Sean Gallagher | Ars Technica | 25 January 2012 Barely believable story of Kim Dotcom, self-styled "Dr Evil" of file sharing, and CEO of illegal website Megaupload. Born Kim Schmitz in Germany, this is how he went from hacker to insider trader, playboy, master internet fraudster Comments Doug Monroe | Atlanta Magazine | 1 January 2012 "We thought Daddy was going to die in 2001." We put him in a hospice. Eleven heartbreaking and expensive years later he was still being diapered and spoonfed. The triumph of American healthcare: Immortality that nobody can afford Comments Robert Zubrin | Reason | 26 January 2012 On future of space exploration. "We have to find a way to strike a balance between human life and mission accomplishment. We need a quantitative criterion to assess what constitutes a rational expenditure to avert astronaut risk" Comments George Soros | NYRB | 25 January 2012 Soros likens solution to being in a skidding car: First, steer in direction of skid (impose discipline on deficit countries, carry out structural reforms). Once control is regained, correct the direction (apply stimulus) Comments Cullen Murphy | New Humanist | 23 January 2012 Revisiting history of the Inquisition suggests troubling conclusion: "Inquisitions advance hand-in-hand with civilisation itself." Indeed the Inquisition can be seen not as historic relic but as harbinger of the modern police state Comments Adrian Chen | Gawker | 25 January 2012 You want to boost your bar's listing on Foursquare? Martin can help. You want to bury a nasty article deep in Google's search results? That too. You want to set up your drug ring with untraceable cellphones? Martin again Comments | 
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