December 2010
6 posts
U.S. 'Connects The Dots' To Catch Roadside Bombers →
With his doctorate from Princeton, Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has become the prime example of a special breed of soldier: the warrior-scholar, trained in history and politics as well as how to fight wars.
Now there’s a variation on the theme: the warrior mathematician, adept in the complex modeling that has become a key part of military planning.
The...
Why Obama Should Extend the Bush Tax Cut to...
robertreich:
The President should propose that the Bush tax cuts be extended for EVERYONE — but only on their first $250,000 of income.
Hey, wait a minute. That’s exactly what he is proposing. EVERYONE gets a continuation of the Bush tax cuts on the first $250,000 of their incomes. If your income is $251,000, you’ll get the Bush tax cut on $250,000 of it. Only $1,000 would be taxed at the...
infoneer-pulse:
Will Netflix Kill the Internet?
The most widely cited estimate of Internet traffic, from networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO), suggests it will triple by 2014, to 64 exabytes a month. (Monthly traffic in 2006 was 5 exabytes, enough to store every word ever spoken.) By then, more than 90 percent of the traffic will be video. “This is the most dramatic change in the...
“If you want my biography, look at my art.”
– Pablo Picasso (via charliepark)
Debunking the Myth That Bigger Banks are More... →
crazynutjob:
I’ve seen multiple studies that confirm that big banks face diseconomies of scale. A literature search turns up zero empirical studies on the opposite side of the debate. The actual size where efficiency turns to inefficiency differs, but you can use the ballpark of $4 billion (the study I remember best had it there). I’m a little surprised that this myth persists (though it begs...
Republicans to Fed: Forget about jobs - CNN.com →
squashed:
In their continuing effor to stay classy, some prominent Republicans want to strike the “maximize U.S. employment” half of the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate. It seems a bit strange to go on the record with that sort of thing during an unemployment crisis … but apparently the Republicans won their elections so now they can let their true colors show.