Do It Yourself has always been the basic mode for most householders. The big box ' hardware ' purveyors are doing well in the economic pinch that afflicts the once middle class.
This one is for the books. I'm listening last night to the BBC ' Science Hour ' or somesuch. In a valley in Cumbria , England , the people of Loon are installing their own fibre optic internet service.
They dig and bury the mains and supply cables to participating households , its all volunteer labour. BT or their cable provider wanted approx. $ 600 / foot to install FOC. The Loon-ites are doing the job for $8 /foot.
One lady interviewed while using the internet claimed the upload speed to be 600 Mbs. I know all about Mbs from my fiasco w/ hotspot. Dial-up speed was 42 Kbs prior to fibre optics. Thats DIY
Apparently , in certain parts of Asia and Europe , arsenic leaches into the well water. In Pakistan , some quotes have 40 - 60 % of the population prone to arsenic poisoning. In China , estimates have 30 % of wells contaminated.
World by the numbers
guarding the unguardable
10 000 U.S. border agents in 2004
21 394 agents in 2012
370 % increase in fencing on the border w/ Mexico
46 billion dollars recently allocated to border security
3.5 illegals / border officer / year
When questioned authorities could not verify numbers of people crossing into the U.S. illegally Oops. ( Seemed to fit , here )
I'm back to playing on line craps. In my ' Play Craps like the Pros ' DVD , the commentator has the house edge at 1.4 % , if you play his way. I think he's misplaced that decimal. ' Experts ' ? say ,if you can beat the computer then you can do better live. What a crock.
This craps is like gambling , real gambling. Oh well , they're compting us for our Sept fiasco in Salamanca. I know put the gas money aside , so you can drive home.
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