My workplace (a k-12 school district) looked at this as an alternative to Exchange because it was cheaper (in both licensing and IT staff) and provided the functions that we wanted (callendering,todo lists,e-mail); except that it would not sync well with our Palm Tungsten E2s that we standardized on for our administrators. We paid for the version that let us sync to Palms. They provided up with support, and it still didn't work.
The sole reason we are not using it is because it doesn't work with the palm hotsync utility. So, we currently have Twig, which is okay, and it looks like we will be sticking with that for a while.
Here's a short conversation I had with a teacher (I work for a school district) I had the other day.
Me: "Hey, what's your password? No wait, I'll just reset your password and you can change it when the computer restarts."
Teacher: "NO! I don't want to make a new password. I just want them all to be the same so I don't have to remember two or three. My password is 'steak'."
It's not the fact that they're profitable companies that's the problem. It's the fact that they're profitting from peoples' illnesses.
With the exception of antibiotics, I doubt there are any drugs that cure a patient's disease.
Some currently contested drugs are Celebrex and Vioxx. Why were these drugs even made? Why were they marketed? They fall under the category of NSAID (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflamatory Drug). Other NSAIDS are asprin and ibuprofen.
Which drugs have a proven history and have well understood consequences? The cheap ones we've been using for years.
Which drugs do not have a proven history, and have been shown to increase the risk of heart attack? The expensive new ones.
What are all of these drugs? Pain relievers.
Does Vioxx work much better than Ibuprofen? No.
Does Celebrex work much better than Asprin? No.
So why take these drugs at all? Because the drugs companies are controlling the health care of this nation. Drug companies fund most medical research. They bombard doctors daily with FUD and misinformation about their products, i.e. they lie to doctors to get them to perscribe their products.
And why do they do this? It is profitable for people to be sick.
Drug companies should research drugs. They should fully test their drugs. When and if they are shown to be better with less side effects than the current drugs, they should release and update to a central database that a new drug is out. They should not be advertising to the general populace. The people should not choose their medications based on what they saw on the television or in a magazine.
People should have the right to have their doctor's pick their medications without bias, without restrictions, based on what works the best and has the fewest side effects.
My cat got his PHd last year for finding a Door Into Summer. The other candidate would have gotten his PHd, but his uncertainty about being placed in a box turned out to be well founded...
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Unfortunately, these sources can't be considered credible. Which may sound like a troll, but it's not. These people are funded by advertisers. Advertisers like Microsoft and Nintendo and Sony. These sources will almost *always* report favorible, if not glowing reviews of the major advertisers' games.
Cities are being redisgned as we speak to accomodate this thing, I'm sure.
From the article:
Since Concept Centaur is just that--a concept--they aren't for sale. At the present time, Segway LLC has no plans to manufacture or sell this as a product.
What we need is for a senator or a represenative to go up and give a speach (speech?) about how forcing people to look at ads is bad. In the middle of his speech, he should show advertisements for several minutes and then continue his speach. Interrupting his speech every few minutes for more ads. If anyone got up to leave, or tried to ignore him, he would point at them and say, "You're using technology to skip comercials! You will be fined / arrested."
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My workplace (a k-12 school district) looked at this as an alternative to Exchange because it was cheaper (in both licensing and IT staff) and provided the functions that we wanted (callendering,todo lists,e-mail); except that it would not sync well with our Palm Tungsten E2s that we standardized on for our administrators. We paid for the version that let us sync to Palms. They provided up with support, and it still didn't work.
The sole reason we are not using it is because it doesn't work with the palm hotsync utility. So, we currently have Twig, which is okay, and it looks like we will be sticking with that for a while.
Also, Zimbra is clunky and slow on old machines.Here's a short conversation I had with a teacher (I work for a school district) I had the other day.
Me: "Hey, what's your password? No wait, I'll just reset your password and you can change it when the computer restarts."
Teacher: "NO! I don't want to make a new password. I just want them all to be the same so I don't have to remember two or three. My password is 'steak'."
Me: *Sigh* "Okay..."
In Soviet Russia, memes bring back you!
It's not the fact that they're profitable companies that's the problem. It's the fact that they're profitting from peoples' illnesses.
With the exception of antibiotics, I doubt there are any drugs that cure a patient's disease.
Some currently contested drugs are Celebrex and Vioxx. Why were these drugs even made? Why were they marketed? They fall under the category of NSAID (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflamatory Drug). Other NSAIDS are asprin and ibuprofen.
Which drugs have a proven history and have well understood consequences? The cheap ones we've been using for years.
Which drugs do not have a proven history, and have been shown to increase the risk of heart attack? The expensive new ones.
What are all of these drugs? Pain relievers.
Does Vioxx work much better than Ibuprofen? No.
Does Celebrex work much better than Asprin? No.
So why take these drugs at all? Because the drugs companies are controlling the health care of this nation. Drug companies fund most medical research. They bombard doctors daily with FUD and misinformation about their products, i.e. they lie to doctors to get them to perscribe their products.
And why do they do this? It is profitable for people to be sick.
Drug companies should research drugs. They should fully test their drugs. When and if they are shown to be better with less side effects than the current drugs, they should release and update to a central database that a new drug is out. They should not be advertising to the general populace. The people should not choose their medications based on what they saw on the television or in a magazine.
People should have the right to have their doctor's pick their medications without bias, without restrictions, based on what works the best and has the fewest side effects.
My cat got his PHd last year for finding a Door Into Summer. The other candidate would have gotten his PHd, but his uncertainty about being placed in a box turned out to be well founded...
the Russians?
In Soviet Russia, semen filters you!
if you are in public, then your public image is public property.
Then what do you have to say about this?
Unfortunately, these sources can't be considered credible. Which may sound like a troll, but it's not. These people are funded by advertisers. Advertisers like Microsoft and Nintendo and Sony. These sources will almost *always* report favorible, if not glowing reviews of the major advertisers' games.
In Soviet Russia, genome sequence you!
[exp(pi*sqrt(163)) % 1 ] != 0 :-(
In Soviet Russia, Real Time Operating Systems wait for you!
From the article:
Since Concept Centaur is just that--a concept--they aren't for sale. At the present time, Segway LLC has no plans to manufacture or sell this as a product.
What we need is for a senator or a represenative to go up and give a speach (speech?) about how forcing people to look at ads is bad. In the middle of his speech, he should show advertisements for several minutes and then continue his speach. Interrupting his speech every few minutes for more ads. If anyone got up to leave, or tried to ignore him, he would point at them and say, "You're using technology to skip comercials! You will be fined / arrested."