It doesn't, actually. Many areas up here are still without internet at all, or they have dial-up/modem, and/or no cell phone access. A few party-line phone systems, too. As late as the 60s, three-quarters of the roads up here were unpaved.
And only a four-drive from Boston. The pols and hacks keep promising the extension of broadband to the benighted hillbillies, but it just never seems to pan out. At Firebase Dave here, we have Verizon for our cells and Fairpoint for landline phone and internet. With regular outages of all. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Jerry Feldman <g...@gapps.blu.org> wrote: > I actually saw the newscast :-). Didn't know the Internet reached all > the way up in Northern Vermont. > > On 08/03/2011 04:08 PM, David Hardy wrote: > > I remember the Henning story being broadcast, extremely amusing. > > > > On a somewhat related note, there have been persistent rumors, along the > > lines of urban legends, that there is either a secret U.S. military base > > in the Blue Hills or it is an underground UFO base. > > > > And if one is hiking around in them hills down there in the tropics, > > watch where you put yer hands and feet; there are timber rattlers. > > > > Full disclosure: I use Chrome and Firefox here in northern Vermont. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Jerry Feldman <g...@gapps.blu.org > > <mailto:g...@gapps.blu.org>> wrote: > > > > On 08/03/2011 03:54 PM, Ryan Lee Stanyan wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 15:39 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > > >> "Jon \"maddog\" Hall" <mad...@li.org <mailto:mad...@li.org>> > writes: > > >>> > > >>> On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 14:42 -0400, Brian St. Pierre wrote: > > >>>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Bill Sconce > > <sco...@in-spec-inc.com <mailto:sco...@in-spec-inc.com>> wrote: > > >>>>> 1. > > >>>>> > > http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,236944/printable.html > > >>>>> > > >>>>> If you use Internet Explorer, your IQ might be below > > average--at > > >>>>> least, according to one study. > > >>>> > > >>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430 > > >>>> > > >>>> Draw your own conclusions about IE users -- that "study" was a > > hoax... > > >>> > > >>> Interesting to see the number of "legitimate" news organizations > > that > > >>> just swallowed the hoax and reported on it without checking into > > it at > > >>> all. > > >>> > > >>> Makes you wonder about the authenticity of other "news items" > > reported > > >>> by them. > > >> > > >> Yes. > > >> > > >> It's called "churnalism"--cf.: > > >> > > >> > http://www.onthemedia.org/2011/mar/04/churning-out-pr/transcript/ > > >> > > >> > > > http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/churnalismcom-reveals-press-release-copy-in-news-stories068.html > > >> > > >> > > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/04/21/135568766/everything-you-know-about-this-band-is-wrong > > >> > > >> (that last one is particularly interesting: it's an NPR > > journalist saying, > > >> more or less, `it's the PR people's fault--their press releases > > lie to us!'). > > >> > > >> The news-media still generally report that `Linux still has yet > > to get > > >> to even 1% market share', too--I want to know where they keep > getting > > >> *that* figure. > > >> > > > > > > I think it's called "news entertainment" nowadays. Just make a > huge > > > headline libeling someone and then post the retraction weeks later > > > buried somewhere in the back. > > > > > May 18th or 19th 1980 Boston Channel 7's John Henning reported that > the > > Great Blue Hill in Canton, Ma was erupting. This was a story that his > > news producer inserted. The producer got fired, I don't recall if > > Henning was fired or not, but he subsequently left and became the > > statehouse reporter at channel 4. > > > > > > > > -- > > Jerry Feldman <g...@gapps.blu.org <mailto:g...@gapps.blu.org>> > > Boston Linux and Unix > > PGP key id: 537C5846 > > PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C > 5846 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org <mailto: > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org> > > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > > > > > -- > Jerry Feldman <g...@gapps.blu.org> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id: 537C5846 > PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >
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