Improving the quality of a patient's life is not "priceless" it has a well understood cost, value and return.
Your idea about "unwrapping" the diagnostic part from the User interface has been done, although I don't remember if went to market and failed or if was canceled just before (I do know that it was finished).
The idea that a diagnostics device manufacturer would have anything to do with providing a computer is so counter productive it staggers the mind. It's like providing a space shuttle to homeless man to get to soup kitchen. Anything you need to know about your diabetes statistics can be done with 8 bit microcontroller. People who are stupid enough to provide computers with a diagnostic device not only wind up competing with Dell but wind up having to maintain tech support for things which are not within their core competence
If you live in the western world you live in a capitalist society. A business has only one purpose: to enrich the shareholders, that's it. That's the way corporations are designed, that is their nature and the bit about tabacco is just you talking out of your ass.
The market will not support an expensive meter: Full Stop.
I have one of those sitting in my collection. The reason that no one else did it is that is sucks in the most egregious way. It can be wildly inaccurate and It can give you a painful rash where it monitors because it is not really non-invasive. I tried it for a week before I took it apart. And no I'm not just bad mouthing the competition.
Matt, if your wife's diabetes is that out of control she will develop permanent vital organ damage.
She needs to go to a Doctor NOW, who should send her to a diabetes educator, who should have her also consult a dietitian. Diet and exercise (life style) are the only known methods of stabilizing (or damping) her condition.
If it was my wife I would not go to work tomorrow I would take her to where ever my insurance would allow and I'd do it before lunch (being that's it's 1 in the morning here as I type).
If she is already under a doctor's immediate care I would 1: reevaluate our life style and make sure that we following all the doctors orders (particularly with respect to diet and exercise) 2: Get a second (or third) opinion.
Matt, I know the lifestyle is not appealing, from outside, or easy to keep up but it is an absolute necessity.
Oh... and you're more or less on target with your assesment
Do NOT feed the trolls, they're just upset there is no OS X for the X86 line for them to pirate.
I've got the dual 2.5 and it's the best computer I've ever owned. OS X is the best OS I've ever used. I like being able to use a real shell when I want to or it amuses me. I like photoshop on this platform more than any other image manipulation program I ever used on any platform.
Yes I switched, but I switched from Linux. In the last year I've moved my whole family to G4 / G5 Macs and most of my Friends (it's amazing what happens when windows support dries up.
Oh and what it's worth I still use NetBSD on my Qube 2.
Hey man, honestly there's enough money in diabetes care to over come most objections to Any reasonable research. Don't think there isn't research ongoing in that direction and don't think there aren't Huge efforts in non-invasive blood glucose monitoring (actually non invasive blood anything monitoring) it's the holy grail and if you don't believe me just ask a nurse or a tech for another fetal blood gas sample.
By the way, you don't have the same software the doctor's office has because the FDA has decreed that the patient is too stupid to use it, so there is this great divide of stuff trained people can use and stuff the great unwashed masses can use.
A few years ago I worked on a team that developed a complex blood glucose device, sort of like the one you described yourself interested in developing but the market just wouldn't bear it, so it was canceled. The only thing the market will tolerate is nearly cost free and designed so the criminally stupid can use it. Forget graphs, forget statistics, forget all of it. If you can figure out how to do it without any buttons so much the better, it's a shame we can't eliminate the user entirely. Do keep data storage and data transfer, because if there is a larger group of (walking free) self delusional pathological liars than diabetics, I'm not aware of it. It's not that I hate diabetics I just hate the devil inside them. (If my sister is reading this she knows I am talking about her too!)
And I suppose since you're interested in doing this to begin with you already know that there are some very big and very predatory players in that market who tolerate competition less than Microsoft and are significantly less friendly. Still it's a great technology to get started with, it's very easy implement and there is a large market.
Fair disclosure: I work for one of those big companies who may either sue you out of existence or buy you so the world can forget about you.
My Girlfriend has this phone that is TINY. I find it almost impossible to use. And I really don't get this incredible shrinking phone thing. The distance from my mouth to my ear is still the same as is the size of my hands. What good is a phone I can't dial?
I sort of agree with Sanger but I'm not so sure it matters...
I use wikipedia frequently, I contibute to it when I find something that needs it. But I don't use it to help with launching manned space missions or anything. And what's so bad about a fork? It's not like we're ever going to run out of potential editors, if there's one thing the world has plenty of it's people that want to express themselves.
It's funny that you mention MareNostrum & IBM's blade JS20. When IBM's Blue Gene occupies the top spot and will continue to get faster. If you dredge around on IBM's Microelectronics site you can find pictures of a part of Blue Gene Prototype (a prototype of a prototype, I suppose). Which has the most beautiful wiring I've seen in years, real attention to detail in both form & function.
All wiring has specs, all specs come from those nasty equations that made us learn in college (and most engineers have forgotten them and just make up something and add 15%).
So I guess it depends on what you're doing... a dozen or so boxes in a small business or real computing. I will say that the last time I was in of the server centers where I worked it was immaculate, but once you get all the way out to R&D, where I work, the wiring is... less than immaculate (And My prints aren't on the cables!)
I read that and took it more to mean: "because there is more than one seed it spreads in months not hours" specifically I mean that for example 100 people use a fast way , like FTP, to distribute amongst themselves. Then those 100 copies are seeded to various P2P networks.
If you think about it, if there is only one copy of a file the P2P methods of transfer are agonizingly slow compared to traditional server client methods. It's only when there is a sizable number of copies available do the swarming techniques of P2P networks really help.
Which is why I get my books on tape from iTunes rather than BitTorrent or Gnutella or whatever.
Totally off topic... all of this noise about BitTorrent, including Wired's interview with Bram Cohen, has me thinking... Why doesn't one of these Linux distributions aimed at rabid Linux fans (actually I'm thinking specifically of Gentoo) use BitTorrent as a primary distribution mechanism? At least then the unwashed masses of rabid fan boys would contributing more than just advertising and the guys actually doing the work would see a reduction in bandwidth costs particularly at the times when they release an eagerly anticipated update.
I use Skype but only because it was the only VOIP package the people I want to talk to in the US could figure out how to install and use.
However Skype has a few issues that really piss me off. One: you can't set the port in the OS X version (All version pick the port randomly). Two: It sounds weird on Mac but not on Win32. Three: Their FAQ dealing with this is ridiculous full stop: Ideally, outgoing TCP connections to all ports (1..65535) should be opened. This option results in Skype working most reliably.
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The environment I work in is highly E-mail centric and I work on many projects. I would like to see some sort of Bayesian filtering employed to sort all of the e-mails I get into folders based on projects.
Let me clarify: It is possible / likely that big pharma will publish work under the creative commons license system and it is a guarantee that we will continue to make billions of dollars.
Yes, we will. Truthfully some of our work is government funded but it's already well partitioned to begin with. I don't see how any of this can be a bad thing for either big pharma or the creative commons, science edition.
Wow! It's been a while since I've even seen a PCI video card. A Mac video card even longer. I'm not even sure I'd call that an upgrade. Also I don't think that this is aimed at someone who would upgrade a video card even if it was available.
This is a problem with the entire Apple line. Worse Apple has what must be a 500% percent markup on RAM. When I got my Dual G5 I got it with the least possible (512) and added my own.
So I guess they're after the people that can't / won't upgrade their own RAM.
All I can say is that the moderation of my comment is more proof that slashdot is a legion of windows ME users... I feel like I'm in an X-Files episode.
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Your idea about "unwrapping" the diagnostic part from the User interface has been done, although I don't remember if went to market and failed or if was canceled just before (I do know that it was finished).
The idea that a diagnostics device manufacturer would have anything to do with providing a computer is so counter productive it staggers the mind. It's like providing a space shuttle to homeless man to get to soup kitchen. Anything you need to know about your diabetes statistics can be done with 8 bit microcontroller. People who are stupid enough to provide computers with a diagnostic device not only wind up competing with Dell but wind up having to maintain tech support for things which are not within their core competence
If you live in the western world you live in a capitalist society. A business has only one purpose: to enrich the shareholders, that's it. That's the way corporations are designed, that is their nature and the bit about tabacco is just you talking out of your ass.
The market will not support an expensive meter: Full Stop.
I have one of those sitting in my collection. The reason that no one else did it is that is sucks in the most egregious way. It can be wildly inaccurate and It can give you a painful rash where it monitors because it is not really non-invasive. I tried it for a week before I took it apart. And no I'm not just bad mouthing the competition.
She needs to go to a Doctor NOW, who should send her to a diabetes educator, who should have her also consult a dietitian. Diet and exercise (life style) are the only known methods of stabilizing (or damping) her condition.
If it was my wife I would not go to work tomorrow I would take her to where ever my insurance would allow and I'd do it before lunch (being that's it's 1 in the morning here as I type).
If she is already under a doctor's immediate care I would 1: reevaluate our life style and make sure that we following all the doctors orders (particularly with respect to diet and exercise) 2: Get a second (or third) opinion.
Matt, I know the lifestyle is not appealing, from outside, or easy to keep up but it is an absolute necessity.
Oh... and you're more or less on target with your assesment
It is! I read page 3 religiously!
I've got the dual 2.5 and it's the best computer I've ever owned. OS X is the best OS I've ever used. I like being able to use a real shell when I want to or it amuses me. I like photoshop on this platform more than any other image manipulation program I ever used on any platform.
Yes I switched, but I switched from Linux. In the last year I've moved my whole family to G4 / G5 Macs and most of my Friends (it's amazing what happens when windows support dries up.
Oh and what it's worth I still use NetBSD on my Qube 2.
By the way, you don't have the same software the doctor's office has because the FDA has decreed that the patient is too stupid to use it, so there is this great divide of stuff trained people can use and stuff the great unwashed masses can use.
Hah! If only I had mod points! Here's hoping someone else gets it and is amused!
And I suppose since you're interested in doing this to begin with you already know that there are some very big and very predatory players in that market who tolerate competition less than Microsoft and are significantly less friendly. Still it's a great technology to get started with, it's very easy implement and there is a large market.
Fair disclosure: I work for one of those big companies who may either sue you out of existence or buy you so the world can forget about you.
My Girlfriend has this phone that is TINY. I find it almost impossible to use. And I really don't get this incredible shrinking phone thing. The distance from my mouth to my ear is still the same as is the size of my hands. What good is a phone I can't dial?
I use wikipedia frequently, I contibute to it when I find something that needs it. But I don't use it to help with launching manned space missions or anything. And what's so bad about a fork? It's not like we're ever going to run out of potential editors, if there's one thing the world has plenty of it's people that want to express themselves.
The first rangefinder digital camera using the Leica M lens-mount: The Epson R-D1
The LEICA DIGILUX 2 which is expensive but cool
Or my least favorite: the Rolleiflex MiniDigi, a tiny digital copy of Rollei 6x6cm Twin Lens Reflex Camera
All wiring has specs, all specs come from those nasty equations that made us learn in college (and most engineers have forgotten them and just make up something and add 15%).
So I guess it depends on what you're doing... a dozen or so boxes in a small business or real computing. I will say that the last time I was in of the server centers where I worked it was immaculate, but once you get all the way out to R&D, where I work, the wiring is... less than immaculate (And My prints aren't on the cables!)
If you think about it, if there is only one copy of a file the P2P methods of transfer are agonizingly slow compared to traditional server client methods. It's only when there is a sizable number of copies available do the swarming techniques of P2P networks really help.
Which is why I get my books on tape from iTunes rather than BitTorrent or Gnutella or whatever.
Totally off topic... all of this noise about BitTorrent, including Wired's interview with Bram Cohen, has me thinking... Why doesn't one of these Linux distributions aimed at rabid Linux fans (actually I'm thinking specifically of Gentoo) use BitTorrent as a primary distribution mechanism? At least then the unwashed masses of rabid fan boys would contributing more than just advertising and the guys actually doing the work would see a reduction in bandwidth costs particularly at the times when they release an eagerly anticipated update.
What about on a rifle mount?
However Skype has a few issues that really piss me off. One: you can't set the port in the OS X version (All version pick the port randomly). Two: It sounds weird on Mac but not on Win32. Three: Their FAQ dealing with this is ridiculous full stop: Ideally, outgoing TCP connections to all ports (1..65535) should be opened. This option results in Skype working most reliably.
The environment I work in is highly E-mail centric and I work on many projects. I would like to see some sort of Bayesian filtering employed to sort all of the e-mails I get into folders based on projects.
That's right but because Apple memory is so expensive, unless it happens more than three times, you still come out ahead.
Let me clarify: It is possible / likely that big pharma will publish work under the creative commons license system and it is a guarantee that we will continue to make billions of dollars.
Yes, we will. Truthfully some of our work is government funded but it's already well partitioned to begin with. I don't see how any of this can be a bad thing for either big pharma or the creative commons, science edition.
Wow! It's been a while since I've even seen a PCI video card. A Mac video card even longer. I'm not even sure I'd call that an upgrade. Also I don't think that this is aimed at someone who would upgrade a video card even if it was available.
So I guess they're after the people that can't / won't upgrade their own RAM.
With so many addons using USB 2 and Firewire, what do most users need PCI for?
really!! do some research
All I can say is that the moderation of my comment is more proof that slashdot is a legion of windows ME users... I feel like I'm in an X-Files episode.
hey it's better than the X-Box thing.. ain't it!