Re: Internet of Things security: Don't drive that jeep
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Are hospitals really run on a basis that puts money ahead of life on their "To Save" lists? I did not say cost was at the top of the list of considerations. Patient safety and quality of care are at the top of most hospital's priority list and the complex integrated patient management systems play a critical role in that. But hospitals in the United States operate in a competitive environment and when costs get too high the third party payers will not pay anything and the hospital goes out of business. A famous charity hospital in Chicago may have to close (or may have already done so) because they held costs so low the Sisters who run it can no longer pay the bills. It could be argued they did not do a cost/benefit analysis or more likely the weighting was out of kilter. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center just completed the newest and most modern hospital in the DFW metroplex and arguably the United States. because a cost/benefit analysis revealed it was more cost effective to start from scratch rather than try to bring its predecessor up to current standards. They were in danger of being closed for failure to meet minimum standards. So the cost/benefit analysis has to be made to not do so is fiscal insanity. The same can be said of manufacturing automobiles, airplanes, stiffer clothes, underwear, fertilizer, petrochemicals or constructing buildings, bridges, highways, houses, etc. in fact virtually every aspect of our lives is subject to a cost/benefit analysis at some level. I guarantee hospital corporations, religious institutions, hospital districts, federal/state/local governments all do it and it is not wrong. It is the weighting given each of the various factors including cost that makes the difference.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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Re: Internet of Things security: Don't drive that jeep
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So the cost/benefit analysis has to be made to not do so is fiscal insanity. That's excellent logic when your product merely affects life, but you get into some pretty dangerous ethical territory when your product IS life. I wonder how the DA would have reacted if somebody had died because a cost-effective decision left an entire medical facility headless?
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And here's a cheery little op-ed piece to share ironically on Labor Day weekend: The Internet of Way Too Many Things
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I wonder how the DA would have reacted if somebody had died because a cost-effective decision left an entire medical facility headless? How would the DA react if the medical facility operated at a loss, went bankrupt and closed so the doors were locked when the ambulance arrived with a dying patient?
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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I know a lot of RVers who would love to have that black plastic propane sensor ring on their rigs. I don't know how big the market would be for backyard barbecuers but it would be a goldmine at Camping World. As for the Leeo, why is that needed when smoke alarms are already available at less money and are linked to the home security system controlled by a smart phone? I do see the need for improved WiFi technology that will have enough bandwidth to support all of the WiFi linked devices, enough channels so the neighbor's WiFi does not interfere with yours, and unbreakable security schemes to protect the network and devices from intrusion by the bad guys. Ms Arieff makes some valid points in her op ed about integration, usability, sustainability, privacy and security. But I think her reservations are overstated. This technology's had a long infancy. I first read about a Mac being used as a voice controlled home automation center over 20 years ago in Popular Mechanics and the author was doing many/most of the things then that are just now coming to your local home store. The technology and its accompanying industry are finally moving from their infancy into a vigorous adolescence. As with all adolescents, mistakes will be made, there will be no small amount of trial and error. But just as we eventually matured into productive adults, I expect home automation technology to eventually mature into a useful and productive tool. Thinking back, you should have seen my first Ohio Scientific computer in the late 1970s: Three different 8 bit processors (8080, 6502, 6800), 16 KB of RAM, an 8" floppy disk drive, an 8" green monitor, and a jury-rigged IBM Selectric for a printer and compare that to the Apple Watch on my wrist today orders of magnitude faster, more powerful, more useful and costs a small fraction of what I paid for that first home computer in real dollars. I can't wait to see what is available in the next 10 years — in the next 5 years! If the luddites don't get us.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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... I can't wait to see what is available in the next 10 years — in the next 5 years! If the Luddites don't get us. Oooo, we gonna getcha, you betcha.
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As for the Leeo, why is that needed when smoke alarms are already available at less money and are linked to the home security system controlled by a smart phone? http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/16/nest-hack-privacy-tool/Oooo, we gonna getcha, you betcha. I think there is a future in Faraday Cages.
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I wonder how the DA would have reacted if somebody had died because a cost-effective decision left an entire medical facility headless? How would the DA react if the medical facility operated at a loss, went bankrupt and closed so the doors were locked when the ambulance arrived with a dying patient? Possibly with personal outrage, but not as if possible criminal negligence were involved.
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In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Thinking back, you should have seen my first Ohio Scientific computer in the late 1970s: Three different 8 bit processors (8080, 6502, 6800), 16 KB of RAM, an 8" floppy disk drive, an 8" green monitor, and a jury-rigged IBM Selectric for a printer and compare that to the Apple Watch on my wrist today orders of magnitude faster, more powerful, more useful and costs a small fraction of what I paid for that first home computer in real dollars. I can't wait to see what is available in the next 10 years — in the next 5 years! If the luddites don't get us. Your IBM Selectric did not have auto-correct.
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Your IBM Selectric did not have auto-correct. But it does have a correcting key, at least the Correcting 'Selectric' Typewriter does — and I say "does" because I'm still using my Selectric II typewriter regularly — even if jury-rigging it to serve as a printer couldn't make use of same.
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I regret I didn't snag a Selectric when everyone was dumping them. Maybe one of the best products ever.
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I regret I didn't snag a Selectric when everyone was dumping them. Maybe one of the best products ever. My wife bought one of the last of the Selectrics to use for work on her MTh and later preparing bulletins for church. She loved it and used it until I introduced her to a document formatting program based on the Standardized General Markup Language suing an IBM PC. The Selectric became surplus a few short weeks thereafter. (Later she returned the favor by introducing me to the Apple computer.) When last heard of that Selectric was being used by a missionary somewhere in Africa. It was eventually replaced there by a Royal portable manual typewriter because the ribbons for the Selectric were too hard to come by and maintenance service was non-existent. The Royal portable has since been replaced by an iPad.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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IMHO, "look and feel" of an ipad will never replace "rhythm and sound" of a Selectric. In the TV series Mad Men, which is set during the early- to mid-1960s, Selectric II typewriters are featured prominently on the secretaries' desks, even though they were not introduced until 1971. In his 2008 DVD commentary, creator Matthew Weiner said the Selectric was chosen for his show for aesthetic reasons and because of the difficulty of assembling the required number of period-appropriate conventional electric typewriters. ...I introduced her to a document formatting program based on the Standardized General Markup Language suing an IBM PC. When did 'guessing' replace spellchecking?
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IMHO, "look and feel" of an iPad will never replace "rhythm and sound" of a Selectric. No argument there! But you will have to admit the iPad is a lot more portable and offers a lot more features. When did 'guessing' replace spellchecking? Since the spellchecker could not differentiate between two correctly spelled words.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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But you will have to admit the iPad is a lot more portable and offers a lot more features.
Admitted. Since my back injury, it hurts to even think about lifting one these days.
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So, here is something a little quirky I discovered about the iPad autocorrect. I typed Windows (cap W) in an email but spelled it Windiws by mistake. It does not autocorrect. Try it.
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Autocorrect ignores capitalized words, because they're likely to be proper names, which autocorrect has a terrible time with.
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Autocorrect ignores capitalized words, because they're likely to be proper names, which autocorrect has a terrible time with. And lately I've been using that to disable auto correct on-the-fly when I want to put something not quite grammatically correct in a text msg etc. I tend to use slang to add appropriate emotion etc to my texts, and autocorrect really hates on me. it doesn't care for sound fx either...
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department
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Oooo, we gonna getcha, you betcha.
"PBS: Rise of the Hackers" Stuxnet on the loose. Don't drive that Jeep.
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I've noticed that the autocorrect in iOS 8 is much worse than that in iOS 7, and iOS 9 makes it worse still. It's like it tries to be too smart; it will substitute a common word for a less common (but still correct) word, sometimes leading to comical results. It's really frustrating.
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As far as I know, I have invented a game. It consists of composing a text using only the suggestions provided by autocorrect/anticipatory typing in iOS. An interesting related question is using the above method only, what percentage of the resulting texts are 1.) sensible; 2.) what you wanted to say?
On a Mac since 1984. Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
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3.) Poetry Game on!
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I work for the Department of Redundancy Department
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Cool. Go for it!
On a Mac since 1984. Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
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Ok, but now that I installed ios9 the word suggestions no longer come up above the keyboard,
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