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- Will the EMR movement become a political divideFYI: Its now EHR, not EMR...the change is to include dental, pyschological and other healthcare services.Electronic Health Records.We are in the middle of deployment strategy planning. The cost of deploying equipment and personell to get this up and running is staggering. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Can Adobe mitigate 'clipboard hijack' issue?
- Can Adobe mitigate 'clipboard hijack' issue?wrong on noscriptFirefox and noscript don't block this. It's not a script problem.RE: Can Adobe mitigate 'clipboard hijack' issue?If you use firefox, the flashblock plugin allows you to select which flash movies on a specific site you want to load. So you can ignore flash...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Smart self-service scales
- Smart self-service scalesIBM VeggieVisionIBM developed this technology more than a decade ago and sold it to Mettler-Toledo. FYI, IBM still holds the basic patent.http://www.research.ibm.com/ecvg/jhc_proj/veggie.htmlhttp://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US05546475__http://public.mt.com/mailings/uk/images/UC_SVR1.pdf-- Jon
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- William Shatner signs off on video autographs
- William Shatner signs off on video autographsBeam my up Scotty"Beam me up Scotty...there's no intelligent life down here! Another P.T Barnum is born.What a complete waste. What ever "respect" I had for Shatner before reading this article, has completely vanished.Any fool who pays for this "service", who actually believes that...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7
- Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7E7 blog is up and runningIt's up:http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/14/welcome.aspxFreudian slip ;-)"The fact that he’s wiling to speak ..." ;-)Yes, wily types those M$oftie$!Much as I've criticised VISTA and M$ I do hope they get it right this time.Glad to see some progress here,.I'm hoping for MS to release...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!
- Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!RE: Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux![url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2008/08/nbcolympicscom-linux-users-sol.html]Hate it.[/url]Sticks in the kraw of Open Source folksas they can't stand working with anything MS related.What OS were you using?I was watching...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- VMware launches new system builder, certification programs, joins Linux Foundation
- VMware launches new system builder, certification programs, joins Linux FoundationJust FYI - VMware ESX doesn't run "on" LinuxThe hypervisor in VWware's ESX enterprise product does not run on top of Linux. The Hypervisor/OS/ kernel is created solely by VMware. There is a Linux Red Hat based "Service...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- Time for Google to take out Sprint
- Time for Google to take out SprintWhy change the name?The Sprint name stands for poor quality. Google has a reputation for high quality.I assume that, along with the name change, Google might institute policy changes which would decrease dissatisfaction with the brand, in order to protect its own good name.Sprint...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Who's responsible?
- Who's responsible?Murph finds a kindred spiritCongratulations. You found a quote with a Murph-style error in logic.Here's the situation: People eat enough bread to satisfy their need for calories, then use their remaining food money on meat. Less effective, more enjoyable.The price of bread goes up. The...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- iPhone 3G tethering App pulled by Apple
- iPhone 3G tethering App pulled by AppleGet Your Computer Online using your iPhone's Data Connection[url=http://lifehacker.com/398961/get-your-computer-online-using-your-iphones-data-connection]FYI[/url]But, if you had an Nokia N95, you wouldn't be writing this plaintiff article--you'd have choices.Heck, I even have [url=http://www.joikuspot.com/]JoikuSpot[/url] which allows my phone to act as a 'hotspot' AP which means I can tether to...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Source code and managed runtimes
- Source code and managed runtimesObvuscation? *giggles*To paraphrase a monarch: "Let them write perl."FYIBack in the day, before Linux design automation became readily available, I went around DAC asking vendors whether they had Linux versions working in the back rooms even though they didn't have them in the official product list.The...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Psst. Want a free Electronic Medical Records system?
- Psst. Want a free Electronic Medical Records system?Medical Record MiningHow can you mine the medical records if the data is caputured and stored as plain text?OpenEMRIf you really want a free EMR solution then look no further than [url=http://www.openemr.net/index.jsp]OpenEMR[/url] no ads and it is free unless you need support then...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer
- Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?FYI[url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/dell_adds_ubuntu_systems_updates_hardy_heron/]FYI[/url]Just curious Dana, are you running Linux? If so, why and which Distro?If not, why?Thanks for another 'good read'.P.S.[url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2660]This article[/url] isn't clear about what O/S you use.RE: Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?The simple answer is a reassuring NO! Put simply,...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- How good is open source support?
- How good is open source support?This why I do not want open source.I can never get help when I need it, and those that try to help have a very snobbish attitude, and like to say you are not learning because you do not want to learn.Well I can only...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?
- Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?They shouldn't be advertised.He's right - the interactions with the body are complicated, and which drugs you take should be discussed with your doctor, not decided by an ad you've seen on TV.You should never be influenced by an ad to take a certain drug,...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- The full cost of ADHD includes ignorance
- The full cost of ADHD includes ignoranceare you a real doctor or like a Doctor Pepper?From your column "In females it displays differently, often as passivity, which means it often goes undiagnosed."Passivity? FYI, "passivity" is one of the symptoms of ADHD. Concentrate and try to answer the question, do you...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Mobile software Monday: My top 10 iPhone applications
- Mobile software Monday: My top 10 iPhone applicationsFYI on eReaderFYI, I was at WWDC and I asked 4 people at apple about distributing books like eReader is doing where you buy them from eReader and then download them. I found at that this goes against the third party agreement...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- EPIC iFAIL
- EPIC iFAILhmmm 2.0iPhone software 2.0 can import all your contacts from your SIM card. JUST FYI.RE: EPIC iFAILWell since you have a T-Mobile phone and it also has a SIM card you can copy all your contacts to your SIM card and Then all you have to do is have...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
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