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Comment Re:This is silly (Score 2) 30

You're link is something self contained 'outside' the helmet. What I'm suggesting is something inside where conditions are MUCH better for electronics.

And the robot still has the same problem with 'outside' environment, plus having to be dextrous enough to move through debris and failure leaving teams stranded. Way more complexity in that than fitting a small HUD into a helmet.

Comment Re:Eqaul Protection (Score 1) 760

But they did say that Corporations have certain speech rights, no? And who has the money to set up lots and lots of corporations....with undisclosed donations?

or right...

Now if it were clearly labeled that said lobbying company received their money from the Koch Brothers I've got no problem with them speaking their billions. It's the unlimited shadow speech Citizens United unleashed that's the problem.

Comment Re:Note that this is a little different from softw (Score 2) 207

Perhaps they do. They also aren't a good measure of the entire market.

How many people prided themselves on how many albums or CDs or DVDs they had? How many of them now just use Netflix and Pandora/Spotify/etc.?

We craved having lots of media because there wasn't a way to easily get it otherwise. Now, nobody has to buy (or copy) 1000s of sources to be able to consume those sources.

Comment Re: Note that this is a little different from soft (Score 2) 207

This is what a 'disruptive technology' does. The 'market' changes as it becomes easier and cheaper to produce 'almost as good' stuff. If I'm changing $10 for something, a significant portion of my customers are only paying $10 because they have no other choice. If someone else starts producing what I make for $5...it's simply the market changing and I have to adapt or pretend the market hasn't changed and sue everyone (while spending even more money on not making my product).

Comment Re:Please note: (Score 1) 227

First, any argument made by AT&T or Verizon or Comcast is just a wee bit suspect given their clear biased position in these matters.

Title II, deals with the fact that monopoly status exists in certain markets and thus Title II is needed to regulate that monopoly.

How many natural gas pipelines do you want into your house? How many breaker panels for multiple electric companies providing you service?

These are natural monopolies where regulation is necessary to manage the market. More actual utilities are being moved to separate infrastructure companies and supply provider companies.

Wheeler's proposals don't go far enough, but they are a step towards the right solution.

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