1. Many are working on creating/have created a version that runs on open source GTM (M being the language that VistA uses). This includes running on other hardware/os platforms than your usual servers, etc. You can see more here
2. The software on the backend has been in development for years and there is quite a bit of work on creating GUI's for the fronted (e.g. the Computers Patient Record System or "CPRS") and I find many users are quite pleased with it. Ask them which they prefer the GUI (CPRS) or the Telnet Session and they'll praise the first and curse the latter so saying they "despise" it without referencing which is not a fair statement.
3. The ease of use for a programmer to create the frontend and backend is amazingly intuitive for anybody whose done GUI & Internet applications.
Now for the not so positive. It's huge and you're not going to download/buy the CD of this and get it installed in your Dr's Office over a weekend. It takes knowledge of the application and system (well documented) to do so. But what class of software so large and complex that incorporates almost everything you need for a Hospital including Imaging, Billing, Admitting and Discharge, Patient Movement, Electronic Patient Record, and much more doesn't require such intensive labor and knowledge skills (perhaps from a contractor)?
You're right. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes. Now, your homework is to find where the congress has delegated ALL of it's authority to the IRS so that they have the ability to change the tax codes without congressional approval.
I pay taxes, have no problem doing so, but people do make some interesting (and some courts even say valid) arguments that the IRS does not have the authority.
The question isn't Congress' authority. The question is the IRS's authority.
"If the there isn't an entity regulating the markets, how do you catch the Enron's, the WorldCom's, the CNBC talking heads that are hyping a company that they have money invested in, etc?"
You mean like they did with Enron and WorldCom? It was the government that was helping to prop Enron up. Although an interesting question I think a better one would be this.
The market is supposed to be moderated by the consumers. How do we give the consumers the knowledge they need to moderate the market intelligently?
I agree. If you are going to go so far as to say the government has no bounds to define marriage then it's other powers you defined above would have to be removed. No tax breaks or burdens for being married. legal documents giving explicit legal powers to another person, etc.
Just saying that there are those who are religious who hold to this belief. There are also those who are atheist who believe it's a cultural and not governmental thing as well. Same things applies.
I'm going to post this no AC and take the hit on Karma.
You're assuming that marriage is infact a bond that is created/endorsed by society or government or the people who make up those 2.
The tricky issue is that there are people who don't agree with you and believe that marriage is created/established by one of the following
God/higher power - not just endorsed by established by a higher power who has established rules for marriage (Jews, Christians, etc)
Society - In this case the majority rule would win out but then this might go against what people refer to as their civil right to marriage as the majority may not agree with it and thus be prejudiced in restricting this right.
Cultural - Based on the beliefs of the people and can thus change with the cultural shift of the people.
This is why many people don't want the federal government to define what marriage is even if they don't agree with gay marriage. They believe that it isn't in the power of the government to determine/endorse what marriage is. That leaves a tricky spot though as you mentioned powers given to spouses (power of attorney, living wills, etc) that must be executed by the government.
Bias... Your post is a perfect example. Notice what you've labeled: "head nodding" "armchair politics" "preach[ing] to the choir" "disenting opinions"
?
"Pro-Life"
People selectively filter things based on their viewpoints now. Not saying to say that one is right or wrong. That is a judgement call left to each individual.
Bias is so easy to do without even realizing your doing it.
Pro-life or anti-abortion or how about Pro-choice or anti-life?
A possible patch(note:not solution) for the bias issue is to have certain topics like abortion, religion and politics to have a central topic that is modified by admins.
Then to have people post under that with their various biases. Thus, you can read about Abortion and then read responses to key topics side by side from both perspectives. Those who are pro-life can modify the pro-life sub pages but not the pro-choice pages and vice versa.
Something like this
Abortion: Should I get one? View point 1 | View point 2 It is your choice to do so | It is murder and is nobody has the right to tell you | morally wrong to get an abortion that you cannot get one. It is | many people who have gotten your body and you can do what | an abortion regret having you want with it | done so many years later.
And, a person looking at the wiki can modify it to show only one or more viewpoints that they agree with or that they want to see.
I'm posting this from that mythical place we have all heard of. Outside.
I don't know how much longer my body can take the bombardment of these intense rays of heat and light. Man was not designed to undergo such a harsh and cruel environment. The people around me walk with no regard for their fate. Not knowing that little by little this intense heat is killing them just as it is me.
It is for the better of those in my local D&D group that I am undergoing this experiment. I know, one day, that my dice will be saved in remembrance of this great and perilous journey.
What strange species is this? It has long hair and smells nice. And it's skin even has color.
And what if there aren't enough Network Admins to do the necessary work because of IT Budget cuts?
And what if the Network Admin isn't appropriately trained because the company won't pay for training and the pay they offer won't enticed skilled admins.
Assuming negligence of the Network Admin doesn't take into consideration the shades of grey that are often involved.
People should be responsible for poor security but the "climate" that leads to it should also be considered.
'Updated Visual Basic version Public Sub Initialize Dim GFish as Fish Set GFish = Me GFish.Type = FISH_TYPES_GOLDFISH Tank.AddFish(GFish) GFish.Action = FISH_ACTIONS_SWIM GFish.InitTimedAction(FISH_ACTIONS_LOOK_ROCK,60000 ) GFish.Go() End Sub
Public Sub Terminate Dim GFish as Fish Set GFish = Me GFish.Rotate(0,1,0,180) GFish.Float(FISH_BALLAST_UP) GFish.Eyes = FISH_EYES_MILKY GFish.Wait(60000) Toilet.AddFish(GFish) Toilet.Flush() End Sub
There are some issues involved with this. 1. Where are the applications and data really going to be stored? 2. Who has access to this information/hardware? 3. Can I trust that a terminal doesn't have a keylogger (hardware/software) attached to it? 4. How traceable will this be if somebody gains access to my "environment" without my permission.
"and if the arrest or evidence is later thrown out for constitutional privacy reasons so be it"
I'm sorry.. you're assuming that they won't be kept in detention indefinitely.
You're assuming that the evidence will be made available to the defendant. Or that the means of obtaining that evidence will be available to their lawyer.
And, if for some reason there is a trial, you're assuming that the trial will be fair.
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
-Thomas Jefferson
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
-Thomas Jefferson
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-Thomas Jefferson
"The police can't check your car without your permission either, but if you don't let them, who's to say your 'body language' or something of the sort wasn't giving off a bad vibe?"
We discussed this in a core criminal justice class. Our teacher was an ex district attorney who told us she has told officers they can't check her car and had no problems. The key seems to be that you have to be respectful to the officers. If you act smug or obnoxious you're just inviting trouble.
Of course, not all cops play by the rules and your results may vary. But it is possible to say no. As for them just having "suspicion". It is a little bit more. It has to be "reasonable". Which means that they have to be able to explain their decision later to a Judge if necessary. e.g. Officer:"They looked at me funny" - doesn't cut it Officer:"They matched the description of somebody who broke into a home nearby and were very nervous when I talked to them" - does.
Good point! Besides, even though it's "possible" to do so does not mean I want them to create such a list. It would be a joke as there is no way enforce it or by enforcing it set a bad legal precedent.
I would assume that you would use a similar method that Crichton used in his book "Prey". Distributed Intelligence. each part communication with the group through those closest to it and the entire group behaving a similar way because of it.
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That's a somewhat unfair assessment.
1. Many are working on creating/have created a version that runs on open source GTM (M being the language that VistA uses). This includes running on other hardware/os platforms than your usual servers, etc. You can see more here
2. The software on the backend has been in development for years and there is quite a bit of work on creating GUI's for the fronted (e.g. the Computers Patient Record System or "CPRS") and I find many users are quite pleased with it. Ask them which they prefer the GUI (CPRS) or the Telnet Session and they'll praise the first and curse the latter so saying they "despise" it without referencing which is not a fair statement.
3. The ease of use for a programmer to create the frontend and backend is amazingly intuitive for anybody whose done GUI & Internet applications.
Now for the not so positive. It's huge and you're not going to download/buy the CD of this and get it installed in your Dr's Office over a weekend. It takes knowledge of the application and system (well documented) to do so. But what class of software so large and complex that incorporates almost everything you need for a Hospital including Imaging, Billing, Admitting and Discharge, Patient Movement, Electronic Patient Record, and much more doesn't require such intensive labor and knowledge skills (perhaps from a contractor)?
Not to mention that all VA's run Cache for their VistA system.
They've been using it for years since it's highly scalable.
How about this?
http://www.apologeticspress.com/
You're right. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes. Now, your homework is to find where the congress has delegated ALL of it's authority to the IRS so that they have the ability to change the tax codes without congressional approval.
I pay taxes, have no problem doing so, but people do make some interesting (and some courts even say valid) arguments that the IRS does not have the authority.
The question isn't Congress' authority. The question is the IRS's authority.
"If the there isn't an entity regulating the markets, how do you catch the Enron's, the WorldCom's, the CNBC talking heads that are hyping a company that they have money invested in, etc?"
You mean like they did with Enron and WorldCom? It was the government that was helping to prop Enron up. Although an interesting question I think a better one would be this.
The market is supposed to be moderated by the consumers. How do we give the consumers the knowledge they need to moderate the market intelligently?
I agree. If you are going to go so far as to say the government has no bounds to define marriage then it's other powers you defined above would have to be removed. No tax breaks or burdens for being married. legal documents giving explicit legal powers to another person, etc.
Just saying that there are those who are religious who hold to this belief. There are also those who are atheist who believe it's a cultural and not governmental thing as well. Same things applies.
I'm going to post this no AC and take the hit on Karma.
You're assuming that marriage is infact a bond that is created/endorsed by society or government or the people who make up those 2.
The tricky issue is that there are people who don't agree with you and believe that marriage is created/established by one of the following
God/higher power - not just endorsed by established by a higher power who has established rules for marriage (Jews, Christians, etc)
Society - In this case the majority rule would win out but then this might go against what people refer to as their civil right to marriage as the majority may not agree with it and thus be prejudiced in restricting this right.
Cultural - Based on the beliefs of the people and can thus change with the cultural shift of the people.
This is why many people don't want the federal government to define what marriage is even if they don't agree with gay marriage. They believe that it isn't in the power of the government to determine/endorse what marriage is. That leaves a tricky spot though as you mentioned powers given to spouses (power of attorney, living wills, etc) that must be executed by the government.
Bias... Your post is a perfect example. Notice what you've labeled:
"head nodding"
"armchair politics"
"preach[ing] to the choir"
"disenting opinions"
?
"Pro-Life"
People selectively filter things based on their viewpoints now. Not saying to say that one is right or wrong. That is a judgement call left to each individual.
Bias is so easy to do without even realizing your doing it.
Pro-life or anti-abortion
or how about
Pro-choice or anti-life?
A possible patch(note:not solution) for the bias issue is to have certain topics like abortion, religion and politics to have a central topic that is modified by admins.
Then to have people post under that with their various biases. Thus, you can read about Abortion and then read responses to key topics side by side from both perspectives. Those who are pro-life can modify the pro-life sub pages but not the pro-choice pages and vice versa.
Something like this
Abortion: Should I get one?
View point 1 | View point 2
It is your choice to do so | It is murder and is
nobody has the right to tell you | morally wrong to get an abortion
that you cannot get one. It is | many people who have gotten
your body and you can do what | an abortion regret having
you want with it | done so many years later.
And, a person looking at the wiki can modify it to show only one or more viewpoints that they agree with or that they want to see.
Don't know.. just an idea.
I'm posting this from that mythical place we have all heard of. Outside.
I don't know how much longer my body can take the bombardment of these intense rays of heat and light. Man was not designed to undergo such a harsh and cruel environment. The people around me walk with no regard for their fate. Not knowing that little by little this intense heat is killing them just as it is me.
It is for the better of those in my local D&D group that I am undergoing this experiment. I know, one day, that my dice will be saved in remembrance of this great and perilous journey.
What strange species is this? It has long hair and smells nice. And it's skin even has color.
I# los#ng signa########## [end of line]
And what if there aren't enough Network Admins to do the necessary work because of IT Budget cuts?
And what if the Network Admin isn't appropriately trained because the company won't pay for training and the pay they offer won't enticed skilled admins.
Assuming negligence of the Network Admin doesn't take into consideration the shades of grey that are often involved.
People should be responsible for poor security but the "climate" that leads to it should also be considered.
HAHA... I Guess even nature has bugs :)
'Updated Visual Basic version0 )
Public Sub Initialize
Dim GFish as Fish
Set GFish = Me
GFish.Type = FISH_TYPES_GOLDFISH
Tank.AddFish(GFish)
GFish.Action = FISH_ACTIONS_SWIM
GFish.InitTimedAction(FISH_ACTIONS_LOOK_ROCK,6000
GFish.Go()
End Sub
Public Sub Terminate
Dim GFish as Fish
Set GFish = Me
GFish.Rotate(0,1,0,180)
GFish.Float(FISH_BALLAST_UP)
GFish.Eyes = FISH_EYES_MILKY
GFish.Wait(60000)
Toilet.AddFish(GFish)
Toilet.Flush()
End Sub
There are some issues involved with this.
1. Where are the applications and data really going to be stored?
2. Who has access to this information/hardware?
3. Can I trust that a terminal doesn't have a keylogger (hardware/software) attached to it?
4. How traceable will this be if somebody gains access to my "environment" without my permission.
"and if the arrest or evidence is later thrown out for constitutional privacy reasons so be it"
I'm sorry.. you're assuming that they won't be kept in detention indefinitely.
You're assuming that the evidence will be made available to the defendant. Or that the means of obtaining that evidence will be available to their lawyer.
And, if for some reason there is a trial, you're assuming that the trial will be fair.
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
-Thomas Jefferson
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
-Thomas Jefferson
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-Thomas Jefferson
"The police can't check your car without your permission either, but if you don't let them, who's to say your 'body language' or something of the sort wasn't giving off a bad vibe?"
We discussed this in a core criminal justice class. Our teacher was an ex district attorney who told us she has told officers they can't check her car and had no problems. The key seems to be that you have to be respectful to the officers. If you act smug or obnoxious you're just inviting trouble.
Of course, not all cops play by the rules and your results may vary. But it is possible to say no. As for them just having "suspicion". It is a little bit more. It has to be "reasonable". Which means that they have to be able to explain their decision later to a Judge if necessary. e.g.
Officer:"They looked at me funny" - doesn't cut it
Officer:"They matched the description of somebody who broke into a home nearby and were very nervous when I talked to them" - does.
<disclaimer>IANAL</disclaimer>
Good point! Besides, even though it's "possible" to do so does not mean I want them to create such a list. It would be a joke as there is no way enforce it or by enforcing it set a bad legal precedent.
If they were to expend that much energy decoding the list they could just spam every combination in the dictionary.
The perfect solution would be to encode each email address using a one way hash. No email address could then be retrieved using it.
BUT, for somebody who already has an email address they could encode it and check to see if it is in the list.
These documents are proof just like the iraqi documents found that show that Russia was training iraqi's in the art of "acoustic surveillance"?
Those documents that are from Russians and given to Iraqi's but are written in "English"?
Documents found in "Mukhabarat", same place as your supplied proof?
Those kind of documents?
Copyright infringement is a vicious cycle. Anonymous, let us create a support group. We'll start by licensing the code from SCO.
No. I never do an OS "upgrade" too unstable (as if windows isn't enough already)
It's XP Pro though so that may be why. I know that Win2K didn't include it at all though.
You stole the following code from SCO did you not?
void forktest (void)
{
int pid;
printf ("Start of test.\n");
pid = fork();
printf ("Returned %d.\n", pid);
}
I'm certain you did. It's code and it can be used in Unix so it belongs to SCO.
"For a long time, DOS and the early Windows shipped with a free basic interpreter (sadly, those days are over)."
But my Windows XP does come with QBASIC so there is still a free basic interpreter.
I would assume that you would use a similar method that Crichton used in his book "Prey". Distributed Intelligence. each part communication with the group through those closest to it and the entire group behaving a similar way because of it.