Clive Thompson on Why Urban Farming Isn't Just for Foodies
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-09/st_thompson
Spreading Decentralism
Articles demonstrating an increase in the dispersal of power.
Clive Thompson on Why Urban Farming Isn't Just for Foodies
By Clive Thompson from Wired.com
"Urban farming ... could relieve strain on the worldwide food supply,
potentially driving down prices. The influx of fresh vegetables would help
combat obesity. And when you 'shop' for dinner ingredients in and around your
home, the carbon footprint nearly disappears. ... But what I love most here is
the potential for cultural transformation. Growing our own food again would
reconnect us to this country's languishing frontier spirit."
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-09/st_thompson
A Deeper Global Crisis
By William S. Lind from LewRockwell.com
"Intelligent Fourth Generation entities, ranging from some drug gangs through
organizations such as Hezbollah, are competing directly with the state for
people's primary loyalty. If those Fourth Generation entities can provide basic
services, including food, when the state can no longer do so, they will gain
the legitimacy that state is losing. In Fourth Generation war, that is a bigger
win than any potential military victory."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lind/lind146.html
Stormy Weather for Cloud Computing
By John C. Dvorak from PC Magazine
"If you look at the history of computers-from big iron, government-financed
projects to distributed computing to desktop/personal computing-the trend has
been consistently toward individual empowerment. This has meant personal
control within a self-contained environment. Cloud computing overtly reverses
this trend. ... Thus, in the strictest sense of trend analysis, it is simply
counter-revolutionary and a loser by any definition."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2328299,00.asp
What about the Ossetians?
By Sheldon Richman from The Future of Freedom Foundation
"When it comes to separatist movements, the American and Russian governments
have no principles whatever. They take whatever side advances their political
interests at the moment."
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0808f.asp
World's Largest Gold Refiner Runs Out of Krugerrands
By Claudia Carpenter from Bloomberg.com
"Coins and bars of precious metals are attracting investors as a haven against
a sliding dollar and conflict between Russia and its neighbor Georgia. The U.S.
Mint suspended sales of one- ounce `American Eagle' gold coins, Johnson Matthey
Plc stopped taking orders for 100-ounce silver bars at its Salt Lake City
refinery and Heraeus Holding GmbH has a delivery waiting list of as long as two
weeks for orders of gold bars in Europe."
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=acH4WhPh1WJ0
Can Jerry Seinfeld save Microsoft?
By John C. Dvorak from MarketWatch
"I have no idea what they are thinking at Microsoft by choosing Seinfeld.
Initially, I figured they picked him because they couldn't get Henny Youngman,
who's dead."
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7BB744EEEE%2D6638%2D460F%2DB414%2D4B494D0E8BD1%7D
Ender's Review of the Web: August 17 -- 30, 2008
http://www.endervidualism.com/erev/08/ewr080817.htm
http://www.endervidualism.com/
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