China Forces Websites To Register

Rodrigo Strauss writes "The Inquirer has the story that individual owners of websites and blogs must register with the government or face a shut-down. Apparently they will begin monitoring of all sites, both commercial and personal, beginning this month. Site owners have until the end of the month to register. The BBC has the story as well." From the BBC article: "'The internet has profited many people but it also has brought many problems, such as sex, violence and feudal superstitions and other harmful information that has seriously poisoned people's spirits,' said a statement on the MII website, explaining why the new rules were necessary."

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From inside the great firewall

[SeanTobin]

everyone knows that this is really for the good of the PeopLE. the internet hAs poiSonEd our country as a wHolE and we must not alLow it to subvert our years of history, and tradition or Pollute our culture. i aM glad that our nation is taking a stand to assurE we stay united through this and any other time or crisis.

Re:From inside the great firewall

[databyss]

what is really Striking here is hOw foRward thinking and pRogressive the government is there. whY, don't other countRies follow sUit behiNd the great and powerFul cOuntRy of chIna?
i am always amazed aT that.

Re:Ok, how many patents do YOU own?

[Steepe]

OK, just for the sake of this is fun now, I'll bite again.

First off, its not my damn fault your broke, and feel slighted in some way because no one will give you anything. Its not my responsibility to give you anything, ever.

I started out I am sure exacly like you are now. my parents never had any money, I lived in a little shotgun house for quite a while, then a house that was right on the river that flooded about every 3rd year the rest of my childhood. But did i slop around in the same squallar I had grown up in, to work a deadend meaningless job until I died, raising my own kids in the same squallar? Nope. I joined the army, put every dime possible into my GI bill (5-1 match at the time) and when I did my time I went to college. I got myself an edumacation, and then started working my ass off to get ahead. (no one ever gets ahead sitting on their behind) I still work for "the man" in a good paying job, and have a side business of my own. (no patents through that business) I make a lot more from my own business, and am probably going to be quitting this job soon. This year I will earn around 250,000. I earn more in a month that my father did at retirement. My kids go to good schools, they have college funds, and I don't feel the slightest bit bad about having "made it". I worked for and earned EVERYTHING I have. NOTHING was given to me ever. Its been a fight, I had to shed a wife who was holding me back with the "we can't do it" attitude, (I was making 60k at that time, had the ideas that are now making me a quarter of a mil a year and could not get her to buy into it)
I do hold one patent, that I am still not doing anything with. (I think it cost me total of like $300 including the patent search) I have several copyrighted things (I mentioned copyright because YOU did.)

My advice to you, quit with the "everyone hates me I have no rights and the world is out to get me" crap and fucking do something. If not, then don't fucking cry about how its unfair I have something and you don't. I busted my fucking ass and missed out on a lot of drugs I'm sure your taking to get where I am. so fuck you for thinking it was given to me.