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Syrians Using Donkeys Instead of DSL After Gov't Shuts Down Internet
abhatt writes "Rebelling Syrians are using all possible alternate methods to pass information to the world amidst a total blackout on the internet by the Government. Believe it or not, Donkeys are a part of the revolution now. From the article: 'To get the news out, activists have been smuggling videos to Jordan through the desert and across a nearly 80-kilometer border Jordan shares with Syria. Some risk approaching the border with Jordanian cellphones to report to the outside world and send clips. It's a dangerous task because the Syrian and Jordanian armies traditionally have the area under heavy surveillance to prevent the smuggling of drugs and weapons into the kingdom or further to the Gulf states.'"
What ass thought up that idea? C'mon. Don't be stubborn, just tell us.
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This is the broadband version of IP over Avian Carrier, given the much higher payload capacity of a donkey.
-- "So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated." - Bill Gates
After all, never underestimate the bandwidth of a series of donkey carts loaded with tapes...
Funny may not give karma, but +5 Informative never made anyone snort coffee out their nose.
I thought eMule was shut down!
a cluster of jackasses on the Information Superhighway. Shouldn't be too hard for anyone that ever sat an open channel on IRC.
Oh wait,,,
And I thought my ISP was a real jack ass.
Donkey Subscriber Line
If the internet is for porn, I don't even dare to think about what happened to these poor animals.