Don't plan on being a lone coder for too long. In fact, plan to grow a business out of what you're doing and to recruit other people eventually, and if you don't see a growth opportunity in what you're doing, then reconsider if it's the best thing you can spend your time on.
the consistently normal results... suggest that some of it may be more mental than anything else... The consistent failure of several doctors using pretty advanced technology to find any clear abnormality combined with the absence of typical symptoms suggests to me that mr Volkerding may not suffer from any physical abnormality at present.
I'm a qualified doctor too, in fact, I practice psychiatry, and I have come across many patients who were considered depressed or excessive worriers because they thought there was something wrong with them, persistently so, despite the abscence of clear abnormalities on examination and the "consistently normal results" from tests, but eventually were proven right, and usually quite tragically, like that lady I won't forget who proved to have cancer that escaped repeated attempts at discovery and died in not too long after its eventual diagnosis. That's not to say I've not seen many with psychosomatic complaints, those exist, without a doubt, but I don't, as the say, the abscence of evidence does not mean evidence of abscence.
While I praise your intention, I don't know how anyone can believe that a "good thought with a deity" can change anything about the reality of someone else you're not in direct contact with. It may make you feel better, I won't argue with that, it may make him feel better if he does it, I won't argue with that either, but how a post recommending a "good thought with a deity" as a means for changing the physical reality of someone else gets rated the highest on a science.slashdot.org topic completely baffles me!
~45 million uninsured Americans is *not* propaganda, it's a demographic fact that you shouldn't try to deny, and the reason most of those people are not insured is because they can't afford it.
As for funding for stem-cell research, i said that he "limited" it, not "banned" it, and if you knew much about medical research you'd realize that it desperately needs any source of funding it can get, and the fact that he limited it on religious, and ultimately political, grounds is a big shame that you shouldn't defend.
This is a common misunderstanding; ER does not equal good treatment, in fact, quite often the opposite. People often have the idea that if they go to the ER they'll get the best treatment in the hospital, and that's just not true, in fact, I think a major part of the reason this thing went on for too long was that he seems to have relied on the ER "Slackware 2004 ER tour continues", where he was being constantly compared to those who fractured multiple limbs in road traffic accidents and decided he was not high risk enough, and then sent away. Patrick needs specialist care, and the ER is the last place he'll find that. Granted, if his condition deteriorates over a short period of time (hours) and he suddenly can't breathe and feels about to die, then yes, go to the ER, otherwise, no, wait for the specialist.
I was horrified to read that in the past he self-medicated with a 60 day course of antibiotics that he acquired through a guy his parents knew. Just the recipe for growing a superbug!
I was further horrified to read that now he only wants people to call him if they can get him high-dose antibiotics. He simply needs to see a specialist for specific, directed therapy it may well involve antibiotics, but it will be a precise type of antibiotic, arrived at by expert knowledge and a culture of the organism they would get from his sputum.
I doubt that he would've gotten an infection from the use of an electric toothbrush. I personally think the clue, if it's a chronic respiratory infection indeed, would his "annual camping trip".
To American slashdotters : this is what you get when you have 45 million uninsured Americans, and yet your nation votes against a candidate that promised universal health coverage in favor of another who chose to limit stem-cell research on religious grounds.
Seriously, I recently started doing business case analyses of my upgrade decisions, even for things as basic as a digital camera or a PDA. It may be true that they're not that expensive, but they're often quite useful that cost is not the prime issue, but the functional disruption that a new model could cause to my routine use.
I have to demonstrate that there is actually good to be gained from an upgrade, otherwise I think it's best to stay with what I've got.
You're absolutely right about the hassle. I'm not saying I'm rich, but I have a technophilic temptation that often interfers with my functional use of the device. I often find that a slightly older, classic and well-reviewed item works best for me, and I've had many occasions where I bought an "upgrade" that turned out to be less preferable when put to use than item i had it was meant to replace.
"14. Can I share my modifications with other researchers? Yes, provided that the other researchers have accepted the JRL. Cool, even my patches are subject to the license. I knew some doozy was coming that was going to restrict my usual rights. Thus the clickthrough love."
Can you please tell me what "rights" you have to the Java source code?
Here's what I want, a fully "web" interface. I wish all apps were just simply that. Mozilla firefox is an example, google is another, i wish the rest of Linux is just simply that.
I built this computer I'm typing on now myself with what was bleeding edge components just a few months ago. Linux Mandrake installed much faster than windows XP and not only that, but it also had athlon 64 support and SATA support, which windows lacked or was a pain to deal with, respectively.
It strikes me as absolutely bizarre that someone could have such a large collection of porn, unless he's trying to profit from it. What about copyright violations? I doubt that he's produced enough porn to fill up such massive storage.
Well, ever the thinker, I was thinking about them as I was admiring our little society today as i walked through a typical UK small-city center. No, keep ID cards and militarized police with their guns away from our peaceful, naturally liberal spots.
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Don't plan on being a lone coder for too long. In fact, plan to grow a business out of what you're doing and to recruit other people eventually, and if you don't see a growth opportunity in what you're doing, then reconsider if it's the best thing you can spend your time on.
the consistently normal results
I'm a qualified doctor too, in fact, I practice psychiatry, and I have come across many patients who were considered depressed or excessive worriers because they thought there was something wrong with them, persistently so, despite the abscence of clear abnormalities on examination and the "consistently normal results" from tests, but eventually were proven right, and usually quite tragically, like that lady I won't forget who proved to have cancer that escaped repeated attempts at discovery and died in not too long after its eventual diagnosis. That's not to say I've not seen many with psychosomatic complaints, those exist, without a doubt, but I don't, as the say, the abscence of evidence does not mean evidence of abscence.
While I praise your intention, I don't know how anyone can believe that a "good thought with a deity" can change anything about the reality of someone else you're not in direct contact with. It may make you feel better, I won't argue with that, it may make him feel better if he does it, I won't argue with that either, but how a post recommending a "good thought with a deity" as a means for changing the physical reality of someone else gets rated the highest on a science.slashdot.org topic completely baffles me!
45 million uninsured Americans is propaganda
~45 million uninsured Americans is *not* propaganda, it's a demographic fact that you shouldn't try to deny, and the reason most of those people are not insured is because they can't afford it.
As for funding for stem-cell research, i said that he "limited" it, not "banned" it, and if you knew much about medical research you'd realize that it desperately needs any source of funding it can get, and the fact that he limited it on religious, and ultimately political, grounds is a big shame that you shouldn't defend.
This is a common misunderstanding; ER does not equal good treatment, in fact, quite often the opposite. People often have the idea that if they go to the ER they'll get the best treatment in the hospital, and that's just not true, in fact, I think a major part of the reason this thing went on for too long was that he seems to have relied on the ER "Slackware 2004 ER tour continues", where he was being constantly compared to those who fractured multiple limbs in road traffic accidents and decided he was not high risk enough, and then sent away. Patrick needs specialist care, and the ER is the last place he'll find that. Granted, if his condition deteriorates over a short period of time (hours) and he suddenly can't breathe and feels about to die, then yes, go to the ER, otherwise, no, wait for the specialist.
From another doctor:
I was horrified to read that in the past he self-medicated with a 60 day course of antibiotics that he acquired through a guy his parents knew. Just the recipe for growing a superbug!
I was further horrified to read that now he only wants people to call him if they can get him high-dose antibiotics. He simply needs to see a specialist for specific, directed therapy it may well involve antibiotics, but it will be a precise type of antibiotic, arrived at by expert knowledge and a culture of the organism they would get from his sputum.
I doubt that he would've gotten an infection from the use of an electric toothbrush. I personally think the clue, if it's a chronic respiratory infection indeed, would his "annual camping trip".
To American slashdotters : this is what you get when you have 45 million uninsured Americans, and yet your nation votes against a candidate that promised universal health coverage in favor of another who chose to limit stem-cell research on religious grounds.
A medical textbook from the 1930s (a serious, scholarly one) had a list of the many diseases that were formally considered caused by masturbation.
i don't get it; is the joke that it doesn't actually relate to the topic?
Keep it out of the P2P controversy, please.
The prettiest girls there are; they all have the Mila Jovovich look with the slanted eyebrows.
No problem; "Firefox the internet".
It's actually the same person that a few months ago said he had used firefox that is now saying he never used it.
Seriously, I recently started doing business case analyses of my upgrade decisions, even for things as basic as a digital camera or a PDA. It may be true that they're not that expensive, but they're often quite useful that cost is not the prime issue, but the functional disruption that a new model could cause to my routine use.
I have to demonstrate that there is actually good to be gained from an upgrade, otherwise I think it's best to stay with what I've got.
You're absolutely right about the hassle. I'm not saying I'm rich, but I have a technophilic temptation that often interfers with my functional use of the device. I often find that a slightly older, classic and well-reviewed item works best for me, and I've had many occasions where I bought an "upgrade" that turned out to be less preferable when put to use than item i had it was meant to replace.
I really don't see the point of that. An old Apple computer would be just as slow as an old PC.
I don't know what you're saying; I search for files ALL THE TIME at home.
It also has one of the highest emitted doses of radiation; google for it.
"14. Can I share my modifications with other researchers? Yes, provided that the other researchers have accepted the JRL. Cool, even my patches are subject to the license. I knew some doozy was coming that was going to restrict my usual rights. Thus the clickthrough love."
Can you please tell me what "rights" you have to the Java source code?
Here's what I want, a fully "web" interface. I wish all apps were just simply that. Mozilla firefox is an example, google is another, i wish the rest of Linux is just simply that.
I built this computer I'm typing on now myself with what was bleeding edge components just a few months ago. Linux Mandrake installed much faster than windows XP and not only that, but it also had athlon 64 support and SATA support, which windows lacked or was a pain to deal with, respectively.
"Rectification" is a very scary word
It strikes me as absolutely bizarre that someone could have such a large collection of porn, unless he's trying to profit from it. What about copyright violations? I doubt that he's produced enough porn to fill up such massive storage.
I really really really wish to know what he's serving that'd need such amount of gigabytes.
Well, ever the thinker, I was thinking about them as I was admiring our little society today as i walked through a typical UK small-city center. No, keep ID cards and militarized police with their guns away from our peaceful, naturally liberal spots.
If you don't like it then it's simple; don't buy music. Music is not essential.