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Shunting the FCC To the Slow Lane
An anonymous reader writes "Following the FCC's proposal a couple weeks ago to allow an internet fast lane, a group of activists has come up with a fun counterproposal: force the FCC itself into the slow lane and see how they like it. They write, 'Since the FCC seems to have no problem with this idea, I've (through correspondence) gotten access to the FCC's internal IP block, and throttled all connections from the FCC to 28.8kbps modem speeds on the Neocities.org front site, and I'm not removing it until the FCC pays us for the bandwidth they've been wasting instead of doing their jobs protecting us from the "keep America's internet slow and expensive forever" lobby.' The group has published the code snippet that throttles FCC IP addresses, and they encourage other web admins to implement it."
I love it. :D
This will only have its intended effect if adopted by all porn sites.
So now you know what porn is good for.
Prove anything by multiplying Huge Number times Tiny Number
If ip in set(FCC) {
... speed = slow
... permanently overprint "Welcome to your new, non-neutral, net"
}
else {
... for 10 seconds overprint "We're slowing the FCC, you should too"
... speed = fast
}
davecb@spamcop.net
Naw, just make them use beta all the time.
Yeah, it's hard to find good Republican biased news these days. Haven't heard a thing about Benghazi or the IRS scandal or how much Obama hates America in at least 3 seconds. FUcking dems.
This is just too cruel.
The FCC is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, unless you slow it to modem speeds.
Cyberterrorism
Well, it has my PC shaking with fear.
No, wait. That's just a bad power supply fan. Never mind.
Have gnu, will travel.
But... how would the Comcast user notice the difference? :P