Comments on: Baratunde Thurston on Net Neutrality http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/baratunde-thurston-on-net-neut.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: zdislaw http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/baratunde-thurston-on-net-neut.html#comment-1653687 zdislaw Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212320#comment-1653687 Are you suggesting that Antinous may have "jumped the snark?" Are you suggesting that Antinous may have “jumped the snark?”

]]> By: Shane Simmons http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/baratunde-thurston-on-net-neut.html#comment-1653202 Shane Simmons Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212320#comment-1653202 In your rush to be snarky, you may have missed the snark. In your rush to be snarky, you may have missed the snark.

]]> By: nachoproblem http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/baratunde-thurston-on-net-neut.html#comment-1652872 nachoproblem Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212320#comment-1652872 Compare and contrast with: "They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material."  -- Ted "Bridge to Nowhere" Stevens, 2006 Somehow, his state got a reputation for sending corrupt and belligerent ignorami to the capitol. Compare and contrast with:

“They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes. And if you don’t understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it’s going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.”  – Ted “Bridge to Nowhere” Stevens, 2006

Somehow, his state got a reputation for sending corrupt and belligerent ignorami to the capitol.

]]> By: Lam Bui http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/baratunde-thurston-on-net-neut.html#comment-1652738 Lam Bui Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212320#comment-1652738 This is a good, simple explanation of net neutrality. Thanks for this! This is a good, simple explanation of net neutrality. Thanks for this!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/baratunde-thurston-on-net-neut.html#comment-1652716 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212320#comment-1652716 What part of "but" are you unclear on? What part of “but” are you unclear on?

]]> By: Yarnek http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/baratunde-thurston-on-net-neut.html#comment-1652584 Yarnek Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212320#comment-1652584 This guy is known as a humorist? This guy is known as a humorist?

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