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Comment Re:Impossible to enforce. (Score 1) 503

The bill doesn't limit itself to ISPs, it applies to pretty much anything that makes accessing the Internet possible.

"A person who manufacturers, sells, offers for sale, leases, or distributes a product that makes content accessible on the Internet shall: "

A VPN client easily falls under this statute. As does a 14.4k baud modem.

And besides, it's not like politicians have ever cared if a law is feasible or enforceable.

Comment Chronically Stupid Parents (Score 5, Insightful) 588

I occasionally read about parents in affluent Marin, CA whining about this. In fact, there was a movement to prevent PG&E (the local power company) from installing real-time meters that transmit usage over radio because they were afraid it could hurt them. I remember seeing a parent interviewed on the evening news, with her kid in the background playing on an iPad. Did I mention that Marin also has one of the lowest child immunization rates in the country? Yeah. These are people that get all their "facts" from Pintrest and Jenny McCarthy.

Comment Bad User Experience (Score 1) 528

These advertisers have simply overwhelmed and saturated the user experience of so many web properties to the point where they aren't tolerable. Try to going to any wikia.com site without adblock and see how slowly it loads and how impossible it is use the site. Frankly, slashdot is among the worst offenders. I just visited halo.wikia.com and ABP reported 25 blocked adverts. It's pretty much out of control. I mean fuck, shit, cock, ass, titties, boner, bitch, muff, pussy, cunt, butthole, Barbra Streisand!

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