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Commented on Funding art with "unethical" investments
Unlike gas chambers, no one is FORCED into buying cigarettes, booze,arms, porn or do a bit of gambling. These are products that are available if and only if you want them. Only an idiot can compare these things to the...
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Welcome to the new socialist America. What did you expect?...
Commented on WSJ invents fictional Net Neutrality scandal
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to auction off a portion of the airwaves for Internet use. Under the terms of the auction, the winning bidder would be FORCED to use a quarter of the auctioned spectrum to provide free...
Commented on Pope Benedict: teh internets are teh suck
This is the same medieval mentality that demanded rejection of the life-enhancing developments of anesthesia, the dissection of corpses, and birth control. The mentality whose ideal is that human life is properly lived in sacrifice to a supernatural being, and...

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IWood commented on WSJ invents fictional Net Neutrality scandal
This story in the Register from last week is related...how tangentially is probably a matter for debate: "Google cranks up the Consensus Engine." The gist of Orlowski's complaint: the impartiality of Google's search results seems to be on the verge of becoming subject to editorial, rather than algorithmic, control. Because many old-style media outlets are becoming increasingly reliant on Google to determine What People Are Talking About, this could potentially give Google an opportunity to shape the public discourse in a subtle yet fundamental way. Now, Orlowski may or may not be indulging in some paranoia here. But what really...
Falcon_Seven commented on WSJ invents fictional Net Neutrality scandal
'Blue Horseshoe' loves Google....
Arragnathor commented on Uncertainties in amateur media for 2012
I'm all for Obama. But not for taking ideas from North Korea!...
Avram / Moderator commented on WSJ invents fictional Net Neutrality scandal
Elmas @2, that "Ayn Rand Center" piece you linked to is scare-mongering propaganda. First, as Robbt pointed out, this plan hasn't been put forward by the FCC. A company called M2Z approached the FCC and asked for it. M2Z, if the plan goes forward, won't be "forced" to offer free access -- the free access is part of their business plan. The idea is they offer low-speed access for free, and higher speeds for money, and give 5% of the money to the FCC instead of paying for the spectrum upfront. Second, this plan, if implemented, won't out-compete commercial broadband,...
hipster commented on Funding art with "unethical" investments
my friend sent this to me i reblogged it on Artists Trading Stocks Markbilly.tumblr.com... If you are an artist you should be trading stocks......

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