I just checked, only 5 months of my checking account could be downloaded. Not sure if this was a transaction limit, or a time limit. (I tried putting in a date in 2006).
I love USAA. I just submitted a 'suggestion' to USAA to increase the time limit. My guess is that they probably only keep ~6 months worth of transactions online accessible.
I haven't used Microsoft Money or Quicken in a while to see if that allows someone to pull more information. If I ever started using one of those tools again, then I'd probably like to be able to pull a few years worth of data.
If you read the fine print on your bill, you'll see the federal government has stepped in to mandate that carriers must cover the rural areas (and pass the bill on to us.). "Federal Universal Service Fund 12.9% " (If you're on AT&T, choose "change my rate plan" --> "Other Monthly Charges"). Maybe AT&T is just waiting for the government to mandate "get your network up to capacity to handle your customer load" - and then pass it along to us as a tax / surcharge.
Pacemakers have not been wireless hooked up via the a home monitoring system managed by St. Jude (until now), Medtronic, nor BSC. ICD's have been. (I can't speak for OUS companies). TTM monitoring has been hapening for years. (8 second EKG's, and battery strength, etc...)
A key thing that is left out (But what most people have surmised):
Pacemaker <--MICS Band--> Home monitoring unit (developed by pacemaker company; obtains IP address - typically via dial-up.) <--TCP/IP--> PaceMaker Companies Servers <-- TCP/IP--> Physician Web connection
The 400mhz is considered to be the MICS band - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Implant_Communication_Service . The great thing about MICS is that it covers not only 'both sides' of the pond, but pretty much all sides. (E.g. Asia, Europe, and the US). The 'challenge' with 400mhz is that it's only a 'few meters' coverage. So you have to have the home monitoring unit (the unit that actually does 'connect' to the internet and the implanted device) within a 'few meters' of the device/patient.
Pacemakers are very small, compared with an ICD (defibrillator). In both cases, battery space is one of the biggest uses of the volume of the CAN. (in a defib you also have a large capacitor). The more energy you use for communication, the faster you drain the battery - and the less power you have for therapy. No one has an 'externally rechargeable' unit - so the only option is to put the patient under for surgery and replace the unit. (Low risk - BUT, there is a risk... and it's a surgery. and these things aren't cheap)
It will probably be a long time before your pacemaker signs on automatically to the local WiFi connection to 'dial home' to the physician. (Power, security, and proprietary data communication formats to name a few reasons).
TTM doesn't provide very much data from the CAN. Basically and EGRAM, battery strength, and maybe a few other items. The at home monitoring unit can pull more data from the can.
The great thing about these systems are the peace of mind from monitoring the pacemaker on a daily/weekly/monthly basis versus once every 6-12 months or 'when the patient feels bad.' And when the patient does 'feel bad' the physician can pull up the latest information from the pacemaker the help determine if the patient should come in or not.
"any device capable of storing information in digital or analog form."
Can I just give them the Hard drive and keep the rest of the case? A hard drive can be replaced for a few hundred dollars. All my companies data on the system is encrypted*, and I backup my laptop frequently - esp. before traveling internationally (figuring there's a better chance of losing the device/ having it be stolen than anything else).
The LCD, case, etc. can't be replaced for under 800-$1000...
Maybe it's the wave of next generation enhancements for your laptop: "Quick ejecting Hard Drive" for those situations where TSA wants your stuff."
*It should only take TSA about 2yrs to get back at the data if they misplace my password. (I wonder what my companies policy is on giving out my password to TSA - I think if I gave it to someone else it would be grounds for dismissal:-/
I think this discussion should take another twist rather than arguing whether or not its legal or not for the school to say you can't use WiFi in your dorm to connect to _their_ network. Instead, I'd like to know what/.'ers would do to HIDE from the campus WiFi Police so they CAN run a WiFi in their dorm.
My sisters college has the same rules. Since I used to work for the IT department, and I still know some people there I just gave them a call to ask just how strongly they're enforcing the rules. Basically, they didn't want an Open WiFi dishing out connections to their network.
So I hooked up a hub, enabled encryption, and limited the connection to only the MAC addresses of my sisters and her roommates laptops, and disabled remote administration (hopefully hiding what brand / model of hub it is).
This weekend I'll probably go down there and disable the broadcast of the SSID so those of you who are 'war walkers' can't find them;-).
Of course, this is with just a basic cheap Netgear router. I have it running an internal network (dishing out 192.x.y.z IP's) and utilizing one externally facing IP. Ideally, I'd like to utilize the campus' IP's and get access to the local shared drives and what not, but this would have taken more than the 30 minutes I wanted to spend on it. (set it up to use the 'uplink' and campus' DHCP - but this would put another 'spike' in the network analyzers...). So, I'm not entirely sure they will be 'invisible' to the network or not... But it's a start.
Any others have insights they'd like to add? Suggestions for ways to keep your WiFi hidden?
(Unfortunately, you can't hide a WiFi by throwing a towel over it like you do a microwave or alcohol).
I definitely agree with you - Sony's resistance to natively support MP3's cripples what could have been a very nice alternative to the iPod. Plus it frustrates me that Sony is willing to continue having such a weak showing in the portable devices area due to their "Sony Music" branch...
I have to think that ATRAC gives Sony an artificial sense of security. As we all know, DRM, by its very nature, will not work (as outlined by a previous/. thread).
I haven't done much digging on ATRAC as to how 'secure' it is, but I would suspect that if there isn't a crack already out there, then it's not because it is 'safe' but because no one is using it, there is no incentive to break the key. (Unlike, say iTunes, which was cracked in 24 hours of a new update).
This somewhat plays into my other suspicion (i know this could start a flame war) that the limited number of linux virus' isn't due to much better security (though I know a linux box IS more secure - primarily because linux isn't built for the 'lowest common denominator'), but can be more attributed to the lack of the penetration of linux into the market (versus 95+% of desktop machines running winblows and Outlook).
Back to the original subject - Converting MP3's to ATRAC can be described nicely as inconvenient, to painfully time consuming. I have an Sony NetMD minidisc player which would be great if I didn't have to convert all of my MP3's to ATRAC, and therefore have to keep duplicate folders of files (or else have to wait 18 seconds / song to convert each time I want to listen to it). If Sony would have allowed me to just 'drag and drop' an MP3 to the MiniDisc (like, say, an external hard drive...), they'd be golden.
Until then, people should stay FAR AWAY from Sony products.... Which i REALLY hate to say, since i own stock in their company:-(
After hiring a feminist babysitter, Homer and Marge go to a candy trade show. They smuggle out candy for the kids. Homer steals a rare piece of candy, but he can't find it when he gets home. When he gives the babysitter a ride home he sees the candy stuck to her posterior. When he grabs for it, she screams and runs away. He awakes the next morning to find protestors on his lawn and the babysitter leads them in a sexual harassment campaign. They make Homer's life a living hell.
Homer does an interview for a tabloid TV show thinking that America will hear his case, but all they hear is what a complete jerk he is. FOX does a TV movie about him and he is depicted even worse in this portrayal. The news has around-the-clock coverage of the situation. The Simpson family does a public access show to clear his name, but it does not help his cause. Willie comes to Homer and shows him a video that he recorded of the night in question. Homer shows the babysitter and she realizes that she was wrong about him being an ass-grabber and the news admits that it was wrong about him, too. With all the forgiveness going on, Homer makes up with his TV set
Everyone needs to remember, there is always Willie's side to the story... People are so often blinded by what they want to believe, they don't realize they're being dupped.
I'm sure Michael Moore goes to bed each night thinking "Thank god for the ignorant masses, and useful idiots".
Hopefully they'll just make the law the same as for the tags you find on a mattress that say "DO not remove under penalty of Law.... unless you're the owner."
Why is it that everyone gets so frightened of RFID tags? It's the same fears that people had when Bar Codes were first introduced...
Think of it this way, If you go to the Mall and walk into Abercrombie, and buy a pair of shorts today, then if you took that pair of shorts to the GAP and tried to scan the bar code, you'd end up getting an 'error' code of some sort. Why? Because GAP doesn't care about Abercrombies stuff and they don't KNOW what the code is. Why doesn't the GAP know A&F's code, and what item that code represents? because It's a proprietary network!
Everyone needs to remember, these companies are not interested in the 'open source' world and 'sharing' information the way the/. community is (or big brother).
If all of the companies who are going to start using RFID tags decided to share the exact details of what each code means/represents in a mega database with the government, then yes - it's time to dawn the tinfoil hats... But until the day that these RFID tags are carrying more than just an ID number and arn't encrypted, you should be safe.... All the person with the 'scanner' will know is that someone came in wearing products with XXX_ID and YYY_ID'd items.
Leave it to the guys at 2600 to go around and determine what the ID's represent and then publish the lists...
It's amazing that the one industry that is recession proof is lawyers... There's always people to leech off of and to sue.
Lawyer 1: "Wow, the economy is really in a down turn right now, what do you want to do?" Lawyer 2: "Same thing we do every other day of the year, lets sue someone!"
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I just checked, only 5 months of my checking account could be downloaded. Not sure if this was a transaction limit, or a time limit. (I tried putting in a date in 2006).
I love USAA. I just submitted a 'suggestion' to USAA to increase the time limit. My guess is that they probably only keep ~6 months worth of transactions online accessible.
I haven't used Microsoft Money or Quicken in a while to see if that allows someone to pull more information. If I ever started using one of those tools again, then I'd probably like to be able to pull a few years worth of data.
http://blogs.ajc.com/kyle-wingfield/2009/11/30/obamas-cabinet-this-graph-explains-a-lot/ "the previous low-water mark for private-sector experience since 1900, the JFK administration, was still three times higher than the Obama Cabinet’s level."
If you read the fine print on your bill, you'll see the federal government has stepped in to mandate that carriers must cover the rural areas (and pass the bill on to us.). "Federal Universal Service Fund 12.9% " (If you're on AT&T, choose "change my rate plan" --> "Other Monthly Charges"). Maybe AT&T is just waiting for the government to mandate "get your network up to capacity to handle your customer load" - and then pass it along to us as a tax / surcharge.
Pacemakers have not been wireless hooked up via the a home monitoring system managed by St. Jude (until now), Medtronic, nor BSC. ICD's have been. (I can't speak for OUS companies). TTM monitoring has been hapening for years. (8 second EKG's, and battery strength, etc...)
A key thing that is left out (But what most people have surmised):
Pacemaker <--MICS Band--> Home monitoring unit (developed by pacemaker company; obtains IP address - typically via dial-up.) <--TCP/IP--> PaceMaker Companies Servers <-- TCP/IP--> Physician Web connection
The 400mhz is considered to be the MICS band - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Implant_Communication_Service . The great thing about MICS is that it covers not only 'both sides' of the pond, but pretty much all sides. (E.g. Asia, Europe, and the US). The 'challenge' with 400mhz is that it's only a 'few meters' coverage. So you have to have the home monitoring unit (the unit that actually does 'connect' to the internet and the implanted device) within a 'few meters' of the device/patient.
Pacemakers are very small, compared with an ICD (defibrillator). In both cases, battery space is one of the biggest uses of the volume of the CAN. (in a defib you also have a large capacitor). The more energy you use for communication, the faster you drain the battery - and the less power you have for therapy. No one has an 'externally rechargeable' unit - so the only option is to put the patient under for surgery and replace the unit. (Low risk - BUT, there is a risk... and it's a surgery. and these things aren't cheap)
It will probably be a long time before your pacemaker signs on automatically to the local WiFi connection to 'dial home' to the physician. (Power, security, and proprietary data communication formats to name a few reasons).
One commenter early said, "pacemakers have been connected for years" - that's via "TTM" - http://www.google.com/search?q=transtelephonic+monitoring+pacemaker&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
TTM doesn't provide very much data from the CAN. Basically and EGRAM, battery strength, and maybe a few other items. The at home monitoring unit can pull more data from the can.
The great thing about these systems are the peace of mind from monitoring the pacemaker on a daily/weekly/monthly basis versus once every 6-12 months or 'when the patient feels bad.' And when the patient does 'feel bad' the physician can pull up the latest information from the pacemaker the help determine if the patient should come in or not.
Company Websites:
St. Jude (Featured) - House Call - http://www.sjm.com/devices/device.aspx?name=housecall+plus+remote+patient+monitoring+system&location=us&type=10
Boston Scientific - http://www.aboutlatitude.com/
Medtronic - http://www.medtronic.com/physician/carelink/index.html
"any device capable of storing information in digital or analog form."
:-/
Can I just give them the Hard drive and keep the rest of the case? A hard drive can be replaced for a few hundred dollars. All my companies data on the system is encrypted*, and I backup my laptop frequently - esp. before traveling internationally (figuring there's a better chance of losing the device/ having it be stolen than anything else).
The LCD, case, etc. can't be replaced for under 800-$1000...
Maybe it's the wave of next generation enhancements for your laptop: "Quick ejecting Hard Drive" for those situations where TSA wants your stuff."
*It should only take TSA about 2yrs to get back at the data if they misplace my password. (I wonder what my companies policy is on giving out my password to TSA - I think if I gave it to someone else it would be grounds for dismissal
My sisters college has the same rules. Since I used to work for the IT department, and I still know some people there I just gave them a call to ask just how strongly they're enforcing the rules. Basically, they didn't want an Open WiFi dishing out connections to their network.
So I hooked up a hub, enabled encryption, and limited the connection to only the MAC addresses of my sisters and her roommates laptops, and disabled remote administration (hopefully hiding what brand / model of hub it is).
This weekend I'll probably go down there and disable the broadcast of the SSID so those of you who are 'war walkers' can't find them ;-).
Of course, this is with just a basic cheap Netgear router. I have it running an internal network (dishing out 192.x.y.z IP's) and utilizing one externally facing IP. Ideally, I'd like to utilize the campus' IP's and get access to the local shared drives and what not, but this would have taken more than the 30 minutes I wanted to spend on it. (set it up to use the 'uplink' and campus' DHCP - but this would put another 'spike' in the network analyzers...). So, I'm not entirely sure they will be 'invisible' to the network or not... But it's a start.
Any others have insights they'd like to add? Suggestions for ways to keep your WiFi hidden?
(Unfortunately, you can't hide a WiFi by throwing a towel over it like you do a microwave or alcohol).
I have to think that ATRAC gives Sony an artificial sense of security. As we all know, DRM, by its very nature, will not work (as outlined by a previous /. thread).
I haven't done much digging on ATRAC as to how 'secure' it is, but I would suspect that if there isn't a crack already out there, then it's not because it is 'safe' but because no one is using it, there is no incentive to break the key. (Unlike, say iTunes, which was cracked in 24 hours of a new update).
This somewhat plays into my other suspicion (i know this could start a flame war) that the limited number of linux virus' isn't due to much better security (though I know a linux box IS more secure - primarily because linux isn't built for the 'lowest common denominator'), but can be more attributed to the lack of the penetration of linux into the market (versus 95+% of desktop machines running winblows and Outlook).
Back to the original subject - Converting MP3's to ATRAC can be described nicely as inconvenient, to painfully time consuming. I have an Sony NetMD minidisc player which would be great if I didn't have to convert all of my MP3's to ATRAC, and therefore have to keep duplicate folders of files (or else have to wait 18 seconds / song to convert each time I want to listen to it). If Sony would have allowed me to just 'drag and drop' an MP3 to the MiniDisc (like, say, an external hard drive...), they'd be golden.
Until then, people should stay FAR AWAY from Sony products.... Which i REALLY hate to say, since i own stock in their company :-(
Watch the Homer Badman episode.
Everyone needs to remember, there is always Willie's side to the story... People are so often blinded by what they want to believe, they don't realize they're being dupped.
I'm sure Michael Moore goes to bed each night thinking "Thank god for the ignorant masses, and useful idiots".
Again, all of this information is already collected today.
/.'er that fits the situation... "God help us when the government figures out how to use 'JOIN's".
To quote from a previous
Hopefully they'll just make the law the same as for the tags you find on a mattress that say "DO not remove under penalty of Law.... unless you're the owner."
Think of it this way, If you go to the Mall and walk into Abercrombie, and buy a pair of shorts today, then if you took that pair of shorts to the GAP and tried to scan the bar code, you'd end up getting an 'error' code of some sort. Why? Because GAP doesn't care about Abercrombies stuff and they don't KNOW what the code is. Why doesn't the GAP know A&F's code, and what item that code represents? because It's a proprietary network!
Everyone needs to remember, these companies are not interested in the 'open source' world and 'sharing' information the way the /. community is (or big brother).
If all of the companies who are going to start using RFID tags decided to share the exact details of what each code means/represents in a mega database with the government, then yes - it's time to dawn the tinfoil hats... But until the day that these RFID tags are carrying more than just an ID number and arn't encrypted, you should be safe.... All the person with the 'scanner' will know is that someone came in wearing products with XXX_ID and YYY_ID'd items.
Leave it to the guys at 2600 to go around and determine what the ID's represent and then publish the lists...
It's amazing that the one industry that is recession proof is lawyers... There's always people to leech off of and to sue.
Lawyer 1: "Wow, the economy is really in a down turn right now, what do you want to do?"
Lawyer 2: "Same thing we do every other day of the year, lets sue someone!"