Is it cloudy where you live?

Some last thoughts about cloud computing

This picture was compiled by NASA a few years ago and shows which parts of the world have sufficient money/infrastructure to keep the lights on at night and which ones are not there yet.

 

Compared with this one which shows global facebook connections.

 

I would submit that there is a high correlation between lack of lighting and people logging onto to facebook. More interesting are places that have lights but no facebook. Some have regulations which prevent access to the service, others just don't seem to be interested in it.

What I really want to know though is how people in the Philippines are powering their computers.

The REAL danger democratising public policy

Exhibit 1: NASA asked the world what to name the new wing of the international space station.  The world respond: Colbert.
 
Exhibit 2:  The City of Austin, Texas, asked citizens to vote on a new name for their Solid Waste Services Department.  The overhwhelming response? The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and the Arts, with almost 30,000 votes to date.  (Fred Durst is the frontman of the much-mocked 90s rock band Limp Bizkit).  (H/T Reuben's friend Hannah's friend Jon)
 
- sezflom