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Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:52 pm to Paige
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frick
What a great word..
Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:54 pm to glassman
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What a great word.
frickin'- What the frickin'.
frick.
Who the frick fricked this fricking
How did you two fricking fricks
frick!
Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:56 pm to Paige
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frick
Not to worry m'lady. Your secret is safe.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 9:04 pm to Breesus
frick.. Milk Bsr is great...
Posted on 4/30/14 at 9:08 pm to glassman
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quote: frick What a great word..
I'm kinda digging the word Fracking.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 9:13 pm to jmcs68
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I'm kinda digging the word Fracking.
Frack this.. frick is much better.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 9:32 pm to Duckie
I'm as about as one of the most pro free market and pro capitalism guys you will ever meet on this site and I support net neutrality. The Internet isn't exactly something you can get from any store. There's only a few players in the game and they want to restrict the flow of free information and speech to blow up their profit margin. I may support capitalism and a free market but when there are so few options that are also crony capitalist and the gov't is as big and powerful as it is right now; as much it pains me, I support net neutrality.
SFP, I am one in the same with you regarding private property rights and feel like they should be protected but in this instance where the Internet is such an important part of society, I know this is necessary to protect that and that's how I feel until we can make gov't as small as possible and we wouldn't have a need for something like net neutrality and crony capitalists wouldn't be interested in using gov't power because there's nothing there.
SFP, I am one in the same with you regarding private property rights and feel like they should be protected but in this instance where the Internet is such an important part of society, I know this is necessary to protect that and that's how I feel until we can make gov't as small as possible and we wouldn't have a need for something like net neutrality and crony capitalists wouldn't be interested in using gov't power because there's nothing there.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:05 am to SlowFlowPro
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i am inviting an open discussion. your discussion is: either you accept that the alternative to NN is the worst possible scneario, or you're wrong. that's it. no evidence. nothing. WPS or NN. /fin
I provided evidence, which you ignored. And you are not, in any way, inviting open discussion. You have made up your mind on the topic based on your political positions, and you absolutely refuse to think about the consequences of the end of net neutrality. You believe that government involvement is wrong in all cases, and you refuse to believe that regulation (done properly) will help consumers and actually foster a healthy free market. You are more interested in labeling me a liberal than you are in actually thinking about the problem and the solution I support.
quote:South Korean government regulates the owners of broadband lines, forces them to share their property (and get paid for it), and forces an open network. Result is the most advanced broadband in the world, with very competitive prices, extreme competition, and many choices for consumers.
while i am asking us to think about possibilities and *gasp* wait for evidence to see how it develops. you reject evidence
Cable TV subscriber numbers have recently begun dropping, and that rate is accelerating. Now they are lobbying furiously to be able to discriminate against certain traffic on their networks. I wonder what they plan to do?
ISP lobbyists have already won limits on municipal broadband service in 20 states. They seem to be so excited about competition that will beat them with more consumer-friendly service!
But yeah, you're right, we should just sit back and watch. Maybe the ISPs will actually provide quality service at competitive prices, in an environment completely devoid of any competition. Because that's what businesses do.
quote:I am open to discussing this with people who can provide a reasonable argument as to why giving a handful of corporations complete control over the content that consumers are able to access can possibly be a good thing. I haven't decided that people must agree with me or they're wrong. I have decided that your reasons for disagreeing with me have not been thought out, and are pathetically weak.
you aren't interesting in a discussion or a process of critical thinking. you have decided people must agree with you, or they're wrong. this is the height of irony in a thread about innovation moving forward
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:17 am to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
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It is much, much better for government to regulate a business, than for that business to regulate millions of others. That is just a simple fact. I'm sorry your anti-government mind can't understand that.
I'm sorry your economically ignorant mind can't understand that.
Another one arguing with pictures? Awesome.
Please, with words, explain why it is preferable to allow a business to decide which other businesses live and die. Not by providing a better product/service, or by competing in any way, but by simply deciding that they don't want a particular company to survive and flipping a switch. This is a situation where HighwayCorp owns all the roads, and they decide that people driving Fords can no longer use their roads. Ford is shite out of luck, and so are their millions of customers. But frick it, right? HighwayCorp owns the roads, and they don't want Fords on them. What are you gonna do, eh? I guess we have to buy that new model that AutoCorp (sister company of HighwayCorp, obviously) just came out with.
frick, man. You right wing types don't like it when government is the right answer to a problem, do you?
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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you can stream videos at 5 MB/s.
i did it for years
Oh, that's wonderful. How about when 4k streaming becomes common? Because, you know, the proposed "rules" are phrased such that degrading service to particular sites won't be allowed, it's just that providing extra fast service to particular sites will be allowed. But what's the fricking difference? There is none, because where technology is concerned, no progress is the same as degrading. Wheeler left the door wide open to lock in today's speeds as a perpetual standard of service, effectively degrading it into the future, while the fast lane big boys will see upgrades to the quality of service they are able to deliver to customers.
quote:This type of bullshite is not helping your argument, either. You don't need to be a god damned clairvoyant to figure out the most profitable way to do business as an ISP monopoly with the ability to shape traffic as they see fit.
again. please give me this week's powerball numbers. after a few weeks, i'll build a new fricking internet myself
Posted on 5/1/14 at 6:50 am to Korkstand
Korkstand
I was going to weigh in again but he's made my arguments very well on this page already.
In particular the one about giving att and comcast the right to decide which businesses will live or die.
Slo you can't possibly argue that giving comcast the right to decide what kind of data is allowed over what is essentially a power line is a good thing can you?
By that logic electric companies should be able to shut down power to your HVAC if they decide you're running it too much or the water company can shut off water to outside spigots since you're using it to water your lawn instead of for drinking.
Maybe the gas company should charge you extra if you're using gas preparing a meal for someone who doesn't live at your address.
I was going to weigh in again but he's made my arguments very well on this page already.
In particular the one about giving att and comcast the right to decide which businesses will live or die.
Slo you can't possibly argue that giving comcast the right to decide what kind of data is allowed over what is essentially a power line is a good thing can you?
By that logic electric companies should be able to shut down power to your HVAC if they decide you're running it too much or the water company can shut off water to outside spigots since you're using it to water your lawn instead of for drinking.
Maybe the gas company should charge you extra if you're using gas preparing a meal for someone who doesn't live at your address.
This post was edited on 5/1/14 at 6:52 am
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:35 am to Duckie
Just another example of corporate america imposing their agenda on us, will of the people be damned.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 10:52 am to SlowFlowPro
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and you don't understand innovation, b/c barriers are exactly why innovation occurs
i feel you don't understand how innovation works or comes about. it's not when things are easy and abundance exists
Your thought process is truly innovative, I'll give you that.
Decades ago, there were barriers to the free flow of information, and the internet was the innovation that brought those barriers down. That led to countless innovations made possible by the open exchange of ideas and data. Are you seriously suggesting that putting those barriers back up could lead to more innovation? And you accuse others of intellectual dishonesty?
Sure, barriers just beg to be knocked down through innovation, but if we don't put artificial barriers up to begin with, there is no need to innovate past them, and instead those efforts can be put toward real innovation.
It's as if you can't think past the tip of your nose, because your head is lodged so far up your own arse.
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