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• On the post: Google Fiber's 'Failure' Succeeded In Shining A Light On Pathetic Broadband Competition

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2018 @ 09:05am

  after digging around a bit...

  I found this -- This is a really good read on what is happening right now... 100 years ago... in regards to the topic in question.

• On the post: Google Fiber's 'Failure' Succeeded In Shining A Light On Pathetic Broadband Competition

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2018 @ 07:51am

  The government NEEDS to step in. Because companies are unable/unwilling to do it, that is when the local/state/federal governments have to step in.

  I think Neil DeGrasse Tyson is right, Governments are the primary drivers of innovation and business. Followed by competition.

  Consider this, the EIC was not the first ones to reach the new world, largely because it wasn't discovered yet. The Portuguese crown had recently went around the tip of Africa to the east indies, so the Spanish crown went west. THEN the EIC came in.

  United Airlines didn't just spring out of the ground, The US Army needed a large plane to deliver bombs over Germany and Japan. So Boeing and other manufacturers supplied those planes. Then someone said, "Hey, instead of bombs, we can carry people!" and then the Modern Airline industry was born.

  The First Transcontinental Railroad was financed by State and Federal Subsidy bonds, Hell the B&O Railroad itself was financed by the State of Maryland.

  In 1936, the Congress endorsed Roosevelt's action by passing the Rural Electrification Act. At the time the Rural Electrification Act was passed, electricity was commonplace in cities but largely unavailable in farms, ranches, and other rural places. -- Rural Electrification Act, Wikipedia

  Does THIS sound fucking familiar? WITH ELECTRICITY! Later it was amended to include TELEPHONE services. Yes, Local co-ops is what is needed, maybe some some state/federal programs to "strongly encourage" (read: severely punish if they take the money and run) ISP's to enter into these markets.

• On the post: Ajit Pai Whines About California's Net Neutrality Effort, Calls It 'Radical,' 'Illegal'

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2018 @ 10:37am

  Re: Ajit Pai's screams of agony are music to my ears.

  and his tears are enough to provide drinkable (if not salty) water for Hurricane relief efforts.

• On the post: The Nation's Second Biggest Cable Company Probably Won't Get Kicked Out Of New York State After All

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2018 @ 03:35pm

  Re: Re: Good faith

  how about 30 years of examples of bad faith?

• On the post: White House Potentially Exploring Executive Order On 'Social Media Bias'

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2018 @ 09:44am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Shocked

  the thing is, both of those are common carriers under title II iirc.

• On the post: White House Potentially Exploring Executive Order On 'Social Media Bias'

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2018 @ 09:43am

  Re: uhhhh...

  nope, i am pointing out the fallibility of the 1st amendment and context on what breaks it and not.

• On the post: White House Potentially Exploring Executive Order On 'Social Media Bias'

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2018 @ 07:47pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Shocked

  I am glad you can read, however, you did not read the full document, as the 14th amendment states:

  ...No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

  and as I noted in my previous post, at least as far back to Lincoln, SCOTUS has found that EO's are subject to the Constitution as well. The second problem of your argument is that you are conflating the 1st amendment to a PRIVATE corporation. The 1st amendment applies to GOVERNMENT censorship of citizens, not private companies. There is nothing stopping you from making a conservative biased search engine.

• On the post: White House Potentially Exploring Executive Order On 'Social Media Bias'

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2018 @ 02:21pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Except as far back to AT LEAST President Lincoln, SCOTUS has ruled EO's unconstitutional, in Lincoln's case, the EO to... "suspend Habeas Corpus except in times of rebellion or public safety" ... DURING THE FUCKING CIVIL WAR.
  
  Now the Union army still ignored it and congress didn't contest it, but it's still on the books.

• On the post: UK MP Thinks Secret Online Groups Are The Root Of All Evil Online, Promises To Regulate 'Large Online Groups'

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2018 @ 09:51am

  Re: Good idea

  Large anonymous secretive groups are likely criminal,

  Says the Anonymous Coward

• On the post: Success! Roanoke 'Harry Potter Festival' Changes Name To 'Generic Magic Festival' Due To WB's Bullying

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2018 @ 03:17am

  Dolores Umbrage Strikes again!

• On the post: More Comic Conventions Change Their Names After Crazy SDCC Attorney's Fees And Injunction Ruling

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2018 @ 10:54pm

  San Diego ComicCon: Changing the meaning from Comic Convention to Comic Confidence trick.

• On the post: DOJ And State Attorneys General Threatening Social Media Companies Over Moderation Practices Is A First Amendment Issue

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2018 @ 10:23am

  Re: So, protecting "natural" person's 1A rights NOW illegal?

  you chose to use a private service with it's own TOS and EULA, you break that, you get kicked off. It's not fucking hard to understand.

• On the post: Verizon's Pivot From Stodgy Old Telco To Sexy Millennial Ad Brand Isn't Going So Well

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2018 @ 08:02am

  so how is that "light touch" regulation handling innovation?
  
  *Reads article*
  
  oooohh so it seems that light touch regulation in fact, kills innovation... who knew?

• On the post: After Nabbing Billions In Tax Breaks, AT&T's Promised Job Growth Magically Evaporates

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2018 @ 11:50am

  afaik, no other industry gets paid to not deliver goods or services. As a matter of fact, EVERY other company would be out of business at least, or investigated by the FTC for fraudulent advertising/business practices.

• On the post: Judge Roy Moore Sues Sacha Baron Cohen For Ruining His Immaculate Reputation

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2018 @ 08:54pm

  7 months....

  This kind of case has already been decided.... 7 FUCKING MONTHS AGO.
  
  A case which involved a giant 7 foot squirrel holding a sign saying "Eat Shit, Bob" and "Kiss my ass"

• On the post: And Now Comes The Pushback As One ROMs Site Is Challenging Nintendo's Takedown Of ROM Sites

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2018 @ 10:23am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Market Research

  That is certainly a great idea Nintendo could use in future NES/SNES minis. A build your own box, load it with x amount of games, and you can have them pre-loaded.
  
  They could even sell different "levels" of minis. like one that has 40 games, one that has 60 games, and one that has 100 games (for example).

• On the post: Ajit Pai Coddles Big Telecom, Demonizes Silicon Valley

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2018 @ 12:35pm

  Re: Re: Knee-jerk defense claiming telecoms are worse is contemptible.

  See also: almost every late night talk show host starting with Jon Stewart (I know he didn't START it, but he popularized it), To Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien.

• On the post: And Now Comes The Pushback As One ROMs Site Is Challenging Nintendo's Takedown Of ROM Sites

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2018 @ 06:30pm

  so lawyer question

  at what point does a specific game (not a franchise) become abandonware?

• On the post: Conservatives: Stop Crying Wolf On Tech Bias Or No One Will Ever Take You Seriously

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2018 @ 12:43pm

  Re:

  and by conservative viewpoints, you mean batshit crazy conspiracy theories? Ya I don't want to read how illegal lizard aliens from Mars are here to rape our jobs and kill our dogs. I am sick of Conservatives crying about Hillary's buttery males, Trump won, almost 2 years ago, let it go.
  
  No there is a difference between FACTS and Crazy batshit ideas with no evidence to back it up. Or as you call it, Conservative viewpoints.
  
  On a related note, Conservatism is dead, it has been replaced with Extremism. Own up to it.

• On the post: Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting For The FCC, FTC To Punish Verizon For Screwing Firefighters

  

  Ryunosuke ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2018 @ 09:42am

  Re: Wave wand

  the problem with your scenario is that ISP's (and other sectors) have been eroding FTC authority as well.

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