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Aliens Leave Behind the Link Leak Virus

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Chris Says He Wasn’t Abducted

So, it’s as you suspected. Successful Blog was crawling with aliens. At least it was last night when we were talking. And, as usual, the Link Leak virus hit again. The Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes.

Cool links were shared.

Inside the Alien Conversation

Here are a few things that were said . . . [Read more…]

Net Neutrality 8-16-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

The Internet Must Die

The guy behind the brilliant techno remix of Sen. Ted Stevens’ “Series of Tubes” speech has released another pro-Net Neutrality song inspired by the Alaska senator’s rantings.

BoldHeaded:

To piggy-back on the huge success of our last parody of Ted Steven’s techno remix, we released a new track to our podcast subscribers last week

This time, Senator Ted Stevens pulls no punches and reveals his true objective. Hear the geeks speak out!

Link

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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The Mic Is On and Aliens Are Here!

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

open mike night

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about.

Tonight we’re talking to aliens!

witchs broom

We might also talk about

  • Alien Movies
  • Alien Books
  • E T
  • Star Wars
  • Star Trek
  • Aliens we’ve known personally

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

Basil the code-writing donkey.– who might be an alien too.

Bring your alien friends with you!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Aliens at the Mic Tonight at 7pm Chicago Time

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Don’t Worry They Are Friendly, I Think

Personal Branding logo

YES, the mic will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.

The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about.

Tonight we’re talking to aliens!

We might also talk about

  • Alien Movies
  • Alien Books
  • E T, Star Wars, Star Trek
  • Aliens we’ve known personally

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

Basil the code-writing donkey.– who might be an alien too.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.

Bring your alien friends with you!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Net Neutrality 8-15-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

The Four Faces of Net Neutrality

For Dr. René Alvarez, a surgeon from Homer, Alaska, the debate surrounding network neutrality isn’t about the digital minutia of speeds and tiered services; it could be about life and death.

For his patients in Alaska’s interior, the Internet isn’t a link to movies and games. “The Internet,” he said during a recent meeting in Boston, “is their lifeline, their link to the outside world.”

Alvarez’s biggest fear is that patients living in small towns in Alaska’s interior aren’t in a position to shoulder any additional increase in Internet access charges.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a somewhat larger town such as Bethel, Alaska, has a per capita income of $12,602, which is about half the poverty level for a family of four in Alaska. An increase in Internet access could discourage the use of remote medicine, especially if it’s viewed as a bandwidth-intensive, upper-tier service, Alvarez said.

It is unclear how Alvarez and his patients will ultimately be affected by the nuances of the net neutrality debate in Washington, especially when few actually agree on a definition.

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Lost in the debate are the concerns of millions of forgotten stakeholders such as Alvarez; Kimberly Johnson, a Washington-based educator; Tom McInerney, CEO at Internet startup Guba; and Ralph Riley, product marketing manager for Siemens Communications.

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–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Net Neutrality 8-14-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

Weighing High-Tech Bills in Analog [via Congress, Comic Books, Technology And Passing New Laws]

The fight over House and Senate telecom bills has sparked an estimated $1 million a day in lobbying and advertising by companies and advocacy groups. Urged on by politically powerful phone companies, Congressional leaders have been actively pushing the legislation. Recognizing the momentum, advocates for a variety of technology issues — including a new Internet tax moratorium and anti-piracy measures — are trying to tack on amendments.

But fear of unintended consequences and difficulties grasping the highly technical issues are making some in Congress hesitant to support technology legislation.

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“I’m tired of talking about 18-wheelers,” an exasperated Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Gold River) said at a House hearing this spring. “I’d like to know what we’re talking about here.”

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Phone and cable companies, which oppose any new regulations governing whether they can charge for prioritizing content, have seized on that confusion. They’ve warned lawmakers not to act on a vaguely defined potential problem because it could have those dreaded “unintended consequences.”

Those arguments carry weight among lawmakers trying to be careful about intervening in the technology marketplace, said Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who chairs a House subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet.

“We didn’t want to lock in or lock out future players,” he said. “Who knows what’s going to come down the pike?”

But the debate has frustrated Internet executives.

“To our industry and our customers, very important issues are being decided today in Congress,” said Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president of global public policy. “Much of the concern is decisions might be made without a complete understanding of the facts.”

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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