Thursday, June 27, 2002

NYT (AP): Scientists Find Ancient Rainforest. "Scientists digging south of Denver say they have uncovered evidence of a rainforest that emerged soon after the asteroid collision that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago." 23:47'43    comment []

Sam Ruby: "Somebody should tell Joshua that !(A && B) == ((!A) || (!B))." 23:46'17    comment []

NYT: The Latest Corporate Scandal Is Stunning, Vast and Simple. "Coming in the wake of a seemingly endless series of corporate scandals -- from Enron to Tyco, Adelphia to Dynegy -- WorldCom might seem just one more carcass on the pile -- and one that had already been picked at for months because of questions about its accounting. But experts on accounting say this case is extraordinary because of the amount of money involved and because of the relative simplicity of the accounting maneuvers used to disguise the truth. 'The magnitude of this is just mind-boggling,' said John Fahy, a certified public accountant and former prosecutor. 'Auditors cannot miss something like this. It is just inexcusable.'" 13:48'13    comment []

Rob McNair-Huff: Will Worldcom collapse threaten the Net?. "A commentary on NPR this morning by Reed Hunt, former head of the FCC under the Clinton Administration (I think...), points out that more than 70 percent of Internet traffic passes through pipes owned and managed by Worldcom at some point on its route across the Net. Is that Internet traffic in trouble if Worldcom crumbles? Should the federal government get to work now to ensure that the Net stays up and the email goes through? That is what Hunt was arguing..." 13:44'41    comment []