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The Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc.
- stcredzero 19y agoTime to legalize drugs. What happens if you take an organization that has all the resources of a large corporation, but put them outside the law? This is what happens.
- byrneseyeview 19y agoOn the other hand, the high street price of these drugs has subsidized a lot of research that could have neat private-sector applications. Perhaps diverse legal regimes are the best way to go.
- Alex3917 19y agoFor some reason I doubt either the DEA or the drug lords are going to publish their findings in an academic journal.
- byrneseyeview 19y agoTrue. However, one might expect that as drug lords get richer, the stability of legitimate businesses becomes more attractive. So if they can earn $5 million/year selling coke (but worrying about their safety) or $500,000/year selling the data-mining software they developed to keep their capos in line, the latter may be attractive. In addition, such techniques might be passed along by folks like this guy: http://www.scribd.com/doc/10429/Former-Marijuana-Smuggler-Seeks-Legitimate-Employment-image http://www.scribd.com/doc/10429/Former-Marijuana-Smuggler-Se...
- stcredzero 19y agoBut it might profit the drug lords to Open Source their methods. Lots of small-time players using very effective methods would keep the authorities quite busy and they could also benefit through the shared innovation. Though I'm not sure if I want to see the GPL enforced through hitmen and car bombings.
- stcredzero 19y agoWe already have diverse legal regimes. Africa? China? Russia?
- vilaca 19y agoUSA?
- menloparkbum 19y agoSubmarines, radar-detecting planes, custom mapping software and encrypted radio networks? If it wasn't for all the , uh, murder and illegal drug trafficking, that sounds like a lot of fun.
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- vikas5678 19y agoThis stuff is fascinating though :-)
- vilaca 19y agoyeap, interesting, but quite old.