Apple has an established protocol for communicating with cell phones and PDAs. It's called iSync, and the app ships on every Mac. It syncs your contacts and calendars using bluetooth or USB, and Apple has worked with phone developers to open it to more devices.
How is it Apple's fault if Palm tries using the private APIs and fakes itself as an iPod, rather than Apple's developer standards for iSync?
Which would you rather have, be banned from the internet for life, or serve two years in prison? I figure nearly all the/.ers will go for the prison jumpsuit.
Actually the app is 0.1MB from the app store, then it downloads the database from a non-apple server. And like the other poster said, you can install it over WiFi.
It may not be noted for causing chronic damage, but it's not recommended for more than 10 days of use on the OTC labels, and pharmacists encourage patients to move to alternate therapies like ibuprofen for chronic conditions
Not really, acetaminophen is used along with narcotics because it increases the effect of the painkiller, as well as gives anti-inflammatory relief. Many people who take Vicodin or Percocet have had some surgery, and the acetaminophen helps the recovery along with the pain relief.
The acetaminophen is not in there to prevent overdosing, because you can get a prescription for it without the Tylenol (or paracetamol if youre in UK). Percocet minus the acetaminophen is Oxycontin, for example, and Vicodin has alternatives like Vicoprofen which has Ibuprofen instead of acetaminophen.
Pharmaceuticals do put other chemicals in to prevent abuse, such as Narcan (Naloxone) in medication like Suboxone (buprenorphine) or Talwin. If you try to melt the medication down to inject recreationally, the naloxone will block the receptors in the body, cancelling the high and preventing an overdose. Eating the medication normally will not do that, since naloxone is not absorbed in the stomach.
Yes, any half-way intelligent person SHOULD know not to take tylenol, but there's many thousands of accidental overdoses every year in emergency rooms all over the country. Some of these people get all upset and blame the government for making it OTC and not warning them if eating the whole bottle can kill you. Yes, their logic is pretty bad, but the public can be stupid.
Your list is inaccurate, the FDA did warn about many of these drugs, but they were not banned. Avandia is still on sale today, as well as in formulations like AvandiaMet. Vioxx was voluntarily pulled from the market by Merck and not the FDA, which probably would have been fine with it as long as it had some sort of black box warning on it.
I used Percocet as an example because more familiar with its ingredients (which are popular brands of their own) than they are with Vicodin. However, my points apply to Vicodin as well. Vicodin is a very popular painkiller and it's not going away anytime soon, though it may lose the acetaminophen and be sold separately.
The GP post is right, prescription medications like Vicodin and Percocet often have that warning on pharmacy bottles. Many states require the doctor to put the maximum day's dosage on the prescription, and pharmacists are supposed to warn patients "No more than 8 in 24 hours" etc.
Before everyone screams bloody murder, the fact remains that you'll still be able to buy the stuff, separately. Percocet, for example, is actually a mix of oxycodone and acetaminophen. You can buy them separately as Oxycontin and Tylenol (or paracetamol in the UK).
It's the combination that causes problems; people wind up overdosing. Overdosing on the oxycodone portion is not all that dangerous (you could swallow 2 dozen of them at once though I would definitely not recommend it) compared to Tylenol, which can damage your liver. Thirty extra-strength tylenols at once can destroy your liver and you'll die within 72 hours. These medications have acetaminophen in them as an an anti-inflammatory to work with the painkiller, but they wind up being the deadlier part of the drug since people take too much. A few people think they can commit suicide by swallowing the whole prescription, but what happens is the codeine-based painkiller part wears off in hours and then the agonizing abdominal pain of liver failure begins until they're dead 3 days later.
You'll still be able to buy the separate ingredients, hydrocodone is Vicodin and Norco, oxycodone is Percocet, etc. There are other formulations; Percodan is nearly the same as Percocet except it uses aspirin in place of acetaminophen (Tylenol)
You need to deal with this issue on multiple points
1. Consider PDF with OCR. That way you can search within files for specific words 2. FIle naming. Use a standard like date_headline.pdf 3. Hire a library sciences major, as an earlier poster suggested. They spend years studying how to organize and retrieve.
That is true, there are side effects to most medications. However, these are a bit more serious than typical aspirin. It's still considered a prescription-only item in America for a good reason.
There's nothing in the Quran that says convert or die. 2:255 says "Let there be no compulsion in religion" and it says to preserve churches and synagogues.
That was an extremely poorly written blurb. I had to come to the page to voice my hate before I realized it was some sort of review, which I don't plan to read since the blurb was such a turn-off
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Apple has an established protocol for communicating with cell phones and PDAs. It's called iSync, and the app ships on every Mac. It syncs your contacts and calendars using bluetooth or USB, and Apple has worked with phone developers to open it to more devices.
How is it Apple's fault if Palm tries using the private APIs and fakes itself as an iPod, rather than Apple's developer standards for iSync?
The iPhone 3G is now priced at $99 with contract, and the 3G S is now priced at $199 and $299, depending on 16 or 32GB
Isn't that the crate with the Ark that Dr. Jones found?
Which would you rather have, be banned from the internet for life, or serve two years in prison? I figure nearly all the /.ers will go for the prison jumpsuit.
Actually the app is 0.1MB from the app store, then it downloads the database from a non-apple server. And like the other poster said, you can install it over WiFi.
I trust David Pogue, and he reviewed it this week
This question sounds like it deserves the LMGTFY treatment though.
It may not be noted for causing chronic damage, but it's not recommended for more than 10 days of use on the OTC labels, and pharmacists encourage patients to move to alternate therapies like ibuprofen for chronic conditions
Not really, acetaminophen is used along with narcotics because it increases the effect of the painkiller, as well as gives anti-inflammatory relief. Many people who take Vicodin or Percocet have had some surgery, and the acetaminophen helps the recovery along with the pain relief.
The acetaminophen is not in there to prevent overdosing, because you can get a prescription for it without the Tylenol (or paracetamol if youre in UK). Percocet minus the acetaminophen is Oxycontin, for example, and Vicodin has alternatives like Vicoprofen which has Ibuprofen instead of acetaminophen.
Pharmaceuticals do put other chemicals in to prevent abuse, such as Narcan (Naloxone) in medication like Suboxone (buprenorphine) or Talwin. If you try to melt the medication down to inject recreationally, the naloxone will block the receptors in the body, cancelling the high and preventing an overdose. Eating the medication normally will not do that, since naloxone is not absorbed in the stomach.
Yes, any half-way intelligent person SHOULD know not to take tylenol, but there's many thousands of accidental overdoses every year in emergency rooms all over the country. Some of these people get all upset and blame the government for making it OTC and not warning them if eating the whole bottle can kill you. Yes, their logic is pretty bad, but the public can be stupid.
Your list is inaccurate, the FDA did warn about many of these drugs, but they were not banned. Avandia is still on sale today, as well as in formulations like AvandiaMet. Vioxx was voluntarily pulled from the market by Merck and not the FDA, which probably would have been fine with it as long as it had some sort of black box warning on it.
I used Percocet as an example because more familiar with its ingredients (which are popular brands of their own) than they are with Vicodin. However, my points apply to Vicodin as well. Vicodin is a very popular painkiller and it's not going away anytime soon, though it may lose the acetaminophen and be sold separately.
The GP post is right, prescription medications like Vicodin and Percocet often have that warning on pharmacy bottles. Many states require the doctor to put the maximum day's dosage on the prescription, and pharmacists are supposed to warn patients "No more than 8 in 24 hours" etc.
This is true. Any pharmacist will tell you to take Motrin or Advil (Ibuprofen) instead, as it skips the liver and is not nearly as toxic
Before everyone screams bloody murder, the fact remains that you'll still be able to buy the stuff, separately. Percocet, for example, is actually a mix of oxycodone and acetaminophen. You can buy them separately as Oxycontin and Tylenol (or paracetamol in the UK).
It's the combination that causes problems; people wind up overdosing. Overdosing on the oxycodone portion is not all that dangerous (you could swallow 2 dozen of them at once though I would definitely not recommend it) compared to Tylenol, which can damage your liver. Thirty extra-strength tylenols at once can destroy your liver and you'll die within 72 hours. These medications have acetaminophen in them as an an anti-inflammatory to work with the painkiller, but they wind up being the deadlier part of the drug since people take too much. A few people think they can commit suicide by swallowing the whole prescription, but what happens is the codeine-based painkiller part wears off in hours and then the agonizing abdominal pain of liver failure begins until they're dead 3 days later.
You'll still be able to buy the separate ingredients, hydrocodone is Vicodin and Norco, oxycodone is Percocet, etc. There are other formulations; Percodan is nearly the same as Percocet except it uses aspirin in place of acetaminophen (Tylenol)
What a shame that nobody else got the Scrubs reference. Awesome btw, it was the first thing I remembered too
Half-life 2 had some interesting areas for cutscenes that you weren't supposed to be in. So did Portal.
You need to deal with this issue on multiple points
1. Consider PDF with OCR. That way you can search within files for specific words
2. FIle naming. Use a standard like date_headline.pdf
3. Hire a library sciences major, as an earlier poster suggested. They spend years studying how to organize and retrieve.
Can slashdot go a week without listing another app rejected?
That is true, there are side effects to most medications. However, these are a bit more serious than typical aspirin. It's still considered a prescription-only item in America for a good reason.
According to Epocrates, Lithium has side effects
Common Reactions:
tremor
polyuria
diarrhea
vomiting
drowsiness
muscle weakness
arrhythmias
anorexia
nausea
blurred vision
dry mouth
fatigue
Serious Reactions:
coma
seizures
ventricular arrhythmias
bradycardia, severe
syncope
goiter
hypothyroidism
hyperparathyroidism
pseudotumor cerebri
Raynaud's phenomenon
diabetes insipidus
This sounds like a mail-order library, or for those of you who are too young to remember a library, it's like Netflix for books.
This is not the first to do this, how about Bookswim in America?
I didn't disagree with you.
While it is not the Constitutional definition of treason, it is definitely a betrayal of the country and the Constitution.
Who modded the troll +5?
There's nothing in the Quran that says convert or die. 2:255 says "Let there be no compulsion in religion" and it says to preserve churches and synagogues.
So you're the type that thinks everyone who didn't leave New Orleans deserved the wrath of Katrina?
That was an extremely poorly written blurb. I had to come to the page to voice my hate before I realized it was some sort of review, which I don't plan to read since the blurb was such a turn-off