The nature of the Internet is that all of the ISPs rely on each other to create the value of their individual services.
Even without network neutrality, a two-tier internet would likely never occur. For it to happen, all of the backbone providers (yes all, not just some) would have to enter an agreement to provide the second high speed lane and share compensation for it (sound familiar?). If any network decides not to enter the agreement, no premium rate traffic crossing their network would see any benefit. This greatly reduces the value of the premium lane.
The only thing I'd be worried about without network neutrality is that services like Vonage would likely get blocked by the telcos to prevent competition. Not that some of them aren't already trying to do that.
I threw my name in Yahoo people search and it came back with 10 results, none of which included me. I've thrown my name in google and there was plenty of results, but again mostly referring to other people. There's even a myspace page by somebody else with the same name.
Recruiters should be cautious to make sure that when they are investigating somebody, the information they find really is about the right person. The world is a big place and the internet is accessible from just about anywhere so it's just about guaranteed that there are other internet users with the same name as you.
Now if there's photos of you on myspace, then they will know it's you. And you will deserve everything you get.
This is working through the correct channels. They are not suing the Bush adminstration for constitutional violations, therefore congress does not need to be involved. They are suing AT&T for violating a federal law that is supposed to protect the privacy of their customers.
If the NSA has probable cause to get the phone records of a specific person, they can easily get a warrant in very little time. If they don't have probable cause, then they shouldn't be wasting their resources on that person.
And if you think the NSA's actions are prefectly legal, you need to read this.
If the monitoring of phone communications by the government is allowed, it definitely will be abused for political reasons. Neither republicans nor democrats have a squeaky clean record in terms of abuse of government security precautions. Since 9/11, many of the leaders of the lesser political parties have been flagged at airports as possible security risks. They weren't flagged because they were threatening, but because of their political positions.
If the president can't do his job without violating the rules of due process, he should step down and let somebody more competent do the job. The president's first priority should be to protect our freedoms. His second priority should be to keep us safe. Not the other way around.
"Why don't they go and tell the oil companies what they should charge for their damn gas?"
The government doesn't tell the ISPs what to charge for internet access. The ISPs are welcome to raise their prices if they feel like it. But if they do, they will have to face the reality of competition on a free market.
Network neutrality isn't about price fixing. Network neutrality is about making sure everybody who pays for an internet connection has an equal connection in terms of latency and priority.
And really, if AT&T started slowing down their customer's connections to Google, I think AT&T would take a lot more hurt from the customers switching providers than Google would take from the slow down.
"Hmm... so how come MS spent so much time & effort lobbying Mass. in an attempt to derail their attempts to implement OpenDocument?"
If I had to take a guess, the right hand is clueless about what the left hand is doing and vice versa. Except in this case we have a company that has 15 hands ignoring each other and putting out their own press releases.
Computer parts is one market where having variety can be just as important as having the lowest price. Not everybody is looking for the same thing. Wal-mart doesn't have the space to offer many options.
I doubt they will put a dent in the market share of online stores like Newegg.
"The United States of America (USA) is a REPUBLIC, not a DEMOCRACY."
democracy
n. pl. democracies
Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
A political or social unit that has such a government.
The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
Majority rule.
The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Some people need to open a dictionary once in a while. The only real difference between a republic and a democracy is in the spelling.
But I'll agree with you. On the short term it doesn't matter much what the people think. Congress makes the decisions. But on the long term, if they want to keep their jobs, they better at least pretend to be listening.
I have relatives that are not computer literate. But when they visit a website by typing in its URL and they see a site that isn't what they were expecting, they know to check the spelling of the URL. As far as they are concerned, it's like dialing a wrong phone number.
It seems to me that Microsoft is wasting resources on something that isn't really necessary.
Too bad it's too late to patent "filling a hot, brown liquid (coffe, hot chocolate) in a paper cup"
Actually, with the patent office's current lust for money, I'm pretty sure you could get them to approve that. And if that doesn't work, just take it to a patent lawyer and they'll word it obscurely enough to make it pass.
1. Worldwide internet communication allows large numbers of international friendships, dampening public support for all geopolitical war.
We can only hope.
2. Cheap connectivity makes government propaganda impractical in every country.
I'm not sure if anything can make propaganda impractical. Where there's a will, there's a way (and somebody will always desire power).
3. Nearly all software becomes free, as the impracticality of selling infinitely copyable material becomes evident.
I'm sure Microsoft can throw enough money at congress to prevent this, although it won't happen until they see a very serious threat of this happening. As for convincing the people to follow it, see #2.
4. Pop culture dies for the same reason, and is replaced by amateur arts and culture
Yay indie movies!
5. AIDS vaccine is found, triggering second sexual revolution
I think too many people are aware of the world population growth problem for this to happen in some countries, but what do I know.
6. Tech advances too fast for traditional college to keep up. Other methods of training become more prominent.
I think votechs are already making their way into the picture. Over the internet training will start having more potential as IPTV becomes more popular.
7. Privacy dies. Morality becomes more utilitarian as "public face" becomes impossible
I hope not. Some things simply don't belong in the public knowledge.
Of course, none of what I just said will happen for the simple reason that I said it.
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The nature of the Internet is that all of the ISPs rely on each other to create the value of their individual services.
Even without network neutrality, a two-tier internet would likely never occur. For it to happen, all of the backbone providers (yes all, not just some) would have to enter an agreement to provide the second high speed lane and share compensation for it (sound familiar?). If any network decides not to enter the agreement, no premium rate traffic crossing their network would see any benefit. This greatly reduces the value of the premium lane.
The only thing I'd be worried about without network neutrality is that services like Vonage would likely get blocked by the telcos to prevent competition. Not that some of them aren't already trying to do that.
I threw my name in Yahoo people search and it came back with 10 results, none of which included me. I've thrown my name in google and there was plenty of results, but again mostly referring to other people. There's even a myspace page by somebody else with the same name. Recruiters should be cautious to make sure that when they are investigating somebody, the information they find really is about the right person. The world is a big place and the internet is accessible from just about anywhere so it's just about guaranteed that there are other internet users with the same name as you. Now if there's photos of you on myspace, then they will know it's you. And you will deserve everything you get.
The real problem is some ISPs are realizing the Internet can be used to compete with some of their other services, such as telephone service. Some ISPs have already been caught trying to block Vonage.
The Internet was paid for with tax dollars. Everybody should benefit from it, even if that means your competitors can use your portion of it.
The more you tell people like this it can't be done, the more likely they'll go out and do it.
They should be making them in the U.S. manufacturing industry!
Also known as Taiwan.
This is working through the correct channels. They are not suing the Bush adminstration for constitutional violations, therefore congress does not need to be involved. They are suing AT&T for violating a federal law that is supposed to protect the privacy of their customers.
If the NSA has probable cause to get the phone records of a specific person, they can easily get a warrant in very little time. If they don't have probable cause, then they shouldn't be wasting their resources on that person.
And if you think the NSA's actions are prefectly legal, you need to read this.
If the monitoring of phone communications by the government is allowed, it definitely will be abused for political reasons. Neither republicans nor democrats have a squeaky clean record in terms of abuse of government security precautions. Since 9/11, many of the leaders of the lesser political parties have been flagged at airports as possible security risks. They weren't flagged because they were threatening, but because of their political positions.
If the president can't do his job without violating the rules of due process, he should step down and let somebody more competent do the job. The president's first priority should be to protect our freedoms. His second priority should be to keep us safe. Not the other way around.
And this is another example of how corporate America controls the government.
4 million Americans die of smoking. The government barely pays attention.
Traffic accidents kill 400,000 people. The government still barely pays attention.
A couple big towers containing offices for many big corporations fall. The government goes wacko.
The government doesn't tell the ISPs what to charge for internet access. The ISPs are welcome to raise their prices if they feel like it. But if they do, they will have to face the reality of competition on a free market.
Network neutrality isn't about price fixing. Network neutrality is about making sure everybody who pays for an internet connection has an equal connection in terms of latency and priority.
And really, if AT&T started slowing down their customer's connections to Google, I think AT&T would take a lot more hurt from the customers switching providers than Google would take from the slow down.
I'm wondering how long it'll be before IBM hunts down prior art for all of SCO's patents.
If I had to take a guess, the right hand is clueless about what the left hand is doing and vice versa. Except in this case we have a company that has 15 hands ignoring each other and putting out their own press releases.
Revision3 also distributes their shows on bittorrent.
If they did this, Vista might actually be worth the money.
Computer parts is one market where having variety can be just as important as having the lowest price. Not everybody is looking for the same thing. Wal-mart doesn't have the space to offer many options.
I doubt they will put a dent in the market share of online stores like Newegg.
democracy
n. pl. democracies
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Some people need to open a dictionary once in a while. The only real difference between a republic and a democracy is in the spelling.
But I'll agree with you. On the short term it doesn't matter much what the people think. Congress makes the decisions. But on the long term, if they want to keep their jobs, they better at least pretend to be listening.
You still can. The patent office is notoriously good at ignoring prior art.
I've seen this happen on an older version (think Windows 3.1) of Paint Shop Pro. Except I had a much higher number than 1200 come up.
News media usually focuses on the exception, not the norm. Besides, I find clusters interesting.
Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.'s?
Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.
Is it just me or does it seem like their competitors would have to be morons to implement this (not to mention pay licensing fees for the patent).
If Philips wants to make a very quick exit from the television making business, I think they found the way.
My ISP limits me to 512Kbps download and 256Kbps upload so they don't have much to worry about.
I have relatives that are not computer literate. But when they visit a website by typing in its URL and they see a site that isn't what they were expecting, they know to check the spelling of the URL. As far as they are concerned, it's like dialing a wrong phone number.
It seems to me that Microsoft is wasting resources on something that isn't really necessary.
Actually, with the patent office's current lust for money, I'm pretty sure you could get them to approve that. And if that doesn't work, just take it to a patent lawyer and they'll word it obscurely enough to make it pass.
If that's the only solution, we're all doomed.
Ooh... raid starting.
And it may force Everquest players to have a life again.
We can only hope.
2. Cheap connectivity makes government propaganda impractical in every country.
I'm not sure if anything can make propaganda impractical. Where there's a will, there's a way (and somebody will always desire power).
3. Nearly all software becomes free, as the impracticality of selling infinitely copyable material becomes evident.
I'm sure Microsoft can throw enough money at congress to prevent this, although it won't happen until they see a very serious threat of this happening. As for convincing the people to follow it, see #2.
4. Pop culture dies for the same reason, and is replaced by amateur arts and culture
Yay indie movies!
5. AIDS vaccine is found, triggering second sexual revolution
I think too many people are aware of the world population growth problem for this to happen in some countries, but what do I know.
6. Tech advances too fast for traditional college to keep up. Other methods of training become more prominent.
I think votechs are already making their way into the picture. Over the internet training will start having more potential as IPTV becomes more popular.
7. Privacy dies. Morality becomes more utilitarian as "public face" becomes impossible
I hope not. Some things simply don't belong in the public knowledge.
Of course, none of what I just said will happen for the simple reason that I said it.