http://jonathan-neil.com musings, rants and raves Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:44:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WHOA! Intel settled with AMD to settle a legal battle over what AMD says are sketchy sales tactics. Despite the announcement of the settlement, Intel still has to deal with the antitrust charges filed by AMD to several governments. The biggest of these is in Europe. Regulators fined Intel a record $1.45 ... http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=41 This is really cool. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Unabridged Version"][/caption] The guy who did this must have had a lot of time on his hands. Or maybe he just likes to look at statistical data and show people what it translates to. Either way, it is really cool. http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=39 Nobody can deny that the Internet has changed the way we look at things. It has also changed the way we learn. Just think, it's only been around for almost 26 years now, and there are about 109 million web sites and the amount of actual web pages has got ... http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=36 According to the Communications Workers of America (CWA), America ranks 28th in the world in internet connection speeds. Who is leading the pack? South Korea is. And with a whopping 20.4 mbps! That's 4 times faster than the US average - 5.1 mbps :(  Next in line is Japan with ... http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=33 Ok, when I have done a search for myself in Google, I couldn't tell you where I am in the rankings. But on a whim, since I know that Acesse is starting to produce some excellent results, I checked my name. Lo and behold I am on page 11! Big ... http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=23 I may be one of those "ineffective bloggers" that so many people write about. They get upset because you don't post every day, or pictures don't show up or your links don't work. Geez. In my defense, I am pretty busy. I am sure that anyone would agree that when ... http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=21 Came across this story on one of my favorite websites. This has probably gone by mostly unnoticed by much of the worlds population. Here is the caption: Eight major undersea Internet communication cables cut in 2008: We most definitely do live in interesting times We certainly do...check out the story here. This brings ... http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=19 The world has said goodbye to a true American Pop Culture Icon, Bettie Page.  Bettie became the most well known and recognized pin up model in the 1950's. As luck would have it, Bettie was discovered one day in October by an amateur photographer. Shortly after, her image began appearing ... http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=14 Wow. This place is insane. I can understand why people either love it or hate it. Me, I love it already - I've only seen a small portion of this city. The shuttle driver told us that Flushing, which is where we are, is like "second China Town"  The streets ... http://jonathan-neil.com/?p=3