Comment A Internet without pr0n is like... (Score 0) 420
a night without stars.
-Punjab
(Annie - 1982)
The Chinese Route To a Web Free of Porn 420
An anonymous reader writes "Despite repeated 'for the children' campaigns, the Western Web as a whole has provided little or no isolation of pornography. This is why the Chinese are now attempting to march to a place where no country has been before: a Web without porn. Recent regulations have included closing down 'vulgar' mobile sites, disconnecting 'obscene' servers, and restricting domain registrations. Yet the breaking news for Monday is that China is planning to enforce a whitelist on foreign domains: in particular, any e-commerce will have to register locally and obey Chinese law before they get whitelisted. Domains will otherwise be 'irresolvable' to Chinese Internet users. Meanwhile, the government is promoting this campaign heavily, calling it a 'fresh start.' It seems the Chinese may have to do without the Internet, before they can rid it of porn."
Submission + - How does the Slashdot community plan to avoid the
splitsevin writes: "The head of e-architecture at the British Library, Adam Farquhar, is quoted as saying, "There is a growing consensus on the need to act now to avoid a gaping hole in our cultural and scientific record..."
I'm about to try to stave off the digital black hole (no fear-mongering capitalization, let's not get crazy people) by pulling in all of my digital photos, from the various hard drives, optical media and yes, even some 3.5" floppies. I want to know what people use to organize a huge collection of photos. Do you alter their file names en masse? Alter their EXIF data? And once you have all of them organized, how do you store them? I know, "hard drives, tons of hard drives." What about online services? I know they're fleeting and could be out of business in 2 years but is anyone putting down money on these and if so, why?"
I'm about to try to stave off the digital black hole (no fear-mongering capitalization, let's not get crazy people) by pulling in all of my digital photos, from the various hard drives, optical media and yes, even some 3.5" floppies. I want to know what people use to organize a huge collection of photos. Do you alter their file names en masse? Alter their EXIF data? And once you have all of them organized, how do you store them? I know, "hard drives, tons of hard drives." What about online services? I know they're fleeting and could be out of business in 2 years but is anyone putting down money on these and if so, why?"
Comment Sinking Ship (and other hyperbolies) (Score 0, Offtopic) 607
I hate to say it, I really, really hate to say it(and most of the time when someone says that it's meant to disguise the fact that they really are enjoying saying it, but honestly, I actually DO hate to say it)but this is just another symptom of the middle and lower class people of the United States getting hosed by large corporations.
Is there any problem, let's say real or overly hyped (global warming, I'm looking your way) that isn't a direct result of the greed of our country?
We're losing ground to China and the EU everyday.
I love capitalism but this cannibalization has got to stop. Only it won't. Our government is designed to pork us just like the corporations do. They are part and parcel.
We have a duopoly that serves none of its electorate save the upper 1%.
China owns our debt. This isn't a recession or a depression it's the end.
First comes the relative financial security of the middle class diminishing. Union jobs? Not anymore. Pensions? Nope. Health/Dental benefits? Not today my friend.
Credit crisis, sub-prime mortgage explosion, inflation, sky-high fuel costs... wonderful. Got an astronomically expensive war in Iraq? Not a problem, we'll just borrow to cover that.
Face it, we're on a sinking ship. There are no life vests, no life boats. We have to accept the fact that we've been suckered by powerful interests in the name of greed and that what we thought was America is gone forever. I just hope the next super power is a democracy.
Bravo upper 1%, bravo.
Is there any problem, let's say real or overly hyped (global warming, I'm looking your way) that isn't a direct result of the greed of our country?
We're losing ground to China and the EU everyday.
I love capitalism but this cannibalization has got to stop. Only it won't. Our government is designed to pork us just like the corporations do. They are part and parcel.
We have a duopoly that serves none of its electorate save the upper 1%.
China owns our debt. This isn't a recession or a depression it's the end.
First comes the relative financial security of the middle class diminishing. Union jobs? Not anymore. Pensions? Nope. Health/Dental benefits? Not today my friend.
Credit crisis, sub-prime mortgage explosion, inflation, sky-high fuel costs... wonderful. Got an astronomically expensive war in Iraq? Not a problem, we'll just borrow to cover that.
Face it, we're on a sinking ship. There are no life vests, no life boats. We have to accept the fact that we've been suckered by powerful interests in the name of greed and that what we thought was America is gone forever. I just hope the next super power is a democracy.
Bravo upper 1%, bravo.
