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Who could be against Net Neutrality?  Mostly it seems to be those who are paid very well to be against Net Neutrality along with the KIND OF PEOPLE like of congressmen Gingrey and Wilson who we pay to be corporate whores AND stupid.  

Here is an updated version of the article I wrote a couple years ago here called Net Neutrality Made Simple.

There is much confusion on this issue which I will try to make short and simple. Perhaps its best to think of it in terms of the "equal protection clause" of the 14th Amendment. It concerns the same KIND OF PEOPLE then as it does now.

A cabal of internet providers - namely the cable, satellite and phone companies want to charge whatever they please to whomever they please for whatever reasons they please for different degrees of internet service. With fiber optics on the horizon they wish to sell that and other proprietary services to the highest bidder with exclusive accounts.

This means Comcast / Time Warner can sell an exclusive FIBER ACCOUNT to Yahoo which they could then deny to Google. You and I click our Google icon and it takes a minute to come up but when we click on Yahoo it comes up instantly. Who you gonna call? Imagine that in all aspects of the web. And even more problematic, they can put all the small websites like this into the very slow lane killing us off.

Google, Yahoo!, Vonage, Facebook, Ebay, Amazon and Microsoft to name just a few are advocates for Net Neutrality. The opponents are the ISPs (Comcast / Time Warner / AOL) and Telecommunications companies (Verison / T Mobile) as is the extreme wingnut Cato Institute is a big player against Net Neutrality which should be enough to conclude than Net Neutrality must be good idea.

These companies already control congress, radio, television and the very air we wave in. This medium is all there is left to everyone on an equal basis. Help Keep it that way!

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This is not so much to fart in the general direction of those who believe it was Bush and the Jews who blew up the Pentagon. After all, even after they get their ass kicked by Bill Maher its an easy argument. Well then, where is the missing airliner and people on it? End of argument.

No I present this because its just so cool!

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Soooo...
Having a large company take your fart idea and screw your bottom line is the same as black baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson integrating Major League Baseball.
Hmm....
There's a guy who doan know when to shut up!
Must have had his finger pulled so often there's nothing left tween his ears.  Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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There is something suspiciously missing from this story of a Governor gone missing? Where is the most  central object of the 21st Century and the accompanying three most used words directed into that object. WHERE ARE YOU?

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Wives who've long suspected "business trips" now have a friendly detective agency. It's free of charge, you needn't leave your keyboard, and cheating husbands are dropping like extremely surprised and indignant flies!

Most recently, a wife whose husband claimed to be away on business, suspected where he was conducting 'business' and zoomed in on the spot. There in it's glory was her husband's unmistakable Range Rover with his special bling bling hubcaps, parked outside of the suspected female 'friend's' house, with nice big color photos to prove it.

Divorce proceedings are underway. If their divorce laws aren't the silly community property variety - he had better hope the girl friend is ready to move him in, and buy him some clothing, as his wife will have the shirt from his back with such irrefutable evidence.

This little black car doesn't look at all like the Big Brother in George Orwell's 1984, and so far the technology hasn't been put to the use those of tin hat and black helicopter paranoia imagine, but it certainly has ruined some affairs, and given the cheated upon spouse all of the evidence necessary.

This isn't an isolated case by any means, and we are speaking only of Britain where the technology is very new, having been online since March 20. There has been an explosion of divorce cases since the inception of the 360-degree photo search which covers 25 cities and towns was introduced. It does make me wonder why British women have jumped right on this technology and Americans seem to be lagging behind?

The big question now will be whether judges will agree with the only lame defense cheating spouses can offer; that an invasion of privacy cost him his marriage and Range Rover, not his roving. I know it wouldn't fly with Judge Judy, how much less with the powdered wig crowd remains to be seen.

Divorce cases aside, others have been caught for lesser things since its launch on March 20, and complaints have been streaming in, causing Google to remove at least the following two images. Was it truly necessary to show a man furtively leaving a sex shop? Google risks becoming Big Brother when they publish photos of this sort, as well as that of an office worker having a cigarette next to a No Smoking sign.

Perhaps we would want to know if this one is true however. The Sun published that a fleet of UFOs were seen on Street View hovering over an East London bookies establishment, perhaps they wanted in on the action? Wife and Google Street View Catch Cheating Hubby
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Sing Star, already popular beyond the designer's wildest dreams is now wireless, allowing amateurs to compete or practice their chorography along with their singing in their very own home or a party setting. This may well be a blessing to the karaoke crowd.

Originally designed as a "girl's game", sales skyrocketed to both sexes and all ages. Over 400,000 users have formed an online community, it will only grow more with the wireless advantages you see here in the video with virtually everyone represented here expressing themselves, bustin' a move, gettin'down with their bad selves, Dancin' with them se-helves, cutting a rug, jumpin' around, gettin' up off o' that thing! being served, serving tea? Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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Stephen King in his fictional book "Cell" warned of a very bad behavior-producing, zombie-like virus transmitted via cell phone. As of that time, neither he nor his wife novelest Tabitha King carried cell phones, making the three of us the only people in the United States. "Call me on the land line sonny." I don't feel quite so badly now.

A 20-something shop assistant in Guangzhou, China had his lifetime cell phone minutes used up, as in forever and suddenly. Ironically it due to simply charging and replacing his cell phone battery. He'd just finished charging the battery and put the phone in his pocket when it inexplicably exploded. Little is known as the other employee wasn't there, but heard a loud bang and ran in to find her co-worker on the floor. This is the ninth recorded incident in China since 2002. This most high profile was that of a welder who kept his phone in his pocket, raising one very important safety precaution, heat and batteries do not mix. An inquiry found that the mobile phone battery had exploded due to the heat of the iron mill. The Lithium batteries widely used in mobile phones can explode if they're overcharged, or if exposed to heat the inflammable liquid inside can explode.

As always, use caution in purchasing phones and batteries. The investigation continues. While the store was a Lenovo computer products outlet, police are investigating whether the phone and battery were counterfeit. The next question is how to tell, does anyone know, other than slight misspellings? Two of the world's biggest mobile phone battery makers Nokia and Motorola were quick to deny they were the distributors of the volatile batteries, proclaiming them to be counterfeit.

After the latest incident, the Shin Min Daily News published advice for consumers on how to avoid mobile phone explosions. The tips included:

Always use original batteries. Be sure that batteries by the manufacturer are meant for your mobile phone.

Never modify your phone

Always use original battery chargers

Do not expose your mobile phone to high temperatures, and avoid exposing it to direct sunlight

Avoid long phone conversations

Do not make or answer calls when the phone is charging

Try to keep your phone in a bag instead of in a pocket

Do not use damaged batteries This, will keep you safe from everything except zombie syndrome, good luck! Ungrateful Cell Phone Explodes in Chinese Shop, Stephen King Was Right
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The question arises, is killing stupid children wrong?

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"How to get someone else's heart beating fast while yours stays calm."

No, it's not a blurb on the cover of Cosmo, it's a university course description of a masters degree program at Potsdam University in Berlin. Geared for budding IT engineers, it is part of the social skills program. We weren't aware that there was a social skills program in IT schools. Apparently with the computer age the traditional methods of flirting no longer apply. Additionally it will help prepare students with the social skills needed to succeed both in their private life and their work life, or so says the school spokesman.

It's already a hit! Monday 440 students will start the class.The curriculum includes: Body language,stress reduction methods,which they'll need with the next section - public speaking and presentation skills. Do you really think 440 students signed up just for those features? Now for the good stuff.

How to write flirtatious text messages and emails.

How to impress people at parties.(no magic tricks)

How to handle rejection (operators are standing by)

I have a question,how does one grade such a class? Does one bring proof of email, IM's, photos collected?

Not to be a wet blanket, but perhaps a few additional pointers might be included to babes in the woods? How to spot an obviously re-touched, or 20-year-old photo, The field guide to various chat room psycho types,helpful tip: always meet in a public place close to the door, how to tell if you're in a sex only room. I'm just saying,they could learn from the experience of others. Berlin: IT students earn credit for online flirting at Potsdam University
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If you are one of the many who are frequently tied to their cell, either talking or texting, you may not be so pleased when your car won't allow you to do either one while driving. It was one thing when your car reminded you in a pleasant voice that your door was ajar, or you were low on fuel, the worst it could do was continue to remind you. However, if you absolutely must communicate, you'll need to pull over, turn off the engine and remove the key. It could save you a ticket or worse.The nifty new gadget is called Key2SafeDriving, and is the brainchild of US university researcher Xuesong Zhou and Dr. Wallace Curry. When you've pulled over, you may phone them to complain. It works by sending a wireless signal to a driver's mobile phone blocking calls or texting. Like most other modern annoyances "it's for your own good."

Of course we can thank "the children" for this one as well as most other pesky nanny laws . In many states laws are being enacted to stop teenagers from talking or texting while driving. It's just my observation, but it may be presumptuous to assume they are the worst offenders.

Parents have had the option of snooping from afar for quite some time. GPS has been popular, allowing parents to track each and every move..of the car anyway. Ford is rolling out the MyKey device as a standard feature on many of its' cars in October 2010. With it, these doomed teens will have the speed of their cars controlled, the volume on the radio, and makes certain to fasten the seatbelts. Parents will be able to monitor every move! The parental units will scarcely have time for other pursuits, between the complete and rigid control of MyKey, GPS, and Key2SafeDriving, it will be just like having your parents along for the evening! Teens Spied Upon and Cars Controlled, Now Parents Big Brother Prevents Driving, Talking
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Stand Proud, Stand With Me - all of the technically impaired! Let the tek-heads laugh and point while they install insidious bugs and programs in our computers. They don't know how slowly a bit of orange juice spritzed into a vital part of their keyboard or open box with a hypo works, but works well! Yes we're "mad" in every sense of the word....and we're not gonna take it anymore! Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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