I’m sure it was just a coincidence. I’ve noticed that there is a special social sphere for BlackBerry Messaging (BBM) users. These social groups tend to congregate around one another in an self-organizing pattern. They are usually technophobic luddites who enjoy deluding themselves into thinking they are riding in the carpool lane of theContinue reading “BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes”
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Luxury Cars Continue to be Abandoned at Dubai Airport
You may recall an earlier post on people abandoning their cars at the airport as the left Dubai. Well, it’s still happening. It’s quite possible that history will show this as one of the greatest examples of the excess and delusion of the past decade.
Dubai Fountain
Dubai Aquarium Springs a Leak
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4267205001?isVid=1&publisherID=1543367581 Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping centers and a symbol of Dubai’s grandeur, was partly closed on Thursday after an aquarium containing thousands of fish and sea animals started leaking, police and witnesses said. via Dubai Mall partly evacuated after aquarium leak | Reuters.
Sovereign-debt theories: Domino theory | The Economist
Dubai’s sovereign credit-default-swap spreads soared to their highest level in a year this week, amid concern about the terms of a debt restructuring by a state-owned conglomerate. There is increasingly shrill commentary arguing that Greece is the start of a far bigger problem. “A Greek crisis is coming to America”, blared the headline on aContinue reading “Sovereign-debt theories: Domino theory | The Economist”
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