Asymptomatic

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Carrie Underwood beats George W. Bush by 100k Votes

Carrie Underwood - so-called American IdolIn the car this morning, I was struck by an interesting fact that was pointed out by one of the news “anchors”. (I can’t keep the men’s voices sorted out when listening on the radio, so I have not idea who said it.) The fact is this:

More votes were cast for American Idol than for the 2004 presidetial election. More than double.

Verizon being stupid about Fios router upgrade

I’ve had Fios installed and have been happy with it for some time now. Today’s trouble concerns an upgrade to my D-Link router. The trouble is, I don’t have a D-Link router.

This wouldn’t really worry me, but I want to know if there is some firmware change taking place in the router that my Linksys router won’t get which may abruptly cut off my access to the internet.