It's not just the life of the astronaut. It's the vehicle and payload as well.
I'm not sure what the various payloads travelling along with, but one of them, Hubble, cost ~$2.5 billion. You might be willing to spend significant amounts of cash to make sure it got into orbit safely, and maintained there, so that that investment wasn't wasted and you wouldn't have to start over from scratch. Ditto for the shuttle or whatever vehicle you are going to use if it's reusable. I think that alters the equation from "2.5 billion for an astronaut".
No, because I that would violate HIPAA laws if I did that. I recieve many emails that contain patient information. I need to reply back to them on the same mail server system that they originated from. Passing the emails to/through a foreign system is not acceptable. Most hospital systems I work with will automatically block any emails sent to outside addresses if the email seem to include HIPAA data in the content filters. Those must be sent through other, more secure means.
The be sure to CYA, because they are failing at determining what is and is not PHI. The IRB and lawyers at our hospital would not let that one pass at all.
The following identifiers of the individual or of relatives, employers, or household members of the individual must be removed to achieve the Ãoesafe harborà method of de-identification: (A) Names; (B) All geographic subdivisions smaller than a State, including street address, city, county, precinct, zip code, and their equivalent geocodes, except for the initial three digits of a zip code if, according to the current publicly available data from the Bureau of Census (1) the geographic units formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains more than 20,000 people; and (2) the initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000; (C) All elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to the individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death; and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older; (D) Telephone numbers; (E) Fax numbers; (F) Electronic mail addresses: (G) Social security numbers; (H) Medical record numbers; (I) Health plan beneficiary numbers; (J) Account numbers; (K) Certificate/license numbers; (L) Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers; (M) Device identifiers and serial numbers; (N) Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs); (O) Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers; (P) Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints; (Q) Full face photographic images and any comparable images; and î any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code, except as permitted for re-identification purposes provided certain conditions are met. In addition to the removal of the above-stated identifiers, the covered entity may not have actual knowledge that the remaining information could be used alone or in combination with any other information to identify an individual who is subject of the information. 45 C.F.R. à 164.514(b).
And calling you up with instructions and giving them to anyone there is a violation.
The following identifiers of the individual or of relatives, employers, or household members of the individual must be removed to achieve the âoesafe harborâ method of de-identification: (A) Names; (B) All geographic subdivisions smaller than a State, including street address, city, county, precinct, zip code, and their equivalent geocodes, except for the initial three digits of a zip code if, according to the current publicly available data from the Bureau of Census (1) the geographic units formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains more than 20,000 people; and (2) the initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000; (C) All elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to the individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death; and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older; (D) Telephone numbers; (E) Fax numbers; (F) Electronic mail addresses: (G) Social security numbers; (H) Medical record numbers; (I) Health plan beneficiary numbers; (J) Account numbers; (K) Certificate/license numbers; (L) Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers; (M) Device identifiers and serial numbers; (N) Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs); (O) Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers; (P) Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints; (Q) Full face photographic images and any comparable images; and ® any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code, except as permitted for re-identification purposes provided certain conditions are met. In addition to the removal of the above-stated identifiers, the covered entity may not have actual knowledge that the remaining information could be used alone or in combination with any other information to identify an individual who is subject of the information. 45 C.F.R.  164.514(b).
My "large profit health system" implemented the same thing. Didn't bother telling me ahead of time. I do not appreciate a robocaller calling my office (where several people work) and not bothering to ask for me, it just starts spouting that I "have an appointment with..." and the details and any special instructions to whoever happens to pick up the phone. I consider it a violation of HIPAA to do that. Some of the details are pretty specific, and there is no way to be sure I'll ever get the message.
If they are doing that then they ARE in violation of HIPAA. Tell them to kill that system, or report them.
According to the article, the hackers may have gotten the salt, which was also on the machine. You sound extremely defensive, do you work for the company or something?
Yes, and Netflix was out for a lot of folks yesterday and today even though alot of folks pay for it, because of massive power outages due to storms. Are you going to bitch about that too because, "OMG, an Internet service went down!"
What's that got to due with a bug in an OS? Your story comprehension is as good as your reading comprehension.
Did you see whqt they are doing for Windows 8? It's a tablet interface. It's a total mess for a desktop OS IMHO, but MS is definitly going full-bore for that space. They definitely are willing and definitely are going to take huge losses. If it's going to pan out or not is the big question.
I'm sure lots of folks wouldn't want it either. No need to do it then.
Lots of others of us love the feature. I typically have about 25 + apps/windows running at once. I used to do what MS found a lot of people doing. The would open applications up in the same order every time they logged in so that the apps would be in the same general location in the tasbar. Keeping them ordered saves a lot of time hunting for the app you know is already running. By having the high use apps already pinned, you now know where they are going to be.
REAL editors are nerds. Absolutely no one on the/. staff is deserving of the title Editor. CutNPasteWithoutReading Monkey is the title they actually deserve.
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Are you paying google? If not, it's not surprising, and perfectly natural, that you should be the product.
Never assume they are doing anything for your benifit. They aren't. 'Do no evil' stopped forever when they started having shareholders to answer to.
Which are pretty much worthless to 99% of users. For most folks, 2003 will do everything they need.
It's not just the life of the astronaut. It's the vehicle and payload as well.
I'm not sure what the various payloads travelling along with, but one of them, Hubble, cost ~$2.5 billion. You might be willing to spend significant amounts of cash to make sure it got into orbit safely, and maintained there, so that that investment wasn't wasted and you wouldn't have to start over from scratch. Ditto for the shuttle or whatever vehicle you are going to use if it's reusable. I think that alters the equation from "2.5 billion for an astronaut".
No, because I that would violate HIPAA laws if I did that. I recieve many emails that contain patient information. I need to reply back to them on the same mail server system that they originated from. Passing the emails to/through a foreign system is not acceptable. Most hospital systems I work with will automatically block any emails sent to outside addresses if the email seem to include HIPAA data in the content filters. Those must be sent through other, more secure means.
Gmail is *NOT* the answer to everything.
It's has been available as a public beta for a few months. I tried it out and hated it.
You? Your pretty much a 'I only use google products' hipster.
Lots of us have many mail accounts, and many/most/all of them are not with Google. A good mail client is invaluable when you use many mail servers.
The be sure to CYA, because they are failing at determining what is and is not PHI. The IRB and lawyers at our hospital would not let that one pass at all.
The following identifiers of the individual or of relatives, employers, or household members of the individual must be removed to achieve the Ãoesafe harborà method of de-identification: (A) Names; (B) All geographic subdivisions smaller than a State, including street address, city, county, precinct, zip code, and their equivalent geocodes, except for the initial three digits of a zip code if, according to the current publicly available data from the Bureau of Census (1) the geographic units formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains more than 20,000 people; and (2) the initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000; (C) All elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to the individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death; and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older; (D) Telephone numbers; (E) Fax numbers; (F) Electronic mail addresses: (G) Social security numbers; (H) Medical record numbers; (I) Health plan beneficiary numbers; (J) Account numbers; (K) Certificate/license numbers; (L) Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers; (M) Device identifiers and serial numbers; (N) Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs); (O) Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers; (P) Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints; (Q) Full face photographic images and any comparable images; and î any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code, except as permitted for re-identification purposes provided certain conditions are met. In addition to the removal of the above-stated identifiers, the covered entity may not have actual knowledge that the remaining information could be used alone or in combination with any other information to identify an individual who is subject of the information. 45 C.F.R. à 164.514(b).
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/summary/index.html [hhs.gov]
And calling you up with instructions and giving them to anyone there is a violation.
The following identifiers of the individual or of relatives, employers, or household members of the individual must be removed to achieve the âoesafe harborâ method of de-identification: (A) Names; (B) All geographic subdivisions smaller than a State, including street address, city, county, precinct, zip code, and their equivalent geocodes, except for the initial three digits of a zip code if, according to the current publicly available data from the Bureau of Census (1) the geographic units formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains more than 20,000 people; and (2) the initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000; (C) All elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to the individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death; and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older; (D) Telephone numbers; (E) Fax numbers; (F) Electronic mail addresses: (G) Social security numbers; (H) Medical record numbers; (I) Health plan beneficiary numbers; (J) Account numbers; (K) Certificate/license numbers; (L) Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers; (M) Device identifiers and serial numbers; (N) Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs); (O) Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers; (P) Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints; (Q) Full face photographic images and any comparable images; and ® any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code, except as permitted for re-identification purposes provided certain conditions are met. In addition to the removal of the above-stated identifiers, the covered entity may not have actual knowledge that the remaining information could be used alone or in combination with any other information to identify an individual who is subject of the information. 45 C.F.R.  164.514(b).
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/summary/index.html
And ask anyone old enough to remember the oil shortages and gas lines of the 1970's how that may work out for you one day.
My "large profit health system" implemented the same thing. Didn't bother telling me ahead of time. I do not appreciate a robocaller calling my office (where several people work) and not bothering to ask for me, it just starts spouting that I "have an appointment with ..." and the details and any special instructions to whoever happens to pick up the phone. I consider it a violation of HIPAA to do that. Some of the details are pretty specific, and there is no way to be sure I'll ever get the message.
If they are doing that then they ARE in violation of HIPAA. Tell them to kill that system, or report them.
According to the article, the hackers may have gotten the salt, which was also on the machine. You sound extremely defensive, do you work for the company or something?
Why should anyone on /. turn off their rigs? It's nice and cool in our parent's basements.
It does when one of them make use of public space others aren't allowed access to in order to provide the service the contract stipulates.
Yes, you are right. I remembered that shortly after I posted. You could also weigh them vs a duck, because ducks float!
Then the dinosaurs died in a flood.
Why? Were they witches?
You don't need to rule the world, just the U.S.
In Europe, everything is GSM and folks can buy new phone with no contract willi-nilli, just swap in their SIM card and off they go.
Yes, and Netflix was out for a lot of folks yesterday and today even though alot of folks pay for it, because of massive power outages due to storms. Are you going to bitch about that too because, "OMG, an Internet service went down!"
What's that got to due with a bug in an OS? Your story comprehension is as good as your reading comprehension.
Congrats on your epic reading comprehension/what-day-is-today fail.
To avoid upgrading your desktop to a new OS with crappy tablet UI (Windows 8), you recommend upgrading to a new OS with a crappy tablet UI (Ubuntu)???
Mint Linux, etc, would likely be a more comfortable upgrade for most folks.
Did you see whqt they are doing for Windows 8? It's a tablet interface. It's a total mess for a desktop OS IMHO, but MS is definitly going full-bore for that space. They definitely are willing and definitely are going to take huge losses. If it's going to pan out or not is the big question.
Windows 8 is going to go over worse than Vista with these ham-fisted changes trying to put a phone/tablet interface on a desktop.
I'm sure lots of folks wouldn't want it either. No need to do it then.
Lots of others of us love the feature. I typically have about 25 + apps/windows running at once. I used to do what MS found a lot of people doing. The would open applications up in the same order every time they logged in so that the apps would be in the same general location in the tasbar. Keeping them ordered saves a lot of time hunting for the app you know is already running. By having the high use apps already pinned, you now know where they are going to be.
Right-click on the pinned app brings up a menu which will let you close the app, start another instance of the app, etc
REAL editors are nerds. Absolutely no one on the /. staff is deserving of the title Editor. CutNPasteWithoutReading Monkey is the title they actually deserve.
Yeah, the last REP who got us into 2 wars costing trillions and pissing away any international good will was just sooooo much better...