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How To Predict The Future

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Predicting Streaming Video and the Birth of the Spreadsheet. A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks. It was difficult because we had limited bandwidth to send the bits through, and limited processing power to compress and decompress the video. Streaming video had finally made it.

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Protect The Internet

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If you don’t want to read the bills, watch the following four minute video for another excellent summary of what they are about, especially how the bills will be used by existing large companies. The Senate bill is called the Protect IP Act. The bills – like many in Congress – are misleadingly named.

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American Censorship Day Is Tomorrow (11/16/11)

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There are two very disturbing bills making their way through Congress: Protect IP Act (PIPA - S.968 While you can try to understand the bills, this short video does a phenomenal job of summarizing their potential impact along with second order effects (intended or unintended). 968 ) and Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA – H.R.3261

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PBS Newshour on Accelerators

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Whenever I see stuff like Protect IP and SOPA making progress through Congress (both bills – which if passed – will have a chilling effect on entrepreneurship and job creation) I get frustrated. If you don’t understand what an accelerator is, or just want a nice eight minute overview, watch this video.