Myself, working IT in a hospital and my wife as an trauma ER nurse, things are usually pretty good on the mainstream TV shows, but we both can usually find a couple of things during each episode that "just don't work that way."
Like already mentioned, you have to learn how to sit back and enjoy the entertainment instead of always acting like you're at work and thus need to analyze every little thing that happens...
That said, she can usually say "I've seen that" with even some of the wierder stories they've put on ER. And sometimes truth is stranger than fiction...
"should be promoted as a matter of public policy, in order to foster innovation and economic growth in the U.S. and world economies."
Devil's advocate: I've found that as a general rule, people are motivated by money, thus motivated to invent when a paycheck is on the line. Plus, if a "no name" from a small economy invents something new and grand enough for everyone to want it, then by chargin for their product they would be causing their econmy to grow.
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Myself, working IT in a hospital and my wife as an trauma ER nurse, things are usually pretty good on the mainstream TV shows, but we both can usually find a couple of things during each episode that "just don't work that way."
Like already mentioned, you have to learn how to sit back and enjoy the entertainment instead of always acting like you're at work and thus need to analyze every little thing that happens...
That said, she can usually say "I've seen that" with even some of the wierder stories they've put on ER. And sometimes truth is stranger than fiction...
"should be promoted as a matter of public policy, in order to foster innovation and economic growth in the U.S. and world economies."
Devil's advocate: I've found that as a general rule, people are motivated by money, thus motivated to invent when a paycheck is on the line. Plus, if a "no name" from a small economy invents something new and grand enough for everyone to want it, then by chargin for their product they would be causing their econmy to grow.
...just thinking out loud...
...for one that plays both formats
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http://www.aviransplace.com/index.php/archives/20
(apologies if this is already linked)