CurrentEvents – Page 60

UPDATE: Viacom Bandwidth FTW

Wow. And, I was downloading two Unix ISOs while conducting the test. 1098516931.png (300×135). UPDATE: The latency (ping value) is ridiculous. My WLAN connections are often less responsive. I guess this is a perk from sharing a pipe with GameTrailers.

Chinese Leaders Surprised by Fighter Test During Gates Visit

That’s not good. The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said when Secretary Gates asked about the test during a meeting with President Hu Tuesday afternoon, “it was clear that none of the civilians in the room had been informed.” All we can do is hope there isn’t some vast communist conspiracy toContinue reading “Chinese Leaders Surprised by Fighter Test During Gates Visit”

Putin Orders Russia to Switch to GNU/Linux

Vladimir Putin (pictured) has instructed the Russian federal government to begin adopting open source platforms in favor of Windows. Maybe this will cut down on the sizes of the botnets working out of Eastern Europe. open…: Putin Orders Russian Move to GNU/Linux

HRH Prince Charles Jostled in London Protest

“… attacked by protesters in central London demonstrating … car was attacked by protesters on the way to their engagement at the London Palladium this evening, but Their Royal Highnesses are unharmed”. via Prince Charles’ car attacked by London protesters | Reuters.

CIA Linked to Accusations Against Wikileaks Founder

This is one of two women in Sweden making accusations. She has written and published at least two anti-Castro opinion pieces on this bizarre Swedish Cuba Libre website http://www.miscelaneasdecuba.net – a brief look at which makes me think the whole website – as well as the organization supporting it – may, in fact, be the resultContinue reading “CIA Linked to Accusations Against Wikileaks Founder”