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October 25, 2007
Dr. Gerberding's congressional testimony was heavily edited
by the Administration. Fortunately, that fact was picked up
by the MSM. As of now, there are 711 mentions on Google News.
In the interest of completeness, however, I noted that Dr. Gerberding
herself denies that there was censorship…
October 25, 2007
One of the occasional problems with commercial software is
the need for
"activation." One problem with any software is the potential
for inevitability of bugs. Both problems are
illustrated
in the screenshot.
So I only have 12,209 years to act.
I would like to be able to trust Symantec to…
October 24, 2007
From
href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/24/baloondog-anatomy.html">BoingBoing,
an illustration of the neuroanatomy of balloon dogs:
Original source:
href="http://freeny.deviantart.com/art/Pneumatic-Anatomica-53318794">Pneumatic
Anatomica.
October 24, 2007
The Honorable John Dingell has drafted legislation that
would bring an end to the war in Iraq. There is no bill
number yet, so it is a bit too early for us all to write our
Representatives to urge support.
href="http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/mi15_dingell/PR071023iraqpullout.shtml">…
October 24, 2007
The Medicare
Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee
currently is in the process of examining the question of whether to pay
for in-home testing for the diagnosis of
href="http://www.sleepapnea.org/" rel="tag">sleep
apnea. If approved, this could lead to a
significant loss of…
October 24, 2007
Most people expect a wait when they call tech support.
Knowledgeable users arrange to have something to do to kill
some time: a book, magazine, something like that.
This is the story of Timothy Scott Short, who is going to have to wait
a very long time.
Short stole a specialized printer, used to…
October 23, 2007
A couple of days ago, I
href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2007/10/lets_improve_the_quality_of_th.php">wrote
about the government reforms proposed by
href="http://www.centerforinquiry.net/advocacy/protecting_scientific_integrity_2/">The
Center for Inquiry. Specifically,…
October 23, 2007
When I was in junior high, I used to do this. I
don't know
why. Probably I was bored with something that is inherently
boring. It does not spice things up very much. But
some spice is better than none.
href="http://www.hourlylaff.com/15-amazing-ways-to-tie-your-sneakers/">This
article…
October 22, 2007
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alt="There is a Creative Commons license attached to this…
October 22, 2007
This one is good for several seconds of enjoyment.
Source:
href="http://www.moillusions.com/2007/10/infinite-zoom-coast-illusion.html">Mighty
Optical Illusions.
October 22, 2007
One of the
href="http://corpus-callosum.blogspot.com/2004/02/science-policy-questions-good-bad-and.html">first
things I wrote about on Corpus Callosum was the tense and
ambivalent relationship the current Administration has with the
scientific community.
Note that the ambivalence is one-…
October 21, 2007
Sometimes we hear the allegation that the war in Iraq is
about oil.
That is only an approximation of the truth. Really,
it is about money. Oil at this point is merely a proxy for
money.
Certain corporations that are in Iraq stand to make a
fortune regardless of whether the oil ever is…
October 20, 2007
BMC Psychiatry, an
open-access journal, has an article on
href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml"
rel="tag">Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/7/56/abstract">Altered
oscillatory brain…
October 20, 2007
The FCC is doing something unusual. Instead of
acting like footsoldiers
for
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/19/opinion/main3385282.shtml">corporate
America,
they are imposing fines on a broadcaster for pushing State-paid
propaganda.
href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/…
October 19, 2007
Steve Ballmer tells reporters that
href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/10/ballmer-microso.html">Microsoft
will buy 20 companies a
year for the next 5 years, paying "between 50 or 100 million
to a
couple hundred million each." He also gave his email address,
for
anyone to use if they…
October 16, 2007
Traditionally, the oil industry has tried to paint a rosy
picture when it comes to Peak Oil. That is changing,
according to industry insiders:
href="http://www.oilonline.com/news/headlines/internet/20071016.New_find.24707.asp">New
findings on peak oil timing and impacts to be presented at…
October 16, 2007
The Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS)
is a
major NIH-sponsored study of the treatment of adolescents with
depression, in which
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoxetine" rel="tag">fluoxetine-only,
rel="tag">cognitive-behavioral therapy
only, combination treatment…
October 16, 2007
NY Times
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/business/16fund.html?ex=1350187200&en=c71cef9b628ff8d5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">reports
that large banks are working on a perpetual motion machine:
The new entity, called a Master Liquidity
Enhancement Conduit, or M…
October 15, 2007
Yeah. Private companies are always more efficient
that government programs. According to a
href="http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1015-06.htm">recent
study by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:
The private Part D insurers report
administrative expenses, sales costs,…
October 15, 2007
Today is Blog
Action Day, during which many persons have agreed to write a
blog post about environmental concerns. This is one of
thousands.
Consider Climate Change, and consider the Iraq War. Other
than both being among the biggest mistakes ever made by humans, it is
not obvious, immediately,…
October 15, 2007
Previously, I
href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2007/01/transcranial_direct_current_st.php">wrote
about investigation of
href="http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/04/newsci_head_electric.html">tDCS
for treatment of
href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fibromyalgia/DS00079"…
October 14, 2007
I suspect that the recent article by
href="http://vedantam.com/">Shankar Vedantam, in
the Washington Post, will largely be taken as fuel for the immigration
debate. However, that is not why I find it interesting.
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/14/…
October 14, 2007
This is not a traditional review, in that I am not going to
discuss the
distro in any systematic or comprehensive fashion. There
already are several reviews out there in the
href="http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse">usual
places. Rather, I am going to outline my
experiences…
October 14, 2007
What will
href="http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/solar_farm_wagon_small_bi.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890">they
think of next?
October 13, 2007
Romney thinks he has a winning strategy, but he's wrong.
href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071013/UPDATE/710130417/1020/NATION">Presidential
hopeful Romney vows to help pull Michigan out of economic slump
Gordon Trowbridge / Detroit News Washington Bureau
Saturday,…
October 13, 2007
US Secretary of State
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice">Condoleezza
Rice has some choice words for
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" rel="tag">Vladimir
Vladimirovich Putin.
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3726309">Rice
Worried…
October 13, 2007
His
bare buttocks rest on
the cold steel shelf; the smooth, hairless skin has a ghastly
pinkish-orange hue.
That is the opening to an article (in the IEEE magazine) on the
href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5557">anatomy of
crash-test dummies. Geeks can have a sense of
humor,…
October 12, 2007
On October 15, 2007, over six thousand blogs will have a
post about the
environment. It was not intended as a tribute to our new
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/world/13nobel.html?ex=1349928000&en=3f45aeb1eeb5f59c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">Nobel
Peace Prize…
October 12, 2007
He alleges
that the war in Iraq was botched for a reason: it will be easier for us
to steal their oil if they do not have a functioning government.
Some excerpts:
Indeed, the US may be
‘stuck’ precisely where Bush et al want it to be,
which is why there is no ‘exit strategy’.
The value of…
October 11, 2007
Just in case people did not get the allusion in my post about
href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2007/10/peak_oil_and_health_care_chall.php">peak
oil and health care.
Artist: Prine John
Song: Spanish Pipedream
Album: Great Days: The John Prine Anthology
She was a level-headed…