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...unfortunate implications of this argument stem from its basic, logical flaw. Rawlins's case employs a subtle equivocation on the word "represented;" that is, she uses it simultaneously to mean two different things. On the one hand, she uses "represented" to mean having someone present on the council who speaks for you, while, on the other hand, she uses it to mean having your group's demographic presence reflected proportionally in the actual make-up of the council. Rawlins then conflates the two in order to suggest that the first is impossible without the second. But, as a believer...
...Inspector Maigret, the portliest policeman since Orson in Touch of Evil, and Tone is Radek, his "Candide"-quoting psychopathic prey. From behind the camera (reportedly with some help from Laughton), Meredith delivers a lean, cerebral mystery with plenty of wit, and one that never pauses for clich?. One minor flaw: Meredith's landmark-spiked view of Paris, which is even credited with a 'role' in the film, is utterly bereft of French-speaking or even French-sounding people. (Or is that really a flaw...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Netscape says it will have a fix by early next week of a flaw in their Netscape 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 browsers that allows web site operators to read the contents of your hard drive. So far, this is business as usual -- Microsoft experienced a security problem with its Internet Explorer browser three months ago. The rub came earlier this week, when Cabocomm, the Danish company that discovered the bug, told Netscape it wanted to be paid what a spokesman called "a large, unspecified amount of money" to give the company the solution...
...companies have made their almost-ready-for-prime-time software available at no charge on the Web. In return, users agreed not to sue if it trashed their hard drives or turned out to have other significant bugs. Netscape even offers $1,000 to anyone who discovers a 'serious' flaw in it's products. So far, according to Rosanne Siino, Netscape?s vice president of corporate communications, "I've never heard of another case where someone withheld information. In general, people have been terrific about sharing information." Siino says the company refused to pay Cabocomm, since that would...
...dopamine, brain content and addictive behavior is associative, not causal. Even those of us who are advocates of greater understanding of neurotransmitter mechanisms in human behavior do not see the situation as "simpler than anyone has dared imagine." As our attempts at interdiction and control demonstrate, there is a flaw in advocating simple solutions to complex problems: the solutions are usually wrong. PHILIP C. CORY, M.D. President, CKM Diagnostics, Inc. Bozeman, Mont...