April 17-2010:

Dear Senator/Representative,

Please Help Us Save The Freedom Of The Internet For All To Access!

The FCC must reclassify broadband as a "telecommunications service" so that it can keep the Internet open and free of corporate gatekeepers.

Without vital Net Neutrality protections and the ability to enforce them, the Internet will cease to be a public platform for free speech, equal opportunity, economic growth and innovation. Instead, companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast, which have a commercial incentive to limit the free-flowing Web, will decide whose voices are heard.

You still have the power to protect the public interest. Please stand with us and keep the Internet in the hands of the people who use it every day.

Sincerely,


Please Go To congress.org, and petition your state's representative NOW!

http://mimbari.livejournal.com/

April 08-2010:

Who Are My Online Social Network Friends!

I was watching the animation episode on TV tonight, when the subject of FaceBook friends came up. One of the characters claim that the friends on FaceBook are not really true friends, and he will not be sucked into it because some of his real life friends are on FaceBook.

However, he was subsequently coerced into doing so by his own father, who wanted to be his FaceBook friend too.


What Are FaceBook Friends?

These networking sites have categories like Friends, Followers, Followed, and Contacts. It is based on the ability to get as many people on your Friends/Contact list, so that it would seem like you are very popular. But I get the real deal. It is all about EGO.

Some people are so self-centered or narcissistic, that they actually believe that those individuals on their Friend's List are true friends. So when some situation arise, and some of their so-called friends leave, is suddenly being reduced, or is not growing, they are appalled and offended.


Online Social Networking Sites Are Just That:

These sites are established for people to make contacts about common interests, share ideas, compare experiences, and even seek help in many common concerns. Most people get carried away with this idea, thinking that the individuals on their friend's list are theirs alone, and would move Hell to ensure, that no one who they do not appreciate get into contact with any of their friends.

It can sometimes seem childish to see comments like the following.

* A certain individual is a creep, and should not be allowed to follow you.

* Or that some individual is not Cool enough to be on their friend's list.

* Or that some individual is too old to be a friend of theirs.

All of this Trite, Frivolity, and Mundaneness, are all part of the Online Networking Climate. So be warned whenever you see some of the above comments, not to take it seriously.

Because this is the only place where some people can communicate with other humans.

Derryck.
NYC.