{"id":923,"date":"2010-03-12T21:13:51","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T02:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/923"},"modified":"2010-03-12T21:13:51","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T02:13:51","slug":"government-fail-2-0-requiring-java-for-a-broadband-speed-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/923","title":{"rendered":"Government Fail 2.0, requiring Java for a broadband speed test?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, you\u2019ve got to freakin\u2019 kidding me. Of all of the 3rd party plug-ins to require, someone thought requiring Java was the best choice as a <a href=\"http:\/\/broadband.gov\/\">government sponsored broadband speed test<\/a> technology?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/broadband.gov\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/image4.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fail.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I uninstalled Java quite a long time ago (finally). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, you\u2019ve got to freakin\u2019 kidding me. Of all of the 3rd party plug-ins to require, someone thought requiring Java was the best choice as a government sponsored broadband speed test technology? Fail. 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