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Explore the Web From China

Posted by samzenpus on from the walking-in-somebody-else's-shoes dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Download.com: "It slows down your browsing. It makes some Web sites inaccessible for no discernible reason. It doesn't even offer you any xiao long bao or pu'er tea for your troubles. But if you want to know what life behind the Great Firewall of China is like, then the Firefox plug-in China Channel is the cheapest and fastest way to experience using the Internet in China without actually being there."

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  1. Forthcoming Update by Forrest+Kyle · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear there is an update coming soon that simulates what its like to disagree with the government in China. It's pretty cool. You install the plugin and a tank will instantly appear and run you over.

    1. Re:Forthcoming Update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't know, since the guy from that iconic picture was not run over, and allegedly was never even found after he left the street, the joke just seems flat to me.

  2. Re:Fear by zxnos · · Score: 5, Funny

    no, there is nothing to fear. i have been making posts thr

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  3. North Korea by oldhack · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's nothing. I made a plugin to simulate internet experience from North Korea. I will release it if I can get on the slashdot front page.

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    1. Re:North Korea by guyminuslife · · Score: 4, Funny

      You don't need a plugin for that. In fact, you don't need to plug anything in at all.

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    2. Re:North Korea by nacturation · · Score: 2, Funny

      Similarly, I made a Soviet Russia plugin that simulates what it's like to be inside you!

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    3. Re:North Korea by Ihmhi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Usually those things going inside of you are battery-powered, not plug-ins...

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    4. Re:North Korea by jmorkel · · Score: 2, Funny

      Informative? Obviously the mod's humor unit wasn't plugged in.

  4. Re:Or, for Aussies... by Cassius+Corodes · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was more thinking that Australians can now use this add-on to get more open internet access.

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  5. Re:Fear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is nothing to see here, move along.

  6. Yes! by Sasayaki · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one look forward to being able to bypass my draconian Australian censorship by proxying into China!

    Thank you, my benevolent Chinese overlords! BTW, what's the real story behind Tian

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  7. Re:Fear by radimvice · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Score:-1, Unpatriotic)

  8. sounds like a bad tour brochure by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    explore the web from china!

    practice christianity in saudi arabia!

    be an outspoken journalist in russia!

    be a part of the world tour of persecution!

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  9. Comcast in China? by layer3switch · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It slows down your browsing. It makes some Web sites inaccessible for no discernible reason."

    heh, I thought, Comcast was only in Americas.

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    1. Re:Comcast in China? by Renegade88 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The comment is funny, but even for Slashdot the punctuation is awful. you probably mean:

      Heh, I thought Comcast was only in the Americas.
      or
      "Heh", I thought, "Comcast was only in the Americas."
      or
      Heh, I thought. Comcast was only in the Americas.
      or if the separate sentences are consequential:
      Heh, I thought; Comcast was only in the Americas.
      or use a conjunction:
      Heh, I thought and Comcast was only in the Americas.

      What were you doing during 7th grade english class?

  10. Re:Fear by DeltaQH · · Score: 3, Funny

    That is available with the premium option, not available in the free option. With the gold or platinum option you can also be sent to a reeducation camp. ;-)

  11. Whoa.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I read this and thought, let's Slashdot China!