"OK, fair enough. It would have been nice if you had made the connection more explicit in your initial comment, but I probably overreacted." - Anthony Ha
"I agree that this just confirms an existing trend -- one that VentureBeat has covered extensively -- but the data itself is new, and was just released today. You can't make an apples-to-apples comparison between 2007 and 2008 until 2008 is over." - Anthony Ha
"According to the complaint, Facebook did try to block Power.com, but Power.com found some kind of workaround. I didn't see any more details than that." - Anthony Ha
"My 19th century history is pretty fuzzy, but I imagine the American government did a lot of things during that period (and after!) that it should be ashamed of. Subsidizing the robber barons would be pretty low on the list.
If the government funds infrastructure that serves the public good, I'd be slightly annoyed if some unethical folks profit too, but not more upset than that." - Anthony Ha
"I agree with the sentiment, Peter, which I probably should have made clearer in the post. Especially after seeing the eye-opening stat that the U.S. has fallen from 4th to 15th in broadband penetration." - Anthony Ha
"Yes, I imagine it will be some mix of online/offline, the question being where exactly it falls in that equation. In-browser makes it sound more online than not. If that makes sense." - Anthony Ha
"Yes, a few selected pages were up, but not the invitation for one of the parties I was invited to. Plus, y'know, the evite.com main page." - Anthony Ha