I'm curious to learn how/why you think "the treatment of Western children with life-threatening illnesses is arguably the single most overfunded branch of the medical profession."
As a matter of dollars-spent (total or per-patient), I'd suggest that the money spent on Western adults is far greater and to no surprise. Last I read, children represent 50% of the lives on Medicaid, for example, yet make up only 5% of the inpatient dollars spent. Not proof, I realize, but telling.
Further, I'd consider money spent on children a potential investment while the money spent on dying adults to be potentially wasteful.
This practice predates the Bush Administration for some time.
My favorite example comes from none other than Alexander Haig and his friends at The World Business Review. For a "small fee" they will produce a 60 Minutes-style segment about your company and services under the guise of being "about the latest topics, trends and issues in a variety of industries."
Check out their topics and note how 1 or more companies are linked to each story. Checks were passed. How do I know? Because they call us every few years, asking us if we're interested. And, if you don't know better, when you hear that someone representing Al Haig is on the phone and is interested in doing a news story about your company, you listen.
Whoa, I see that Vin Cerf is on their board. Check it for the ubiquitous Homeland Security personnel.
You'll find a great resource for this info on the Notebookforums.com site. Personally, I run FC4 on a Sager 5520 and love it, but here in my office we've got folks on Ubuntu, Gentoo, DSLinux, etc. The suggestions about drivers are important, but it's an academic matter and easily resolved most of the time.
...I have the opposite problem. I never used Word in the 90s, but finally had to cave and use a "word processor" at some point a few years ago. Now that I'm used to OO, using Word is difficult.
For example, how would you overwrite a column in Word instead of automatically inserting one? [That's a rhetorical question.]
I stopped using Excel after spending 2 days trying to track down an error on a ridiculously cross-linked, multi-page, self-referential spreadsheet endeavor...only to learn that it was making a simple subtraction error every time.
I loaded the dang file into this (then) new-fangled thing called "OpenOffice" (pre 1.0, iirc) and it worked fine. I've never gone back.
...first, a large thank you for those who took the time to respond helpfully. I really appreciate it.
I sincerely hope your efforts will reduce the number of IE-centric WWW pages.
It has been interesting to note the assumptions made by other/.ers about the circumstances related to this request. Some are right on...others are just
funny. I wish I could respond to them all to clarify things, but doing so is likely to identify me. Which would be No Good.
Finally, I am responding to seek clarification on what seems to be the most consistent suggestion: looking at Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. That seems like an important site regardless of one's browser. However...I don't see any obvious correlation between the 508 materials and the impact on IE. Is IE somehow non-compliant with Section 508? Is not adhering to W3C standards somehow a problem (relative to 508, that is)?
Any help clarifying this is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Ironically, my yum update reports that torcs just released a batch of new updates (cars, tracks, etc.). See what a little competition can do? [har har]
...unfortunately, the US fed gov't often uses.doc and.xls on its documents by default. Want examples? Look inside the.zip files...what could just as easily be small delimited files are wrapped up in a lovely.xls protective shell.
The Supreme court did not judge this case on its merits. Lexmark missed the filing deadline by one day. Whether you agree with the result or not, they never had a chance once the midnight bell struck.
Someone, somewhere (or, more likely, someoneS) is not sleeping well tonight. Or even this month.
...you need to count. There are tons of people developing apps for Linux that aren't open. My company has developed medical software for 20+ years in UNIX (with Linux being the focus over the last 6?). And we're hardly alone.
And what about all the known commercial developers? ID Software, driver development (nVidia/ATI), etc.?
We just have to wait for nVidia and ATI to get in on this action to help drive features. I can see it now, 2025: thousands of ATI Eyeball users wait anxiously for the new Linux drivers so they can stop running green, er, RED lights.
...that experience sure puts you in a minority. Even in their forums, people are quite positive. I was amazed to be able to download the software (as an rpm, to boot), install it, and choose from among a series of emulators. Bing: a slimserver look-alike on my desktop. I could get all the settings right in the expectation of the arrival of the box.
Meanwhile, check out the NetGear groups. People are not happy with the NG software, even though it has a few nice features.
You can definitely do cheaper than a slimserver (though mine is on its way).
The NetGear MP101 can be had for ~$75 after rebate at your local Big Box Electronics Store. Note, though, that the experiences with this product range from miserable to acceptable, largely because of weak wireless capability (it works for some, not others) and a flaky server software package.
The slim, on the other hand, has a fairly amazing open package with some awesome plugins developed by the community. The downside, though, is that it's not compatible with UPnP (which the MP101 is), making alternative servers, like Twonkyvision useless.
Why am I switching to the slim, even with the higher price (3x)? Two reasons: first, the open server software - perl based! - means that I'll get features I really dig and not get stuck without answers. Second, the MP101 can only really do radio streams if you pay a one time? $20 fee OR monkey around considerably. While the service is pretty nice during the trial period, I'd prefer to not pay for something I can do for free.
I just wanted to second the Tom Sharpe recommendation. Like a perverted Wodehouse. I picked up the recommendation on the Usenet ~10+ years ago and would like to return the favor: if you want to risk having a Depends Moment, read Sharpe.
...when answering the phone in support years ago, I took a call from a user who wanted help replacing her hard drive. After 5-10 minutes of roundabout conversation, she finally admitted that the guys doing work in her building had dropped a cinder block through the ceiling and smashed her server.
It's a tough world when someone can't tell the difference between a grammar misunderstanding and a typo. File my report under "Don't post to/. when you've got to kids running around," OK?
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I'm curious to learn how/why you think "the treatment of Western children with life-threatening illnesses is arguably the single most overfunded branch of the medical profession."
As a matter of dollars-spent (total or per-patient), I'd suggest that the money spent on Western adults is far greater and to no surprise. Last I read, children represent 50% of the lives on Medicaid, for example, yet make up only 5% of the inpatient dollars spent. Not proof, I realize, but telling.
Further, I'd consider money spent on children a potential investment while the money spent on dying adults to be potentially wasteful.
This practice predates the Bush Administration for some time.
My favorite example comes from none other than Alexander Haig and his friends at The World Business Review. For a "small fee" they will produce a 60 Minutes-style segment about your company and services under the guise of being "about the latest topics, trends and issues in a variety of industries."
Check out their topics and note how 1 or more companies are linked to each story. Checks were passed. How do I know? Because they call us every few years, asking us if we're interested. And, if you don't know better, when you hear that someone representing Al Haig is on the phone and is interested in doing a news story about your company, you listen.
Whoa, I see that Vin Cerf is on their board. Check it for the ubiquitous Homeland Security personnel.
You'll find a great resource for this info on the Notebookforums.com site. Personally, I run FC4 on a Sager 5520 and love it, but here in my office we've got folks on Ubuntu, Gentoo, DSLinux, etc. The suggestions about drivers are important, but it's an academic matter and easily resolved most of the time.
Good luck.
Often, when c+p-ing from another app, I simply have to:before pasting. You can turn it back on easily:
The irony of this statement these days is too thick to comprehend at 9:30 in the morning.
Heathens, nearly all of you. nethack is the granddaddy of them all.
I also loved playing Wasteland with its many endings and possibilities.
...and allow people to sell their music back when the prices go up.
...I have the opposite problem. I never used Word in the 90s, but finally had to cave and use a "word processor" at some point a few years ago. Now that I'm used to OO, using Word is difficult.
For example, how would you overwrite a column in Word instead of automatically inserting one? [That's a rhetorical question.]
I loaded the dang file into this (then) new-fangled thing called "OpenOffice" (pre 1.0, iirc) and it worked fine. I've never gone back.
I love that link..."click to enlarge" indeed.
It has been interesting to note the assumptions made by other /.ers about the circumstances related to this request. Some are right on...others are just
funny. I wish I could respond to them all to clarify things, but doing so is likely to identify me. Which would be No Good.
Finally, I am responding to seek clarification on what seems to be the most consistent suggestion: looking at Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. That seems like an important site regardless of one's browser. However...I don't see any obvious correlation between the 508 materials and the impact on IE. Is IE somehow non-compliant with Section 508? Is not adhering to W3C standards somehow a problem (relative to 508, that is)?
Any help clarifying this is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Ironically, my yum update reports that torcs just released a batch of new updates (cars, tracks, etc.). See what a little competition can do? [har har]
...unfortunately, the US fed gov't often uses .doc and .xls on its documents by default. Want examples? Look inside the .zip files...what could just as easily be small delimited files are wrapped up in a lovely .xls protective shell.
The Supreme court did not judge this case on its merits. Lexmark missed the filing deadline by one day. Whether you agree with the result or not, they never had a chance once the midnight bell struck. Someone, somewhere (or, more likely, someoneS) is not sleeping well tonight. Or even this month.
My friend, that just means it's infinitely fast.
Yes, it's slow. But it works!
Is this http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/screenshots/pearpc_x p.jpg
PearPC screen shot good enough for you? Works here.
RTFA, no? The Moox version of FF is in there and doesn't fair well.
...you need to count. There are tons of people developing apps for Linux that aren't open. My company has developed medical software for 20+ years in UNIX (with Linux being the focus over the last 6?). And we're hardly alone.
And what about all the known commercial developers? ID Software, driver development (nVidia/ATI), etc.?
We just have to wait for nVidia and ATI to get in on this action to help drive features. I can see it now, 2025: thousands of ATI Eyeball users wait anxiously for the new Linux drivers so they can stop running green, er, RED lights.
...that experience sure puts you in a minority. Even in their forums, people are quite positive. I was amazed to be able to download the software (as an rpm, to boot), install it, and choose from among a series of emulators. Bing: a slimserver look-alike on my desktop. I could get all the settings right in the expectation of the arrival of the box.
Meanwhile, check out the
NetGear groups. People are not happy with the NG software, even though it has a few nice features.
You can definitely do cheaper than a slimserver (though mine is on its way).
The
NetGear MP101 can be had for ~$75 after rebate at your local Big Box Electronics Store. Note, though, that the experiences with this product range from miserable to acceptable, largely because of weak wireless capability (it works for some, not others) and a flaky server software package.
The slim, on the other hand, has a fairly amazing open package with some awesome plugins developed by the community. The downside, though, is that it's not compatible with UPnP (which the MP101 is), making alternative servers, like Twonkyvision
useless.
Why am I switching to the slim, even with the higher price (3x)? Two reasons: first, the open server software - perl based! - means that I'll get features I really dig and not get stuck without answers. Second, the MP101 can only really do radio streams if you pay a one time? $20 fee OR monkey around considerably. While the service is pretty nice during the trial period, I'd prefer to not pay for something I can do for free.
I just wanted to second the Tom Sharpe recommendation. Like a perverted Wodehouse. I picked up the recommendation on the Usenet ~10+ years ago and would like to return the favor: if you want to risk having a Depends Moment, read Sharpe.
Of course not. It's Captain Morgan's.
...when answering the phone in support years ago, I took a call from a user who wanted help replacing her hard drive. After 5-10 minutes of roundabout conversation, she finally admitted that the guys doing work in her building had dropped a cinder block through the ceiling and smashed her server.
No joke.
It's a tough world when someone can't tell the difference between a grammar misunderstanding and a typo. File my report under "Don't post to /. when you've got to kids running around," OK?