Net Neutrality: WTF is it?

Catchy tune but hard to dance to . . . I'd give it a 4

The second and especially the final section of Paranoid Android sounds like a crazy modem and that song was a hit, so...

Quote from: markjo on December 18, 2017, 06:24:27 AM

Quote from: Bullwinkle on December 17, 2017, 11:07:52 PM

Moore's law is something like: Performance doubles every 2 years and price drops by half.

Contrary to popular belief, Moore's law says nothing about performance or price.  It has more to do with the number of transistors on a die doubling every 2 years.

And I don't know why they called it a law. It was a prediction. It held true for several decades then started tapering off, as predicted.

Probably for the same reason they call it "Murphey's Law".

Quote from: Boots on December 18, 2017, 06:54:59 AM

Quote from: markjo on December 18, 2017, 06:24:27 AM

Quote from: Bullwinkle on December 17, 2017, 11:07:52 PM

Moore's law is something like: Performance doubles every 2 years and price drops by half.

Contrary to popular belief, Moore's law says nothing about performance or price.  It has more to do with the number of transistors on a die doubling every 2 years.

And I don't know why they called it a law. It was a prediction. It held true for several decades then started tapering off, as predicted.

Probably for the same reason they call it "Murphey's Law".

Murphy's Law is timeless.

Quote from: Bullwinkle on December 17, 2017, 11:07:52 PM

Moore's law is something like: Performance doubles every 2 years and price drops by half.

Contrary to popular belief, Moore's law says nothing about performance or price.  It has more to do with the number of transistors on a die doubling every 2 years.

Oh, what? I can't make shit up?   

Quote from: markjo on December 18, 2017, 06:24:27 AM

Quote from: Bullwinkle on December 17, 2017, 11:07:52 PM

Moore's law is something like: Performance doubles every 2 years and price drops by half.

Contrary to popular belief, Moore's law says nothing about performance or price.  It has more to do with the number of transistors on a die doubling every 2 years.

Oh, what? I can't make shit up?   

There's a difference between making shit up and just regurgitating a common misconception.

But is it a misconception? It might not be part of the 'law' but in reality, things do get a shitload cheaper while getting more powerful at the same time.

Irrelevant and not necessarily true.  Right now researchers are able to create transistors using individual atoms, but I'm guessing that's still quite a lot more expensive than the current processes being used.

But is it a misconception? It might not be part of the 'law' but in reality, things do get a shitload cheaper while getting more powerful at the same time.

Moore's Corollary: Stuff gets cheaper and better.

Happy?

Shiftard will never be happy. That's not his purpose.

Quote from: Shifter on December 20, 2017, 10:33:02 PM

But is it a misconception? It might not be part of the 'law' but in reality, things do get a shitload cheaper while getting more powerful at the same time.

Moore's Corollary: Stuff gets cheaper and better.

Happy?

I wasn't unhappy to start with but hey, it still works

Look at him go. Wheeeee!!!

So adorbs.

the power it gives to the few already very powerful businesses that control web content is borderline dystopian. Rarely has a business historically ever had so much power as, say, Google, this is pushing things too far.

Careful revealing your power level.
Very good post.

I would support a free market system in an actual free market. Unfortunately we live in a world of government funded oppressive monopolies.

Reddit, the post.

I do agree with most of it.

Here is a dox of the FCC members involved. Tell them how you feel.

https://pastebin.com/5SApX9LE


Edit. Damnit pastebin, give me five I think I saved it as a .txt file I don't trust skynet google.

WTF?    You get an award for this?

The Republicans who lead the country’s top telecom agency arrived at an annual gathering of influential conservatives Friday hoping to tout their business bona fides — from freeing the Internet from government’s grasp to battling back the efforts of their Democratic predecessors.

Instead, the appearance by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and his GOP colleagues at the agency offered an unexpected brush with a national battle over gun control — and a new ethics complaint targeting one of its members for his comments about President Trump.

It began as soon as Pai arrived on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor in Maryland, where he was slated to deliver a short speech.

But Dan Schneider, executive director of the CPAC-producing American Conservative Union, said there had been a change of plans. As Pai chuckled, Schneider ceded the podium to Carolyn Meadows, the second vice president of the National Rifle Association. And Meadows presented Pai with the “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award,” an honor that the NRA occasionally bestows on those who champion conservative causes despite intense criticism. Previous awardees include Vice President Pence and conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh.


In this case, the award was a “Kentucky handmade long gun,” said Meadows, who admitted the rifle could not be brought on stage. She said it would be stored for Pai at an NRA museum.

Conservative leaders explained they were honoring Pai partly because of his work to roll back federal rules that had subjected Internet providers to tougher regulations. The fight over net neutrality has resulted in Pai receiving death threats, forcing him to cancel recent public speeches.

The award came in the same week that the NRA’s leader appeared on stage at CPAC and blasted emerging federal efforts to restrict gun sales in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.

Pai appeared stunned. (His spokesman said that the FCC chairman had no idea he would receive such an award.) He soon joined a panel to discuss telecom policy along with his fellow Republican commissioners, including Michael O’Rielly, who quipped: “Not every day you get a musket.”

The most amazing part of that whole show, they didn't hand him the rifle on stage. Because cpac does not permit firearms.

The people that want to arm every elementary school teacher with an ar15 won't even allow guns at their event.

If they allowed guns Mona Charen probably wouldn't have made it out of there alive.

Part of me kind of wants to go to the next cpac just because it seems like some kind of horror movie.

Part of me kind of wants to go to the next cpac just because it seems like some kind of horror movie.

I still can't believe that the right wing thinks net neutrality is a bad thing.   What am I missing?   

Do they think it will only censor left wing liberal content?   I suspect they haven't thought it through. 

Quote from: crutonius on February 25, 2018, 06:47:42 PM

Part of me kind of wants to go to the next cpac just because it seems like some kind of horror movie.

I still can't believe that the right wing thinks net neutrality is a bad thing.   What am I missing?   

Do they think it will only censor left wing liberal content?   I suspect they haven't thought it through.

Most people don't have a complete understanding on what net neutrality is.  All they know is that it pisses off the liberals so therefore he deserves a medal.

I'm starting to think we've made a terrible mistake by not just letting the South secede.

Wow, he saved the internet?   WTF?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/nra-gives-ajit-pai-courage-award-and-gun-for-saving-the-internet/

I can see a crowd funded project to fund ISP's to throttle and block NRA websites and media, as being one way to bring home the message.

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I am a 29 year retired veteran, Infantry Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Ranger with combat experience. I have a conceal carry, Primary and Alternate side arms, an AR-15, and all necessary tactical gear.

Here's the video that clip still was from.  It's not photoshopped. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=LFhT6H6pRWg

Words fail me. 

Edit: I wonder why timestamped youtube videos don't embed?

Quote from: crutonius on February 25, 2018, 06:47:42 PM

Part of me kind of wants to go to the next cpac just because it seems like some kind of horror movie.

I still can't believe that the right wing thinks net neutrality is a bad thing.   What am I missing?   

Do they think it will only censor left wing liberal content?   I suspect they haven't thought it through.

I petitioned against it, you often accuse me of being far right. Not everyone fits so easily into a box.

Fyi i was the herdcore libertarians, "muh free market capitalism." That supported the net neutrality bill.

Our goverments are just chess pieces to large multi national corporations. Trusting those corporations directly to do what's best for the people is just naive.

Fyi i was the herdcore libertarians, "muh free market capitalism." That supported the net neutrality bill.

So a "herdcore libertarian"  is now running the FCC?

That's funny on so many levels.  I suspect that Ajit Pai is so dumb he thinks it was a win for libertarians.

You know I saw the typo but then left it for the unintentional pun.

You know I saw the typo but then left it for the unintentional pun.

I thought it was perfect.  The birth of a new meme.   "herdcore"

Quote from: disputeone on February 27, 2018, 02:09:35 AM

You know I saw the typo but then left it for the unintentional pun.

I thought it was perfect.  The birth of a new meme.   "herdcore"

Not as new as you might think.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Herdcore

This might actually pass.  It'll be interesting to see if Trump vetoes it.