So it looks like the battle for net neutrality is effectively over, or at least at a stalemate for now, news of Mr. Stevens is, well, non-existant, and I really don't know where to go with this.

I'll probably replace this blog with a single page monument to Ted's little Senatorial faux-pas here, and relegate the blog to an archive section or something.   I dunno.  It seems fitting that it (at least) should remain as a testament to the clueless f-wits that run this country....  Stay tuned.

Looks like the end of the road for Senator Stevens' "Series of Tubes" bill as the current congress adjourns.

(And there was much rejoicing...yea!)

Bad news is a new crop of loonies will be coming in, and I'm sure will bring us lots of laughs to come.

Save the Internet Blog » Blog Archive » Huge Victory for Real People as Telco Bill Dies

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...at least until you acheive "A Series of Tubes" in the XB360 game "Gears of War"



img and link: A Series of Tubes in “Gears of War” [ Tempus Fugit | TxFx.net ]
(article title from: GEARS OF WAR LYRICS )

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In this piece, we see what would happen to online gaming if the bigco's have their way.  You could probably insert your favorite non-standard traffic type in their as well.  Rsync, ssh, (rsync over ssh!! oh noes!)  the list is endless!

Just so long as they don't throttle my ET traffic!  "Too many air strikes requested!" indeed!

Link: A New Take on Net Neutrality

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(cue obnoxious telegraph sounds)

This just in! It's actually not a series of tubes, but a fifteen story building!  I so get it now!

From ICANN chief and native Aussie Paul Twomey.

"The internet is like a fifteen story building, and with
international domain names what we're trying to do is change the
bricks in the basement," he said.

"If we change the bricks there's all these layers of code above
the DNS ... we have to make sure that if we change the system, the
rest is all going to work."

OK, so maybe that comparison isn't so far off base.  Well, maybe more like adding 10,000 extra sets of stairs and elevators to the building.  All with different signage.

Still, got to love the metaphors.

Linky: Web chief warns of domain name chaos - web - Technology - smh.com.au

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