Social Security also normalizes risk across the whole population. A system that relies totally on individuals to save and invest would have a certain percentage of people ending up with no or negative return on their investment and some who overwhelmingly exceed the average (and don't think it's because everyone at the top "deserves" it - there's an element of randomness in markets). SS trims both tails off the curve -- preventing complete devastation on the left side at the expense of the fortunate ones on the right side. For those Masters of the Universe who feel slighted because you think you should be on the right side of the curve, I wouldn't worry about it. Fire up your E*Trade account make up for it with your investing superiority.
Are you guys British (or in a former colony)? Instead of being passive aggressive, you could just have a 3 day set up policy and actually communicate it up front.
Your statement about Methodists' incompetent management is valid. Every three year's or so they've had some terrible safety failures. Quality care is just not a priority for them.
This is not so much a story about electronic records as much as it is about Methodist keeping up it's infamous safety record.
Right, I understand that (and almost didn't say what I did, how I did..) but then again, what is balance in nature--what does that mean?
I think most people would consider "balance" as balanced in the favor of human habitation. As a species we are probably most interested in maintaining the organisms and ecosystems required for a comfortable human existence.
I don't know about you, but I find vm ridiculously inefficient when compared to e-mail. Leaving mumbled phone number at the end of a 2 minute vm will guarantee that you get dropped from my to do list.
Have you tried picking up the phone. You can always send your e-mail (but with the answers) as a paper trail of your conversation.
It provides two benefits:
1) Developing relationships. It's amazing how far a few seconds of idle chat can go to put a human side to your interactions with the people you need things from. This is really important with gatekeepers.
2) Forces you to be concise: If you have 30 seconds to ask for something - you'll be forced to get to the point more quickly.
If you don't get them, don't leave a vm. Just send your e-mail and call them later.
From the CDC: "This virus was originally referred to as âoeswine fluâ because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America."
The drift from pigs to humans (and therefore no vaccine in production) caused the initial concern. Furthermore, this could come back more virulent in the winter. The 1918 flu was also H1N1, and it had three waves. The second wave was the big killer.
Dude. Everything is not black and white. I appreciate a little nuanced pragmatism if it keeps you and your homeless comrades from enjoying pron at the library.
The faster we can get a strong secular leader in power there, the better the odds of Iran returning to the peaceful international fold.
Hopefully the "we" is you and your fellow Iranians (wonder if/. can be read in Iran). We (as in the rest of the world) have countless examples why we should not be in the business of installing our favorite "leaders" at the heads of unstable governments. Supporting means for people to criticize, mobilize, and install a leader that meets their best interests (as determined by them, not outsiders) may take longer, but ultimately results in a more stable society.
Development and implementation costs are a huge barrier to entry for EHR systems at hospitals and doctor's offices. An OS solution would at least lower the license costs. Then you would just have different flavors of front end and support packages (much like RH vs. Umbutu for linux)
I have not RTFA, but does the bill force open source, or does it fund and support the community infrastructure for updating code base, change control, etc...?
Makes you wonder if Widenius saw the Oracle/Sun acquisition coming. I can't see Ellison putting a lot of support behind a competitor to Oracle's DB. If I were the founder and saw that coming, I'd split off a fork ASAP before my baby died on the vine post-acquisition.
There is no doubt that it's better to take the train from DC to NY city than to fly. It's as fast, factoring the dismal security process and where you end up at the end of the trip.
The train is MORE expensive than flying (Accela is ridiculous), takes more time, and has fewer round trips in a given day. The shuttles from DCA to LGA leave every 40-60 minutes; if you get through security quickly, you can almost always go standby on an earlier flight.
I would like the train to be a better option, but it's not there yet. The higher price and slow-tracking regulations that prevent the Accela from going full speed for 90% of the trip hold it back.
... but they are expecting people to pay for little applets that will run under boxee on hardware that you either had to build yourself or hack to even run it in the first place?
I just installed the new release with Pandora and it works fine om my mac mini so far. No hacking required.
There already is a distinction between TV and computer: Hulu is a lower resolution.
I watch Hulu on my computer... which is hooked up to my 40" HDTV. It's just as easy to surf to the site from your couch with a nice wireless keyboard, but given the option, I'd rather see an episode on network TV, because it looks a lot better.
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So, instead, we should treat every physician encounter as a first encounter? How is that any better?
Perhaps I was absent for that debate?
Probably, but that does it mean the debate is not on-going. You may have heard the concept deliberated it under its more common name: safety net.
Social Security also normalizes risk across the whole population. A system that relies totally on individuals to save and invest would have a certain percentage of people ending up with no or negative return on their investment and some who overwhelmingly exceed the average (and don't think it's because everyone at the top "deserves" it - there's an element of randomness in markets). SS trims both tails off the curve -- preventing complete devastation on the left side at the expense of the fortunate ones on the right side. For those Masters of the Universe who feel slighted because you think you should be on the right side of the curve, I wouldn't worry about it. Fire up your E*Trade account make up for it with your investing superiority.
Are you guys British (or in a former colony)? Instead of being passive aggressive, you could just have a 3 day set up policy and actually communicate it up front.
Your statement about Methodists' incompetent management is valid. Every three year's or so they've had some terrible safety failures. Quality care is just not a priority for them.
This is not so much a story about electronic records as much as it is about Methodist keeping up it's infamous safety record.
Right, I understand that (and almost didn't say what I did, how I did..) but then again, what is balance in nature--what does that mean?
I think most people would consider "balance" as balanced in the favor of human habitation. As a species we are probably most interested in maintaining the organisms and ecosystems required for a comfortable human existence.
You're right. It's a great public service. Not a business -- or at least the kind that makes money.
1) Launch free web service
2) ???
3) Profit
Can someone remind me how Twitter makes money. Or, at least how to justify a $700 million valuation?
I don't know about you, but I find vm ridiculously inefficient when compared to e-mail. Leaving mumbled phone number at the end of a 2 minute vm will guarantee that you get dropped from my to do list.
Have you tried picking up the phone. You can always send your e-mail (but with the answers) as a paper trail of your conversation.
It provides two benefits:
1) Developing relationships. It's amazing how far a few seconds of idle chat can go to put a human side to your interactions with the people you need things from. This is really important with gatekeepers.
2) Forces you to be concise: If you have 30 seconds to ask for something - you'll be forced to get to the point more quickly.
If you don't get them, don't leave a vm. Just send your e-mail and call them later.
Go ahead and keep knee-jerking shit, and deny what is actually happening...don't want to upset your agenda.
Whoa! Struck a nerve there. I guess it's not really paranoia if they are really out to get you. Boo!
> The drift from pigs to humans...
Citation, please?
From the CDC: "This virus was originally referred to as âoeswine fluâ because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America."
The drift from pigs to humans (and therefore no vaccine in production) caused the initial concern. Furthermore, this could come back more virulent in the winter. The 1918 flu was also H1N1, and it had three waves. The second wave was the big killer.
Dude. Everything is not black and white. I appreciate a little nuanced pragmatism if it keeps you and your homeless comrades from enjoying pron at the library.
The faster we can get a strong secular leader in power there, the better the odds of Iran returning to the peaceful international fold.
Hopefully the "we" is you and your fellow Iranians (wonder if /. can be read in Iran). We (as in the rest of the world) have countless examples why we should not be in the business of installing our favorite "leaders" at the heads of unstable governments. Supporting means for people to criticize, mobilize, and install a leader that meets their best interests (as determined by them, not outsiders) may take longer, but ultimately results in a more stable society.
Obviously we need more gay doctors.
Why? To create more jobs for more gay PhRMA reps?
Development and implementation costs are a huge barrier to entry for EHR systems at hospitals and doctor's offices. An OS solution would at least lower the license costs. Then you would just have different flavors of front end and support packages (much like RH vs. Umbutu for linux)
The problem is you need an entity to manage/host the life-long record. Just calling it a cloud doesn't make it a natural phenomenon.
I have not RTFA, but does the bill force open source, or does it fund and support the community infrastructure for updating code base, change control, etc...?
Makes you wonder if Widenius saw the Oracle/Sun acquisition coming. I can't see Ellison putting a lot of support behind a competitor to Oracle's DB. If I were the founder and saw that coming, I'd split off a fork ASAP before my baby died on the vine post-acquisition.
There is no doubt that it's better to take the train from DC to NY city than to fly. It's as fast, factoring the dismal security process and where you end up at the end of the trip.
The train is MORE expensive than flying (Accela is ridiculous), takes more time, and has fewer round trips in a given day. The shuttles from DCA to LGA leave every 40-60 minutes; if you get through security quickly, you can almost always go standby on an earlier flight.
I would like the train to be a better option, but it's not there yet. The higher price and slow-tracking regulations that prevent the Accela from going full speed for 90% of the trip hold it back.
How does skype have a monopoly? They are not the only company offering voice and video chat.
... but they are expecting people to pay for little applets that will run under boxee on hardware that you either had to build yourself or hack to even run it in the first place?
I just installed the new release with Pandora and it works fine om my mac mini so far. No hacking required.
The Parent and GP are missing the point. Publishers want their content in Google News -- they just want Google to pay them for it.
There already is a distinction between TV and computer: Hulu is a lower resolution. I watch Hulu on my computer... which is hooked up to my 40" HDTV. It's just as easy to surf to the site from your couch with a nice wireless keyboard, but given the option, I'd rather see an episode on network TV, because it looks a lot better.