Comments for Bret Swanson - Maximum Entropy http://www.bretswanson.com tech, econ, Web, China, stocks, Fed, energy, IP, Moore, bandwidth, exaflood Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Climate Detective Gets His Mann by John Blake http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2010/03/climate-detective-gets-his-mann/comment-page-1/#comment-872 John Blake Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:01:40 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1595#comment-872 We eagerly await Volumes, II, III et seq. Not six months yet past Climategate downloads last November 19th, Climate Cultists manifestly have not a leg to stand on. Garbage in, garbage out: There never was any empirical, real-world science to the Green Gang's enterprise. As many disinterested observers have known for years, nothing Warmists do or say has any credibility whatever. Theirs is agenda-driven propaganda, pure and simple, aiming to enrich themselves at the expense not only of tax-payers' purportedly objective governmental agencies but of democratic rule-of-law itself. We eagerly await Volumes, II, III et seq. Not six months yet past Climategate downloads last November 19th, Climate Cultists manifestly have not a leg to stand on. Garbage in, garbage out: There never was any empirical, real-world science to the Green Gang’s enterprise. As many disinterested observers have known for years, nothing Warmists do or say has any credibility whatever. Theirs is agenda-driven propaganda, pure and simple, aiming to enrich themselves at the expense not only of tax-payers’ purportedly objective governmental agencies but of democratic rule-of-law itself.

]]> Comment on Climate Detective Gets His Mann by Jack Maloney http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2010/03/climate-detective-gets-his-mann/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Jack Maloney Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:49:24 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1595#comment-870 Well-deserved praise; I enjoyed the book thoroughly. Well-deserved praise; I enjoyed the book thoroughly.

]]> Comment on Climate Detective Gets His Mann by Dr Phillip Bratby http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2010/03/climate-detective-gets-his-mann/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Dr Phillip Bratby Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:08:15 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1595#comment-869 I couldn't agree more with Matt Ridley's statement. I read The Hockey Stick Illusion twice and found it difficult to put the book down. I couldn’t agree more with Matt Ridley’s statement. I read The Hockey Stick Illusion twice and found it difficult to put the book down.

]]> Comment on Chronically Critical Broadband Country Comparisons by admin http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2010/03/chronically-critical-broadband-country-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-811 admin Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:51:48 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1629#comment-811 I somehow missed that very good Hazlett article. Thanks for sharing. As far as the chart goes, I'm doing more work in this vein and will have a longer report soon. I somehow missed that very good Hazlett article. Thanks for sharing.

As far as the chart goes, I’m doing more work in this vein and will have a longer report soon.

]]> Comment on Chronically Critical Broadband Country Comparisons by Bruce Van Nice http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2010/03/chronically-critical-broadband-country-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-809 Bruce Van Nice Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:38:08 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1629#comment-809 This is a great chart but I looked at Cisco VNI and it is not entirely clear to me how you derived the data. Taking for granted it's legitimacy it would be great if it were more widely publicized. Perhaps it would end the era of broadband envy that has spawned so many senseless initiatives to magically "improve our competitiveness" by getting "better" broadband (what a thoroughly simpleminded notion). Thomas Hazlett wrote one of the better editorials on this topic that i have ever read http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/we-re-number-two--15294 Your data is a compelling supplement. This is a great chart but I looked at Cisco VNI and it is not entirely clear to me how you derived the data.

Taking for granted it’s legitimacy it would be great if it were more widely publicized. Perhaps it would end the era of broadband envy that has spawned so many senseless initiatives to magically “improve our competitiveness” by getting “better” broadband (what a thoroughly simpleminded notion).

Thomas Hazlett wrote one of the better editorials on this topic that i have ever read
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/we-re-number-two–15294
Your data is a compelling supplement.

]]> Comment on Bartlett’s Familiar Misanalysis by heem http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2010/02/bartletts-dictionary-of-misanalysis/comment-page-1/#comment-549 heem Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:50:47 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1502#comment-549 Someone needs to debate Bruce Bartlett. Ive written him on many occasions and he refuses to debate or have discussions. Unfortunately for Mr Bartlett, his entire worldview is based on his extreme hate for GW Bush Someone needs to debate Bruce Bartlett. Ive written him on many occasions and he refuses to debate or have discussions. Unfortunately for Mr Bartlett, his entire worldview is based on his extreme hate for GW Bush

]]> Comment on Collective vs. Creative: The Yin and Yang of Innovation by Joe http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2010/01/collective-vs-creative-the-yin-and-yang-of-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Joe Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:28:06 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1461#comment-538 There is a danger in "innovation" at the core, that I hope you will address. The central feature that makes innovation even possible at the edges of the network is that the core is essentially "stupid." This creates independence and allows innovators to create new technology without any reliance on each other, or the network provider. It is simple to say "this is not always good." It is much harder to ignore the fact that 100% of the internet's use and current technology has been built around this "dumb-core" architecture, and even harder to suggest how one could "evolve" at the core (introducing intelligence I presume) without a corresponding reduction in the ability to evolve at the edges. There is a danger in “innovation” at the core, that I hope you will address. The central feature that makes innovation even possible at the edges of the network is that the core is essentially “stupid.” This creates independence and allows innovators to create new technology without any reliance on each other, or the network provider. It is simple to say “this is not always good.” It is much harder to ignore the fact that 100% of the internet’s use and current technology has been built around this “dumb-core” architecture, and even harder to suggest how one could “evolve” at the core (introducing intelligence I presume) without a corresponding reduction in the ability to evolve at the edges.

]]> Comment on Innovation Yin and Yang by Bret Swanson - Maximum Entropy » Blog Archive » Collective vs. Creative: The Yin and Yang of Innovation http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2009/08/innovation-yin-and-yang/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Bret Swanson - Maximum Entropy » Blog Archive » Collective vs. Creative: The Yin and Yang of Innovation Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:41:58 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1216#comment-520 [...] one side or the other. We understand that there are virtues all around. Here’s how I put it on my blog last autumn: Suggesting we can enjoy Google’s software innovations without the network innovations of [...] [...] one side or the other. We understand that there are virtues all around. Here’s how I put it on my blog last autumn: Suggesting we can enjoy Google’s software innovations without the network innovations of [...]

]]> Comment on Innovation Yin and Yang by Digital Society » Blog Archive » Net Neutrality, Part I: Collective vs. Creative http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2009/08/innovation-yin-and-yang/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Digital Society » Blog Archive » Net Neutrality, Part I: Collective vs. Creative Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:36:19 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1216#comment-519 [...] favor one side or the other. We understand that there are virtues all around. Here’s how I put it on my blog last autumn: Suggesting we can enjoy Google’s software innovations without the network innovations of [...] [...] favor one side or the other. We understand that there are virtues all around. Here’s how I put it on my blog last autumn: Suggesting we can enjoy Google’s software innovations without the network innovations of [...]

]]> Comment on Leviathan Spam by Bret Swanson - Maximum Entropy » Blog Archive » A QoS primer http://www.bretswanson.com/index.php/2009/09/leviathan-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Bret Swanson - Maximum Entropy » Blog Archive » A QoS primer Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:52:55 +0000 http://www.bretswanson.com/?p=1279#comment-412 [...] « Leviathan Spam [...] [...] « Leviathan Spam [...]

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