Heck yeah! 1) Radio Shack tone dialer, 2) replace crystal with 6.5mhz, 3) pwn COCOTs. It wasn't until recently I learned that everyone who made one of these had the same problem as me: no one to call.
To me - that is the major difference between HD and SD. I LOVE being able to clearly read text on TV and movies. Not just on-screen like sub-titles, buyt the ability to read text on documents in the show, which would otherwise be fuzzy. Is it worth it? Maybe not to some, but I enjoy the extra little dimension. As Bill Maher called it: early addoption is a nerd tax. Either you are willing to pay it or not.
for centralized medical records: reducing fraud. Unless you have some central repository of records that doctars can connect to - there is nothing stopping Joe Schmoe from going to 5 doctors and getting perscriptions at 5 pharmacies. The fucked up way billing works is he could bill some to his insurance company, some to medicade, some to medicare, and never pay a dime - none would even know about it. The cost of fraud is a HUGE percentage of healthcare costs - far more than malpractice insurance.
Then there is item #2. Chew on this: 34% of healthcare cost in the US clerical... this percent should come as no shock to anyone involved in the process - but most people think it's far more automated than it really is. I don't know if centralization will reduce that much... but it's certainly an argument for computerization of healthcare records in some form.
Too bad HL7 is a complex piece of shit. Sure - you can encode anything... in the same way that I can encode anything with this interface: "Stuff"... just extend "Stuff" and away you go! Point is, it's way too generic and vague to be of much use (I worked in HL7 for years before our company had to ditch it - there was literlly no upside to the over-complication... ever try to transport a clinical event? Can take 50 objects where one would suffice before).
That said - there is one good thing to come from HL7 (through not directly from it - inspired by it): Metathesaurus.
Forget about HL7... let's focus on a common grammar first. That's the true weak point here.
...instead of looking inward to see what it is he projects it outward and thinks everyone needs to be saved from the demons that plague him. IANAP, but I think that he pretty clearly qualifies as a sociopath.
Has anyone here used ask.com? I quit using google for searches a few months ago, and haven't looked back. This is not the same thing as Microsoft using their OS dominance to break into other markets. Google was #1 for so long because they were undisputedly the best, and as better alternatives arise, it is simple to switch. Look at myspace v. facebook. Fortunes can change that quickly in the web.
Until they start fighting against net neutrality, this is hardly disconcerting.
Some alien species just lit off a nuke the size of a supernova Well, they didn't just do it - it happened years ago and the light is just now arriving. Unfortunately, they have evolved in that time to be even cooler and meaner - and are almost here!
This question is why I am a fan of the Rule of Seven. Half your age plus seven equals age of consent (age/2 + 7 = minimum). Any further separation puts the older party in an unreasonably superior position (socially, financially, mentally) which is precisely the argument made for age of consent laws anyway. Interestingly enough, the first doctor to study the subject, Alfred Kinsey, was against age of consent laws. Rape is rape - which is a far different act from consent.
In a nutshell, yes. Through my stint as a professional OSS developer, I can safely say that most OSS interest is outside the US. Where we would have to beg and push US and Canadian companies to consider adopting open source software, overseas companies were busting down our door to get support - they were adopting it in droves. As we researched the viability of making money on OSS this feeling was confirmed - over half of US companies still don't have any policy whatsoever concerning open source, where something around 80% of EU companies did.
Yes, Anarcho-Capitalist freaks, this is the utopia you all wanted! YouTube and Google have become a purely corporate run 'news' network without any government oversight or professional standards of conduct. Everything is at the whim of the company hosting the data. According to Randist theories, all of you unhappy with selective censorship should just frequent another company... except who knows how long these abuses will remain before a new (and likely equally bad) open-news source company becomes available?
Moreover, a lot of the oil wells that exist today are shit. Since the oil is extracted using pressure, the more oil you remove the pressure drops. How to keep it up? Pump in salt water! A large percentage of your standard oil fields today are actually filled with 50% or more water, which must be seperated after the pump. PEople seem to think that just because a well might have 1000 barrels of oil it is possible or feasible to extract all 1000 barrels... at some point it becomes so expensive to pump the reamining (lets say 200 barrels) that it's not worth the cost. Then you have only two options: raise the cost per barrel, or abandon the well.
But his major complaints are 1) It's not like Windows/Linux or 2) certain programs don't work as expected. Can I hate Windows because I prefer Emacs bindings? I like to type CTRL-S to search and CTRL-X-S to save... that's not the OS's fault that my preferences are different.
So, let me deconstruct them:
First, the shortcuts are not consistent from program to program. Firefox, for example, uses Ctrl-D to deny cookies, while Safari uses Command-D to deny. Browsing back and forth is Command-Left and Command-Right, but that is also the shortcut to go to the beginning/end of line (when typing into a form field, for example). Microsoft Word for Mac uses Windows-style shortcuts (end/home etc). I realize that this is not an OS X problem, but in a way it is -- these keys are not enforced like they are on other OSes What a load of horse crap. Firefox keys aren't "enforced" in Windows to be similar to Windows keys, they just happen to be. This has nothing to do with the OS - that has to do with the programs you CHOOSE to use.
(yes, linux has good shortcuts). These impede my flow of thought when I have to fish for the right keys to move from word to word, use the delete key (on a laptop), show the desktop (F11? wtf). I could go on and on about bad shortcut keys, but I think I have gotten my point across. Not really, since you can change all sorts of shortcuts in System Preferences.
Oh, and using Open Office is not feasible in OS X. I'm sorry, but it plain sucks (slow, inconsistent, requires X11...) That's why people use NeoOffice.
Second, window switching is abysmal. In fact, you can't switch between windows. You switch between applications. THEN, and only then, can you switch between windows with Command ~. Again, this is your preference. I enjoy this feature very much.
Furthermore, you can't even switch windows if one of them is minimized. Yep, you have to fish for it with your mouse (this makes the minimize button and Expose completely useless). And no, Expose does not show minimized windows either. So, my shortcuts are all messed up, my desktop is cluttered, and the "zoom" button has unpredictable behaviors (try it in iTunes, for example). You are correct about this. Check out Quicksilver or Witch. In other words, learn the tools of the trade.
Third, I have had weird things happen with my MBP -- fans just started spinning at 6000rpm for no good reason. I had to reset the PRAM. Why? Also, when the battery goes empty and the system goes to sleep, plugging it in does not let you turn the system back on! Err what? I have to wait 10 minutes or so for the battery to get charged at least a little. WTF? I have no idea what you're talking about here. Also, what does this have to do with OSX?
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If I had mod points, I'd totally mod you up.
Interesting that the internet is also populated by the more educated and affluent of our society. Makes you think...
How is this different from Mahalo? The media wiki powered search engine that has been up for almost a year?
I want a Red Ryder Tonal Action 2600Hz Range Model Blue-Box... with a compass in the stock.
Heck yeah! 1) Radio Shack tone dialer, 2) replace crystal with 6.5mhz, 3) pwn COCOTs. It wasn't until recently I learned that everyone who made one of these had the same problem as me: no one to call.
To me - that is the major difference between HD and SD. I LOVE being able to clearly read text on TV and movies. Not just on-screen like sub-titles, buyt the ability to read text on documents in the show, which would otherwise be fuzzy. Is it worth it? Maybe not to some, but I enjoy the extra little dimension. As Bill Maher called it: early addoption is a nerd tax. Either you are willing to pay it or not.
Yeah - except I am talking about the complexity of RIM, which is purely a v3 construct.
for centralized medical records: reducing fraud. Unless you have some central repository of records that doctars can connect to - there is nothing stopping Joe Schmoe from going to 5 doctors and getting perscriptions at 5 pharmacies. The fucked up way billing works is he could bill some to his insurance company, some to medicade, some to medicare, and never pay a dime - none would even know about it. The cost of fraud is a HUGE percentage of healthcare costs - far more than malpractice insurance.
Then there is item #2. Chew on this: 34% of healthcare cost in the US clerical... this percent should come as no shock to anyone involved in the process - but most people think it's far more automated than it really is. I don't know if centralization will reduce that much... but it's certainly an argument for computerization of healthcare records in some form.
Too bad HL7 is a complex piece of shit. Sure - you can encode anything... in the same way that I can encode anything with this interface: "Stuff"... just extend "Stuff" and away you go! Point is, it's way too generic and vague to be of much use (I worked in HL7 for years before our company had to ditch it - there was literlly no upside to the over-complication... ever try to transport a clinical event? Can take 50 objects where one would suffice before).
That said - there is one good thing to come from HL7 (through not directly from it - inspired by it): Metathesaurus. Forget about HL7... let's focus on a common grammar first. That's the true weak point here.
...instead of looking inward to see what it is he projects it outward and thinks everyone needs to be saved from the demons that plague him. IANAP, but I think that he pretty clearly qualifies as a sociopath.Not to get into a mod-debate, but why is every post mentioning BRs DRM getting modded troll? How about this for a troll:
BR = DVD * 6 + DRM
I've told you all this like 5 times already! Don't you pay any attention?
Has anyone here used ask.com? I quit using google for searches a few months ago, and haven't looked back. This is not the same thing as Microsoft using their OS dominance to break into other markets. Google was #1 for so long because they were undisputedly the best, and as better alternatives arise, it is simple to switch. Look at myspace v. facebook. Fortunes can change that quickly in the web.
Until they start fighting against net neutrality, this is hardly disconcerting.
Oh yeah, let's slashdot it... that'll help.
This question is why I am a fan of the Rule of Seven. Half your age plus seven equals age of consent (age/2 + 7 = minimum). Any further separation puts the older party in an unreasonably superior position (socially, financially, mentally) which is precisely the argument made for age of consent laws anyway. Interestingly enough, the first doctor to study the subject, Alfred Kinsey, was against age of consent laws. Rape is rape - which is a far different act from consent.
Yeah - this is why I'm such a huge Terry Pratchett fan. There is prose, and then there is prose. His books are the latter.
In a nutshell, yes. Through my stint as a professional OSS developer, I can safely say that most OSS interest is outside the US. Where we would have to beg and push US and Canadian companies to consider adopting open source software, overseas companies were busting down our door to get support - they were adopting it in droves. As we researched the viability of making money on OSS this feeling was confirmed - over half of US companies still don't have any policy whatsoever concerning open source, where something around 80% of EU companies did.
Yes, Anarcho-Capitalist freaks, this is the utopia you all wanted! YouTube and Google have become a purely corporate run 'news' network without any government oversight or professional standards of conduct. Everything is at the whim of the company hosting the data. According to Randist theories, all of you unhappy with selective censorship should just frequent another company... except who knows how long these abuses will remain before a new (and likely equally bad) open-news source company becomes available?
Absolutely.
Moreover, a lot of the oil wells that exist today are shit. Since the oil is extracted using pressure, the more oil you remove the pressure drops. How to keep it up? Pump in salt water! A large percentage of your standard oil fields today are actually filled with 50% or more water, which must be seperated after the pump. PEople seem to think that just because a well might have 1000 barrels of oil it is possible or feasible to extract all 1000 barrels... at some point it becomes so expensive to pump the reamining (lets say 200 barrels) that it's not worth the cost. Then you have only two options: raise the cost per barrel, or abandon the well.
Gene... who?
$100 million? You're a little off.
So, let me deconstruct them: First, the shortcuts are not consistent from program to program. Firefox, for example, uses Ctrl-D to deny cookies, while Safari uses Command-D to deny. Browsing back and forth is Command-Left and Command-Right, but that is also the shortcut to go to the beginning/end of line (when typing into a form field, for example). Microsoft Word for Mac uses Windows-style shortcuts (end/home etc). I realize that this is not an OS X problem, but in a way it is -- these keys are not enforced like they are on other OSes What a load of horse crap. Firefox keys aren't "enforced" in Windows to be similar to Windows keys, they just happen to be. This has nothing to do with the OS - that has to do with the programs you CHOOSE to use. (yes, linux has good shortcuts). These impede my flow of thought when I have to fish for the right keys to move from word to word, use the delete key (on a laptop), show the desktop (F11? wtf). I could go on and on about bad shortcut keys, but I think I have gotten my point across. Not really, since you can change all sorts of shortcuts in System Preferences. Oh, and using Open Office is not feasible in OS X. I'm sorry, but it plain sucks (slow, inconsistent, requires X11...) That's why people use NeoOffice. Second, window switching is abysmal. In fact, you can't switch between windows. You switch between applications. THEN, and only then, can you switch between windows with Command ~. Again, this is your preference. I enjoy this feature very much. Furthermore, you can't even switch windows if one of them is minimized. Yep, you have to fish for it with your mouse (this makes the minimize button and Expose completely useless). And no, Expose does not show minimized windows either. So, my shortcuts are all messed up, my desktop is cluttered, and the "zoom" button has unpredictable behaviors (try it in iTunes, for example). You are correct about this. Check out Quicksilver or Witch. In other words, learn the tools of the trade. Third, I have had weird things happen with my MBP -- fans just started spinning at 6000rpm for no good reason. I had to reset the PRAM. Why? Also, when the battery goes empty and the system goes to sleep, plugging it in does not let you turn the system back on! Err what? I have to wait 10 minutes or so for the battery to get charged at least a little. WTF? I have no idea what you're talking about here. Also, what does this have to do with OSX?