The health care system is most definitely ready for this.
You might be familiar with Nurse Anesthetists, or the newer Anaesthesia Assistant role (often filled by Respiratory Therapists with advanced training). These people are qualified to start IVs, administer drugs, insert breathing tubes, monitor during anaesthesia, and troubleshoot when things go wrong. They can be trained to insert arterial lines, central lines, etc.
The role of the anaesthesiologist then becomes more big-picture... the doc is able to: * develop a treatment plan * oversee the patient * respond to emergencies, and * attend to the more difficult cases. Those first two can easily be done remotely, especially under the conditions in the article (like patients in very low-density areas). The point is, there are people available to handle the basic technical skills, and under extreme conditions this system could bring anaesthesia to areas it'd be otherwise unavailable.
Everybody wants fast access to health care. They should diagnose expeditiously, start a treatment plan immediately, and treatment should progress rapidly. We should absolutely embrace ways to free up doctors so they can treat more people, and sooner.
I work in respiratory care. We administer a 70%/30% mix of helium and oxygen, called Heliox. It is a low-density gas, making it easier to breathe for people with airway obstructions (such as asthma, throat cancer, etc.).
The rising cost of helium may make Heliox prohibitively expensive.
Just wanted to share that helium is for more than balloons.
Did you read the article? Diana Ross says that she ran out of money and wants the RIAA to collect more. It wouldn't do her much good if the RIAA wasn't going to pay her any of it.
FreeBSD didn't really have a logo per se, and that was sortof the problem. Sometimes they'd put up a picture of Beastie, sometimes they'd just use the slogan (I can't wait for the new slogan contest), and sometimes they'd just put the word "FreeBSD" as a letterhead.
Mascots and logos aren't interchangeable, and it wasn't good to use them interchangeably. The theory is that it's bad juju to put up a picture (one which pisses off the fundies, though I'm inclined to think that's a good thing), and that it's instead better to be represented by a tennis ball with giant nipples.
That said, I was one of this logo's biggest supporters from the start of the contest, and I was on the initial logo review team. I think that FreeBSD doesn't *need* a logo, but that this one fits the Project pretty well. 'Cause all FreeBSD developers have giant nipples.
A lot of people seem to have trouble grasping the concept here, so perhaps this will help.
There is a difference between a mascot and a logo.
Think about McDonalds. Their logo is a giant 'M'. Their mascot is a scary kiddy-fiddling clown thing. The giant 'M' has changed over time, but Ronald McDonald is still the same freakish evil clown.
Yes. That image was created with the Gimp on FreeBSD. I don't know of any good MS Paint alternative that'll run under FreeBSD, even though the Gimp is a bit overkill.
I actually tried to make an SVG using inkscape but, damn... vector graphics are a royal PITA. Especially when compared to the simplicity of drawing crappy artwork with my left hand.
I'm pleased that you like my "artwork", but please at least make it clear that you weren't the one who created it.
p.s. I've been working on some other FreeBSD-related logos. I have them up at http://www.magnesium.net/~adamw/logos
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Canada has had this technology for weeks now!
God, I've always wanted to say that.
The health care system is most definitely ready for this.
You might be familiar with Nurse Anesthetists, or the newer Anaesthesia Assistant role (often filled by Respiratory Therapists with advanced training). These people are qualified to start IVs, administer drugs, insert breathing tubes, monitor during anaesthesia, and troubleshoot when things go wrong. They can be trained to insert arterial lines, central lines, etc.
The role of the anaesthesiologist then becomes more big-picture... the doc is able to:
* develop a treatment plan
* oversee the patient
* respond to emergencies, and
* attend to the more difficult cases.
Those first two can easily be done remotely, especially under the conditions in the article (like patients in very low-density areas). The point is, there are people available to handle the basic technical skills, and under extreme conditions this system could bring anaesthesia to areas it'd be otherwise unavailable.
Everybody wants fast access to health care. They should diagnose expeditiously, start a treatment plan immediately, and treatment should progress rapidly. We should absolutely embrace ways to free up doctors so they can treat more people, and sooner.
I work in respiratory care. We administer a 70%/30% mix of helium and oxygen, called Heliox. It is a low-density gas, making it easier to breathe for people with airway obstructions (such as asthma, throat cancer, etc.).
The rising cost of helium may make Heliox prohibitively expensive.
Just wanted to share that helium is for more than balloons.
Don't you mean 6,000?
An API for suck does not undo the suck.
Did you read the article? Diana Ross says that she ran out of money and wants the RIAA to collect more. It wouldn't do her much good if the RIAA wasn't going to pay her any of it.
The next logical step is for the RIAA to go after radio listeners.
Which begs the question: at what point will the RIAA feel that artists are being properly compensated?
FreeBSD didn't really have a logo per se, and that was sortof the problem. Sometimes they'd put up a picture of Beastie, sometimes they'd just use the slogan (I can't wait for the new slogan contest), and sometimes they'd just put the word "FreeBSD" as a letterhead.
Mascots and logos aren't interchangeable, and it wasn't good to use them interchangeably. The theory is that it's bad juju to put up a picture (one which pisses off the fundies, though I'm inclined to think that's a good thing), and that it's instead better to be represented by a tennis ball with giant nipples.
That said, I was one of this logo's biggest supporters from the start of the contest, and I was on the initial logo review team. I think that FreeBSD doesn't *need* a logo, but that this one fits the Project pretty well. 'Cause all FreeBSD developers have giant nipples.
I *knew* that Björk was secretly a cannibalistic killer fast-food clown, but until now, I've never had the hard evidence to prove it. Thank you.
A lot of people seem to have trouble grasping the concept here, so perhaps this will help.
There is a difference between a mascot and a logo.
Think about McDonalds. Their logo is a giant 'M'. Their mascot is a scary kiddy-fiddling clown thing. The giant 'M' has changed over time, but Ronald McDonald is still the same freakish evil clown.
The Daemon mascot is going nowhere.
Jeebus.
Yes. That image was created with the Gimp on FreeBSD. I don't know of any good MS Paint alternative that'll run under FreeBSD, even though the Gimp is a bit overkill.
I actually tried to make an SVG using inkscape but, damn... vector graphics are a royal PITA. Especially when compared to the simplicity of drawing crappy artwork with my left hand.
I'm pleased that you like my "artwork", but please at least make it clear that you weren't the one who created it. p.s. I've been working on some other FreeBSD-related logos. I have them up at http://www.magnesium.net/~adamw/logos