December 2010
5 posts
NY Times - Obstacles at Every Turn for Plow Crew →
As I read more and more accounts like these, I develop less and less sympathy for people complaining that the streets aren’t plowed yet. How do these people expect the roads to get cleared when they keep blocking the plows? Between drivers getting stuck after the storm and vehicles abandoned everywhere during it, I think it’s a miracle they can plow at all. My town got plowed out...
Something I'm not fond of in the FCC's Net...
The rules would allow mobile firms to block access to sites or applications that specifically compete with a carrier’s voice or video services.
Anyone else want to take best as to how long before we have to bring a monopoly suit against a provider as a result of this rule?
Build We Won't - NYTimes.com →
Hackers hit Mastercard and Visa over Wikileaks row →
The jackasses of Anonymous and 4Chan need to stop interfering in the lives of people who use the services they are seeking “revenge” on. At a minimum under U.S. law, WikiLeaks is guilty of receiving stolen documents, which does make their actions illegal. Based on such grounds, companies have every right to refuse to do business with the site, much as they had the right to refuse to...