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Lesson for Next Time: Small is BeautifulDec 2, 2008 Antitrust law needs to be updated to include "too big to fail" as a criterion for dismemberment. The alternative is pervasive regulation and/or government ownership of institutions which control huge swathes of the … |
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Free, Slow, Censored Internet – A Bad IdeaDec 1, 2008 The FCC is looking for an organization to provide free, slow, and censored Internet access. The censorship apparently would include email as well as websites. According to an article in today's Wall Street … Tagged: web tech, telecommunications, net neutrality |
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Time for the Citi to SleepNov 30, 2008 It's easy to believe that Citibank is a tottering tower whose collapse would endanger us all in the canyons below. However, keeping a financial corpse walking further endangers every other financial institution. When … Tagged: current affairs, unscientific economics |
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Thanksgiving PoemNov 27, 2008 Over the river and thru the wood, To grandmother's house we go. The GPS knows the way To guide us today, Even if traffic is slow, oh. Over the river and thru the wood, We're always in the know. My new Dash … Tagged: web tech |
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No Thanks, Mr. Paulson, We’re Repairing Our Balance SheetsNov 26, 2008 The newest push-on-a-string plan from Treasury Secretary Paulson is to force more federal money into consumer credit. The idea is that we can then max out our credit cards to new limits, buy houses and cars with too … Tagged: unscientific economics |
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The FCC White Space Regs – Pretty Good at First LookNov 25, 2008 My comm prediction #3 is that LTE and WiMAX are toast. The new great thing will be WRANs (wireless regional area networks). WRAN's will extend and eventually subsume WiFi. The detailed regulations which implement the … |
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Removing Obstacles to Obama’s Job Growth PlanNov 24, 2008 Given current "environmental" legislation, it will be impossible to create a meaningful number of jobs except for engineers and lawyers by next summer no matter how much federal money we allocate to this worthy … Tagged: current affairs, unscientific economics |
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We Are ALL Part of the Change We NeedNov 23, 2008 Tim O'Reilly blogged yesterday on the need for those who supported Obama in the election to stay involved and help the new administration but, more importantly, the country succeed. Those of us who didn't support Obama … Tagged: current affairs |
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A Time Without ExitsNov 22, 2008 Marooned on an island; adrift on a ship; locked in a seedy, spooky deserted mansion; lost in a cave – these are all staples of fiction. And these are all descriptions of the times we live in from an entrepreneur or VC … |
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Mobile Trumps Fixed Broadband – Comm Prediction #2Nov 21, 2008 "80% of Web users will choose mobile broadband over fixed by 2013" is the headline of a Total Telecom interview with John Cunliffe of Ericsson. I agree with the conclusion although I think Ericsson will be unpleasantly … Tagged: television, web tech, telecommunications |