Accident--an anachronism?

Are child guidance clinics an anachronism?

An Anachronism in the Information Age

116 JFQ / Spring 1997 If confronted with an enemy sniper in a darkened room would you want more ammunition, a larger caliber weapon, or night vision goggles? Those who make decisions on how to man and equip our forces depend on models that cannot answer this question. Built during the Cold War to respond to concerns over incremental changes in force structure and weaponry, these models are unab...

The File System Interface is an Anachronism

Contemporary file systems implement a set of abstractions and semantics that are suboptimal for many (if not most) purposes. The philosophy of using the simple mechanisms of the file system as the basis for a vast array of higher-level mechanisms leads to inefficient and incorrect implementations. We propose several extensions to the canonical file system model, including explicit support for l...

Cataract surgical blitzes: an Australian anachronism.

Surgical blitzes to treat eye disease are often used to redress shortfalls in service provision. In developing countries with scarce human and financial resources, such periodic visits from local or overseas health teams may be justified, as they are generally combined with building local capacity. However, Australia has no such resource constraints. Despite this, surgical blitzes occur year af...

SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM, (Gov)

Application pending City or town, state or country, and ZIP + 4 Amended return Termination Room/suite Number and street (or P.O. box if mail is not delivered to street address) Initial return Name change Address change Name of organization The organization may have to use a copy of this return to satisfy state reporting requirements. Internal Revenue Service Department of the Treasury OMB No. 1...