Comedy = Tragedy + Distance

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Distance Doctoring, Distance Nursing And
Distance Learning... All Coming Back

Distance Doctoring, Distance Nursing And
Distance Learning... All Coming Back 05/12/2004 03:58 AM
The internet makes it easier to communicate with people over large distances, and for years we've been hearing about the power of "distance" everything. More recently, some of that talk had died down after the early promises of distance learning/doctoring/whatever failed to live up to its early hype. However, it appears that the distance concept is coming back into fashion. One after the other, we just came across three such stories. First, is the news of a hospital in Michigan that is using a robot with a video screen for a head to let remote doctors talk to and examine patients. The doctor's can control the robot from another location (such as home) in order to look over a patient without being there in person. Of course, the idea isn't to replace the need for the doctor to be present, but to make it easier in situations when the doctor is away and is needed quickly (such as to look over something in the middle of the night when they're home). Meanwhile, over in the Netherlands, it's not the doctors who get to stay home, but the patients, who can now use a webc am system to communicate with nurses. The idea is to help out the elderly who are confined to their homes but can't afford to have a healthcare worker visiting them on a regular basis. Meanwhile, outside of the healthcare field it appears that even e-learning is making a comeback, as companies are using it more strategically, to help keep employees up-to-date and trained - but not relying on it as a full replacement for training programs. No matter what, it looks like another bunch of concepts discredited during the boom and bust years are now making a comeback.

Comedy

Comedy 12/24/2004 12:21 PM
Being in touch with the absurdity of life got to lead to the absurdity of form. Dave Eggers discusses the Monty Pythons’ brand of comedy.

A Comedy of Justice

A Comedy of Justice 01/04/2004 11:55 PM
James Branch Cabell's Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice. One of the many treasures at Documenting the American South. Mike Keith's James Branch Cabell Page (Mike Keith has also performed and recorded an obscure symphony based on Jurgen). Owlcroft's overview of Cabell's work.

Comedy of Errors

Comedy of Errors 08/09/2004 07:19 AM
My family loves Shakespeare & Co. up in Lenox where we're currently on vacation. We've been going to its performances for about twenty years now. A couple of nights ago, we saw a preview of Comedy of Errors. (Hint: It's the one with the two Dromios, no Rosalind, and doesn't take place in Verona.) Shakespeare & Co.'s performances are always lively, bawdy, and understandable. The troupe is first rate. Their performances IMO feel like Shakespeare as he was seen by his contemporaries. Yet, this performance wasn't my favorite. Too much mugging, too broad, too hectic. Yes, it's a farce with...

Out With The Old, In With The New; A
Comedy Of Eras

Out With The Old, In With The New; A
Comedy Of Eras 07/05/2004 07:11 PM
By Sean Cohen, OSNews.com (via MyAppleMenu)

What's the secret of comedy?

What's the secret of comedy? 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
I'm cursed. Just one day after my new book on RSS and Atom went into production, a new version of RSS 1.0 was released: RSS 1.1 It wouldn't be so bad, but the Atom project released a new draft...

Comedy Central

Comedy Central 05/30/2004 12:03 PM
Its members skew white, male and elderly, but the Friars Club at 100 remains the nation's premier home to comedians. And its jokes still make the ladies blush.

BBC - Comedy - The Office

BBC - Comedy - The Office 12/31/2003 08:28 PM
"Pressure - not as easy as it looks." - David Brent .. Two lesbians. Sisters. Me watching .. The Office, has it's own web site .. Tim & Dawn forever .. best show on television .. local authority admin .. Office .. Maybe

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"RUPERT!!!!!!!!!! PRODUCES A PC
COMEDY!!!!!!!!!!"

"RUPERT!!!!!!!!!! PRODUCES A PC
COMEDY!!!!!!!!!!" 05/30/2004 08:39 PM

Comedy = Tapeworm + Time

Comedy = Tapeworm + Time 05/09/2004 12:30 AM
"There was nothing to do but to wrap great gobs of toilet paper securely around my hand, swallow hard, again reach down, again get a grip on the thin and slippery thing, and tug." (05-09)

Sony vs. The PSP Importers - A Comedy

Sony vs. The PSP Importers - A Comedy 06/24/2005 04:03 PM

Welcome to cuckoo world! Sony, in all their majestic wisdom, has decided to hunt down and kill PSP importers in the UK. Let's read this, shall we? "The Japanese electronics giant Sony is demanding that companies importing its hotly anticipated PlayStation Portable to Britain reveal their customers' identities so the equipment can be tracked down."

Now, why would they do this? Because they are crazy? Because Sony CEO Sir Howard Lancelot Stringer Esq. has finally gone all Howard Hughes on us? Are those purchasers of Japanese PSPs in there on the Rainy Isle using them to mount an offensive against the Sony Yakuza stronghold or are they attempting to pay $400 for a game device. Next week: Sony kills and eats babies.

Sony bid to stop grey imports [Guardian]

UPDATE - Ok, so they don't eat babies so much.

CNN.com - 'Friends': The most overrated
comedy ever - Feb. 12, 2004

CNN.com - 'Friends': The most overrated
comedy ever - Feb. 12, 2004 02/17/2004 04:00 AM
“Friends”: The most overrated comedy ever .. it still sucks .. is

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Man-and-Robot standup comedy in Japan

Man-and-Robot standup comedy in Japan 04/29/2004 11:28 PM
BoingBoing pal Steve Portigal points us to "a demo of Japanese speaking robot technology, presented as a duo-standup routine featuring one of Japan's well-known comics. The robot is called PaPeJiro. So, if the robot kills - does that violate [Isaac Asimov's] Three Laws [of Robotics]?" Link

Animated Comedy Giant Celebrates 300

Animated Comedy Giant Celebrates 300 02/13/2003 10:14 AM
The Simpsons" has won 18 Emmy awards, 16 Annie awards and a Peabody. It was Google's most searched-for television show of 2002. ...

Seriously: Kerry on Comedy Central
(washingtonpost.com)

Seriously: Kerry on Comedy Central
(washingtonpost.com) 08/27/2004 01:45 PM

Comedy remake tops US box office

Comedy remake tops US box office 03/28/2005 06:01 AM
The comedy Guess Who, which updates Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, heads the US box office.

Gone to the Dogs: a new British comedy
film

Gone to the Dogs: a new British comedy
film 04/01/2005 03:52 AM
What breed of dog are you? .. que tipo de perro sera .. Gone to the Dogs

gone2thedogs.com
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Stars to Perform at N.Y. Comedy Festival
(AP)

Stars to Perform at N.Y. Comedy Festival
(AP) 09/16/2004 07:01 PM
AP - On the heels of the Republican National Convention, New York City is being invaded by comedians. "I'll have more protesters," Drew Carey told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday. "But I doubt there'll be any extra police."

Comedy Central Renews Deal With
Chappelle (AP)

Comedy Central Renews Deal With
Chappelle (AP) 08/03/2004 06:17 PM
AP - Dave Chappelle is now truly a rich man. Comedy Central and the streetwise comedian have reached agreement for two more years of the sketch comedy "Chappelle's Show."

Reagan's Film Career Had Comedy, Drama
(AP)

Reagan's Film Career Had Comedy, Drama
(AP) 06/05/2004 04:36 PM
AP - Ronald Reagan's boy-next-door quality as an actor brought him film roles as diverse as the victim of an evil surgeon in "King's Row" and the college professor who experiments with raising a chimpanzee in the comedy "Bedtime for Bonzo."

Chris Rock stars in HBO comedy special

Chris Rock stars in HBO comedy special 04/14/2004 05:20 PM

Award hails 'unknown' comedy star

Award hails 'unknown' comedy star 08/28/2004 06:54 PM
Will Adamsdale, who was unknown on the comedy scene until weeks ago, scoops the Perrier Comedy Award.

Tragedy of Fearless

Tragedy of Fearless 02/15/2004 02:15 AM

I wrote a comment elsewhere that was memorable but not exactly right, so I'll post it here as a note to myself.

Being fearless without being peerless is a formula for tragedy.

Maybe some of my quotes will make it into the book of quotes someday. :-)

The G(r)eek Tragedy of Tivo

The G(r)eek Tragedy of Tivo 02/01/2005 10:00 PM
What happens when you have a product that is designed for the masses but remains with the minority? Nobody could...

A Tragedy of Errors

A Tragedy of Errors 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
Michael Lind in the Nation on the neocons .. This paragraph is great: .. Perle and Frum review .. A Tragedy of Errors .. neo-conservative .. more»

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Alan King, Exemplar of Jewish Comedy,
Dies at 76

Alan King, Exemplar of Jewish Comedy,
Dies at 76 05/09/2004 05:18 PM
Alan King parlayed his Borscht Belt sense of humor and a big appetite for the limelight into a thoroughgoing show business career that lasted more than half a century.

"Lonely Island"-er Andy Samberg on
Comedy Central

"Lonely Island"-er Andy Samberg on
Comedy Central 01/05/2005 10:25 PM
Xeni Jardin: Andy Samberg (whom you may recall from such previously-Boinged hits as TheLonelyIsland.com and Channel101) will be doing stand-up on Comedy Central's Premium Blend this Friday at 10pm. For those whose blog-term memory returns no results on a query for Mr. Samberg's work -- The 'BU, Just 2 Guyz, Nintendo, and The Heist are excellent places to start. (Thanks, Macki)

COMEDY CENTRAL TV Shows: The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart

COMEDY CENTRAL TV Shows: The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart 08/16/2004 01:50 PM
Stephen Colbert's latest contributions to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart .. (See the video of it here.) .. Dai target="_new"ly Show .. (new windo

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Reagan Film Career Featured Comedy,
Drama (AP)

Reagan Film Career Featured Comedy,
Drama (AP) 06/05/2004 09:01 PM
AP - Ronald Reagan's boy-next-door quality as an actor brought him film roles as diverse as the victim of an evil surgeon in "King's Row" and the college professor who experiments with raising a chimpanzee in the comedy "Bedtime for Bonzo."

Khaha.com – Delivers Premium Wireless
Comedy for XSVoice

Khaha.com – Delivers Premium Wireless
Comedy for XSVoice 09/20/2004 02:42 AM
“Khaha.com, the world’s premiere Internet Comedy Radio network, has signed a multi-year content syndication agreement with XSVoice to produce a new Comedy Entertainment channel for multiple mobile phone carriers throughout N. America.” [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004]

Two drown in fishing tragedy

Two drown in fishing tragedy 05/04/2004 02:17 AM
Two men from Northern Ireland drown off the coast of County Donegal as a fishing trip ends in tragedy.

No lifeguards at scene of tragedy

No lifeguards at scene of tragedy 08/09/2004 09:23 AM
No lifeguards were on duty where a 10-year-old boy died after getting into difficulties in the sea off Cumbria.

Safety calls after bus tragedy

Safety calls after bus tragedy 09/22/2004 02:31 AM
The mother of a boy killed in a school bus accident calls for more action to ensure school transport safety.

Boy dies in Cumbria sea tragedy

Boy dies in Cumbria sea tragedy 08/08/2004 03:40 PM
A 10-year-old swimmer dies and his older brother is in a critical condition after they were stranded off the Cumbrian coast.

The tragedy of Nick Berg

The tragedy of Nick Berg 05/11/2004 06:01 PM

Between Travesty and Tragedy
(washingtonpost.com)

Between Travesty and Tragedy
(washingtonpost.com) 03/24/2005 08:43 AM
Between Travesty and Tragedy (washingtonpost.com) .. an excellent column .. Charles Krauthammer .. Krauthammer sums up .. C. Krauthammer

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Tsunami Tragedy Blog

Tsunami Tragedy Blog 12/31/2004 06:44 AM
Tsunami Tragedy Blog

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Two years ago - a tremendous tragedy.

Two years ago - a tremendous tragedy. 07/01/2004 05:17 AM
On 1 July 2002 at 21:35:32 hrs a collision between a Tupolev TU154M, which was on a flight from Moscow/Russia to Barcelona/ Spain, and a Boeing B757-200, on a flight from Bergamo/Italy to Brussels/ Belgium, occurred north of the city of Ueberlingen (Lake of Constance). Investigation Report as of May 2004, PDF. Very detailed, intelligibly written.

71 people were killed in one of Europe's worst peacetime air accidents. The report comes the the conclusion that human error was the main cause. The TCAS system (PDF) which should have prevented the collision worked, but the Tupolew crew followed the ATC instructions. It turned out that the air traffic controller missed a key warning on his radar screen in one of a chain of errors. ATCs from nearby airports realized what was going on but weren't able to contact the responsible Skyguide controller because the telephone network did not work: the main telephone line was switched off because of work being done on the telephone network, and the collision warning system was temporarily shut down for maintenance.
The ATC in charge was stabbed to death in February 2004 by a Russian man who lost his wife, son and daughter in the plane crash.

Tragedy of the network commons

Tragedy of the network commons 08/09/2004 09:11 AM

A recent survey found that 75 percent of Dartmouth students have shared their network passwords. They like having people who know their password, explained Denise Anthony, a sociologist who spoke at the PKI summit conference I attended earlier this month. "They like having someone who can check their e-mail for them or log them in to places where they're supposed to be."
...
As security technologists, we’re easily dazzled by our shiny cryptographic swords. But while we’re brandishing our swords, our users -- like Indiana Jones in that famous scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark -- might simply pull out their guns and shoot us. Better security protocols alone can’t thwart such game-changing behavior. We need to understand what motivates the behavior and figure out which carrots and sticks will influence it. [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

The responses to this column expressed a mixture of hope and resignation. The hope: that in a token-based authentication regime, tokens will feel more like personal property than passwords do, and that as a result, there will be less promiscuous behavior. The resignation: that, as one reader put it, "there is no access control system that is so convenient that some significant percentage of users will not intentionally circumvent it in one way or another at least some of the time." ...
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