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The Empires Strike Back
Alien54 writes "Back when the Internet was young - oh, say, eight years ago - there was a school of thought that held that cyberspace was its own sovereign nation. For one thing, 'The Net perceives censorship as damage, and routes around it.' What government could control what was said on the Net? [...] Maybe it's time to change that into, 'Governments perceive the Internet as damage, and gang up on it.' So says Net War columnist Wendy Grossman in an article discussing the recent raids on Indymedia. She makes an interesting case."
all we have to do is Wait for The Return of the Jedi and all will be good again.
Unacceptable. Your patience and reason are not tolerated in the sovereign nation of Internet. Go straight to the gulag for reeducation.
"Cyberspace will never be its own sovereign nation as long as the endpoints are rooted in the physical world. "
You're right!!!!
I'm releasing myself from these shackles now!
Now where's the powercor-
I think, therefore I am...I think.
Governments: "Oh no, it's the internet, hit it with a stick and see if it goes away. Then file laws we have no idea how to enforce."
Corps: "We must use the internet to expand our web of mindless consumers!"
RIAA: "Look, #103885439 just logged into Yahoo, Sue him!"
Microsoft: "..." (Bill Gates was unable to join chat, rumours state computer has been comprimised by a new trojan)
Users: "Finally, I'm online, now all I have to do is avoid the sticks, try not to buy anything and everything, not get dragged into court, all while trying to keep my computer secure."
You will be baked, and there will be cake.
amatuer orbital server farms.
Brings a whole new meaning to "my server crashed".
MASTER CHIEF DIES IN HALO 2
Should read:
le chef principal meurt dans le halo deux
Please fix, a shoddily-constructed troll just makes slashdot suck even worse. thanks.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
I think we all take it as a given that these satellites will have antiballistic lasers, plasma shielding and, what the hell, let's throw in an orbital particle beam platform.
[insert witty quote here]
You mean that ninja-black-mask-wearing thug maroon who was bashing in the windows of their landrover with a fire extiguisher?
And shooting his stupid ass was bad why?
People like that give all protesters a bad name by association. Peaceful protest is a valuable activity to keep social balance. Violent thugs despoil and pollute the sanctity of peaceful protest.
Hell, if you tried to bash in someones car windows in Texas, people would pull over and gather around just to cap your dumb ass.
Stop whining.
"They just don't have the publicists that Westerners can afford."
Yeah, I'd like to see a publicist rescue their image from the whole 'crashing a plane into a civilian target' debacle.
"Derp de derp."
If you're going to take the time to type a word in ALL CAPS, is it too much to ask that you type the right word?