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Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet

Posted by timothy on from the back-to-your-scheduled-programming dept.

angry tapir writes "The Internet in Syria was back on Saturday, a day after it was reported that two-thirds of Syrian networks had been cut off from the rest of the world in the wake of civil unrest in the country."

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  1. Ahhhh... so Slashdot is hosted in Syria by thomasdz · · Score: 5, Funny

    That explains all the:

    Error 503 Service Unavailable
    Service Unavailable
    Guru Meditation:
    XID: 258631157
    Varnish cache server
    over the past couple of days.

    This explains everything!

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  2. Re:Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet... by Fluffeh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Syria left the internet, and nothing of value went with it.

    Syria came back, and pretty much nothing of value came back with it

    Think not of what you do for the internet, but what the internet does for you.

    Sure, there might not be smash hit websites hosted in Syria, but considering that many people in Syria use the internet no differently to Europeans or Americans (or Canadians like yourself) and it is part of their daily lives, you should be happy for them that it is back. Rather than trying to work out the value that a person puts into the internet, why don't you try to see what value the internet makes to their lives, their freedoms and their quality of life.

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  3. It does appear to be... by SomePgmr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...and the videos coming out are pretty awful.
    http://mashable.com/2011/06/04/syrian-internet-restored/
    You've been warned.

  4. better info by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 2, Informative

    renesys: info about network
    saturday's news: Syrian forces kill 6: protesters - Government eases internet stranglehold
    current news: Syrian forces kill 35 in fresh crackdown: report

    'Be patient Syria, the victory is written by the blood,'

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  5. Re:Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet... by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 2

    Applying the same logic to the OP, let's disconnect him from the internets as he brings no value to it.

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  6. outsourced to ... by sourcerror · · Score: 2

    With so many meditating gurus, I thought it was outsourced to India.

  7. Re:And this is why we have the 2nd amendment by tehcyder · · Score: 2

    I'd suppose that the important thing is that these situations can rarely be viewed in black and white.

    Armed people killing unarmed people in cold blood are always the bad guys.

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