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2/3 of Americans Without Broadband Don't Want It
Ant writes in with news that won't be welcomed by the incoming US administration as it tries to expand the availability of broadband Internet service. A recent report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project indicates, as noted by Ars Technica, that two-thirds of Americans without broadband don't want it. "...when we look at the overall reasons why Americans don't have broadband, availability isn't the biggest barrier. Neither is price. Those two, combined, only account for one-third of Americans without broadband. Two-thirds simply don't want it. The bigger issue is a lack of perceived value."
pfft, if the "Pew Internet & American Life Project" knew anything about the Internet it would be called the "Pewpewpew Internet & American Life Project"
And they don't really want any personal computers, they just don't see what good they are.
Right after that, 2030 sent an e-mail, which read "rofl no broadband? can u still even watch tv without it in ur time?"
You just got troll'd!
broadband's back. Want I should fetch the shotgun?"
Genesis 1:32 And God typed
First off I looked at the patterns, and they can be download over dialup in just 1-2 minutes. Hardly a long time.
Second: Can someone knit this for my wife? Va-va-voom!
http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/images/allusionDET2.jpg
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
At the very least, don't go posting pics of yourself half nekkid with friends, sucking a skull bong.
I'm a bit dyslexic, but when I read that, at first I thought you wrote, "sucking a bull dong." I thought, wow, no wonder cayenne8 wants some privacy. I wouldn't that showing up during a job interview, either.
Yeah your dad only downloads! ( 56k connection is much more symmetric)
IranAir Flight 655 never forget!
Nope.
I am with the people of the theory that the internet became the last piece of proof that YHVH doesn't literally exist in the classical sense.
Ever notice that if you pray nothing still happens? With Alan Turing and Norbert Wiener on tap to manage His IT, you'd at least get a Prayer Received message in your ear. Log in to view MyMiracles, compare Manger Construction ideas, etc.
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I agree completely. In fact instead of posting this I am going to write it on pen and paper and mail it to cmdrtaco. Then he will pot it in the discussion for me.
All points of time and space are connected.
I've tried 1,000 times to get a computer and Internet access for my mom, but she flatly rejects it. She actively doesn't want a computer. It's not because she doesn't know how to use them, but that she put in her years running a mainframe and is utterly burnt out on the subject.
Me: So at work, we have one computer with lots of hard drives and set the other computers to store their users' information on it instead of their own hard drives.
Mom: So your home directories are on NFS?
Me: Are you sure you don't want a computer, maybe a nice Mac?
Mom: No, and quit asking!
...or...
Me: I got a DSL connection.
Mom: Is that fast?
Me: In network terms, it's around 8 megabits.
Mom: So, about 5 T1s?
Me: Not even a little laptop?
Mom: No, and quit asking!
She's not skipping the "Internet revolution" because it's above her head. She's skipping it because she was there when they were building it, she did her time, and now wants to do other stuff.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Well said! We should provide a translation for the kids, though, due to the drop in literacy - I'll do my best:
IMO, l337 5ki11z = literaSy yestrdae, d00d. We haz 5ki11z lam3rs haz no 5ki11z. Lam3rs haz no 'puter, no $, and no stuff.
Oldies and trash haz no 5ki11z and iz lam3rs. Lam3rs never 1337.
Kiddies n wifi l33ches R other 1/3 n b33ten by R l33tness.
OK, good start ...
It's alright, we can let bygones be bygones.
D'oh, you fail it. Employers of the world, don't let cayenne8 near your secretaries.
Phone rings.
John Doe: Hello
Pew: Hi. I'm calling to ask if you'd like broadband.
John: What? A broad with a band?
Pew: No, sir. Internet access.
John: Enter knits? What are you taking about?
Pew: Broadband internet access.
John: A band made up of broads who knit?
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