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Comment Re:Transparency not Neutrality... (Score 4, Interesting) 702

by spiegel on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @04:22PM (#33220242) Attached to: The Case Against Net Neutrality

because although most ISPs will be honest, some won't be.

Where have you been for the past 10 years? Most ISPs (read: Telcos & Cablecos) have long demonstrated their inability to be honest.

And while transparency is certainly important, its only the first step. What the most NN people want is transparency + nondiscrimination based on traffic source. If you have no or few alternatives for internet access, it does very little good knowing that your ISP is screwing you.

Comment Re:Politicians vs Corporations (Score 3, Insightful) 702

by spiegel on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @04:17PM (#33220158) Attached to: The Case Against Net Neutrality

You really trust big corporations to act solely in your personal best interest and not the interest of their shareholders?

What Do You Call People Who "Do HTML"? 586

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @10:53AM from the onion-belters dept.

gilgongo writes "It's more than 10 years since people started making a living writing web page markup, yet the job title (and role) has yet to settle down. Not only that, but there are different types of people who write markup: those that approach the craft as essentially an integration task, and those that see it as part of UI design overall. The situation is further complicated by the existence of other roles in the workplace such as graphic designer and information architect. This is making recruitment for this role a real headache. So, how do you describe people who 'do HTML' (and CSS and maybe a bit of JavaScript and graphics manipulation)? Some job titles I've seen include: Design Technologist, Web Developer, Front-end Developer, HTML/CSS Developer, Client-side Developer and UI Engineer. Do you have any favourite job titles for this role?"

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