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The plural of heart attack is not "epidemic"
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The New York Times technology section follows the path blazed by its style section: three incidents constitutes a trend, particularly if the people involved are professionals.
Can someone sit down and explain statistics to the NY Times staff writers? Using small words and lots of pretty pictures? Perhaps Alex Massie might be available on a contract basis.
Update Ye Gods, the "story" has legs. CNN just ran a teaser for their coverage.
Update II Quote from CNN coverage: "Although bloggers who agreed with this story were hard to come by . . . " No suggestion that perhaps we should pay attention to people who, like, actually know what they're talking about.
Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on technology subjects who died at 60 of a heart attack. In December, another tech blogger, Marc Orchant, died at 50 of a massive coronary. A third, Om Malik, 41, survived a heart attack in December.
Can someone sit down and explain statistics to the NY Times staff writers? Using small words and lots of pretty pictures? Perhaps Alex Massie might be available on a contract basis.
Update Ye Gods, the "story" has legs. CNN just ran a teaser for their coverage.
Update II Quote from CNN coverage: "Although bloggers who agreed with this story were hard to come by . . . " No suggestion that perhaps we should pay attention to people who, like, actually know what they're talking about.
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