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Submission + - Why High Speed Fibre Is Becoming Irrelevant (forbes.com) 2

Onymous Hero writes: With the rise of high speed mobile networks such as 4G LTE and fifth-generation technologies just on the horizon, the idea of hard-wired or fibre optic internet connections is becoming outdated. Could areas without landline POTS service bypass this altogether and go straight to mobile?

Comment Re:"Didn't drilling regulations...?" No. (Score 1) 61

No, "natural seepage" will not cause millions of gallons of gas to drift out into the ocean every year,

Natural seepage in the gulf of mexico is about 140,000 tonnes a year, or 1 million barrels of oil. So, yes it does. Ok, it's only a fifth of the amount from the deepwater spill, but it's constant rather than one-off. Link: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10388&page=70

At the time of the spill, the liability was limited to 75 million bucks. That's definitely one regulation which increases risk taking!

Is someone paying you to post this?

Nope, you can remove you tinfoil hat now

Censorship

Submission + - Iceland Considers Internet Porn Ban (telegraph.co.uk)

Onymous Hero writes: With the printing and distribution of pornography already banned in Iceland, further measures to stop internet porn are being considered by Iceland's Interior Minister Ogmundur Jonasson. From the article: "Iceland is taking a very progressive approach that no other democratic country has tried," said Professor Gail Dines, an expert on pornography and speaker at a recent conference at Reykjavik University. "It is looking a pornography from a new position — from the perspective of the harm it does to the women who appear in it and as a violation of their civil rights."
IOS

Submission + - The burden of iOS (thetechblock.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Six years after creating a product category and teaching the world how to use it, Apple’s mobile operating system now exists in a world full of people who understand how to use it (and devices like it). Moving forward, iOS has the difficult task of adapting to this new world from a position of strength in the old one.

Comment Re:Or, we could have just done nothing... (Score 1) 61

Wasn't it drilling regulations that pushed drilling further and further offshore to much deeper (and risky) areas?

Anyway, there's vastly more oil migrating into the ocean from natural seepage than from the odd oil spill, so if you don't want oil in the water perhaps that's a better place to start :p

http://oils.gpa.unep.org/facts/natural-sources.htm

Comment Re:In my country the ISP does this for you! (Score 1) 505

Yeah, I'm with neuf/SFR and noticed that they enable the public hotspot by default. I'm a bit concerned as to how securely the public wifi is segregated from the local network, but otherwise it's a pretty good idea and it means in big cities there's free wifi everywhere :)

Comment Re:Mobile bandwidth (Score 1) 261

So, guys... how's that whole "Let the market decide" argument working out for you?

Ok I realise I'm replying to a troll, but here goes:

It's working out great, thanks. 4G is a new technology which has (at the moment) a very limited customer base. So, of course it's going to be expensive. When 3G first came out in the UK, there was a single network operator, 3. They didn't have great network coverage and prices were high. With time, new entrants came to the market and prices fell while service quality increased. The UK now has an excellent choice of cheap call and data plans.

The same will happen with 4G - of course it's going to be expensive to start with. Those new base stations are not free.

... when it gets its hands on something everybody needs, it's gonna take you to the cleaners. Every single time.

Everyone needs food. I don't see anyone (short of the real loony left) calling for state-owned farms and food distribution.

Government

Submission + - Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations (fishmanforcongress.com) 3

fishdan writes: "I'm a long time /. member with excellent karma. I am also the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Congress in Massachusetts 6th District. I am on the ballot. I polled 7% in the only poll that included me, which was taken 6 weeks ago, before I had done any advertizing, been in any debates or been on television. In the most recent debate, the general consensus was that I moved a very partisan crowd in my favor. In the 2 days since that debate, donations and page views are up significantly.

Yesterday I received a stunning email from the local ABC affiliate telling me that they were going to exclude me from their televised debate because I did not have $50k in campaign contributions, even though during my entire campaign I have pointedly and publicly refused corporate donations. They cited several other trumped up reasons, including polling at 10%, but there has not been a poll that included me since the one 6 weeks ago — and I meet their other requirements."

Submission + - A woman in France received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion Euros (bbc.co.uk)

Chrisq writes:

A woman in south-west France, who received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros, has had the real amount she owed waived — after the company admitted its mistake. Solenne San Jose, from Pessac outside Bordeaux, said she received a huge shock when she opened the bill for 11,721,000,000,000,000 euros (£9.4qn). This is nearly 6,000 times France's annual economic output.

If only she paid the bill Europe could have been out of recession and France the world's strongest economic power!

Censorship

Submission + - Saudi Arabia Calls For Global Internet Censorship Body (telegraph.co.uk) 1

Onymous Hero writes: Following the recent YouTube video "The Innocence of Muslims" and the subsequent Muslim violence, Saudi Arabia has stated that there is a “there is a crying need for international collaboration to address ‘freedom of expression’ which clearly disregards public order”. The World Telecommunications Policy Forum (a UN body) is the vehicle by which Saudi Arabia (and possibly other states) will try to use to implement a global set of internet content standards.

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