...and as soon as possible. If force is needed, so be it.

For years the US let North Korea get whatever way they want. NK leaders learned from Mao that military might is what keeps people, both inside and outside the country, fear them. The military power is their only bargaining chips. The more nukes they have, the more likely they can get things their way. This is why talks will never work. The NK leaders know that giving up nukes will seriously undermine their negotiating power. Not even China can possibly convince them.

Right now they threaten to nuke if "provoked". In few years time, they will threaten to nuke if S.Korea refuse to ship them food.

As of now, the government alone defines what is secret and what is not. It rightly keeps the diplomats' reports of foreign leaders away from public eye. More often than not, deals are better made under the table. These are fine, but at the same time, it covers up the illegal actions (things like kidnapping German citizens, killing Iraqi civilians) for its own convenience.

This is where Wikileaks becomes important. It lets people know what government is doing behind their backs, allowing them to scrutinize it and hold is responsible. And more importantly, it makes government harder to cover up its mess. If there is a bigger chance of being exposed, the government has to think more carefully about the possible consequences.

I am merely pointing out a popular belief in China, and how our perceived failures in politics and economy help to promote such a belief across the Pacific. When US was at its height of global dominance, around time of USSR's downfall, having proven Communism wrong, its capitalist and political system were admired by the developing countries and seen as the undisputed correct way forward. And now with the power balance slowly shifts to the new rising powers, the values held by US, freedom and democracy are no longer seen as the undisputed best way forward.

The idea of stable and harmonious society in China can perhaps be traced back to the June 4 massacre in 1989. In the 80's China opened its market to outside, and like many developing countries, corruption and inflation quickly surfaced. The protests against them quickly gained momentum and ended in the tragedy that is still an unspeakable taboo in China. But the story did not end here. China picked up its economic reforms after Deng XiaoPing's southern tour, and began its miraculous growth.

This gave rise to the impression of causation effect. That is, the suppression of the protest ensured social stability, which was a pre-requisite to economic growth. With this idea the communist party justified its actions in June 4 1989 (but they prefer not to talk about it). As long as economy continues to grow, they can use it to suppress any challenge to their rule. The West demanding more openness? That's a conspiracy to undermine the economy.

Any political and economic system is ultimately judged by end results. China's recent success and rise would give more weight to the system they have. And if US and Europe continue to struggle, it only strengthens China's point of view, and ultimately gives it more justifications to suppress people.

If the government don't lock up disruptive individuals who cause public unrest. The harmony in the country will be gone, and the whole economy will tank. Personal freedom is a small price to pay for a thriving economy. Look at the US and Europe now. Their freedom of expression mires them in endless internal silly arguments while not solving any pressing problem.

This is actually a popular view in China and the party actively promotes it. Our increasingly frustrating politics make it more and more believable.

The hunger strikers are not Google employees. Labor laws would not apply to them. Their companies had contracts with Google. As far as I can tell, Google terminated the contracts lawfully. Google owes them nothing, but they are likely betting on generating some public pressure to force Google to "compensate" their "loss".

The younger, more urban, and less white Americans are a lot less likely to vote. With Republicans riding on the rage and Democrats failing to do anything about it, the outcome is too predictable in this midterm election.

China has always been poor in enforcing some basic safety requirements. Every year thousands of Chinese miners die in all sorts of mine-related accidents. Factories can dump toxic chemicals into rivers and get away with it. Harmful materials are regularly used as cheap substitutes in manufacturing. Better yet, most reports on these horrible practices are quickly suppressed. Welcome to the harmonous and prosperous society of Middle Kingdom.

It seems D3 allows much more customizations of character builds with the new tech tree system and skill runes, but I have my doubts that this will actually work. Gamers typically take very little time to figure out what combination of skills (+runes) work best. Most of the skill rune combos will not be attractive options and we end up with few overpowered builds. In D2 each class had few viable builds that could survive hell difficulty, and had half of their skill tree virtually unused. If the skill balancing and specialization are not well planned out, all the new skill systems will be in vain.

Another problem is the necessity of grinding to get mid-high end items. Most D2 players made a sorc just to run Mephisto over and over, and perhaps other builds to specialize at one single dungeon. There is no mention of how D3 will be different.

My last complain is the new classes look like simple mix of D2 classes. I'm not saying the play style will be similar, but something unique would be very welcomed.

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How can this technology replace my mouse, which has 4 buttons and a wheel? My thumb can click the left-most button easily, but tabbing the surface will be harder. And what about the increased friction? I probably won't enjoy rubbing my palm and fingers on the surface all day long.

It does not stop the employers from looking up your name in Google. They will find out how big of a trouble maker you can be and reject your application.

You are missing one bit: the dog is convinced that the stick is good for it.

But you will end up certainly killing half of them.