Cool idea for a Valentines present

Published in February 2nd, 2005

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Bush speeches like country music

Published in February 2nd, 2005

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Here’s an interesting take on presidential speeches from one of PRI’s board members, Clark Judge: “Reagan was symphonic: every range of meaning and tone,” Judge said. “Bush 41 was rock ‘n’ roll: simple driving beat. (Bill) Clinton was improvisational jazz: lots of brilliant riffs, didn’t necessarily hold together. “Bush 43 is like country music: strong [...]

Virtual property protections in China

Published in February 2nd, 2005

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This is a fascinating and important ruling on virtual property (thanks to Peter Harter for pointing it out to me). I would have expected something like this to happen in the litigious US first (and maybe it has and I don’t know about it), but it seems to follow a natural law theory of property. [...]

Are you an intellectual whore?

Published in February 2nd, 2005

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Biometric payment systems

Published in February 2nd, 2005

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A supermarket chain in Seattle (Thriftway) has been allowing customers to use their fingerprints as an alternative method of payment. Debit and credit cards are connected in a database with customer’s fingerprints. To the surprise of some, this has been a popular program. Soon, I predict biometrics will be everywhere, so it will be important [...]