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Tuesday, March 22, 2005 |
 Mitya has an excellent take on the dark side of the long tail. If this analysis is correct, the long tail may only be applicable to the world of terrorism (and not economics). ;-> It is also true I didn't provide enough clarity on the demand portion of why the tail is growing. I do think that primary loyalties (gangs, tribes, etc.) play a major part in this (all of which I have briefs on). These groups provide benefits (from justice to economic advancement) that aren't available through other means. Globalization provides the opportunity space for action.
3:15:08 PM 
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"The global economy doesn't understand borders." Borders are damage to be routed around. Interesting thought. Prompted by this article in the LA Times.
10:24:52 AM
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CSM. Cross border flows of black globalization are showing rapid gains... Some countries, such as those known to export gang members, showed dramatic increases in numbers entering the US. The DHS document, for instance, shows 1,463 OTMs entering the US from El Salvador in 2002. That number increased to 7,963 in 2004. Some 2,539 OTMs entered the US from Honduras in 2002, and that number increased to 12,549 in 2004.
Representative Ortiz, though, disputes many of the DHS numbers. He says he regularly hears reports of much higher figures from border patrol officials from his district in Texas, which includes the border-crossing area of Brownsville. "In the Brownsville sector alone, border patrol officials reported they caught 23,178 OTMs crossing through August 2004," Mr. Ortiz says. "Of those, 16,616 were released."
10:09:31 AM
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Doc's right. People that buy or sell on the long tail shouldn't be considered consumers. To prove a point, the long tail members I describe aren't passive, rather, they are in the driver's seat of the new distribution. States and their passive consumers (of political goods) are the ones at risk.
9:55:11 AM
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I am in the process of selling my house. It's a very big house (with lots and lots of amenities), clearly something that appeals to high income people. The good thing is that it will make it possible for us to get rid of our mortgage. This is particularly great since interest rates are about to go through the roof (which will tank the market for the next 5 years). The bad thing is that upper incomes growing at a 15%-20% annual rate (which is paralleled by income stagnation for everyone else). This means that a house like this will clearly be worth several times what it is today in 10 to 15 years.
9:08:23 AM
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Balochs continue their global guerrilla campaign of systems disruption. Two trains, a power pylon, and asecurity depot were hit.
8:56:29 AM
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Any news on the anti-government demonstrations in Karachi over the weekend mentioned in this AT article? I can't find any data in the white world.
8:53:01 AM
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Economist. A new (artificial) base pair sequence for DNA encoding. I assume this increases the information density of the sequence. What else does it do?
8:51:25 AM
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Pirate gangs (obviously transnational) continue operate in the straights of Malacca. Not al Qaeda, but products of the same process of globalization that produced them. Tugboat/ransom. Chemical tanker.
8:38:45 AM
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