The Doctor Is In

 
We’ve all heard the refrain, a thousand times:
“If [insert your most hated thing here], then the terrorists will have won!”
For example,

“If we restrict our civil liberties (read: “If BushHitler doesn’t stop checking the child porno sites I visit”), the terrorists will have won!”
“If we don’t preserve freedom of the press (read: “Leak top-secret info […]

Here’s a quick one–take a virtual tour of Paris from the Eiffel Tower. There are many benefits to such an approach:

No air fare
No jet lag
No snooty Parisians looking down on you for your multi-colored jogging suit couture
You’re really far from the Muslim neighborhoods, greatly decreasing your chances of having a car fire.

Several months ago, I upgraded my voice recognition software to Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 8. I have been using voice recognition software for over five years now, and have been very satisfied with it, although older versions could be maddening at times–and hilarious at others. This version is amazingly accurate–my only complaint since upgrading is that […]

I’ve been following in pained silence the saga of Medpundit and her transition to an EMR (electronic medical record). If it’s any comfort to her, I feel her pain.
The computerization of medical records has been the Holy Grail of medicine for many years now, the answer to all manner of problems in health care delivery. […]