There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute or common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.
There is a lot to say about this approach. The only extra thing you tend to have to do is to wipe the drive and install a clean OS image (Windows of your particular flavor or Linux). Get rid of the shovelware and weirdo 'utilities' manufacturers still foist on the unsuspecting.
Most people doing word processing, Internet, an occasional picture or movie don't need anything built in the last half decade. That's why tablets work for a lot of people, horsepower wise.
optimistic, easygoing, and have a good sense of humor and a large social network
Well, we here at Slashdot might as well go out and jump off a bridge. Really.
We're doomed.
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Which leads to what I fear, that people like those in PETA will start a "machine rights" movement, where it may be illegal for me to shut off a machine I built myself!
You're afraid of these people? I spend more time lying awake worrying about my Furby.
How about just ending all wars? Then we won't need prosthesis for soldiers. Plus you can give me back some of my tax money spent on war welfare.
Now you're talking real changes in human brain development and activity. Like at lobotomy levels. Unfortunately, conflict seems to be pretty hard wired into the human brain.
At any rate, this is early on in the program. Nobody is making new hearts just yet. Cancer certainly is an issue but only one of many potential problems.
The abstract in case anybody cares. The real article is behind the usual paywall. Grrr.
But the problem is that lots of hospital gizmos aren't now and will not be inthe near future connected to a network. Big machines are and they already are picking up time servers. But all the little IV pumps and diagnostic / therapeutic whatnots are going to be standalone. So the GPS to NTP server to gizmo idea doesn't work.
The issue isn't accuracy. As you mentioned, even being off by a minute or two is rarely important. The problem is that all the little medical gizmos are not and will not be on any sort of network. The security ramifications of putting every last IV pump on the hospital network are simply too great to deal with, at least at present. Nobody is going to set up yet another network for time signals.
For larger, already networked machines - at least modern ones already are talking to a time server. Just looked at our Vitros analyzer manual and that's how it's set up. But a lot of portable machines are going to float alomg in their own time space for a while.
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There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute or common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.
R.A. Heinlein
There is a lot to say about this approach. The only extra thing you tend to have to do is to wipe the drive and install a clean OS image (Windows of your particular flavor or Linux). Get rid of the shovelware and weirdo 'utilities' manufacturers still foist on the unsuspecting.
Most people doing word processing, Internet, an occasional picture or movie don't need anything built in the last half decade. That's why tablets work for a lot of people, horsepower wise.
You seem to have overlooked the BlackBerry PlayBook.
Not surprising. Everyone else has.
optimistic, easygoing, and have a good sense of humor and a large social network
Well, we here at Slashdot might as well go out and jump off a bridge. Really.
We're doomed.
Which leads to what I fear, that people like those in PETA will start a "machine rights" movement, where it may be illegal for me to shut off a machine I built myself!
You're afraid of these people? I spend more time lying awake worrying about my Furby.
This Social network fad is done. Yoked of innovation, on the path to mediocrity and disdain.
That's it. I'm buying a ton of FB stock. Every damned time Slashdot disses something, it turns out to be a hit with the rest of the world.
"No wireless, less space than a Nomad. Lame."
While you're checking around for software, see if you can find an app that capitalizes sentences for you.
And maybe a spell checker for good measure.
Yeah, all we need is one big, honking HOSTS file.
OK everybody, whoever is working at home, raise their hand.....
Good... Now, everybody who is reading Slashdot and working at home, raise their hand.
Ah, funny that. Same hands....
Or hell, you're better off keeping the smartphone whole and finding a way to reprogram it to do what you want.
I think that's exactly what LanMan04 meant.
Or are you the type of person who takes apart old Pentium IV machines and tries to make a space heater out of it?
Delivered by the US Postal Service, no less.
(If it is still in existence).
We shall send you a very sternly worded letter, sir.
Maybe you should try DNS sometime
The "D" might well mean "Democratic" which means it's socialist and therefore un American.
We'll have none of that nonsense on this USA centric website, thankyouverymuch.
"On a social network running on a computer attached to the Internet."
I win!
Reality is often weirder than anything we can dream up.
Welcome to the crazy house
How about just ending all wars? Then we won't need prosthesis for soldiers. Plus you can give me back some of my tax money spent on war welfare.
Now you're talking real changes in human brain development and activity. Like at lobotomy levels. Unfortunately, conflict seems to be pretty hard wired into the human brain.
It's quite a bit harder to hack into food and control you. It's also a lot easier to revert to your previous state...just change diet.
We're talking caffeine here - there is no 'just change' anything.
Without caffeine, life would not be possible.
At any rate, this is early on in the program. Nobody is making new hearts just yet. Cancer certainly is an issue but only one of many potential problems.
The abstract in case anybody cares. The real article is behind the usual paywall. Grrr.
Not sure where the submitter for the 30 minutes from.
Maybe same place English went?
Well, you missed first post Mr. I'm-new-here. But keep on trolling. Somebody might believe you.
Come on editors. Catch a clue with this nonsense.
But the problem is that lots of hospital gizmos aren't now and will not be inthe near future connected to a network. Big machines are and they already are picking up time servers. But all the little IV pumps and diagnostic / therapeutic whatnots are going to be standalone. So the GPS to NTP server to gizmo idea doesn't work.
The issue isn't accuracy. As you mentioned, even being off by a minute or two is rarely important. The problem is that all the little medical gizmos are not and will not be on any sort of network. The security ramifications of putting every last IV pump on the hospital network are simply too great to deal with, at least at present. Nobody is going to set up yet another network for time signals.
For larger, already networked machines - at least modern ones already are talking to a time server. Just looked at our Vitros analyzer manual and that's how it's set up. But a lot of portable machines are going to float alomg in their own time space for a while.
Flammable
Inflammable
Welcome to the English language.
Dogs have personality, personality goes a long way.
If that were a criteria, cannibalism would be rampant.
Because of the semantic processing. Takes quite a bit more horsepower.
It's the cool part of Siri. Mostly useless, but cool.
I'd tag the story 'Andnothingofvaluewaslost'