Tag Archive: Net Neutrality

Dancing the Night Away

Two boxers facing each other in the ring have long been compared to a dance.  Many will remember the fights featuring the great Muhammad Ali who would “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.”   But these days the fight between Bethesda and Interplay seems to have reached the point of a good old…

Pulling in the nets

Pulling in the nets   We have come to think of Net Neutrality as a living entity…the  anthropomorphosis of the non-corporeal into a zombie-like form that will not die.  After all, unlike what Bob Merrill supposed back in 1961 it isn’t love that makes the world go round – it’s money.  Bucket loads of it. …

Can you hear ME now?

Get out your fairy dust and magic wands boys and girls. Click your heals together three times and keep saying “there’s no place like net neutral wireless internet, there’s no place like net neutral wireless internet”.  Gather round as Verizon spins a tall tale of how they will fullfill President Obama’s dream of Net Neutrality……

All bits are created equal

As regular listeners and readers know, the entire No Prisoners, No Mercy (NPNM) are members of a group called “The Older Gamers” – this is the “TOG” that we talk about on our show so much. Yes, the next time you think that all gamers are created equal stop over at The Older Gamers and…

FE, FI, FO, FUM

Welcome to the Fi, Fi, Fo, Fum issue They’re big enough, they’re scary enough… update: No closed deal (yet) but there has been an announcement of terms: $562.2 million plus “performance liked earn out of up to $200 million. (source) So it looks like its full speed ahead for Disney version of Facebook games. Are…

The Digital Stream becomes a Trickle

The Stream becomes a trickle There are some things you just don’t do… spit into the wind, mess around with Jim (if you are a Jim Croce fan) and insult someone’s mother – It’s just common sense. There are some things you don’t do unless you are a glutton for punishment. Like answer the question…