Re: [FRIAM] You Didn't Notice It, But Google Fiber Just Began the Golden Age of High Speed Internet Access - Backchannel - Medium

2016-03-19 Thread Nick Thompson
Barry, Can you EXPLAIN this to me. Isn't fibre-as-infrastructure what people tried to sell the City years ago? What is the business model, here? Please use very small words when explaining. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University

Re: [FRIAM] Undark: Why Science Journalism Matters

2016-03-19 Thread glen ep ropella
Most definitely. That one's going into the RSS feed. 8^) On 03/17/2016 06:36 PM, Robert Wall wrote: Also, a welcomed introduction to the UnDark digital publication. I have it bookmarked. Carl Zimmer, Rebecca Skloot, David Corcoran ... nothing but good stuff. -- glen ep ropella --

[FRIAM] Undark: Why Science Journalism Matters

2016-03-19 Thread Tom Johnson
FYI http://undark.org/article/undark-science-journalism-matters/ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com

Re: [FRIAM] Undark: Why Science Journalism Matters

2016-03-19 Thread Robert Wall
Thanks, Tom. Great article on the importance of science journalism! But, what else would you expect from Deborah Blum. Also, a welcomed introduction to the UnDark digital publication. I have it bookmarked. Carl Zimmer, Rebecca Skloot, David Corcoran ... nothing but good stuff. Cheers, Robert

[FRIAM] IMSI catchers

2016-03-19 Thread Roger Critchlow
Lovely article this, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-10/what-happens-when-the-surveillance-state-becomes-an-affordable-gadget. The LTE network was supposed to be secure against IMSI catchers like StingRays and DirtBoxes, then Harris figured out how to knock the phone back to a 2G

[FRIAM] You Didn’t Notice It, But Google Fiber Just Began the Golden Age of High Speed Internet Access — Backchannel — Medium

2016-03-19 Thread Barry MacKichan
The following blog post by a Harvard Law professor is interesting in light of the Santa Fe fiber project and Ting. --Barry https://backchannel.com/you-didn-t-notice-it-but-google-fiber-just-began-the-golden-age-of-high-speed-internet-access-67b3f775fb85#.kyv2by0yh