Comments on: Net Neutrality - Phooey!

By: Roberta

Roberta — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:05:54 +0000

Perhaps easier to pronounce, but they are “Mortons The Steakhouse” with no comma.
I work for an ad agency and we were doing an event invitation that was being held at a Mortons and the back-and-forth on this (to comma or not to comma) was endless.
Such is my life. Try not sweating the small stuff.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:49:53 +0000

Who’s not to say that your blog won’t be for gold members only? I’m rooting for you but will need you to give me a coupon/free pass as all my spare money these days is going into cute leg warmers, books, & moving into my new castle. (see my new post for more details on that!)

By: Non-Highlighted Heather

Non-Highlighted Heather — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:02:40 +0000

Morton’s has better steak. And it’s easier to pronounce. Plus, their sommelier is hot!

By: Roberta

Roberta — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:43:33 +0000

Er…It’s “Ruth’s Chris Steak House. Sorry, but it is.
Nance, you wrecked my rant, but it’s still a dumb name.
Neil, thanks for taking the time to research the backstory.

By: 2nd Pearl Past the Post

2nd Pearl Past the Post — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:01:00 +0000

The US population isn’t the world but is large and is a major content producer for Canadian’s idle surfing needs.

I look at all the porn sites that shut down from US threat or legislation. That affected Canada. Now we have to outsource to Europeans, or so I’ve heard.

If the US became non-neutral net, we’d be in the grey legal area of illicit programming like for unregulated satellite dishes.

Canadians could hack top tier content and set up alternate underground feeder networks back into the US. This could be a money maker for Canada.

By: BA

BA — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:04:48 +0000

My personal favorite is the quotation from Ted Stevens (R-AK), who is the chairman of the committee that governs the Internet, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. He not-so-eloquently stated:

“And again, the Internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes.”

Proving senility is a prerequisite for the position of Senate Pro Tempore (remember, only three heartbeats away…)

And with that kind of understanding of the issue, who wouldn’t have faith the Internet is in good hands?

By: V-Grrrl

V-Grrrl — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:34:11 +0000

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By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:14:03 +0000

Jeff — I don’t even understand what you wrote. But I think this issue is a little easier to understand. I think consumers are used to a unrestricted internet that is pretty much the same anywhere you go. And since my service, like my cable, is pretty much a monopoly where I live, how do I know that Time-Warner isn’t going to give special attention to their internet affiliates while slowing down their competitors or slow down Citizen of the Month after I make fun of their latest HBO movie.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:45:29 +0000

It's hard for non-technical people to get their panties in a bunch over something like this. Anyone remember the Clipper Chip and its respective legislation. At the time it was introduced, relatively few people understood the ramifications. How about Microsoft's Paladium/TCPA initiatives or the CBDTPA and the SSCA bills, both of which were killed in committee.

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:23:13 +0000

I actually watched that video and thought it was pretty cute.

And sorry, finished the spaghetti for dinner.