You're welcome. But I wouldn't be able to do any of it without electricity. So thank you, too.
I guess we'll know the real world risk over time in the real world - the tried and tested method. My training just causes me to jump at the possibility of ANY risk. There's a reason we stopped handing out routine chest X-rays, there's a reason we cover up people's genitals, there's a reason we don't X-ray pregnant women, and there's a reason we limit mammographies to women over 50 unless we strongly suspect something. When you start screening an entire population, you start picking up all the people with weird mutations who are extremely sensitive to radiation for one reason or another even though Joe (or Jane) Average would just shrug off such a tiny dose.
As a physician I am not allowed to kill them just because they are mutants. Not even one of them.
Actually it would be pretty good if it warned of any quake you could feel, not just the destructive ones. That way people would start to trust the system when they hear the alarm and then feel the shaking. It would also give them some idea of how much time they have to get out of whatever building they are in (so that the debris can fall on them properly).
No, having daughters who bought Apple products - they also come with a white sticker in the box that you can stick on things like your car, your bedroom door, etc. That is what I was referring to.
Because they wear protection. I should know, what with being a physician and all...
Back to my post: "the security officer in the picture is not using any sort of protective gear"
Thanks for playing.
And soon when America imports these machines, the DHS will release a statement claiming that ionizing radiation is "completely harmless". The fun part is that the security officer in the picture is not using any sort of protective gear, so when she's dying of leukemia like so many radiologists have done, she can take comfort in that statement.
Not only that, but it raises the following ethical questions: 1) Since when have security personnel been allowed to perform invasive medical procedures and 2) What happens when an obvious medical condition is clearly visible on one of these scans and ignored by unqualified security staff, resulting in a needless and preventable death - if only qualified personnel had seen it?
But hey, the Nintendo generation will do whatever you tell them. No one cares anymore.
It's about as representative to laptops as McDonald's is to restaurants. And Dell pretty much has the same customer base. Although McD's sells billions of burgers per year, there's not much point bringing them up when talking about fine dining. In that same analogy, Apple is the place where you need a jacket and tie, the waiters are snobs, the bill is ridiculous and the food isn't all that great. Alienware is all of the above plus you need to reserve 6 months in advance. And HP is Burger King and Dell is McDonald's. But there are plenty of other restaurants where the food is actually good and the price isn't all that much.
I don't see how it could be made secure at all, unless it's a virtual machine - you are giving it execute privileges. That means at least full read access to all hardware, including the hard disk. While some OSes are picky about who gets to write where, this means your whole HD can be scanned. This is an absolutely horrible idea - from the user's perspective.
But in Corporate America, program uses you!
Umm let's see, there's Toshiba and Lenovo (IBM's manufacturing-outsourced-to-china machines), and Acer if you want "brand names" that are pretty good, and pretty much in that order. If you want laptops that are marginally overpriced or have some annoying but not machine-killing quirks, you can buy Asus. I would put HP just before Dell, which I would leave for last. But there are plenty of choices out there besides dropping $5k on an Alienware rip off.
I broke my boycott of Toshiba (because of the Toshiba Kongsberg scandal) last year and bought a 120Hz LED TV from them... not bad at all, except I can't stand watching normal televisions now... DAMN YOU!
You realize that the shutting down every 49 days thing is no longer true in Vista/Win 7, right? The only reason I have to shut down now is to save electricity or to install security updates (but Apple has those too). I also haven't seen a blue screen since Windows XP SP2. I'm a coder and even when I make a typo with some pointers or do something else that crashes the machine, I have never gotten it to the point where I have to reboot. Windows 7 is a resource hog, but it's rock solid.
Unless you got boned on the contract, your card holder agreement only holds authorized card holders to the payment schedule. I read all of my CC agreements, and I suggest everyone else do so as well.
Then you may have read the part that says you are responsible for all fradulent charges made on your credit card UNLESS you report the theft/unauthorized use to the bank/issuing company immediately.
You should a) not honor the charges and report your child to the authorities for credit card fraud/theft, be a witness against the child at the trial, etc or b) actually be the parent and discipline the child, and pay the damned bill.
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You're welcome. But I wouldn't be able to do any of it without electricity. So thank you, too.
I guess we'll know the real world risk over time in the real world - the tried and tested method. My training just causes me to jump at the possibility of ANY risk. There's a reason we stopped handing out routine chest X-rays, there's a reason we cover up people's genitals, there's a reason we don't X-ray pregnant women, and there's a reason we limit mammographies to women over 50 unless we strongly suspect something. When you start screening an entire population, you start picking up all the people with weird mutations who are extremely sensitive to radiation for one reason or another even though Joe (or Jane) Average would just shrug off such a tiny dose.
As a physician I am not allowed to kill them just because they are mutants. Not even one of them.
Where in the article does it talk about back-scatter? Nowhere. These machines are designed to search body cavities, not peek under your clothing.
12 out of 120 stations are "up and running". So 10% operational is as good as 100%? Brought to you by the state that can't pay its bills.
Everyone always underestimates the volcano...
Better than the magic 8-ball they had before...
Actually it would be pretty good if it warned of any quake you could feel, not just the destructive ones. That way people would start to trust the system when they hear the alarm and then feel the shaking. It would also give them some idea of how much time they have to get out of whatever building they are in (so that the debris can fall on them properly).
That's what Schroedinger's box is for. The really weird ones don't survive.
No, having daughters who bought Apple products - they also come with a white sticker in the box that you can stick on things like your car, your bedroom door, etc. That is what I was referring to.
Because they wear protection. I should know, what with being a physician and all... Back to my post: "the security officer in the picture is not using any sort of protective gear" Thanks for playing.
And soon when America imports these machines, the DHS will release a statement claiming that ionizing radiation is "completely harmless". The fun part is that the security officer in the picture is not using any sort of protective gear, so when she's dying of leukemia like so many radiologists have done, she can take comfort in that statement. Not only that, but it raises the following ethical questions: 1) Since when have security personnel been allowed to perform invasive medical procedures and 2) What happens when an obvious medical condition is clearly visible on one of these scans and ignored by unqualified security staff, resulting in a needless and preventable death - if only qualified personnel had seen it? But hey, the Nintendo generation will do whatever you tell them. No one cares anymore.
It's about as representative to laptops as McDonald's is to restaurants. And Dell pretty much has the same customer base. Although McD's sells billions of burgers per year, there's not much point bringing them up when talking about fine dining. In that same analogy, Apple is the place where you need a jacket and tie, the waiters are snobs, the bill is ridiculous and the food isn't all that great. Alienware is all of the above plus you need to reserve 6 months in advance. And HP is Burger King and Dell is McDonald's. But there are plenty of other restaurants where the food is actually good and the price isn't all that much.
Yeah and too much of it can kill you...
Why make it secure, when there is money to be made by having it INsecure. Trust Google...
I read that as in "until someone finds a way around it". I give it a week.
I don't see how it could be made secure at all, unless it's a virtual machine - you are giving it execute privileges. That means at least full read access to all hardware, including the hard disk. While some OSes are picky about who gets to write where, this means your whole HD can be scanned. This is an absolutely horrible idea - from the user's perspective. But in Corporate America, program uses you!
Umm let's see, there's Toshiba and Lenovo (IBM's manufacturing-outsourced-to-china machines), and Acer if you want "brand names" that are pretty good, and pretty much in that order. If you want laptops that are marginally overpriced or have some annoying but not machine-killing quirks, you can buy Asus. I would put HP just before Dell, which I would leave for last. But there are plenty of choices out there besides dropping $5k on an Alienware rip off.
I broke my boycott of Toshiba (because of the Toshiba Kongsberg scandal) last year and bought a 120Hz LED TV from them... not bad at all, except I can't stand watching normal televisions now... DAMN YOU!
Because yours didn't come with a white apple sticker with a bite missing from it. But cheer up, you paid less for more.
dude, they can't even run Oblivion...
Dell =/= representative of the PC market. Dell stopped being good in the mid 1990's.
You realize that the shutting down every 49 days thing is no longer true in Vista/Win 7, right? The only reason I have to shut down now is to save electricity or to install security updates (but Apple has those too). I also haven't seen a blue screen since Windows XP SP2. I'm a coder and even when I make a typo with some pointers or do something else that crashes the machine, I have never gotten it to the point where I have to reboot. Windows 7 is a resource hog, but it's rock solid.
Ahahahahaha over $2000 for yesterday's technology. But it has a cute Apple logo and comes with a sticker.
Then you may have read the part that says you are responsible for all fradulent charges made on your credit card UNLESS you report the theft/unauthorized use to the bank/issuing company immediately.
You should a) not honor the charges and report your child to the authorities for credit card fraud/theft, be a witness against the child at the trial, etc or b) actually be the parent and discipline the child, and pay the damned bill.