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Listed below are comments made by Gordon Johnson between Thursday, 30th October 2008 and Thursday, 13th November 2008.

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The role of citizen journalism in modern democracy 1:07pm on 13 Nov 2008 I don't have a mobile phone. I don't text. But I do have a computer with broadband connection, and involve myself in newsgroups on various subjects.
The Internet is full of websites that are out of date, are very selective in what they cover, or are just plain wrong in what they say. The BBC news at least is up to date, fairly accurate (though inclined to be London and England-centric), and interesting; but I get maddened at the repetitive news clips that cycle over and over again - one expects that with all the filming that goes on, you surely have more than 20 seconds video of any event.
Gordon Johnson,
Wick, Caithness
Two go mad in Silicon Valley... 11:55pm on 30 Oct 2008 Last week I read in our local newspaper that a data centre is being planned for Caithness, to be powered (and cooled) by cheap power from tidal energy in the Pentland Firth.
The other suggestion was that the surplus heat could be used to heat greenhouses growing vegetables, etc.
Let's keep up the positive approach to the technical problems facing us.

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