Superheros, supervillains, and the law

The New York Times has an article about about a new blog devoted to legal questions regarding superheros and their arch enemies.

FCC rules against Comcast

Seen on PCWorld.com:

FCC Rules Against Comcast P-to-P Throttling
Grant Gross, IDG News Service
Friday, August 01, 2008 9:10 AM PDT

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has ordered Comcast to stop interfering with peer-to-peer traffic on its broadband network, with officials there saying the cable provider was "invasive" in its network traffic management.

In a victory for net neutrality advocates, the FCC on Friday voted 3-2 to order
Comcast to stop slowing P-to-P traffic by the end of the year and to come up with a new network management plan. If Comcast refuses, the company could be subject to an injunction and other regulatory penalties. (cont)

State of the nation's bridges

Sabrina Pacifici has put together a list of documents relating to the status of US bridges in a post on her BeSpacific.com blog. It includes the National Bridge Inventory, Federal Highway Administration records, and selected news stories.

http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/015618.html