Feh...memory pig.

Tort Reform. Now is the time.

Anyone remember what happened to the last people who tried to use a radio transmitter to speak to God? They all melted.

First, at what time of year are CO2 levels being measured for use in writing environmental research papers (and dictating policy)? Second, if corn is such a big contributor, then corn ethanol is adding to CO2 levels not reducing them. Third, by pissing away water on bait fish in California instead of allowing farms to grow CO2-inhaling crops (of plant types that aren't completely cut down each harvest), we are effectively adding to CO2 levels.

Teach kids to be polite and to keep their attitude in check. No, as a matter of fact, you AREN'T special. No, as a matter of fact, even if you are special, you still need to be humble and treat other people as you would have them treat you.

Can we also sue the Business Software Alliance?

So I shouldn't feel too guilty about eating a bagel with a mountain of cream cheese on it. Woohoo!!!

Unless these students contributed said charitable funds, they have no legal standing on their use.

Okay, fine, but consider this: Take a look at your phone bill, your electric bill, your water bill, your gas bill, your FedEx/UPS/USPS shipping statement, etc. specifically at the laundry list of fees. How many of those fees are there because of government regulation? Did you think that the company was going to eat those regulatory fees and not pass them onto the customer? That's what will happen if ISPs become utilities. All of the people they're going to have to hire simply to deal with the regulation are going to cost something. Those costs wouldn't be passed onto Netflix or whatever high-bandwidth/low-latency service. They'll be passed onto every customer of the ISP whether or not they use Netflix.

Dealing with the State Department is already a byzantine process. It'll only get worse now.

I thought the only thing riding American rails are containers full of Chinese goods (going east and empty ones going west).
Personally, I'm a fan of trains but there are a few things that stand in the way of the pipe dream that is high-speed rail. For instance, have you noticed how many people cheer every rails-to-trails project that comes along? Guess what? You've now borked the land/right-of-way that would/should have been used for modern rail projects. Then, of course, there are the practical problems of trains rarely going where you need to get to and on a schedule you'd like. But the one that makes me chuckle is the battle between the California high-speed rail proponents and the environmentalists. Classic NIMBYs.

But rather the packets aren't getting bogged down by people using Tor or Bittorrent or Silk Road or some other network service known for trafficking in illicit content? For those of you who have had the experience of driving on an L.A. freeway during rush hour (which means pretty much any time of the day), you have no doubt seen the effects of a motorcycle squeezing between the lanes. People driving in cars end up slowing down out of fear of hitting one of those. Technically, the motorcycles' activity is legal but only for outdated, no-longer-necessary reasons. But they do slow down the flow of traffic. What if Netflix wants to be sure that some motorcycle packets aren't giving them trouble on a network that was designed for traffic that plays by the rules?

This thing was funded and supposedly delivered almost two years ago. Let's hear from people who have one.

the NYT, MSNBC, and the Daily Show.