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Because you need a study break:

Municipal WiFi

We were just talking about this subject, the Times has a piece up today about the efforts of various cities to set up low cost WiFi networks. The focus of the piece is on for-profit arrangements with Earthlink and other providers, although near the end of the article they briefly touch on alternative models such as municipally provided non-profit service (as they have in some European cities and some smaller towns in the US). Why have the large city WiFi models failed? Are public-private for profit partnerships the problem? Have cities set the wrong goals for these policies? Will the US find itself at a disadvantage in a global economy if it doesn't do a better job of providing broadband internet access to a larger share of the population?

Sony advocates anarchy.... in 1975

No really. Check out the marketing for the first Betamax, it is all about decentralizing, taking control at the end point of the network, using technology and content in anarchic ways, and not having to watch commercials (thus stealing such artistic gems as Airwolf and the Facts of Life).