Temporal anomaly
At the Senate hearing into the ZTE broadband deal, Senator Nene Pimentel asked this question: “Ano ba ang broadband? Can somebody explain this in layman’s terms?”
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September 20th, 2007 at 20:33
i died when i heard this one!
September 20th, 2007 at 22:35
I guess di rin nya alam ang Google ano? hehehehe. LMAO!!!
September 20th, 2007 at 23:43
Maybe Sen. Pimentel can get together with his US Senate counterpart Ted Stevens to even figure out what the internet is all about. Talk about ignorance.
For your reading pleasure:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes
September 21st, 2007 at 00:15
hehe well at least he was nice enough to admit his ignorance…
September 21st, 2007 at 08:44
someone forgot to do his homework… tsk tsk tsk…
September 21st, 2007 at 09:59
This is just to point out that Ted Stevens is a Republican, Episcopelian, Senior Senator from Alaska.
Nene Pimintel, of course, is currently a friend of Erap.
Go figure.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:07
Pfsh! Senator Pimentel knows what broadband is. He asked the question for the sake of those watching on TV who dont. (The hearings were shown live on the government station channel 4.)
September 21st, 2007 at 10:18
Oh, and btw, on the ‘series of tubes’ thing: it’s a metaphor. The senator basically was painting a picture for his constituents. Geeks, especially alpha geeks, feel superior over non-geeks, which sometimes makes them anti-social. It was the geeks who blasted the senator for his metaphor. They wanted only the technical definition. They dont get metaphor at all. :-D
September 21st, 2007 at 17:17
Since Cecile cross-posted your entry, get a load of some of the comments!
erwtensoep wrote:
He’s probably still using Wordstar and Dos.
During Senate recess, he watches betamax and plays Game & Watch.
bryanboy wrote:
even my 90-something year old lola knows how to boot a computer and go to skype video and chat with my aunts in the US.
she got this nigerian scam email a few years ago with loi estrada’s name on it.
lola: alam mo ba kung sino nagemail sa akin at bibigyan daw niya ako ng pera?
me: sino?
lola: si loi estrada!
me: lola scam yan huwag ka maniniwala sa mga ganyang emails
lola: siyempre naman. sinong maniniwala na si loi ang nagemail e baka hindi marunong magcomputer yun!
September 21st, 2007 at 18:17
Here in Davao there was a resolution submitted for consultation by the Sangguniang Panglungsod banning WiFi because it proliferates pornography. The resolution was supposedly authored by an ageing councilor.
September 27th, 2007 at 08:10
@#7 jeg: AGREE! This is the most likely reason.
Don’t be an age-ist. Discrimination against old people. Tama ba iha?
September 27th, 2007 at 18:10
i tried watching the news thru TFC.
i think one of my arteries burst (again!)
i can’t stand it when they (politicians) started talking in english and they can’t even express themselves.
why would they want a broadband in the first place?
i think i need an advil.
October 1st, 2007 at 19:41
As a line in a new action fantaserye goes, “NILUSOB NA NG MGA KUUMA (‘kumag’, to serve our purposes) ANG PLANETANG EARTH!!!”.
Well, most of them landed on the senate.