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Comment Re:In Africa? (Score 1) 289

by Anathem on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @02:07PM (#42534351) Attached to: Australia Is On So Much Fire, You Can See It From Orbit

Correction to my own post: In the ocean, off the coast of Africa

Comment In Africa? (Score 1) 289

by Anathem on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @02:03PM (#42534309) Attached to: Australia Is On So Much Fire, You Can See It From Orbit

One of the fires is in Africa....?

Comment Who watches...? (Score 1) 225

by Anathem on Monday November 26, 2012 @11:03PM (#42101643) Attached to: Supreme Court Blocks Illinois Law Against Recording Police

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Comment Re:Keep trying till they sneak it through? (Score 1) 133

by Anathem on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @09:38AM (#40996059) Attached to: WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Back On the Table

Because even when people get bills they do not like killed they still vote for the same politicians the next election cycle.

I think that whether they vote for the same politicians or different politicians, the out come will likely not change. The illusion of choice, no?

Comment Wireless infrastructure costs (Score 1) 314

by Anathem on Saturday July 21, 2012 @06:23PM (#40726091) Attached to: Fair price for an unlimited wireless data plan?

I've heard that the reason Verizon is charging more than it should be is to cover creation of new infrastructure. I have no idea if that's a reasonable claim or not. Can anyone speak to this? They also mention bandwidth limitations... but this seems absurd to me, given that the data should have nothing to do with cellular communications after it gets to a tower.

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