Fuking AWESOME, Vlad!!

You know, I was surprised by the reaction this got. If I were trying to come up with a good metaphor for Internet bandwidth to use with someone non-savvy, I could come up with worse ideas than a series of tubes or pipes with size and physical linkage attributes.

Though I will add for the record I believe he is a full shitwit for several other reasons.

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Vasudeva: it's a bad analogy because it plays right into the pro-neutrality arguments. Think about it, if the internet were a series of tubes (carrying water), we'd need different tubes for uploading and downloading, different tubes for high speed and low speed connection, and depending on how far you take the analogy, different tubes for different files you send, so you don't mix the files up.

On the other hand, pretty much everybody, at this point, understands what telephone lines are. There is no need to dumb things down too much.

Anyway, I have a big deal about how you can frame an issue to make your side appear more or less compelling just based on the vocabulary you use, not the merit of your arguments. An example is, it was definitely the republicans idea to have things be pro-life vs pro-choice.

we'd need different tubes

I don't see why that's a given, unless you're already trying to legislate in favor of net neutrality. A tube's a tube. You only need envision a multiplicity of tubes with varying levels of commercial value if you're trying to.



Anyway, I have a big deal about how you can frame an issue to make your side appear more or less compelling just based on the vocabulary you use, not the merit of your arguments.

It is ninjitsu and rewards study -- 'activist judges.' My favorite gymnastic along these lines, though with a few more tricks bolted onto the side: 'Support the Troops.'

He's right about one thing. The internet is not a big truck.