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...Unless somebody can find a way to change human nature, we will have more crises.' ALAN GREENSPAN, former Federal Reserve chairman, arguing that the problems that caused the economic crisis are bound to recur...
Henry could find the biscuit by sniffing the cups or knocking them over. But Hare does not plan to let him have it so easy. Instead, he simply points at the cup on the right. Henry looks at Hare's hand and follows the pointed finger. Kivell then releases the leash, and Henry walks over to the cup that Hare is pointing to. Hare lifts it to reveal the biscuit reward. (See TIME's photo-essay "Puppies Behind Bars...
...Clunker Debunker" [Aug. 31]: I find it interesting that the top five vehicles traded in under the cash-for-clunkers program were from U.S. carmakers, and four of the top five fuel-efficient vehicles purchased in return were from Japanese companies. It doesn't do much to help General Motors and Chrysler, but perhaps it tells us something about how U.S. car manufacturers got themselves in this mess to begin with. Archie Gillis, TORONTO...
...public, but it’s a headache for Internet providers. Because most broadband services offer their customers unlimited bandwidth, there is no incentive for users to shy away from file-sharing, Skyping, and other bandwidth-hogging behavior. To continue offering unlimited access at the same speed, ISPs must find ways to either expand their capacity or discourage high bandwidth use. One of the solutions has been to decrease the download speeds of customers trying to use high-bandwith websites. Last year, the FCC chastised Comcast for deliberately slowing down BitTorrent, a file-sharing application, without telling its customers...
...recognize that ISPs must find ways to ration their limited bandwidth effectively; however, this is still possible without picking the Internet’s winners and losers. Cell-phone providers charge talkative people more money, but they don’t charge based on who they’re talking to. Similarly, ISPs could charge users for the amount of bandwidth they consume, as long as they treat all Internet use equally. When ISPs start deciding which sites reach the masses and which don’t—no matter the criteria—they distort the marketplace...