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Why You Don't Have a Broadband Connection
blandthrax writes "I ran across this article on The New Republic. The long and short of it indicates that the reason why almost 90% of Americans don't have a broadband connection is because current broadband providers are preventing other ISP's from entering the fray. The result: higher prices for broadband connections and a general lack of innovation. An interesting read full of good details. And, as usual, we learn that countries such as Japan and Korea are far ahead of the US in terms of innovation and technological saturation."
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Useful Advice:
1. Do not touch or attempt to touch a UFO that has landed. Passing through the Earth's atmosphere the skin of the craft will be hot. There is also a possibility of radiation. There is also a chance of steam being produced from the heated hull at the landing site.
2. Do not stand under a hovering UFO at low altitude. There is a possibility of radiation danger.
3. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ALIENS if they appear, any movement on your part may constitute an act of aggression. If possible, back away VERY slowly. Make no gestures what so ever.
4. Note the shape and size of the craft, use nearby objects for a size comparison.
5. If you can take some photographs but
6. Do not touch any artifact from an alien spacecraft, the artifact may be dangerous, leave this to the authorites.
7. Do not attempt sex with the aliens. Alien fluids might have acid or other undesirables. by TrollBurger #575126
8. Get away from the area QUICKLY. Inform the local authorites or the military.
9. If you a wound or illness, present it to the aliens in a manner that shows you are hurt. Many aliens have healing powers in their appendages. by scotch #102596
10. Do not attempt to shoot at alien craft. Not only is this a direct act of agression, but many alien ships employ powerful sheilding which can deflect a bullet or shot directly towards you, which may lead to injuries.
Less Useful Advice:
1. Offer the aliens a burger. They've just been on a trip that must have taken many millions of lightyears, they're probably hungry. by TrollBurger #575126
2. Don't tell the aliens about Slashdot, Jerry Springer, and America. The aliens are probably trying to find intelligent life.
3. To aid future human/alien dialog, attempt to communicate the rotation period of an electron in a hydrogen atom, using dance. This is the intergalactic Roseta Stone.
4. Attempt to sneeze on the aliens. This is just to show that "War of the Worlds" was a CROCK OF SHIT!
5. Explain to them about area 51, and how we shot down, and experimented on one of their own. (THIS MIGHT BE DANGEROUS).
6. Offer to show them an anal probe (if you have one handy). (OPTIONAL)
7. If the alien seems upset, offer to rub its head gently. Not only will this ease a tense situation, it will bring you good luck. by scotch #102596
It's only been like 20 seconds, and the link has been slashdotted. Too bad there's no google cache.
There needs to be an entry in the guiness book of records.
"Fastest Slashdotting"
So true, so true. Powell seems to really have absolutley NO CLUE on how to apporach or handle his job. Everything he has done so far has been primarily a benefit to big business (allowing telephone records to be sold, forcing TVs to use digital recievers, etc). And even that (benefiting business) he does poorly. I wish my daddy was secretary of state. Then I could be put in charge of an important government regulatory commision that I have no clue about too, as long as I support the president's ideology: business first--consumers (I hate that word!) second. It makes me sick.
----rhad
Slashdot needs to interview Natalie Portman.
And why did this post get modded up?
Jesus H. Christ, you're a fucking moron. The New Republic and The Nation are both stalwart liberal press. Their counterparts are William F. Buckley's National Review and Rupert Murdoch's The Weekly Standard.
Actually, I hope you're not a fucking moron... if you were, we might have more morons on the street!
A few "pintos" of that warm, fetid goat piss they call "ale" over there, and the blokes don't seem to care. Also, when are the British going to make a decent car, and when are they going to thank us for winning the war for them?
Please bitch slap your son for us,
Thank you,
Consumers of America.
He tried to kill me with a forklift!
Yeah, like this one. What a dog.
Get a grip.
...um...like...a sig...
The only country to burn the American capital to the ground
Yeah, ten months out of the year.
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Neon Spiral Injector has posted 288 comments. Oh, that's too gross.
Oh, that's two funny.
My point was not that we need to establish a 100% pure form of capitalism, where the tax rate is exactly 0% per citizen per year (anarchy, by definition), in order to see the benefits of a free market. My point was that the benefits are directly proportional to the size of government. Under a government which takes almost half of the average citizens' earnings per year, and is in debt by trillions of dollars, we are simply not even close to experiencing the solutions which capitalism has to offer the broadband market.
Why would you live there, I live in the Cleveland, Ohio suburbs and I am looking at 3 bedroom 2 bath houses, ~2k sq feet for $90K =) Take the extra 200K plus a like amount in financing charges and invest in the stock market. By the time I retire that should be about 3 million (doubling every 8 years with a real return of 5%), sounds like a much better use of money to me.
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