Have you thought of using internet over mains wiring?

"It's as if millions of Radio Hams suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."

Broadband over power line wipes out short wave radio.
http://www.arrl.org/broadband-over-powerline-bpl


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Arthur C Clarkes "Profiles of the Future" is the last word on this.
First published in 1962, it's predictions are amazingly accurate. It is a must for any geek bookshelf and I'm amazed so few have read it.

The (few!) things he did get wrong, he followed up in later editions of the book along with good explanations as to why that particular technology came about sooner / later than he predicted.

There is an excellent article about the book given in the Guardian Newspaper
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/mar/04/profiles-future-arthur-clarke-review
It is a fun book, much recommended.

I'd post a link to Amazon..... but I'd rather you buy a copy from your local independent bookshop :-)

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Dude.
Your average geek is dyslexic. How the fuck am I supposed to spell that lot?
Esp after necking a bottle of wine?

detect and evade sentries, and send reconnaissance information back to the good guys.

......I don't think it means what you think it means.

"I am a board member of a newly started association that are going to build fiber-optic network in rural Sweden."

That is interesting.
I seam to recall that Finland (with a similar low rural population density) was committed to providing broadband for all it's citizens. Has Sweden done the same and/or do you get any other support from the Swedish government?

I would suggest broadband is as important for economic growth as a functioning road/rail network. I'm surprised so few governments are putting up public money where appropriate.

"... is restricted to P2P applications and Newsgroups (which are commonly used to distribute large amounts of data)."

The first rule of USENET is you do not talk about USENET ;-)

Yes, wikileaks should and will investigate everything....

But from illegal wars (Haliburton?) to corrupt politicians and corporate baddies...... following the money and seeing who profits the most will give some very interesting answers. I'm surprised banking has so few votes.

Looks like they are requesting personal data of an Icelandic Member of Parliment
I see a minor diplomatic incident on the horizon.

Household voltages are dangerous, but not nearly as much as people like to think, especially the 110 volt stuff.

It amazed me how casually an American friend was poking around inside some live kit. A polite reminder that EU mains voltage is 230v (rather than the 110v he was used to), and kills very easily, made him much more careful. And yes, circuit breakers are fitted by law, but you wouldn't want to trust your life to a machine not failing would you :-)

Sure, we found out that an extra 15k Iraqis died than we were officially told

Just read that line back to yourself a few times........ THAT is why this is important.
Thank you wikileaks.

people think of their computers as something like human beings.

Perhaps these are the same people who say 'thankyou' to automatic doors?

Housing prices have never gone to zero either.

Wanna bet ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8653949.stm

"There are 621 ghost estates across the Irish Republic now......."
"One in five Irish homes is unoccupied......."
"demolition could be part of the solution in cases where we have housing estates that are unoccupied"
"If the country immediately used them to house every person on the social housing list, there would still be hundreds of thousands left over. "

In the UK there are now three stages of Ham licence.

FOUNDATION: Covers basic electronics and radio usage, gets you on the air.

INTERMEDIATE: This has a practical electronics course attached where you solder up electronics kit under supervision, with lots of friendly help on the way. (I remember building signal generators & amplifiers from scratch) I can't think of a better or cheaper introduction to DIY electronics in the UK.... even if you don't like radio.

ADVANCED: No practical course, just an electronics/radio exam to study for.

An amateur radio club is an excellent place to meet people with similar interests, and in the intermediate classes, you will meet people at your skill level. Look here for a club&course near you.
 

From TF pdf, under methodology

"Survey participants are all members of Ipsos' opt-in consumer panels in each of the six markets and were invited to participate via email".

So, people who respond to spam also respond to bullshit surveys via email.
Who'd a thunk it ?