Welcome to the 21st Century!

According to Speakeasy's Speed Test, I'm running at 1,320 kbps download and 325 kbps upload.  Just a slight improvement over my 5 kbps dialup connection.  Video skyped my buddy in Wales and that seems to be working pixelated free and the audio was solid. 

So now I'll have even less of a real world social life.  If that's possible.  At least people won't give me that look when I tell them I still use dialup.  :)

I think I'll enjoy this for a bit before I end up munging it in my effort to set up a local network.  Old switches and routers a-gogo.  Maybe time to go wireless too.  <sigh>  Whatever happened to the 2400 bps bliss of a DOS prompt with a shell account?   :)

Welcome to the 21st Century!

According to Speakeasy's Speed Test, I'm running at 1,320 kbps download and 325 kbps upload.  Just a slight improvement over my 5 kbps dialup connection.  Video skyped my buddy in Wales and that seems to be working pixelated free and the audio was solid. 

So now I'll have even less of a real world social life.  If that's possible.  At least people won't give me that look when I tell them I still use dialup.  :)

I think I'll enjoy this for a bit before I end up munging it in my effort to set up a local network.  Old switches and routers a-gogo.  Maybe time to go wireless too.  <sigh>  Whatever happened to the 2400 bps bliss of a DOS prompt with a shell account?   :)

"Bomb"? What Do You Mean "Bomb"?

With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto fresh on our minds, and with all the horrible possiblities that might come out of that act, this bit of nuclear history seems appropriate to recall.  When is a nuclear bomb not a nuclear bomb?  When a Baghdad Bob kind of political spinmeister tells you it's not. 

Nuclear power, the gift that just keeps on giving.

India's 'Peaceful Bomb' - CBC Archives - 20 May 74 (audio clip)

"An uninvited guest has joined the nuclear club, and fingers are pointing at Canada. On May 18, 1974, India detonates a 12-kiloton nuclear explosive in the Rajasthan desert. It was built using plutonium from a research reactor donated by Canada in 1956. The explosion prompts fierce criticism of Canada's nuclear exports, and a wall of excuses from officials in both Canada and India. Canadian officials say they couldn't stop it. India denies it was even a bomb."

"• The nuclear device was built using plutonium obtained from the 40-megawatt Cirus research reactor, a gift from Canada. It was donated under the Commonwealth "Colombo Plan" aid program, which sought to promote economic and social development in South and Southeast Asia.

• The gift helped pave the way for future reactor sales: Canada sold India two Candu reactors (in 1963 and 1966), and India now has a number of Candu clones."

"Bomb"? What Do You Mean "Bomb"?

With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto fresh on our minds, and with all the horrible possiblities that might come out of that act, this bit of nuclear history seems appropriate to recall.  When is a nuclear bomb not a nuclear bomb?  When a Baghdad Bob kind of political spinmeister tells you it's not. 

Nuclear power, the gift that just keeps on giving.

India's 'Peaceful Bomb' - CBC Archives - 20 May 74 (audio clip)

"An uninvited guest has joined the nuclear club, and fingers are pointing at Canada. On May 18, 1974, India detonates a 12-kiloton nuclear explosive in the Rajasthan desert. It was built using plutonium from a research reactor donated by Canada in 1956. The explosion prompts fierce criticism of Canada's nuclear exports, and a wall of excuses from officials in both Canada and India. Canadian officials say they couldn't stop it. India denies it was even a bomb."

"• The nuclear device was built using plutonium obtained from the 40-megawatt Cirus research reactor, a gift from Canada. It was donated under the Commonwealth "Colombo Plan" aid program, which sought to promote economic and social development in South and Southeast Asia.

• The gift helped pave the way for future reactor sales: Canada sold India two Candu reactors (in 1963 and 1966), and India now has a number of Candu clones."