ARI on Net Neutrality
The Ayn Rand Institute just put out a post against the recent increase in activity by those who want net neutrality. It can be read over at the Objectivist Standard.
Tags: [ari, net neutrality]“‘Net neutrality’ is the idea that ISPs should not be able to favor some types of data over others; they must be ‘neutral’ toward all the data they carry. But just as cable companies have a right to apportion their bandwidth between Internet and television data, so Internet providers have a right to apportion their bandwidth between standard and premium Internet data.”
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Aynrand.org ear-drum warning
As reported at Noodlefood, ARI has posted a ton of new content for registered users. The new content includes interviews and lectures by Ayn Rand, including her Ford Hall lectures, and the ARI lecture series. It’s great stuff, and all you have to do to listen is to sign up for an aynrand.org account.
Small complaint, though. At the very end of every recording I’ve listened to, there is a loud ear-splitting buzz. It sounds like that noise I’ve heard when plugging in a guitar to an amp, just held out. It’s not that big of a deal, but if you’re listening to the recording with headphones and the volume turned up a bit, you’re going to get it.
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Yaron Brook on Dennis Miller - Audio
As I reported earlier, Yaron Brook was interviewed on the Dennis Miller show on Tuesday, May 22nd. The podcast of the show is available for free here on the show’s website. You can also listen to the show through the website without downloading it. If you jump ahead somewhere around 1:10 you’ll catch some opening Ayn Rand quotes from Dennis Miller, and Brook comes on sometime after that.
Rather than starting on politics or the war, Miller asked a few opening questions about Objectivism itself. Afterwards the conversation moved on to talk about the war, and Brook explained that the war was against Islamic totalitarianism, not terrorism, and that Bush has fumbled it all. Miller defended Bush’s actions, openly admitting that he was a little more “pragmatic” about it.
Unfortunately, Miller’s comments took over the last part of the interview, taking away time that I would have preferred to be spent allowing Brook to speak. Still, it was a good opportunity for Brook to give some good ideas to those that would listen, and he took advantage of it.
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Yaron Brook on Dennis Miller
Yaron Brook is going to be on the Dennis Miller show tomorrow (5/22) around 11:15 a.m. central time. I don’t think any radio stations in the Kansas City area carry the show, but luckily the show’s podcast is available for free. According to the show’s website, the show should be available for download here around 1:30.
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