The HIPAA PLUG topic from Thursday seemed vaguely 
familiar, then I realized that a HIPAA topic also 
got Slashdotted on Aug 28 and on Oct 21:

Aug 28:
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/2030205&tid=109
<quote>
...I had a disturbing thought. As far as I can tell, if 
you use Windows 2000 then you're going to be out of 
compliance whatever you do. If you install the patch, 
then theoretically Microsoft could access those medical 
records (possibly by accident) without 'due cause or 
need' in the process of updating your machine. If you 
don't patch your system then you'll fail the security 
requirements of the law." ...
</unquote>

Oct 21:
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/21/2033257&mode=thread&tid=172

BT
NNNN
Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

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