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here ya go :)

This is the one I was talking about
http://www.internetofthefuture.org/

but here is another gem :)
http://www.dontregulate.org/

this rather sounds like a particularly inept attempt to rehash an argument I've heard before from... somebody...

http://www.internetofthefuture.org/

mmm... pipes... tubes... somebody used a crib sheet and still failed the quiz.

A few weeks ago, I saw this an ad for this flash cartoon on slashdot:

http://www.internetofthefuture.org/

I was curious, seeing it was a big banner saying "the FUTURE of the INTERNET." Not your normal banner asking you to buy stuff. So I clicked it.

Turns out its a whole lot of propaganda from the ISPs. However, it explains the whole net neutrality in a way which kinda is total bullshit. For one, it uses the same traffic jam analogy that the senator used. And while it does use trucks and cars, it also does call "net neutrality" a "dumb pipe", which would also explain how this guy got the idea of tubes. Hes probably knows more about plumbing than networking, which would explain how he would equate the two.

I seriosuly reckon this guy has watched that movie... it would explain where he got his warped ideas from. The question begs tho, if him trying to explain what he saw in that movie creates sparks, why doesn't that movie itself create sparks? Why on earth was slashdot accepting money for showing that movie? I'm not trying to defend the senator here... hes a dumbass for trying to explain something based on a flash propaganda movie when he is in his position. However, he is a good representative of the majority of people.

I know that realistically it doesn't matter what the people think, but theoretically American politics is based on the people's ideas (at least as far as I know, I could be an ignorant Australian). However, with movies like that being made by the telco industry, it would seem to me that even *if* the senator knew what he was talking about, the people would probably make the same decision as him anyhow - not many people are tech saavy enough to see where that movie goes wrong. Writing to politicians is always a good idea, but maybe an even better course of action in this case would be to figure out a way to pwn the telco industry for their deceiving propaganda?

http://www.internetofthefuture.org will cause Joe Sixpack (and congress) to say "oh I get it, they need more 'lanes', you know 'truck lanes', car lanes', diamond lanes', for all the new Internet media stuff that I want. Wow the telcos really do have a problem."

In reality it's ALL ones and zeros, so all this BS about 'lanes' is just that - you pay for how many ones and zeros you handle. And how can one zero be worth more then another (or one 1 for that matter).

Why would one 'type of 1' need a special 'lane'? can one '1' be distinguished from a different '1'?

No but big pocket companies can easily be differentiated between - so their 1's should cost more. What total crap.

This ad (seen by me running on /. yesterday) caused me to make a donation to the EFF.

just seeing it again today checking 'preview' for this post made me go donate some more money to the EFF.

If you care you might consider the same thing, and let your Representatives know how you feel and stress that it's a delivery system for 1's & 0's, not 'lanes' for differing traffic.

/rant

just wanted to add in the url the ad was linked to..

http://www.internetofthefuture.org/

There is currently an advertisement on slashdot that is very clever. It's a flash animation saying "To see the future of the internet". If you follow the link www.internetofthefuture.org you'll see a cartoon advocating the people to rise up and protest against the net neutrality bill. It's a very misleading cartoon, yet entertaining. There's no credits or contact info associated to this ad, and at one point they even boil the argument down to an issue of "the people" vs. "the government".

This banner ad can be found at the top of the slashdot home page (hit refresh many times)

There is currently an advertisement on slashdot that is very clever. It's a flash animation saying "To see the future of the internet". If you follow the link www.internetofthefuture.org you'll see a cartoon advocating the people to rise up and protest against the net neutrality bill. It's a very misleading cartoon, yet entertaining. There's no credits or contact info associated to this ad, and at one point they even boil the argument down to an issue of "the people" vs. "the government".

This banner ad can be found at the top of the slashdot home page (hit refresh many times)

The bad guys can make cartoons too.

The bad guys can make cartoons too.