Scoop’s Views

When last Wednesday, October 1, rolled around, online life changed for me. It was the day that Comcast began capping bandwidth at a maximum of 250 gigs per month for each account. While it sounds like a lot, it can be used up very quickly if you buy and download software online, especially large programs, such as office suites, commercial photo and video editing packages, and if you’re involved in beta testing a product with an aggressive patch-and-update policy.

The next morning I woke up, did my normal morning routine, and when my eyes were finally caffeinated and ready to deal with life in the ether, I fired up my computer, downloaded my email, and the first email that caught my eye in the batch of 200 that I downloaded was one from Comcast. It caught my eye because the word “newsgroups” – as in Usenet newsgroups – was in the subject – and said the communications company was delivering a doubly-whammy to customers in October.

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April 4 has a couple of interesting items that have made an impact on society. One that’s helped lead mankind forward digitally, the other helped lead mankind forward, somewhat, through civil rights.

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The attorney for former high-priced Washington, D.C.-based call girl, “Kristen”, seems to have forgotten something he may have learned in law school. Perhaps he didn’t learn it, which is why he’s flapping his gums so much, basically trying to intimidate newspapers and TV news stations.

It seems this attorney, Don D. Buchwald, is trying to say the media has “thrust” — interesting choice of words, especially given his client’s employment history — into the “public glare without her consent.”

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The Vatican announced today that pollution is among sins — for a new generation — that can lead you to burn in Hell.

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