You don't think that a determined enough person can find these sites anyway? The lists should never be secret, the cases should always be open.

The idea that even the site's owner won't be notified shows a "guilty with no chance to prove innocence" process. I hate to skirt a Godwin, but this kind of activity reeks of fascism.

What do I care if you're brutally raped, tortured & murded?

See, two or us can play the apathy game.

Heaven forbid a company designing a UI that you might find useful, or, SHOCK HORROR, make your life easier. I mean, who wants things to be easier? In fact, Valve should force TV users to load all games via an 8pt comic sans font console that has pink writing on a white background, & ensure that the only input device allowed is a hacked Wii-mote.

The amount of bullshit wank you faux-geeks go on with is ridiculous. Any positive change to a device/piece of software & it's all "I could do that x years ago by gluing a piece of string to a tin can".

Yet again corps can't see the forest for the trees. The tool (reply-all) isn't the problem, it's the people using it. Most companies don't train their staff well enough (or at all) in computer etiquette, maybe start there.

Democracy is about counting the votes of people equally, good or bad. In essence you're advocating a dictatorship (as the Internet is run now by the US) over a democracy by claiming that dictatorships (countries) will have more of a say.

I trust the US less than I trust the UN with the Internet. When "Internet Kill Switches" are being investigated by the US, it's clear this is not about democracy but protecting US assets/companies at the cost of the rest of the world.

US citizens, as usual, see the US as the police of the world, the rest of us are the criminals. The truth is, the US are the criminals & we're trying to wrest control of a powerful tool from despotic megalomaniacs.

"this infringing conduct has outraged Tolkien's devoted fan base, causing irreparable harm to Tolkien's legacy and reputation and the valuable goodwill generated by his works."

Yeh, because Peter Jackson's atrocities didn't do this already?

No, I said he regarded himself as a vegetarian, as per the many transcripts. Whether he was or not is beside the point.

Really, am I going to have to be the one who Godwins this article?

Hitler regarded himself as a vegetarian...

In one fell swoop you've shown how ignorant Americans can be. Good show old chap, good show.

You forgot the hot grits & Natalie Portman!

I can't say I agree. As a netwok/server admin, I use my tablet all the time for work, just not for writing reports or doing awful PowerPoint presentations no one pays attention to. I mainly use my tablet as a paper replacement.

I think it's more: if you want to work on a tablet, you'll find a way.

I'm just glad I moved my hosting away from AWS. It seems they've had a few problems lately in their datacentres. Local Aussie hosting seems to have better bandwidth anyway.

Holy shit, when did memes get banned from the internet?