Dec
16
2009

URLs du Jour

2009-12-16

  • Haven't done a YouTube lately. Here's one, short and sweet, on the "public option":

  • At Cafe Hayek, Don Boudreaux has some fun responding to this quote from a New York Times article:
    The low sign-up rate [for 'green energy' programs] raises a question: If large majorities of Americans favor increased government support for clean energy, as polls suggest, why are so many people reluctant to back such programs when it comes to paying extra themselves?
    Here is a list of people who find the answer to that question blindingly obvious:

    1. Don Boudreaux;
    2. Me;
    3. Almost certainly, you.

    But if you're (instead) a New York Times reporter, or someone with comparable economic illiteracy, click on over for the answer.

    (Actually, click on over anyway: Professor Boudreaux is eloquent and always worth reading.)

  • Are you—like me—a Hannaford customer who had their credit card replaced last year because of the security breach on their store systems? Wired has been following the case closely. Their latest article reveals recent news on the prosecution of Albert Gonzalez, one of the principals of the cyberthief ring.

    Hannaford was only one of the businesses affected; all told, about 130 million card accounts were compromised. The article also contains links to Wired's previous articles on the story.

    Ironically, some of the reported details were extracted from a sentencing memo where sensitive information was incompletely redacted. Nothing like using a security breach to report on another security breach.

  • Sales-boosting tip for authors: somehow arrange things so your book is photographed in the background of a tawdry scandal gripping the attention of the world.

  • For Star Wars geeks only: It's a frap!

    (Note: If you say "I don't get it", then you're not a big enough Star Wars geek, which you may view as either good or bad news.)


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