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Net Neutrality

eBay, Google, Moby - they are all acting to prevent what could potentially damage the quality of the Internet in the USA.

The issue is called Net Neutrality.

SavetheInternet.com covers the basics of what it is about and why it is not a good idea.

If you are from the States, you can let your voice be heard in a number of ways, including petitions on MoveOn.org and FreePress.net.

If you feel so inclined, do act now!

By cman at 2006-06-03 16:31 | Free Information | Freedom | Information | Politics | Technology | World Events | add new comment | 296 reads

Wisdom from Kurt Vonnegut's Speech to Ohio State University

This article from Peace and Justice dot org is a sort of summary of some of the top points of Kurt Vonnegut's speech to Ohio State University.

It seems that this speech was the last paid speech Kurt will do.

Read it here.

By cman at 2006-03-20 13:01 | Earth Changes | Environment | Free Information | Freedom | Information | Politics | Random Thoughts | Spiritual Learning | Sustainability | Technology | World Events | add new comment | 369 reads

Is a Lunatic a Minority of One?

"He wondered, as he had many times wondered before, whether he himself was a lunatic. Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one."

• Winston Smith from "1984", by George Orwell.

By cman at 2006-03-17 19:37 | Disinformation | Freedom | Information | Misinformation | Politics | Random Thoughts | Spiritual Learning | add new comment | cman's quotes | 328 reads

Policitians Receive Positive Reinforcement for not Using their Faculties for Reasoning

This article on brain activity and political thinking is quite interesting.

This explains to a great extent some of the crazy decisions politicians have been making for thousands of years!

By cman at 2006-01-28 14:59 | For Laughs | Information | Politics | Science and Research | Technology | 246 reads
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