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Sunday, June 16, 2002 |
Wolframania [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]Read the reviews at Amazon... Amazing what Wolfram put himself to...It's a pity, because now a bunch of quacks (Wolfram is not a quack) will imitate him and science, instead of going forward will actually go backwards in the public eye. In ten years Wolfram's book will be forgotten...
1:12:54 PM 
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Israel Begins West Bank Fence Project. In the West Bank town of Kfar Salem, Israel's latest effort to stem the tide of Palestinian suicide bombers a 225-mile security fence is rising. By John Kifner. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
What scares me the most is that, if this unilateral separation can succeed, Palestina will quickly become
the poorest nation of the world. Without the jobs that Israel provides and using all its wealth to attack israel and accuse Israel of its self created problems. Peace and democracy is the key to progress and wealth.
10:41:31 AM
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Spain wins!... barely. Spain betray its game stopped its attacking game and try to defend its one goal. It almost misses. Camacho has shown his class. Was luck what brought him this far? We shall see if he learned from this nerve racking victory.
Great game for Eiree, thay can go home with a head held high. They didn't betray their game and believe in themselves till the bitter end. Well done guys, thanks for the memories...
10:13:57 AM
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What's So New in a Newfangled Science?. Interesting ideas rarely spring up in isolation. By George Johnson.
Had Dr. Wolfram been more demonstrative in parceling out credit to those who share his vision (many are mentioned, in passing, in the book's copious notes), they might be lining up to provide testimonials. It's the kind of book some may wish they had written.
Instead they were busy writing papers, shepherding them through the review process, presenting them in conferences, discussing them at seminars and workshops [~] going through the paces of normal science. That is how an idea progresses. But sometimes it takes a bombshell to bring it to center stage.
[New York Times: Technology]
Too optimist an opinion... Clearly, the writer is not a scientist. What is missing is not so much references and support, though those are certainly necessary, but a big splash to justified the claims made in and about the book. Even though I haven't finished the book, I'm sure such splash do not exists, we would have heard about it by now, and that is the problem.
Having said that if you are capable of forgetting the hype and go beyond the nonsense, the book is very entertaining and important. Pity it wasn't written in a less egocentric spirit.
8:33:11 AM
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