Re: Just in time supply lines
On the other hand, "generic" drugs only exist because either there was never a patent or the patent expired, so not really in competition with drugs more recently developed with R&D cost to recover.
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"They can do that voluntarily."
That's not a solution because only a few, such those in the group, would do it. If you read the article, you'd know they are campaigning for a change io the law so it applies to everyone, which would have a much bigger effect.
The problem, as we in the UK saw some years ago, is that some of the rich will move their assets and/or themselves to some other country which won't tax them so much. Just look at the money Apple is retaining outside of the US because they don't want it taxed at current rates. They will leave it outside the US until another "tax holiday" is announced. In effect, blackmailing the US government.
"How much are they paying which Judge, and does the Press know?"
Yes, the Press know. I'm pretty sure El Reg has covered it too.
I don't remember the exact details and can't currently find the story, but IIRC it was related to GDPR and retention of unneeded data such as where people where arrested "on suspicion" and the released without charge. There's a limit on how long that data can be kept and the Police still have it today, and that data can show up in security checks, even though the person may well be completely innocent.
"I'd rather ride in something that refused to bump into a traffic cone than in something that smashes into things on a regular basis."
On the other hand, he seemed to find it a little amusing to be stuck in a car in a live lane that may or may not suddenly decide to move or manoeuvre. Personally, I'd be terrified!
And if I was one of the drivers being delayed and/or stuck behind one, I'd be a bit pissed off. They don't appear to be production ready yet, yet they are running a public service. That should be concerning to most normal people.
I'm struggling to think what is unusual about roadworks.
I went through some single file roadworks today. Being very temporary, they didn't even put temporary traffic lights out. Just a guy at each end flipping a hand held sign around from STOP to GO. I wonder how a Waymo taxi will cope with that?
"Happy to be corrected."
My impression from the article is that it can fingerprint you on your normal travels through the web and match that to a fingerprint when you use Tor. So the privacy conscious will use different browsers or instances in a sandbox/jail/VM and get a different fingerprint through "normal" browsing and Tor browsing.
Also happy to be corrected.
"Not everyone wants their browser to do everything, but having a mailto link is pretty darned useful."
That's the point though, isn't it. Others may not see the point in their browser being able to follow a mailto:// link because they never use a mail client, but are very happy that it will follow/launch a skype:// link.
"The wilder the proposal and the more shocked response they get seems to encourage them."
No, that's a carefully planned strategy. It's been going on for years.
1) Come up with a plan no one will be happy with
2) Make it even more outrageous and announce it to the public as a proposal or speculation.
3) Bask in the outrage
4) Release original outrageous plan, which looks like a major back-pedal from step 2
5) Take the credit as the public gasp with amazement that this outrageous plan is more palatable than the insane one from step 2 and accept it with relief.
"adds a good 20 - 30 minutes to the install time"
That works is, on buying the new kit, you are doing your own install. But if you are buying the kit INCLUDING install-to-desk, the installers are usually being paid a small, fixed price and have to install a certain number per hour. Niceties will be skipped simply because there isn't time because the buyer didn't pay enough to have to job talk even 10 minutes longer per unit.
On the other hand, I've been in schools in the past where the screen had both VGA and DMI leads installed because, well, that's what came in the box. I've seen others where, a year down the line, the plastic protective film was still on the screen (both self-installs, not done by suppliers)
Well, as Werdsmith just posted above, he pays for 100 and gets 110.
I also pay for 100 and generally get 90-110 depending on time of day.
VM have problems, maybe what could be described as problem areas, but getting poor service in one area doesn't mean that everyone will agree with you. The problem with VM isn't so much the problem areas, it's how they own up to and deal with the problems. Unfortunately, like most companies these days, they deny there are problems and when forced to admit to them, fail to be transparent or timely in dealing with them. That's not a VM problem as such, it's an endemic corporate problem.
I don't know what all the fuss is about, least of all strange nicknames for logo designs like "meatball" or "worm". An organisation who is constantly reinventing its "branding" has too much time and money on its hand or has lost sight of the its primary mission. Especially when said organisation is notionally a public org.
This really doesn't seem to be the sort of story to suddenly attract readers to sign up to be able to post and comment on. It's a not a huge story. And yet there seem to be people who joined up in the last 12 hours or so just to comment on this one story, in defence of Appertas. I'm not seeing a sudden influx of new posters for the "other side".
"Oh, so a femaie has an opinion you don't like and she's automatically an imposter?"
Since you are new here, at least as a poster, maybe we can forgive you for not realising that there are quite a number of females posting comments, at least some of whom have been posting here for years. In general, they treat everyone based on what they post and in turn are treated the same by the male posters (and those who may not identify as male or female, some may choose to identify as dogs or cats. No one can tell who is who on the interwebs). What you say matters, not who you are or which name you post under.
"Can you car sat nav understand, "Take me to the nearest chippie?""
Yes.
Well, not quite that easily, since it doesn't have the power of Google Cloud connected to it, just it's own itty bitty CPU and limited offline vocabulary recognition system.
But...
"SatNav"
"Find Category"
(defaults to near current location, but I can now say "Along Route" or "Near Destination"
"Fast Food"
"Fish and chips"
That search also looks through my extra POI files I've added too. And yes, I did find a POI dedicated to locating Chippies a while ago :-) (along with quite a few other POI files too)
"The US alone produces over 600k new millionaires per year, so there's no shortage of people who are going to be able to afford it."
I think you need to be a bit more than a mere millionaire if you want to spunk possibly half your net worth on a single short trip. Then again, plenty of people used to pay for those "experience" flights on Concord, even it was much more affordable.
"That does not appear to be completable online - unless I have missed something, have to print it, and then scan it."
I've not looked at that specific form yet (i will, tomorrow), but I recently had to fill out a government form which was only able to be fully completed using Internet Explorer. It worked in Edge up to the point where it had to be securely signed, where it failed. I couldn't fill it in at all with Firefox.
"They're the government. They're not there to learn, they're there to govern, and years of experience have shown that learning is unnecessary to governing(*)."
Her Majesties Loyal Opposition are constantly harping on at the Government to "learn lessons". They've been doing it for centuries!
On my Android phone I go to "Settings" then "Notifications" and "Wireless Emergency Alerts".
Is this only on the latest version(s) of Android? Mine doesn't have ""Wireless Emergency Alerts". It says the Android version is 9, and patch level is 1 Sept. 2020 and "Your software is up to date" as of 2 minutes ago.
"Pure BS to justify the millions spent on the app that didn't work properly,"
Which article did you read? The one you are commenting on makes it clear that the NHS app not only is NOT the Track & Trace app but is the standard patient access app released way back in 2019.
I think you need to go back to your anti-vaxxor facebook group and stop trying to play with the grown-ups.
"But there's been speculation that could be 'needing' proof of vaccination to go to work, pubs & clubs, concerts, sports events etc etc."
The operative word there being "speculation" of course. The news media need to fill their 24/7 output with something, and in the absence of fact, will take speculation any day of the week.
"Was on a motorway and realised too late that the 3 lanes of traffic ahead were all stopped and had been stopped for long enough that nobody had brake lights on."
Most times I've unluckily come across a serious slowdown or stop on a motorway, the person "last" in the queue pretty much always has their hazard lights on. And like me, once you confirm the vehicle behind has also noticed and is slowing/stopping and put their hazard lights, the one in from turns theirs off. Anyone at the back, even if no visible vehicle approaching, will almost always keeps their on until they are no longer "tail end Charlie". The fear is that some driver not paying attention is barrelling down at 70MPH+
"As a boy growing up in the 70s we knew nowt about this area of space. But we are growing our knowledge nicely. All very interesting. Well done all.
We not have known much about it, but we knew it was there. I started reading SF as a teen in the 70s and that's where I learned that there was such a think as the Oort cloud.