Blog Archives
Private Vs. Public Space
Space Pragmatism’s Dan discusses whether the space industry should revolve around NASA or go private and reaches the conclusion “both” – how he gets there is more interesting than the result – To sum up, NASA is not the devil. … Continue reading
Pinning The Blame On Culture
Mitch Townsend of Chicago Boyz tries hard to get to this Robb brief (which is bizarre seeing as GGs is on the blogroll) but gets stuck in some cultural muck and misses the mark: Democracy, as defined by free and fair elections, has been … Continue reading
Secret Service Pulls Out Of Nigeria
ABC – Despite massive counterfeiting of U.S. currency and checks in Nigeria, the American law enforcement agency with principal jurisdiction, the Secret Service, has closed its office in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigerian officials said the decision has hurt efforts to crack … Continue reading
Finance 2.0
Microloans (Like Kiva) are good and all, but the charity bent of the current generation of peer to peer microloans limits the groundbreaking role the idea can play in the world. Where is the network where individuals can invest small … Continue reading
Illicit Economy Targeting IT Grads
BBC – “Traditional criminals have the ability to move funds and use all of the background they have,” he said, “but they don’t have the technical expertise.” As the number of criminal gangs looking to move into cyber crime expanded, … Continue reading