Matt Van Stone

Here’s John C. Dvorak’s views on Senator John Stevens’ speech.

Net Neutrality Has a Spokesperson

My previous post: The Internets are Too Slow.

What? Are you crazy? Two posts in one day? Yeah, thats right. I did it.

I just had to post this story though. It’s almost as gold as when GWB said he heard there were rumors on the “internets”.

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explained why he voted against the net neutraility amendment and gave an amazing primer on how the internet works.

“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?”

Seriously, read it. It’s gold.
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/?entry_id=1512499

Seriously…. I thought I lived in the ghetto when my car was broken into a few months ago. This happened not a block from my house:

The suspicious death of a city woman has police combing through a Bridgeland home looking for evidence that may point to a homicide.

A woman, believed to be in her 40s, was discovered alive by paramedics inside the home in the 200 block of 3rd Street N.E. just before 3 a.m. on Sunday.

They rushed her to the Foothills Hospital, where she died of undisclosed injuries.

“Due to the nature and the circumstance of her injuries, the Calgary Police Service homicide unit was called to investigate,” said Acting Staff Sgt. Cliff O’Brien.

“We believe we have identified her. However, we have not yet notified next-of-kin.”

Police said a party was held at the home on Saturday night. The victim was one of about a dozen guests.

By the time officers arrived, only one man remained in the home — a tenant who had called 911. …Continue Reading

If you continue reading the article, I’m 99% sure that the people they interviewed are the resident managers of my appartment. Anyway, the cops have been hanging around my neighbourhood for a few days now and last night they had the chopper out and everything looking for some woman.

The best part of it all is my rent is going up… I get to pay $800 to live in the ghetto.