A speed of 800Gbps would equate to downloading 33 HD films â" in a single second.

I've never seen a $10,000 phone bill.

Separately but related, how much will the existing cell providers need to invest to upgrade their systems to 5G?

Also separately but related, will this make wired internet and cable (copper or fiber) obsolete?

... I'd get rid of football. It has nothing to do with education. It costs money that schools don't have (or so the teachers' unions and school boards tell us); it causes short term and long term health problems and it exposes school systems, school employees and taxpayers to expensive and potentially ruinous lawsuits.

All downside. No upside.

" ... Should we go back to paper ballots?"

Because we know that there have never been any missing votes or other irregularities with paper ballots.

... that the Firesign Theater was right.

Everything you know is wrong.

Over the years, the number of these predatory journals has exploded.

If the journal is the predator, who or what is the prey? Pray tell.

... access to remote areas of the world via hot air balloons.

These are not hot air balloons.

The inflatable part of the balloon is called a balloon envelope. A well-made balloon envelope is critical for allowing a balloon to last around 100 days in the stratosphere. Loonâ(TM)s balloon envelopes are made from sheets of polyethylene plastic, and they measure fifteen meters wide by twelve meters tall when fully inflated. When a balloon is ready to be taken out of service, gas is released from the envelope to bring the balloon down to Earth in a controlled descent. In the unlikely event that a balloon drops too quickly, a parachute attached to the top of the envelope is deployed.
http://www.google.com/loon/how...

... in Boston, it's Tuesday.

How would you tell?

Just move the president to Cinderella's Castle in the Magic Kingdom. No more fanciful than what passes for leadership inside the White House.

It's bad enough that everything we know is wrong (Firesign Theater), and that we don't know everything (even though there are those who think they do). It turns out that there's lots of important stuff that we used to know and have forgotten.

Now, where did I leave my keys?

Visual Studio 2015 Preview Downloads
http://www.visualstudio.com/en...

The term "net neutrality" is bounced around over and over and now even our technically challenged president is for it. But what exactly is "net neutrality?" What does it prevent from happening. What is required to happen?

I'll bet that three different people will have five different definitions.

From TheVerge ...

Microsoft doesn't plan on making the same mistake twice: the company has made a public pledge that all of Nokia's Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices will be upgraded to the mobile version of Windows 10 when it's released. Responding to a customer's question on the topic, Microsoft tweeted, "We plan to upgrade all Windows Phone 8 devices to Windows 10 in the future." Microsoft's next big operating system remains in early development, so the company obviously isn't revealing details as to when that update will arrive.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1...

Not for free is Google getting Moffett.

"In fact the lease gives Google unprecedented control of a federal facility to use as its own playground," said John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project.

In fact the lease gives Google control of a federal white elephant in exchange for $19.3 million per year plus taxpayer savings of $6.3 million per year. Total $25.6 million to the good for taxpayers.

Proved that their hypothesis about the effect of big money on voting was wrong.

... very few tangible rewards and a fairly weird hierarchy ...

Sounds like the Roman Catholic Church. Possibly without the sex.