It's not a silly idea, in the right context. Companies running drug trials will be all over this. Noncompliance is a huge problem and, worse, it's currently a nearly unmeasureable problem.
In the right context, everything is silly. What was your second point?
“About half of all people don’t take medications like they’re supposed to,” says Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla,California. “This device could be a solution to that problem, so that doctors can know when to rev up a patient’s medication adherence.”
You know, I kind of like the idea of deciding for myself what medication I take and when. The idea of my doctor trying to make me ingest a sensor like I'm some sort of medical prisoner is more than a little creepy to me. What's next, is he going to give me forced ball-shock treatments if I refuse to eat healthy?
Trust your doctor or don't.
I pay mine because I value his knowledge. The dosage he recommends is what I take. (It's not uncommon for that recommendation to be 'as needed')
I think this is a silly idea...and based more on preventing the sharing/selling of medication, but I don't think there's anything creepy medically about it.
Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Nigerian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $1,000,000.00 (one million United States dollars) into your accounts. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Nigeria Apex Bank.
We are now ready to transfer the fund overseas and that is where you come in. It is important to inform you that as civil servants, we are forbidden to operate a foreign account; that is why we require your assistance. The total sum will be shared as follows: 10% for us, 85% for you and 5% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer.
The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am an accountant with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). If you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require the following documents:
(a) your banker's name, telephone, account and fax numbers.
(b) your private telephone and fax numbers â"for confidentiality and easy communication.
(c) your letter-headed paper stamped and signed.
Alternatively we will furnish you with the text of what to type into your letter-headed paper, along with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively what we require of you. The business will take us thirty (30) working days to accomplish.
That's the saddest thing I've seen in a long time.
I might be able to understand how someone could make the initial mistake, but to continue to not get it after it's been explained is just depressing.
The article continues...
I think Camelot are giving people the wrong impression - the card doesn't say to look for a colder or warmer temperature, it says to look for a higher or lower number. Six is a lower number than 8. Imagine how many people have been misled.
I suppose...maybe they should give her some sort of a prize for knowing that 6 is a lower number than 8. That's probably more than should be expected...
Many of the rooms in my house have a light hanging in the middle of the ceiling...
I'm guessing that the projection would still work as long as they aren't chandeliers, but they do extend down off the ceiling quite a bit. I know you don't need to project a 100" image, but my reply was made in response to comments about space requirements of 100" projection vs 50" plasma. I've been looking into buying a new TV, and a projecter is something I'm still considering...so I wasn't trying to come off sounding like one was better than the other.
For a 100" projection, you'd need about 7.5 ft x 4.5 ft of blank wall space and a wide enough room to put the projecter 12+ ft away with no obstructions between.
For a 50" plasma, you'd need about 4 ft x 2.5 ft of blank wall space.
I'd say there's a significant difference in the required space.
I'll lick your mouse if you lick my toilet seat...
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Seriously...what a stupid comparison.
How about comparing the number of harmful bacteria on each?
Plus, as others have pointed out, the toilet seat is very often a clean surface due to its being regularly cleaned.
His comment was:
Overclick isn't limited to Civilization. Real-time strategy games will leave you with even worse carpal tunnel. There are no mentions in the rest of the article about Real-time.
It's just a poor title for the summary.
I'm not sure...I almost wanted to mod parent 'funny'...
The Mosiac Code is biblical.
In fact, it's exactly what you linked to...the "statutes and judgments" set forth in Deuteronomy 12:2-26:15 for governance of the Israelite people.
Knox and others fear gangs are using the Internet to recruit new members, who can be influenced by the secret handshakes
Secret handshakes? Seriously...secret handshakes? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
"Yeah man...those 18th street guys are badass. They have secret handshakes and everything..."
The choice of eyes is obvious: We need to put up Chuck Norris eyes everywhere!
Lets ignore for a moment the fact that Chuck Norris is already Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent.
How dare you assume to have the authority to put His eyes anywhere?
Is there anything creative left in the games industry, or are we going to be playing Halo 6 and Final Fantasy XVII ten years from now?
I believe that there is creativity left in the industry.
I also believe that we'll be playing some version of Halo and Final Fantasy in 10 years.
I'd be willing to bet on Madden 2016 too.
Some series will just live forever in some form.
Back in college when I still smoked, I would scrounge through the couch for change and pawn CD's to get enough cash to buy cigarettes.
Smoking can be a very expensive addiction. I'm certain that people have been unable to make mortgage payments because they smoked away their paycheck.
If I hadn't had lenient landlords and patient parents, I would definitely have "lost my house." (not technically, but I would've been "homeless".)
These may not be normal situations, but I think you may be underestimating the effects nicotine can have on some people.
What would the boys in the 'Japan Acoustic Lab' have to do with stopping real criminals?
They used methods employed in criminal investigations.
The lab's chief is a former police engineer.
They aren't the police.
And as far as I know, Robert Langdon doesn't work in the lab...
I also note that at least 1/2 of the four Americans amongst the top coders began their education in Singapore
I'm perfectly willing to accept that I missed something while reading...
but where do you see where they began their education?
Po-Shen Loh, 23, a graduate student in math at Princeton University, and his 21-year-old sibling, Po-Ru, now an undergraduate at CalTech. Both were born in the Midwest of parents who had emigrated to the U.S. from Singapore; their father is a professor of statistics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Born in the US. Going to school in the US. Did you get additional information from another article?
According to this article, the family has lived in Wisconsin since 1982.
Slashdot Mirror
I'll just keep relying on The Daily Show.
It's not a silly idea, in the right context. Companies running drug trials will be all over this. Noncompliance is a huge problem and, worse, it's currently a nearly unmeasureable problem.
In the right context, everything is silly. What was your second point?
“About half of all people don’t take medications like they’re supposed to,” says Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla,California. “This device could be a solution to that problem, so that doctors can know when to rev up a patient’s medication adherence.”
You know, I kind of like the idea of deciding for myself what medication I take and when. The idea of my doctor trying to make me ingest a sensor like I'm some sort of medical prisoner is more than a little creepy to me. What's next, is he going to give me forced ball-shock treatments if I refuse to eat healthy?
Trust your doctor or don't. I pay mine because I value his knowledge. The dosage he recommends is what I take. (It's not uncommon for that recommendation to be 'as needed') I think this is a silly idea...and based more on preventing the sharing/selling of medication, but I don't think there's anything creepy medically about it.
Exactly. Public assholes only exist in 7 or so cities in the USA.
Dear Sir,
Confidential Business Proposal
Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Nigerian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $1,000,000.00 (one million United States dollars) into your accounts. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Nigeria Apex Bank.
We are now ready to transfer the fund overseas and that is where you come in. It is important to inform you that as civil servants, we are forbidden to operate a foreign account; that is why we require your assistance. The total sum will be shared as follows: 10% for us, 85% for you and 5% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer.
The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am an accountant with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). If you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require the following documents:
(a) your banker's name, telephone, account and fax numbers.
(b) your private telephone and fax numbers â"for confidentiality and easy communication.
(c) your letter-headed paper stamped and signed.
Alternatively we will furnish you with the text of what to type into your letter-headed paper, along with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively what we require of you. The business will take us thirty (30) working days to accomplish.
Please reply urgently.
Best regards
Mr. Babies
Whoosh!!!
Right back atcha...think about it.
There are only 10 types of people in the world -- those who understand binary, and those who get laid.
What about the other 8 types?
Maybe I should RTFA instead of just the comments. I thought that Bellwether was the one being given credit...
He's got 5 of the last 500 edits to the page. Yeah, he's a real one man army defending the wiki...
I might be able to understand how someone could make the initial mistake, but to continue to not get it after it's been explained is just depressing.
The article continues...
I suppose...maybe they should give her some sort of a prize for knowing that 6 is a lower number than 8. That's probably more than should be expected...
Many of the rooms in my house have a light hanging in the middle of the ceiling...
I'm guessing that the projection would still work as long as they aren't chandeliers, but they do extend down off the ceiling quite a bit.
I know you don't need to project a 100" image, but my reply was made in response to comments about space requirements of 100" projection vs 50" plasma.
I've been looking into buying a new TV, and a projecter is something I'm still considering...so I wasn't trying to come off sounding like one was better than the other.
For a 100" projection, you'd need about 7.5 ft x 4.5 ft of blank wall space and a wide enough room to put the projecter 12+ ft away with no obstructions between.
For a 50" plasma, you'd need about 4 ft x 2.5 ft of blank wall space.
I'd say there's a significant difference in the required space.
Seriously...what a stupid comparison.
How about comparing the number of harmful bacteria on each?
Plus, as others have pointed out, the toilet seat is very often a clean surface due to its being regularly cleaned.
...he didn't call Civilization III a RTS game.
His comment was:
Overclick isn't limited to Civilization. Real-time strategy games will leave you with even worse carpal tunnel.
There are no mentions in the rest of the article about Real-time.
It's just a poor title for the summary.
I'm not sure...I almost wanted to mod parent 'funny'...
The Mosiac Code is biblical.
In fact, it's exactly what you linked to...the "statutes and judgments" set forth in Deuteronomy 12:2-26:15 for governance of the Israelite people.
Too easy to detect.
That's why I stick to snakes.
Seriously...secret handshakes?
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
"Yeah man...those 18th street guys are badass. They have secret handshakes and everything..."
How dare you assume to have the authority to put His eyes anywhere?
I assumed he was involved with Slashdot, just because of the lack of information when mentioning him.
I also believe that we'll be playing some version of Halo and Final Fantasy in 10 years.
I'd be willing to bet on Madden 2016 too.
Some series will just live forever in some form.
4 people at Weyco lost their jobs for refusing to take a urine test for nicotine.
Alaska Airlines tests applicants for nicotine.
Union Pacific stopped hiring smokers.
Back in college when I still smoked, I would scrounge through the couch for change and pawn CD's to get enough cash to buy cigarettes.
Smoking can be a very expensive addiction. I'm certain that people have been unable to make mortgage payments because they smoked away their paycheck. If I hadn't had lenient landlords and patient parents, I would definitely have "lost my house." (not technically, but I would've been "homeless".)
These may not be normal situations, but I think you may be underestimating the effects nicotine can have on some people.
I'm wondering if Harrison talked to the guys down in Sony's Computer Department before claiming we didn't need PC's anymore.
We already did it to them. They'll probably be doing it soon themselves.
What would the boys in the 'Japan Acoustic Lab' have to do with stopping real criminals?
They used methods employed in criminal investigations.
The lab's chief is a former police engineer.
They aren't the police.
And as far as I know, Robert Langdon doesn't work in the lab...
but where do you see where they began their education?
Po-Shen Loh, 23, a graduate student in math at Princeton University, and his 21-year-old sibling, Po-Ru, now an undergraduate at CalTech. Both were born in the Midwest of parents who had emigrated to the U.S. from Singapore; their father is a professor of statistics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Born in the US. Going to school in the US. Did you get additional information from another article?
According to this article,
the family has lived in Wisconsin since 1982.