Yikes! This is rather scary. Maybe each hospital is going to have to budget
for a technical support line:
Caller: I'm having some problems with my heart! It's beating irregularly
and I think I need an ambulance!
Hospital Technical Support: Hmmm... Why don't you try closing
everything down and rebooting yourself. Sometimes that works.
Try that and give us a call back if you're still having problems....
> "Beth Gemeny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Thought you all might find this interesting...
> > http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/body.pl?ID=980424133938
>
> I liked this Quote on this web page:
>
> But this has been a "weird" year for IT, Andreessen said, taking jabs
> at Microsoft's announcement that Windows was going to be used in the
> medical industry in devices like heart monitors--"a product that
> creates its own market (because) you have heart problems just thinking
> about it"
>
> This could bring new meaning to the term "crash team" in hospitals (UK
> ones at least) - not only will they be bleeped every time someone's
> heart's fails but every time Windows CRASHES too 8-)
>
> Simon
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