Over the weekend, a swarm of allegations hit the Internet to the effect that AT&T was blocking access to the the 4chan web site. This report from Techcrunch was fairly representative: As if AT&T wasn’t already bad enough. In an act that is sure to spark internet rebellions everywhere, AT&T has apparently declared war on … Continue reading “Another Net Neutrality Meltdown”
If the New York City Council can approve this plan, why can’t we have the same thing on our broadband networks? Updated, 9:24 p.m. | Shortly before 7:30 p.m., the New York City Council approved a measure urging state lawmakers to vote in favor of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s congestion pricing proposal. The vote was … Continue reading “New York Wants Congestion Pricing”
While I was having fun demanding my own cables to everywhere, journalist Stephen Wellman of Information Week was making the same demand, for real: I hate arguments that we as consumers are supposed to feel sorry for carriers when users start absorbing more bandwidth. Sorry, Comcast (and other service providers), get more bandwidth. Cable MSOs … Continue reading “Demagogues Counterattack, Freedom Hangs in the Balance”
Here’s a piece of earth-shaking news from the I told you so department: AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – New Internet TV services such as Joost and YouTube may bring the global network to its knees, Internet companies said on Wednesday, adding they are already investing heavily just to keep data flowing. Google, which acquired online video sharing … Continue reading “Google gets clue: Internet not fit for TV”
No big surprises so far: Lieberman beats the Kos Kids, DeWine and Santorum lose, and the other key Senate races are too close to call. The ones I’m watching are the toss-ups: Rhode Island, Virginia. Missouri, and Montana. It looks like CNN Elections 2006 has the best coverage. UPDATE: CNN calls RI for Dems, so … Continue reading “Election results”
Bill Moyers is the ordained Baptist minister who was LBJ’s Chief Propagandist during America’s descent into the Viet Nam quagmire. He made a name for himself by pushing Joseph Campbell’s loopy theories about the alleged universality of mythology on PBS and giving a megaphone to voices on the lunatic fringe of American politics such as … Continue reading “Bill Moyers and the Mythology of the Internet”
I used to spend a lot of time in the Indian state of Kerala, so this article in Salon by Andrew Leonard caught my eye: Richard Stallman must be sleeping well this week. Eight years ago, I accompanied the free software pioneer on a visit to the Bill Gates-funded computer science building on the Stanford … Continue reading “Free Software Communists”
Whoopee! Moveon.org, the organization that was started to protect Bill Clinton from the consequences of lying to a Grand Jury, is on the warpath to promote the idea that lying to a Grand Jury really is a big deal after all. So what’s going to be more fun, liberals changing their tune about lying, or … Continue reading “Now the fun starts”
Lest we forget, Castro’s good buddy Hugo Chavez has essentially dared the US to invade his sorry country: The U.S. government has strongly denied Chavez’s claims that it is considering military action against Cuba’s closest ally in the Americas. But Chavez said late Monday that the U.S. government, which “won’t stop caressing the idea of … Continue reading “Chavez to US: Bring it on!”
Scotland Yard deals with a terrorist: At Stockwell Station, armed officers opened fire on the suspect after he hurdled a ticket barrier and raced along a platform. Police screamed at passengers to evacuate and are thought to have shot the suspect as he stumbled on to a train. My haiku for the occasion: [Redacted out … Continue reading “Dealing with terrorists”
