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Affordances of Violence, Cyber Warfare and Neutron Bombs

Mon 21 July 2014 By Andrew McConachie

"[The neutron bomb] is almost the ultimate expression of capitalism and technology. A bomb that destroys people and not property, like it or not, is an admirable feat in the realm of technology. [..] I think it's a perfect expression of where we are in this country right now, in this …
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Understanding the NTIA IANA Transition - Part 3

Sun 22 June 2014 By Andrew McConachie

On March 14, 2014, The National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA) announced its, "intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community."¹ This transition is more commonly referred to as the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) functions contract, or sometimes just the …
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Understanding the NTIA IANA Transition - Part 2

Tue 10 June 2014 By Andrew McConachie

On March 14, 2014, The National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA) announced its, "intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community."¹ This transition is more commonly referred to as the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) functions contract, or sometimes just the …
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Understanding the NTIA IANA Transition - Part 1

Thu 05 June 2014 By Andrew McConachie

On March 14, 2014, The National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA) announced its, "intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community."¹ This transition is more commonly referred to as the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) functions contract, or sometimes just the …
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Net Neutrality:Beyond the FCC's 2010 Open Internet Order

Mon 26 May 2014 By Andrew McConachie

For the purposes of this post I will use the term ISP to mean last mile residential ISPs. Business ISPs, non-residential last mile ISPs, IXPs and Tier-1 providers, are not included in this definition.

Introduction

In 2010 the FCC established 3 rules for ISPs regarding the Open Internet and network …
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