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Stallman On the UK Digital Economy Bill

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-bits-for-you dept.

superapecommando submitted a blog entry written by Stallman about the UK's bandwidth initiatives. RMS says "When I read about Gordon Brown's plan to give the UK more broadband, I couldn't restrain my laughter. Isn't this the same clown now busy circumventing democracy to take away broadband from Britons who already have it? And what good would broadband do them if they're punished for using it (or even being suspected of using it)? Laying cables would be a waste of resources if people are not allowed to use them. Brown did suggest another possible use for broadband. He said that it would enable MPs to better communicate with their constituents and keep track of what they want."

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  1. Re:Better communicate?! by Thanshin · · Score: 2, Funny

    He said that it would enable MPs to better communicate with their constituents and keep track of what they want.

    So, how fat a pipe do you need for that? 100 Mb/s? 1 Gb/s?

    The answer to your question is complex and arduous to obtain, as it depends on many factors.

    The main variable, would clearly be whether, during the communication itself, the constituents would be female and naked.

  2. I don't need broadband to tell my MP what I want by obnoxio · · Score: 3, Funny

    "He said that it would enable MPs to better communicate with their constituents and keep track of what they want."

    I want them all to fuck off and die.

    Painfully, if possible.

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  3. Re:Right things, not always right reasons. by headkase · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm Gnome so maybe I'm just not enlightened yet ;)

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  4. Re:Write to your MP on the Bill by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know who 38 degrees are, but MySociety have already received government funding to make it easy to write to all of your elected representatives. So far, my MP has failed the Turing Test three times. I am tempted to run a 20-line Prolog program against him at the next election.

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  5. The real reason for more broadband...HeMP! by daemonenwind · · Score: 2, Funny

    The government in the UK is running out of public camera bandwidth. There are a lot of those cameras around, you know!

    How can you keep an electronic eye on everyone if public bandwidth is clogged by bothersome subjects pirating American mass media?
    A massive roll-out of British Broadband means Her Majesty's Peepers (aka HeMP) will be able to see all, and know all.

    HeMP for all Britain!