MYUHC – Net Attitude Not

During the open enrollment period for 2014 healthcare insurance a few months ago, my wife and I chose the AARP Medicare Rx Preferred plan offered by United Healthcare, the largest health insurance provider in America. How could we go wrong? UnitedHealthcare is an operating division of UnitedHealth Group, the largest single health carrier in the United States. […]

The Worst Passwords of 2015

SplashData has announced the 2015 edition of its annual “Worst Passwords List”.  As in the past, 123456 and password are the most popular. This is not good. The list confirms how people’s choices for passwords remain consistently risky. Longer passwords are beginning to appear but length is not enough. A good password has to be unrememberable. […]

Tesla Report #6

I tried the Tesla Model S auto-park feature this week for the first time. I pulled past two cars which were parked vertically, with an empty space in between. I took my hands off the wheel, put the car in reverse, and pressed the park button on the touchscreen. The car backed into the empty space, steering itself […]

Community Open Forum: Date Change

If you are in Florida next month, consider dropping in to Florida Hospital Flagler in Palm Coast. Hosted by Bill Tol, Planned Giving Coordinator, the Community Open Forum series offers lectures on a range of topics. I will be there on March 23 to talk about “Healthcare in the Era of the Cloud”. The first 50 attendees to […]

Publications by John R. Patrick | Attitude LLC

It seems like I have been writing papers for a long time. Engineering school did not require any I can recall. However, I wrote a thesis (included here) for my masters degree back in 1971. Then I went dark for a long time until I got heavily involved with Internet technology, while I was at […]