Bookmarks for September 3rd

Some additional reading September 3rd from 22:16 to 23:02:

  • That’s it – They are trying to lose – "You know what’s fun? Googling ”McCain doesn’t know”. I first picked up that this was a tactic when McCain claimed he didn’t know if condoms could prevent the transmission of HIV. At what point, I realized that if you asked him, “Will this apple I’m holding fall to the ground should I let it go?”, he might plead ignorance while wondering to himself, “Fuck, are the fundies now denying the theory of gravity? Is that why I’m getting this question?”
  • Keep Streaming Videos, the Tubes Are Fine: Report Finds – "Pay no attention to rumors that the internet is getting full: the internet can eat 50 eggs.

    In fact, over the last 12 months, international net bandwidth in backbone grew 62 percent, while internet traffic grew only 53 percent and filled only 43 percent of the tubes' capacity at peak times, according to a new report released by bandwidth-monitoring firm TeleGeography."

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