It was my understanding that the Telecommunications Act of '96 already did that. In fact, ATT Broadband (nee ATT Cable, nee TCI) already offers digital phone service to customers in my area which traditionally was only Verizon (nee GTE). That means that the market is already open. We just have to make sure that they don't all merge and make the 1996 law obsolete.
Maybe someone should patent the space fungus' process and when MIr releases it onto the planet the owner could sue anyone whose stuff was infected for violation their ip rights. DC, BT, and Amazon should scope this one up quick!
Verizon owns half of the west coast too since they were Bell Atlantic (Northeast) and GTE (northwest, midwest) before the merger. So I agree, something needs to keep them from gouging everyone.
This editorial reminds me a great deal of one of my favorite books on the state of American Politics, Government's End by Jonathan Rauch. It builds upon a theory develepod by ecomist Mancur Olsen in the 1960s about how interest groups build upon each other. The books website notes:
"Over time, slowly but inexorably, interest groups accumulate in society and defend government programs that, once entrenched, never go away. As the government's arteries clog, it loses the flexibility to adapt to a changing world and solve problems."
This is a great read for anyone who agrees with Katz's premise that American politcs have stagnated, but doesn't believe it is politics that has come to an end. Rather it is larger than that; it is Government's End. The parties almost identical centrist positions are merely a reflection of this reality within the electoral process.
It scares me that big corporations would agree to allow the NSA to place these backdoors into their software, especially with the very bad press this would generate if the rumors were ever substantiated. How much do you think Mirosoft is payed or what informaion are they given acess to in exchange for this service?
It seems to me that the real question is whether digital covergence can be held accountable for the actions of others even though they themselves are surely partly to blame. My point is that DC didn't send you the device. Wired & Forbes did. It's a fine line, but in court these kinds of lines can be very powerful, especially when the law hasn't caught up to the technology. The counterargument would of course be that DC obviously lobbied and won Wired & Forbes' support for this technology and got them to send it out free for them. Another fine line that may give support to the view that the cue:cat was unsolicited merchandise, but since no one has seemd to mention the first point I thought I'd bring it to your attention since it does give DC a possible leg to stand on if they were dumb enough to go after some hackers in court.
I'm glad that even in the misery that these shows seem destined to reap upon us, someone has figured out how to make a buck off those who fain dislike and secretly can't get enough of it.
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Irregardless of your critisim, the OED lists irregardless as the humorous form of regardless.
It was my understanding that the Telecommunications Act of '96 already did that. In fact, ATT Broadband (nee ATT Cable, nee TCI) already offers digital phone service to customers in my area which traditionally was only Verizon (nee GTE). That means that the market is already open. We just have to make sure that they don't all merge and make the 1996 law obsolete.
Maybe someone should patent the space fungus' process and when MIr releases it onto the planet the owner could sue anyone whose stuff was infected for violation their ip rights. DC, BT, and Amazon should scope this one up quick!
Verizon owns half of the west coast too since they were Bell Atlantic (Northeast) and GTE (northwest, midwest) before the merger. So I agree, something needs to keep them from gouging everyone.
"Over time, slowly but inexorably, interest groups accumulate in society and defend government programs that, once entrenched, never go away. As the government's arteries clog, it loses the flexibility to adapt to a changing world and solve problems."
This is a great read for anyone who agrees with Katz's premise that American politcs have stagnated, but doesn't believe it is politics that has come to an end. Rather it is larger than that; it is Government's End . The parties almost identical centrist positions are merely a reflection of this reality within the electoral process.
It scares me that big corporations would agree to allow the NSA to place these backdoors into their software, especially with the very bad press this would generate if the rumors were ever substantiated. How much do you think Mirosoft is payed or what informaion are they given acess to in exchange for this service?
It seems to me that the real question is whether digital covergence can be held accountable for the actions of others even though they themselves are surely partly to blame. My point is that DC didn't send you the device. Wired & Forbes did. It's a fine line, but in court these kinds of lines can be very powerful, especially when the law hasn't caught up to the technology. The counterargument would of course be that DC obviously lobbied and won Wired & Forbes' support for this technology and got them to send it out free for them. Another fine line that may give support to the view that the cue:cat was unsolicited merchandise, but since no one has seemd to mention the first point I thought I'd bring it to your attention since it does give DC a possible leg to stand on if they were dumb enough to go after some hackers in court.
Probally because the underwear gnomes are cleaning your keyboard over it.
I'm glad that even in the misery that these shows seem destined to reap upon us, someone has figured out how to make a buck off those who fain dislike and secretly can't get enough of it.