If they have that level of redundancy for the electrics then I see no reason why they shouldn't for the network.
There's always "The Formula" (a la Fight Club) to consider. Cost of a.) installing/maintaining said redundancy vs. b.) losses/liabilities incurred by primary system failure without redundancy. Work in the likelihood of failure and the value of Public Relations as a factor. If A > B, you don't make the redundant system. You simply accept the losses or downtime.
In this instance, the hospital needs to thoroughly investigate how the downtime impacted patient care. If the access to records proved to be just an inconvenience, well... who cares. Paper systems might be slow, but they worked for centuries before computers came along.
But if there were serious lapses caused by the outage, they need (at minumum) an isolated workstation that can access and print those records for distribution by hand. Parallel systems alone cannot guarantee 100% up-time. They'll apply the formula based on their own risks and loss control policies and make the decision.
Yes, the network failed. Good businesses -- including hospitals -- will allow for system failures through contingency planning.
I develop business practices for large industries (including in the past the Trans-Alaska pipeline, et. al.). These industries rely heavily on computers, and each has developed plans and trained their critical personnel for emergencies like power failures, computer failures, etc. Reliance on a single tool to protect safety & environment is bad, m'kay?
They can sue in court for non-payment of the bill, which they'll probably lose, because there was never an agreement from the "buyer" to pay for the wares of the "seller".
Untrue. Again, in the US, if you take something from my shop without paying for it, and I don't call it "theft," you (the Buyer) simply waived your right to negotiate the terms of the sale. If the Seller tries to bill you $1,000 for the box of thumbtacks you took, however, the Uniform Commercial Code allows you to dispute the value by comparing it to the fair market (don't have the exact formulae handy).
In the USA, your taking of the goods would initiate an implied agreement under the Uniform Commercial Code.
If I have evidence you've taken something from me, I invoice it to tell you the value. I do not have to offer you the right to return. Non-response to the invoice would be seen as grounds for suit.
During the course of the Civil action, I could also demand forensic examination of your computer as part of the Discovery process -- which will likely prove the sniffers to be correct. In return, if you think the invoice amount is far, far out of line with industry standards, there are "Common Sense" sections of the UCC that govern what the Seller can ask for as compensation in these implied agreements where no formal price was set.
....like the BSA... going after some pirates, saying "pay up or we'll sue" but never really saying what they'll do with that money
Nope, not quite. It is more like the RIAA, in that it is empowered by its "members" (per the article) to represent them in anti-piracy causes. As for where the money goes, there are likely by-laws for APG, agreed upon by the members of the consortium, that direct the funds to their final destination -- most likely, back to fund the APG's efforts.
Can't say I'm an expert on the Danes, but if this were the US, that's exactly what they'd be getting ready to do.
Since there was no purchase agreement between the "buyer" and "seller," the seller has to put a dollar value on the product by invoicing the "buyer." This way, they can take the cases to CIVIL court (suing for non-payment under much looser juries -- preponderance of evidence rules instead of reasonable doubt, etc., etc.) instead of waiting for the government to get involved with CRIMINAL charges.
It was funny until I realized this is the sort of system the US gubmint wants to use label people as enemies of the State.... All Hail the Ministry of Homeland Security!
I used to "just say no" to businesses implementing tracking systems... Now I'm literally running out of places to shop. Worst offenders (IMHO) are the supermarkets that artificially inflate prices, then give you a "discount" with your "membership card." You don't *have* to tell us who you are. But if you don't, you'll have to pay our "regular price" of $6.50 for that 12-pack of soda...
Started with one grocer, has now spread to all of them in my area. No more choices....
Funny. Any other commodity in America, the person who buys it first is seen as a smart innovator, and can hold onto it as the value increases, then sell.
With domain names (as this case and Nissan vs. Nissan Computers show), whoever has the most money is automatically entitled to the domain name. Cybersquatting should be legal, first come, first served.
You have the right to choose a different phone company.
And if Verizon accomplishes this feat, what phone company WON'T be selling all of your data? There is MONEY in demographic statistics, because it always pays for itself, and Joe Consumer (millions and millions of Joe Consumers, actually) will always shrug it off and keep spending the money.
(I wonder how many BILLIONS are added to the price of goods in the US just from the cost of companies tracking us?)
Better yet: Yes they have rights as a corporation. But they are a company that uses public resources -- our frequencies.
Those frequencies are public resources, same as National parks or interstate highways, and their use by companies like Verizon should be subject to regulation/legislation for the public's best interest. If we want to tell them they have to hop on one leg and squawk like a raven to have rights to the frequencies, we should be able to do that.
And for the same reasons. Whatever rules we put in place to stop spam will trample "legitimate" free speech (however one might define that...).
And no matter what laws we put in place, as long as the MARKET exists, the problem will persist.
The only hope is to make spamming unprofitable... which is highly unlikely in America, but one can hope that we'd eventually evolve to the point that we don't drool over every marketing scam that hits our TV, Mags, Newspapers, Buses, Billboards, Popups, etc., etc.
That is a very simplistic view of the House and Senate.
I should have had the tag around most of that. Point being the democrats have been wimpy, spineless little trolls since the entire encroachment campaign began on 9/12. None of them have stood in the way... Too afraid of looking unpopular with themasses. Even though the GOP doesn't have cloture, there'll be no stopping them until its fashionable to say something.
They'd be triangulating more than just credit card purchases at amazon.com, of course -- all of that marketing data, all those mailing/purchasing lists, credit records, etc., etc.
These marketing groups pay billions of dollars in research every year to learn how to control our behavior. Anywhere they can find to track us, they'll pay for, because (demographically) they can use the information to make us do what they want us to do. I no longer talk about my beer in a commercial -- by watching you, I've learned you'll buy more of my beer if I show you a blonde with tight clothing.
A database of this magnitude would give the government an unprecedented tool for designing and implementing propaganda.
Good books/movies on both subjects show that same parallel: "1984"= Communism, "Brazil" = Terrorism as cause of the Surveillance State. (Of course the latter is just a bit more lighthearted about the matter....)
Yes, this is the same Iran-Contra Poindexter. He was found guilty, but his conviction was conveniently overturned -- he testified to Congress, and was given clemency.
This is simply wrong. It is *very* possible to write an equation to describe the chords for an entire song. This is what music theorists do, and it's nothing new. The same mathematical system used to quantify harmony in Bach's day is still in place today, still required (for two years at most schools) at nearly every music school for all students.
Who's "we", Kimosabe? Music theorists have mathematically analyzed all of those patterns from Mozart/Bach/Brahms/whoever-you-revere. Using determinism (like dice, I-Ching, 12-tone serialism, etc.) to generate music came from that mathematical analysis.
(from someone who sat around analyzing that music for five years!)
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...is how people desperate enough to partake in Advertising Focus Groups respond to stimuli.
There's always "The Formula" (a la Fight Club) to consider. Cost of a.) installing/maintaining said redundancy vs. b.) losses/liabilities incurred by primary system failure without redundancy. Work in the likelihood of failure and the value of Public Relations as a factor. If A > B, you don't make the redundant system. You simply accept the losses or downtime.
In this instance, the hospital needs to thoroughly investigate how the downtime impacted patient care. If the access to records proved to be just an inconvenience, well... who cares. Paper systems might be slow, but they worked for centuries before computers came along.
But if there were serious lapses caused by the outage, they need (at minumum) an isolated workstation that can access and print those records for distribution by hand. Parallel systems alone cannot guarantee 100% up-time. They'll apply the formula based on their own risks and loss control policies and make the decision.
I develop business practices for large industries (including in the past the Trans-Alaska pipeline, et. al.). These industries rely heavily on computers, and each has developed plans and trained their critical personnel for emergencies like power failures, computer failures, etc. Reliance on a single tool to protect safety & environment is bad, m'kay?
Untrue. Again, in the US, if you take something from my shop without paying for it, and I don't call it "theft," you (the Buyer) simply waived your right to negotiate the terms of the sale. If the Seller tries to bill you $1,000 for the box of thumbtacks you took, however, the Uniform Commercial Code allows you to dispute the value by comparing it to the fair market (don't have the exact formulae handy).
If I have evidence you've taken something from me, I invoice it to tell you the value. I do not have to offer you the right to return. Non-response to the invoice would be seen as grounds for suit.
During the course of the Civil action, I could also demand forensic examination of your computer as part of the Discovery process -- which will likely prove the sniffers to be correct. In return, if you think the invoice amount is far, far out of line with industry standards, there are "Common Sense" sections of the UCC that govern what the Seller can ask for as compensation in these implied agreements where no formal price was set.
Nope, not quite. It is more like the RIAA, in that it is empowered by its "members" (per the article) to represent them in anti-piracy causes. As for where the money goes, there are likely by-laws for APG, agreed upon by the members of the consortium, that direct the funds to their final destination -- most likely, back to fund the APG's efforts.
Can't say I'm an expert on the Danes, but if this were the US, that's exactly what they'd be getting ready to do.
Since there was no purchase agreement between the "buyer" and "seller," the seller has to put a dollar value on the product by invoicing the "buyer." This way, they can take the cases to CIVIL court (suing for non-payment under much looser juries -- preponderance of evidence rules instead of reasonable doubt, etc., etc.) instead of waiting for the government to get involved with CRIMINAL charges.
It was funny until I realized this is the sort of system the US gubmint wants to use label people as enemies of the State.... All Hail the Ministry of Homeland Security!
Started with one grocer, has now spread to all of them in my area. No more choices....
I'd buy that argument only if the Advertiser paid for the road...
With domain names (as this case and Nissan vs. Nissan Computers show), whoever has the most money is automatically entitled to the domain name. Cybersquatting should be legal, first come, first served.
And if Verizon accomplishes this feat, what phone company WON'T be selling all of your data? There is MONEY in demographic statistics, because it always pays for itself, and Joe Consumer (millions and millions of Joe Consumers, actually) will always shrug it off and keep spending the money.
(I wonder how many BILLIONS are added to the price of goods in the US just from the cost of companies tracking us?)
Those frequencies are public resources, same as National parks or interstate highways, and their use by companies like Verizon should be subject to regulation/legislation for the public's best interest. If we want to tell them they have to hop on one leg and squawk like a raven to have rights to the frequencies, we should be able to do that.
And no matter what laws we put in place, as long as the MARKET exists, the problem will persist.
The only hope is to make spamming unprofitable... which is highly unlikely in America, but one can hope that we'd eventually evolve to the point that we don't drool over every marketing scam that hits our TV, Mags, Newspapers, Buses, Billboards, Popups, etc., etc.
... is there also, complete with flowchart...."Planned Accomplishments: TBA"
I should have had the tag around most of that. Point being the democrats have been wimpy, spineless little trolls since the entire encroachment campaign began on 9/12. None of them have stood in the way... Too afraid of looking unpopular with themasses. Even though the GOP doesn't have cloture, there'll be no stopping them until its fashionable to say something.
They'd be triangulating more than just credit card purchases at amazon.com, of course -- all of that marketing data, all those mailing/purchasing lists, credit records, etc., etc.
These marketing groups pay billions of dollars in research every year to learn how to control our behavior. Anywhere they can find to track us, they'll pay for, because (demographically) they can use the information to make us do what they want us to do. I no longer talk about my beer in a commercial -- by watching you, I've learned you'll buy more of my beer if I show you a blonde with tight clothing.
A database of this magnitude would give the government an unprecedented tool for designing and implementing propaganda.
Good books/movies on both subjects show that same parallel: "1984"= Communism, "Brazil" = Terrorism as cause of the Surveillance State. (Of course the latter is just a bit more lighthearted about the matter....)
Bush no longer needs to persuade Congress. The House and Senate are both firmly GOP.
Yes, this is the same Iran-Contra Poindexter. He was found guilty, but his conviction was conveniently overturned -- he testified to Congress, and was given clemency.
Cringing in anguish *is* an emotional response, non?
John Cage: famous for using I-Ching as a determinism seed.
This is simply wrong. It is *very* possible to write an equation to describe the chords for an entire song. This is what music theorists do, and it's nothing new. The same mathematical system used to quantify harmony in Bach's day is still in place today, still required (for two years at most schools) at nearly every music school for all students.
(from someone who sat around analyzing that music for five years!)
b.) It isn't genius. It's the most simplistic music theory. Clever, maybe, but not even close to genius.