Comment Notes? (Score 4, Insightful) 156
Now if they would only do the same with Notes!
Comment Technology costs? (Score 3, Insightful) 336
So, it appears the article only talks about the time spent by the physician. I'm curious if the costs of the tools/technologies of these procedures have gone up, and how the doctors get paid for those (potentially) increased costs?
Comment Typical Anti-business (Score 1) 631
As I recall, when automation started getting big in manufacturing, there was an outcry that businesses were killing jobs. This is just an extension of the same old argument. Apple needed to build a data center. It had to go somewhere. They shopped for locations, and the best deal was in NC. Simple economics. I am sure that Apple decision makers took into account that they would have costs to relocate and/or train people for the positions created by this center. Companies like Apple don't exist to create jobs. They exist to create and sell products, and the jobs that are created are those necessary to produce and sell the product. If the local residents can't or won't do the type of work that Apple needs in that area, they need to find appropriate people to fill those positions.
Comment Audiobooks! (Score 1) 283
Says the elephant in the room. Granted, not good for manuals/technology, but for novels, quite useful.
Comment Been there, Done that (Score 1) 286
Earthlink has had that kind of feature for years. They call it "Anonymous E-mail" You log into your regular account, and add anonymous e-mails in sets of 5. The domain is different for the anonymous accounts, and the usernames (left of the @) are randomized. You can give them out to whomever, and read or ignore those accounts via the webmail interface.
Comment Those responsible... (Score 2) 336
for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.
Comment Expecting otherwise from government schools? (Score 1) 1268
That's why my daughter is in private school!
Comment Maybe if the OS is free... (Score 1) 416
I could see this if the OS were free. However, if they're going to charge me $130 freakin' bucks, I better not see any ads!
Comment This survey is disabled (Score 1) 120
Another reason not to use a free survey. It gets slashdotted almost immediately.
LG Launches Watch Phone In India 109
roh2cool writes "If you are a watch freak and also happen to be a fan of ultra rare (and expensive) gadgets, this might just interest you. The LG GD910 watch phone looks like a normal watch – except for the fact that it can double up as your mobile phone when needed. 'It is quite thin at just 13.9mm and packs in 3G and Video Calling capabilities as well. The phone is quite stylish and the front fascia is covered by scratch-proof tempered glass. It comes with a Bluetooth headset so you don’t have to keep talking like David Hasselhoff talked to his super-car KITT in the “Knight Rider” series.'"
The Sad History and (Possibly) Bright Future of TiVo 490
gjt writes "For the couch-potato geek, one name typically comes to mind: TiVo — the company that invented the DVR, and with it, timeshifting. TiVo has been around for more than 10 years now. And TiVo fans (like myself) tend to love TiVo. Yet, despite being well-loved and despite having been around longer than the Apple iPod, TiVo comes nowhere close to the iPod/iPhone's success. Apple sells more iPod and iPhone products in a single quarter than TiVo has sold in the entire lifetime of the company. At its peak, TiVo had only 4.4 million active users — that was over three years ago. Now TiVo the number is about 2.7 million. So I wanted to find out why TiVo hasn't been more successful — especially with a seeming lack of competition on store shelves. I did some research and posted my finding about TiVo's past, present, and future. The key takeaway seems to be that TiVo is a victim of cable industry collusion, loopholes in FCC regulations, and, of course, plenty of their own mistakes."
Comment Re:Step 1. (Score 0, Troll) 1197
"couldn't make him a member without a birthdate"??? So, you wouldn't provide a birthdate to the insurance company? Or, you didn't add him to your insurance at his birth? Sounds like you missed the ball by not adding him. First thing we did when my wife had a baby was to contact the insurance company and have her added to the policy. Sounds like step 1 to me.
NASA Tests Flying Airbag 118
coondoggie writes "NASA is looking to reduce the deadly impact of helicopter crashes on their pilots and passengers with what the agency calls a high-tech honeycomb airbag known as a deployable energy absorber. So in order to test out its technology NASA dropped a small helicopter from a height of 35 feet to see whether its deployable energy absorber, made up of an expandable honeycomb cushion, could handle the stress. The test crash hit the ground at about 54MPH at a 33 degree angle, what NASA called a relatively severe helicopter crash."
Comment Re:Tax (Score 1) 619
They'll just set up checkpoints like the agricultural checkpoints at the state borders. "I'm sorry sir, I'll have to confiscate that contraband 65-inch television in your trunk!" Hmmm... I see a business opportunity for folks willing to be a TV "mule" to smuggle big-screens into the state.
Comment Woot! (Score 1) 1
What about an organization for Slashdot first posters!
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