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Libertarian approach to net-neutrality

» by russ November 13th, 2008 at 11:17 pm » View Comments

I’m not sure I would call myself a Libertarian but I do agree with many ideas espoused by Libertarians. I enjoy my daily dose from the Cato Daily Podcast. So I was intrigued by this article on the Armed and Dangerous blog: “Net neutrality: what’s a libertarian to do?” In the article [...]



Bush to allow Americans to send cellphones to Cuba

» by russ May 24th, 2008 at 12:15 am » View Comments

According to an article over at News.com:
President Bush said earlier this week that Americans will soon be able to send family members in Cuba cell phones in a move he hopes will bring more freedom to the communist island nation.
The U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, which has been in effect since the early 1960s, prohibits [...]



H-1B visa run out again

» by russ April 8th, 2008 at 11:04 pm » View Comments

Once again our heroes in Washington failed to provide enough H-1B visas to cover the need in the US for skilled workers. Here we have skilled workers being denied entry into the US to make/spend money in the US. Mean while these same heroes in Washington wanted to provide amnesty to illegal and [...]



EU looking to classify IP addresses as personal data

» by russ February 26th, 2008 at 11:25 pm » View Comments

Apparently a EU civil liberties committee was discussing the classification of IP addresses as “personal data”. Google in response to this has been pointing out that IP addresses do not necessarily point to an individual but rather a computer/device. I think this is important to remember as adding IP addresses as personal data [...]



Economic “stimulus” package, they can do that?

» by russ January 21st, 2008 at 8:42 pm » View Comments

As I’ve been reading and hearing about the so-called stimulus package I’ve been thinking. Can the government really force the economy to improve by throwing $800 bucks per person at the problem? My feelings are that giving tax payers back money will do nothing if they do not curb the out of control [...]



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