They'll just end up buying Charter in a couple years anyway.

The petitions may not have any direct impact, however, they can help raise awareness, even if it's only a little bit. It's still better than nothing.

Public awareness is the only hope net neutrality has. Lobbying from companies like Netflix and Google can't turn the tide. Lobbying is more about money, it's about connections too, and most of the telecoms have connections that stem back before Netflix and Google even existed.

As much as it angers me, I don't think Net Neutrality can survive. People don't know, and the places they get their news from--the CNNs, Fox Newses, NBCs--they will never cover net neutrality in any meaningful way. I mean, hell, NBC is owned by Comcast, and we sure as hell know where they stand on net neutrality.

Anyone who is against net neutrality either (1) has no understanding of what it means, or (2) is being bankrolled by a corporate interest. I doubt that the FCC doesn't understand what net neutrality is, so that only leaves option (2).

Funny how net neutrality suddenly dies as soon as a former telecom lobbyist/CEO became the FCC chairman.

If you ask Google Now how to reverse entropy, it has the appropriate response.

Best easter egg ever.

Since Google seems to be the only one serious about rolling out fiber (and high quality broadband at a reasonable price), I have a great idea. How about if the government took all the tax breaks/subsidies that are currently given to AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, etc and give them to Google instead?

Someone's walking around with an extra $400,000 in their pocket.

Bad analogy. The theaters are just vehicles for the content, not the content itself.

A better analogy would be going to see a the sequel to a great movie you really liked, only to find out you have to pay $0.99 for each character to appear in the movie. You're also given the option to skip the boring beginning credits, but that costs 0.99 cents. The high-quality CGI special effects are an extra $1.99. Every 30 minutes, you have a 10 minute wait, although you can bypass them by paying an additional 0.99 cents per wait. Also, the ending is not included, so you have to pay $4.99 to see it.

Wait, I hope I'm not giving Hollywood producers any ideas....

I imagine this is due to the influence Jobs had on Apple's culture. It's my understanding he wasn't big on giving money away.

I think in time we'll see Apple more prone to contributions.

But if an election were coming up, I would vote for the guy that _didn't_ block Twitter.

I often here people mention how they're bad at math, didn't do well at math in school, etc. It almost seems like a badge of honor. I hear it said with som pride. And you know what? Most of the time, when I hear it, it's a woman saying it. Men are often embarrassed to acknowledge that they're bad at math.

I don't think women are worse at it than men, at least by innate ability, but they don't seem to value it quite as much.

I'll be able to play a game where I can create a GUI interface with Visual Basic to track an IP address.