Every receptionist who leaves her PC logged in at the clinic will be a risk factor.
Either you get over yourselves and take the good with the bad, or you shut yourself in and never gain the benefits of the technology.
This isn't even specific to medical records. There will be bumps in the road for any technology.You can make sure your car or bike never hits a pothole by never driving it. But then you will need to walk to where you're going.
There was a researcher named Alex Chu who was involved in measuring the effects of oscillating magnetic fields in near-body encompassments. I remember he had made some significant progress, but haven't heard much else about it in a while.
Hardly a fair comparison, eh? The background is clearly further in the distance from the dog than the rock is to the crab. Not to mention that the dog's whole face is in focus, so your depth of focus is not as narrow in this shot as you're claiming.
It's vision. Steve Jobs was able to lead his teams to build products that people wanted. Through constant focus on the user and the user's experience, Apple was able to grab a huge majority of the portable music player market. Their focus on ease of use and "just works" capabilities garnered them a significant chunk of the PC market.
These are not because Jobs is especially charismatic (though he is). He was simply able to get his employees to stop thinking about features and capabilities. He got them to think instead about the tasks that users would want to do and then find the best way to let them do it.
It's based on a new lens mount system called Four Thirds. There are a handful of companies supporting it now, including Leica, Panasonic, Fujifilm, and Ricoh. It doesn't have a mirror, so it can't be called an SLR.
The latest ones use an extremely high resolution LCD screen in the viewfinder. It's not quite SLR-perfect yet, but the models I've seen are very impressive.
I dunno. I am trying to keep prosumer and P&S clearly separate, but dittobox wants to lump them all together.
Which is fine, I suppose. But it also means that you need to consider cameras like the Leica Digilux and Panasonic LX3 as P&S when they are clearly an intermediate form between P&S and full-blown dSLRs.
If the warrants can be issued retroactively, then there is really no point in getting the order except as some sort of CYA. The damage has already been done, so it's nothing more than a rubber stamp.
If you're going to set the system up that way, why don't you cut out the whole dog and pony show and just allow intelligence agencies carte blanche. The result is the same, and it saves money.
Does anyone make a (reasonably priced...) digital equivalent of the old standard learning camera -- fully manual, no gobs of features, just shutter, aperture, focus, and an exposure meter?
Nope. But then again, K1000s aren't especially pricey. Neither, for that matter, are those flimsy FM10s. But personally I'd rather get one with a little more heft and go with an FM3a or FE2.
But the goal is to take pictures, I hope. You don't need a bare-bones all-manual film rig. And you sure don't need a full-featured whiz-bang dSLR. You just need something that you're going to take with you and not regret. For me, that's this guy. No worry about memory cards, no worry about lens caps, it doesn't weigh a ton. I take it and use it and have fun with it.
I used to use an FM3a, but found that I was leaving it at home more often than not. It's a great camera, but it didn't help me reach my goals. Then again, the goal of some people is to fondle cameras, so who am I to judge?
In the early 70s the motion picture industry (including television) began to move away from film and towards video tape as the recording/storage medium. You can really see the difference in quality as the video tape lacked all the subtlety and clarity that film had. As time wore on, the limitations of video tape grew apparent because it was clear that the quality recorded onto the tape was already at a maximum. Whereas film could be re-mastered to higher quality, video was essentially stuck at the low-resolution, low-quality that it was recorded with.
As we move towards digital photography, the limitations of the format are going to become apparent as the technology progresses to the point where today's 16MP shots simply don't have enough detail to compete with 8x10 sheets of Kodachrome.
I don't like Bush as a President at all. But the job of the President is to make tough decisions and along the way he will make lots of enemies. However, just because a person is my enemy, it does not mean that he made those difficult decisions with anything but his best intentions and the country's best interests at heart. So it would be petty and irresponsible for us "enemies" of the current President to pursue this type of vindictive hounding because 4 years from now those same tactics will be used against a President I support.
According to the IG's report, systems administrators and other privileged users are able to access, modify and delete taxpayer data with impunity because of a lack of monitoring capabilities in the two systems.
So it seems that the system allows for modification of taxpayer data. That's quite a bit different from just having it available.
* "I'm thinking of switching from a soft toothbrush to a medium-soft. How has that worked out for you?" A: You should really try one of those electric toothbrushes.
* "I'm considering moving my sock drawer from the top right to the top left drawer. Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of each arrangement? A: Have you considered moving the sock drawer to a closet in the bathroom? This would allow you to put on your socks while you are still warm instead of having to freeze your toes off on the way back to the dresser.
* "We're moving to a new home and are having a family meeting this Thursday to evaluate hanging toilet paper so that the next sheet is over versus under on the roll. I was wondering how other readers have approached this decision?" A: Under. What kind of barbarians do you live with?
* "I'd like to set my USB to automount to a fixed drive letter when I plug it into my Windows XP laptop. I'm considering J:, P:, and possibly Q:. What do you all think? Should I look at M: as well?" A: Hello, McFly! Use the U: drive.
While it is not a bad idea in and of itself, changing work schedules to some bizarre non-standard system is usually a sign that the company management is trying to squeeze more work out of you. First they change the schedule to give you more work per day, then they will ask you to work more days.
In this economy, they know you don't have anywhere to go, so unless you fight back against this or leave for a new job altogether, you're going to get screwed. Ask them if they've been considering offshoring the IT department. I'd be willing to bet that within the next year they are looking to thin the local IT staff to a skeleton crew and then migrate the servers over to India where they can do your job for a third of the cost.
Houdini was always searching for better, more clever ways to perform escape acts and illusions. After he would debut a new trick, others would immediately try to emulate the trick. The trick was on them, though, because Houdini would frequently expose their methods (because it was originally his) and prove himself to be the true master magician.
No difference here. Just the FBI gauging the abilities of the community.
So here I am at work on my third shift of the night, been up for 72 hours straight, but can't take a break because the bank's breathing down my neck, credit card companies want to know when they can get paid, baby needs Similac, and the old family wagon needs a new set of tires and belts.
Things weren't this bad before. I count myself lucky to be able to work and bring home an income when half my friends are in foreclosure and the other half already living out of their cars. Things haven't been so great since the factory shutdown, but we've got that new black guy coming in as President, so I'm a little hopeful that things will turn around for the better. I just hope that happens before I have to give up the family home.
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How are these guys figuring that price?
Every receptionist who leaves her PC logged in at the clinic will be a risk factor.
Either you get over yourselves and take the good with the bad, or you shut yourself in and never gain the benefits of the technology.
This isn't even specific to medical records. There will be bumps in the road for any technology.You can make sure your car or bike never hits a pothole by never driving it. But then you will need to walk to where you're going.
There was a researcher named Alex Chu who was involved in measuring the effects of oscillating magnetic fields in near-body encompassments. I remember he had made some significant progress, but haven't heard much else about it in a while.
I wonder if they are related.
No. Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of history would have understood what you meant. It's the most common way of expressing Ford's ascendancy.
Hardly a fair comparison, eh? The background is clearly further in the distance from the dog than the rock is to the crab. Not to mention that the dog's whole face is in focus, so your depth of focus is not as narrow in this shot as you're claiming.
Here's another shot from a prosumer camera showing the transition of focus.
http://flickr.com/photos/jfleming701/3175553385/in/pool-895363@N21/
Note that these shots are just random ones that I'm pulling from Flickr. Not anything of my own.
It's vision. Steve Jobs was able to lead his teams to build products that people wanted. Through constant focus on the user and the user's experience, Apple was able to grab a huge majority of the portable music player market. Their focus on ease of use and "just works" capabilities garnered them a significant chunk of the PC market.
These are not because Jobs is especially charismatic (though he is). He was simply able to get his employees to stop thinking about features and capabilities. He got them to think instead about the tasks that users would want to do and then find the best way to let them do it.
It's based on a new lens mount system called Four Thirds. There are a handful of companies supporting it now, including Leica, Panasonic, Fujifilm, and Ricoh. It doesn't have a mirror, so it can't be called an SLR.
The latest ones use an extremely high resolution LCD screen in the viewfinder. It's not quite SLR-perfect yet, but the models I've seen are very impressive.
I dunno. I am trying to keep prosumer and P&S clearly separate, but dittobox wants to lump them all together.
Which is fine, I suppose. But it also means that you need to consider cameras like the Leica Digilux and Panasonic LX3 as P&S when they are clearly an intermediate form between P&S and full-blown dSLRs.
If the warrants can be issued retroactively, then there is really no point in getting the order except as some sort of CYA. The damage has already been done, so it's nothing more than a rubber stamp.
If you're going to set the system up that way, why don't you cut out the whole dog and pony show and just allow intelligence agencies carte blanche. The result is the same, and it saves money.
Not a particularly good shot, but it shows similar DOF using what you'd call a P&S.
http://flickr.com/photos/inotion/3198341477/in/pool-843626@N22/
Most prosumer camera models have aperture priority, so this point is moot.
Does anyone make a (reasonably priced...) digital equivalent of the old standard learning camera -- fully manual, no gobs of features, just shutter, aperture, focus, and an exposure meter?
Nope. But then again, K1000s aren't especially pricey. Neither, for that matter, are those flimsy FM10s. But personally I'd rather get one with a little more heft and go with an FM3a or FE2.
But the goal is to take pictures, I hope. You don't need a bare-bones all-manual film rig. And you sure don't need a full-featured whiz-bang dSLR. You just need something that you're going to take with you and not regret. For me, that's this guy. No worry about memory cards, no worry about lens caps, it doesn't weigh a ton. I take it and use it and have fun with it.
I used to use an FM3a, but found that I was leaving it at home more often than not. It's a great camera, but it didn't help me reach my goals. Then again, the goal of some people is to fondle cameras, so who am I to judge?
What is it that you are attracted to about photography? What can't you do with a P&S or "prosumer" camera?
In the early 70s the motion picture industry (including television) began to move away from film and towards video tape as the recording/storage medium. You can really see the difference in quality as the video tape lacked all the subtlety and clarity that film had. As time wore on, the limitations of video tape grew apparent because it was clear that the quality recorded onto the tape was already at a maximum. Whereas film could be re-mastered to higher quality, video was essentially stuck at the low-resolution, low-quality that it was recorded with.
As we move towards digital photography, the limitations of the format are going to become apparent as the technology progresses to the point where today's 16MP shots simply don't have enough detail to compete with 8x10 sheets of Kodachrome.
To put up a fence to keep me out? Or to keep mother nature in?
Prosecute an outgoing President?
I don't like Bush as a President at all. But the job of the President is to make tough decisions and along the way he will make lots of enemies. However, just because a person is my enemy, it does not mean that he made those difficult decisions with anything but his best intentions and the country's best interests at heart. So it would be petty and irresponsible for us "enemies" of the current President to pursue this type of vindictive hounding because 4 years from now those same tactics will be used against a President I support.
Respect the office.
So it seems that the system allows for modification of taxpayer data. That's quite a bit different from just having it available.
So what if someone else knows how much you make?
* "I'm thinking of switching from a soft toothbrush to a medium-soft. How has that worked out for you?"
A: You should really try one of those electric toothbrushes.
* "I'm considering moving my sock drawer from the top right to the top left drawer. Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of each arrangement?
A: Have you considered moving the sock drawer to a closet in the bathroom? This would allow you to put on your socks while you are still warm instead of having to freeze your toes off on the way back to the dresser.
* "We're moving to a new home and are having a family meeting this Thursday to evaluate hanging toilet paper so that the next sheet is over versus under on the roll. I was wondering how other readers have approached this decision?"
A: Under. What kind of barbarians do you live with?
* "I'd like to set my USB to automount to a fixed drive letter when I plug it into my Windows XP laptop. I'm considering J:, P:, and possibly Q:. What do you all think? Should I look at M: as well?"
A: Hello, McFly! Use the U: drive.
Sheesh!
While it is not a bad idea in and of itself, changing work schedules to some bizarre non-standard system is usually a sign that the company management is trying to squeeze more work out of you. First they change the schedule to give you more work per day, then they will ask you to work more days.
In this economy, they know you don't have anywhere to go, so unless you fight back against this or leave for a new job altogether, you're going to get screwed. Ask them if they've been considering offshoring the IT department. I'd be willing to bet that within the next year they are looking to thin the local IT staff to a skeleton crew and then migrate the servers over to India where they can do your job for a third of the cost.
Why they chose to go with R rather than T, I'll never know.
Houdini was always searching for better, more clever ways to perform escape acts and illusions. After he would debut a new trick, others would immediately try to emulate the trick. The trick was on them, though, because Houdini would frequently expose their methods (because it was originally his) and prove himself to be the true master magician.
No difference here. Just the FBI gauging the abilities of the community.
So here I am at work on my third shift of the night, been up for 72 hours straight, but can't take a break because the bank's breathing down my neck, credit card companies want to know when they can get paid, baby needs Similac, and the old family wagon needs a new set of tires and belts.
Things weren't this bad before. I count myself lucky to be able to work and bring home an income when half my friends are in foreclosure and the other half already living out of their cars. Things haven't been so great since the factory shutdown, but we've got that new black guy coming in as President, so I'm a little hopeful that things will turn around for the better. I just hope that happens before I have to give up the family home.
Who has time for games?
Microsoft used to make that.
Before the dark times... Before the Elite.
It'd just muddy the waters to bring up that kind of organizational intricacy here.