That's exactly my point!! As the Internet becomes the defacto standard of communication, most people seem to LACK the basic intelligence required to make any sound judgment, and they are all seemingly very willing to turn the main communication channel over to the government. I wonder what would happen when a state or city-provided Internet medium will be used to expose state or city corruption. How long do you think that will be tolerated?
I don't understand why you guys are all so bent on the government providing internet access for people? Have we all not learned that the government can rarely do anything right? Has anyone thought the whole thing through, such as the long-term cost of maintaining the infrastructure, the security implications, legal liability, children exposure to pornography, illegal activity, etc? What does it cost to hire qualified people to maintain the whole thing, perform repairs, etc?
And why is the government better at doing it than a private corporation? The government controlling your internet access is not the way to go. You are just asking for trouble, from any perspective you want to name. Freedom of speech, security, online well-being of children, financial losses, increased taxes, etc. What jackass bureaucrat will dictate what websites you can and cannot go to, or what kind of traffic you can and cannot put on the network?
Hehe, but we haven't had one in what 2 or 3 years! We are doing pretty well! And my antenna is hiding in the attic...protected by a solid 3/8 inch of american-made plywood!
These are good points - i bet you anything, 5 years from now, Kyoto will be history. Europe's economy is already in shambles, growing at what, 1.5% a year? German's economy growth actually went negative this quarter!
And I am supposed to take advice from these guy on how to grow economically? No thanks!
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That's exactly my point!! As the Internet becomes the defacto standard of communication, most people seem to LACK the basic intelligence required to make any sound judgment, and they are all seemingly very willing to turn the main communication channel over to the government. I wonder what would happen when a state or city-provided Internet medium will be used to expose state or city corruption. How long do you think that will be tolerated?
I don't understand why you guys are all so bent on the government providing internet access for people? Have we all not learned that the government can rarely do anything right? Has anyone thought the whole thing through, such as the long-term cost of maintaining the infrastructure, the security implications, legal liability, children exposure to pornography, illegal activity, etc? What does it cost to hire qualified people to maintain the whole thing, perform repairs, etc? And why is the government better at doing it than a private corporation? The government controlling your internet access is not the way to go. You are just asking for trouble, from any perspective you want to name. Freedom of speech, security, online well-being of children, financial losses, increased taxes, etc. What jackass bureaucrat will dictate what websites you can and cannot go to, or what kind of traffic you can and cannot put on the network?
Hehe, but we haven't had one in what 2 or 3 years! We are doing pretty well! And my antenna is hiding in the attic...protected by a solid 3/8 inch of american-made plywood!
Hey now...Xenia is not too bad. High taxes, sucky local government, crappy roads. What more could I ask for?
As long as they bring their measurements tables with them, I don't foresee any problems. heheh
These are good points - i bet you anything, 5 years from now, Kyoto will be history. Europe's economy is already in shambles, growing at what, 1.5% a year? German's economy growth actually went negative this quarter! And I am supposed to take advice from these guy on how to grow economically? No thanks!
It's a starting point.
A joke is a starting point?