At the risk of feeding a troll, I see that you don't seem to use your brain. A.C.
What I was posting info about was the quote at the end with the possibility of misuse. That possibility is so close to 0 it's not even worth mentioning. I have only worked in this industry since 1991.
And there is a huge difference between "brain stimulation" and "deep brain stimulation". Brain stimulation is though a nerve going into the brain like with the Epileptic Stimulator to the Vegus nerve. Deep brain is putting an electrode deep inside the brain.
Either way it, to me (not a Dr. but an engineer) I'm just asked to creat a constat current source or a voltage differental for a time every so often. And that is all these devices to. They are programmable to deliver differnt pulses, but there is nothing that could be considered misuse. These are VERY simple devices.
Heck, the top physicians in the world don't even understand exactly why this stuff works, but it does.
And I'll bet the people that get implanted with the devices that I work on are very glad I use my brain and test the heck out of these things. To make sure it's supposed to do exactly what I mean it to do and only that.
And I prey every day that I never need one of these devices. What these things cure (Epilisy, Parkinsons, Chronic Pain, etc....) are really rough illnesses. My heart goes out to those who have them.
I work as a software engineer for the second biggest medical electronics company in that field (Medtronic being the biggest). I can't speak for them, but nothing goes into an implant that is not supposed to be there for functionality of what it's designed for. With the FDA constantly looking at us, we verify and validate the heck out of these things. My boss actually developed the Epileptic Stimulator pretty much all by himself back in the late 80's and early 90's. It's gone though through testing since then. It takes forever for this stuff to get put into a human.
And these things are real simple. If you saw the code in these, there is no way they could do anything "evil". There is just enough code to keep time and shock the nerve ever so often, and some user settings.
In order to make these last longer than a few months, the processor is clocked down into the khz and just enough code to get the job done and that's it. In this business it's all about how long the device will last till it has to get explanted. There is no way we would give up longevity for having some government mind control v-chip or something.
And I'm not a Dr. but I think the electrical shock doesn't trevel that far, it starts getting "absorbed" as it traveles, so danger to the heart from a nerve stim is pretty much nil.
In fact they even see that people who use the Epileptic Stimulator also seem to have a better mood. They think that no only will it help against tremmors, and parkenson's but depression as well.
I suppose that if you let your mind run away with you, you could see the potential misuse in just about anything. But with how simple these are and how we want to sell these to help people (and profit) we don't want any bad press, we want people to want these. And there is no way something "bad" could be put in these with no one noticing. And if it got out, it could ruin a company. And I know that we woudln't want that to happen. I feel bad, cause I see how these help people in Europe and the FDA takes such a long time to convence that people suffer while we are jumping though hoops for them. I know people who could be helped now. I guess it's good for lots of testing though.:)
As an owner of a 1998 VMax, I would say you are safer on a CBR than the VMax. It will beat a CBR 600 in a drag race. And the power is amazing. But it's huge and heavy and doesn't handle nearly as well. Also you can't stop as fast. I think it's a dangerous bike, in the wrong hands. It has so much power and the rest of the bike isn't good enough to deal with it unless you have a long road with no curves.
I would still recommend owning one. The acceleration is AWESOME!
I don't know about ordering from Griffen. But my friend just ordered an iPod a week or so ago. And he ordered an iTrip from the apple store. They shipped both the next day. He had both 2 days after. You might want to try ordering it from Apple.
I thought it was something more like....
Walk into the building, go to the superintendent and say "Hey, if you tell me how tall this building is, I will give you this lovely pen."
Actually the article says that they are going to remove the "Send Show" option, which only shares the show over the internet with other people. They said nothing about removing the ability to record something on one replay in your house and play it on another, which is what I think you were talking about.
That easy archiving feature with the Replay will be it's one final point it holds over TIVO. I know it's possible with a TIVO, but it's super easy with a Replay.
I personally wouldn't have bought the Replay without the features they are removing, I would have bought a TIVO.
I really love the Replay and I'm upset that they are putting all this effort to crush them. My VCR records shows and will automatically skip the commercials. And I guess there could be a problem with sending shows over the internet. I have needed it a few times. I forgot to set something up to record and someone sent it to me. Who cares if it was recorded off my TV or someone elses. It's no different than having my parents record something and send me the tape, but I guess Big Brother is against anything that would make my life easier.
At the same time the government is making a national do not call list against telemarketers, they are letting some companies attack others that are producing something rather useful. And look at the quantities of these Replay's that they are selling, very few people are buying them (compaired to the amount of TIVO's or DVD players or VCRs). All this work over an idea that these machines are "evil" or used for breaking the law. I guess some people could, by not paying for HBO and getting some show from HBO sent to them, but the number is so minimal and it takes about 3 days to send a single show, who really cares about? I think they are wasting too much time going after too small of a target.
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At the risk of feeding a troll, I see that you don't seem to use your brain. A.C.
What I was posting info about was the quote at the end with the possibility of misuse. That possibility is so close to 0 it's not even worth mentioning. I have only worked in this industry since 1991.
And there is a huge difference between "brain stimulation" and "deep brain stimulation". Brain stimulation is though a nerve going into the brain like with the Epileptic Stimulator to the Vegus nerve. Deep brain is putting an electrode deep inside the brain.
Either way it, to me (not a Dr. but an engineer) I'm just asked to creat a constat current source or a voltage differental for a time every so often. And that is all these devices to. They are programmable to deliver differnt pulses, but there is nothing that could be considered misuse. These are VERY simple devices.
Heck, the top physicians in the world don't even understand exactly why this stuff works, but it does.
And I'll bet the people that get implanted with the devices that I work on are very glad I use my brain and test the heck out of these things. To make sure it's supposed to do exactly what I mean it to do and only that.
And I prey every day that I never need one of these devices. What these things cure (Epilisy, Parkinsons, Chronic Pain, etc....) are really rough illnesses. My heart goes out to those who have them.
I work as a software engineer for the second biggest medical electronics company in that field (Medtronic being the biggest). I can't speak for them, but nothing goes into an implant that is not supposed to be there for functionality of what it's designed for. With the FDA constantly looking at us, we verify and validate the heck out of these things. My boss actually developed the Epileptic Stimulator pretty much all by himself back in the late 80's and early 90's. It's gone though through testing since then. It takes forever for this stuff to get put into a human. And these things are real simple. If you saw the code in these, there is no way they could do anything "evil". There is just enough code to keep time and shock the nerve ever so often, and some user settings. In order to make these last longer than a few months, the processor is clocked down into the khz and just enough code to get the job done and that's it. In this business it's all about how long the device will last till it has to get explanted. There is no way we would give up longevity for having some government mind control v-chip or something. And I'm not a Dr. but I think the electrical shock doesn't trevel that far, it starts getting "absorbed" as it traveles, so danger to the heart from a nerve stim is pretty much nil. In fact they even see that people who use the Epileptic Stimulator also seem to have a better mood. They think that no only will it help against tremmors, and parkenson's but depression as well. I suppose that if you let your mind run away with you, you could see the potential misuse in just about anything. But with how simple these are and how we want to sell these to help people (and profit) we don't want any bad press, we want people to want these. And there is no way something "bad" could be put in these with no one noticing. And if it got out, it could ruin a company. And I know that we woudln't want that to happen. I feel bad, cause I see how these help people in Europe and the FDA takes such a long time to convence that people suffer while we are jumping though hoops for them. I know people who could be helped now. I guess it's good for lots of testing though. :)
As an owner of a 1998 VMax, I would say you are safer on a CBR than the VMax. It will beat a CBR 600 in a drag race. And the power is amazing. But it's huge and heavy and doesn't handle nearly as well. Also you can't stop as fast. I think it's a dangerous bike, in the wrong hands. It has so much power and the rest of the bike isn't good enough to deal with it unless you have a long road with no curves. I would still recommend owning one. The acceleration is AWESOME!
I don't know about ordering from Griffen. But my friend just ordered an iPod a week or so ago. And he ordered an iTrip from the apple store. They shipped both the next day. He had both 2 days after. You might want to try ordering it from Apple.
I thought it was something more like.... Walk into the building, go to the superintendent and say "Hey, if you tell me how tall this building is, I will give you this lovely pen."
Actually the article says that they are going to remove the "Send Show" option, which only shares the show over the internet with other people. They said nothing about removing the ability to record something on one replay in your house and play it on another, which is what I think you were talking about.
That easy archiving feature with the Replay will be it's one final point it holds over TIVO. I know it's possible with a TIVO, but it's super easy with a Replay.
I personally wouldn't have bought the Replay without the features they are removing, I would have bought a TIVO.
I really love the Replay and I'm upset that they are putting all this effort to crush them. My VCR records shows and will automatically skip the commercials. And I guess there could be a problem with sending shows over the internet. I have needed it a few times. I forgot to set something up to record and someone sent it to me. Who cares if it was recorded off my TV or someone elses. It's no different than having my parents record something and send me the tape, but I guess Big Brother is against anything that would make my life easier.
At the same time the government is making a national do not call list against telemarketers, they are letting some companies attack others that are producing something rather useful. And look at the quantities of these Replay's that they are selling, very few people are buying them (compaired to the amount of TIVO's or DVD players or VCRs). All this work over an idea that these machines are "evil" or used for breaking the law. I guess some people could, by not paying for HBO and getting some show from HBO sent to them, but the number is so minimal and it takes about 3 days to send a single show, who really cares about? I think they are wasting too much time going after too small of a target.