Large land mass in the southern pacific. But it was australia incognito, this land nobody was sure nobody had found it. And then in the 18th century, nations became got into the curiosity business, and the french and the english sponsored two great explorers, one is captain cook. Actually his first name is james, but we think his first name is captain. And they then systemly explore lands of tahiti and when he gets back he publishes his travels and creates this image of a heatty of being this a heatty tahiti as lucious and free love and writing in this roman romantic era. And cook was much sterner than that. He has four great explorations of the pacific, where he goes all the way from the northwest, where he is very interested in seeing if there is a Northwest Passage in the arctic region, and then he does circumnavigate new zealand and explores the eastern side, but he also discovers the Hawaiian Islands and a series of islands where the polynesian people live. He charts, a great mapm
Their citizens faster and cheaper access than we do. The faster highspeed access comes through fiber optic lines that transmit data in bursts of laser light, but many of us are still hooked up to broadband connections that squeeze Digital Information through copper wire. Were stuck with this oldfashioned technology because, as Susan Crawford explains, our government has allowed a few giant conglomerates to rig the rules, raise prices, and stifle competition. Just Like Standard Oil in the first gilded age a century ago. In those days, it was muckrakers like ida tarbell and Lincoln Steffens rattling the cages and calling for fair play. Today its independent thinkers like Susan Crawford. The big Telecom Industry wishes she would go away, but shes got a lot of people on her side. In fact, if you go to the white house citizens petition site, youll see how fans of captive audience are calling on the president to name Susan Crawford as the next chair of the federal communications commission.
Their citizens faster and cheaper access than we do. The faster highspeed access comes through fiber optic lines that transmit data in bursts of laser light, but many of us are still hooked up to broadband connections that squeeze Digital Information through copper wire. Were stuck with this oldfashioned technology because, as Susan Crawford explains, our government has allowed a few giant conglomerates to rig the rules, raise prices, and stifle competition. Just Like Standard Oil in the first gilded age a century ago. In those days, it was muckrakers like ida tarbell and Lincoln Steffens rattling the cages and calling for fair play. Today its independent thinkers like Susan Crawford. The big Telecom Industry wishes she would go away, but shes got a lot of people on her side. In fact, if you go to the white house citizens petition site, youll see how fans of captive audience are calling on the president to name Susan Crawford as the next chair of the federal communications commission.
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