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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:48 pm
by Synergy
Postal wrote:Light at the end of the tunnel for this one:
Google decides to give a big STFU to all the telecom corporations, and is effectively shut of and blocked from every user on the internet.
So, they get back to working on laying down their fiber-optic lines throughout the country, before unveiling a new service = Googlenet. It works with all the internet, with none of the blocking or payperview bullshit.
Of course, it only works on the newly-invented GoogleOS.
More and more people move to GoogleOS and Googlenet, which work quickly and are ever-so-easy to use, much like Google itself.
Pretty soon, they become a power that excels far beyond even Microsoft - to the point that Googlists become their own political party.
People begin to vote for googlists and google-supporting congresspeople, as google slowly becomes the domineering political party.
Not too far in the future, Google eliminates and bans all other political parties as being too obsolete in this Google day and age, after they assume complete control of the government, uniting us all under one common flag: GoogleNation.
I, for one, welcome our new search-term overlords.
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You can't forget when GoogleNation declares GoogleWar on all nations of the world; dominating, only to rename it GoogleEarth--Shit, that's already taken.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:53 pm
by seremtan
Dave wrote:seremtan wrote:you read the bill?
No, did you? I read some commentary about it.
it's a bill before the US congress - why would i read it? the only interest i have in this is that whenever someone does something stupid in the US, some bunch of penises will suggest doing it here too
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:57 pm
by andyman
hmm I guess I should buysomestock in google then, so i can be a googlenaire
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:11 pm
by Postal
Ridiculous. Google stock will become useless, as the economy is transormed into one more googliocentric.
There will be a similar system, but it's more like a pagerank - a Peoplerank, if you will.
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:36 am
by Grudge
Cringley is great.
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:57 am
by Dave
seremtan wrote:Dave wrote:seremtan wrote:you read the bill?
No, did you? I read some commentary about it.
it's a bill before the US congress - why would i read it? the only interest i have in this is that whenever someone does something stupid in the US, some bunch of penises will suggest doing it here too
Maybe you should read it then
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:22 pm
by glossy
U.S. != internet
(tldr tt)
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 4:58 pm
by seremtan
Dave wrote:seremtan wrote:Dave wrote:
No, did you? I read some commentary about it.
it's a bill before the US congress - why would i read it? the only interest i have in this is that whenever someone does something stupid in the US, some bunch of penises will suggest doing it here too
Maybe you should read it then
no, instead i'll wait and see what US ISPs do. that's the real indicator
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:48 pm
by Caffeine
New song: "
God Save the Internet." It's just horrible.
Re: Net neutrality
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:51 pm
by Canis
Foo wrote:So congress has rejected the bill to enforce net neutrality.
Someone on Digg came up with what must be the best idea ever:
"I recommend Yahoo, Google, MSN, AOL, Ebay, and others have a "DARK" day as a protest. Turn off the services for a day and maybe enough people will get the point & lobby their Representatives"
Think about this. If all those services turned off for one day, imagine just how much of an impact that would have upon businesses and individuals across the US and even across the globe.
It would absolutely drive home the reality that, hey, these guys serve whoever comes to their door, so the idea that they should have to pay for the priveledge of ISPs customers accessing them is farcical.
That would never happen. It would have a huge impact for sure, but if they turned it off, one company would be inclined to turn it back on and soak up the playing field.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:19 pm
by Ryoki
Foo wrote:So congress has rejected the bill to enforce net neutrality.
Someone on Digg came up with what must be the best idea ever:
"I recommend Yahoo, Google, MSN, AOL, Ebay, and others have a "DARK" day as a protest. Turn off the services for a day and maybe enough people will get the point & lobby their Representatives"
Think about this. If all those services turned off for one day, imagine just how much of an impact that would have upon businesses and individuals across the US and even across the globe.
It would absolutely drive home the reality that, hey, these guys serve whoever comes to their door, so the idea that they should have to pay for the priveledge of ISPs customers accessing them is farcical.
Also, everyone who is not an American can't do shit about this, and would only feel irritated by lack of service.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:21 pm
by Foo
Ryoki wrote:Foo wrote:So congress has rejected the bill to enforce net neutrality.
Someone on Digg came up with what must be the best idea ever:
"I recommend Yahoo, Google, MSN, AOL, Ebay, and others have a "DARK" day as a protest. Turn off the services for a day and maybe enough people will get the point & lobby their Representatives"
Think about this. If all those services turned off for one day, imagine just how much of an impact that would have upon businesses and individuals across the US and even across the globe.
It would absolutely drive home the reality that, hey, these guys serve whoever comes to their door, so the idea that they should have to pay for the priveledge of ISPs customers accessing them is farcical.
Also, everyone who is not an American can't do shit about this, and would only feel irritated by lack of service.
Net Neutrality issues are bound to come banging on the door of many other wired nations once it's been struck down in the US, so I don't see how it's any more inconvenient or less appropriate than it would be for americans.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:24 pm
by Ryoki
I'm not saying that it'll be more inconvenient, i'm saying pressuring people with no influence will not help your cause. Would probably be better to make this a US only thing, keep the service going everywhere else.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:17 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:13 pm
by seremtan
lol, i heard some of that ted stevens thing on al franken. the guy was clearly chosen for his ignorance
he was at least aware that THE INTERNET ISN'T A TRUCK
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edit: i can see this being another issue like the "death tax" that a great deal of lies will be told about and in the end the telcos will get their way, and most people will be none the wiser - especially if they're the dipshits who use AOL
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:19 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
seremtan wrote:
edit: i can see this being another issue like the "death tax" that a great deal of lies will be told about and in the end the telcos will get their way, and most people will be none the wiser - especially if they're the dipshits who use AOL
sadly, so very true.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:46 pm
by Fender
omg that stevens speech was painful to listen to
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:40 pm
by seremtan
TEH INTERNET IS ALL TUBES!!!!111