That is true. I was just trying to hold on to the little faith that I have left in humanity.
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Mr Worf, they lie to us about the cell phones, so why should we believe > them regarding this "maximum capacity" BS? > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:16:19 -0700 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Pigeon beats broadband in data transfer race > > > I was just talking to a teacher about his cellphone use in Europe. He > bought a $50 cellphone from one of the companies there when he got off the > plane, popped in his chip from his American phone and it worked all over > Europe and Greece. The phone systems that we currently have is a joke!!! The > corporations has been lying to us and we all have gotten used to mediocrity > and underachievers. > > They lie to us and tell us that we need something like the Iphone or > telephones with 41 menu settings in order for it to work. What is really > happening is that the system that they setup here doesn't not work. The > business model that they are using is outdated and will soon need to be > replaced. As a matter of fact, the entire infrastructure of the United > States is old and outdated. They just replaced the electrical transformer, > and telephone junction box on my block. Both died from old age. > > Soon some parts of Africa will have better cellphone service than we have > here. Why? Because they don't have to deal with the same redtape, and in > some cases they don't have landlines to deal with so cell works better for > them. > > Another thing that I haven't heard about lately was the story that was > floating around that the internet will reach maximum capacity in 2012. It > was a hot story a few months back, and now no mention of it at all. Things > that make you say Hmmm....? > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > > Yeah, this is the illogical extreme of bad infrastructure, skillsets, will, > and maybe even money. > We're better here in America, but our broadband infrastructure sucks > compared to other highly technical countires. > I listened to the CEO of Sprint on Charlie Rose last night explain why > making people get two year phone contracts actually helps the consumer, by > making sure the companies have the funds to give us better products and > services. Then we have the thing with the big companies trying to downgrade > the defnition of broadband. and of coruse there's the fact that what we have > already is pretty lame, from the primitive functionality of our cellphones > (in Asian countries they can buy groceries, subway tokens and movie tickets > with their phones, which have way more features and memory than ours) to our > lack of free citywide wifi networks. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:33:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Pigeon beats broadband in data transfer race > > > They have some issues there. They seem to be more bogged down in > bureaucracy than we are. > > Check out this article: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/feb/20/averageukbroadbandspeedis > > I blame the ISPs, cable companies, and conservative IT admins. The standard > operating procedure for IT people is the minimum amount needed which doesn't > allow for growth. (Reminds me of the freeways in northern california. Why > build houses next to the freeway? It doesn't allow for growth!) > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > > This is funny! > > > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/351478/pigeon-beats-broadband-in-data-transfer-race > > Pigeon beats broadband in data transfer race [image: > Cable]<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/news/351478/pigeon-beats-broadband-in-data-transfer-race> > > Gallery<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/news/351478/pigeon-beats-broadband-in-data-transfer-race> > Posted on 10 Sep 2009 at 10:59 > A company has become so disgruntled with its slow > broadband<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/#>connection, that's it begun transferring > large files via homing pigeon. > In a very tortoise and hare story, a financial services company based in > Durban, South Africa pitted a homing pigeon carrying 4GB of data on a USB > stick against its broadband connection to find out which would be faster > transferring the data between its two offices 80km apart. > > > > The homing pigeon, named Winston, arrived with the USB stick in two hours > and seven minutes, just as the download hit 4% complete. The company > believes Winston can be trained to deliver the data in 45 minutes, a > significant boost over its ropey broadband connection. > > > "For years we've struggled with the internet as a method of communication. > It's fine for e-mails and correspondence, but we need to transfer a lot of > data from one office to another and find it often lets us down," the > company's chief executive Kevin Rolfe tells the > Metro<http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?The_pigeon_thats_quicker_than_broadband&in_article_id=734273&in_page_id=34>. > "If we get bad weather and the service goes down it can up to two days to > get through." > > > Winston is vulnerable to the weather and predators such as hawks. Obviously > he will have to take his chances > > However, he admits the plan is not without its difficulties: "There are > other problems, of course. Winston is vulnerable to the weather and > predators such as hawks. Obviously he will have to take his chances but > we're confident this system can work for us,' says Rolfe. > Pigeons to bridge Britain's broadband divide anybody? > > > > > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/> > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
