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...sure, we shouldn’t allow broadband providers to act in an anti-competitive fashion by discriminating against particular content—for instance, blocking a Democratic blog and giving priority to a Republican website. However, most experts agree that broadband providers should be allowed to reasonably manage their networks to confront a looming threat: A relatively small set of users are downloading unprecedented volumes of video and music with “peer-to-peer” software, creating an online traffic jam and slowing down connection speeds for everyone...
...minimum or if it counterbalances them with higher AI recruits in other sports. This is not only kosher but a bright idea to improve a moribund program.Violations of NCAA regulations are a different story. The anecdotes included in Thamel’s article, the one about Blakeney in particular, are distressing. The piece describes Blakeney, who played at Duke when Amaker was an assistant there, playing pickup games and developing friendly relationships with a pair of recruits in the months before he was hired to join Amaker’s staff. Both of the recruits, Max Kenyi and Keith Wright...
...Amazon.com, “Principles of Economics” has come out in four editions since its first publication in 1998.Economics chair James K. Stock is known for complaining in class about this practice, although not about “Principles of Economics” in particular.“New editions are to a considerable extent simply another tool used by publishers and textbook authors to maintain their revenue stream, that is, to keep up prices,” Stock wrote in an e-mailed statement.He said that while he requires his own book for his class, he encourages...
...weekend with victories in the 200- and 400-yard events. Freshmen Katy Hinkle, Ali Slack, and Laura Murray, along with senior anchor Amanda Slaight, set school records in both events and made the “B” cut for the NCAA championships.The 200-free relay provided particular excitement, as the Crimson found itself trailing in the final leg. But Slaight refused to give in and posted a 22.88 anchor leg to edge Princeton by 0.07 seconds. The winning relay time was 1:33.14, but the record fell with a scorching preliminary time of 1:32.70, eclipsing the previous...
...other organizations, who might become wary of facing similar suits if they chose to publish or host controversial material. Those critics also said the ruling could set a dangerous precedent for the Internet, a new frontier in the battle over free speech whose terrain remains largely uncharted. Of particular concern to free speech advocates was the scope of the injunction. "The initial order was the Cyberspace equivalent of shutting down a newspaper" because of one story, says Steven Shapiro, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "It was unconstitutional and unenforceable...