What the fuck is up with the 'Ads Disabled' feature being broken since last night? It's like/. is doing everything they can to drive away long time users.
Never ascribe to malevolence that which can be adequately accounted for by incompetence.
Death is reserved for people who are unable to reform and function in society, who are unable to function within the prison system, and who are unable to be medicated into submission for their natural lives.
Well, you just described your average politician so I'm not sure what your beef is.
You sure you didn't cancel your membership to the AARP?
This was posted in the proceedings of the Geological Society of America, Not the American Academy for the Advance of Science (AAAS).
* For those of you fine Slashdotters not of the American persuasion, the AARP used to be called the American Association of Retired Persons, likely to differentiate itself from the AAA, the American Automobile Association. Now it appears to be just called AARP.
Peer review is not a crutch. It is a necessary, but not sufficient check and balance. That said, the peer reviewers MAY have performed less than admirably (hey, it happens). The part that really has turned up under closer review is her methodology is awful. Peer reviewers tend to work along the assumption that the researcher knows what they are doing. That assumption appears to be incorrect (recall the first three letters of the word). Looking a detailed Materials and Methods is amazingly boring and often not even possible because editors don't want to 'waste' space in their precious journal having somebody detail where they got a reagent from or exactly how they (supposedly) did things.
There is an increasing trend to require authors to put such details in the paper. Typically in a web based supplement (so it doesn't waste space in the precious journal). This trend has started for precisely these reasons.
Nature is going to eat some deserved crow on this one. Fortunately, that is the time tested recipe for improvement.
I just got my wife another iPhone 4S to replace the dead 3GS. It cost $22. As long as you stay away from the bleeding edge, all of these things are essentially disposable. If I knew I could snag a new 4S for that cheap I might have foregone messing with the battery in my own 4S.
To be fair, it is a bit backwards From The Way It Has Always Been Done. You don't attach a file to an email (since iOS doesn't like the idea of free floating 'files' running around and contaminating things), you use the app that created the data to take the data from that app and move it somewhere else (in this case via email).
You don't think of it as moving or emailing a file. That is doubleplusungood.
I work for a municipality with 10 million residents and I've been tasked with exploring the idea that in return for city services that we restrict access to certain churches willing to pay us for enhanced access to the residents. I'm wondering what slashdot thinks of this idea
Certain 'churches'? If your municipality is in the US, I foresee a discussion with an ACLU lawyer in short order. In fact, you might want to call them ahead of time.
She was told 'no' because she went through a carefully thought out and vetted process designed to deal with a very limited supply of a very important item (an organ). The parents decided to escalate the issue and brought the courts in - which was completely inappropriate (if understandable). This was a 'think of the cute little child' moment and had nothing to do with 'death panels' or rationing.
So, unwrap your panties. Life is more complex than cleaning out the bong.
Except that Oracle's serial incompetence is hardly new or hardly news. At least to us superior folk here on Slashdot. We've been whining about those idiots long before it became fashionable.
Still, Larry manages to buy and island and run around on his mega yacht.
If the goddamned medical community is so concerned about this, they can come up with a web site that's peer reviewed by their selected group of experts and pretends to be the last word on medical data.
No such animal. Even the 'reference article' on a particular condition (say, community acquired pneumonia) will have controversies and areas where the data just doesn't exist or doesn't agree. I've listened to numerous lectures where one faction of said committee argues vehemently with another about points that will eventually get printed as a 'consensus' statement. It's just the nature of the complexity of the topic and our fundamentally limited understanding of biology.
Besides, it's just a bunch of Osteopaths that appear to have their panties all bunched up. The rest of us, not so much.
I don't think any physician is using Wikipedia for any as the sole resource for important therapeutic decisions, but it is a good resource for quite a bit of stuff. A patient recently told me that they were allergic to Lorabid - an old antibiotic that had been discontinued in the US a while back. The Wikipedia article indeed indicated that to be true and, importantly, what it was similar to.
Since this was a potentially life and death decision (the patient had an anaphylactiod reaction), I cross checked it in a reference pharmacology book. Just like any other major decision, you're foolish if you just look at one resource.
I work with DO's all the time. The only difference is that they are trained in some physical manipulation (think physical therapy / chiropractor) that is at least as helpful as what I do as an MD (send people to the PT or chiropractor). They have the same basic training, go to the same residencies as everyone else.
I've met crummy DOs and great DOs (just like MDs - amazing). For all practical purposes, they are the same.
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"but in the current environment, where open wireless networks are everywhere and many users connect to them without a second thought"
As will always be. Any attempt at security by involving the end user is a recipe for failure.
We're doomed.
What the fuck is up with the 'Ads Disabled' feature being broken since last night? It's like /. is doing everything they can to drive away long time users.
Never ascribe to malevolence that which can be adequately accounted for by incompetence.
Death is reserved for people who are unable to reform and function in society, who are unable to function within the prison system, and who are unable to be medicated into submission for their natural lives.
Well, you just described your average politician so I'm not sure what your beef is.
You sure you didn't cancel your membership to the AARP?
This was posted in the proceedings of the Geological Society of America, Not the American Academy for the Advance of Science (AAAS).
* For those of you fine Slashdotters not of the American persuasion, the AARP used to be called the American Association of Retired Persons, likely to differentiate itself from the AAA, the American Automobile Association. Now it appears to be just called AARP.
I'm worrying about getting my retirement account fully funded and you're worried about ... solar expansion?
Go away.
You keep using that word. I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Peer review is not a crutch. It is a necessary, but not sufficient check and balance. That said, the peer reviewers MAY have performed less than admirably (hey, it happens). The part that really has turned up under closer review is her methodology is awful. Peer reviewers tend to work along the assumption that the researcher knows what they are doing. That assumption appears to be incorrect (recall the first three letters of the word). Looking a detailed Materials and Methods is amazingly boring and often not even possible because editors don't want to 'waste' space in their precious journal having somebody detail where they got a reagent from or exactly how they (supposedly) did things.
There is an increasing trend to require authors to put such details in the paper. Typically in a web based supplement (so it doesn't waste space in the precious journal). This trend has started for precisely these reasons.
Nature is going to eat some deserved crow on this one. Fortunately, that is the time tested recipe for improvement.
Huh? My iPads work in Canada (or at least BC). You sure you were in Canada? Did you see any maple syrup? Any, eh?
I just got my wife another iPhone 4S to replace the dead 3GS. It cost $22. As long as you stay away from the bleeding edge, all of these things are essentially disposable. If I knew I could snag a new 4S for that cheap I might have foregone messing with the battery in my own 4S.
To be fair, it is a bit backwards From The Way It Has Always Been Done. You don't attach a file to an email (since iOS doesn't like the idea of free floating 'files' running around and contaminating things), you use the app that created the data to take the data from that app and move it somewhere else (in this case via email).
You don't think of it as moving or emailing a file. That is doubleplusungood.
I work for a municipality with 10 million residents and I've been tasked with exploring the idea that in return for city services that we restrict access to certain churches willing to pay us for enhanced access to the residents. I'm wondering what slashdot thinks of this idea
Certain 'churches'? If your municipality is in the US, I foresee a discussion with an ACLU lawyer in short order. In fact, you might want to call them ahead of time.
Well, that sucks.
She was told 'no' because she went through a carefully thought out and vetted process designed to deal with a very limited supply of a very important item (an organ). The parents decided to escalate the issue and brought the courts in - which was completely inappropriate (if understandable). This was a 'think of the cute little child' moment and had nothing to do with 'death panels' or rationing.
So, unwrap your panties. Life is more complex than cleaning out the bong.
Except that Oracle's serial incompetence is hardly new or hardly news. At least to us superior folk here on Slashdot. We've been whining about those idiots long before it became fashionable.
Still, Larry manages to buy and island and run around on his mega yacht.
What the hell are we missing here?
Perhaps a gun owner from the US could enlighten the requirements for a gun license in a US state of choice.
Breathing. Occasionally a pulse.
Don't be rude. It's The Fucking Article.
Inch. Away. From. The. Screen.
Slowly.
Where is Dr. Bob DC when we need him most!
We all need a backrub.
Take off your frikin tie. That's your problem.
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that."
If the goddamned medical community is so concerned about this, they can come up with a web site that's peer reviewed by their selected group of experts and pretends to be the last word on medical data.
No such animal. Even the 'reference article' on a particular condition (say, community acquired pneumonia) will have controversies and areas where the data just doesn't exist or doesn't agree. I've listened to numerous lectures where one faction of said committee argues vehemently with another about points that will eventually get printed as a 'consensus' statement. It's just the nature of the complexity of the topic and our fundamentally limited understanding of biology.
Besides, it's just a bunch of Osteopaths that appear to have their panties all bunched up. The rest of us, not so much.
I don't think any physician is using Wikipedia for any as the sole resource for important therapeutic decisions, but it is a good resource for quite a bit of stuff. A patient recently told me that they were allergic to Lorabid - an old antibiotic that had been discontinued in the US a while back. The Wikipedia article indeed indicated that to be true and, importantly, what it was similar to.
Since this was a potentially life and death decision (the patient had an anaphylactiod reaction), I cross checked it in a reference pharmacology book. Just like any other major decision, you're foolish if you just look at one resource.
Funny, Cochrane says that about MOST allopathic (standard western medical) treatments. Basically, none of know jack.
You took the wrong path there. Turn around before you get hurt.
I work with DO's all the time. The only difference is that they are trained in some physical manipulation (think physical therapy / chiropractor) that is at least as helpful as what I do as an MD (send people to the PT or chiropractor). They have the same basic training, go to the same residencies as everyone else.
I've met crummy DOs and great DOs (just like MDs - amazing). For all practical purposes, they are the same.