Archive for December, 2007



Roman emperor Vespasian once said that “pecunia non olet” (money does not stink). This has since become a popular saying to mean that money is money, irrespectively of its sources. In some tax systems it has come to mean that tax law does not distinguish good money from bad money. Well, some Brazilian Internet users [...]

Phantoms or Kids?

Bad news from the tangible space, in times when we discuss on-line identity. The Brazilian Newspaper “O Globo” of this Sunday (12/03) reports that 1 in each 5 kids and teenagers involved in crimes (we call them acts of transgression when practiced by kids or teenagers in Brazil) in the year 2000 are still today [...]