I just hope they programmed those robots using Guice. Because...uh...Guice has a solution to the "robot legs" problem. -ba dump ching-

Btw, you have the funniest sig on slashdot. I've seen it a million times, and I laugh every time.

Who could be against banning this???

They also need to get on the books thing...there's lots of bad words in those. Sometimes you just have to step back and smile when governments finally start recognizing their proper role in society...the people aren't going to protect themselves from the outside world!

I don't think preventing people from accessing Facebook will do any good. The Libyan govt needs to keep people away from Twitter, email, etc. What they really need to do is just shut off the Internet completely...that would get them where they want to be.

What? Why's everyone looking at me? Why wouldn't that work???

Yes, that would be ex post facto. But it also means that Assange wouldn't be able to continue doing what he's doing.

Of course, neither would journalists, so this probably violates the 1st Amendment. "Espionage" only applies to spies. Last I checked, spies don't generally publish what they know; only journalists do that.

Aren't the people that leak the information actually spies, though? Why isn't that enough?

Yes, you're absolutely right. And if the phone company decides they don't want to make a phone available unless you get a plan, they could charge $1M for the phone and give a $1M - $100 rebate on it. Total cost to you: $100 + tax*.

* taxes assessed on $1M. problem, citizen?

Obviously, the phone isn't worth $570 when you get it with the plan. It's worth $150 in that case. I'll give you one guess as to where I got that number... -sigh-

1. We would like you to stop selling this technology to other countries so they can use it to oppress their citizens.
2. We would like to see a price list, please.