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Found this video on www.break.com. Pretty neat huh?

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I’m not really sure what to think about this… Apple friendly?

Generally, water and gadgets don’t tend to play nicely together. But I’m a fan of this wireless router/flower vase concept design from Saudi telecom company STC. With it, the router doesn’t have to be shoved away in the corner, its tangle of wires collecting dust bunnies by the pound. Now, how about a daffodil—or a cotton ball puff simulating the smoke rising out of a sector 7G’s cooling tower.

Link via Gizmodo

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It is not a good thing that more people are loosing their jobs, but this should be good for the state. All of the good people at GTA have already moved on. Not many people know about the agency, but I dare say they are the worst agency in the state of GA. Every state office I work in has nothing good to say about them. Hopefully this new deal will mean that work orders get completed in a more timely manner and that the state’s systems run smother.

Georgia outsources IT

11/21/08
From the Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has awarded a pair of big computer contracts to IBM and AT&T.

The outsourcing is expected to save the state $180 million over several years. Ninety-two Georgia Technology Authority workers will lose their jobs under the plan.

One eight-year, $873 million contract was awarded to IBM and a second five-year $346 million contract went to AT&T. Each was the sole bidder.

Gov. Sonny Perdue said Thursday that the state’s existing system information technology system wasn’t reliable and that state data was at risk.

An independent assessment of the state’s IT system last year uncovered aging infrastructure, little coordination of spending and problems in disaster recovery.

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This video is all over the internet, and everyone is pointing out hoe Sarah Palin is babbling on about nothing (poor girl). I thought it was funny that a Turkey is getting killed in the background. I did not realize what was going on at first but then…. It wont be long before PETA gets a hold of this…

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Did anyone know that 24 is back? I sure as heck didn’t. I haven’t heard anyone talking about it either. Turns out there is a 2 hour episode that is coming on Sunday night.

Filmed on location in Cape Town, South Africa, and Los Angeles, 24: REDEMPTION stars Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland along with Cherry Jones, Robert Carlyle, Gil Bellows and Jon Voight.

After sacrificing everything for his country, Jack Bauer is wanted by the U.S. government and now stands to lose the only thing he has left: his freedom. Working as a missionary in Africa, Bauer is called upon to stop a ruthless warlord from drafting innocent children into his murderous militia. First, Bauer must confront his own torturous past and face an impossible decision that will change his life forever. A decision that will set the stage and raise the stakes for Season Seven, which debuts in January 2009.

Website on fox.com

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Turbaconducken

How do you improve upon a turducken (turkey stuffed with duck stuffed with chicken)? Behold, the Turbaconducken. It’s a turducken wrapped in bacon! Bacon Today has the step-by-step recipe with pictures. Link

Found on www.bacontoday.com

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This is the Tesla Roadster from Tesla Motors:

It is:

• 100% Electric
• Goes 0 to 60 in 3.6 seconds
• 14,000 RPM Redline
• It burns no oil
• Goes 244 miles per charge
• Costs pennies per mile to operate

For more info: http://www.teslamotors.com/

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I found this at a friend of mine’s site: www.jasonalford.com It is a set from The Killers at the European Music Awards. Truly Amazing! My hat’s off to whoever pulled this off!

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After my Comcast Rant yesterday I felt compelled to post this article that I found on ARS Technica today.

Original Article: FCC inquiry on cable channel pricing heats up, then cools down

Everybody’s debating when Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin is going to leave his post. Soon? After the DTV transition? Whenever Martin takes his final bow, it looks like he’ll be in combat mode with the cable industry until the last minute.

On Tuesday, after an event at a D.C. policy think tank, Martin gave reporters a piece of his mind regarding Comcast’s response to the FCC Letter of Inquiry that asked for data on cable practices that consumer groups say cheat subscribers of TV channels.

Referring to the cable giant, Martin told Multichannel News that the firm "didn’t even answer the questions directly. They had a narrative but they didn’t even answer the specifics of the questions directly." That means that a fine could be in the offing, Martin hinted.

As Ars has reported, on October 30, the FCC sent out inquiries to almost a dozen video providers, asking them to address charges that they’re moving analog channels on basic cable over to their digital tiers. The maneuver forces subscribers to buy a new set-top box and/or a more expensive package, the Consumers Union says.

In the case of each "analog-to-digital channel change," the agency asked the companies for, among other data, the date of the change, an estimate of the number of subscribers affected by the move, the tier to which the channel was moved, whether the company reduced the rates charged to customers who lost the channel, and whether buyers of the digital tier to which the channel moved got hit with a rate increase. The FCC asked the video providers to retrieve records going back to November 1, 2006 and gave them 14 days to respond.

Gone fishing?

The National Cable and Telecommunications Association quickly cried foul, complaining on November 12 that the FCC had asked for an enormous amount of information in very little time. The trade groups’ statement warned that the letters violate the Paperwork Reduction Act and should really be understood as a Notice of Inquiry—essentially a proceeding requiring authorization of the full Commission.

"A broad fishing expedition involving substantially an entire industry is not a legitimate investigation but an information collection that is masquerading as an investigation," the NCTA statement concluded.

Comcast signed on to the NCTA protest, but has been keeping its responses to Martin pretty low key. A spokesperson for Comcast told Ars that the company’s answer to the inquiry offered an overview of the situation, but noted that it would take well over 1,500 person hours to fulfill the FCC’s data request at the level of detail that some questions seemed to require.

In response to the Consumer Union charges, Comcast says the analog transfers should be understood as part of a gradual migration to digital that will free up bandwidth for more offerings. Most of Comcast’s customers and new subscribers now go for all digital channel packages, Comcast says, and the company offers a year of free video service to consumers who sign up for another feature.

Meanwhile FCC spokesperson Rob Kenny is also trying to lower the volume on this feud. "We are not singling out Comcast," he told Ars.

But Kenny added that the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau is taking this inquiry seriously. "We are in the process of reviewing the letters to determine if they answered all of the questions," he explained. "Because the review is ongoing, it would be premature to speculate on what actions may be taken."

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This is what You Tube was made for.

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