you like the person in the mirror and you work with some people who are willing to stop yakking long enough to actually help people.
But the wait for it to be sufficiently feature-complete to be usable is a strain.
My Kubuntu 8.04 is getting kinda long in the tooth, but the newer ones don't work at all, unless someone knows of a KDE 3.59 or 3.60 backport -- that'd be sweet.
They shouldn't./. still doesn't have <sarcasm> tags. I thought I had been clear enough that my comment was tongue-in-cheek, but it sure looks like three moderators didn't pick up on it either.
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All of those turbines make pretty decent wind speed/direction instruments, and they're all connected. How much would it cost to rig data feeds from them to the weather data collection system? I mean, if the weather computers are reading a Doppler shift from an area where there are wind farms but the wind turbines are all indicating 80 kph winds in the same direction it's not hard to figure out what's going on. Likewise if they're showing major surface-level wind shear around a vertical axis!
The end of civilization as we know it?
They may well qualify -- but in the USA, common-carrier status (at least for telecommunications) isn't automatic. The company has to apply and be granted CC status (which is not without liabilities). Comcast never has.
And, no, IANAL and can't give you a source.
Consider that the only thing keeping hordes of State regulators from insisting on much stricter requirements (and even open access to that "last mile") is Federal preemption. If the FCC doesn't have the authority to do it, the States do.
Biting the hand that shields you. Smooth move, Comcast!
That might be viable, except that Comcast has never had common-carrier status.
They don't.
Nope. Drug administration (other than oxygen) is beyond the scope of practice for EMT-Bs.
All of the ski patrol (/me included) are at least EMT-B equivalent [1]; several are paramedics and a couple are MDs. None of which is much help when the nearest trauma center is 150 miles by air and the altitude is enough that choppers are just short of ceiling. [1] OEC is a nonurban equivalent to EMT-B.
Which means that an ARM market gets into the same chicken/egg problem that a shift to Linux does.
Are you sure you're not thinking of the east side of Scottsdale Road, opposite Kierland Commons?
And my "office" (a ski resort) is a minimum of 30 minutes from the nearest hospital, and even by helicopter more often an hour.
Did I mention that we get a lot of cerebrospinal injuries?
There are some minor differences between "ingested" and "injected" that come into play. For instance, Coca-Cola is approved for ingestion, but I really don't think you want it squirted directly into your bloodstream.
So is aspirin -- and it's off-limits to EMT-B or equivalent personnel. I kid you not -- if I'm treating someone who has an epi pen, asthma inhaler, or even oral aspirin, I can "help" them do it themselves but not actually administer it.
And since it's an injected drug, there are all sorts of legal restrictions on who can administer it. The list does not include EMT-Bs (basic emergency medical techs), only full paramedics [1] -- who are not always around when you need one.
[1] Training for paramedics beyond the standard "field medic" is extensive, including cadaver labs and stuff like that. Even so, they don't administer drugs without explicit direction from medical control (typically nearby ER doc.)
Which means that restricting it to use in trauma centers is going to end up with a lot of nonurban victims left paralyzed for life. Trouble is, administering it outside of a trauma center is going to cause a lot of problems with licensure etc. Which causes me, as a nonurban first responder, to simultaneously stress out and reach for the popcorn.
Every time someone suggests that we should continue burning carbon and just store the CO2, I can't help but think of Mars Attacks .
Sure -- try a FreeRunner. Sure, it's nominally a smartphone but it's got your key requirements: GPS, decent graphics, networking, audio I/O, and ssh.
The need is huge, the hands very limited, and the job has awesome fringe benefits: you like the person in the mirror and you work with some people who are willing to stop yakking long enough to actually help people.
If that's true, could someone explain to me how MS.NET is "more free" than Qt?
Which reminds me -- how is the USA doing in the World Cup?
My Kubuntu 8.04 is getting kinda long in the tooth, but the newer ones don't work at all, unless someone knows of a KDE 3.59 or 3.60 backport -- that'd be sweet.
They shouldn't. /. still doesn't have <sarcasm> tags. I thought I had been clear enough that my comment was tongue-in-cheek, but it sure looks like three moderators didn't pick up on it either.
Backsliding to the old cooperative solutions, eh FSF? I suppose they'll never change.
His position is pretty much smack down the middle between the two -- that's why I suggested him.
Since Jim Baen isn't around any more, maybe Eric Flint could moderate.