Sender: •••@••.••• hi, fellow criminals. i have problems with the whole idea of this kind of fcc regulation. i don't see how our own moderator can be suggesting that we endorse: 1, having anyone eliminate complete competition in order to do anything. 2, an unconstitutional fcc grab at mandated pricing for anyone. 3, that the fcc dictate what an isp can and cannot charge and charge for. 4, that the fcc determine what we can and cannot use our bandwidth for, and how we structure our transmissions. 5, more legislation to force the tv industry to use another system because the fcc says so. we don't need price fixing or madates about the services and isp may provide. besides, how do you suppose we're going to determine if 'discounted institutions' are getting their discount? and how can you justify price fixing since prices now depend on many things, among them the assistance provided to users. all service help would fall to the lowest-common-denominator since charging less for the same help wouldn't work. no, wait! i know! the fcc could mandate that all isps must provide a certain amount and quality of help services! and then the fcc could spend billions upon billions inspecting these isps where they are, and could even log on through one of their own little sheep to inspect web sites to make sure that no one is giving above average help and flying chickens and we can all play facists and can i dress up as a nazi can i can i can i? sorry. i'm nowhere near lucid right now and those accumulated neuro-toxins are really having an effect. one tip, though. try reading it from 'no, wait! . . . ' in a manic voice and then from 'and flying chickens . . . ' in a voice that would make beavis sound like ghandi. that's how i was thinking it. anyway, that was a complete thought up until i had that 'flying chicken' thing pop into my head. alright, here's my thought : any type of regulation won't be too successful because isps don't have public property contracts, or anything else of phone companies, so they can't be strongarmed into becoming one with the relish, oonnee wwiitthh tthhee rreelliisshh i . . . i, uh, mean one with the regulations, since they are private enterprize, private sofware, private FREAKIN' *C*A*L*L*S*!!!!!!!!! to recap (alright, alright, so i'm only stopping here because if asked to write my name right now i would have to reach for the 'n-o' (n throught o) section of the oxford english dictionary), even if i believed that the fcc should be politiking monopolies on the net, i would have to fight to the contrary because we have a right to tell them to fuck themselves if they do anything stupid. i don't believe that, however, so you don't have to call me crazy. no, it is i who am a!propane@chicken,#fly-%fly-*flying#awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! a propane chicken, fly- fly- flying awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
