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Comment How many of these are really worthwhile? (Score 2) 68

I don't know much about community internet networks, but I notice that Q-Life where I live in The Dalles is listed. The touted success story is likely mostly true with Q-Life being important in bringing the Google data centers here, but the Internet service available here is about as bad and expensive as anywhere.

Comment It's been tried and the result was not good (Score 1) 313

Back in the 1970s and 80s Seymour Papert and colleagues developed the programming language Logo with the goal of using it to help children learn mathematics and critical thinking. As part of the proselytizing the Logo group convince the school district in Watertown, MA to include this (along with Bank Street Writer and other now forgotten advances) in the curriculum. Our children suffered through this and, along with many others, it nearly destroyed their interest in computers even though they had been happily exposed to them (starting with keypunches!) from infancy. They survived the experience but I've seen no evidence that any significant number of Watertown children benefited from that experiment.

Comment Re:People still bank at Chase? (Score 1) 398

There are over 8,000 financial institutions in the US right now. I guarantee that if you look locally, you will find a community bank or credit union that meets your needs and provides all the services of the "big guys."

What a silly remark! The Dalles, Oregon, is a prime example where one of the community banks failed and the other community banks and credit unions to not come close to meeting my needs.

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Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? 790

Wired has an amusing writeup that accurately captures the most recent ridiculous addition to Bugatti's automobile catalog. The $2.1 million Veyron sports over 1,000 horsepower, a 16-cylinder engine, and a top speed of 245 mph. The guilty conscience comes for free. "That same cash-filled briefcase could buy seven Ferrari 599s or every single 2009 model Mercedes. You could snap up a top-shelf Maybach and employ a chauffeur until well past the apocalypse. Hell, in this economy, $2.1 million is probably enough to make you a one-man special-interest group with some serious Washington clout."

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