Comcast is testing a “new method” of tracking internet users — supposedly targeting “bandwith hogs.”
Comcast will start testing a new method for managing traffic on its network this week that targets heavy Internet users.
Starting Thursday, Comcast will test a new system that will throttle back or slow down traffic during times of congestion for heavy [...]
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Managing Traffic = Raise Rates
Posted in Technology, tagged Cocast, net neutrality, raping customers, Tie Warner, tiered pricing on June 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Strengths and Weaknesses
Posted in Religion, Science, tagged creationism, discovery institute, intelligent design, strengths and weaknesses, superstitions on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Who says that evolution isn’t a continuing phenomena? Now, creationists, trying to cut the teaching of evolution off at the knees, are evolving once again.
Opponents of teaching evolution, in a natural selection of sorts, have gradually shed those strategies that have not survived the courts. Over the last decade, creationism has given rise to “creation [...]
Firefly
Posted in Wildlife, tagged fireflies, synchronous fireflies on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love this time of year. Little magical lights fill the air around you in the evenings. Yes, I’m talking about Fireflies.
The Smoky Mountains’ big natural light show is about to begin.
Synchronous fireflies are beginning their mating season near Elkmont in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
You can read more about synchronous fireflies here.
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