Physical sports where concussion's occur are not going to go away. People will always sacrifice their body for potential fame and fortune. The fallacy of "a concussion will never happen to me or have lasting effects" is strong amongst young people, those typically playing these types of sports. Plus, using football as an example, is so ingrained in North American society: from high school through to college/university to a Professional paying job that the game will not go away. What needs to change is the way these sports are played.
Where there just as many concussions when people wore the thin leather helmets vs today's super helmets? Players dressed up in all that protective gear feel invincible literally throw themselves around and taking more hits and risks. You don't see near as many concussion injuries in a sport like rugby. While similar in nature those players aren't spearing others with their head to make a tackle.
I'm not that this would work. Look at Venus, while it's atmosphere is not made of water vapor its cloudy atmosphere traps heat rather than reflecting it back into space. Why would water vapor clouds act any different other than that of a greenhouse environment that Venus exhibits?
Agreed and there is a lot more than just lowering/raising a wage amount. In the payroll system the 'wage change' would have implications on:
- calculating holiday pay
- pay stud deductions (for example wage garnishing)
- pension contributions, etc.
Nobody wants their paycheck messed up as it creates financial distress and plus people lose confidence in the payroll system. So I would assume there would be considerable time spent testing these changes too.
Sure free market but sometimes society, in general, needs a bit of a push in the right direction. I don't know about your part of the world but here public buildings need to be accessible to those in wheelchairs. I'm pretty certain the "free market economy" would not have driven that change without a push from regulations.
Then again, by population Chicago is America's 3rd largest city http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population
Being close to that many people/corporations means that the service MSFT provides should be enhanced in regards to data latency. Maybe they're focusing more on providing real-time data environments.
Considering this initiative is suppose to span multiple states, multiple health plans, etc. then I'd be curious to see what will be used as the index key. It's not likely going to be individuals health plans policy number, so will they use name, DOB, and location?
Judging from http://www.namestatistics.com/ there will be lots of duplicate name combinations. People are always moving and not updating their address so that would not be kept up-to-date. Plus what do you do with someone who's legal name is Thomas but registers in this Health Vault as Tom?
All of these issues can be overcome ie: postal address verification software, common name comparison software, etc. However there will always remain a need for some manual intervention for ones that cannot be adjusted by software. Who's going to foot the bill for the manual intervention or even other costs associated to this vault?
This is a huge endeavor and this "news" announcement really doesn't address any real world issues that this vault will encounter.
What goes up usually comes down. Here's a little history:
The Canadian dollar has seen some steep ebbs and flows in its history. In 1864, the greenback traded at less than 36 cents (Canadian), an all-time low for the U.S. currency. In 2002, by contrast, the loonie traded as low as 62 cents
Quoted from http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070920.wdollar0920/BNStory/robNews/home
For your reaseach use this site http://www.phonescoop.com/
Search for a phone, click on the deatils and pay close attention to the "Mode", that'll indicate what networks and countries your desired phone will work in.
THEN to to ebay and bid on one....
Third Thought:
In order to deliver the one-third the pressure exerted by Earth's atmosphere that these suits will need to be custom designed for each individual. Which is fine if you plan on using the suit in a short period of time. Not so great for a mission to mars, where by the time they get there travelers would have lost quite a bit of muscle and body fat. I doubt the suit would still fit properly to provide the necessary (minimum) 30 kPa's.
The High Energy Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS)...will weigh just 750 kg (1,650 lb) and measures the size of a large fridge... But the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency reckons it has solved the problem by merging liquid and solid state lasers to cut the size and weight by "an order of magnitude,"
Great, does that mean it'll eventually get to the size of mini-bar fridge?
Somewhat depends what you plan on doing with your CS degree. A heads down programmer needs a slightly different skill set compared to one with a desire to eventually work your way into management.
For the management positions you might want to considering additional studies in Psychology (industrial or personality) and/or Business Management with a focus on accounting (as already mentioned an MBA is considered valuable). Another alternative, instead of a second degree, is to consider getting a minor designation(s).
I'm pretty sure the PIPEDA legislation does not expand beyond the Canadian boards. So while this is a good attempt to regular Spam generated within Canada to Canadians it does nothing to stop Spam coming in from other countries.
To prevent some finger pointing and laughing it'd be best to carry this "Pizza Case" horizontally - which would be a real pain and kind of limits this carrying case usefulness.
Along with warning about accidents or shared traffic information this same communication system could be used to organize consumer buying power.
Just imagine that cars, within a 5 mile radius, with 1/4 or less fuel left in their gas tanks all communicate with each other indicating "filler up time". The communication system assembles a list of 20 plus cars that that have a desire to fuel up in the next 45mins. A local gas station is tied into this same system and offers to these drivers a limited time discount for these vehicles to fill up at that particular gas station.
The driver saves money and the station gets additional customers.
That sounds like something from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if this comet is making its rounds looking for a new hyperspace bypass. Pack your things, we're all going to be demolished next Thursday...
I wonder if it's just a coincidence as this is how my morning started:
"You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't..."
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Physical sports where concussion's occur are not going to go away. People will always sacrifice their body for potential fame and fortune. The fallacy of "a concussion will never happen to me or have lasting effects" is strong amongst young people, those typically playing these types of sports. Plus, using football as an example, is so ingrained in North American society: from high school through to college/university to a Professional paying job that the game will not go away. What needs to change is the way these sports are played.
Where there just as many concussions when people wore the thin leather helmets vs today's super helmets? Players dressed up in all that protective gear feel invincible literally throw themselves around and taking more hits and risks. You don't see near as many concussion injuries in a sport like rugby. While similar in nature those players aren't spearing others with their head to make a tackle.
Did you purchase the Best Buy Extended Warranty? if so perhaps they tracked you through that...
I'm not that this would work. Look at Venus, while it's atmosphere is not made of water vapor its cloudy atmosphere traps heat rather than reflecting it back into space. Why would water vapor clouds act any different other than that of a greenhouse environment that Venus exhibits?
I guess if you have to ask that usually means you can't afford it, but how much would something like this cost??
It's fine that cosmic rays aren't correlated
To clarify cosmic "rays" are really energized particles. These particles arrive individually and not in the form of a "ray" or beam.
I wonder if the magma melted the drill bit?
. . . to Intel gathering ;)
- calculating holiday pay
- pay stud deductions (for example wage garnishing)
- pension contributions, etc.
Nobody wants their paycheck messed up as it creates financial distress and plus people lose confidence in the payroll system. So I would assume there would be considerable time spent testing these changes too.
Sure free market but sometimes society, in general, needs a bit of a push in the right direction. I don't know about your part of the world but here public buildings need to be accessible to those in wheelchairs. I'm pretty certain the "free market economy" would not have driven that change without a push from regulations.
thank gawd that link wasn't slashdotted!
Then again, by population Chicago is America's 3rd largest city http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population Being close to that many people/corporations means that the service MSFT provides should be enhanced in regards to data latency. Maybe they're focusing more on providing real-time data environments.
Considering this initiative is suppose to span multiple states, multiple health plans, etc. then I'd be curious to see what will be used as the index key. It's not likely going to be individuals health plans policy number, so will they use name, DOB, and location?
Judging from http://www.namestatistics.com/ there will be lots of duplicate name combinations. People are always moving and not updating their address so that would not be kept up-to-date. Plus what do you do with someone who's legal name is Thomas but registers in this Health Vault as Tom?
All of these issues can be overcome ie: postal address verification software, common name comparison software, etc. However there will always remain a need for some manual intervention for ones that cannot be adjusted by software. Who's going to foot the bill for the manual intervention or even other costs associated to this vault? This is a huge endeavor and this "news" announcement really doesn't address any real world issues that this vault will encounter.
I've got a 3rd leg but it never occurred to me to use it for walking, oh wait....
What goes up usually comes down. Here's a little history: The Canadian dollar has seen some steep ebbs and flows in its history. In 1864, the greenback traded at less than 36 cents (Canadian), an all-time low for the U.S. currency. In 2002, by contrast, the loonie traded as low as 62 cents Quoted from http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070920.wdollar0920/BNStory/robNews/home
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Not to be confused with Darknet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet which is what I immediately thought from this article title.
A B (block) C
For your reaseach use this site http://www.phonescoop.com/ Search for a phone, click on the deatils and pay close attention to the "Mode", that'll indicate what networks and countries your desired phone will work in. THEN to to ebay and bid on one....
Third Thought: In order to deliver the one-third the pressure exerted by Earth's atmosphere that these suits will need to be custom designed for each individual. Which is fine if you plan on using the suit in a short period of time. Not so great for a mission to mars, where by the time they get there travelers would have lost quite a bit of muscle and body fat. I doubt the suit would still fit properly to provide the necessary (minimum) 30 kPa's.
From TFA: Great, does that mean it'll eventually get to the size of mini-bar fridge?
Somewhat depends what you plan on doing with your CS degree. A heads down programmer needs a slightly different skill set compared to one with a desire to eventually work your way into management.
For the management positions you might want to considering additional studies in Psychology (industrial or personality) and/or Business Management with a focus on accounting (as already mentioned an MBA is considered valuable). Another alternative, instead of a second degree, is to consider getting a minor designation(s).
I'm pretty sure the PIPEDA legislation does not expand beyond the Canadian boards. So while this is a good attempt to regular Spam generated within Canada to Canadians it does nothing to stop Spam coming in from other countries.
To prevent some finger pointing and laughing it'd be best to carry this "Pizza Case" horizontally - which would be a real pain and kind of limits this carrying case usefulness.
Along with warning about accidents or shared traffic information this same communication system could be used to organize consumer buying power.
Just imagine that cars, within a 5 mile radius, with 1/4 or less fuel left in their gas tanks all communicate with each other indicating "filler up time". The communication system assembles a list of 20 plus cars that that have a desire to fuel up in the next 45mins. A local gas station is tied into this same system and offers to these drivers a limited time discount for these vehicles to fill up at that particular gas station.
The driver saves money and the station gets additional customers.
That sounds like something from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if this comet is making its rounds looking for a new hyperspace bypass. Pack your things, we're all going to be demolished next Thursday...
I wonder if it's just a coincidence as this is how my morning started:
"You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't..."