Don't underestimate social flexibility. Society is also perfectly capable of freaking out upon discovering that AIs are safer than human drivers, flipping on a dime, and calling for an immediate ban on human drivers.
(...if they're large enough for age discrimination laws to apply, acting on that sentiment is illegal)
Not if they're discriminating against younger people. In the U.S. federal age discrimination laws only protect older people from discriminating in favor of younger people, and generally explicitly allow the reverse. This is in line with the primary purpose of government (as divined from analysis of actual spending) as transferring wealth from younger to older people.
For one thing it would outlaw ISP business models that filter by content, such as walled gardens for children, Christians, Muslims, atheists, liberals, conservatives, etc. As in meatspace, there are good -- and potentially profitable -- reasons for building walls in cyberspace.
It's true the Republicans got in and killed the fairness principle that said that broadcast media had to be fair and balanced as part of the agreement that they can license the 'publicly owned' airwaves, and presto, Fox "News".
Fox News is on cable. It doesn't use the airwaves. It is not regulated or licensed by the FCC. It would therefore not have been subject to the Fairness Doctrine.
if that happens i'll have to file a bug report
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So now I've got Wine running Cygwin which is running Wine which is running Cygwin, etc., down to 37 layers deep, after which it hangs. I've heard that if I get to 42 layers it will rip a hole in the space-time continuum and collapse the black hole that contains our universe. I'm guessing that would be a bad thing.
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Dude, alt-D and chill.
Don't underestimate social flexibility. Society is also perfectly capable of freaking out upon discovering that AIs are safer than human drivers, flipping on a dime, and calling for an immediate ban on human drivers.
(...if they're large enough for age discrimination laws to apply, acting on that sentiment is illegal)
Not if they're discriminating against younger people. In the U.S. federal age discrimination laws only protect older people from discriminating in favor of younger people, and generally explicitly allow the reverse. This is in line with the primary purpose of government (as divined from analysis of actual spending) as transferring wealth from younger to older people.
HOW does net neutrality hinder profits ?
For one thing it would outlaw ISP business models that filter by content, such as walled gardens for children, Christians, Muslims, atheists, liberals, conservatives, etc. As in meatspace, there are good -- and potentially profitable -- reasons for building walls in cyberspace.
It's true the Republicans got in and killed the fairness principle that said that broadcast media had to be fair and balanced as part of the agreement that they can license the 'publicly owned' airwaves, and presto, Fox "News".
Fox News is on cable. It doesn't use the airwaves. It is not regulated or licensed by the FCC. It would therefore not have been subject to the Fairness Doctrine.
So now I've got Wine running Cygwin which is running Wine which is running Cygwin, etc., down to 37 layers deep, after which it hangs. I've heard that if I get to 42 layers it will rip a hole in the space-time continuum and collapse the black hole that contains our universe. I'm guessing that would be a bad thing.
The car is rigged for just about every conceivable communications band including FM, UHF, VHF, HF, and WTF.
Phone home?
Krugman is no psychic. He didn't exactly see the financial meltdown coming in advance...
That's not fair. Krugman predicted 11 of the last 3 recessions.