The Internet is unlike any other industry and therefore requires special consideration. Historical arguments about how technologically-reminiscent systems behaved and were handled and interesting and worth paying attention to, but can't be translated directly.
What makes the Internet different is that it's a collaboration: ISPs provide access to content, but the "consumers" (customers of the ISPs) are the ones who actually provide that content. I can't think of any other industry that works that way (but I'd love to hear some examples, that might provide nice insight into the issue). I suppose you might say the same about the telegraph, and telecom in general, but it doesn't line up exactly: telegraphic and telephonic (word?) content are intended for specific recipients, not general broadcast.
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I disagree with the premise that people's natural state is "robbing, pillaging, raping, and assaulting". Or at any rate, I'm not convinced. Citing the actions of people during natural disasters and blackouts is insufficient evidence, since these are extraordinary circumstances where fear may well have as much to do with their actions as simple opportunism. A more proper test would be to remove law enforcement directly, leaving everything else unchanged.
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The marketplace is a whole other story. Even if individual people's nature is not so heartless, we've certainly seen countless good examples through out history where mob mentality, social cohesion, peer pressure, etc., have brought about atrocious behavior. Add money and power to the mix, and you're just begging for a gosh dang ass raping.
In conclusion and in summary, industry regulation is pretty important in contemporary American society. For the time being at least, the Internet can be considered an industry.
You want guaranteed speed, you use DSL (time-division multiplexing). You want to take maximum advantage of the resources available, you use cable.
The only way a minimum speed can be be guaranteed is to limit the amount of traffic any given person is using. It makes sense in some situations, but for general residential Internet access, it's mostly just a waste.
That can't possible be the Tata Football Academy, so I'm assuming you're referring to the Texas Forensic Association. You're right, they're total lamers.
Alright, the "Wikipedia's report" just about knocked me down, but now you're getting inspired by Dan Brown? It would not be ironic at all if "Leonardo da Vinci is established as the author", unless perhaps the manuscript turns out to be a ridiculous action/adventure story about Dan Brown. Otherwise, it would be coincidence, at best.
The fact that there's a website called "Italian Anagram Dictionary" truly amazes me. Variation on rule 34, I guess.
Is "collelation" a word?
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The Internet is unlike any other industry and therefore requires special consideration. Historical arguments about how technologically-reminiscent systems behaved and were handled and interesting and worth paying attention to, but can't be translated directly.
What makes the Internet different is that it's a collaboration: ISPs provide access to content, but the "consumers" (customers of the ISPs) are the ones who actually provide that content. I can't think of any other industry that works that way (but I'd love to hear some examples, that might provide nice insight into the issue). I suppose you might say the same about the telegraph, and telecom in general, but it doesn't line up exactly: telegraphic and telephonic (word?) content are intended for specific recipients, not general broadcast.
<OT> I disagree with the premise that people's natural state is "robbing, pillaging, raping, and assaulting". Or at any rate, I'm not convinced. Citing the actions of people during natural disasters and blackouts is insufficient evidence, since these are extraordinary circumstances where fear may well have as much to do with their actions as simple opportunism. A more proper test would be to remove law enforcement directly, leaving everything else unchanged. </OT>
The marketplace is a whole other story. Even if individual people's nature is not so heartless, we've certainly seen countless good examples through out history where mob mentality, social cohesion, peer pressure, etc., have brought about atrocious behavior. Add money and power to the mix, and you're just begging for a gosh dang ass raping.
In conclusion and in summary, industry regulation is pretty important in contemporary American society. For the time being at least, the Internet can be considered an industry.
You want guaranteed speed, you use DSL (time-division multiplexing). You want to take maximum advantage of the resources available, you use cable. The only way a minimum speed can be be guaranteed is to limit the amount of traffic any given person is using. It makes sense in some situations, but for general residential Internet access, it's mostly just a waste.
And since TFA is totally rubbish[...]
That can't possible be the Tata Football Academy, so I'm assuming you're referring to the Texas Forensic Association. You're right, they're total lamers.
Sure nuff, it's an OTP. There, you can still amaze your friends.
And of course, there's always Qwghlmian to try to decipher.
The only mystery is how you would get someone with a practiced hand and good penmanship to slog through helping you.
I'm on it...
Alright, the "Wikipedia's report" just about knocked me down, but now you're getting inspired by Dan Brown? It would not be ironic at all if "Leonardo da Vinci is established as the author", unless perhaps the manuscript turns out to be a ridiculous action/adventure story about Dan Brown. Otherwise, it would be coincidence, at best. The fact that there's a website called "Italian Anagram Dictionary" truly amazes me. Variation on rule 34, I guess. Is "collelation" a word?