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3 months ago
in Fotomattic - I’ve just seen a face on Fotomattic
Time? Place?
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fotomattic
I can't forget. Thank you EXIF metadata and geotagging!
5 months ago
in Fotomattic - Snow angel on Fotomattic
Does this mean you made it out?
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fotomattic
Yep. I still have a little residual blahness, but I feel okay going outside again. Well, as okay as one can in the subzero windchill of the next three days.
8 months ago
in 2008/10/21/national-cto/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
On the other hand, our 'unfettered innovation' has left the US near the bottom of the pile in terms of broadband availability and other technology issues surrounding the web. Not that this will be what the CTO position is all about. You kinda built up a straw man with the broadband argument, though you did do a nice job tearing it down.
I for one would like to hear what a CTO will do before I comment on it. If the position will be about helping the US catch up to the rest of the world, and we've got a lot of that to do, I think that might be a good thing.
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I for one would like to hear what a CTO will do before I comment on it. If the position will be about helping the US catch up to the rest of the world, and we've got a lot of that to do, I think that might be a good thing.
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Chris
You need to do an apples to apples comparison dude.
Okay, Broadband penetration is better in South Korea than here.
How big is South Korea? How many square miles? How dense is the population?
Hmmm?
The US is large, with dispersed population centers. It is of course going to be more difficult to network than a smaller more dense country.
If you want to compare apples find an area in the US the same size as South Korea with the same population and check broadband accessibility that way. Maybe the states of Massachusetts, Maryland, and NJ.
Okay, Broadband penetration is better in South Korea than here.
How big is South Korea? How many square miles? How dense is the population?
Hmmm?
The US is large, with dispersed population centers. It is of course going to be more difficult to network than a smaller more dense country.
If you want to compare apples find an area in the US the same size as South Korea with the same population and check broadband accessibility that way. Maybe the states of Massachusetts, Maryland, and NJ.
Sandi
Ummm. South Korea and Japan have the highest broadband usage rates in the world thanks to MASSIVE government investment in broadband infrastructure, and strict mandates and regulations that all rural areas and buildings have broadband that is faster than what almost any American consumer has available. In Western Europe and Canada, strict regulations require telecom companies to share bandwidth, provide equal access, and guarantee speeds.
The countries with fewer government regulations, mandates, and investment in consumer broadband? Western Africa, the Middle East, former Soviet republics. Oh, but they don't have a $1 Universal Access Fund either so I guess that's a plus.
The countries with fewer government regulations, mandates, and investment in consumer broadband? Western Africa, the Middle East, former Soviet republics. Oh, but they don't have a $1 Universal Access Fund either so I guess that's a plus.
