Today I sent a quick little article to The Second Life Herald about another group of people who think that the Internet needs regulating so that parents don't have to act like "mothers" or "fathers" to their kids. Oh the horror. Yeesh...
Am I sick of brainless morons trying to influence policy? Hell yes. Still, I do find it funny at the same time. I have a number of years of tech support under my belt, you see. I know these people. They're the ones who have 12:00 blinking on their VCRs.
More importantly though, they're the ones who thought that home computers were a passing fad. Now they're angry that they're being forced to deal with these gizmos. We all have to suffer because they are suffering, having to deal with technology they don't want or understand. These attempts at completely random censorship are their way of dealing with the fact that computers didn't "go away" like they expected them to. This is them waving their arms at the silicon chip and yelling: "SHOO!"
Well, you have to love them for it... just a little, anyhow. As a tip of the hat to them I give you two charming videos.
Enjoy!
Series of Tubes
Senator Ted Stevens talking about the Net Neutrality Bill
DJ Ted Stevens Techno Remix: "A Series of Tubes"
Paul Holcomb from The Bold Headed Broadcast mixed this techno version of Ted Stevens' now infamous "Series Of Tubes" speech and Gavin from 13tongimp.com made a video out of it.