Second Law Makes Itself Known to Wetmachine

We had a disk failure, & had to restore from backup. Astute readers may notice that we’ve lost a few days’ worth of posts.

Not sure if we’ll be able to do anything about that (I’m on the road for the next few days. . .). In the meantime, wetmechanics are welcome to repost from their own personal archives, if they care to do so. . .

We apologize for the horrible discontinuity.

Hurricane Michael A Wake Up Call On Why Total Dereg of Telecom A Very Bad Idea. by Harold October 17, 2018 Readers of Harry Potter should be familiar with Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic who refuses to believe Voldemort will return because believing that would require…
7 Reasons Why The AT&T/TW Trial Matters So Much The Future of Antitrust (+1 for Appeal). by Harold March 19, 2018 Starting this week, AT&T and Time Warner get their day in court to prove that their proposed merger does not violate the anti-trust laws. I…
My Insanely Long Field Guide To Common Carriage, Public Utility, Public Forum — And Why The Differences Matter. by Harold September 5, 2017 Once upon a time, social conservatives used to be major allies on both limiting media consolidation and on net neutrality. Why? Because they recognized that…
Better Privacy Protections Won’t Kill Free Facebook. by Harold April 11, 2018 Once upon a time, some people developed a new technology for freely communicating with people around the world. While initially the purview of techies and…
NCTA Agrees Title II Virtuous Cycle Totally Working; Or, Pai’s Economics v. the Actual Real World. by Harold June 12, 2017 Last week, NCTA, the trade association for the industry formerly known as cable, posted this amazing graph and blog post showing that the "virtuous cycle" the FCC predicted…
Can the FTC Really Handle Net Neutrality? Let’s Check Against the 4 Most Famous Violations. by Harold December 11, 2017 I have been personally involved in just about every major network neutrality issue since this began as "open access" in 1998. It gives me a…

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