[nycbug-talk] snmp/mrtg/rrd, etc and the medical world.

[Steve Rieger]

hi all
since its getting close to the holidays, and we all go to parties,  
during this time of the year, i will pose a questions for you. one  
that shall not be thought of whilst at work but rather only after  
tasting the joys of a bit of etoh.

sonce mrtg, rrd, and snmp do such a good job of telling us and  
mapping everything that occurs with many devices, i would like to add  
one device to this list. a heart. now imagine if a doc, or a network  
admin has the ability to log into a web page and can see what your  
heart rate is, what your blood pressure is, along with a history  
going back 90 days. in my opinion this could be very much the "next  
big thing". lets go one step further and set up a snmp trap, every 14  
beats of the heart, it sends a trap to one central heart trapping  
device, which takes this info maps it, graphs it, and pages the  
appropriate people if no trap was received for more than 3 cycles.

we would then be able to prove that java does have a very beneficial  
effect on the state of mind, as its all mapped. it would let us know  
how long between drinking a 27 ounce cup'o'java and the time it takes  
the bladder to fill up, mrtg will graph this with the help of rrd as  
well.

anyways, do not ponder your valuable time on this now, but rather  
while at the holiday party, because thats when it will start making  
sense.


oh and on a side note. i am moving to the west coast on dec 17. i  
wish you all happy days, weeks, months, and years. i will continue to  
post totally off topic for as long as you let me. it was nice meeting  
you, and in the future we shall communicate long distance only.  
shouuld any of you decide to pop into LA, do drop me a line.



Steve Rieger
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