Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Health Care Vouchers vs. Program Cuts by Experts – Short story: vouchers, like cash in the private market, work best under set circumstances (heavy competition, opportunity by both buyers and sellers to intelligently weigh different options and costs) that apply in very, very few cases to the health care market. As an example, “Consumers themselves are in no position to make informed decisions about health care, especially with the stress, worry, and need for instant decisions that an illness can present. If a doctor says you need a costly emergency procedure at 3 a.m. to save your life, will you be inclined to shop around for the best deal?”
- Apologizing
- Google Talk and AIM to Become Interoperable – I don’t believe I know any AIM users, but …
- Scientists could be months away from discovering antigravity – The problem being that Marty McFly’s future skateboard would be considered a potential Weapon of Mass Destruction …
- Long Exposure of an Airliner Takeoff – Cool …
- Japan’s nuclear disaster: Piecing together Fukushima | The Economist – An interesting summary of things that went wrong beyond planning, or even beyond revised and more pessimistic planning — and a few, key things that went right.
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2. To James T Kirk, saying your sorry means getting to kiss the hot alien chick in the skimpy clothing (just watched ‘By Any Other Name” last night.)
5. Cool, but that angle of attack is really steep.
2. Does Kirk ever actually say he’s sorry? Really?
5. Maybe it’s SNA.