Albany (ny state capital) is not very far from Armonk (IBM HQ). IBM would love to have more of the high end server market.

Tim Berners-Lee Is Sorry About the Slashes

But is he sorry about the slashdots as well?

I was scrolling down just for fun to see when comments would relate to TFA. It looks like we're at ~50.

It seems slashdot is about as efficient and on topic as a group of government workers. It's much more fun to bash large computer companies' code than discuss mundane state civil code.

We had a "free" wifi rollout in our small community of Hermosa Beach but it has stalled recently. The mayor announced the plan with great fanfare and lots of controversy 4 years ago. It has been a long, slow and painful process and only covers about 20% of city residents. Supposedly the ~ $150k costs would be paid with advertising - the location and specifics of this advertising were never clearly documented.

Limited and unreliable access is only available in the main business district. This project has garnered the city a lot of publicity, and with a bit more support and leadership it could still be a success someday http://wifihermosabeach.com/access.php

For those of you who missed the above reference, immediately drop what you are doing, sit back in your chair and watch this 4 minutes of awesomeness. They just don't make them like they used to.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r7qc_sir-mix-a-lotbaby-got-back_music

This video about the secret history of silicon valley explains some of the technology behind electronic warfare, radar imaging, and secret air force planes. The content relevant to this article appears around the 30min mark.

E.T. believers will find nothing interesting, however military computer geeks will find it orgasmic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo

It predicted more and bigger hurricanes; that hasn't happened.

Please share your good news with New Orleans, Houston and Southern Florida and tell them it's always a safe place to live.