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Submission + - Iran bans YouTube, NY Times

Submitted by

amigoro

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:55AM

amigoro writes: "Iran, which has already banned Wikipedia, Amazon and IMDB.com have now added YouTube to the list of websites from which the populace should be protected. The interesting twist to the story is that They also point out that the Iranian government relies upon commercial software developed by for-profit United States companies to carry out the core of its filtering regime"

Submission + - The Internet Weighs Less than Two Ounces

Submitted by anaesthetica on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:54AM

anaesthetica writes: A back-of-the-envelope calculation by Russell Seitz indicates that the electrons constituting the flow of information on the internet weigh about 50 grams, or less than two ounces. Of course, this doesn't factor in the weight of the computers and physical networks themselves. From the article:
Forbes publisher and blogger Rich Karlgaard recently lamented his $1,200 monthly home utility bill. That's a lot of PG &E , but the yearly power bill for the global internet is just $3 per capita- a bargain even by third world standards. Yet looking at my ISP bill I'm not too happy - a dollar a day seems a trifle high when you reckon the weight of the penny's worth of electricity my computation consumes. My daily fix of electrons in motion costs me about half a billion dollars a pound.

Submission + - Flatulence Brings Down AA Flight 1053

Submitted by

theodp

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @01:54AM

theodp writes: "American Airlines Flight 1053 made an emergency landing in Nashville Monday after passengers reported smelling struck matches. The FBI, Transportation Safety Administration and airport authority responded to the emergency, deplaning the passengers and unloading the baggage for another go through security. After bomb-sniffing dogs found spent matches, the FBI questioned a female passenger, who confessed to striking the matches in an attempt to 'conceal body odor.'"

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