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- The <strike>Four</strike> Five 'Net Freedoms
- In February of 2004, then FCC Chairman Michael Powell gave a speech in which he outlined four 'Net freedoms. David Isenberg who wrote the famous paper on the Rise of the Stupid Network has excerpted the four freedoms and Powell's explanation for easy reference. The...
- Tags: silo, Net Freedoms, Net
- Blog posts 2005-08-19
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- Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development
- You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- mySQL founders fork on the post-Oracle future
- paranoia againi remember paranoia when sun bought openoffice and mysql...look they are still here!!!and oracle bought sun...people will be paranoid for some time, and than that story will go to oblivion just like any other paranoid story in open source world.Oracle must commit 1 billion for MySQLand also 5 billions...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Microsoft confirms SMB2 vulnerability, warns of code execution risk
- Feel free to delete this Ryan.ThanksIsn't it about time we stop playing nice andfind these people who create such an endless stream of blank and do a bit of Vlad the Impaler on them? Catch em... give them a fair trial (I want to be certain we publicly impale...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., SMB2, Microsoft Windows Vista, vulnerability, beta
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards
- Never mindI was going to put something here, but I felt that I would simply be attacked for pointing out that Bush and Obama are more alike than they are dissimilar with regards to personal freedoms.It might just be possible...... that after Obama was sworn in he was shown classified...
- Tags: Obama, Bush, new safeguard, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-28
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?Not at all.Yes, it is going to be a necessity but it will never be a right. In my opinion, this goes along with the whole "Is health care a right" ordeal. Neither of these are rights. They are both almost absolutely necessary but no...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, INTERNET, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, broadband connectivity
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Net access no fundamental right
- News.com's Matt Asay finds much to mock in European Commission head Viviane Reding's argument that Internet access is a human right (quoting Matt here: "Microsoft Word document, which is really very ironic") The fourth element I would like to underline is the recognition of the...
- Tags: Internet Access, Freedom, Matt Asay, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Grid spyware: Deregulation bites us again
- Grid spyware: Deregulation bites us againHow long did it take...For stop signs to be posted at intersections after the automobile came into use? Red lights? Speed limits? Look both ways before you cross?I am mystified at the apparent lack of any common sense about the digital reality...
- Tags: Regulations, SECURITY, deregulation, spyware
- Discussion threads 2009-04-08
- U.K. ISP bans Internet Wayback Machine
- U.K. ISP bans Internet Wayback MachineAnd this is why governmental censoring is BAD...Dont get me wrong I'm all for keeping child porn off the net and CERTAINLY off my computer - but is an ISP censor really necessary? One would think in this day in age, we can catch the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Vertical industries, Internet Wayback Machine, Internet Service Provider, child pornography, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-01-14
- At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming
- At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warmingMaybeGeorgie was confused and thought he was in China, . . the "from" was probably his nod to them, . . . though aren't they just second place? Oh well, pollution control is within each persons' grasp to impact...
- Tags: global warming, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Over WiFi at DIA, free speech is DOA
- SI model Jessica Gomes, if you must know. Our own Maggie Reardon expands on a Denver Post story that notes the Denver International Airport has chosen to block Wi-Fi access to such sites as boingboing.net, the website of Vanity Fair magazine, and even the web link to...
- Tags: Sports Illustrated, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Judge slams FBI fishing expedition at Amazon
- Judge slams FBI fishing expedition at AmazonWhat about Amazon keeping the info?The article would be more balanced if it said something about what information Amazon keeps about its customers, for how long, and what limits it places on what can be done with that information.Kudos to Judge CrockerThere are times...
- Tags: Federal government, Retro, Amazon.com Inc., expedition, FBI
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Comcast, BitTorrent and spam spam spam
- Comcast, BitTorrent and spam spam spamFYIThe link is to an Associated Press story verifying the existance of the BitTorrent filter on the Comcast network. The test was done by sending out The Bible via BitTorrent -- it's only a 4.24 Mb file.Complete story athttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination_testsAP tests Comcast's file-sharing filter[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination_tests]FYI[/url]RE: Comcast, BitTorrent...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, INTERNET, Peer to peer (P2P), BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., spam, spam spam spam, OpenPGP
- Discussion threads 2007-10-20
- Libertarianism and its discontents
- Libertarianism and its discontentsCare to explain our Somalia like government in the beginning?Our greatest expansion of economic growth was under a weaker central government during the 19th century. We did not need subsidies back then to implement the infrastructure like we seem to need now. Ron Paul raises some good...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Socialism, Libertarianism, government, discontent
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- China's censors tighten grip on Net
- China's censors tighten grip on NetIt's amazing in 2007 that this still exits...NTRE: China's censors tighten grip on Netyou know in this day and age of great freedoms of the press and freedom of speech its to bad that one of the most populated contries on the planet is still...
- Tags: censor, Socialism
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- iPhone firmware 1.1.1 released; breaks everything
- iPhone firmware 1.1.1 released; breaks everythingMessage has been deleted.Haha - Go Windows MobileThere are some nice Windows mobile 5/6 PDAs with VGA screens out there like the Fujitsu C550/560.Ya it's not a iPhone/iPod Touch, but at least it's a real computer and MS lets you install software!!!!!!!!!!RE: iPhone firmware 1.1.1...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., firmware
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
- Bush Administration tells Internet advocates to vote Democratic
- Bush Administration tells Internet advocates to vote DemocraticWhat in the world makes ........ you think it would be any different with a Democratic Whitehouse. You Bush haters are so blinded by that hatred you can't see the truth when it is right in front of your face. The...
- Tags: Net Neutrality, Bush Administration, Internet
- Discussion threads 2007-09-07
- Your thoughts on net neutrality
- The Department of Justice has indicated that broadband providers are entitled to charge a premium price for a premium service. Here's the DOJs key point from the filing: The Department submits, however, that free market competition, unfettered by unnecessary governmental regulatory restraints, is the best way...
- Tags: Net Neutrality, U.S. Department Of Justice, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- Judge deals blow to Patriot Act
- Judge deals blow to Patriot ActWell ... DUH!"In addition, he said, the law's attempt to limit judicial review 'offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers' and 'reflects an attempt by Congress and the executive to infringe upon the judiciary's designated role under the Constitution.''Course,...
- Tags: Regulations, USA PATRIOT Act
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrights
- Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrightsI totally agreeThat's why I pretty much flip off the MPAA and RIAA. They've been hitting us over the head for so long for [I]their rights[/I] with frivilious lawsuits, that what does it matter? We have fair rights, but with this bought and paid...
- Tags: copyright law, immigrant
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
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