See other Science/Tech Articles
Title: Ted Stevens Explains the Internet
Source:
Various
URL Source: [None]
Published: Jul 15, 2006
Author: email links
Post Date: 2006-07-15 20:36:47 by eyeswideoopen
Keywords: None
Views: 84
Comments: 1
Video - J Stewart | Ted Stevens and those internet Tubes TDS: Ted Stevens and those internet Tubes http://movies.crooksandliars.com/TDS-Ted-Stevens-Tubes.wmv How the Internet works, by Ted Stevens > http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/07/03/how-the-internet-works-by-ted-stevens/ By: Steve on Monday, July 3rd, 2006 at 11:32 AM - PDT If you haven't read Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens' (R-Alaska) explanation for his opposition to net neutrality, you're missing out on a deeply disconcerting perspective. He asked, for example, "what happens to your own personal internet" when someone else tried to download 10 movies at the same time. "I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially. […] "They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." Now, Ted Stevens is 85 years old, so it stands to reason that he won't fully understand the Internet. But as Christy Hardin Smith noted, Stevens, as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, "is in charge of the bills that, among other things, control the internet." Stevens is not only commenting on key issues like net neutrality without understanding the issue, he's shaping the government's policy. The audio of his full speech is here . It ain't pretty. http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/497 Guest Post by Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report Thursday, July 13, 2006 DJ Ted Stevens Techno Remix: "A Series of Tubes" The Bold Headed Broadcast would like to thank Sen. Ted Stevens for providing the online world with such an amazing sound bite this week. It's a skillful fusion of political doublespeak and perplexing ignorance on how the Internet works. In his honor, we've remixed the most amusing gems from his illuminating perspective of the Internet and remixed it into a techno track for the world to enjoy. Download it from the Bold Headed Broadcast: http://66.132.137.45/podcast/steves_viral/DJ_teds_techno_tubes.mp3 Like this? Digg the link and let others know: http://digg.com/tech_news/Series_of_Tubes_-_Techno_remix
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: eyeswideoopen, Diana, Neil McIver (#0)
Now, Ted Stevens is 85 years old, so it stands to reason that he won't fully understand the Internet. But as Christy Hardin Smith noted, Stevens, as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, "is in charge of the bills that, among other things, control the internet." Frightening
"I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially. […]
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest