Mr. Bush seems to have concluded that terrorists are like crocuses: "As the spring thaw comes, we expect cells of trained killers to try to regroup,..." Who writes these speeches? Oh, from the same speech, "Aides said his plans did not violate his pledge against nation-building because he will not use U.S. soldiers as social workers or police officers." That's an awfully fine hair to try to split, I'd say; keeping with the floral theme, "a rose by any other name..." Another reversal for Ashcroft (regrettably, I find myself exulting whenever this A-G loses one); Oregon's assisted suicide law cannot be overturned by the Feds. What I find interesting is the judge's view that the Federal Government was attempting to usurp state's rights; that's quite a rebuke to a Republican Administration.
20 hours Continuing Medical Ed. credit for merely subscribing to the New England Journal of Medicine? You're supposed to do some work to get credits, I thought. Another thought about standards: what color is your lap/desktop PC? Have you ever wondered about the business model the ubiquitous Classmates.com is using? All of us who use Movable Type may recognize this idea (think "Syndicate this"), cleverly (?) called "blogrolling"; I'm ambivalent to negative about the concept.
New Scientist has some interesting articles this week, including news of a Japanese supercomputer which can do 35 teraflops per second, the Inca mummies, and news that a premier journal publisher will no longer require compliance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. It also pointed me towards this rather nifty site: a gallery of photos and information about US nuclear test sites.
Posted by Linkmeister at April 18, 2002 03:00 PMi love classmates dot com. i signed up and found an old friend i thought i'd never see again -- had to pay to join to send him a message, but it was so worth it. and, i set up my profile so anyone wanting to find me will find my website, so, people can find me.
i've found almost all my closest friends from high school so far -- and i get regular newsletters telling me exactly how many new signups they have for my school.
it's a great business, and a great service.
Posted by: kd at April 19, 2002 12:13 AMWhen my high school crush joins Classmates, then I'll pay the fee..
He lives in Florida...Crazy Tracy has probably treated him..
He was a good kisser, though..
Still remember..(sigh...)
Is it hot in here, or what??
I haven't paid the Classmates fee--yet. I don't know about paying because less than 10 of my classmates are registered--maybe when more sign up?
We got tired of the beige box a long time ago. The 3 desktops that we're using are purple. Wish I could airbrush . . .
Posted by: ali at April 19, 2002 08:03 AMThere are about 35 members of my high school class listed at Classmates; I managed to acquire e-mail addresses for 6 of them and invited them to join a Yahoo club I set up for the class. I only got one response, after two mailings 6 months apart. Given that, I haven't paid the fee to Classmates. Oh, they have a new workplace section, btw. You can look for a previous employer and set one up if it's not in the database.
Posted by: Linkmeister at April 19, 2002 08:45 AMIt is dangerous to confuse children with angels.
Posted by: Goldberg Myla at January 20, 2004 11:50 PM