The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could enshrine pay-for-play. - The Washington Post

[patrick at ianai.net (Patrick W. Gilmore)]

I'm afraid we will have to agree to disagree. If you think things like "patent enforcement" == "government protected monopoly", we are at an impasse.

I guess having the police keep people from breaking into their offices and stealing their computers is another form of government medaling we would all be better off without?

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TTFN,
patrick

On Apr 25, 2014, at 18:47 , Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon at cox.net> wrote:

> On 4/25/2014 8:23 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
>> On Apr 25, 2014, at 00:57 , Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon at cox.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I just posted a completely empty message for which I apologize.
>>> 
>>>> Larry is confused. He can claim he is not, but posting to NANOG
>>>> does not change the facts. Then again, just because I posted to
>>>> NANOG doesn't prove I'm right either. Worst of all, this thread
>>>> is pretty non-operational now.
>>> 
>>> In a private message I asked if he could name a single monopoly
>>> that existed without regulation to protect its monopoly power.
>> 
>> I answered in a private message: Microsoft.
>> 
>> Kinda obvious if you think about it for, oh, say, 12 microseconds.
> 
> "OK, so you are a troll.
> 
> Microsoft is among the most heavily protected-by-regulation companies I
> can think of.
> 
> Have you ever seen their patent collection?  Can you guess at the size
> of their infringement-enforcement staff?  Do you have any idea how many
> court-room hours are spent each day protecting their monopoly?"
> 
> -- 
> Requiescas in pace o email           Two identifying characteristics
>                                        of System Administrators:
> Ex turpi causa non oritur actio      Infallibility, and the ability to
>                                        learn from their mistakes.
>                                          (Adapted from Stephen Pinker)

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