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A Look at Technology Legislation for 2006
segphault writes "Ars Technica provides some insight into technology legislation scheduled for congressional review in 2006. From the article: 'Congress plans to cover some important tech issues in 2006 [...] like digital communication, intellectual property law, and computer security. [...] Patent reform is also on the menu. Industry groups have requested that the government allow them to participate in the patent review process, and some legislators have discussed imposing stricter constraints upon patent related injunctions..'"
Jus think Skype. If big operators and telecoms have to say what can be done without any rescrictions, soon there will be no Voip, except what they want to offer.
After all the operators are the bridges which connect customers to other bridges that form the internet.
Do we want to allow some troll to block our way and tell how and which way we can walk in the bridge?
I don't, but if nothing is done, that's where it will end. Because even operators have to make a buck, and that's the easiest way. And they have a point that when they say they've put money to infastructure that others use, unfortunately.
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows has the trouble seen me, even I sometimes wonder why I write these line
The "No Child Left Behind Act" can and will never be implemented correctly in this nation. One of its main issues is the fact that it holds the teacher directly responsible for how the children do on "Standardized" tests. If you were a teacher and had the monetary future of your school on your back, not to mention the Principle, fellow teachers and parents what would you do? Teach to the test. Great, so we end up with a nation of students that know how to pass a single test and a bunch of teachers who know they can do better, but have to have the financial future of their school in mind. It needs to go.