It appears that my post above offended you. Obviously, there are Chinese people who care about this a great deal. With 1 billion people, of course there will be a percentage that care, and even a small percentage is a large number of people.

I was posting from my experience. The Chinese people that I know don't appear to care that much. I've discussed it with them, and none of them were outraged by the prize being awarded as it was. I compared it to the Obama award because, to me, it felt the same. Americans were, I think, more puzzled than outraged that Obama got the award before he really had a chance to do anything. The Chinese people that I know feel similarly. They are puzzled or flabbergasted, but not angry.

Yes, I'm a foreigner in China. I'm not sure what your problem with foreigners is, but it's pretty narrow-minded of you to think you know me simply because I was not born here. I'm surprised at your comment about Chinese people hating foreigners because the truth is that everyone has been very friendly to me here. People say hi to me all the time. They want to talk to me, know where I am from, ask for a photo, or just make a new friend.

You may be Chinese, but I really don't think you speak for all Chinese people in this regard.

Being that you are so narrow minded, I'm guessing you see this issue (the Nobel) as black and white. It isn't. Nothing is. My time in China has taught me to re-evaluate many things I previously believed to be true. There are two sides to every story. The truth usually contains a bit of both, and lies somewhere in the middle. China and the West are usually on opposite sides of that truth. Western media tells one side. Chinese media tells the other. Regardless of what country you are in, people are equally ignorant unless they seek out alternative views and consider all of the information objectively.

When observing these events, I feel it is much better to question and be humble, rather than to state things as fact. Things are usually not as clear cut as they seem.

In an effort to pre-empt any assumptions about access to information, I am in China and I have been able to access news sources and most articles online using Google News and various Western media outlets linked therein. Searches seem to be filtered by key-word, but most Chinese are aware of the award. Honestly, most of them don't care that much. They all know that the award often carries a political agenda. See: Barack Obama. Some feel it's just the West finding new ways to apply pressure to China on these issues where there has been long-standing disagreement. They are aware of the news though.

Mainly, I think the government is trying to avoid any large gatherings, unrest, or protests in the wake of this decision. We'll see what happens.

I've never had a problem accessing Slashdot from here. Some of the linked articles, yes, but not Slashdot itself. *ducks*

I registered my account in the US. Used it there for years. Move to China. Use it every day here. Never got a warning message.

Does Google track my normal usage pattern? If so, they should warn me of any anomaly, not just from China but any other country that is outside the norm for my account.

I am in China. I access my Gmail every day from here. I have never seen this message. Somehow, they must know that is the norm for me. Will I get a warning if my account is suddenly accessed from the US?

Everyone is focused on the view from inside the plane, but what about from the outside. Wouldn't this make the planes harder to see while in flight?

I know that we have neat technology like radar to track the planes, but what if that fails and pilots aren't able to see other planes around them clearly?

Similarly, if you use this technology for small tourist planes (which seems to me to be a better idea) don't most of those planes follow visual flight rules? IANAP, so perhaps someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

Furthermore, would this increase the incidence of "bird strikes" if the birds aren't able to see the plane coming?

Will the lavatory compartment be transparent too?

This makes it very easy for the radical groups to say "Look, see what the infidels are doing now? They hate Islam. They want to destroy it," and then they convince a bunch of young folks to blow themselves up.

We are playing into the hands of the terrorists with these things, and any country should be ashamed.

The only way to win the war on terror is if we show our tolerance for those with whom we disagree, offer freedom for those who practice any religion, and work to remove or nullify the reasons why the radical terrorist groups hate us in the first place.

As an atheist, I just wish you religious folks would shut up, agree to disagree, and find some way to get along without killing eachother.

If they need a computer to do everything, and are incapable of using a simple 4 function calculator, then they haven't really learned the material...have they?

The simplest and most logical answer is usually the best one. Allow simple 4 function calculators during the exam. All other devices are prohibited.

See, that's the problem. You aren't thinking like a criminal.

If you wanted to break into a house, what would YOU do? That's how you need to approach the problem. If I were going to do this (and I'm not, just hypothetically) I would:

Use the facebook community features. You can join a community and view other people in that same town / geographic region.

Take their name and/or phone number (yes, some people put those on their profiles) and lookup their address online.

Browse their photos to see what they might have in their home, what their car looks like, etc.

If their email address is public, use that to search for other websites / forums with information about them.

Use google maps with street view to see what the building looks like, if it's a single unit home or a multi-unit complex, etc. Also, check for proximity of neighbors houses and lines of site to the property.

Find their home phone online and call it to verify they are not home at the time you plan to rob them.

If I look at enough people and get enough data points, it will be pretty easy to find a suitable target. Remember, I'm not saying that I will have enough info on a specific person, I'm just saying if I look at enough people I can eventually find the few "easy targets" who are too trusting about what they put online.

If they allow another, single-use password to be used - why don't they have a system allowing a single-use password when using a public computer? I have always wondered, and have often suggested (without response) that this be allowed.

1. I have a main password that I use to access my account most of the time (from my home PC or other trusted PC)
2. I have the option to set another, alt password, that I can set.
3. Once the alt password is set, it cannot be viewed or changed when logging in with the main password.
4. After logging in with the alt password one time, the alt password will no longer work. Following this, logging in with the main password allows the user to set another (different) alt password.

I'd feel much more comfortable logging into an account using a public terminal if I knew that the password was disposable.

Why is this modded insightful? It isn't. You are thinking about this from the perspective of what would happen in the US, and China is not the same. Obviously the poster and the mods have never spent much time in China.

There are more people here that you can imagine. The infrastructure cannot keep up with the population growth. In this particular area, the only alternate road is under construction. Look at a map. It would take an extra 9 hours at least if you take an alternate route, and that is provided you can get off the highway, turn around, and go back.

The government does it's best to control the traffic, but the number of people with cars is growing faster than they can keep up. In Beijing, you can only drive your car in the city 4 days a week. (Everyone has 1 day they are not allowed to drive, and it rotates.) Traffic is still horrible, even with 1/5 of the cars parked at home every day.

It is a major throughfare connecting to the capital city. You cannot just "close access" to the entire highway for a 60 mile stretch. You would essentially be cutting off all of those rural communities from the rest of the country for the entire summer until the construction projects are complete.

It just isn't feasible.

This confirms my suspicion what you have no idea what traffic is like in China. This (cars unable to move, illegal u-turns causing hazards, etc) happens all the time on a normal day here. The drivers are used to it, and they drive under the assumption that most people don't follow the rules.

I realize that someone who has never left the US might not understand, and the gut reaction might be "OMG, look how uncivilized China is!" but that is just your ignorance showing through. The American media doesn't help, because (on some level) the powers that be want us to think that about China, so that is the national image of the PRC that is repeated over and over in the West.

BTW, I was in Vermont during the Phish concert mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phish_festivals#Coventry
The US isn't any better at handling the traffic situation. I don't recall them closing the highway in Vermont when this happened.

The real question is, will it be banned by the TSA?

IANAL, but how can she sue both the driver and Google? It doesn't make sense.

If the driver was being reckless and that caused the accident, wouldn't that mean that the woman would have been able to safely walk that route if the drivers followed the rules?