Image of Then they came for the internet but, by that time...
Then they came for the internet but, by that time...
editorial posted by in braincrave
As proud supporters of Creative Commons, we were encouraged to see so many websites effectively shut down or "go dark" on January 18, 2012 in protest of the tyrannical SOPA/PIPA bills that the US gov...
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Nationalize email to the US Postal Service - are you fucking kidding me?
editorial posted by in braincrave
From the "you can't make this shit up" files... Statists have plenty of bad ideas: going to war for oil, setting up regulatory agencies that don't do their jobs, molesting people in the name of se...
Image of TIL about Pale Moon - a faster version of Firefox for Windows
TIL about Pale Moon - a faster version of Firefox for Windows
editorial posted by in braincrave
Today I learned about Pale Moon - an optimized version of Firefox that is much faster than Firefox and optimized specifically for Windows. Not only is it much faster than Firefox (perhaps even by...
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TIL about StumbleUpon toolbar options
editorial posted by in braincrave
For those of you who aren't familiar with it, StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that shows you random web pages based upon categories that you like. It learns very quickly what you like and don't lik...
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Taking down the internet
editorial posted by in braincrave
Put on your tinfoil hats for this one. We recently saw that a country's government can easily and quickly shut down the internet. In a classic rope-a-dope, as Hillary Clinton babbles propaganda about...
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TIL Hong Kong gets 1 Gbps internet for $26/month
editorial posted by in braincrave
Today I learned that Hong Kong gets 1 Gbps broadband service for $26 a month while the FCC tries to LEGISLATE an "ambitious" goal of 100Mbs. Perhaps it's time to get rid of the wankers at the FCC? (I...
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Net neutrality regulation and liberty
editorial posted by in braincrave
Governments love to pander equality and anti-discrimination laws (well, granted - they were for discrimination before they were against it). Their latest villain? The Internet Service Providers (ISP)...
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Shutting down the Internet
editorial posted by in braincrave
Why is the US government trying to pass a law that creates a "kill switch" to shut down the Internet at its whim? What are they preparing for? What is it that is about to happen? FTA: "A new U.S....
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Particle teleportation across Calgary marks 'major step' toward creation of 'quantum internet'
cbc.ca link posted by in science
In a "major step" toward practical quantum networking, researchers at the University of Calgary have successfully demonstrated the teleportation of a light particle's properties between their lab...
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The Economy of Ideas. A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong.)
wired.com link posted by in technology
John Perry Barlow (the author of this article) used to be a songwriter for the Grateful Dead and is a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). It is as on-point today as it was when i...
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Researchers Make BitTorrent Anonymous and Impossible to Shut Down
torrentfreak.com link posted by in hacking Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
While the BitTorrent ecosystem is filled with uncertainty and doubt, researchers at Delft University of Technology have released the first version of their anonymous and decentralized BitTorrent ne...
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The Cost to Connect - Internet Prices Around the World
editorial posted by in technology Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
Embarrassing. Abysmal. Pathetic. These are the words that used to come to mind when I considered Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the US. To me, they seemed so slow and costly. Then I did some...