Verizon Leads, AT&T Runs Last in Wired.com’s 3G Speed Test | Gadget Lab | Wired.com: "A smartphone broadband test conducted by Wired.com found that AT&T customers reported the slowest average 3G network speeds, while Verizon subscribers posted the speediest results.
Conducted in May, our interactive 3G speed test attracted about 15,000 participants — 12,000 of whom reported valid, usable results. The study focused on 3G networks deployed in the United States by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile."
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The wait
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday more time was needed for his $787 billion (485 billion pound) stimulus package to work, predicting the spending would have a bigger impact on the economy later this year.
In an advanced text of his weekly radio speech, Obama said the stimulus plan approved by Congress and signed into law in mid-February "was not designed to work in four months - it was designed to work over two years."
In an advanced text of his weekly radio speech, Obama said the stimulus plan approved by Congress and signed into law in mid-February "was not designed to work in four months - it was designed to work over two years."
Friday, July 10, 2009
What sheer madness...
New York crops hit by Irish Famine disease | Irish News | IrishCentral: "New York has been hit by Irish Famine disease.
The destructive fungal blight is wiping out tomato and potato plants across the state and much of the Northeast."
The destructive fungal blight is wiping out tomato and potato plants across the state and much of the Northeast."
A couple of lads, hitting the lane
Right now, this Reuters snap is Yahoo's top e-mailed photo for a couple of days now.
This is so worth your time
NEMS360.com - Hard boiled eggs out after Okolona woman finds ‘face’ on one: "Dot Kimble is scared of eggs, now that she’s seen a face on one.
Until a couple of Fridays ago, she loved eggs. “I was bad to eat boiled eggs and crackers,” she said."
Until a couple of Fridays ago, she loved eggs. “I was bad to eat boiled eggs and crackers,” she said."
Thursday, July 9, 2009
WARNOCK: the state of play
Mayor calls for subcontract details: "Subcontracts the county engineer negotiated with other firms over the five years he was paid about $9.5 million in fees should be made public, Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler insists.
Municipal officials in both Madison and Ridgeland unanimously approved resolutions Tuesday night calling for an audit of fees paid to County Engineer Rudy Warnock over the last five years.
District 3 Supervisor D.I. Smith last month called for a performance audit following a published report in the Madison County Journal that Warnock was paid the unusually large sum, according to some."
Municipal officials in both Madison and Ridgeland unanimously approved resolutions Tuesday night calling for an audit of fees paid to County Engineer Rudy Warnock over the last five years.
District 3 Supervisor D.I. Smith last month called for a performance audit following a published report in the Madison County Journal that Warnock was paid the unusually large sum, according to some."
Solid!
Richland awarded solid waste grant | rankinledger.com | The Rankin Ledger: "The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has awarded Richland a solid waste assistance grant of $25,635 that will be used by the city for employment assistance for a local solid waste enforcement officer."
Test-tossing party downtown!
JPD exam results to be thrown out | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger: "The results of Jackson Police Department's recent sergeant exam will be voided and the department will have to readminister the exam in order to grant promotions, the city's Civil Service Commission ruled today.
The ruling was announced before testimony before the city’s Civil Service Commission began."
The ruling was announced before testimony before the city’s Civil Service Commission began."
That's a long way from south Jackson, sez this Wingfield grad
Jackson Free Press: Jackson, Mississippi - Noise - business - faith - Reeves Lends Weight to Mosque Opposition: "A former Jackson attorney says he sees parallels between his representation of Madison citizens against a proposed mosque and the plight of his own former home in south Jackson.
'There’s no greater investment a person has than their own home,” said attorney John Reeves, who is representing Madison residents who oppose the construction of a mosque in their neighborhood along Highway 51. “People put their life savings and life’s work into their homes, and they rightly expect the character in their area to remain friendly to home-owners.”"
Also wanted to add these clips from the above report by Adam Lynch:
'There’s no greater investment a person has than their own home,” said attorney John Reeves, who is representing Madison residents who oppose the construction of a mosque in their neighborhood along Highway 51. “People put their life savings and life’s work into their homes, and they rightly expect the character in their area to remain friendly to home-owners.”"
Also wanted to add these clips from the above report by Adam Lynch:
Madison resident Rita Martinson, a state representative, is one of the possible neighbors fighting the building of the mosque. The Republican claims her opposition has nothing to do with the 5-acre plot potentially containing a Muslim church, and more to do with property values.
“We’re fighting the request to put the mosque in on the premise that it doesn’t fit in to the character of the area,” said Martinson. “Everything in that area could eventually be zoned commercially, which would make a church look awkward, and it certainly wouldn’t fit in with the agricultural farmhouses out there now....”
The Muslim Association had been scheduled for a public hearing last Tuesday, before the Madison County Board of Supervisors, to appeal the county planning commission’s denial of its zoning request. Members of the association did not show for the meeting (unlike a number of opponents to the mosque), so board members delayed the hearing on until Aug. 3.
With no certification for sewer service in that area, proponents of the mosque may approach the Mississippi Department of Health for a permit to build a personal sewage treatment plant for the 300-person building. Sewer lagoons and septic tanks are difficult to approve because a number of homes in the area still get their water from personal wells, which could come into contact with the mosque’s septic run-off.
"Hinds OKs deal with Byram"
clarionledger.com: "Hinds County will continue to provide police, fire and government services to Byram.
The Board of Supervisors voted today to make that official.
Byram, which became a city June 25, won’t start getting income until sales tax revenue is distributed by the state, Byram attorney Jerry Mills said today at a meeting with the city Board of Aldermen and county supervisors. That will happen within the next few months, he said."
The Board of Supervisors voted today to make that official.
Byram, which became a city June 25, won’t start getting income until sales tax revenue is distributed by the state, Byram attorney Jerry Mills said today at a meeting with the city Board of Aldermen and county supervisors. That will happen within the next few months, he said."
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Don't swallow old worms
Lazy Hacker and Little Worm Set Off Cyberwar Frenzy | Threat Level | Wired.com: "Talk of cyberwar is in the air after more than two dozen high-level websites in the United States and South Korea were hit by denial-of-service attacks this week. But cooler heads are pointing to a pilfered five-year-old worm as the source of the traffic, under control of an unsophisticated hacker who apparently did little to bolster his borrowed code against detection.
Nonetheless, the attacks have launched a thousand headlines (or thereabouts) and helped to throw kindling on some long-standing international political flames — with one sworn enemy blaming another for the aggression.
Welcome to the New World Order of cybersecurity."
Nonetheless, the attacks have launched a thousand headlines (or thereabouts) and helped to throw kindling on some long-standing international political flames — with one sworn enemy blaming another for the aggression.
Welcome to the New World Order of cybersecurity."
Holy wow, the Kremlin has a new chief
Miss. College prof new MPB director | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger: "Judith Lewis, a Mississippi College professor, was named the new executive director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting today by MPB’s board of directors.
The Mississippi Authority for Educational Television board unanimously approved Lewis’ appointment, said Mari Irby, MPB spokeswoman.
Lewis will succeed Marie Antoon, the current director, who plans to retire at the end of August. Antoon makes $126,000 annually."
The Mississippi Authority for Educational Television board unanimously approved Lewis’ appointment, said Mari Irby, MPB spokeswoman.
Lewis will succeed Marie Antoon, the current director, who plans to retire at the end of August. Antoon makes $126,000 annually."
It's like deja vu all over again
Barbour calls for special session-The Clarion Ledger:
Gov. Haley Barbour this morning issued a formal call for a third special session of the Legislature. Lawmakers will convene Friday to approve a budget for the Public Service Commission and public utilities staff.
How long it will take the House and Senate to agree on funding for the Public Service Commission and the related Public Utilities Staff is unclear. The state fiscal year started July 1.
Gov. Haley Barbour this morning issued a formal call for a third special session of the Legislature. Lawmakers will convene Friday to approve a budget for the Public Service Commission and public utilities staff.
How long it will take the House and Senate to agree on funding for the Public Service Commission and the related Public Utilities Staff is unclear. The state fiscal year started July 1.
Turbines for sale...cheap!
HOUSTON – Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he's looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines.
Pickens has already ordered the turbines, which can stand 400 feet tall — taller than most 30-story buildings.
"When I start receiving those turbines, I've got to ... like I said, my garage won't hold them," the legendary Texas oilman said. "They've got to go someplace."
Pickens' company Mesa Power ordered the turbines from General Electric Co. — a $2 billion investment — a little more than a year ago. Pickens said he has leases on about 200,000 acres in Texas that were planned for the project, and he might place some of the turbines there, but he's also looking for smaller wind projects to participate in. He said he's looking at potential sites in the Midwest and Canada.
In Texas, the problem lies in getting power from the proposed site in the Panhandle to a distribution system, Pickens said in an interview with The Associated Press in New York. He'd hoped to build his own transmission lines but he said there were technical problems.
Wind power is a big part of the "Pickens Plan," which was announced a year ago Wednesday. Pickens has spent $60 million crisscrossing the country and buying advertising in an effort to reduce the nation's reliance on foreign oil.
Wind power is a big part of the "Pickens Plan," which was announced a year ago Wednesday. Pickens has spent $60 million crisscrossing the country and buying advertising in an effort to reduce the nation's reliance on foreign oil.
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