Comments on: Morning Cup of Links: CERN and the Internet

By: Chad Cloman

Chad Cloman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:29:59 +0000

The question isn’t whether we can make the internet faster (that’s the easy part); rather, it’s whether we can make the internet faster over the existing phone and cable infrastructure.

By: Fireball

Fireball — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:49:44 +0000

I also have one of these diseases – Addison’s disease. The article makes it sound a lot worse than it really is. It’s not like if someone came up behind me and said “boo” I would die. I’ll be on medication for the rest of my life, and I’m a little mellower than I used to be, but I don’t need people to tiptoe around me so I don’t get frightened.

By: Mary Sue

Mary Sue — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:28:39 +0000

Ha! Not only have I heard of most of those diseases, I have one! I have mild prosopagnosia. I recognize people by their voice and their posture/walk/gestures. Identifying people from photographs is nigh impossible for me.

Another aspect of prosopagnosia is that I cannot guess how old someone is by looking at them.

By: kate

kate — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:30:41 +0000

You guys, it’s a ribbon!

Sad that it takes higher food prices for people on the coasts to even give a crap what happens in the middle of the country. I don’t think the catastrophic flooding alone would have gotten their attention that way. Still, perhaps the silver lining is that they may learn that the middle of the country actually serves a purpose and is not just there as an annoying span of ground for them to fly over on their cross-country flights.

“Woodhaven gropings” Sounds creepy.