10 years ago today I got married to my beautiful wife Olga. Sometimes, it feels like it was only yesterday. But more often, I look back at everything that happened since, and I think that our wedding was in a previous life or so. Regardless, I am very glad that we found each other and that we are still together.
Here are some of the pictures from our wedding party.
I came across some really amazing, high quality photographs from a really long time ago. For such old pictures, the quality is really amazing.
Today someone mentioned on Facebook that Intel.com website is very well organized and is quite useful. Being a fan of useful things, I immediately went to check it out. And I have to say that I am mighty impressed! Not only it is very organized, providing quick access to information, but it looks really good as well. Such a combination is rare these days, but it is particularly rare for a large corporation’s website.
Wikipedia lists some of the most famous operations performed by Robert Liston. Among them the only surgery in history with 300% mortality rate:
Liston’s most famous case
Amputated the leg in under 21⁄2 minutes (the patient died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene, they usually did in those pre-Listerian days). He amputated in addition the fingers of his young assistant (who died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene, they usually did in those pre-Listerian days). He also slashed through the coat tails of a distinguished surgical spectator, who was so terrified that the knife had pierced his vitals he dropped dead from fright.
That was the only operation in history with a 300 percent mortality.
Via oper.ru.
the European Parliament has pass a resolution in support of eCall, an initiative to install devices in vehicles that automatically contact emergency services in the event of a crash. The resolution calls on the European Condition to make it mandatory for all new cars starting in 2015.
Sounds good, doesn’t it? But just think about it for a second. There you go, driving your car around. And all of a sudden – BOOM – crash! Not to worry. Your car has a device installed that dials the emergency services and there is a digital conversation similar to this:
– Hello, this is emergency services. How can I help you?
– Hello, this is Mitsubishi Galant GDI. Registration number XYZ123. I’ve just crashed and need assistance.
– OK, please remain calm. The help is on the way. Whereabouts are you now?
– My map suggests that I am Pentadromos, Limassol, Cyprus. My GPS coordinates are 34.680635, 33.043198.
– We’ve got you. There is a unit nearby. It should be at your location in approximately 2 minutes.
– Thank you. Bye.
This sounds so good, for when you really need help. But there is another side to it – vehicle tracking. How comfortable are you with someone else knowing where you went, how fast you went there, and for how long you stayed there? And we aren’t talking just about the authorities here. Think of all those hackers, script kiddies, private investigators, and then authorities.
Now, back to the original application – emergency services. It obviously comes at a price of your privacy. Is that too much to pay?