Friday, October 23, 2009

Open Thread – 10/23/2009

Yesterday I discovered that to upgrade to Windows 7 I have to wait for a DVD to arrive.  However, my early start was thrashes when my AV software notified me I needed to make a major upgrade, and that took a couple hours.  Nevertheless I had time to catch up on comments and visit most of the blogs I frequent.  I expect to stay up to date today.

Updating the Net Neutrality story, we won this round:

U.S. communications regulators voted unanimously to support an open Internet rule that would prevent telecom network operators from barring or blocking content based on the revenue it generated.

The proposed rule now goes to the public for comment until Jan. 14, after which the Federal Communications Commissions will review the feedback and possibly seek more comment. A final rule is not expected until the spring of next year.

"I am pleased that there is broad agreement inside the commission that we should move forward with a healthy and transparent process on an open Internet," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said on Thursday…

Inserted from <Common Dreams>

Today’s Jig Zone Puzzle took me 4:36.  To do it, Click Here.  How did you do?

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TGIF!!  What’s up this weekend?

2 comments:

the walking man said...

7:15

TomCat said...

You're getting better all the time, Mark.