Some things are worse than censorship. Prioritize.
I don't think that anyone would argue with you that child pornography is worse than censorship. Those sites should be closed off at the source. Shutting off access for a few million potential visitors does NOTHING to protect these children from being abused.
On the other hand, the restriction of these sites sets a prescedent that government/special interest groups can influence a content provider to restrict access. First this, then some news site that doesn't agree with with the government's view or rulings. And then, slowly, your right to free speech erodes away. There are better ways of solving this problem.
$.02/KB (or more) over 2MB, file sharing sounds like a steal!
Seriously, until the rates for data tranfers goes down (save for maybe the Hiptop device) file sharing over a cell network is not going to be popular.
Looking up sport in the dictionary, you'll notice that a sport does not necessarily have to be a physical activity (just "An active pastime; recreation."). I would not call creating, and then piloting these bots in combat with each other passive, therefore it is rightfully called a sport. It may not be played at the Olympics, but then again, neither is American Football.
And on the NASCAR thing, these guys go through hell to turn left 1000+ times in a race. Intense heat, breakneck speeds, loss of water weight, and other cars trying to maneuver around them are just some of the dangers that they have to face. They have to train hard, and keep in good shape in order to race successfully. No, they may not be triathletes, but they're not professional bowlers either.
As soon as we've established freedom in the Arab world, we'll go back to where we were.
You'll see pigs fly before you see widespread adaptation of Western freedom in the Arab world. As long as the radical versions of Shari'ah and Figh is widely accepted in the Arab world, you will not see it. Same thing goes for the lack of speech freedom (as evidenced by Syria's harsh sentencing of democratic protesters), the lack of fair trials (http://hrw.org/press/2002/06/iran0612.htm), and the fact that some countries commit atrocities on their own people (thus keeping them scared to revolt) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1877 161.stm)(http://hrw.org/press/2002/07/gaza072302.h tm). None of these problems are new, and none of them will be solved by littering the countrysides with shrapnel. The chances of these problems being solved in your lifetime, or your children's, is slim to none.
So my question to you is, are you willing to give up your freedoms for the rest of your days so your government can fight a war they can not win?
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Actually, yes.
Sort of.
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The cached stuff is moving really slow for me on this.
Some things are worse than censorship. Prioritize. I don't think that anyone would argue with you that child pornography is worse than censorship. Those sites should be closed off at the source. Shutting off access for a few million potential visitors does NOTHING to protect these children from being abused. On the other hand, the restriction of these sites sets a prescedent that government/special interest groups can influence a content provider to restrict access. First this, then some news site that doesn't agree with with the government's view or rulings. And then, slowly, your right to free speech erodes away. There are better ways of solving this problem.
How pissed is Leonard Nimoy about the delay. He's only wanted one for 33 years.
$.02/KB (or more) over 2MB, file sharing sounds like a steal! Seriously, until the rates for data tranfers goes down (save for maybe the Hiptop device) file sharing over a cell network is not going to be popular.
Looking up sport in the dictionary, you'll notice that a sport does not necessarily have to be a physical activity (just "An active pastime; recreation."). I would not call creating, and then piloting these bots in combat with each other passive, therefore it is rightfully called a sport. It may not be played at the Olympics, but then again, neither is American Football.
And on the NASCAR thing, these guys go through hell to turn left 1000+ times in a race. Intense heat, breakneck speeds, loss of water weight, and other cars trying to maneuver around them are just some of the dangers that they have to face. They have to train hard, and keep in good shape in order to race successfully. No, they may not be triathletes, but they're not professional bowlers either.
As soon as we've established freedom in the Arab world, we'll go back to where we were.
7 161.stm)(http://hrw.org/press/2002/07/gaza072302.h tm). None of these problems are new, and none of them will be solved by littering the countrysides with shrapnel. The chances of these problems being solved in your lifetime, or your children's, is slim to none.
So my question to you is, are you willing to give up your freedoms for the rest of your days so your government can fight a war they can not win?
You'll see pigs fly before you see widespread adaptation of Western freedom in the Arab world. As long as the radical versions of Shari'ah and Figh is widely accepted in the Arab world, you will not see it. Same thing goes for the lack of speech freedom (as evidenced by Syria's harsh sentencing of democratic protesters), the lack of fair trials (http://hrw.org/press/2002/06/iran0612.htm), and the fact that some countries commit atrocities on their own people (thus keeping them scared to revolt) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/187
later liked to drive recklessly, http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/ Bush_Arrest001102.html
may have had his millitary records destroyed, http://www.talion.com/georgebush.html
and mismanaged any venture he ever entered, even the administrative branch in Texas http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/3806