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Well, the key is to order all of your magazines online so that they cost next to nothing. New Yorker: Have for years, love the urban feel and the mix of arts & politics and 10,000+…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/12/14/111101/how-much-a... FT: And before you start nitpicking the numbers, a word of warning from the study: "Our Social Return on Investment …

Well you can "borrow from the Fed" but you are right that it is different from the federal funds rate. You can borrow from the Fed at the discount window which traditionally is abo…

If you are looking for a great QFG remake: http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/games.html The KQII remake (new animation/storyboard, new story, voice over pack) is probably one of …

I grew up on adventure games like this. Making them semi-multiplayer is a really cool idea. It reminded me of an adventure game MMO that's been in development forever ( http://www.…

I covered this a bit on the GameRates blog today( http://www.gamerates.com/posts/show/global_recession__virtua... ). With Eve these matters are a bit confusing as you can "role-pla…

I got my Kinesis on Ebay for between $100-200 a about four years ago. It's a joy to type on and probably one of the best investments I've made. The second probably being the Steelc…

The business school isn't too shabby either http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=7870 :)

For some Harrison Bergeron, for others John Rawls Theory of Justice. Sort of dystopian/utopian sides of a similar coin. A strong public education system is suppose to minimize the …

Well of course "fair" is a normative question, but it is one that there are usually some common themes about. For example the "equal opportunity" American ideal doesn't match up if…

As far as combining size/importance; maybe something like newsmap: http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

Understandable, that's why there is the debate about teaching kids about condoms in school. Does teaching them about sex education and condom usage undermine the argument that you …

"Sex-Negative" is a term sociologist/anthropologists often use to describe different societies. I picked the term up from reading some of Helen Fisher's talks/papers about sex and …

There's often a disconnect between the "catholic viewpoint" and the tones and reality that the theological doctrine is actually preached. Historically, Catholicism has not had a ve…

If they are going to commit suicide, I'd of course try to convince them not to and provide them all the help they can get. It's not really a proper analogy as there is a healthier …

Newsflash: "Almost all Americans have sex before marrying, according to premarital sex research that shows such behavior is the norm in the U.S. and has been for the past 50 years.…

Well from someone that has had Brock try to aggressively buy out one of his companies in the past and have talked to him many times before... He's a bit of a well... tool. Actually…

Maybe. I currently attend McIntire @ the University of Virginia, a top undergraduate business school ( http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_b... ). The majori…

You need to take into account "trophy" labor markets. These are markets where a large number of people work insane hours and make a great deal of sacrifice all to compete for that …

"Nik Cubrilovic (koo-bree-low-vick) is an Australian-born entrepreneur, technologist, software developer and blogger. Nik is the founder and CEO of Omnidrive, a web content and sto…

I do a lot of reading online (one of my fav. sites being: http://www.aldaily.com/ ). I've been searching around for something like this for a while. Something that is easy to read …

The blog of my startup (Think WSJ News Coverage + Consumer Reports Reviews + Price Comparison + Throw in some nifty charts, all for the virtual gaming currency industry) was coveri…

Yep, if you do some background it got a lot of coverage in the Turkish media, so the entire list vote wise got really skewed as far as ranking (the FP team chose who you could vote…