Satan's Poop Inc. Paila Master: DigressionsA section when things are out of the normal discussions of my pageBlogger Sina Motallebi detained- April 22, 2003 Blogger Sina Motallebi has been detained in Iran for describing everyday life there. His blog is now blank.....Wish I knew how to place the following banner permanently in my home page posted by buzzmachine.http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/categories/digressions/2003/04/22.html#a775 Other good sites to follow SARS epidemic- April 21, 2003 I found today two more sites to follow the SARS epidemic. At squeak.org there is a plot in semilog scale which clearly shows to me that the growth is not exponential so far. It has three separate graphs for cases worldwide, cases reported by the WHO and cases in the US. A linear plot by Charles Platt is in his site, it is similar to Paul Kedrosky's plot that I have been using. Paul Kedrosky has added a plot with doubling periods attempting to determine whether the growth is or not...http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/categories/digressions/2003/04/21.html#a772 Revisiting the SARS graph: Infection rate slows, death rate accelerates- April 21, 2003 I continue to puzzle at the SARS epidemic. Here is the updated plot I of what I posted on April 4th. Two weeks have gone by and now the number of deaths has accelerated but the number of cases continues to grow lineraly, not much like a classical epidemic. It appears to me that either the measures to stop its spread are outstanding or that this is being blown out of proportion. 3,500 cases in six weeks does not seem to be that earth shaking and the death rate is so far about 5%. At this rate of.http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/categories/digressions/2003/04/20.html#a770 Oil, Iraq and The Devil's Excrement- April 13, 2003 Tony sent this link to an article in today's Boston Globe talking about the fact that oil is indeed The Devil's Excrement and how oil is more of a curse than a blessing.http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/categories/digressions/2003/04/13.html#a762 The naviete of Rep. Charles Rangel- April 13, 2003 Rep. Charles Rangel, a Democrat from New York, is quoted in the New York Times as saying: "This about ends that discussion, I don't know how far they are going to go, but they know how to support their enemies and get rid of their friends." Enemies Friends How naive can this guy be Fidel Castro has never had any friends. The few he had, he killed or expelled from Cuba. Killing people like this is not new to castro. Does Rangel know how many people Castro killed his first day in Havana And they..http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/categories/digressions/2003/04/13.html#a761 Is linking illegal- April 12, 2003 I received the following e-mail a couple of days ago: You are using our image with out permission on your website. We have a $2,000.00 copyright infringement fee that is automatic when you violate our copyrights! Please give me your mailing address so I can send you the bill. Once you pay the bill you can continue to use our photo on your website for the rest of this year, but as it stands, its been up for quite a while...http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/categories/digressions/2003/04/12.html#a756 Chirac the cynic- April 11, 2003 I simply can't believe this quote: "France, like every democracy, is rejoicing over the collapse of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, and hopes for a quick and effective end to the battle." if Jacques Chirac can say that now, he is more of a cynic than I ever believed possible.http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/categories/digressions/2003/04/10.html#a750 |