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[RANT] Why American Politics Will Ruin the World
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 I'm not sure if I should be posting this or not. It's something for the Americans to sort out amongst themselves, but I have an aching feeling that this won't remain inside America.
So what's all this hullabaloo about "Saving the Internet?" Well, in a nutshell, some greedy sons of bitches in the American Telecoms industry want to charge fees to the internet content providers (i.e. Google, Amazon, iTunes Music Store, etc.) a toll, if you will for the Information Super Highway. And now, they want the American Congress to write a bill implementing these fees. So what happens if this bill becomes law and companies refuse to pay the fee? They will most probably block their site from access, much like those annoying firewall messages you get at work for trying to access "Hot Lesbian Catholic College School Girls on Crack" Video on YouTube. The common example is if Google refuses to pay the ISP the fee, then the ISP will block all traffic from Google and redirect it to, say, Yehey.com because Yehey pays the ISP and we all know how cool Yehey is (sarcasm alert).
So, why should we care about this since we're a bajillion miles form the Land of the Greedy Free and we have our own politicians to worry about? Well, Me likes the Interweb. Me hates censorship. Me doesn't trust PLDT. I don't really think PLDT has its own Internet infrastructure in place, or any local ISP for that matter. I believe we're only piggy-backing on some big shot American ISP that's providing the bandwidth for the whole country. Even if we weren't, what will prevent PLDT and other ISPs to follow suit in this country? In short, what has the US done recently that did not affect anything globally? (cough, War on Iraq, cough cough, Gas prices, cough, cough)
What are we to do about it? Nothing really. We can't really sign the petition online since we're not American citizens. Except for Ben and Earl. (Go and sign the damn petition!) I just wanted to let you guys know that those Krazy Amerikhans are up to something again that can ruin something good for the rest of the world. Just take a look at the shitty Hollywood remake of Il Mare. Read more about Net Neutrality and Saving the Internet here. Knowing is half the battle.®
In Other News... When Creatives Collide
 I found this photo on Yahoo News. Now, y'all know the one on the right, that be Stevie Spielberg, one of the best directors in American Cinema (note how I didn't use "Hollywood"). The one on the left is Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo Japan, the Legendary Game Designer who brought us Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda. What the heck are they doing? Playing with the "Wii." What's a Wii? It's Nintendo's next console. See the remotes in the photo? That's the controllers. It's motion sensitve and you control things by waving that thing around. So when you play tennis, you actually get to swing like you have a real tennis racket. Why should you care? No reason. I'm just geeking out here. It's just so awesome to see two amazingly creative people come together. If Steve Jobs was in that photo playing with them, I'd be shitting in my pants. [sigh] Now I have something else to save for. Curse you, Miyamoto! Labels: Rants |
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 Name: Jin
Occupation:
Graphic Artist/Pirate
Geek Toys:
20" iMac Core Duo, PSP, iPod (3G), EOS350D
Special Attack(s):
La Serpiente Strike
El Gato Fist
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Being the mindless drone of fashion that I am, I decided to jump on the Blogging bandwagon. This site contains all my rants and raves about current events, technology, video gaming, cinema and the occasional snippets of my own geek life. (Yeah, quite original, I know.)
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Illustrations and Character Designs: Jin.
The Sims. © 2006. Electronic Arts, Inc.
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3 Comments:
why does shigeru miyamoto look like austin powers? hahaha!
oh, behave, baby! ^_^
lol! behave!
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