From the Archives: 10/18/2012 Edition

On Moore’s Law, the Law that really matters

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57526581-76/moores-law-the-rule-that-really-matters-in-tech/

 

Alpha Centauri and new astronomy

http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=25109

 

How an Accused Guatemalan War Criminal Got US and Canadian Citizenship

http://www.propublica.org/article/accused-guatemalan-war-criminal-who-won-u.s.-and-canadian-citizenship-faces

 

What did Daredevil Felix Baumgartner Accomplish

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8515367/felix-baumgartner-space-jump

 

How Japans Politics derail its military strategy

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138194/takashi-yokota-and-kirk-spitzer/tokyos-missing-muscle?page=show

 

The writing revolution

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/the-writing-revolution/309090/?single_page=true

 

Citi’s Big Shake up

http://dealbreaker.com/2012/10/citi-is-pretty-proud-of-how-it-handled-abruptly-sort-of-firing-its-ceo-the-day-after-earnings/

And

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/17/give-corbat-some-time/

And

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-18/a-daunting-to-do-list-for-citigroups-new-ceo#p1

 

Cardboard Bicycle

http://news.yahoo.com/cardboard-bicycle-change-world-says-israeli-inventor-090732689.html

 

The Scariest Little Corner of the World

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/magazine/the-corner-where-afghanistan-iran-and-pakistan-meet.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all