Boiling the frog may be a good analogy, although it suffers from a bit from having nothing to do with automobiles.
Apple, and 10.10 is going slower and is more nuanced than Microsoft and Windows 8. You have to change these things slowly, test some concepts, polish things - rather than just jump in and announced HI, I'M NEW, OH, YOUR NOT A TABLET? SORRY! (Metro, I'm trying NOT to look at you).
Clearly, everyone is trying for seamless integration of phones / tablets / desktops / clouds. Some good and some bad will come of this, of course. At least with 10.10, things are quite a bit more subtle and Apple has finally moved a few (just a few) degrees from 'my way or the highway' in that there is more customization of UI elements in 10.10 than has been seen in any version of OS X. You can still use an iPhone with a Windows desktop and and a Windows phone with OS X should you desire. The walled garden has a few open gates yet.
As to what will happen in the future, no one knows. Apple ain't saying and I really don't think Microsoft has any idea.....
Out of what, thousands of contacts? If you think you're going to have a war with no casualties, you're foolish. They have also dramatically cut their infection rates over the past 30 days due to improving their system.
It will never be perfect, but it works well and it CHEAP. Did I say cheap? Could even work in third world countries like the US.
Your snarky attitude nonwithstanding, guns indeed made at least one Alaska'n village safe during the 1918 spanish flu epidemic by posting armed guards on the village perimeter and thus ensuring zero contact with the outside world until the threat was over.
In more current times you can also bet your ass, that guns will come to be seen as a very viable means to deal with actual and suspected disease carriers (especially "non-cooperative"), once this or any other epidemic reaches certain proportions. And I suspect, that precisely folks like yourself are among the first to be cheering such use of weapons by others to make YOU safer.;-)
That might have worked for an isolated, subsistence village in Alaska where they could handily survive for months without outside help. For any sort of American village, town or city, not so much. How much 'stuff' does your town store inside? How long can you go without trucks feeding the local WalMart? Do you think that the Powers That Be are going to airdrop stuff to you?
Oh, you're a prepper and you can survive by yourself..... Righto. That pain in the right side of the abdomen, yeah that one. Looks like appendicitis. You saw the YouTube clip from 'The Stand (IIRC)" that had the guy trying to take out someone's appendix with a straight razor blade. Go right ahead....
Well, I will definitely disagree with you. Transporting the patient certainly entails risks, it's not a freebee. Yes, Texas Presbyterian was not particularly prepared but they were dealing with patient zero as far a de novo infections are concerned. It turns out to be non trivial to keep full protections up, technique is very, very important. Therefore, it's not surprising that folks on the bleeding edge of the problem might bleed a bit.
Now, if we have the same problem in a couple of months, then we have issues. That would say that either health care workers are untrainable or there is something in the biology that we don't understand.
Be very sure that health care workers around the work are busily studying the CDC guidelines and protocols and this time, they might actually learn them.
TFA looks very much like a prototype to me. I would imagine that production units would have a slicker way of adjusting the counter weight. But yeah, that thing looks like it would be in way all of the time, especially in the narrow confines of a ship's interior.
You do realize that one thing that the ACA (aka Obamacare) does is take the teeth out of pre existing clauses, do you not? Or are you too busy ranting and raving to actually look at the real world?
You're insane. The insurance companies are at the end of the line here. Things are going to happen way too fast for insurance companies to change their policies, treatments are going to be medically necessary, the only question is whether the extra costs entailed by the infection precautions are going can be charged back to the patient's insurance (likely with a subsequent hissy fit about actually paying it).
No one is going to call Aetna and say 'can we treat Ms. Doe for potential Ebola exposure?' - that's not the way the system works. This sort of thing is something insurance companies hate - fast moving problems that can't rationally be refused. And hospitals are already on the hook for uninsured patients due to the EMTALA laws.
Not to worry, Citizen. Soon, with Ebola coming to your doorstep, you will be stripped naked each and every time you enter a building. And you can be damn sure that we will be monitoring this.
It's time to buff up. Get out of your shop and out to the gym!
Well yes, of course. Google likely used a Dromedary Camel as is standard for most uses. Microsoft would have used a Bactrian camel just to be different. That extra hump would have certainly changed the view.
Camels aren't 'happy' no matter what they are doing or where they are. They are the most mean, cruel and foul tempered ungulates you've ever set eyes on.
Modern wastewater treatment is certainly one of western civilization's major achievements. It cuts down on communicable diseases, enhances human and animal lifetimes and makes the place smell better. However, the technology is perhaps 100 years old at it's core and was never imagined to get rid of the multitude of chemicals that we are currently dumping in the water.
As an AC in a post below this one states "We know that a whole host of chemicals do this, estrogen from birth control pills being just one chemical out of literally hundreds." Some are likely to have noticeable biological effects, others perhaps not. And we certainly have the technology to rid the water of these chemicals, but likely not the political and financial will.
The EPA is constantly changing their requirements for wastewater, typically tightening up on some chemical or another. They are usually hounded left and right when they do that for reasons of economics and politics. Hopefully they can continue doing so, but I'm doubtful of their ability to push for major changes in the current climate (pun intended).
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Boiling the frog may be a good analogy, although it suffers from a bit from having nothing to do with automobiles.
Apple, and 10.10 is going slower and is more nuanced than Microsoft and Windows 8. You have to change these things slowly, test some concepts, polish things - rather than just jump in and announced HI, I'M NEW, OH, YOUR NOT A TABLET? SORRY! (Metro, I'm trying NOT to look at you).
Clearly, everyone is trying for seamless integration of phones / tablets / desktops / clouds. Some good and some bad will come of this, of course. At least with 10.10, things are quite a bit more subtle and Apple has finally moved a few (just a few) degrees from 'my way or the highway' in that there is more customization of UI elements in 10.10 than has been seen in any version of OS X. You can still use an iPhone with a Windows desktop and and a Windows phone with OS X should you desire. The walled garden has a few open gates yet.
As to what will happen in the future, no one knows. Apple ain't saying and I really don't think Microsoft has any idea.....
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
Wrap the rascal!
Out of what, thousands of contacts? If you think you're going to have a war with no casualties, you're foolish. They have also dramatically cut their infection rates over the past 30 days due to improving their system.
It will never be perfect, but it works well and it CHEAP. Did I say cheap? Could even work in third world countries like the US.
"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job....."
Oh, all right. You've got a point.
It was Bush's fault.
Nice try. Multi task much? Hard for individuals - organizations with thousands of people do it all the time.
Your snarky attitude nonwithstanding, guns indeed made at least one Alaska'n village safe during the 1918 spanish flu epidemic by posting armed guards on the village perimeter and thus ensuring zero contact with the outside world until the threat was over.
In more current times you can also bet your ass, that guns will come to be seen as a very viable means to deal with actual and suspected disease carriers (especially "non-cooperative"), once this or any other epidemic reaches certain proportions. And I suspect, that precisely folks like yourself are among the first to be cheering such use of weapons by others to make YOU safer. ;-)
That might have worked for an isolated, subsistence village in Alaska where they could handily survive for months without outside help. For any sort of American village, town or city, not so much. How much 'stuff' does your town store inside? How long can you go without trucks feeding the local WalMart? Do you think that the Powers That Be are going to airdrop stuff to you?
Oh, you're a prepper and you can survive by yourself..... Righto. That pain in the right side of the abdomen, yeah that one. Looks like appendicitis. You saw the YouTube clip from 'The Stand (IIRC)" that had the guy trying to take out someone's appendix with a straight razor blade. Go right ahead....
Yeah, the same people that are attempting to build the F-35.
When in trouble,
Or in doubt.
Run in circles,
Scream and shout.
-- Heinlein
Well, I will definitely disagree with you. Transporting the patient certainly entails risks, it's not a freebee. Yes, Texas Presbyterian was not particularly prepared but they were dealing with patient zero as far a de novo infections are concerned. It turns out to be non trivial to keep full protections up, technique is very, very important. Therefore, it's not surprising that folks on the bleeding edge of the problem might bleed a bit.
Now, if we have the same problem in a couple of months, then we have issues. That would say that either health care workers are untrainable or there is something in the biology that we don't understand.
Be very sure that health care workers around the work are busily studying the CDC guidelines and protocols and this time, they might actually learn them.
TFA looks very much like a prototype to me. I would imagine that production units would have a slicker way of adjusting the counter weight. But yeah, that thing looks like it would be in way all of the time, especially in the narrow confines of a ship's interior.
You do realize that one thing that the ACA (aka Obamacare) does is take the teeth out of pre existing clauses, do you not? Or are you too busy ranting and raving to actually look at the real world?
You're insane. The insurance companies are at the end of the line here. Things are going to happen way too fast for insurance companies to change their policies, treatments are going to be medically necessary, the only question is whether the extra costs entailed by the infection precautions are going can be charged back to the patient's insurance (likely with a subsequent hissy fit about actually paying it).
No one is going to call Aetna and say 'can we treat Ms. Doe for potential Ebola exposure?' - that's not the way the system works. This sort of thing is something insurance companies hate - fast moving problems that can't rationally be refused. And hospitals are already on the hook for uninsured patients due to the EMTALA laws.
Not to worry, Citizen. Soon, with Ebola coming to your doorstep, you will be stripped naked each and every time you enter a building. And you can be damn sure that we will be monitoring this.
It's time to buff up. Get out of your shop and out to the gym!
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Well yes, of course. Google likely used a Dromedary Camel as is standard for most uses. Microsoft would have used a Bactrian camel just to be different. That extra hump would have certainly changed the view.
Oops. STOP THE PReSSES!
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So have I, along with the majority of drivers in rural America. I'm still working at my first pedestrian in a wheelchair, though.
Indeed.
Camels aren't 'happy' no matter what they are doing or where they are. They are the most mean, cruel and foul tempered ungulates you've ever set eyes on.
It probably got to spit on it's handlers, something you likely have never been able to get away with.
Rule 1: Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
Modern wastewater treatment is certainly one of western civilization's major achievements. It cuts down on communicable diseases, enhances human and animal lifetimes and makes the place smell better. However, the technology is perhaps 100 years old at it's core and was never imagined to get rid of the multitude of chemicals that we are currently dumping in the water.
As an AC in a post below this one states "We know that a whole host of chemicals do this, estrogen from birth control pills being just one chemical out of literally hundreds." Some are likely to have noticeable biological effects, others perhaps not. And we certainly have the technology to rid the water of these chemicals, but likely not the political and financial will.
The EPA is constantly changing their requirements for wastewater, typically tightening up on some chemical or another. They are usually hounded left and right when they do that for reasons of economics and politics. Hopefully they can continue doing so, but I'm doubtful of their ability to push for major changes in the current climate (pun intended).