RawCode

It is time to shake up the Telco/wireless industry.

Various telcos have mentioned how they want to charge companies like Google because they are making money off their networks.

Google takes that threat seriously. Hopefully seriously enough that they take their $12 billion dollars and buy a national slice of the 700mhz spectrum. They already own thousands of miles of dark fiber across the US, so why not use the 700mhz band for the “last mile” transit to customers. Google will have a direct path to the customer and own every step of it. They could offer reduced rate/ad support cell phone and internet use.

Now some people are scared of a situation like this, one company that owns the content, the transport and the devices you use to access the content. However, do you think GOOG could do any worse than AT&T already has? I mean they have already shown that they are will to work with the NSA to spy on American Citizens, it is awfully hard to beat that.

I say we should give GOOG a chance and hope they outbid the others.

Filed by RawCode at 1:11 am under Commentary
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I have recently taken up chess again. I am finding it to be quite fun, but it also fills me with apprehension and doubt. When I log into my Gmail account and find some Move Notification emails from RedHotPawn, the first feeling I have is doubt. I have no idea why since it is just a casual game between friends (or internet strangers) and neither has anything to gain from the virtual conflict.

Before I log in to check on the reported move, I find myself running through the game, trying to think if there was something I overlooked. A weed growing in a crack of my plan if you will. Once logged in,All the emotion I felt just melts away and are replaced with move analysis, plans, and counters. It is quite odd.

I find myself having those feelings before other games too. In a multiplayer RTS game like Dawn of War, I go through that entire process before the game. Once in the game, again all the emotion drains away and is replaced with mechanical movements, plans, and defense. Could it be a coping mechanism when I am placed under stress? Or am I just afraid of getting beat down?

Filed by RawCode at 5:15 am under Banter
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