Rickard Falkvinge: Free Market Failure: Telcos Charge More For Sending A Text Next Door Than Cost Of Sending Data From Mars

Free Market Failure: Telcos Charge More For Sending A Text Next Door Than Cost Of Sending Data From Mars Infrastructure:  The telco industry charges more, kilobyte by kilobyte, for sending a text message from your phone to next door than what it costs to send the same message from Mars to Earth. This is the …

Reference: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

“It is my conviction that the global problems we face today are simply too complex to be solved by Governments alone. They require collective and coordinated action by Government, by the private sector, by civil society, by academia, and by international organizations and multilateral development banks. Over the next year, I will develop a comprehensive …

Mini-Me: CIA Bimbo Eruption or Hit Job with Vickers Replacing Patreaus? Photos Updated 14 Nov

Huh? “The harassing e-mails Broadwell sent to the woman [evidently from Patreus’s personal email account and computer] said things such as “I know what you did,” “back off” and “stay away from my guy,” a government official said.” “This is about something else entirely, and the truth will come out,” Broadwell’s dad, Paul Krantz, told …

Berto Jongman: Dignity Press & Dignity Economy

World Dignity Press Dignity Press and World Dignity University Press are both affiliated with the World Dignity University and the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies network. About the Book: The economic crisis has many labels ranging from “subprime crisis” to “credit crunch,” to “financial tsunami” or “economic Armageddon. Around the world, people are coming to …

Marcus Aurelius: Pararescuemen Rule

Pararescuemen walk line between fierce warrior, caring savior Laura Rauch Stars and Stripes, 29 October 2012 While their core function is combat rescue and the personnel recovery of downed aircraft, Air Force pararescue teams also fly throughout Afghanistan augmenting the Army medevac mission. Though medevac and pararescue overlap in terms of pulling the wounded from …

John Robb: Resilience from Natural Gas Generators Plus Rain Capture Systems & Water Storage Bladders

How to Avoid Fragility and Failure By John Robb Sandy knocked out power for 8.5 million people, mostly in New York and New Jersey.  Wow.  What’s worse? A week later, nearly a million people were still without power. Now, a Nor’easter — a freezing cold version of a tropical storm that plagues New England during …