Except for the 250mph cars and city domes, just about everything else from the snippet above is possible (video conferencing + tablet PC - even cars communicating with each other has already been tried). Haven't read the rest of the piece yet, though.

shouldn't we also be questioning why AT&T -- a content delivery provider -- is taking it upon itself to do this at all. Shouldn't it be the content creator's job to determine the proper rights management controls (I'm not advocating blanket DRM rights here).

Transferring the control to AT&T at the network level is kind of like letting the highway maintenance and DOT workers enforce speed limits.

As for what traffic gets to use AT&T's networks...its plays out the same way. We don't let DOT workers determine which vehicles are acceptable for highway use, again that's for law enforcement to manage.

Cory, Thanks for pointing the way to the story - I can't seem to find the actual document in any of the links.

The only relevant website I could find ( http://internet-bill-of-rights.org/en/ ) doesn't have anything either.

Although I guess the second par. of your quoted text says "...will have to be set up..." so I imagine that the actual document is yet to come. Anxious to see it when its out.

Its great to see an image of the earth that doesn't default to the North-is-up view. Kind of like these maps (hope that HTML link works)

Check out the chapter in Jonah Lehrer's book "Proust was a Neuroscientist" dealing with memory. Its a great piece of writing that weaves together some of the science behind the creation and recollection of memories with Proust's very prescient thoughts on memory - surfaced through his text "Rememberance of Things Past"