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Zenan Plains - Site Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Lord J Esq on July 17, 2006, 07:20:10 pm

Title: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Lord J Esq on July 17, 2006, 07:20:10 pm: Those of you who follow the news have probably already heard Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens' remarks last week about the Internet. And if you watch The Daily Show, you've already seen Jon Stewart's most bodacious coverage of the incident:

Sen. Stevens on Net Neutrality: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClkE64nFDY)

(http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/4156/internettubesstevenssb7.jpg)

This is Jon at his best, catching Stevens at his worst. And, unfortunately, this concerns us all, because if the telecom companies are allowed to do away with the informal practice of net neutrality, we're going to see a stratification of Internet access. What does that mean? It means your favorite websites had better cough up a big fee, or they'll slow down or even fail when you try to load them. Not even a strictly Democrat vs. Republican issue, this battle pits the telecom companies against every other industry and all individual people. Naturally, it was the Republicans in Congress who the telecoms were able to buy off, but most ordinary conservatives--having not been bought off--rightly oppose the thought of their Internet access being prioritized according by somebody like Comcast.

If the Dems were in power, you can bet this wouldn't have been an issue at all. The telecoms would have gotten a little too greedy, and Congress would have put them in their place straightaway. But with the Republicans so deeply in control of everything, no injustice is too absurd to pass into law. It's yet another good reason to vote Democratic this November. And, meanwhile, the Congressional battle over net neutrality continues.

And Ted Stevens plans to cut an album (http://www.boldheaded.com/podcast/steves_viral/DJ_teds_techno_tubes.mp3).

In other news, in Seattle today it was cloudy and deliciously cool, with a light breeze as I walked home from work. This may not be the only reason I love Seattle, but it is one of the big ones:

(http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/986/summercoolseattle2oi0.jpg)

Sources say that Europe is broiling too, and apparently even my slave hand-rubbers in Antarctica were given the day off--and it's the dead of winter there!
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Burning Zeppelin on July 18, 2006, 05:10:28 am: Sydney, Australia: First day of school; Penguin-freezing wind.
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1865/penguinpf8.jpg)
They is coming!
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Hadriel on July 18, 2006, 06:29:29 am: You'd just get the same shit in a few years with the Democrats, though. There are Democratic Senators more than stupid enough to think something like this. We really need a strong third party. Makes it harder for morons to get into office when the votes are split three ways.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: V_Translanka on July 18, 2006, 06:01:42 pm: Quote from: Lord J esq
In other news, in Seattle today it was cloudy and deliciously cool, with a light breeze as I walked home from work. This may not be the only reason I love Seattle, but it is one of the big ones:

(http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/986/summercoolseattle2oi0.jpg)

Yeah! Us in western Washington rule!
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Radical_Dreamer on July 19, 2006, 01:25:51 am: Quote from: V_Translanka on July 18, 2006, 06:01:42 pm
Quote from: Lord J esq
In other news, in Seattle today it was cloudy and deliciously cool, with a light breeze as I walked home from work. This may not be the only reason I love Seattle, but it is one of the big ones:

(http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/986/summercoolseattle2oi0.jpg)

Yeah! Us in western Washington rule!

Everyone else are a bunch of suckers!
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Exodus on July 19, 2006, 04:35:25 am: I've been paying quite a bit of attention to this; quite a bit more than I usually pay to political topics.

It's always nice when something political finally hits home, eh?
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Lord J Esq on July 19, 2006, 05:31:53 am: Politics always hit home...it's just that most of us don't realize it. It can be hard to make the connection between a bunch of blowhards in Washington and the way in which we live our lives. But it's always there.

If only people cared more...think of what we could do.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: ZeaLitY on July 19, 2006, 12:46:47 pm: It's 109 here. Walking outside is a death sentence. The lawn has completely turned yellow and the heat index takes things to 114. It will be interesting to see how global warming and the new tax on America's electricity will influence development of new power sources.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Exodus on July 20, 2006, 12:04:54 am: Quote from: Lord J esq on July 19, 2006, 05:31:53 am
Politics always hit home...it's just that most of us don't realize it. It can be hard to make the connection between a bunch of blowhards in Washington and the way in which we live our lives. But it's always there.

If only people cared more...think of what we could do.

Arguably, no.

Very little that congress argues about these days has a direct impact on my life.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Lord J Esq on July 20, 2006, 01:57:19 am: "Arugably," eh Exodus? Then I concede the argument.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Burning Zeppelin on July 20, 2006, 05:09:20 am: Quote from: Lord J esq on July 20, 2006, 01:57:19 am
"Arugably," eh Exodus? Then I concede the argument.
Argue away, it'll eventually turn into something about the evils of religion.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: CyberSarkany on July 20, 2006, 07:23:11 pm: Nonono, it will be about: Eating humans is nothing wrong.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Ramsus on July 20, 2006, 09:25:45 pm: Quote from: ZeaLitY on July 19, 2006, 12:46:47 pm
It's 109 here. Walking outside is a death sentence. The lawn has completely turned yellow and the heat index takes things to 114. It will be interesting to see how global warming and the new tax on America's electricity will influence development of new power sources.

It'll be like that when I'm going through basic training too.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Lord J Esq on July 22, 2006, 08:11:41 am: O, cruelty! Fate spited us today with a record high in Seattle...smashing the old record by several degrees.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: grey_the_angel on July 24, 2006, 01:56:52 am: http://www.boldheaded.com/podcast/steves_viral/DJ_teds_techno_tubes.mp3
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Burning Zeppelin on July 24, 2006, 06:15:21 am: Heard on the news about the current heat problem in the states. Supposedly one guy died, because the temperature reached *shock horror!* 38 DEGREEES! :roll:
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: CyberSarkany on July 24, 2006, 10:32:56 am: Here it is often ~ 35 ° C and above(forgot how to calculate it to Fahrenheit and I'm to lazy to search in Google, but it should be ~ 310 K, but forgot how to calculate that, too).
As refference: the body temperature is ~ 36°C
In a car it can easiely be 70°C if it stood in the sun for a few hours, and that IS damn hot, luckiely we have every now and then a small rainshower.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Romana on July 25, 2006, 12:38:30 pm: Quote from: CyberSarkany on July 24, 2006, 10:32:56 am
Here it is often ~ 35 ° C and above(forgot how to calculate it to Fahrenheit and I'm to lazy to search in Google, but it should be ~ 310 K, but forgot how to calculate that, too).
As refference: the body temperature is ~ 36°C
In a car it can easiely be 70°C if it stood in the sun for a few hours, and that IS damn hot, luckiely we have every now and then a small rainshower.

Dunno how you live.

I can't sleep at night with about 20 C
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: CyberSarkany on July 25, 2006, 02:53:53 pm: When it's too hot, I just go down into the basement, because it's a bit cooler there.
Title: Re: Laff & a-Half: "It's a series of TUBES!"
Post by: Romana on July 25, 2006, 03:00:22 pm: I go on the computer when it's too hot, and open the window wide and turn on the fan :D

That's about it.