No, I did not get those backwards. SIPR is secure and NIPR is non-classified.

When wikileaks and wikileaks-type sites become common-place enough, the US government won't need to "make sure" that other governments are being transparent any more than other governments are making sure that the US secrets get on Wikileaks. And yes, these sites WILL become common; already in the US, law enforcement officials are beginning to take advantage of their own local "cop watch" sites to reveal corruption. When this activity becomes publicly acceptable, whistleblowers will no longer need to be anonymous; they will proudly expose the lies of their government employers to the public.

It's called SIPRNet, by the way. It's always been a big No-No to transfer any device from a NIPR (non-classified internet) client to a SIPR client, of course. But it happens anyway. If they want to stop Wikileaks, Wikileaks clones, and "insurance" torrents, then the governments of the world are going to need to cut out the James Bond / evil scientist bullshit and embrace 100% transparency.

No need to fight censorship with censorship. Just "leak" a few million credit card numbers on the Mastercard wikipedia site. Folks WILL think twice about using credit cards.

That sets a very bad precedent. Blocking communication between countries amounts to censorship. Besides, there have GOT to be some honest Russian web sites out there! I know it!

Pac-Man isn't a character, he's a yellow dot. Yellow dots with mouths were popularized in the 1960's and orginated much earlier; Wal-Mart can't claim ownership, and neither can Namco.

Pac man is also deeply ingrained in (and is therefore part of) my unconscious mind. Corporate ownership of any part of my unconscious mind is problematic to me. But that's just me.

China.

Edubuntu is a great for kids :)

Which of these is most likely?

1. They earnestly wanted to share their intelligence with the rest of us: their best computer scientists and cryptographers have discovered that they can one day control the internet
2. They are merely posing a talking point, pondering openly, and they hope that other governments will share their views on the matter.
3. They've recently discovered that they'll never be able to control the internet, so they want to intimate that they can control the internet
4. They are referring to ICANN.

Anybody want to take bets?

The Air Force probably bribed them to do it. Some day all firmware will be Free! Free, i say! and then we can pull all those old nokia phones out of the trash and use them as TV remotes, and we'll get all our old iMacs working again... and Linux will run on a civilian's PS3, once again. And we could network every device in the whole world into one big happy subnet!

of an Oklahoma Cyber-cult who uploaded their consciousness online. They can 'friend' people posthumously! creepy!

Isn't it nice to know that someone at Microsoft could be checking in on our kids doing gymnastics? Most of us will just be leaving it plugged in all the time in our living rooms... I feel safer already.

Great! Now if everybody on Earth sues 'em for a dollar, we can bring 'em to their knees!

The pirate party needs a few good U.S. candidates. And money. And loads of hot women.