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<blogroll> Christophe m'interpelle! Hélas non, je n'avais pas lu l'article de Courrier International, (ni même la VO sur le site de OJR Media Critics See Web Role Emerge ).
C'est dommage que CI ne linke pas sur la source quand elle est en ligne. </blogroll>

Health Care Comparisons (via ethel)

Private insurance companies, in addition to overhead expenses, must have profits, so some of the money paid for health care goes to these profits. They also have executive salaries and perks that would not be tolerated in a government agency, salaries and perks that are not needed (as we see in the example of numerous other countries) for purposes of delivering health care, and so this money is also wasted.

The Webification of TV is happening (via Doc)

My own experience since I got a TiVo is typical of every other subscriber I've spoken with. To put it simply, I watch more TV now, but fewer commercials. Furthermore, I have no sense of when and on what channel a program originally aired. Take those usage patterns and extend them to tens of millions of homes--which will happen as the devices and services become more affordable--and broadcast industry economics no longer add up.

Hier, je zappai sur Tant qu'il y aura un homme et j'ai cette étrange impression que l'équipe ne veut surtout pas s'éloigner de la superficialité, donc déconne dès que possible et ne laisse pas les invités parler plus de 30s - ils risqueraient surement de dire quelque chose d'intéressant. (en ce moment, le phorum s'affronte sur le 11)

Got Milk? (The Breast Cancer Site ou en vf Cancer du sein). En un mot commen en cent, dépistez.

Peter Drucker talks about the Internet: (via A Frog in the Valley)

What is an important example of the Internet's impact?
The Internet eliminates distance.

The cultural impact of the Internet is far greater than the economic one. The important effect is on the middle classes in these half-developed countries. They don't see themselves as part of their economy, but as part of the worldwide developed economy. This may be the next development: the emergence of psychologically global middle classes.
The Internet is also forming new communities. The engineer whose specialty is bonding materials and plastics, his community is a few hundred engineers spread worldwide, but they are probably in contact every day. The economic impact is probably the least important. The social impact is the most important.

The computer is a moron. It can't handle more than one logical system. All it can do is say zero or one, period. It forces you to do the systems analysis and come out with one logic for all your data. The human mind, on the other hand, can handle quite a few logical systems at the same time. I can look at something and see symbolical logic, or Aristotelian logic, or Whitehead and Russell logic (which is what underlies computer logic).

There is a 12th-century German proverb: "Don't go near your prince unless he calls for you twice." You go ahead and do things. You don't ask for permission because that implies the other fellow can say no. Yes, you risk ending up in jail. You have to take that risk.

( Non, il n'est pas de la famille de Michel. Peter F. Drucker bio)

Puisque il parle de logique, outre une biographie sommaire et la vieille FAQ sur la Logique Floue, voici le lien idiot sur Le mondes des à . And Principia Mathematica (Whitehead and Russell) (and the Amazon's reviews)

Lessons Born of Virtual Violence

Indeed, the often-demonized digital diet of America's youngest generation, which has grown up during a time marked by peace, prosperity and rampant entertainment, may give Kurt a strange ability to handle the coming conflict on its many levels, from dissecting news to tracking moving targets.
"Everything I hear like that, I go and check it out somewhere else, on some other Web sites."
Playing games has convinced him, as firsthand stories taught young men of previous generations, that war is hell.