Sunday, October 3, 2010
Net-Neutrality: do or die
The net-neutrality, it seems, picked up steam. In today's Post there are two articles on this topic, one about FCC Chairman Genachowski's firm stance on providing broadband connections to the mainstream America, and the other an op-ed written by Pegoraro to act on it.
In my limited knowledge on this, I must say that I agree with the op-ed. Mr. Pegoraro's bold assertion to act on it holds true. With technology's lightening-speed pace, who knows, the issue of net-neutrality might become obsolete in 10 years. The big companies like Google and AT&T know that policies take years to become laws. Yes, Google, AT&T and other companies have paid $20 billion for spectrum but what comes ahead, the technological innovation, at the cost of this price may seem to be a pocket change 10-20 years from now. By that time, companies will have already made their profits. And the policies that would follow would become obsolete. The quagmire the policy makers are facing today on the issue of broadband because it had not existed when some of FCC's original rules were written and passed.
To enact spectrum and net-neutrality, Mr. Genachowski must stand firm and act fast on passing laws on net-neutrality.
Otherwise, consumers would become and remain just another wagers in the game of politics and business.
The following articles on net-neutrality appeared in the Washington Post on Sunday, October 3, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/02/AR2010050203262.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/02/AR2010100203245.html
In my limited knowledge on this, I must say that I agree with the op-ed. Mr. Pegoraro's bold assertion to act on it holds true. With technology's lightening-speed pace, who knows, the issue of net-neutrality might become obsolete in 10 years. The big companies like Google and AT&T know that policies take years to become laws. Yes, Google, AT&T and other companies have paid $20 billion for spectrum but what comes ahead, the technological innovation, at the cost of this price may seem to be a pocket change 10-20 years from now. By that time, companies will have already made their profits. And the policies that would follow would become obsolete. The quagmire the policy makers are facing today on the issue of broadband because it had not existed when some of FCC's original rules were written and passed.
To enact spectrum and net-neutrality, Mr. Genachowski must stand firm and act fast on passing laws on net-neutrality.
Otherwise, consumers would become and remain just another wagers in the game of politics and business.
The following articles on net-neutrality appeared in the Washington Post on Sunday, October 3, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/02/AR2010050203262.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/02/AR2010100203245.html
Friday, October 1, 2010
Got Milk: check your grammar
Taken from an article written by By Martha Brockenbrough (undated)
There are a couple of interesting ways to look at got and gotten.
One is as a vestige of American rebellion. British English is much more likely to use have got than American English, which prefers have gotten.
Where a British writer might say, "The year has got off to a great start," an American one is more likely to say, "The year has gotten off to a great start."
But it's not just the Atlantic separating the senses of these two words. There are actually slight differences in meaning.
If you say, "I have got a wig," it means you have one in your possession. But "I have gotten a wig" means you've gone out and fetched one. Meanwhile, "I have got to go to the dentist" means you must do it. "I've gotten to go to the dentist" means you went and consider it a privilege.
Got it?
There are a couple of interesting ways to look at got and gotten.
One is as a vestige of American rebellion. British English is much more likely to use have got than American English, which prefers have gotten.
Where a British writer might say, "The year has got off to a great start," an American one is more likely to say, "The year has gotten off to a great start."
But it's not just the Atlantic separating the senses of these two words. There are actually slight differences in meaning.
If you say, "I have got a wig," it means you have one in your possession. But "I have gotten a wig" means you've gone out and fetched one. Meanwhile, "I have got to go to the dentist" means you must do it. "I've gotten to go to the dentist" means you went and consider it a privilege.
Got it?
Technology As We See IT
This week's IT news are on the following two areas.
3D TV:
http://news.cnet.com/Forget-the-glasses-3D-monitors-ready-now/2100-1041_3-6081242.html
http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/enginuity/issue1/article5.html
http://www.physorg.com/news156683102.html
http://www.gizmag.com/dualplex-display-3d/16038/
Disaster: preparedness/recovery:http://www.itstrategycenter.com/networkcomputing/Threat/preparedness/preparing_for_disaster/
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/disaster.cfm
http://www.computereconomics.com/article.cfm?id=1313
http://www.disaster-resource.com/
3D TV:
http://news.cnet.com/Forget-the-glasses-3D-monitors-ready-now/2100-1041_3-6081242.html
http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/enginuity/issue1/article5.html
http://www.physorg.com/news156683102.html
http://www.gizmag.com/dualplex-display-3d/16038/
Disaster: preparedness/recovery:http://www.itstrategycenter.com/networkcomputing/Threat/preparedness/preparing_for_disaster/
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/disaster.cfm
http://www.computereconomics.com/article.cfm?id=1313
http://www.disaster-resource.com/
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The Power of Technology: rethink and reason with passion and curiosity
The impact of internet is simply mind boggling. Countries across the world are using social media to promote democracy and free-flowing ideas. According to The Economist (see link below), people submit 2.5 billion photos each month on Facebook; YouTube broadcast more than a billion videos a month. Examples like these show the changing trend in consumer behavior. Social sciences like economics must rethink their theoretical applications. Because technology has arrived.
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