RMstudents Technology meets medical education

Added Blueprints OB/GYN 2003, modified a few things, like the cervical cancer screening guidelines, which were recently changed since '03.  Some new items: Psychiatric diagnoses (concise DSM criteria), teratogenic medications (pretty comprehensive overview), cerebral ischemia regions, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzXy2c83VuU

I haven't been so happy with Battlestar Galactica but I'm very confident Avatar won't disappoint.

Also, this poster rocks.

So Intel has cut prices on its processors, some by 50%! For instance, the Q6700 (one model above my Q6600) sold for $530 just a month ago. That's actually why I went with the Q6600 (which I picked up for $200 at Microcenter), the only difference between the two is the multiplier on the Q6700 is x10, whereas the Q6600 is x9.

Well now Intel has cut the price from $530 to $266! Of course because of market forces the chip's actually selling for $300 (like on NewEgg)... but it wasn't that long ago that Intel announced a similar price cut on the Q6600 and it too sold at $300 and now it can be had for less than $200. There are also new Penryn Desktop (Wolfdale) chips announced like the e8300 which should be a sub-$200 45nm dual core chip.

In short, more bad news for AMD.

Anyone remember this scene from Robocop (there was no YouTube video):

Dick Jones directs Kinney to threaten ED-209. Kinney points a gun at the robot.]

ED-209: PLEASE PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON. YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY.

Dick Jones: I think you'd better do what he says, Mr. Kinney.

[Alarmed, Kinney quickly tosses the gun away. ED-209 growls menacingly.]

ED-209: YOU NOW HAVE 15 SECONDS TO COMPLY.

If you remember, ED-209 then ripped Mr. Kinney a new one. Thus the Robocop program was made possible who ultimately took Dick Jones (OCP executive board member) down. Man I loved that movie.

It's scary how well Intel has been moving. For such a giant company they've become very organized and agile.

Anandtech takes on the e8500, and of course it is nothing short of amazing. 4.5Ghz on water cooling. I don't need that much speed, but boy do I want it. And here's more proof that Intel is pretty much "set" for the next 4-5 years. Even if they screw up this Intel Atom launch, and all the other things they're getting into, they can surely depend on this nice tick-tock model they've got going:

Jonathan, you wanted an update. Here it is. Just saw some good news at Gizmodo. Let's pretend that this binary star does explode in a manner that releases gamma rays at Earth .. given that it's 8000 light years away, it means we still have plenty of time to find a means of getting out of this place. Oh and wait, it won't be our problem anyway.

There's so much to talk about (to myself I guess), like Intel's branding of Silverthorne and Menlow as Atom and Atom Centrino respectively, and my experiences so far with the quad core I put in. Yes, that's right, I bought a quad core, for $200! (Microcenter ftw). Well all in due time.. and due time = when finals are over and I've caught up with life.

update:

Modifications in Revision 2:  Corrected huge mistake with acid-base compensatory equations under Nephrology, Pathophysiology.  Checked over with Pocket Medicine.  Other small additions:  Child's classification system for ascites, etc.

My Palm Memos are still here.

Hello all,

For my fellow classmates, I have decided to release my Palm Memos, a sprawling medical info database of almost 270 text files that contains the entire syllabus contents, heavily edited and supplemented, of Pathology, Pathophysiology, Microbiology, Psychopathology, Statistics, as well as many excerpts from 5 Minute Consult, Up to Date, First Aid, Step Up to Medicine, and countless other textbooks and resources, all easily accessible and searchable on the Palm Pilot.

I am really behind in my reading and I can't make this as long as I'd like to. This is more for myself (sort of something I can look back on), as is most of the blog I guess.

whatever happened with your 8800GT?

Slipped in the 8800GT a while ago, and although my PC is louder, it also kicks more ass than before. I've included a picture of the card as well as a comparison between it and my old 7600GT. (the 7600gt is the shorter one). Note also that my 7600GT was rigged for silent running (made possible due to it's 2-slot design which had a giant heatsink (on the GPU) whereas the 8800GT has a dedicated fan.

8800GT

7600gt vs 8800gt (it's so long!)

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