This policy is crap! The flippin' FBI can access my account without my knowledge or consent (with a FISA warrant) but my family can't access it after I die? The executor of your estate should have access to all of this. What if there is important information in there? Like the name of the person stalking you?
Does anybody know a e-mail address at Yahoo that we can write to complain to?
C. prisca are tropical and don't winter over. I'm sorry if this post is redudant, but the author of the study is a friend of mine. She worked very hard on this and shouldn't be dismissed out of hand without even reading the article!
I must point out that the poster's experience represents one jury in one judicial district out of the, literally, hundreds across the U.S. Many cases are decided by juries from jury pools selected by one party (venue shopping). L.A. County is a notorious example. Here in Illinois, Madison County is the jury pool ne plus ultra.
The correct term to describe Wal-mart is as a monopsony. Monopsony is a market situation in which one buyer exerts a disproportionate influence on the market.
If they actually win against IBM they could revoke IBM's license to its code therefore hobbling AIX.
They could then give IBM an ultimatum: stop developing linux or give up AIX.
This wouldn't stop linux, but it would eliminate a major force behind its adoption in the enterprise. Or it could blow-up in their face as IBM goes full-bore into linux development.
If we followed HIPAA to the letter then the home health Service's van parked in my mom's driveway would likely be a "no-no." But, if we inject a dose of reality, which HIPAA left out, no one would know the exact services my mom would be receiving, hence there really would be no breach of privacy in relation to a diagnosis. Of course, maybe the Dept of Defense could develop stealth vans for home health agencies and then no one would ever see them and there would be no breach of HIPAA rules....
It's all about risk assessment and reasonable decisions. I don't think changing the van characteristics is something that would be high on list of issues in the risk analysis. On second thought, the stealth van approach may be applicable to this and other serious risks along the same line. There could be significant risk involved with the identification of ambulances, paramedic and rescue units, and even "Life Flight" helicopters. What if a neighbor of a person involved in an automobile accident drove by the accident scene, spotted both the neighbor's car and an identifiable ambulance parked nearby? What could happen if there was an emergency unit in a person's driveway and their neighbors inferred that there was a medical problem at their house? It becomes obvious under HIPAA that we can't possibly allow these types of transportation units to continue to display identifying signage, paint motif, or other equipment such as lights and siren that could create the risk of identifying a person or household as having a medical problem. Stealth emergency units would eliminate this risk. A stealth emergency unit would be devoid of all signage or identifying markings, including lights or siren. Also, emergency unit personnel would not be allowed to wear uniforms, emblems or badges that would identify them as medical personnel. What if someone saw his or her neighbor walk into a building that was clearly identified as a clinic or hospital? Obviously, we should also consider prohibiting signage for physician offices, clinics and hospitals, especially Emergency Rooms. Stealth medical facilities are the answer. (Posted 5/2/01)
A new (old in the Soviet Union) method of treating bacteria is being brought to market. Virii that infect bacteria and kill them while leaving animal tissue unaffected.
I believe this will have the additional advantage of giving us an evolutionary advantage (by proxy) rather than the evolutionary disadvantage that we have right now. The bacteriophages will evolve with the bacteria to keep killing them, unlike antibiotics which must be created by human beings.
Here is a Google search that points to many pages about the workings of bacteriophages.
Here's a funky idea that may actually cut your heating and electical bills to boot.
Strip out all of the fans and other cooling apparati and attach cooling plates to all of the really hot components... processors, power supplies, graphics chips. run a supply of water (or other coolant) through them and transfer the heat to the hot water supply of the house.
This will save money on electricity because you won't be running fans all the time to push the hot air around, and it will save money on gas (or electricity) used to heat hot water. Money can also be saved on the construction/purchse of the equipment because you won't have to purchase extra fans and heat sinks.
Also, using it to heat or pre-heat hot water is a good idea because you use hot water year-round
Here's a link to a company who specializes in this kind of equipment. Found it on Google.
http://www.lytron.com/
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More to the point. Where people can buy music online is NOT even a consideration for most portable player purchasers.
Everyone I know who has bought/gotten one uses it to play music that they already owned on CD or MP3's they downloaded.
Only AFTER they bought their portable player (mostly iPods) did they even START purchasing music online.
I saw a show about this on PBS. It was something like two years ago.
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... against Al Gore.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_plague/ind
Here's some other news. George Bush won the election
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=fire fox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=linux+a ctive+directory&btnG=Search
This policy is crap! The flippin' FBI can access my account without my knowledge or consent (with a FISA warrant) but my family can't access it after I die? The executor of your estate should have access to all of this. What if there is important information in there? Like the name of the person stalking you?
Does anybody know a e-mail address at Yahoo that we can write to complain to?
C. prisca are tropical and don't winter over. I'm sorry if this post is redudant, but the author of the study is a friend of mine. She worked very hard on this and shouldn't be dismissed out of hand without even reading the article!
No ... they are pretty much all mouth-breathers. Imamine a whole county populated by Chris Griffin clones.
I can't say whether or not they have a clue, but Dr. Phil sure has a really big house and a lot of money.
I must point out that the poster's experience represents one jury in one judicial district out of the, literally, hundreds across the U.S. Many cases are decided by juries from jury pools selected by one party (venue shopping). L.A. County is a notorious example. Here in Illinois, Madison County is the jury pool ne plus ultra.
The correct term to describe Wal-mart is as a monopsony. Monopsony is a market situation in which one buyer exerts a disproportionate influence on the market.
Here's another suggestion for SCO's motivation.
If they actually win against IBM they could revoke IBM's license to its code therefore hobbling AIX.
They could then give IBM an ultimatum: stop developing linux or give up AIX.
This wouldn't stop linux, but it would eliminate a major force behind its adoption in the enterprise. Or it could blow-up in their face as IBM goes full-bore into linux development.
try http://discussions.info.apple.com and search on "openldap"
"... NYC fined MS $50.00 and the cost of cleaning up the static-cling plastic ads..."
:-)
I'll bet that in New York City the "cost of cleaning up" the ads is gonna be a little more than the market-rate.
From HIPPAComply.com
HIPAA & Common Sense
If we followed HIPAA to the letter then the home health Service's van parked in my mom's driveway would likely be a "no-no." But, if we inject a dose of reality, which HIPAA left out, no one would know the exact services my mom would be receiving, hence there really would be no breach of privacy in relation to a diagnosis. Of course, maybe the Dept of Defense could develop stealth vans for home health agencies and then no one would ever see them and there would be no breach of HIPAA rules ....
It's all about risk assessment and reasonable decisions. I don't think changing the van characteristics is something that would be high on list of issues in the risk analysis. On second thought, the stealth van approach may be applicable to this and other serious risks along the same line. There could be significant risk involved with the identification of ambulances, paramedic and rescue units, and even "Life Flight" helicopters. What if a neighbor of a person involved in an automobile accident drove by the accident scene, spotted both the neighbor's car and an identifiable ambulance parked nearby? What could happen if there was an emergency unit in a person's driveway and their neighbors inferred that there was a medical problem at their house? It becomes obvious under HIPAA that we can't possibly allow these types of transportation units to continue to display identifying signage, paint motif, or other equipment such as lights and siren that could create the risk of identifying a person or household as having a medical problem. Stealth emergency units would eliminate this risk. A stealth emergency unit would be devoid of all signage or identifying markings, including lights or siren. Also, emergency unit personnel would not be allowed to wear uniforms, emblems or badges that would identify them as medical personnel. What if someone saw his or her neighbor walk into a building that was clearly identified as a clinic or hospital? Obviously, we should also consider prohibiting signage for physician offices, clinics and hospitals, especially Emergency Rooms. Stealth medical facilities are the answer. (Posted 5/2/01)
A new (old in the Soviet Union) method of treating bacteria is being brought to market. Virii that infect bacteria and kill them while leaving animal tissue unaffected.
I believe this will have the additional advantage of giving us an evolutionary advantage (by proxy) rather than the evolutionary disadvantage that we have right now. The bacteriophages will evolve with the bacteria to keep killing them, unlike antibiotics which must be created by human beings.
Here is a Google search that points to many pages about the workings of bacteriophages.
Here's a funky idea that may actually cut your heating and electical bills to boot.
... processors, power supplies, graphics chips. run a supply of water (or other coolant) through them and transfer the heat to the hot water supply of the house.
Strip out all of the fans and other cooling apparati and attach cooling plates to all of the really hot components
This will save money on electricity because you won't be running fans all the time to push the hot air around, and it will save money on gas (or electricity) used to heat hot water. Money can also be saved on the construction/purchse of the equipment because you won't have to purchase extra fans and heat sinks.
Also, using it to heat or pre-heat hot water is a good idea because you use hot water year-round
Here's a link to a company who specializes in this kind of equipment. Found it on Google.
http://www.lytron.com/