nytimes.com — "Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the Web in 1989, envisioned a platform on which everyone in the world could communicate on an equal basis. But his vision is being threatened . . ."
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twinklyjesusMay 29, 2006
MrWashy:If not us then who? Russia? China? Japan? The EU? Yes, the EU, there is a shining example of free market economy...NOT! Um, I would continue the list, but shortly I would hit third-world econcomies... France, I forgot France. Damn, strike 5.
twinklyjesusMay 29, 2006
OK, so when you can't defeat the argument, attack the person? You still lose.BTW, no one said we were a true democracy. We've never been. We are a democratic republic, totally different ideology. Not bad for someone who "argues like a preteen."
rsims17May 30, 2006
its not a complex issue, if you don't like the terms and price and all the small details of your ISP, then change and to all you people that say you cant your ignorant (20 to 1 odds i get like a -35 for that one). your ignorant because if you can look up you can get broadband <a class="user" href="http://www.direcpc.com/">http://www.direcpc.com/</a> if you don't like them use your cable provider, if you don't like them deal with dial up, if you don't like them try dsl if your in range, if you don't like them try <a class="user" href="http://www.wildblue.com/index.jsp">http://www.wildblue.com/index.jsp</a> if you don't like them <a class="user" href="http://www.starband.com/">http://www.starband.com/</a> if you don't like them <a class="user" href="http://www.skycasters.com/">http://www.skycasters.com/</a> see options. you just don't want to open your eyes to them and be a consumer and let your money speak by going to another ISP you want everyone to change to how you want it instead of finding the one that offers what you want. so please try to tell me you don't have a choice, google it and if you cant access google cause you claim your ISP is filtering and blocking and all that BS try the yellow pages, those things we used to use way back when. oh yea if you cant see the sky cut down some tree's if your a hippie then deal with dial up cause you don't matter. sorry for the piss poor grammar, I'm an engineer not an English prof. on that note I'm done, thank you to the few people that got to read this before it gets s**t on.
diggduggjoeMay 30, 2006
Are there any projects that would allow private wi-fi to turn into a full network? Aside from the back bone, is there any way a packet on one wi-fi LAN be routed to another one, say across town. I would believe there is not a way today, but is there any ideas how that can be done. The backbone could be encrypted over established lines, but the user end will be filtered by the corporate world. I suppose we all could begin using TOR, but that still puts us in battle with the ISPs, in addition to it being slow. I have tried freenet, too. I literally age visibly waiting for that content. We need another network, something we can piece together as users without kissing the ass of the RIAA, MPAA, MS, NSA, CIA, or whatever. Ideas?I suppose wi-fi could be jammed, but at that point we will know we are at war with a fascist regime.
genghis1May 30, 2006
Despite what the uninformed and ignorant masses think, a tiered Internet is good for consumers.
streetstealthMay 30, 2006
(mod down please... system error!)
taotehueMay 30, 2006Submitter
You could set up a direct microwave connection at both ends. This is similar to how news agencies sometimes communicate and also how lots of oil platforms communicate. That would require some towers of something like that to mount the dishes. ultimately though all you would have without the backbone somewhere, is an Intranet.
geekeeMay 30, 2006
"envisioned a platform on which everyone in the world could communicate on an equal basis"People who say things like this do not understand human nature. If you allow everyone to communicate on an equal basis, you get abuse where people who want to broadcast video, for instance, suck up all the bandwidth, and since all packets are equal, they pay the same amount as someone checking their email (who probably received junk email from another abuer). Make people pay for the resources they're using and the average person's bill goes down, not up.
spectre_25gtJun 4, 2006
I didn't mean to say it was you. It's just something that I've noticed a lot on digg.