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Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all

If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.I do [b]not[/b] want my internet to slow down just because some person on the [b]other[/b] end didn't pay for priority traffic.Net Neutrality had to happen in the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, faster Internet, Toll-Free, population density, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Life or death struggle in the Senate

Life or death struggle in the SenateAnother example of one size not fitting allWhile there are numerous issues with the Waxman-Markey bill, something Harry wrote highlights the ignorance many people approach policy in the United States. I have been to Eurpoe and love their public transportation systems and which...

Tags: Taxes, U.S. Senate, population density, Rural American

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Additional Resources

Measure 1.1 (Mac)

Multiply kilowatts by years, or find the square root of an acre. You can do calculations using your own data, or using data from the database, or any combination. Once you have a result, you can see where it falls among comparable values in the database. How much would you...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, David A. Lyons, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-04

An open letter to the RIAA: Illegal file sharing problem solved?

I think I'll skip......governments collecting and paying royalties. Its called tolling and every business in the world would like to access governments' ability to use force to collect money for them.What would be the outcome of such a scheme? Whenever "artists" (and I use the word loosely given...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, Free trade, Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, government, file sharing problem, tax, open letter, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Don't inhale...those emissions wafting in from China

Two ThingsOne: Please spell check things before you upload them. Expensive is spelled incorrectly on your post.Two: The general problem we have with China is that the investment in disposal does not exist. If they even spent a quarter of what we do on disposal, we would most likely not...

Tags: methane, landfill, greenhouse gas

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Are we re-training America?

Are we re-training America?An unfair comparisonI agree that trains are great, and cost/fuel efficent in many circumstances. I just feel led to point out that it is not merely an issue of retraining America. There are demographic/geographic considerations that mean we may not be able to just copy...

Tags: population center

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

No cars? How'm I gonna survive?

No cars? How'm I gonna survive?So predictableMass transit works in Europe because everything is packed tighter than sardines.70% of the people don't have cars because you can't drive them through most of the streets.No doubt your response is to make Americans live the same way, because like all other environazis...

Tags: car

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Earth Day: the most crucial issue

Earth Day: the most crucial issueFinally!Finally, Mr Fuller... something I agree with you 101%. The earth is in danger of running out of resources and people continue to make children like the earth is limitless. I mean, come on people! What happens when we start a backslide of...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Scientific American, food

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

Interview with Andrea Vaccari, research associate at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory

Now that machine and sensor data is joining social data traffic on the Internet, the ability to interpret and create meaning out of the information to improve life could be the post-Web 2.0 manifesto. MIT's Senseable City Lab has been on the task for years with various...

Tags: City, Mobile, Network, Data, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cell Phone, Analysis, SENSEable City Laboratory, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Verizon promises 4G wireless for rural America

Verizon promises 4G wireless for rural AmericaWhy?Why would they follow their 3G model if this is supposed to help rural areas? The metro areas have their broadband. They should start in the rural areas! I know, that will not get them a quick return on their investment due...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, 4G, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-02

National 3G data speeds are put to the test

National 3G data speeds are put to the testSo the moral is..If you live in Portland don't use Verizon and if you live in Boston don't use AT&T, and if you live in NYC use Sprint and dump your home connection. Now if only I could convince any of them...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, 3G, National 3G data speed, National 3G, data speed, data network, network

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Mossberg laments lack of bargain Mac in his Fall Guide

Mossberg laments lack of bargain Mac in his Fall GuideActually the Mac and OSXare not of marketable quality to the low end consumer.Those with less to invest in a computer will tend to purchase a unit that delivers more for less; they will aquire a Windows machineon the other hand...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Mossberg, Fall Guide, computer, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

Hard questions at the heart of open source security

Hard questions at the heart of open source securityIMO neither model is better than the other.History has shown both approaches allow security vulnerabilities to slip through. That's the reality so why do we continue to pose the question as to which is more/less secure?It's what you don't see that you...

Tags: open source, security

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Verizon's story on McCain cell tower full of holes

Verizon's story on McCain cell tower full of holesMore idle speculation and inuendo.I can't wait for your hard hitting articles about Rezko and Obama or Acorn and Obama.Um...this from the same people...who talk about how great it is that we can erect cell towers in sparsly-populated areas in Africa, because...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., cell tower, U.S. Secret Service, John McCain, tower

Discussion threads 2008-10-17

Chilling data from the Arctic

Chilling data from the ArcticSo much hyperbole, so little factPolar bear populations are on the rise. It's stupid to think that the polar bear is so unadaptable that it can't handle a decrease in ice floes. They'll just hunt from shore. Life adapts.BTW, the sea ice is the SECOND lowest...

Tags: Polar Bear population, Arctic, bear, lake, ice

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.

Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.Once again, the greed practiced by US...broadband providers gets in the way of real progress. The inherent greed factor of capitalism is strangling our Internet. To regain our world dominance in the Internet world requires the government to step in and nationalize the...

Tags: INTERNET, Vertical industries, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Future-Ready, AT&T Corp., government, Web

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Some serious research into gasoline-free transport

Some serious research into gasoline-free transportIt's a motor, a battery, and an engine."Not a surprise, the auto industry is crap at explaining these vehicles to potential buyers."It's a motor, engine, and a battery. The motor can power the wheels. It gets great mileage.That's about as much explaining as you need....

Tags: Engineering, hydrogen, battery, motor, gasoline

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...

Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

SUN FIRE X4150 AND X4450 : SERVER ARCHITECTURE : Breakthrough Density Using Sun and Intel Technology

In recent years, emerging applications and expanding Web services have fuelled an escalating demand for mission-critical IT resources, with increasing numbers of collaborative business initiatives focused on information sharing and continuous data availability. As a result, IT data centres experienced rapid growth as the number of applications, the population of...

Tags: Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Intel Corp., Real Estate, Strategy, Servers, Business Operations, Management, Hardware

White papers 2008-05-13

RamVille 2 (Windows)

RamVille is a directory of French communes cities. It contains all the French communes (more than 36000). Available data is: postcode, INSEE number, population, density, surface, number of homes. With RamVille you can search a commune by its name, its postcode or its INSEE number. You can export the data...

Tags: Version, Remy Pialat, RamVille, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-03-31