This is like a bullet proof vest maker shooting someone in the chest. No, wait, this is like a vest maker being shot in the chest, with his own gun, and then being thrown in a river. No wait...
The article summary (no, I didn't RTFA) seems to be in direct opposition to a Washington Post article I read today stating that the Technology Guidelines Development Committee wanted to "end the era" of paperless electronic voting and that many politicians wanted to add some form of verification method.
So who's got the real story and who's just spreading FUD? Inquiring minds want to know.
This may stray off topic a bit, but aren't the existing restrictions against federally fundedstem cell research in the US? Under current policy I don't believe private corporations are under any restrictions except those against cloning. One may disagree with the official government policy, but is any privately funded stem cell research going on in the US, and if so is it legal?
No, no, no. For a job like this you've got to think out of the box. What we REALLY need is someone to convert all the debts to credits. I for one can tell you that a $6,500 check from American Express would have me running to the mailbox every day (instead of hiding it from the mailman and surrounding it with big roetweillers like I do now).
You illustrate a very good point regarding the requirement for IM storage. IMO, I view IM's much as I would an informal conversation passing someone in the hallway. This as opposed to an actual mail message which is the equivalent of an old office memo and probably should be stored.
Therefore I view the IM storage requirement as a kind of unfair tax on businesses like yours. I mean take this far enough and what's next? Will the government require that digital recordings of all hallway conversations be made? Capturing and storing all IM's is really the equivalent of this, is it not?
I would side with the judge and say this law should include IM's and any electronic communication, VoIP, blogs (MySpace), etc.
I happen to live in Florida and there was a gun control law limiting access to assault weapons passed several years ago (later overturned, I think). Contained within the law was strong enough language to convict you of owning an unlicensed 'assault weapon' even if all you possesed were some small springs, magazines or other innocuous parts that were completely incapable of causing any harm by themselves. A thinking person would believe that the same people that wrote that law would have had sense enough to broaden the language in this one to include all forms of electronic communication but unfortunately they did not.
Aside from that, if sexual predation has been proven against the accused in this case, then the full penalty provided by any and all applicable laws should be brought down on him. I agree with your point that we should err on the side of 'what's best for the children', but the language of the law needs to be changed to prevent future predators and their defense attorneys from trying to get around this. Until then the possibility exists that another case could be appealed with the result of a potentially guilty party walking free.
Anyone with Pirate genes will be left out in the cold, and will be comdemned to eventual privation and death. Won't someone please think of the Pirates? We'll never be able to defeat global warming without them.
'If I knew medicine like I do computers, I would like to be able to control the [human] immune system, to fight against the onset of disease on a world level...
Except for the fact that you wouldn't be able to download your immunizations until Microsoft verified that your genetic code was authentic via Windows Genome Advantage.
While your post was humorous, there's a bit of 'truthiness' in it. I had an aircraft engineer friend a while back who was fond of saying: "When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the aircraft, the plane will fly".
I'm waiting for a statement from the administration stating that we have only just learned that icebergs are migratory. Maybe they're just looking for more fertile shipping lanes so they can feed before the mating season starts.
are these projects just to sprawling and optimistic to actually work? My money is on yes.
I think you're right, but we're under an informal sort of mandate to get the same thing up and running in the US and this administration has several times voiced support for a centralized EMR system. Working in support of health care, I can say that the intention and goals are admirable. But the implementation is daunting and if not well planned, could meet the same fate as this project. Given the track record of the current administration, I don't have high hopes.
Off topic a bit, but since you mentioned EDS, they did have some good systems in their day (like in the 80's) and some of the hardware was a bit ahead of its time. For a brief time I assisted with supporting one of their implementations and it was remarkably stable and durable. I think part of the problem with them was they were very late embracing client-server technology and they totally missed the boat with regards to the web. Their problems only got worse after GM spun them off but arguably by that time, they were already way behind the times and their numbers showed it. If you're interested, there's an article here http://www.fastcompany.com/online/51/eds.html about them trying to re-invent the company.
As long as we're already off topic...I've noticed as well that there seems to be a lot less mod participation lately. And yesterday, I had a comment modded +1 insightful which later was recinded. I thought I was losing my mind until I got an e-mail notification stating that it was most likely caused by someone modding the comment, then posting in the thread which would invalidate the mod point.
Actually it's part of a pattern and I'm glad they're continuing it. Anyone else remember back in the 90's when Fox was going around agressively handing out Cease and Desist orders to anyone on the web hosting any kind of Simpsons related material? Meanwhile Comedy Central welcomed people to its material and freely let them host, download or share pretty much anything they wanted. I think this helped greatly with channel's overall popularity and acceptance in the web community.
And as for FauxH^H^H^H^ Fox, well we all know what has happened to them. "Fair and balanced"? Give me a break.
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Well, good luck with your tradmark application. Mine is proceeding at a snail's pace.
And I'm trademarking it.....Announcing "Snotox"(TM)
I know, where's BadAnalogyGuy when you need him?
This is like a bullet proof vest maker shooting someone in the chest. No, wait, this is like a vest maker being shot in the chest, with his own gun, and then being thrown in a river. No wait...
The article summary (no, I didn't RTFA) seems to be in direct opposition to a Washington Post article I read today stating that the Technology Guidelines Development Committee wanted to "end the era" of paperless electronic voting and that many politicians wanted to add some form of verification method.
So who's got the real story and who's just spreading FUD? Inquiring minds want to know.
This may stray off topic a bit, but aren't the existing restrictions against federally fundedstem cell research in the US? Under current policy I don't believe private corporations are under any restrictions except those against cloning. One may disagree with the official government policy, but is any privately funded stem cell research going on in the US, and if so is it legal?
Just to make it easier , I think we should rate potential hijackers and suicide bombers as -5 Flamebait, don't you?
No, no, no. For a job like this you've got to think out of the box. What we REALLY need is someone to convert all the debts to credits. I for one can tell you that a $6,500 check from American Express would have me running to the mailbox every day (instead of hiding it from the mailman and surrounding it with big roetweillers like I do now).
You illustrate a very good point regarding the requirement for IM storage. IMO, I view IM's much as I would an informal conversation passing someone in the hallway. This as opposed to an actual mail message which is the equivalent of an old office memo and probably should be stored.
Therefore I view the IM storage requirement as a kind of unfair tax on businesses like yours. I mean take this far enough and what's next? Will the government require that digital recordings of all hallway conversations be made? Capturing and storing all IM's is really the equivalent of this, is it not?
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'What's all this then?', 'What's all this then?', 'What's all this then?'
Aside from that, if sexual predation has been proven against the accused in this case, then the full penalty provided by any and all applicable laws should be brought down on him. I agree with your point that we should err on the side of 'what's best for the children', but the language of the law needs to be changed to prevent future predators and their defense attorneys from trying to get around this. Until then the possibility exists that another case could be appealed with the result of a potentially guilty party walking free.
I know plenty of people with gray goo for brains and it had nothing to do with nanotech. Hydroponics, maybe, but not nanotech.
Anyone with Pirate genes will be left out in the cold, and will be comdemned to eventual privation and death. Won't someone please think of the Pirates? We'll never be able to defeat global warming without them.
Hey, quick, someone check on Charlie. Looks like he has the 'Blue Face of Death' again.
While your post was humorous, there's a bit of 'truthiness' in it. I had an aircraft engineer friend a while back who was fond of saying: "When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the aircraft, the plane will fly".
I'm waiting for a statement from the administration stating that we have only just learned that icebergs are migratory. Maybe they're just looking for more fertile shipping lanes so they can feed before the mating season starts.
Off topic a bit, but since you mentioned EDS, they did have some good systems in their day (like in the 80's) and some of the hardware was a bit ahead of its time. For a brief time I assisted with supporting one of their implementations and it was remarkably stable and durable. I think part of the problem with them was they were very late embracing client-server technology and they totally missed the boat with regards to the web. Their problems only got worse after GM spun them off but arguably by that time, they were already way behind the times and their numbers showed it. If you're interested, there's an article here http://www.fastcompany.com/online/51/eds.html about them trying to re-invent the company.
Main screen turn on
What cooking?
Someone set us up the bacon.
So now home insurance premiums on Saturn are going to go through the roof!
You keep using that word. But I don't think it means what you think it means.
As long as we're already off topic...I've noticed as well that there seems to be a lot less mod participation lately. And yesterday, I had a comment modded +1 insightful which later was recinded. I thought I was losing my mind until I got an e-mail notification stating that it was most likely caused by someone modding the comment, then posting in the thread which would invalidate the mod point.
Actually it's part of a pattern and I'm glad they're continuing it. Anyone else remember back in the 90's when Fox was going around agressively handing out Cease and Desist orders to anyone on the web hosting any kind of Simpsons related material? Meanwhile Comedy Central welcomed people to its material and freely let them host, download or share pretty much anything they wanted. I think this helped greatly with channel's overall popularity and acceptance in the web community.
And as for FauxH^H^H^H^ Fox, well we all know what has happened to them. "Fair and balanced"? Give me a break.