I have been waiting for the iPad announcement for sometime. The wait was good because it allowed me to use my imagination thinking about what it might be. As my readers know, I have been working with computers since 1966 and for many years, I was able to even had some non trivial effect on … Continue reading
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The days of Whine and Roses
Just read an article about how unrelevant Microsoft has become. I thought the article made some good points. I certainly understand what the author experienced. I saw that kind of thing first hand when I worked at Digital Equipment Corp. in the early 80s. That that time DEC (as we called it then) was the … Continue reading
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
Abraham Lincoln said in his famous Gettysburg Address ,” Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”. Well I am afraid he may have been wrong. We may be in the beginning of a second civil war. Part of our government (congress) has been slowly taken over … Continue reading
Rob Glaser steps down: The end of an era
What ever you think of Real Networks (I love using its Rhapsody service myself) and what ever you think of Rob, we owe him much as one of the true pioneers of the Internet. Continue reading
Israel leaves the middle east
Just read a very good op ed by David Brooks which you can read here. When I was in Israel in May, I was blown away the developments in every area from technology to art. I lived in Israel in the 70s and was one of the first to develop a technology based export business. … Continue reading
The role of the health insurance industry
We have a misconception of what the insurance companies job is. There are two reasons for insurance companies to exist in the current scheme of things. The first reason is to aggregate risk. That is to share risk amongst a large number of people. This is similar to car insurance or fire insurance. The second … Continue reading
Our cousins the Neanderthals
I just listened to a really interesting Podcast from Scientific America. It was about the Neanderthals. It was fascinating to me. I guess we have learned so much about the people in the last few years do to our ability to sequence their genes which was done just last year. We now know that the … Continue reading
Avram Miller’s plan to save America and maybe the world
Avram Miller’s plan to save American and maybe the world. Continue reading
The Insurance Industry Protection Act
The Senate passed the Insurance Industry Protection Act. Glad to know that our insurance industry will be healthy. Now can we start to deal with how to make Americans healthy? And hopefully that can be done without effecting the health of the insurance companies otherwise, it will not happen. After all when the press counts … Continue reading
Senior Senior
I am about to turn 65 (Jan. 27th). I plan to be on the beach in Rio that day. But it is also the day I become eligible for Medicare. A year after, I start collecting social security. And then what? As I have discussed before, what is there to look forward to after that. … Continue reading
