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The Internet Non-Discrimination Act of 2006
So Verizon
and every other mega-ISP think Google and other content providers are getting a
free ride and should be paying on both ends and Comcast might be
throttling Vonage to death, none of seems like a trend that's good for consumers, much less the future of the
Internet. Luckily I'm not alone: U.S. senator from Oregon Ron Wyden has introduced the Internet Non-Discrimination Act
of 2006, which the press is describing as the "net neutrality bill." From Russell Shaw's post on his ZDNet blog, the bill's key points are:- Preventing interfering with, blocking, degrading, altering, modifying or changing traffic on the Internet;
- Prohibiting creation of a priority lane where content providers can buy quicker access to customers, while those who don’t pay the fee are left in the slow lane;
- Allowing consumers to choose which devices they use to connect to the Internet while they are on the Internet;
- Ensuring that consumers have non-discriminatory access and service;
- Having a transparent system whereby consumers, Internet content, and applications companies have access to the rates, terms, and conditions for Internet service.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
