I'm with you buddy. Even if you have the best most amazing software in the world if the device has an analog output you can skip Janus and line into another device for recording, converting and relabeling.
Sometimes I wonder if they just dont have enought to do?
I am research scientist who has worked in big Pharma (Pfizer, Pharmacia & Upjohn) and I am currently working in a small startup biotech company. While working in big pharma we constantly had problems with our service that made all the journals available online (intranet). It was always a pain in the ass to hunt down that 'last paper' but we "People" who could take care of it for us. This is, by the way, how big Pharma handles most problems; throw ridiculous amounts of money at the problem unti it goes away. At the time I rather enjoyed that power - but I always felt a bit uneasy about it.
Now that I'm in a small Biotech the issues are very apparent. Many scientific journals, that we absolutely need, cost more then $1000 each for a years subscription. If you only new how many different journals we need. With start up monies of less then $500k and insane prices on lab equipment and supplies we need every break we can get. If we didn't already have an "alternate"(in other words shady) method of literature acquisition we would be screwed.
While it is true you can find just about any journal in some library - good f-ing luck finding one with everything you need. I hope that a solution can be worked out. Many researchers could benefit from an environment were the data/methods/protocols they need are just a few clicks away - instead of a 4 hour drive or expensive contract away.
For me personally, I really enjoy the edge in tech that PCs have over consoles. I also like many of the games that only really end up on PCs. Is it worth 3-4k? No, absolutly not. I always make my own machines and can usually build a "near" top of the line machine from all the top name (asus, antec, ATI) parts (excluding monitor) for about 1500. Now, that is a significantly lower price but it is still expensive to some(many?) folks. For many including myself this building and upgrading business is half the fun.
What I'd like to see in the future is easily upgraded or modular consoles to keep these people closers to the tech edge if they want to be. Also, console/PC games that can play against each other online. I'm not sure if any are available now (help me here if you can), but I think it could be load of fun.
Why would you ask the Department of Homeland Security to regulate your work(or anything for that matter)? OMG - what a scary ass idea. Hey Mr. Orwell love your book but you got the year wrong.
That way they could be lured into the the day light. You see, thats whats really intersting about Vampire the masquerade people - they really do ignite into flames when they hit open daylight.
Thats why they must return to their mother's basements before dawn....
Thats about right. You know those $300 monitor swing arm stands from rubber made? I put a desk lamp price tag on two of them and got them for $10 each. Just make sure you go soon - like nowish. After the gateway workers had that stunned feeling wear off and saw how much they got for severence they started takeing all the good stuff.
Was it a year or a year and a half ago? At any rate one of my buddies was a manager at a Gateway Country store. I can remember him talking about days going buy with next to no one comming in the store and being "forced" to play games all day. When his store was closed in the first wave he and a bunch of the other ex-gateway employee banded togather to form a new store - where they play games all day.
Also something to note: THE LAST WAVE OF CLOSINGS HAD GREAT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALES. Any/.ers near a closing Gateway check it out. If not for the tech they had some great office stuff.
oK replying to my own post is kinda lame however..
I had a buddy in the Army that was of all things an MP. His job was to gaurd nuclear shells for long range artierly. Its the middle of winter and the other guards insist on sitting on the crates because they continually emit heat. My buddy opted out beacuse he didnt want glow in the dark cajones.
"The SpaceX Falcon rocket project will specifically target Boeing, by offering the SpaceX Falcon V booster for 60-70% less than Boeing can fly its Delta II and newer Delta IV Medium Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle"
Firstly, does anyone else have a problem with low
altitude geosynchronous orbit objects designed by the military being placed in the heavens by the lowest bidder?
Secondly, if they really can do it for 60-70% less why hasn't someone stepped in long before SpaceX? An "Entrenched culture" just isnt a good enough answer for me.
This is a rampant problem throughout many industries. As a research scientist and former employee of Pfizer(once Pharmaica&Upjohn then Pharmacia) I can tell that drug "sequals" are consistantly sought after. We are consistanly pushed to find a chemical alterations to some drug (effectivly a sequal) instead of finding new and innovative solutions to health issues. The people in power want only to make stock holders feel safe and secure - srew the patient. New ideas that are outside this schematic are activly discouraged. Any other/.ers work in industries with similar problems?
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Wouldn't it be cool if, when a patient dies on the table the Pac-Man you've-been-caught-by-a ghost noise (BE-OOP! Be-Oop be-oop) would play?
I hope to God that the Star Wars Kid will come back for one more performance!
Swing that saber flabby!
I'm with you buddy. Even if you have the best most amazing software in the world if the device has an analog output you can skip Janus and line into another device for recording, converting and relabeling.
Sometimes I wonder if they just dont have enought to do?
I am research scientist who has worked in big Pharma (Pfizer, Pharmacia & Upjohn) and I am currently working in a small startup biotech company. While working in big pharma we constantly had problems with our service that made all the journals available online (intranet). It was always a pain in the ass to hunt down that 'last paper' but we "People" who could take care of it for us. This is, by the way, how big Pharma handles most problems; throw ridiculous amounts of money at the problem unti it goes away. At the time I rather enjoyed that power - but I always felt a bit uneasy about it.
Now that I'm in a small Biotech the issues are very apparent. Many scientific journals, that we absolutely need, cost more then $1000 each for a years subscription. If you only new how many different journals we need. With start up monies of less then $500k and insane prices on lab equipment and supplies we need every break we can get. If we didn't already have an "alternate"(in other words shady) method of literature acquisition we would be screwed.
While it is true you can find just about any journal in some library - good f-ing luck finding one with everything you need. I hope that a solution can be worked out. Many researchers could benefit from an environment were the data/methods/protocols they need are just a few clicks away - instead of a 4 hour drive or expensive contract away.
Hey buddy, could you spare a link? Hadnt heard that. If you know where any stories may be posted I'd appreciate it.
Thx
For me personally, I really enjoy the edge in tech that PCs have over consoles. I also like many of the games that only really end up on PCs. Is it worth 3-4k? No, absolutly not. I always make my own machines and can usually build a "near" top of the line machine from all the top name (asus, antec, ATI) parts (excluding monitor) for about 1500. Now, that is a significantly lower price but it is still expensive to some(many?) folks. For many including myself this building and upgrading business is half the fun.
What I'd like to see in the future is easily upgraded or modular consoles to keep these people closers to the tech edge if they want to be. Also, console/PC games that can play against each other online. I'm not sure if any are available now (help me here if you can), but I think it could be load of fun.
Why would you ask the Department of Homeland Security to regulate your work(or anything for that matter)? OMG - what a scary ass idea. Hey Mr. Orwell love your book but you got the year wrong.
-- Dont be a thought criminal
Absolutely, Gateway made them drop their soap and gave them no mercy. If you are nearby the store tell scott the LabRat says hi.
That way they could be lured into the the day light. You see, thats whats really intersting about Vampire the masquerade people - they really do ignite into flames when they hit open daylight. Thats why they must return to their mother's basements before dawn....
Thats about right. You know those $300 monitor swing arm stands from rubber made? I put a desk lamp price tag on two of them and got them for $10 each. Just make sure you go soon - like nowish. After the gateway workers had that stunned feeling wear off and saw how much they got for severence they started takeing all the good stuff.
Was it a year or a year and a half ago? At any rate one of my buddies was a manager at a Gateway Country store. I can remember him talking about days going buy with next to no one comming in the store and being "forced" to play games all day. When his store was closed in the first wave he and a bunch of the other ex-gateway employee banded togather to form a new store - where they play games all day.
/.ers near a closing Gateway check it out. If not for the tech they had some great office stuff.
Also something to note: THE LAST WAVE OF CLOSINGS HAD GREAT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALES. Any
oK replying to my own post is kinda lame however.. I had a buddy in the Army that was of all things an MP. His job was to gaurd nuclear shells for long range artierly. Its the middle of winter and the other guards insist on sitting on the crates because they continually emit heat. My buddy opted out beacuse he didnt want glow in the dark cajones.
Nukes dont need to be kept warm, they generate heat all by themselves.
"The SpaceX Falcon rocket project will specifically target Boeing, by offering the SpaceX Falcon V booster for 60-70% less than Boeing can fly its Delta II and newer Delta IV Medium Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle"
Firstly, does anyone else have a problem with low altitude geosynchronous orbit objects designed by the military being placed in the heavens by the lowest bidder?
Secondly, if they really can do it for 60-70% less why hasn't someone stepped in long before SpaceX? An "Entrenched culture" just isnt a good enough answer for me.
Hey, I can't find the eleven....
This is a rampant problem throughout many industries. As a research scientist and former employee of Pfizer(once Pharmaica&Upjohn then Pharmacia) I can tell that drug "sequals" are consistantly sought after. We are consistanly pushed to find a chemical alterations to some drug (effectivly a sequal) instead of finding new and innovative solutions to health issues. The people in power want only to make stock holders feel safe and secure - srew the patient. New ideas that are outside this schematic are activly discouraged. Any other /.ers work in industries with similar problems?