Until there are people like this (and there are millions) roaming the web, it will!
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Freedom doesn't come cheap: On Net Neutrality
Submitted by Alex on Tue, 2007-11-27 13:05.This atricle in ComputerWorld just illustrates that there is not such thing as free pie. If you want fast and truly free internet (i.e. the tubes) someone has to step in. Maybe the U.S governemt can step in with a special "internet tax"? Or, I have a better idea, how about taking a tiny slice out of $1000000000000+ Iraq war money and paying for the fiberoptic infrastructure. read more »
More free movies online: an alternative to BitTorrent!
Submitted by Alex on Mon, 2007-11-19 11:02.Since RIA and MPAA are cracking up ever stronger a lot of users online find it easier to switch from BitTorrent to good old HTTP to watch all new episodes of Lost or Prison Break.
Several sites seems to aggregate a lot of links to streaming videos (no waiting for download 
of tv-shows, movies, cartoons, you name it! Some good ones are 66stage.com or alluc.org, but you can find a very long list at fatboymedia.com
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Spammers
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2007-10-18 16:11.I hate spam. There should be a more severe criminal penalty for spamming people and websites.
Net Neutrality
Submitted by Alex on Tue, 2007-09-11 09:59.
I was struck by recent statements by Department of Justice on net neutrality. They are comparing it to the US postal service, by saying there is nothing unusual about the practice of
setting different levels of service and pricing. Here's why I think it is a dum-dum comparison:
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Internet Guide For Parents
Submitted by Alex on Wed, 2007-08-29 13:52.SnipeMe seems to have a number of good rants on his site. One of them, called Internet Guide For Parents is teaching how to not repeat the same mistakes your parents did, by understanding what the hell is going on in online chat rooms. Enjoy!
Many emails and many identities - nobody believes you
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2007-08-23 11:29.The situation like this one is a sign of our super-technological times. Long time ago I created a hotmail account. After a while I found better ways to email, so I decided to keep hotmail just in case. It's useful to have an email to give out while shopping or registering online and let all spammers use it as they wish. read more »
Low quality unprepared tech podcasts
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2007-07-18 18:34.I am listening to a lot of technology podcasts lately that I get via Google Reader. There are a few famous ones, like Twit (these guys have at least interesting panels), CNet news and buzz-out-loud (cnet.com) and others. What struck me recently that the host don't really prepare the cast. They just read the news in real-time and start discussing them right away before even finishing reading into the story. Imho, this is some low quality crappy net-casting! read more »
Discussion: What should be the format of this site?
Submitted by 43vents on Fri, 2007-06-08 16:18.It has been almost one year since we started this project. Now we would like to invite all our readers to participate in a discussion about its future. What is the unit of information here? One vent, maybe? What do you think is more exciting, to post your own or to ready other's? If you are not posting actively, why? We are about to introduce some changes and the power to direct us is in your hands! Keep venting it's good for your health! 43 Vents Team read more »
StumbleUpon sold their soul to E-bay!
Submitted by Alex on Wed, 2007-05-30 21:40.It's official, they confirmed it in their blog. Let me see, what could possibly ebay want from this service? Ah, yes! sell freaking ads to their huge audience!!! What else? That is why we need open source, people. If they sell of, we create a clone (it's open source, so is free to copy) and everyone just migrates, i.e. moves their profiles there! read more »
