tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6252535606094767623..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Obamacare: "A Hacker's Wet Dream"Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-78264127986800537742013-10-05T10:46:39.293-07:002013-10-05T10:46:39.293-07:00Interesting that in the comments section a federal...Interesting that in the comments section a federal manager who deals in this area stated almost the same thing I did. I cannot stress how much testing is important.<br />Canadian contractor? So much for Obama giving American businesses a lot of noise about contracting out of this country.<br />Sadly they are just going to slap this together and I hope a lot of people don't get hurt in the process, but I seriously have my doubts. GIGO rules the roost I guess.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25163402632411730942013-10-05T09:38:53.879-07:002013-10-05T09:38:53.879-07:00This is from Reuters today: http://www.reuters.com...This is from Reuters today: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/04/us-usa-healthcare-technology-technology-idUSBRE99312620131004Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-9389347553187558122013-10-05T07:25:07.298-07:002013-10-05T07:25:07.298-07:00Next time you are in an doctor's office, a sto...Next time you are in an doctor's office, a store, or business concern that relies heavily of computer systems listen to the users of those systems if you want to get a feel for the work that has to go into it especially if the system goes down or slow down.<br />Just take a look at the number of systems both unclassified and classified that are hacked on a routine basis almost every day.<br />People really need to consider what allowing their most sensitive information to be stored on these very hackable systems and really need to question how that information will be used. If it is available someone will utilize it and in many cases n to in one's own self interest.<br />Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72657722764081343462013-10-05T06:20:13.019-07:002013-10-05T06:20:13.019-07:00Thanks, Dennis. It's great to have some inform...Thanks, Dennis. It's great to have some information from someone who really knows the field.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-66689394157290529372013-10-05T05:56:55.801-07:002013-10-05T05:56:55.801-07:00Having worked in R&D developing automated info...Having worked in R&D developing automated information systems from the MENS (Mission Elements Needs Statement," the "as is" to the "to be" by traveling and talking to, analyzing, doing the flow charts, developing the Systems/Subsystems and Program Specifications, through implementation and fielding, writing the training programs and documentation, et al I don't believe these people, mostly politicians and lawyers, even considered the amount of time and effort that it takes to field software that is as large as this with the security requirements that are necessarily a large part of it. We are talking about millions or more lines of code with subroutines that have to work seamlessly with each other.<br />One only has to take a look at much of what Microsoft, Apple, et al put out to the general public that is full of bugs and error prone and they are working with simple programming compared to what would be required here.<br />One has to understand that one person does not do all of the coding and there are a number of ways to write a subroutine (DLL so to speak) and its interaction with other subroutines and the main programming. One wonders how many software engineers were involved and how much time they spent with the programmers both individually and as a team? I don't want to bore you with the specifics so I am just covering the surface.<br />All of this takes a long time to test, which could not have been done very well given the political pressure to make it happen in a time certain. The rush to field this monstrosity has of a matter of course made it perfect for hackers, or anyone else who wants to create havoc with the software, not even including the hardware requisite in handling it.<br />Obamacare at the least should not be fielded until the systems can demonstrate their ability to actually handle what they are supposed to accomplish and I suspect that is going to take a while if even sans distributive processing.<br />An aside here part of my tasking as an analyst was to test a sampling program built on a hypergeometric. I did everything I could to destroy that program and it passed. The very first time it was used it failed by creating a divide by zero. I got to go to the site and create a work around until it was reprogrammed. Just testing is no simple affair.<br />And one wonders why I have no use for Obamacare. If the programming et al is this bad we are boot even considering the amount of slopping thinking that went into everything else.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-42149235186855113432013-10-04T20:49:46.893-07:002013-10-04T20:49:46.893-07:00Paullie "The Beard" Krugman does not hav...Paullie "The Beard" Krugman does not have what I would consider a trustworthy face. Or column.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11251509286251127252013-10-04T14:52:33.414-07:002013-10-04T14:52:33.414-07:00Stuart,
Incredibly scary info.
It might be a goo...Stuart,<br /><br />Incredibly scary info.<br /><br />It might be a good idea contact Greta Van Susteren or Bill O'Reilly (who has been talking about Obamacare-related fraud) so that she/he can do a segment on this. People need to be forewarned.<br /><br />Thank you.Susannoreply@blogger.com