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The Curse of India’s Socialism

I think that this and other articles confuse Socialism with Bureaucracy. Libertarianism as implemented in North America is not exactly the shining pinnacle of economic efficiency. Just try starting a telephone company in the US or (even worse) Canada. It can take a...

Photos In Space…

Sprint Wireless in the US is the first North American wireless carrier to launch “PCS Vision”, which lets you take and share digital pictures over the wireless network. http://www.pcsvision.com/pictures.html To me, the applications for this are...

Softbank VC Heidi Roizen Updates Her Resume..

——— http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020817/wr_nm/tech_japan_softbank_dc_1 Softbank May Have Trouble Leaving Net Bubble Behind Sat Aug 17, 3:50 PM ET By Eriko Amaha TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Softbank Corp. ( news...

Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful…

Thanks to new FOIBer but old friend of Ian Bell for this piece. -Ian. ……. http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020814/4358473s.htm Global warmth for U.S. after 9/11 turns to frost Wed Aug 14, 8:33 AM ET Ellen Hale USA TODAY OXFORD, England — On a...

Homeland Insecurity..

Homeland Insecurity: A top expert says America’s approach to protecting itself will only make matters worse. Forget “foolproof” technology—we need systems designed to fail smartly   by Charles C. Mann The Atlantic Monthly | September 2002  ...