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Jul 19, 2006 21:41

Dear people who like to say that market forces will prevent companies from being evil ( Read more... )

rants, deep thoughts, stupid people

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xaeris July 20 2006, 01:50:31 UTC
i <3 kthxbai. or, even better, omgwtflolg2gkthxbai.

and yeah, i agree.

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thedeadparrot July 20 2006, 02:06:57 UTC
I definitely have to remember that one. Hee.

It especially pisses me off with the Net Neutrality thing. I would love it if we didn't have to pass regulation. It would thrill me to pieces. Unfortunately, the telecom companies have natural monopolies in their general areas, and it really wouldn't be that hard for oligopolistic collusion to happen between all of them.

NO, IDIOTS, TELECOMMUNICATION IS NOT A PERFECTLY COMPETITIVE MARKET, AND THEREFORE MOST OF YOUR ARGUMENTS FALL APART.

(Sorry, I get a little worked up over this issue.)

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stars_inthe_sky July 20 2006, 02:25:35 UTC
Oooh. I normally wouldn't have much to add here, but my office just did an event on Net Neutrality! I didn't go, but you can Google "Center for American Progress" for one of the gazillion articles written on it the next day...Also, we're doing another event on corporate responsibility on the morrow, so I'll try to go...

Furthermore: Finally saw Superman Returns. Rockage.

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thedeadparrot July 20 2006, 02:36:29 UTC
I'll check it out, but I feel as though Mr. "The internet is a series of tubes" Stevens has depressed me to the point where I'm losing all hope that it's ever going to happen.

And Superman Returns is very much rockage. :p

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bursar42 July 21 2006, 22:50:03 UTC
Remember, the man is very old and probably doesn't know why he has to dial the telephone nowadays. Also, this is the guy who got a $220 million dollar bridge put in to an island that has a population of slightly less than 50. Or, slightly over $4 million per person who could conceivably use it.

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thedeadparrot July 22 2006, 00:36:21 UTC
Oh, I know about that stuff. It still depresses me, however.

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