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QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 15, 2014 -> 01:16 PM) Sadly, guessing this thread is going to be a lot more active soon. Why?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) And you know darn well what the reaction would be to enforcing mandates from the federal government that hospitals spend their money to stock up on emergency outbreak response equipment that isn't likely to be used in any given year or to enforcing federal mandates that hospitals practice and double-check and evaluate their anti-contamination and cleaning procedures. And now a second worker in that hospital has been diagnosed with Ebola. This is either spreading easier than they said it could be, or precautions just weren't taken at that facility. In either case it's now reached the point someone of power needs to step in there and take some forceful/drastic measures. I have a feeling that won't be the last diagnosis.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 14, 2014 -> 05:22 PM) Just to point out...this is the "local control/central government is bad/small government conservative" telling me how bad things are because things are left up to individual locations. Are there no small government conservatives in an outbreak? And on your latter point, that you don't want to think about how unprepared we are as a country for something worse...well, both the CDC and the NIH have been statutorily directed to spend their money on things other than public health preparedness. The CDC's budget for public health preparedness has been cut by over a billion dollars per year since 2002, money directly out of funding the ability of public health centers to purchase those things. The CDC's total budget is lower in total dollars than it was in 2006. Meanwhile, the NIH's research budget has, like almost all federal science funding, been flat since about 2003 with the exception of the ARRA in 2010, and in real dollars is actually down about 10% since then. Hence why the NIH's head said that we would very likely have a functioning vaccine for this virus if not for the budget situation for the last 10 years. You want to prepare. Fine. Scientists would love to. We have more of them sitting around doing odd jobs than we have money to pay for. There are instances where local control is a good idea and instances where it isn't. Can't we stop the partisan bulls*** for one minute and have a discussion that can acknowledge that there are pros and cons to every problem we face? You of all people know better as a scientist.

In the wake of pretty epic failures of that hospital (medical professionals), and people brazenly ignoring protocols, quarantine, etc., it may be time to instate some temporary drastic measures to curb what will become mass hysteria in the coming weeks of flu season, and instate these protocols before this thing falls off the rails. The last thing we need right now are full ER's because someone has the sniffles, because they read something about Ebola, etc, but it's exactly where we are headed. For example, I know someone working at the hospital by O'Hare that has been designated "the hospital where Ebola patients/threats will be transported too", and everything is confusion, nobody at the hospital knows what to do if/when it happens, nor do they have the equipment on hand to tackle the situation. They don't have the clean/hazmat suits because they're on backorder (lol), among many other issues of personnel and complete lack of training. While I'd urge people to stay calm and understand exactly what Ebola is and how it sperads, there are already plenty of reasons to be on alert at this point, and IMO, the medical professionals of the US have dropped the ball thus far.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 02:49 PM) How do I make safari remember my login and password for the 'getaway' website we use to log in to wifi at work? My 4S used to do it for me, for some reason the 6 does not, safari does not prompt me to offer remembering credentials. Settings | Safari | Passwords and AutoFill Turn on names and passwords

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 10:07 AM) 2 problems. 1. Marijuana arrests are incredibly common in the African American community. From your perspective it's really difficult to be caught. That's not the case for everyone, the comment you just made is one of those "Check your privilege" kind of comments where you aren't realizing what benefits you get for being you. You don't get an arrest rate 4x as high for one race over the other by that race just using it out in the open more often. On the latter part, I partially agree with you...there's a lot of depth to that number of course, but it absolutely feeds into the community's perception here that it is under siege from an out of control police department. One good way to understand that would be for the country to actually keep solid statistics and reports on when police-involved shootings happen, but for some reason police departments nationwide do not produce that data, which is a hint in itself. This highlights why it's often hard to have a solid conversation with people via text and why we have to be careful when doing so -- you can often miss subtle overtones and misread the context in which something was said or meant.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 09:42 AM) See now you're putting words in my mouth. No where did I say "nothing has changed". Of course things have improved, but that doesn't mean that people cannot have civil rights issues in the modern day. We're a society where African Americans, especially African American men, are hugely overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Studies have shown that African Americans are arrested for Marijuana possession at a rate hugely beyond that of whites even though whites use it as often or more often. A study just out 2 days ago suggests that black men are shot by police roughly 21 times as often as white men. That's literally what this issue is about...this community feels completely disconnected from the police, feels that the police are basically at war with them, and to them it is a civil rights issue. You may disagree with that claim, you may think they're wrong, you may think those things are completely ok. But you're not bewildered about what a sit-in is and you don't sit here thinking "oh well if they do that they're going to be maced and beaten". That's exactly the point and that's why I went to the most blatant example...because the person posting that clearly seems to have no clue about the history of sit ins, business disruption, and police beatings in reply. To clarify how you came across (to me), when you posted that picture you compared one to the other. That insinuates they're the same and thus, nothing has changed. As for our criminal justice system, I'm sure there is a degree of racism causing those numbers, but I don't think it's the only reason. Geography has a lot to do with it, not to mention community, family, etc. Also, I'm sure areas like Chicago and LA skew those numbers to a large degree. Police are probably shooting black men 21 times as often as whites, because black men are carrying guns 21 times more often in areas like that...if you'd like to see for yourself, travel on down to 80th and Halsted and take yourself a survey. Do you see the murder rate in the greater Chicago area? How many of those are whites shooting whites in Deerfield? Maybe 1, out of how many hundreds?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 08:57 AM) I think that the thing which cheapens both of them is what just happened here, a person who has absolutely no understanding of the history of his own country and the history of the very acts he is complaining about. Go read the words. If these people are shutting down the businesses of unrelated people just because they put up with the system in place they're going to have bad things happen to them, they're going to be beaten. You may not agree with these protestors that this is a civil rights issue. You told us why you don't. That's a heck of a step up from having no idea of the history of sit ins and why the people don't care if the police rough them up in this case. I do know the summarized history of things like this, but I won't, however, pretend to be a history professor. IMO, you pointing back to something I feel was far more legitimate (that picture) and comparing it to what they're right now is absurd. We need to learn from our history, not point to it at every opportunity to pretend "nothing has changed", when quite a lot has indeed changed. These are opportunists looking to agitate, nothing more. They not only expect the system to "react" that way to them doing this, it's exactly what they want. And no, I DON'T agree that this is a civil rights issue in the same vein as that picture you posted. It's not even close. But that's NOT to say we're a perfect country and no more progress needs to be made, just as it's not to say some people today don't have legitimate gripes with the system.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 07:46 AM) Yes. These people have no legitimate gripes and race pays no part in it. What do you mean, "these people"? Some do have legitimate gripes, but they don't need you (nor want you) bringing up stuff from the 1960's on their "behalf". "These people" are living in 2014 dealing with 2014. They can eat at diners with white people now, and in case you missed it, they can also drink out of the same water fountains, use the same bathrooms, own property, vote, sit at the front of buses, hold jobs, and a whole mess of other things. Doing what you're doing does nothing but cheapens anything they're dealing with in 2014, and it also cheapens anything they've dealt with in the past by lightly passing it off as some sort of internet meme/joke comparison by pretending the US, as a whole, has made absolutely no progress, when in reality we've come a long way. We get it, you're an official SoxTalk white "guilter", but you don't have to keep trying to prove how you aren't a racist over and over.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 11:50 AM) I'm trying to think of a time that a new OS on anything that wasn't designed for it didn't have more negative than positive. I'm thinking back to MS-DOS 3.0. If the device wasn't designed for the OS it was probably a bad move to update. This is an interesting topic of conversation, and I'd agree to a point. However, when it comes to technology in the modern era, a lot of these devices aren't meant to last beyond a year or two at the most, especially for power users or gadget/tech lovers. The things we expect our devices to do today are things we never even thought of or expected just a year or two ago, and with that added functionality comes added overhead. The upgrade cycles come so fast that this effect your speaking of is much more apparent than it was in the past where upgrades were much slower to come. Also, battery technology is lagging behind the rest of the industry, especially today. The answer is always the same, make a bigger battery, carry a spare battery, carry a battery "juicepack" (which is a phone case which doubles as a spare battery). The answer needs to be, "we need smaller batteries that last 5x as long", which of course is a tech fantasy at this point, but we need to get there. Also, it's important to keep in mind that these batteries are only meant to last a few years before the capacity they hold drops to less than 80%, and they also discharge faster over time, so the initial battery life you were once used too wouldn't exist on your device today whether you upgraded it to the latest OS or not.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 10:30 AM) My dad, who I regard as the quintessential average upper-middle-age consumer, killed his iPhone 6 Plus pre-order and grabbed an LG G3 that he'd been admiring for a while. He's had a couple "huh?" moments thus far but I think he likes it. One thing I don't think iOS or Android do well is help new users learn all of the features of the device - but iOS has the advantage of being the de facto reference system for most people who have used a smartphone before. So my pops has really enjoyed his G3 more since I've walked him through a few things over the phone (which isn't super easy, I might add). It sounds like he's getting some use out of watching YouTube videos created for that purpose as well. He'd been wanting a bigger screen since he saw one of his buddies with a Galaxy Note (Dad was using an iPhone 5). So he was willing to reward Apple for building a phone that addressed his concerns. Already liking the G3, though, he realized how much smaller the actual device was with the same screen size as i6+. He also has a couple irrational grudges against Apple for various feature/design changes implemented over the years, I think (typical consumer, I tell ya) If it works for him, that's all that matters. The G3 is a nice phone, and at least it's not skinned with Samsung's bloat.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 08:54 AM) The iPhone 6 is amazing. iOS8 can use some work, but I really like the phone thus far. A lot of people complain it's too thin, but I have to admit I love how thin it is.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 11:14 PM) If the Republicans don't take the governorship, this proves that they are just completely inept in IL. My totally anecdotal read on things is that nobody likes Quinn Having a D next to your name in IL is 45% of the battle. All you have to do is make up about 6% of the remaining vote to secure a victory. The fact that Quinn is having this much trouble against an out of touch rich guy that nobody can relate too shows the ineptness on both sides if you ask me.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 12:05 AM) I'd buy one if the infrastructure was there. I'd have to live paycheck by paycheck to keep up with the payments though. Maybe when I get a few more raises. The technology is still far from being ready for mainstream, and the infrastructure is only one piece of that puzzle. It's good Tesla is pushing for this, however, so in 5-10 years, things will be more in line and ready for the mainstream, but a lot more has to happen with battery technology and recharge times. It has to be cost effective, and when you spend 100k on a car that's cheap to run (for the time being), it will take 5+ years to recoup that savings with a lot of similar sized gas vehicles getting 45mpg+ these days (and they'll get even more in the future), despite costing 25-30k. Also comes the question of replacing one hard to produce resource (gas) with another (electricity). Right now, since the majority of people are driving gas vehicles, gas costs a lot...but what when 90% of the people are driving electric vehicles? Do we honestly think electricity prices won't skyrocket?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 01:17 AM) You mean, they aren't going to cut $90K from their price in 3 years? Whaaaaaaat? Of course it's not going to have all the insane bells and whistles that this one does, but I'd be willing to bet their $30K model will stand up very nicely against similarly priced models from other brands. I don't plan to ever own another 100% gas car. This tech we are seeing now may be tech we see standard 10 years from now, same way that navigation and heated seats and multi-disc CD changers and rear view cameras were only in the really expensive luxury models. This $120K (or whatever they price it at) is not something I'll probably ever afford, but it's good for the future of cars that it exists. Starts the clock on when these types of things become standard. Not really my point, whatsoever. Tesla is known for quality cars, however, it's not hard to build quality when they run upwards of 90k+. Tesla is going to run into major hurdles (they already are), when trying to build a car that they can sell for 30k, hence the repeated pushback of the date it will be ready. I never said I expected the quality to be the same, but when competing in a market of 30k vehicles, that's where the issues of quality will begin to arise that Tesla has not had to deal with up to this point.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 09:37 PM) I bought cookies from a couple guys trying to "raise money for their basketball team" today out of white guilt. There are SOME good white people. Reddy is back!!!

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 06:34 PM) 30K model by 2017-2018. This promise was made years ago and all I've seen is pushback on the date. Don't get me wrong, I love what they're doing, but at the moment, and for the foreseeable future, these are cars for rich people, by rich people...so forgive my lack of excitement until it actually happens. And make no mistake, the 30k model will NOT be this model, nor anything close to it.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 03:35 PM) The facts are the police shot an unarmed teen whom was simply holding a sandwich that happened to shoot bullets. as Balta stated, there are eye witness accounts to this. I don't think you're talking about the same shooting.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 12:27 AM) I guess I'll put this in technology thread, since it's the most advanced form of technology in a car, but my god the new Tesla that Elon Musk unveiled last name is just amazing. I can't stop talking/thinking about it. Probably no coincidence that my favorite inventor of all time lends his name to my a car company by my favorite innovator of all time. *drool* It's another awesome car for rich people, who already have plenty of awesome cars.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 01:00 PM) iPhone good I'm very pleased to see I can use Swiftkey! The 3rd party keyboards still need some work, but they aren't far of.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 07:50 AM) The family is saying that the kid was unarmed and got caught up with a group of people running away from the cop and that the cop shot the wrong kid. Whether that's accurate or not...the bigger part of this is that the community does not trust the police to fairly investigate what actually happened, and therefore people are angry about another police shooting. So even if the police say they found the weapon, the local population does not believe them. Ballistics tests will tell the tale, whether the people want to believe them or not. Science > some random peoples "opinions".

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 9, 2014 -> 06:04 AM) All publicity is good publicity Tell that to Adrien Peterson and Ray Rice.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 8, 2014 -> 05:11 PM) Sent to an @gmail.com with the following in the body 1. www.yahoo.com is great 2. www.marqana.com is awesome 1 hit the inbox, and 2 hit spam. I’ve never seen anything like this. I just tested it sending from my gmail account to my work account @ blue cross and it worked fine sending/receiving in both directions. Worked fine with the links www.marqana.com and marqana.com in them. Maybe you somehow added them to a spamlist on your personal account? It's not affecting everyones gmail accounts, or other businesses...as I said, I'm able to receive those emails just fine in both directions.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 8, 2014 -> 12:18 PM) A lot of people like texting/messaging while watching videos. That's the main use for it on mobile. Also not a bad use for it...though I'm not a great multitasker, if I'm texting someone I'm not actually watching the video or paying attention. Then again, most people aren't good multitaskers even though they think they are.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 8, 2014 -> 10:49 AM) That could be one reason. But if they released a 5 inch phone again, the multi-window feature wouldn't be all that useful. I'm not sure how useful multi-windows is on small screens, beyond a few use cases. My monitor at home is 27" and it's quite useful to have multiple windows open side by side by side, but on sub 17" monitors, I tend to just full screen everything because of the limited space. I think this issue compounds itself on even smaller tablet sized screens which are already limited for productivity apps which tend to require a lot of space, especially when considering the virtual keyboard...and I highly doubt people are connecting 6" phones to a external keyboard in most cases. The only real use for something like this that I can see actually wanting to use is one window being music controls/spotify (for people who use it), and the other being maps for driving around.