http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2008/03/observing-omission-of-seabasing-in.html Interesting concept. seems that its utility in fighting is probably pretty limited, but for humanitarian interventions, being able to do this with, say, a floating hexayurt factory would be pretty damn cool.
Read more →http://www.myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-April-16-2008-recording/ What’s interesting about this is that nobody’s suggesting that gold is under-priced by a factor or 10 or so, but that seems like an obvious conclusion.
Read more →http://gizmodo.com/382026/a-cellphones-missing-dot-kills-two-people-puts-three-more-in-jail Localization bug results in misunderstanding results in murder. Oops.
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Read more →The Times successfully sued the Defense Department to gain access to 8,000 pages of e-mail messages, transcripts and records describing years of private briefings, trips to Iraq and Guantánamo and an extensive Pentagon talking points operation. These records reveal a symbiotic relationship where the usual dividing lines between government and journalism have been obliterated. Internal [...]
Read more →“When we decide about a product, we always start with the price,” Deboehmler said. “Then, what is the consumer need?” For example, the product designers might begin thinking about designing a new flat-screen-television stand. Assuming that there’s evidence such a product is needed–like a trend of many people buying flat-screen TVs–Ikea will set out to [...]
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Read more →Commenting on http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2008/04/robbing_peters_meal_to_gas_pau.html I agree with you completely on hunger from biofuels. That’s been expected for a while. I wrote a paper predicting this scenario in 2003 and I was far, far from the first. Worse, biofuels are basically useless in the big picture unless you move to algae as a feedstock. Consider: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/311/5760/435 Which [...]
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