Monday, June 10, 2002

AN INCREDIBLY LUCID EXPLANATION OF SOME COMPLEX MATERIAL Did This Man Just Rewrite Science?. Dr. Stephen Wolfram's "A New Kind of Science" may be the scientific publishing event of the season, but whether it is a revolution in science as well must await the judgment of his peers. By Dennis Overbye. [New York Times: Science] 11:39:39 PM     Comments[]

IS ANY PARTY IN THE HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN happy with what is going on? Lots of doctors think the only people in the whole chain who are happy are the health insurance executives with stock options! Study Finds Inefficiency in Health Care. A new study by a group representing large employers says that $390 billion a year is being wasted on outmoded and inefficient medical procedures. By Milt Freudenheim. [New York Times: Business] 11:19:18 PM     Comments[]

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOT VERY MUCH? "A Rift Among Bloggers" by David Gallagher [NY Times - Technology] appears to be an attempt to find controversy where there was none. The best use of the article is to identify some weblogs you might not have been reading and start. Regardless of the subject one is writing about in the weblog world (blogosphere?), it seems to me that posts invariably fall into one of these types: Writer Reporter Op-Ed Journalist Editorialist Publisher Curator Editor Docent Pundit You can read more in this post from the weekend.   7:46:22 AM     Comments[]

David Letterman. "Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving." [Quotes of the Day] 7:06:43 AM     Comments[]

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