Just because my education was biased does not mean I'm automatically pro-America. Sure, we did some cool stuff back in the day, but after WWII it went downhill.
If King George would have shown any sign of allowing the colonies a bit more freedom (or representation), I'm sure they would have gone with it. However, at that point they'd been living under insane taxes and martial law for a decade or three with no sign of letting up. Something's got to give.
In a perfect world, yes, the surgeon would be at the hospital. However, if a cardiac patient came in in the dead of night or during a holiday, can we expect a cardiac specialist to be there 24/7?
I'm not arguing that the doctor shouldn't be held accountable- quite the contrary, he should be held as responsible as any other person. I don't quite know where you got the idea that he should get off scot-free.
If our diplomats are saying something that they wouldn't be comfortable telling a foreign country- friend or no- I'm not sure I want them saying it at all.
Yeah, I agree, Wikileaks might have gone a bit too far- but unless you go too far, you never know where just-right is. Besides, you can't reasonably expect JA and his lot to expect every possible eventuality from their release. Just like our doctor friend up there had no idea that he was going to hit and kill someone on his way to work. He's just doing his job.
Perhaps I was a bit heavyhanded with my analogies, but I hope they got the point across. If we worry ourselves with every eventuality of our actions, we wouldn't act at all. Driving could get us or someone else killed or hurt. Standing up to go get a glass of water could result in a broken hip or drowning. Hell, breathing carries a risk of choking or exhaling some kind of viral agent that could make someone sick. Shit happens- weigh the risks, and if it's worth it, go for it. You can't tell me JA didn't think this over pretty seriously.
Never said it was an unambiguously good thing. However, it's difficult to deny that many scientific advances made in the early twentieth century were made by American scientists- many of which left more oppressive countries. Would we have had a polio vaccine this early had Salk's parents not emigrated to the US to give their children a superior education?
Besides, if Britain had been a true democracy, we likely wouldn't have rebelled. It might have been the biased schooling I received, but I do recall the small matter of a king taxing the snot out of the colonies? Taxation without representation, all that jazz?
...it's a shame that no one from Wikileaks could be troubled to consider the potential repercussions of this particular exposure.
Yeah, and it's a damn shame that a surgeon hit and killed someone on his way to a life-saving surgery. Just as unfortunate that thousands died in the Revolutionary War so America could become independent.
Bad things can happen during the commission of a good thing. It sucks, but that's life for you.
There are usually two or three people in the cockpit- Pilot, copilot, sometimes navigator (Or whatever that third guy is- flight engineer, maybe?). If the pilot starts going off-course, the other two are going to start asking questions. If he goes into a crazy dive or aims at a building, the other two are going to try to relieve him of command as quickly as possible. Eliminate those other two quickly, and the cabin door is locked, so nobody can do anything about it and Mr. Pilot has the plane all to himself.
I believe it happened once on a FedEx flight- Flight crew attacked the pilot and copilot with a claw hammer. He failed, thankfully.
It's not the reasons for hate, it's the blind hate I take offense to. Obama could be (and likely is) doing everything he can to fulfill his campaign promisies, but because the conservatives have control of congress, they get to do what they wish. If Obama's bills fail due to a Republican filibuster, then they get to claim that Obama isn't living up to his campiagn promisies.
The government is placing restrictions on the internet to try to encourage free expression.
Conservatives and Tea Partiers only read the first part. Liberals only read the second. Nerds read the whole thing, then/., and realize how screwed we are.
Certainly they're less opinion-oriented than Wikipedia. Somebody getting paid to write factual articles for a publication has a lot less motivation to introduce opinion than Joe Average on Wikipedia.
China and Saudi Arabia and the US and North Korea and South Korea and Liechtenstein and Mexico and Canada and Australia and Britian and France and New Zealand and Japan and Russia and Sweden and Finland and Greenland and all other UN member states, yes.
Just so. The internet is the new forum, or town square, or hairdresser's shop. Trying to censor communication- any kind of communication at all- is wrong.
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I was more thinking Valve.
At least Valve still sees releases.
Shadowrun.
Just because my education was biased does not mean I'm automatically pro-America. Sure, we did some cool stuff back in the day, but after WWII it went downhill.
If King George would have shown any sign of allowing the colonies a bit more freedom (or representation), I'm sure they would have gone with it. However, at that point they'd been living under insane taxes and martial law for a decade or three with no sign of letting up. Something's got to give.
In a perfect world, yes, the surgeon would be at the hospital. However, if a cardiac patient came in in the dead of night or during a holiday, can we expect a cardiac specialist to be there 24/7?
I'm not arguing that the doctor shouldn't be held accountable- quite the contrary, he should be held as responsible as any other person. I don't quite know where you got the idea that he should get off scot-free.
If our diplomats are saying something that they wouldn't be comfortable telling a foreign country- friend or no- I'm not sure I want them saying it at all.
Yeah, I agree, Wikileaks might have gone a bit too far- but unless you go too far, you never know where just-right is. Besides, you can't reasonably expect JA and his lot to expect every possible eventuality from their release. Just like our doctor friend up there had no idea that he was going to hit and kill someone on his way to work. He's just doing his job.
Perhaps I was a bit heavyhanded with my analogies, but I hope they got the point across. If we worry ourselves with every eventuality of our actions, we wouldn't act at all. Driving could get us or someone else killed or hurt. Standing up to go get a glass of water could result in a broken hip or drowning. Hell, breathing carries a risk of choking or exhaling some kind of viral agent that could make someone sick. Shit happens- weigh the risks, and if it's worth it, go for it. You can't tell me JA didn't think this over pretty seriously.
Never said it was an unambiguously good thing. However, it's difficult to deny that many scientific advances made in the early twentieth century were made by American scientists- many of which left more oppressive countries. Would we have had a polio vaccine this early had Salk's parents not emigrated to the US to give their children a superior education?
Besides, if Britain had been a true democracy, we likely wouldn't have rebelled. It might have been the biased schooling I received, but I do recall the small matter of a king taxing the snot out of the colonies? Taxation without representation, all that jazz?
...it's a shame that no one from Wikileaks could be troubled to consider the potential repercussions of this particular exposure.
Yeah, and it's a damn shame that a surgeon hit and killed someone on his way to a life-saving surgery. Just as unfortunate that thousands died in the Revolutionary War so America could become independent.
Bad things can happen during the commission of a good thing. It sucks, but that's life for you.
Nobody at GEMA looked at this lawsuit and said "Holy shit, guys, we're suing toddlers!" and had second thoughts?
No publicity is bad publicity, I know, but this is pushing it just a bit too far.
Somewhere, some guy working for the CIA/NSA/TLA just shat himself laughing.
Merry Christmas?
There are usually two or three people in the cockpit- Pilot, copilot, sometimes navigator (Or whatever that third guy is- flight engineer, maybe?). If the pilot starts going off-course, the other two are going to start asking questions. If he goes into a crazy dive or aims at a building, the other two are going to try to relieve him of command as quickly as possible. Eliminate those other two quickly, and the cabin door is locked, so nobody can do anything about it and Mr. Pilot has the plane all to himself.
I believe it happened once on a FedEx flight- Flight crew attacked the pilot and copilot with a claw hammer. He failed, thankfully.
It's not the reasons for hate, it's the blind hate I take offense to. Obama could be (and likely is) doing everything he can to fulfill his campaign promisies, but because the conservatives have control of congress, they get to do what they wish. If Obama's bills fail due to a Republican filibuster, then they get to claim that Obama isn't living up to his campiagn promisies.
It's Kool-Aid, thank you.
Congragulations, miss. The entire readership of /. will now see your underwear.
Well done.
Impose regulation to keep the internet the way it should be- open.
Some things need regulation. Give an inch...
When did this place turn into FOX?
The government is placing restrictions on the internet to try to encourage free expression.
Conservatives and Tea Partiers only read the first part. Liberals only read the second. Nerds read the whole thing, then /., and realize how screwed we are.
Point, but the article itself isn't about Wikileaks, and it's mentioned only once anyway.
Why is this tagged Wikileaks?
Certainly they're less opinion-oriented than Wikipedia. Somebody getting paid to write factual articles for a publication has a lot less motivation to introduce opinion than Joe Average on Wikipedia.
It might be inevitable that the UN will try to control the internet, but that doesn't mean we have to lay down and accept it.
It's a sig. Way to be a prick.
I agree completely, and I think this is bound to fail spectacularly- but to say that only extremists would decide what would happen is a fallacy.
China and Saudi Arabia and the US and North Korea and South Korea and Liechtenstein and Mexico and Canada and Australia and Britian and France and New Zealand and Japan and Russia and Sweden and Finland and Greenland and all other UN member states, yes.
Just so. The internet is the new forum, or town square, or hairdresser's shop. Trying to censor communication- any kind of communication at all- is wrong.
I'm sorry, Tor and the myriad other proxy services floating around China would like a word.