Type 1 takes over your life. It's horrible for kids. Steals much joy from being young.
You *must* watch your diet all the time or risk coma/death very quickly in the short term, or bad side effects (blindness, loss of limbs, organ failure) in the long term. Getting drunk can get a person in trouble fast, especially if vomitting occurs.
First time your friends see you get sugar low, you'll get looked on as a freak by many people. A sugar low means you'll lose thinking ability (you look dumb) and won't realize what you're doing or what's going on.
This leads quickly (just a few minutes sometimes) to passing out (possible convulsions, spasms) and possibly coma/death if no one knows what's happening. This is all very disturbing to people, even if they know what's happening...and these are just kids.
One diabetic I know had a reaction while driving and got dumb (talking but no real thinking happening) - had five cop cars chasing him before he crashed. The passenger was pretty much freaking - he'd just been talking to the driver and then he just went off into la-la land. *No one* knew what was happening (he did have a medic-alert bracelet but no one noticed)...the cops assumed he was on drugs.
Lucky for him, they called his dad. One cup of juice and 5 minutes, and he was back. The police were surprisingly understanding. Didn't remember anything, though, and he was pissed cause it was so embarrassing.
It's definitely not appealing for getting dates.
Now picture getting sick. You've taken your insulin shot in the morning...not being able to eat means you might need to go to the hospital. You can't let your blood sugar get too low, and the insulin keeps working whether you eat or not.
Worse yet, you could get sick while camping.
Travelling...having to explain about the needles you have while crossing borders over and over. Keeping the insulin good for long periods when travelling in warm weather.
This list keeps going on. I'm not a diabetic, but I'm closely related to some.
The abstract mentions retraining the immune system:
"They also introduced donor spleen cells to retrain the immune system not to attack islets and found that the protocol not only halted the immune destruction caused by diabetes but also allowed the insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells to regenerate."
I would take this as a suggestion that the immune system suppression is temporary, or maybe reduced later. If the immune system can be retrained, why keep taking the drugs, yes?
As said, so initially the mic's are exactly what google promises, there are too many concerns with putting in a device conveniently designed to listen, record, and analyze incoming conversation. This is a lot of power to give someone.
How much do other people -really- value your privacy? Would you listen in, just for a moment, if you could? It's tempting just for curiousity.
Add a payment for every person who says they like Happy Margarine. Intellectual interest: How many times does "Bush" get mentioned while watching the news?
It's got a data connection. What happens if this gets broken into?
So Google doesn't do anything - they're still a company with obligations to their place of business. Law enforcement can quickly change the dynamics. How about the government? The US hasn't been feeling many moral qualms recently while walking over private rights - just the opposite.
How hard to add a system to trigger on words or phrases? This is the NSA's dream come true. A country-wide, maybe world-wide, built-to-order monitoring system in the open. The biggest system in history. With a massive distributed system of cpu's eliminating a large bulk of the work.
This is a bad idea. Selling privacy for so much less than it's worth.
I don't even like ads. *Why* would I give my privacy away for better ads?
But it's got the necessary features and much of the advanced stuff. I've used this at a job and it worked well. Hardest part was the setup (short-steep learning curve for the initial config).
Install went smooth enough.
MySQL, apache, PHP base. Maybe some other stuff needed too.
Cons:
- Too many options to sometimes (overly complicated) maybe.
- Without a nicer template, the default look isn't pretty. Maybe not so hot for customer facing.
* There might be nicer skins. I didn't bother looking.
I think you're talking about this quote from the article:
First, Sony and the Blu-ray group adopted a Java program for interactive features. Microsoft favored a rival called iHD because, among other things, it would work better with its new Vista operating system. The Blu-ray group's board also approved an encryption technology called BD+, which Mr. Majidimehr, Microsoft's vice president for Windows digital media, deemed superfluous.
It's misleading...just about lying. Java vs iHD - MS likes iHD because they have deals in place and can control this situation. The Vista bit is a strawman - MS just doesn't like java.
Encryption. Hmm. HD DVD won't be open either, so superfluous or not, HD DVD is doing exactly the same thing.
All the quotes are like that - pure spin, almost lying. The article just isn't very good. Too much bias with little un-spun fact.
Probably because both formats bite ass right now. Silly DRM and licensing rules - the formats are about copyright and money, not improvements. How many people think the new drive costs are in the DRM tech?
I'd even wonder if they're playing up a conflict to get press - to make people believe these disappointing options are -the- choices for the next format.
I like option 3 - wait a couple years for something better to come along. It always does.
Sure! Supply and demand in a market monopoly! Everybody wins!
Prices don't drop because the record companies set the price. iTunes doesn't grow because the prices are too high. RIAA muddies everything and blames Apple.
Nothing changes. What a great idea!
Wait, no, let's make it illegal to listen on a non-approved device and *license* the same music over and over instead of selling it!
Genius! ------------- Last time I checked, the music industry isn't out to make the customers' market better.
Maybe keep a healthy level skepticism for advice and ideas coming out of a seller's mouth. It'll keep your ass from getting sore.
That's a pretty picture you paint. And it worked so well for CDs.
Yeah, they crash right down.
Wait! What's that you say? The prices are set artificially by monopolistic practices? It's not set by supply and demand?
You don't have to buy the over-priced crap, but sadly enough, enough people do buy the crap that the prices don't drop, and stores would develop supply issues if they did discount their non-selling junk without music industry approval.
You could say it's still being set by supply and demand. Sort of. With a lot of market manipulation thrown in.
But what you won't get online is a fairy tale of good practices.
Apple is aiming to keep the sale rules simple. It's harder to hide market manipulations when the market rules are simple.
The record companies are just trying to muddy the waters in every way they can. At the same time they'll press on every front, and hope they win battles to keep their market.
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Type 1 takes over your life. It's horrible for kids. Steals much joy from being young.
You *must* watch your diet all the time or risk coma/death very quickly in the short term, or bad side effects (blindness, loss of limbs, organ failure) in the long term. Getting drunk can get a person in trouble fast, especially if vomitting occurs.
First time your friends see you get sugar low, you'll get looked on as a freak by many people. A sugar low means you'll lose thinking ability (you look dumb) and won't realize what you're doing or what's going on.
This leads quickly (just a few minutes sometimes) to passing out (possible convulsions, spasms) and possibly coma/death if no one knows what's happening. This is all very disturbing to people, even if they know what's happening...and these are just kids.
One diabetic I know had a reaction while driving and got dumb (talking but no real thinking happening) - had five cop cars chasing him before he crashed. The passenger was pretty much freaking - he'd just been talking to the driver and then he just went off into la-la land. *No one* knew what was happening (he did have a medic-alert bracelet but no one noticed)...the cops assumed he was on drugs.
Lucky for him, they called his dad. One cup of juice and 5 minutes, and he was back. The police were surprisingly understanding. Didn't remember anything, though, and he was pissed cause it was so embarrassing.
It's definitely not appealing for getting dates.
Now picture getting sick. You've taken your insulin shot in the morning...not being able to eat means you might need to go to the hospital. You can't let your blood sugar get too low, and the insulin keeps working whether you eat or not.
Worse yet, you could get sick while camping.
Travelling...having to explain about the needles you have while crossing borders over and over. Keeping the insulin good for long periods when travelling in warm weather.
This list keeps going on. I'm not a diabetic, but I'm closely related to some.
The abstract mentions retraining the immune system:
"They also introduced donor spleen cells to retrain the immune system not to attack islets and found that the protocol not only halted the immune destruction caused by diabetes but also allowed the insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells to regenerate."
I would take this as a suggestion that the immune system suppression is temporary, or maybe reduced later. If the immune system can be retrained, why keep taking the drugs, yes?
A new excuse is heard on the bus. "I was trying to grab the monkey! Honest!"
When you think with your ass, and talk with your ass, quoting numbers like "infinity + 1" and "oh, zillions and zillions" makes a lot sense.
So to sum this up: I give up my privacy at home. For...better targetted ads?
I'm very skeptical this wouldn't be abused - if not by Google, then by someone else. And even if this is not abused, I run the risk for what?
I don't like ads now.
Everyone who loves the idea of personalized ads, put up your hand!
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From the other side, what will your friends think when that "random" ad for viagra pops up?
And my mod points just ran out. Too bad.
As said, so initially the mic's are exactly what google promises, there are too many concerns with putting in a device conveniently designed to listen, record, and analyze incoming conversation. This is a lot of power to give someone.
How much do other people -really- value your privacy? Would you listen in, just for a moment, if you could? It's tempting just for curiousity.
Add a payment for every person who says they like Happy Margarine. Intellectual interest: How many times does "Bush" get mentioned while watching the news?
It's got a data connection. What happens if this gets broken into?
So Google doesn't do anything - they're still a company with obligations to their place of business. Law enforcement can quickly change the dynamics. How about the government? The US hasn't been feeling many moral qualms recently while walking over private rights - just the opposite.
How hard to add a system to trigger on words or phrases? This is the NSA's dream come true. A country-wide, maybe world-wide, built-to-order monitoring system in the open. The biggest system in history. With a massive distributed system of cpu's eliminating a large bulk of the work.
This is a bad idea. Selling privacy for so much less than it's worth.
I don't even like ads. *Why* would I give my privacy away for better ads?
Oops. No PHP, just perl. It's been awhile.
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And the database choice is flexible.
http://wiki.bestpractical.com/index.cgi?ManualReq
Might be a little overkill.
But it's got the necessary features and much of the advanced stuff. I've used this at a job and it worked well. Hardest part was the setup (short-steep learning curve for the initial config).
Install went smooth enough.
MySQL, apache, PHP base. Maybe some other stuff needed too.
Cons:
- Too many options to sometimes (overly complicated) maybe.
- Without a nicer template, the default look isn't pretty. Maybe not so hot for customer facing.
* There might be nicer skins. I didn't bother looking.
http://www.bestpractical.com/rt
First, Sony and the Blu-ray group adopted a Java program for interactive features. Microsoft favored a rival called iHD because, among other things, it would work better with its new Vista operating system. The Blu-ray group's board also approved an encryption technology called BD+, which Mr. Majidimehr, Microsoft's vice president for Windows digital media, deemed superfluous.
It's misleading...just about lying. Java vs iHD - MS likes iHD because they have deals in place and can control this situation. The Vista bit is a strawman - MS just doesn't like java.
Encryption. Hmm. HD DVD won't be open either, so superfluous or not, HD DVD is doing exactly the same thing.
All the quotes are like that - pure spin, almost lying. The article just isn't very good. Too much bias with little un-spun fact.
Probably because both formats bite ass right now. Silly DRM and licensing rules - the formats are about copyright and money, not improvements. How many people think the new drive costs are in the DRM tech?
I'd even wonder if they're playing up a conflict to get press - to make people believe these disappointing options are -the- choices for the next format.
I like option 3 - wait a couple years for something better to come along. It always does.
Sure! Supply and demand in a market monopoly! Everybody wins!
Prices don't drop because the record companies set the price. iTunes doesn't grow because the prices are too high. RIAA muddies everything and blames Apple.
Nothing changes. What a great idea!
Wait, no, let's make it illegal to listen on a non-approved device and *license* the same music over and over instead of selling it!
Genius!
-------------
Last time I checked, the music industry isn't out to make the customers' market better.
Maybe keep a healthy level skepticism for advice and ideas coming out of a seller's mouth. It'll keep your ass from getting sore.
That's a pretty picture you paint. And it worked so well for CDs.
Yeah, they crash right down.
Wait! What's that you say? The prices are set artificially by monopolistic practices? It's not set by supply and demand?
You don't have to buy the over-priced crap, but sadly enough, enough people do buy the crap that the prices don't drop, and stores would develop supply issues if they did discount their non-selling junk without music industry approval.
You could say it's still being set by supply and demand. Sort of. With a lot of market manipulation thrown in.
But what you won't get online is a fairy tale of good practices.
Apple is aiming to keep the sale rules simple. It's harder to hide market manipulations when the market rules are simple.
The record companies are just trying to muddy the waters in every way they can. At the same time they'll press on every front, and hope they win battles to keep their market.