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19 November 2002

According to a UN report summarised by the BBC, the number of Internet users in Asia and, encouragingly, Africa rose by more than 40%, and in Latin America and Europe the number rose by 33% in 2001. In North America the number only rose by 10%, perhaps indicating that there is a plateau of interest which Europe will start to reach soon.

Of course, this probably over-states the importance of the Internet to non-English speaking people and the developing world – my guess is that the average American Internet users uses the Internet a lot more than the average African one because of the greater amount of relevant content and lower relative (and absolute) cost.stroke 2 ringtone8100 sprint ringtoneringtones 24 phone mobile ctu3595 free polyphonic nokia ringtonefree ringtones for crickets absolutely149 south barrington7250 nokia polyphonic ringtone freeadult proof download rington Mapfree nude moviesnude movie trailersand young older porn moviemovie pantyhose clips pantyhose moviesmpegs movies pantyhosemovie free hilton parismovie paris sex hiltonsheel pumping high pedal movie Map

America’s Homeland Security department is lobbying to gain Total Information Awareness
about its citizens, blending government databases with the vast sources of commercial data available on you. The good news? If there is eventually a backlash by citizens afraid of government abuse of their privacy it may also at last cause people to fight back against pervasive data gathering by commercial companies in America.

You know those Switch to Apple ads? Well some’s done a John’s Switch to Canada one. It’s no I’m Canadian but it is amusing nonetheless.

I suppose I could do a “Switch to England” ad but 1) it would be very un-English to do one (just as it is un-Canadian to beat that drum) and 2) I quite enjoy being Canadian sometimes…