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For fully laden 18-wheelers, it's closer to 10,000:1 in car damage to truck damage. The reason is that damage does not increase linearly with weight, but a much higher rate (I think it's proportional to weight^4). One source.

Okay, he's a more up-to-date article: http://www.governing.com/blogs/by-the-numbers/us-ranks-high-on-internet-usage-despite-slow-speeds.html

The U.S. Telecom Association crunched a few sets of numbers (shown below) and found the country also ranks near the top in terms of data usage per user. The nation’s estimated 245 million Internet users consumed a monthly average of 25.7 gigabytes per user, according to the trade association. Only South Korea, which boasts the world's fastest speeds in many studies, transfers more data, with a monthly average of 49.1 gigabytes.

So he's still 2-3x above average.

Interestingly enough, I got my issue of Governing Magazine and they have an article about Wi-Fi. For those of you want to read another FA, click here.

There's also a couple of Q&A's with a couple of government type people and their viewpoints on municipal Wi-Fi.

I can't really comment on the informative and technical accuracy of what I read because well... I don't read them :)

Oh my God, I know what you're talking about. There's nothing like pictures of hot girls.

Along those lines, my favorite magazine is Governing, "the magazine of states and localities." This magazine is HOTTT!!!

If you don't believe me, or think I'm a shill for those sensationalist bastards at Congressional Quarterly Inc. (publisher), check out these scorching excerpts on some SERIOUS SEDUCTRESSES!:

*On Wisconsin tax administrator Dia-ne Hardt: "sA state tax officials from around the country niggled over hundreds of tiny details, Hardt, administrator of the Division of Income, Sales and Excise Tax in Wisconsin, kept them constantly focused on the big picture ... In a cross-country blitz fueled by gallons of Diet Coke, Hardt has spoken at dozens of conferences and pressed her case before numerous state legislatures. She reminds people that sales taxes help pay for important services such as schools and police, and that taxing Internet sales is a simple matter of fairness to Main Street retailers who have always had to collect sales taxes."

*California Assemblymember Fran Pavle-y: "A former junior high school civics teacher who went on to serve as the first mayor of the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills, Pavley debuted as a legislator by pressing a measure even her own staff advised her to avoid ... In fact, the state just acted on one of her longtime priorities, announcing in October it would purchase the 3,000-acre Ahmanson Ranch as open space rather than let it be developed. Other issues garnering Pavley's attention: that one out of every seven schoolchildren in Fresno uses an asthma inhaler, that Los Angeles suffered through its worst smog in five years this past summer, and that air pollution now tops the list of citizens' concerns in the state's Central Valley."

*Former Texas chief information officer Carolyn Purce ll: "During her nine years as the state's top technology official, Purcell improved the state's record for delivering projects on time and on budget, connected state services to citizens through a user-friendly Web portal, focused on security before it popped up on the national agenda, and developed a money-saving procurement program."

I know, I know -- that's all a little too racy to be reading at work. But if you subscribe, you'll be getting the magazine at home, and you won't be able to *help* but tear into stories on "expanding privatization beyond service delivery," "brownfields and urban land recycling," and "the tax-avoidance games corporations play."

Just remember to hide all your copies before you bring your dates home!!

(Seriously, though, Governing really does rock, and I really am a paid subscriber. If you don't trust me, trust your favorite ex-Slashdot pundit!)

I can't really comment on the informative and technical accuracy of what I read because well... I don't read them :)

Oh my God, I know what you're talking about. There's nothing like pictures of hot girls.

Along those lines, my favorite magazine is Governing, "the magazine of states and localities." This magazine is HOTTT!!!

If you don't believe me, or think I'm a shill for those sensationalist bastards at Congressional Quarterly Inc. (publisher), check out these scorching excerpts on some SERIOUS SEDUCTRESSES!:

*On Wisconsin tax administrator Dia-ne Hardt: "sA state tax officials from around the country niggled over hundreds of tiny details, Hardt, administrator of the Division of Income, Sales and Excise Tax in Wisconsin, kept them constantly focused on the big picture ... In a cross-country blitz fueled by gallons of Diet Coke, Hardt has spoken at dozens of conferences and pressed her case before numerous state legislatures. She reminds people that sales taxes help pay for important services such as schools and police, and that taxing Internet sales is a simple matter of fairness to Main Street retailers who have always had to collect sales taxes."

*California Assemblymember Fran Pavle-y: "A former junior high school civics teacher who went on to serve as the first mayor of the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills, Pavley debuted as a legislator by pressing a measure even her own staff advised her to avoid ... In fact, the state just acted on one of her longtime priorities, announcing in October it would purchase the 3,000-acre Ahmanson Ranch as open space rather than let it be developed. Other issues garnering Pavley's attention: that one out of every seven schoolchildren in Fresno uses an asthma inhaler, that Los Angeles suffered through its worst smog in five years this past summer, and that air pollution now tops the list of citizens' concerns in the state's Central Valley."

*Former Texas chief information officer Carolyn Purce ll: "During her nine years as the state's top technology official, Purcell improved the state's record for delivering projects on time and on budget, connected state services to citizens through a user-friendly Web portal, focused on security before it popped up on the national agenda, and developed a money-saving procurement program."

I know, I know -- that's all a little too racy to be reading at work. But if you subscribe, you'll be getting the magazine at home, and you won't be able to *help* but tear into stories on "expanding privatization beyond service delivery," "brownfields and urban land recycling," and "the tax-avoidance games corporations play."

Just remember to hide all your copies before you bring your dates home!!

(Seriously, though, Governing really does rock, and I really am a paid subscriber. If you don't trust me, trust your favorite ex-Slashdot pundit!)

I can't really comment on the informative and technical accuracy of what I read because well... I don't read them :)

Oh my God, I know what you're talking about. There's nothing like pictures of hot girls.

Along those lines, my favorite magazine is Governing, "the magazine of states and localities." This magazine is HOTTT!!!

If you don't believe me, or think I'm a shill for those sensationalist bastards at Congressional Quarterly Inc. (publisher), check out these scorching excerpts on some SERIOUS SEDUCTRESSES!:

*On Wisconsin tax administrator Dia-ne Hardt: "sA state tax officials from around the country niggled over hundreds of tiny details, Hardt, administrator of the Division of Income, Sales and Excise Tax in Wisconsin, kept them constantly focused on the big picture ... In a cross-country blitz fueled by gallons of Diet Coke, Hardt has spoken at dozens of conferences and pressed her case before numerous state legislatures. She reminds people that sales taxes help pay for important services such as schools and police, and that taxing Internet sales is a simple matter of fairness to Main Street retailers who have always had to collect sales taxes."

*California Assemblymember Fran Pavle-y: "A former junior high school civics teacher who went on to serve as the first mayor of the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills, Pavley debuted as a legislator by pressing a measure even her own staff advised her to avoid ... In fact, the state just acted on one of her longtime priorities, announcing in October it would purchase the 3,000-acre Ahmanson Ranch as open space rather than let it be developed. Other issues garnering Pavley's attention: that one out of every seven schoolchildren in Fresno uses an asthma inhaler, that Los Angeles suffered through its worst smog in five years this past summer, and that air pollution now tops the list of citizens' concerns in the state's Central Valley."

*Former Texas chief information officer Carolyn Purce ll: "During her nine years as the state's top technology official, Purcell improved the state's record for delivering projects on time and on budget, connected state services to citizens through a user-friendly Web portal, focused on security before it popped up on the national agenda, and developed a money-saving procurement program."

I know, I know -- that's all a little too racy to be reading at work. But if you subscribe, you'll be getting the magazine at home, and you won't be able to *help* but tear into stories on "expanding privatization beyond service delivery," "brownfields and urban land recycling," and "the tax-avoidance games corporations play."

Just remember to hide all your copies before you bring your dates home!!

(Seriously, though, Governing really does rock, and I really am a paid subscriber. If you don't trust me, trust your favorite ex-Slashdot pundit!)