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How The 'Do Not Track' Plan Will Ultimately Kill Free Speech

Posted: November 9, 2012 at 12:43 am

Online advertising gets a bad rap.

Consumers, bombarded for years with belly fat and acai berry ads, dont welcome most display, video, and search ads.

Fortunately, many digital ads have evolved. Theyve become more relevant and less invasive, and consumers have become more open to them.

But what if ads disappeared? The alternative to an ad-supported Internet is a pay-for-play world supported by subscriptions or private ownership. Consumers may think they want an ad-free Internet, but do we really want to pay subscription fees to access all the sites we currently visit for free? In the end, advertising is the only thing that will keep the web free.

The web is a free resource we take for granted. Since the early 1990s, when it was first introduced, the web has grown at rates no expert could have predicted. And advertising has paid for most of that growth.

Imagine if access to web content had been set up differently, with a subscription model. A subscription model would limit Internet access to those who could afford it. And content creation would be driven by those few companies able to find enough subscribers to sustain their writers, editors, and techs. It would be a much smaller web.

Thankfully, most web content remains free. But it costs money to create that content. Professional writers, editors, photographers, designers, engineers, and on and onall spend a great deal of time and effort to create the content we enjoy for free. And where does the money come from to pay for their work? From advertising.

Social networks like Twitter and Facebook, and user-generated content (UGC) sites like YouTube, also rely on advertising revenues to pay for the back-end hosting and technology that enables consumers to post their comments, videos, and content for free.

Everyone claims to hate online advertising, but everyone also uses it. We dont engage with all of the advertising were exposed to. But when the ad is interesting, relevant, or just a deal we cant ignore, we do indeed pay attention.

More importantly, with all the heated debate about Do Not Track and other privacy initiatives aimed at the online advertising industry, one issue rarely comes up: the impact these controls would have on free speech.

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UFO Photographed from Space Part 2 – Video

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 6:47 pm


UFO Photographed from Space Part 2
Here is the other UFO that some have pointed out from the first related video. Look down for the original video. Some were saying this might be a galaxy but its too close for that. This image was taken by an Astronaut on the International Space Station. This is an amazing UFO Photo. You can find the image on this site eol.jsc.nasa.gov This is a real UFO and the photo is from a government website which is amazing! What is this mysterious object? Images can be found at the NASA Johnson Space Center Government site. Happy UFO hunting! Be sure to check out the UFO sightings blog at ufosightingz.blogspot.com and like the facebook fan page at http Be sure to follow UFO Clouds on Twitter at twitter.com Always Look Up UFO #39;s Could be flying above you!From:UFO HuntingCloudsViews:2 1ratingsTime:01:03More inEntertainment

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Slice of SciFi Pluto Probe – Video

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Slice of SciFi Pluto Probe
Why are probes only funny when aliens do it? Humans seem to be consumed with collision avoidance... unless we increase to ramming speed moments before impact! The Bagcast returns - floating on the International Space Station, with a fascinating report about Pluto #39;s moons. No, not the Disney character #39;s ass, rather the celestial body... which is about to be probed by some hardcore earthlings.From:FarpointMediaViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:52More inNews Politics

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Let’s Play… Freelancer – Video

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Let #39;s Play... Freelancer
Freelancer is a game from 2002, brought to us by Digital Anvil and Microsoft. It #39;s the sequel to Starlancer, a similar game in that they involve space combat. They have a difference, though, of 800 years, and the humans have long abandoned Earth. We play as Trent, one of the few survivors from a mysterious space station explosion. Join Birdtross as we begin to make our way through the Sirius Sector of space... Play Me! is an irregular series where I #39;ll play some games that aren #39;t a part of my usual programming, and get feedback about them. If there #39;s enough support, one of the games might become its #39; own series!From:BirdtrossViews:0 1ratingsTime:37:53More inGaming

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ISS Update: SPARTAN and the Spacewalk — 11.06.12 – Video

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ISS Update: SPARTAN and the Spacewalk -- 11.06.12
NASA Public Affairs Officer Kelly Humphries talks with Anthony Vareha, International Space Station SPARTAN flight controllerFrom:nvdktubeViews:1 0ratingsTime:13:48More inScience Technology

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Drunken Robot Pornography – Huge fall(Custom Arena)[HD] – Video

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Drunken Robot Pornography - Huge fall(Custom Arena)[HD]
Space Station Arena V1 - First Custom Arena in Workshop 😛 steamcommunity.com Fly like a dead Bird...just showing that huge fall from my first DRP Arena. Could place my base arena a little bit deeper so you can fall a little bit more, but that was like the max(from height)....From:diabLo2kXViews:4 0ratingsTime:00:18More inGaming

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Gallaxy Comand Alien Invasion , let the feeding Begin part 2 Time Travel – Video

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Gallaxy Comand Alien Invasion , let the feeding Begin part 2 Time Travel
Gallaxy Comand Alien Invasion , let the feeding Begin part 2. Powerful Alien Invaders Take on the Gallaxy Comand Defenders. When a Distant Space Station is Destroyed the call goes out to a Mighty Hero. Oh And their not here to inslave us... Make no mistake these Powerful Creatures only came here for one reason... TO EAT US ..... . This is part two... Super Britney retreats to earth after being wounded Fighting the Aliens who Destroyed Galaxy Comand #39;s Outpost. But this time her frightened scamper home smashed the time Barrier sending her 3 years into the past with no hope of ever returning to her future as she knew it... Super Britney #39;s Home in the future was gone forever....She must now Dwell in the Past , try to hide her Super Powers and exist as a normal Dog...No easy task for one of the mightiest Beings in the Gallaxy.From:bigcatfishinViews:0 0ratingsTime:04:04More inEntertainment

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Drunken Robot Pornography – My First Custom Workshop Arena(Space Station Arena V1)[HD] – Video

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Drunken Robot Pornography - My First Custom Workshop Arena(Space Station Arena V1)[HD]
Space Station Arena V1 - First Custom Arena in Workshop 😛 steamcommunity.com Playtrough of my first Arena that i build with the Editor from "Drunken Robot Pornography Alpha 4" from Dejobaan Games(creators of that awesome AaaaAaaaaabla game or wonderful end of the world). The Slowdown as i get to the upper area is because of the Titan i did choose. Too much lasers to handle for this engine :P(or my PC?). If you know a better Titan that shoots down(as an indicator where the new Titan is), tell me xDFrom:diabLo2kXViews:2 0ratingsTime:04:00More inGaming

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Lightning Storms from Uganda to Zanzibar Island – Video

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Lightning Storms from Uganda to Zanzibar Island
Video courtesy of the Image Science Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center eol.jsc.nasa.gov stonedgazers.blogspot.co.uk This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken on February 18, 2012 from 00:08:25 to 00:11:31 GMT, on a pass from northern Uganda to Zanzibar Island, off the coast of eastern Africa. This night video features the ISS flying over central Africa while there are lightning storms. The quick bursts of light represent lightning in the clouds. Compiled from frames ISS030-E-104579 to ISS030-E-104672From:ProConsoleHaxGamingViews:3 1ratingsTime:00:14More inScience Technology

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Cygnus – Pressurized Cargo Modules – Video

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Cygnus - Pressurized Cargo Modules
The Cygnus maneuvering spacecraft has been developed by Orbital Space Science to demonstrate cargo delivery under NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) agreement. In addition to the COTS development and demonstration program, Orbital will utilize the Cygnus to perform the ISS resupply flights under the Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) contract. This NASA contract authorizes eight missions between 2011 and 2015 carrying approximately 20000 Kg of cargo to the ISS as well as disposal of ISS waste. Thales Alenia Space Italia under contract to Orbital Sciences Corporation designed, developed, produced and delivered pressurized modules for cargo transport -- including equipment, spare parts, scientific experiments and other items -- to the International Space Station (ISS). The pressurized cargo module is based on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM).From:thalesaleniaspaceViews:0 0ratingsTime:06:15More inScience Technology

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