Dunno about the patients, but I'm a doctor - not a code security analyst. I am probably code-savvy enough to understand why a particular piece of code is a problem, if you explain it to me, but that's a long way from being able to identify the problem myself.
It needs to be a great deal more complex if you want to do something more than just be alive.
Adaptable rates? You'll need a motion-detection routine in order to speed the heart up so that people can enjoy even the mildest exercise.
Pacing only when needed, not when it's not? You'll need more code to identify when a beat has occurred within the correct time interval.
How about automatic defibrillators? Those are the devices that will shock a heart back into a normal rhythm, which is far more than a regular pacemaker can do; of course, in order to do that, they have to be able to analyze an EKG in real time and get it right - and that takes code.
Most of these devices don't spend all that long on the market. They keep getting better, having new features and lower power consumption. Proving the code would slow the pace of advancement. Irony of medical advances: an imperfect device that kills a few people may in fact be (from a public-health POV) better than a perfect device that takes an additional two years to develop.
These guys put together custom code and hardware that will run for years at a time on a single battery. It's hard to do at all and incredibly hard to do well. Not unreasonably, they are not excited about sharing that code with anyone outside the organization.
Seriously. I can't imagine that Guidant or Medtronic is dying to hand out their custom code for rhythm detection that works for years on end while consuming less power than a sneezing amoeba.
He probably does have nationwide coverage. The regional carriers can offer the national carrier total coverage, for free, in a specific geographic area in return for allowing their customers to roam on the big carrier's network for free. As long as the amount of data and calls isn't too far out of balance, it works well for both sides.
"Fan the blades" is a a term of art meaning to turn the blades so that they present less resistance to the wind (and thus generate less, or even no, power)
I'd rather read a map, but when it comes time to get in a turn lane in an unfamiliar city... is that going to be a left exit, or a right exit, and how much road do you have to react in? (Think of Atlanta's freeway interchanges, if you've ever driven there.)
You might mean this as a joke, but lots of people don't. It's not funny when I have people threatening their children who are about to have surgery that I'm coming to hurt them if they don't be quiet. I can handle it, but it's annoying, and it makes the whole process a lot worse for the kid.
The needles point toward the center of the body even if it's venous blood you want. The only reason to get arterial blood is 1) to place a special catheter for measuring blood pressure from beat to beat rather than with a cuff every few minutes, or 2) to run some specialized labs. For IVs, you want them pointing to the center so that you can administer fluids and drugs.
If you'd ever had an arterial stick, you'd know. It's a whole different ballgame from the venous ones. For starters, the arteries are deeper and less numerous.
On behalf of physicians everywhere who treat kids, I'd like to advise you to go to hell for making your kids think of us as the punishment people. If you want to threaten them with pain, please threaten to do it yourself.
I did more research, and it appears that you're right. I rescind that complaint. Still applies within state waters, 3 mi of shore, but that's not skimmer territory in MS or LA. Possibly is in AL/FL.
I live in a relatively peaceful country which won't spend my tax-money on mind-bogglingly expensive wars abroad, and that our army will mostly be used for humanitarian and (mine) cleanup missions.
Unless you're British (or to a smaller extent, French), I'm paying nearly all your defense costs. Or were you under the impression that, absent UK/US forces, the Soviet Union would have stopped at the Elbe in 1945?
Until someone does the accounting, we won't know. Still, it's pretty hard to believe that other countries are able to provide vastly superior service at 1/3 or less of the cost, especially when (as with Sweden) they have fairly low population densities. The basics - technicians, fiber, routers - all cost pretty much the same across the developed world. Cable companies are profitable, but they don't have margins of 50%.
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So don't put your dirty laundry on the internet.
This is pretty easy. The problem is making sure other people don't put your dirty laundry on the internet.
Dunno about the patients, but I'm a doctor - not a code security analyst. I am probably code-savvy enough to understand why a particular piece of code is a problem, if you explain it to me, but that's a long way from being able to identify the problem myself.
It needs to be a great deal more complex if you want to do something more than just be alive.
Adaptable rates? You'll need a motion-detection routine in order to speed the heart up so that people can enjoy even the mildest exercise.
Pacing only when needed, not when it's not? You'll need more code to identify when a beat has occurred within the correct time interval.
How about automatic defibrillators? Those are the devices that will shock a heart back into a normal rhythm, which is far more than a regular pacemaker can do; of course, in order to do that, they have to be able to analyze an EKG in real time and get it right - and that takes code.
Most of these devices don't spend all that long on the market. They keep getting better, having new features and lower power consumption. Proving the code would slow the pace of advancement. Irony of medical advances: an imperfect device that kills a few people may in fact be (from a public-health POV) better than a perfect device that takes an additional two years to develop.
These guys put together custom code and hardware that will run for years at a time on a single battery. It's hard to do at all and incredibly hard to do well. Not unreasonably, they are not excited about sharing that code with anyone outside the organization.
Seriously. I can't imagine that Guidant or Medtronic is dying to hand out their custom code for rhythm detection that works for years on end while consuming less power than a sneezing amoeba.
Kudzu is for feeding goats. If you can get Americans to eat goat meat, you'll wipe out kudzu in short order.
He probably does have nationwide coverage. The regional carriers can offer the national carrier total coverage, for free, in a specific geographic area in return for allowing their customers to roam on the big carrier's network for free. As long as the amount of data and calls isn't too far out of balance, it works well for both sides.
Regional carriers are like that; they usually have weak product offerings, so they have to have great customer service and prices to succeed.
Dang, you're right. Oh well.
"Fan the blades" is a a term of art meaning to turn the blades so that they present less resistance to the wind (and thus generate less, or even no, power)
Pumped-water storage is the current tech of choice for grid-scale batteries. You do need nearby hills, but it works fairly well. List.
I'd rather read a map, but when it comes time to get in a turn lane in an unfamiliar city... is that going to be a left exit, or a right exit, and how much road do you have to react in? (Think of Atlanta's freeway interchanges, if you've ever driven there.)
Google Maps says the route from Nashua NH to Hudson MA goes straight to the 3/495 interchange...
Who mods this stuff Troll? It's the funniest response by a mile.
Okay, I give up. What the hell does this mean?
You might mean this as a joke, but lots of people don't. It's not funny when I have people threatening their children who are about to have surgery that I'm coming to hurt them if they don't be quiet. I can handle it, but it's annoying, and it makes the whole process a lot worse for the kid.
The needles point toward the center of the body even if it's venous blood you want. The only reason to get arterial blood is 1) to place a special catheter for measuring blood pressure from beat to beat rather than with a cuff every few minutes, or 2) to run some specialized labs. For IVs, you want them pointing to the center so that you can administer fluids and drugs.
If you'd ever had an arterial stick, you'd know. It's a whole different ballgame from the venous ones. For starters, the arteries are deeper and less numerous.
Aiming for honest, AC, not impressive. I was in shape, not ripped. And those were rep weights, not maxes.
On behalf of physicians everywhere who treat kids, I'd like to advise you to go to hell for making your kids think of us as the punishment people. If you want to threaten them with pain, please threaten to do it yourself.
I did more research, and it appears that you're right. I rescind that complaint. Still applies within state waters, 3 mi of shore, but that's not skimmer territory in MS or LA. Possibly is in AL/FL.
You didn't. But you did say "some kind of government involvement is necessary", so it's important to remember that they fuck up too.
I live in a relatively peaceful country which won't spend my tax-money on mind-bogglingly expensive wars abroad, and that our army will mostly be used for humanitarian and (mine) cleanup missions.
Unless you're British (or to a smaller extent, French), I'm paying nearly all your defense costs. Or were you under the impression that, absent UK/US forces, the Soviet Union would have stopped at the Elbe in 1945?
Until someone does the accounting, we won't know. Still, it's pretty hard to believe that other countries are able to provide vastly superior service at 1/3 or less of the cost, especially when (as with Sweden) they have fairly low population densities. The basics - technicians, fiber, routers - all cost pretty much the same across the developed world. Cable companies are profitable, but they don't have margins of 50%.