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6 months ago
in Jerry Brito - Holy crap! Marie is right! There is a resemblance. on Jerry Brito
Haha, I actually said this the day before Blago was arrested; he was wearing a black leather jacket when he went to show support for the workers at the sit-in in Chicago. I was like, "Hey, what's Nick doing showing worker solidarity? Weird."
8 months ago
in CONTROVERSIES ROCK ALF 7 - ORGANIZERS PLEDGE TO CARRY ON on The Technology Liberation Front
Harumph. You'd think if I'm allowed to be the "organizer" of your events, I'd also be allowed to post on your blog. I am, after all, a "libertarian-minded analyst working in the field of technology policy."
But it's cool. I think that one post I had that one time nearly two years ago speaks for itself.
But it's cool. I think that one post I had that one time nearly two years ago speaks for itself.
8 months ago
in Has anyone ever said “yes” to airline security questons like these? on The Technology Liberation Front
I've always wanted to go with the too-much-information approach when asked if my bags have been in my possession since I packed them:
"Well, my suitcase was by the front door while I was waiting in the kitchen for my cab. And then cab driver picked it up to put it in the trunk of the cab, but I was watching him pretty closely. But then when the suitcase was in the trunk, I couldn't see it and I can't really prove that somebody didn't tamper with it while it was back there. Then the sky-cap dude took it out of the cab while I was busy paying the cab driver, and I wasn't really paying attention, so it definitely wasn't in my possession for about 19 seconds. Shall we unpack it right here and have a looksee?"
"Well, my suitcase was by the front door while I was waiting in the kitchen for my cab. And then cab driver picked it up to put it in the trunk of the cab, but I was watching him pretty closely. But then when the suitcase was in the trunk, I couldn't see it and I can't really prove that somebody didn't tamper with it while it was back there. Then the sky-cap dude took it out of the cab while I was busy paying the cab driver, and I wasn't really paying attention, so it definitely wasn't in my possession for about 19 seconds. Shall we unpack it right here and have a looksee?"
1 year ago
in The Technology Liberation Front » Archive » Google Endorses Speed-based Prioritization - What About Net Neutrality? on The Technology Liberation Front
Of course it's this fuzzy Tim, and recently, I don't think that it's the people trying to discredit neutrality who are muddying the waters for the most part.
Our opponents--at least the loudest, most effective ones in the public debate--are the people who are still bringing up the AT&T/Pearl Jam incident and the Verizon/NARAL thing as proof positive that that there's a neutrality problem. I agree that Berin's analogy is a bit on the tortured side (though not outlandish), but Adam is right that the debate has shifted quite considerably in the last year and tortured reasoning is all the rage.
Network architecture is, unfortunately, of little consequence to someone like Art Brodsky, who can prattle on for 600 words about how AT&T censoring its own content is a step in the direction of the decline and fall of the Internet. There may be credit due to proponents of the end-to-end principle, yourself among them, but my interest in giving credit to neutrality as a political concept is nill.
Our opponents--at least the loudest, most effective ones in the public debate--are the people who are still bringing up the AT&T/Pearl Jam incident and the Verizon/NARAL thing as proof positive that that there's a neutrality problem. I agree that Berin's analogy is a bit on the tortured side (though not outlandish), but Adam is right that the debate has shifted quite considerably in the last year and tortured reasoning is all the rage.
Network architecture is, unfortunately, of little consequence to someone like Art Brodsky, who can prattle on for 600 words about how AT&T censoring its own content is a step in the direction of the decline and fall of the Internet. There may be credit due to proponents of the end-to-end principle, yourself among them, but my interest in giving credit to neutrality as a political concept is nill.
1 year ago
in ALF 5 with Special Guest Brooke Oberwetter on The Technology Liberation Front
Why do you hate freedom, Cord? Specifically, why do you hate MY freedom? *wipes tear*
1 year ago
in Well Played, Google. Well Played. on The Technology Liberation Front
Aw, thanks Harper. I thought that I had been scrubbed from the site; nice to see my one-time contribution has been kept, along with an awful picture.
