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Monday 23rd November 2009

PageRank, fast sites, net neutrality?

Ferrari Testarossa in our apartment block parking lot

It seems to be another example of an idea that everyone else seems to favour but I find worrying; even more jarring it’s perhaps the first time I’ve really disagreed with Om Malik (of whom I’m a huge fan) about something! Allegedly some people over at Google are exploring the option of including the speed of pages as a metric for a site’s PageRank.

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Friday 27th June 2008

Rubenerd Show 246 2008.06.26

Could this mean the end for Free and Open Source Software?The "Fairness Engine" rant episode!

A rant episode in response to a new technology reported by Webware and an article calling the exposing of P2P as a red herring; talking about net neutrality, attacking symptoms not causes, RIAA/MPAA inspired bullying tactics. Not the same calibre as a Jimbob Kloss rant but I try my best!

Also briefly talk about a fascinating interview article from Slashdot from the inventor of C++, and the internets are working again at home!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 40:24, 18.6MiB

You can also stream this episode and view its Internet Archive page.

Dedicated to my groovy late mum Debra Schade.