[FRIAM] “Sleeping Barber” in Humus

2012-04-23 Thread Dale Schumacher
Do a little yak shaving with an actor-based approach to the "Sleeping Barber" problem. http://www.dalnefre.com/wp/2012/04/sleeping-barber-in-humus/ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's Col

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: The evil empire?

2012-04-23 Thread Parks, Raymond
You couldn't figure out a way to put it to sleep in it's dock in a Dell facility with something more flammable (wooly-buggers or, perhaps, their cleaning fluid) than the motherboard? On Apr 21, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Edward Angel wrote: I had a somewhat similar experience with Dell. I bought a lapt

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Parks, Raymond
I like the idea of returning to the way we were before WWII and the wage freeze - paying the doctor what he needs, possibly through a retainer relationship. There was a doctor in NYC who tried to set up a business model where his patients paid him $70 per month (he calculated that amount based o

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Nicholas Thompson
My fantasy is that we all get together to form a Dr/patients association and conspire against the insurance companies. n From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Pamela McCorduck Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:33 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Com

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Wi-Fi tethering

2012-04-23 Thread Parks, Raymond
I've used my personal cell phone (non-smart), my work Blackberry (not very smart), a dedicated 3G modem from work, and my personal smartphone for Internet access on the go. I don't have a tablet - just two laptops (work and personal). USB tethering works better for me than WiFi - the phone get

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Pamela McCorduck
Robert, nearly none of my Manhattan doctors takes Medicare, and that's been true for about a decade. Luckily, Joe is still working, and we pay for the Columbia faculty medical plan, but when that stops, I don't know what we'll do. I can't blame the docs--the fees from Medicare are negligible com

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Hi, Robert, I find the local medical situation terrifying. My daughter had to be admitted to St. V. for an emergency a couple of X-masses ago, and I swear to god there were blood splatters on the wall behind her bed in her room. I am fighting allergies so bad right now they are preventing m

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Bruce Abell
Owen-- I have that same type of coverage, A, B, and F (as well as D). Medigap does not pay the difference between the Medicare B payment and the doctor's normal fee. If that were the case you'd be readily accepted. But it only pays the difference between the amount Medicare B pays (something li

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Robert Holmes
Move to Europe? —R On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Today I had my first experience of a doctor refusing my medicare insurance. > > This was particularly surprising because I have the Plan > F supplement which purports to pay the difference between the Medicare > schedul

[FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Owen Densmore
Today I had my first experience of a doctor refusing my medicare insurance. This was particularly surprising because I have the Plan F supplement which purports to pay the difference between the Medicare schedule and the doctor's normal fee. I even offered to pay for it all myself and was refused

[FRIAM] on the limits of inductive reasoning

2012-04-23 Thread lrudolph
>From the AP wire, April 22, 2012. ... McKay says that a day before the killings, on Julia Hudson's birthday, Balfour told her, "If you ever leave me, I'm going to kill you, but I'm going to kill your family first." She didn't take him seriously, McKay said, because Balfour hadn't a