Tech at Night: FCC Danger, Lefty Hypocrisy, Eric Schmidt, AT&T
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | March 19th at 03:30 AM |
Long week on my end, but thankfully it’s over as soon as I’m done writing this. But the top story is danger at the FCC. The regulator is still threatening to overstep its bounds and circumvent the Telecommunications Act, which strictly limits the amount of power the FCC has over Information Services. So now they want to redefine high-speed Internet access as something new and | Read More »
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Is Rasmussen biased toward the Republicans? Not in California.
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 14th at 03:30 PM |
Certain critics either say or imply that Rasmussen Reports is skewed toward Republicans, just because this cycle he predicted early that the 2010 electorate would look nothing like that of 2008. But that’s not the same as having a partisan bias, and in fact, comparing the latest Rasmussen poll of the California Senate race with SurveyUSA hints there is no such partisan bias to be | Read More »
Vindication, Google, and Islam
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | January 26th at 09:00 PM |
Remember when I accused Google of censoring search hints? Some of the reactions were just hysterical. So many technically inclined people on the right have a reflexive desire to defend Google and make the kindest assumptions about the company. The company itself claimed that it was all coincidence. Further research showed that Google was also censoring criticism of Islam, a claim that was met with | Read More »
Picturing the Supreme Court’s lineup [Updated]
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | June 19th at 09:35 AM |
Via Slashdot we come across SCOTUSScores.com, a site which purports to give a clear visual representation of the Supreme Court’s voting patterns over the years. Each justice is given a color coding for every term representing how he voted. There’s just one problem with it: It’s biased. Updated below the fold… No, really? A biased chart of the Supreme Court just in time for a | Read More »