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ISP's confirm '2012: The Year The Internet Ends'
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I don't care. I've been to the end of the internet, and then proceeded to do a few loops around MR. It's all about MR.
Hmmm... talk about the US once again putting a stranglehold on domains and controlling them.
As soon as the control of domains is broken from US control and other countries get involved the flood gates will open.
China and Iran would likely become the place to go to host sites and get away from big brother.
Then the US would look just like any current country that has ISPs block access to websites and censor the internet.
As soon as the control of domains is broken from US control and other countries get involved the flood gates will open.
China and Iran would likely become the place to go to host sites and get away from big brother.
Then the US would look just like any current country that has ISPs block access to websites and censor the internet.
To everyone who think I'm crazy for posting this, I didn't post it because I believed it or was scared by it. I'm marginal in this topic. I posted it because talk of is going around the internet. I found out about this from a friend... and I decided then to share it with MacRumors.
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Anyway, speaking to the theory, I do like the fast part of it, but I don't like the censorship part. Whatever happened to freedom of the press, free speech, and this being a free county?
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Anyway, speaking to the theory, I do like the fast part of it, but I don't like the censorship part. Whatever happened to freedom of the press, free speech, and this being a free county?
Well actually a month ago a read something about ATT saying the same thing. And thats american...not canadian.
As you point out, a suit would be all it would take to take care of this one, in the US at least. I strongly doubt that the Supreme Court would buy an argument for broadly restricting access to websites.
Well, see. It depends on who gets nominated, and who does the nominating. A president (like say bush) can have a profound impact on the supreme court if they have a chance to nominate someone new, like when a judge retires etc...
I would guess even Bush's nominees would vote against internet censorship. The court has ruled strongly in favor of striking down internet anti-obscenity laws (7-2 in the 1997 CDA ruling from Reno vs. ACLU, and 8-1 in 2002 COPA ruling from ACLU vs. Ashcroft--though there was a lot of disagreement from concurrent viewpoints in the latter case).
I hope so........ but you never know...... all it takes is another "War on XYZ" and judges on both sides might capitulate....
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That's because companies are not the government. AT&T, Comcast, Quest don't promise you free speech.
Well, try this one on for size.
If the Internet does indeed end in 2012, so ends the revenue stream.
If the Internet does indeed end in 2012, so ends the revenue stream.
The ironically named Net Neutrality keeps failing miserably, this will die a quick death if this restrictive as well.
Yeah, and I wouldn't underestimate the power of the Google lobbyists. Remember, if you can only access a set list of sites, then Google search probably loses a huge chunk of revenue (or has to vastly change its business model). I don't think they'd be too pleased.
It's strange. Here's one time I'm glad that Google's got deep pockets and lots of political capital.
This can't happen. ISPs also make revenue by supplying webspace to people. If ISP X finds that ISP Y is blocking access to X's customers' web sites, they'll do the same thing to them. That would mean, no internet for allwhich is an interesting business modell, if you're an ISP.
saying 'biggy smalls' a few times in the mirror must cause biggy smalls to appear. There's just too much talk about ....biggy smalls.
Yes, something big will happen in 2012:
http://www.aprogrammingpro.com/2008/03/04/december-21-2012-7-prophecies-of-doom/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aPNcUJuiLY
hahahaha my favorite part about that youtube clip is how that guy 'discovered' that the chinese book matched up with a timeline and ended on Dec 21, 2012! Of course it ended there, there weren't any units to the Chinese book that matched a timeline so he could decide where it ended. You could end it on any date.
Kabunaru, you have to be the most gullible person on macrumors
Kabunaru, you have to be the most gullible person on macrumors
You are the least gullible person on MacRumours.
If something does happen on December 21, 2012 you won't be laughing anymore.
Why don't you want to believe? There's so much stuff about the year 2012. Why won't you accept it and admit something will happen in the year 2012?
Why do you dare to challenge the Mayans who were great astronomers and their calendar?
You are the least gullible person on MacRumours.
If something does happen on December 21, 2012 you won't be laughing anymore.
Why don't you want to believe? There's so much stuff about the year 2012. Why won't you accept it and admit something will happen in the year 2012?
Why do you dare to challenge the Mayans who were great astronomers and their calendar?
Well as Eric5h5 said I'm sure a whole year's worth of stuff will happen in 2012.
And yes, the Mayans were a great people... now they're dead. Didn't predict that did they? Absolutely anyone can make a wild claim about the end of the world. I'll do them one better and say it's the end of Mars as well on Dec. 21, 2012, that's right! The end of two freaking worlds.
aah, the end of the world...almost everyone has a prediction about when that's gonna happen...
in fact, i remember watching a show about how the world was going to end in the year 2000 - the show was a documentary about a man who went to great lengths to see the 'angels' on that 'last day.' Wonder where he is now. Maybe he'll be back in 2012 and we're gonna come a full circle
in fact, i remember watching a show about how the world was going to end in the year 2000 - the show was a documentary about a man who went to great lengths to see the 'angels' on that 'last day.' Wonder where he is now. Maybe he'll be back in 2012 and we're gonna come a full circle
Between 2000 and 2012 we should have come 12 full circles if things are working right.
Utterly meaningless. The amount of "stuff" about any subject is completely and totally irrelevant. The only thing that matters is whether it's real, and a bunch of people making up stuff doesn't make it real. Might want to look up Logic 101 someday.
--Eric