Will you settle down. Up your prozac or single malt as desired. Or perhaps both.
I know you hate Apple with some sort of delighted passion, but they're one of the few companies making money (remember that stuff?) in this environment. Somebody thinks they're doing something right.
Funny thing about my novelty level MacBook Pro - It's the only computer in the hospital that can run our legacy system (stuck on XP), our new system (Win 7 only), KDE and OSX. Everybody else is carrying two laptops or has two desktops or thin clients. Yes, that's novel, but it puts a different spin on your rant.
In MY world, sucks to be me I suppose, I have to use PROGRAMS. That are only written for Windows (maybe OS X, but few Enterprise programs are in OS X). Those PROGRAMS won't run on Linux or WINE (or Windows 7 but that's another issue).
In MY world, we have to attach to a network with fairly strict controls. Yes, a Linux network could do that, but since Linux won't run the PROGRAMS, it's hardly worth the effort.
PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS. Yes, the various distros have wonderful repositories for free software. Some of it excellent. A lot of it crap.
Your narrow world is just one reason why Linux won't displace Windows. Linux has, and will continue to make inroads into computing at a number of levels, the desktop does not appear to be one of them.
That and the god damned random I-found-something-on-Flickr-that-sort-of-is-maybe-related-to-the-thread pictures. Yes, it's trendy (Google News, ad nauseum), no, it doesn't improve understanding of the issue nor are the pictures intrinsically interesting.
And of course, none of this ever happened before Obamacare./sarcasm
Actually, that kind of run around was very rare before Obamacare. The biggest problem pre-Obamacare, when there was a problem, was dealing with the billing after treatment. Obamacare (will create & is creating) doctor shortages, long wait times for doctor visits, tests and treatments, sick people routinely dying while waiting for diagnosis and treatment, intrusive government probing into lifestyles, far more denials of services than existed before Obamacare, bureaucratic indifference by all healthcare staff, covered treatments being decided by political correctness not medical necessity and, ultimately, a bankruptcy of the entire society. Obamacare is an effing disaster. Everything that critics said about Obamacare is coming true. That's why Obama is violating the law by granting temporary waivers to try to finesse the political backlash long enough for Obamacare's destruction to run its course.
Oh shut up.
Obamacare does nothing of the sort. Remember, the system was imploding long before Obama was a twinkle in the Democratic National Committee's eye. High costs, fragmented care. Bizarre, complicated regulations.
The EHR drive was thought up about 10 years ago. Nice idea, too bad that the Feds put too much emphasis on micromanaging and not near enough emphasis on getting everybody to talk to each other (or actually deciding that it was a good idea, if you're idea of a good time is to have the government see ALL of your medical issues on one screen.....).
So unplug your Obamacare enema and grow up. We have enough issues without idiots like you.
What's needed to make STEM pursuits attractive to kids is rock-star status that they see everywhere in entertainment and professional sports (technically entertainment too).
That is why Republicans oppose government programs even if they know people who are receiving money from them. Heck, many Republicans oppose government programs that they themselves receive money from.
Right. Those nice Republicans somehow manage to not support things like forcing NASA to build test facitilities that they don't need (because they are in the congressman's district). Or forcing the Pentagon to build out weapons systems that they don't need (because they are in the congressman's district).
And first generation Microsoft stuff is great? Pretty much everything north of a mouse has problems on Rev A hardware. I like Apple, I have a lot of Apple stuff, but I never buy the first generation of any Apple hardware and never run any software earlier than a.2 level.
Same with pretty much everything out there. I'm tired of being a beta tester.
Not always. Sometimes it is free shipping. Amazon Prime is a fantastic deal for folks not living in the continental US. And will remain so until they wise up and find that even more affiliates 'can't' ship to my destination address.
Just had a propane grill shipped to Alaska. For free. Hard to beat that.
I don't expect it to last. WalMart stopped free shipping to Alaska a while back. At present, the back of the UPS / FedEx trucks are just full of Amazon boxes. Is it a good deal for them? Who knows?
My current place of employment has a separate area for personal packages. Warehouse staff will sign off on the package (which is fantastic since I don't have to be at home and the dog still hasn't figured out to use the little terminal thing). They place it in the locked area, email you that you have a package and you pick it up at your convenience.
Doesn't cost the warehouse staff anything - they're signing for tons of boxes anyway. Makes people happier.
And to further confuse things, it depends on where you live. In Alaska (and I presume Hawaii and perhaps Puerto Rico), Prime is a great deal because routine shipping is expensive. Except when it's impossible when you find out that the affiliate doesn't ship to the hinterlands. Amazon also jacks up prices in Alaska, apparently to cover shipping or just because they're Amazon.
How do you verify whether they are still effective? Shelf-life is a serious concern, and antibiotics are stored under specific conditions to maximize their effective lives. Dosing with an expired drug can have all sorts of unpleasant effects because the resulting chemicals may be worse than just nonfunctional.
In general it’s true that animal antibiotics are largely the same as those intended for human delivery, and many a veterinarian uses their office supplies on themselves. But even animal antibiotics are stored under specific conditions and are disposed of when they expire. That’s not just for commercial gain, it’s to ensure that the drugs do what they’re supposed to and not something unpredictable instead.
Bullshit. Expiration dates are randomly created in order to push products through. There is ** very little ** science about long term storage - most of it from the military and most of it saying that the shelf life is quite a bit longer than advertised.
And there is one class of antibiotic that is known to breakdown into something (relatively) toxic - that's the tetracyclines. Don't stockpile those. The rest of the drugs just get a little less potent. The bigger issue for most people in Scenario Zombie is 1) When to partake of your precious antibiotic store 2) which antibiotic 3) how much and how long. The Merk Manual is a good start, but best to friend your neighborhood doctor (or ICU nurse).
"Hello, Maine DOT, how can I help you?" "Hello? Hello? This is the City of Atlanta Department of Transportation, we've have a major snow even and we're just drowning in the snow! You need to help us!" "Uhh, what can we help you with?" "We need dozens of snow plows! Sand Trucks! Extra sand! Can you send them to us? Right away, please!" (Maine guy looks at map.) "Atlanta, as in Georgia?" "Yes! Hurry! It's snowing! (Maine guy) "Hey, Bob, that crazy guy is on the phone again, should we call the mental health help line?" - click -
10 ply light truck tires cost me about $250 apiece - but they last more than a year. Maybe where the OP lives they're in high demand and people steal them or something.
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Will you settle down. Up your prozac or single malt as desired. Or perhaps both.
I know you hate Apple with some sort of delighted passion, but they're one of the few companies making money (remember that stuff?) in this environment. Somebody thinks they're doing something right.
Funny thing about my novelty level MacBook Pro - It's the only computer in the hospital that can run our legacy system (stuck on XP), our new system (Win 7 only), KDE and OSX. Everybody else is carrying two laptops or has two desktops or thin clients. Yes, that's novel, but it puts a different spin on your rant.
A witch! A witch!
Burn her!
Find a duck!
1. Metro
2. Unity
3...Apple Maps
4...
5 SLASHDOT BETA!
6. Oracle
7. Lotus Notes
8. Healthcare.gov
9. PS/2
10. WIndows ME
11. Microsoft Bob
12. Clippy
13. Clippy
14. Clippy
15. Lotus Notes
"May no new thing arise" - Spanish prayer
You live in a funny world -
In MY world, sucks to be me I suppose, I have to use PROGRAMS. That are only written for Windows (maybe OS X, but few Enterprise programs are in OS X). Those PROGRAMS won't run on Linux or WINE (or Windows 7 but that's another issue).
In MY world, we have to attach to a network with fairly strict controls. Yes, a Linux network could do that, but since Linux won't run the PROGRAMS, it's hardly worth the effort.
PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS. Yes, the various distros have wonderful repositories for free software. Some of it excellent. A lot of it crap.
Your narrow world is just one reason why Linux won't displace Windows. Linux has, and will continue to make inroads into computing at a number of levels, the desktop does not appear to be one of them.
I'll be gone. Lots of us AC's will be.
That's the first good thing about the beta design that I have heard all day.
Excuse me? When did techies become so change averse? Sheesh! Change happens. Embrace it.
Ok, Mr. "Hope and Change" - I don't see Windows 8 on your list.
At your age, it's probably just cataracts.
That and the god damned random I-found-something-on-Flickr-that-sort-of-is-maybe-related-to-the-thread pictures. Yes, it's trendy (Google News, ad nauseum), no, it doesn't improve understanding of the issue nor are the pictures intrinsically interesting.
Stop the Madness!
And of course, none of this ever happened before Obamacare. /sarcasm
Actually, that kind of run around was very rare before Obamacare. The biggest problem pre-Obamacare, when there was a problem, was dealing with the billing after treatment. Obamacare (will create & is creating) doctor shortages, long wait times for doctor visits, tests and treatments, sick people routinely dying while waiting for diagnosis and treatment, intrusive government probing into lifestyles, far more denials of services than existed before Obamacare, bureaucratic indifference by all healthcare staff, covered treatments being decided by political correctness not medical necessity and, ultimately, a bankruptcy of the entire society. Obamacare is an effing disaster. Everything that critics said about Obamacare is coming true. That's why Obama is violating the law by granting temporary waivers to try to finesse the political backlash long enough for Obamacare's destruction to run its course.
Oh shut up.
Obamacare does nothing of the sort. Remember, the system was imploding long before Obama was a twinkle in the Democratic National Committee's eye. High costs, fragmented care. Bizarre, complicated regulations.
The EHR drive was thought up about 10 years ago. Nice idea, too bad that the Feds put too much emphasis on micromanaging and not near enough emphasis on getting everybody to talk to each other (or actually deciding that it was a good idea, if you're idea of a good time is to have the government see ALL of your medical issues on one screen. ....).
So unplug your Obamacare enema and grow up. We have enough issues without idiots like you.
And, to stay on topic, the Beta sucks.
Kids these days.
Maybe they thought you had puppies or kids. My labs would have loved that 'present'.
You're just looking at it all wrong. The family friendly Aligent....
What's needed to make STEM pursuits attractive to kids is rock-star status that they see everywhere in entertainment and professional sports (technically entertainment too).
You wish.....
Godwin in one, two -- three posts!
A winner!
That is why Republicans oppose government programs even if they know people who are receiving money from them. Heck, many Republicans oppose government programs that they themselves receive money from.
Right. Those nice Republicans somehow manage to not support things like forcing NASA to build test facitilities that they don't need (because they are in the congressman's district). Or forcing the Pentagon to build out weapons systems that they don't need (because they are in the congressman's district).
If only.
And first generation Microsoft stuff is great? Pretty much everything north of a mouse has problems on Rev A hardware. I like Apple, I have a lot of Apple stuff, but I never buy the first generation of any Apple hardware and never run any software earlier than a .2 level.
Same with pretty much everything out there. I'm tired of being a beta tester.
Maybe a better title would have been "Some shit happened in 773 AD and no one really knows what it is, but here's what we have so far!"
Don't quit your day job to be a headline copy editor.
What is a "Classic Desktop" and in what way are the other GUIs being discussed not "Classic Desktops"?
Tail fins & Chrome.
Well, scratch Chrome.
Please correct me if I'm in any way wrong.
What happens if you are in any way, right?
OK, fine. We got the cattle part down pat.
Now, were are the ornithopters and lase guns?
Not always. Sometimes it is free shipping. Amazon Prime is a fantastic deal for folks not living in the continental US. And will remain so until they wise up and find that even more affiliates 'can't' ship to my destination address.
Just had a propane grill shipped to Alaska. For free. Hard to beat that.
I don't expect it to last. WalMart stopped free shipping to Alaska a while back. At present, the back of the UPS / FedEx trucks are just full of Amazon boxes. Is it a good deal for them? Who knows?
My current place of employment has a separate area for personal packages. Warehouse staff will sign off on the package (which is fantastic since I don't have to be at home and the dog still hasn't figured out to use the little terminal thing). They place it in the locked area, email you that you have a package and you pick it up at your convenience.
Doesn't cost the warehouse staff anything - they're signing for tons of boxes anyway. Makes people happier.
And to further confuse things, it depends on where you live. In Alaska (and I presume Hawaii and perhaps Puerto Rico), Prime is a great deal because routine shipping is expensive. Except when it's impossible when you find out that the affiliate doesn't ship to the hinterlands. Amazon also jacks up prices in Alaska, apparently to cover shipping or just because they're Amazon.
It's complicated...
How do you verify whether they are still effective? Shelf-life is a serious concern, and antibiotics are stored under specific conditions to maximize their effective lives. Dosing with an expired drug can have all sorts of unpleasant effects because the resulting chemicals may be worse than just nonfunctional.
In general it’s true that animal antibiotics are largely the same as those intended for human delivery, and many a veterinarian uses their office supplies on themselves. But even animal antibiotics are stored under specific conditions and are disposed of when they expire. That’s not just for commercial gain, it’s to ensure that the drugs do what they’re supposed to and not something unpredictable instead.
Bullshit. Expiration dates are randomly created in order to push products through. There is ** very little ** science about long term storage - most of it from the military and most of it saying that the shelf life is quite a bit longer than advertised.
And there is one class of antibiotic that is known to breakdown into something (relatively) toxic - that's the tetracyclines. Don't stockpile those. The rest of the drugs just get a little less potent. The bigger issue for most people in Scenario Zombie is 1) When to partake of your precious antibiotic store 2) which antibiotic 3) how much and how long. The Merk Manual is a good start, but best to friend your neighborhood doctor (or ICU nurse).
"Hello, Maine DOT, how can I help you?"
"Hello? Hello? This is the City of Atlanta Department of Transportation, we've have a major snow even and we're just drowning in the snow! You need to help us!"
"Uhh, what can we help you with?"
"We need dozens of snow plows! Sand Trucks! Extra sand! Can you send them to us? Right away, please!"
(Maine guy looks at map.)
"Atlanta, as in Georgia?"
"Yes! Hurry! It's snowing!
(Maine guy) "Hey, Bob, that crazy guy is on the phone again, should we call the mental health help line?"
- click -
10 ply light truck tires cost me about $250 apiece - but they last more than a year. Maybe where the OP lives they're in high demand and people steal them or something.