Monthly Archives: March 2012

Self-Sufficient County

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Brewster Kahle

How about a competition, or a goal to bring counties to be as self sufficient as they can be?    Local water, local power, local farmers, local schools, local furniture, local housewares, local building supplies.    Local and proud of it.     Local … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 1 Comment

-1 = 1 fallacy

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Brewster Kahle

on trying to figure out i^i, I stumbled on the following fallacy that I can not peg: 1 = 1 (-1)(-1) = (1) (1) (-1)^2 = (1)^2 (-1)^2 = (1)^2 (-1)^(2 * 1/2) = (1) ^(2 * 1/2) (-1)^1 = … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

My Firefox plug-ins to stop ads and tracking (all free add-ons)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Brewster Kahle

In case you might care to try these, here is a list of the plug-ins I use on firefox: Adblock Plus (version 2.0.3) Does a great job DoNotTrackPlus  Super great,highly recommended. turns off tracking sites. FlashBlock 1.5.15.1   lots of ads … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Putting restrictions on a house title to keep it debt-free may not work well

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Brewster Kahle

In this exploration of debt-free housing, we had two scenarios:   buy a building and renting units, but bring the rents down because the units become debt free.   The other is to have people put a title restriction on their house … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Putting restrictions on a house title to keep it debt-free may not work well