Do pirates buy more music?
There have been many studies into the piracy issues that plague the internet, where consumers are able to get their hands on music, film and even games for free. The studies seem to say that although there may be a huge market in pirated material the people that use it are also big money spending [...]
April 24, 2009Who owns rainwater?
You would have thought that something that falls from the sky is free, but this would depend on where you live.
In some parts of the US, setting up a rain barrel or some other way of collecting rainwater could be illegal, which may sound outrageous but it’s true, take the state of Colorado, the law [...]
Vatican set to create solar power plant
The Vatican are looking to go green, but this is not some small turbine or a couple of solar panels they are going green in seriously big way.
Vatican City is the smallest nation in the world it covers a small area and there are around forty thousand households within the site. It is the intention [...]
Space suit for sale, one careful owner
It was in 1957 when the Russians launched the first spacecraft and started the space race that is over fifty years worth of space equipment and there is a big business building in the selling of used space equipment to enthusiastic collectors.
Each year there are several auctions that have developed regular sales of this equipment. [...]
Will there be one world currency
The value of currencies have had a serious knock on effect on commerce throughout the world and indeed have to take part of the blame for the current financial crisis that still effects a great deal of the world.
However, if there were a world currency would things have been different?
Surprisingly it is the Chinese who [...]
Church uses coke for baptisms
In the freezing north life still goes on, countries like Norway are experiencing a severe cold spell at the moment and yet life still goes for the people as they go about their daily lives and celebrate all of the normal family events such as a baptism.
Unfortunately, some things do have to suffer, like the [...]