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Niue WiFi Network Gone, .nu TLD May Follow
gxc writes "The world's first free national wireless grid is no longer with us, after waves from
Cyclone Heta swept over Niue's thirty metre cliffs, destroying
everything. Although only one person died, the damage is so bad that
there is talk of winding up the country , meaning their fortuitous ccTLD could go the way of .su. Perhaps the easiest way
for Slashdotters to help Niue would be to choose a .nu domain over the dull alternatives."
Like, first post, or some junk.
Country winds up YOU!
I sell crack for the CIA. Really, I do!
"It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
What are you guys thinking?
.cx belonds to Christmas Island, which you would all know is an Australian. Time they put auDA in charge of .cx and not let the shock sites back in without an Australian Tax File number (AFAIK an Australian Taxation number is a requirement for using anything under .au)
Your taking domains for your own purposes, instead of letting the rightful users of the domain (the people that live on the island) have full rights to it. Thats just utter DNS misusage and disgraceful.
Some applies for *cough*goatse.cx*cough*
(I'm assuming you're American, forgive me if that isn't the case) I find it amusing that you're saying New Zeland shouldn't send an independent country, Niue, about $8M a year, while at the same time the US is sending in the order of $3B to Israel. With that much money, you'd think the US would get to control the country and not the opposite...
I know I'm replying to somebody and I should be starting my own but I want to be at the top. On Alias the TV show- my theory is, Lauren Reed = the real Julia Thorne. I don't mean to be an ass and post on the wrong thing but I just wanted to get my theory out. Yay! Thanks, bye!
Who Rules America?
The Alien Grip on Our News and Entertainment Media Must Be Broken
By the Research Staff of National Vanguard Books
P.O. Box 330 Hillsboro West Virginia 24946 USA
There is no greater power in the world today than that wielded by the manipulators of public opinion in America. No king or pope of old, no conquering general or high priest ever disposed of a power even remotely approaching that of the few dozen men who control America's mass media of news and entertainment.
Their power is not distant and impersonal; it reaches into every home in America, and it works its will during nearly every waking hour. It is the power that shapes and molds the mind of virtually every citizen, young or old, rich or poor, simple or sophisticated.
The mass media form for us our image of the world and then tell us what to think about that image. Essentially everything we know -- or think we know -- about events outside our own neighborhood or circle of acquaintances comes to us via our daily newspaper, our weekly news magazine, our radio, or our television.
It is not just the heavy-handed suppression of certain news stories from our newspapers or the blatant propagandizing of history-distorting TV "docudramas" that characterizes the opinion-manipulating techniques of the media masters. They exercise both subtlety and thoroughness in their management of the news and the entertainment that they present to us.
For example, the way in which the news is covered: which items are emphasized and which are played down; the reporter's choice of words, tone of voice, and facial expressions; the wording of headlines; the choice of illustrations -- all of these things subliminally and yet profoundly affect the way in which we interpret what we see or hear.
On top of this, of course, the columnists and editors remove any remaining doubt from our minds as to just what we are to think about it all. Employing carefully developed psychological techniques, they guide our thought and opinion so that we can be in tune with the "in" crowd, the "beautiful people," the "smart money." They let us know exactly what our attitudes should be toward various types of people and behavior by placing those people or that behavior in the context of a TV drama or situation comedy and having the other TV characters react in the Politically Correct way.
Molding American Minds
For example, a racially mixed couple will be respected, liked, and socially sought after by other characters, as will a "take charge" Black scholar or businessman, or a sensitive and talented homosexual, or a poor but honest and hardworking illegal alien from Mexico. On the other hand, a White racist -- that is, any racially conscious White person who looks askance at miscegenation or at the rapidly darkening racial situation in America -- is portrayed, at best, as a despicable bigot who is reviled by the other characters, or, at worst, as a dangerous psychopath who is fascinated by firearms and is a menace to all law-abiding citizens. The White racist "gun nut," in fact, has become a familiar stereotype on TV shows.
The average American, of whose daily life TV-watching takes such an unhealthy portion, distinguishes between these fictional situations and reality only with difficulty, if at all. He responds to the televised actions, statements, and attitudes of TV actors much as he does to his own peers in real life. For all too many Americans the real world has been replaced by the false reality of the TV environment, and it is to this false reality that his urge to conform responds. Thus, when a TV scriptwriter expresses approval of some ideas and actions through the TV characters for whom he is writing, and disapproval of others, he exerts a powerful pressure on millions of viewers toward conformity with his own views.
And as it is with TV entertainment, so it is also with the news, whether televised or printed. The insidious thing about this form of thought control is that even when we rea
I am an American, and unlike the Anonymous Cowards I'll post under my own account that I don't for one instant think that the U.S. should be giving any money to the terrorist stare of Israel.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Alias sucks.
They have some of the worst technical consultants going around. How can you call yourself a nerd and actually believe half the crap that she does?