Struggling TelOne, the main government owned ISP in Zimbabwe, has had it’s internet access slashed to a fraction of the previous bandwidth by satallite provider IntelSat.
The fascinating backstory centres around the lack of foreign currency, in a country where world-leading 1200% inflation has destroyed the local currency, and political nervousness is destroying trade. 70% unemployment along with fuel and food shortages mean that TelOne has a near-impossible mountain to climb – but they are fighting back by lobbying the government for permission to charge in foreign currency, and even branching out into farming and export to raise the currecy to pay their bills.
Zimbabwe’s Net crawls due to unpaid debt | Tech News on ZDNet
Title says it all. Japanese art seller can’t decide between auction houses, so orders the game.
Money really can buy anything.
The New York Times > Arts > Art & Design > Rock, Paper, Payoff: Child’s Play Wins Auction House an Art Sale
Very cool rocket jump type thing. Reminds me of Robot Wars…
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Interesting example of heavy-handed do gooders missing the point.
