Yes. McKessen PACS. It's huge, used all over and will absolutely fail if Java 1.4 is upgraded to Java 1.6. Welcome to the hell that is Medical Technology.
Seriously, I've seen contact information for everyone from the Janitor to the President of the Board but what I want is contact information for the G.i.C. (Geek in Chief). SOMEONE implemented this technology for the district, maintained it, and even trained the Pointy Haired Administrators on how to use it. That means that at least one person, more likely a team, of I.T. people were involved in this at all stages.
I'd like to ask these people why they never saw fit to let anyone know what was happening? Did they think it was a good idea? Were they scared for their job or contract? Were they just so ecstatic at the idea of a digital girls locker room that they willingly participated?
It's disturbing to me, as an I.T. Professional, that the I.T. people involved weren't waving red flags left, right, and center. They should have informed _someone_ that this capability was not only implemented but was actively being USED.
Excuse Mr. Durden but my reply is going to be rude as it's the best way I've found to make my point on Mr. Jone's quote.
Durden: Have you in fact been sleeping with my wife?
Buelldozer: Yes, but only just. I calculated the trend for the period 1995 to 2009. This trend is positive but not at the 95% significance level. I mean Mr. Durden you are still sleeping with your wife almost 95% of night and I'm only doing so at just less than the 5% level.
Do you see my point here? The only word in my whole conjectured reply that would matter to you is the FIRST one. Everything after the affirmative response "Yes" is likely to fall on deaf ears. Everything after the yes is there to try and reduce the meaning of the core response.
Your comment that you don't believe it made me chuckle. WHY don't you believe it? This seems to me to be precisely the kind of thing that Apple would try and get away with.
I have a serious question. If the stations are "bad" as is claimed then WHY are you collecting data from them AT ALL?
For example if the temperature gauge in my car were "bad" and continuously giving me erroneous readings I wouldn't ignore it. I'd do what any right thinking person would do and FIX it, probably by replacing the sensor.
Don't throw away data, replace the faulty sensors! Replace failed equipment. If the location is bad then move it to somewhere more suitable.
Whatever you do don't automatically throw away data claiming that it's junk and should be ignored. This just _reeks_ of data manipulation, specifically it suggests that they are throwing away data that doesn't fit their hypothesis.
Please point me to 10 of these "thousands of studies" that have confirmed that the client is changing AND that humans are responsible as I am unaware of any. If there are thousands of them then it should be trivial for you to link me to a mere ten.
Interesting you should mention "atmospheric moisture" since, contrary to popular belief, CO2 is not the best greenhouse gas. Water, in the form of humidity, is!
According to the IPCC, steam accounts for 36-70 percent of the greenhouse effect.
What I'm increasingly concerned about is all of this talk about reversing it at all!
It's been show that a warmer client is actually GOOD for humans and most other species.
The majority of the "bad" comes from swamping coastal cities and some small islands. It would appear that on balance MOST of humanity would benefit from a moderate increase in global temperature.
From the logical, needs of the many, view what exactly is the problem here that needs to be 'solved'?
Cisco is still in business because of their marketing department.
For small to medium business a linux firewall works but a Sonicwall product has arguable merit. It requires less electricity to use, is easier to manage by any technician that walks in the door, USEFUL support contracts are available at minimal cost, and I challenge you to assemble a content filter / antispyare / antimalware / gateway antivirus solution on Linux that is anywhere close to as good.
No I don't work for SonicWall and to be honest I really hate some of their design decisions, but they do have some considerable have advantages over a "roll your own" Linux Gateway solution.
Ridiculous. I've seen single transactions of greater than 30,000 between different Wells Fargo account holders. In fact I did it myself twice late last year.
You were either being lied to or your customer was.
I know, replying to an AC and all that, but I hate iTunes so bad I'm going to do it anyway.
I like the iPod touch and would like to have one for myself but I absolutely, positively, 100% WILL NOT buy an iPod as long as I'm forced to use iTunes. It's just not going to fucking happen. I am advising my friends and family not to buy them either, based SOLELY on how terrible iTunes is.
Once I'm forced to use iTunes a few more times my hatred will probably reach the level of a holy war.
My mother gave my son a 32G iPod touch for Christmas. The iPod itself is a fantastic piece of gear but every time I have to launch iTunes to sync music into it I go on a 15 minute profanity riddled rant. iTunes is buggy, slow, and generally the biggest pile of shit software that I am forced to use. To say that I hate it with the intensity of a thousand burning stars would be an _understatement_.
Why, oh why, won't Apple let me push music to it like every other, non-Apple, media player that we own?
Steve Jobs deserves to be kicked in the DICK for this, hard.
Where did you get that idea? It's quite common for someone who has been shot to continue standing and even firing their weapon. Only in the movies does one shot consistently "drop" the bad guy.
Probably close to true in real life as well unless the Uzi wielder has had training and extensive practice. Uzi's, like most automatic weaponry, fall victim to muzzle climb. In a nutshell unless you know WTF you're doing anything past your 2nd or 3rd round is going to be seriously off target.
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You should be modded to +50. If HALF of the information from that page is true then Mike Perbix is one twisted son of a bitch.
Yes. McKessen PACS. It's huge, used all over and will absolutely fail if Java 1.4 is upgraded to Java 1.6. Welcome to the hell that is Medical Technology.
Seriously, I've seen contact information for everyone from the Janitor to the President of the Board but what I want is contact information for the G.i.C. (Geek in Chief). SOMEONE implemented this technology for the district, maintained it, and even trained the Pointy Haired Administrators on how to use it. That means that at least one person, more likely a team, of I.T. people were involved in this at all stages.
I'd like to ask these people why they never saw fit to let anyone know what was happening? Did they think it was a good idea? Were they scared for their job or contract? Were they just so ecstatic at the idea of a digital girls locker room that they willingly participated?
It's disturbing to me, as an I.T. Professional, that the I.T. people involved weren't waving red flags left, right, and center. They should have informed _someone_ that this capability was not only implemented but was actively being USED.
Actually climate IS weather, it's just weather with an indeterminate time scale. :-D
Excuse Mr. Durden but my reply is going to be rude as it's the best way I've found to make my point on Mr. Jone's quote.
Durden: Have you in fact been sleeping with my wife?
Buelldozer: Yes, but only just. I calculated the trend for the period 1995 to 2009. This trend is positive but not at the 95% significance level. I mean Mr. Durden you are still sleeping with your wife almost 95% of night and I'm only doing so at just less than the 5% level.
Do you see my point here? The only word in my whole conjectured reply that would matter to you is the FIRST one. Everything after the affirmative response "Yes" is likely to fall on deaf ears. Everything after the yes is there to try and reduce the meaning of the core response.
BTW, tell your wife Hello for me! :-D
Yes the Constitution does have a process for dealing with situations outside the founders vision. That process is called AMENDMENTS.
How about instead of throwing "teabagger" insults you instead encourage the Federal Government to work within its legally provided framework?
100 mb/sec will be your link speed however actual throughput will still be in the sub 1mb/s range just as it is now.
See, problem solved!
So they found something in 4 of 7 B samples. They found NOTHING in 7 of 7 A samples.
Sounds like the test is bullshit. Results appear non-repeatable with identical samples.
That's not Science, it's a witch hunt.
Your comment that you don't believe it made me chuckle. WHY don't you believe it? This seems to me to be precisely the kind of thing that Apple would try and get away with.
I have a serious question. If the stations are "bad" as is claimed then WHY are you collecting data from them AT ALL?
For example if the temperature gauge in my car were "bad" and continuously giving me erroneous readings I wouldn't ignore it. I'd do what any right thinking person would do and FIX it, probably by replacing the sensor.
Don't throw away data, replace the faulty sensors! Replace failed equipment. If the location is bad then move it to somewhere more suitable.
Whatever you do don't automatically throw away data claiming that it's junk and should be ignored. This just _reeks_ of data manipulation, specifically it suggests that they are throwing away data that doesn't fit their hypothesis.
Please point me to 10 of these "thousands of studies" that have confirmed that the client is changing AND that humans are responsible as I am unaware of any. If there are thousands of them then it should be trivial for you to link me to a mere ten.
Interesting you should mention "atmospheric moisture" since, contrary to popular belief, CO2 is not the best greenhouse gas. Water, in the form of humidity, is!
According to the IPCC, steam accounts for 36-70 percent of the greenhouse effect.
Hmmmm.
I thought that scientific studies had conclusively shown that CO2 rise *follows* temperature and not the other way around?
What I'm increasingly concerned about is all of this talk about reversing it at all!
It's been show that a warmer client is actually GOOD for humans and most other species.
The majority of the "bad" comes from swamping coastal cities and some small islands. It would appear that on balance MOST of humanity would benefit from a moderate increase in global temperature.
From the logical, needs of the many, view what exactly is the problem here that needs to be 'solved'?
How can you be modded insightful when you're so completely wrong?
Just how in the HELL do you get off saying earmarks are a "Republican" thing?
I'll match you tit for tat with Democrats.
Get off your partisan horse.
Cisco is still in business because of their marketing department.
For small to medium business a linux firewall works but a Sonicwall product has arguable merit. It requires less electricity to use, is easier to manage by any technician that walks in the door, USEFUL support contracts are available at minimal cost, and I challenge you to assemble a content filter / antispyare / antimalware / gateway antivirus solution on Linux that is anywhere close to as good.
No I don't work for SonicWall and to be honest I really hate some of their design decisions, but they do have some considerable have advantages over a "roll your own" Linux Gateway solution.
Ridiculous. I've seen single transactions of greater than 30,000 between different Wells Fargo account holders. In fact I did it myself twice late last year.
You were either being lied to or your customer was.
I know, replying to an AC and all that, but I hate iTunes so bad I'm going to do it anyway.
I like the iPod touch and would like to have one for myself but I absolutely, positively, 100% WILL NOT buy an iPod as long as I'm forced to use iTunes. It's just not going to fucking happen. I am advising my friends and family not to buy them either, based SOLELY on how terrible iTunes is.
Once I'm forced to use iTunes a few more times my hatred will probably reach the level of a holy war.
My mother gave my son a 32G iPod touch for Christmas. The iPod itself is a fantastic piece of gear but every time I have to launch iTunes to sync music into it I go on a 15 minute profanity riddled rant. iTunes is buggy, slow, and generally the biggest pile of shit software that I am forced to use. To say that I hate it with the intensity of a thousand burning stars would be an _understatement_.
Why, oh why, won't Apple let me push music to it like every other, non-Apple, media player that we own?
Steve Jobs deserves to be kicked in the DICK for this, hard.
Where did you get that idea? It's quite common for someone who has been shot to continue standing and even firing their weapon. Only in the movies does one shot consistently "drop" the bad guy.
Probably close to true in real life as well unless the Uzi wielder has had training and extensive practice. Uzi's, like most automatic weaponry, fall victim to muzzle climb. In a nutshell unless you know WTF you're doing anything past your 2nd or 3rd round is going to be seriously off target.
Tueller drill. So very few civilians, and even LEO, understand what it really means.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tueller_Drill
Unless your gun is in you hand with the safety off anything within 21' of you is a serious safety concern.
If you're interested you can see video on youtube. Just search on "Tueller Drill".
That line from William Munny was quintessential Clint Eastwood and it made me shiver down to my soul.
Of everything in your post it's the expanding of the House of Representatives that I most agree with.
This web article, http://www.gmu.edu/depts/economics/wew/articles/08/PoliticalMonopolyPower.htm , explains more clearly than I could WHY we should do this.