AT&T ftl

So, I use 30-60gb of bandwidth a day at home (I backup everything off site, I take lots of high-resolution photos, shoot a lot of hd video, upload 720p to my youtube channel etc)... 1 hour of netflix uses plus or minus 1gb... when we first got the internet in 95, we had 80 hours of dialup time a month for 25$ a month. I have a 2.05 mega BYTE down connection now and pay about $50.

I pay to be able to download at 2.05 megaBYTES a second. It will take me 8.32 minutes to download a gigabyte. I now have 34.68 hours of maxed out connection a month before I have to unplug my internet and stare at the wall... so realistically, even if I drastically reduce my internet usage (not to mention the 2 other people in my house) I still will only have a week, at best, of internet usage a month.

My podcast downloads alone will eat up 1/3 of that. Suicide is likely in my future *only partially sarcastic*

SRS concrete pump heading to Japan nuclear site

Doh, Chernobyl 2.0

The world’s largest concrete pump, deployed at the construction site of the U.S. government’s $4.86 billion mixed oxide fuel plant at Savannah River Site, is being moved to Japan in a series of emergency measures to help stabilize the Fukushima reactors.

“The bottom line is, the Japanese need this particular unit worse than we do, so we’re giving it up,” said Jerry Ashmore, whose company, Augusta-based Ashmore Concrete Contractors, Inc., is the concrete supplier for the MOX facility.

The 190,000-pound pump, made by Germany-based Putzmeister has a 70-meter boom and can be controlled remotely, making it suitable for use in the unpredictable and highly radioactive environment of the doomed nuclear reactors in Japan, he said.

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Could this be the biggest find since the Dead Sea Scrolls? Seventy metal books found in cave in Jordan could change our view of Biblical history

Pretty cool find, we will have to wait and see how authentic they are

For scholars of faith and history, it is a treasure trove too precious for price.

This ancient collection of 70 tiny books, their lead pages bound with wire, could unlock some of the secrets of the earliest days of Christianity.

Academics are divided as to their authenticity but say that if verified, they could prove as pivotal as the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947.

Lines of inquiry: The metal tablets could change our understanding of the Bible

Lines of inquiry: The metal tablets could change our understanding of the Bible

 

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Water balls a "deadly danger": CPSC

Heh “water walking balls” the consumer product safety commission is warning people away from them. It’s a ball your child gets in, zip up, and walk on water… you can’t unzip it from the inside…

Walking on water isn't only the stuff of Bible texts these days. It's being done all around the world and here in the U.S., thanks to a special bubble. But the federal government is now warning consumers this latest fad could be fatal.

"Early Show" Consumer Correspondent Susan Koeppen reports the Consumer Product Safety Commission is now saying these balls can lead to suffocation or drowning.

Read the CPSC consumer warning

Introduced three years ago, manufacturers say there are now more than 1,000 water balls in the United States. From water parks to backyard pools, "water walking balls" are the latest amusement craze to sweep the nation.

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