So you're saying less competition is in the public interest?

Ok, I'll ask the other question. How is monitoring content over the network "far out of line with the thinking of the Slashdot community?"

Persian Gulf Veterans would like to have a word with you.

Persian Gulf naming dispute

"In recent years, due to increased cooperation with Arab states of the Persian Gulf, various branches of the U.S. armed forces have issued directives to their members to use the "Arabian Gulf" when operating in the area ("Persian Gulf" is still used in official publications and websites), partially to follow local conventions, or simply to follow local laws that ban the use of "Persian Gulf", e.g. in the United Arab Emirates."

As it's bordered roughly on half by Arabian countries and half by Persian (Iran), there's a strong case for either.

Well I suppose if you ignore everything else, including the fact that up until the 60's those Arabian countries were perfectly fine with the name, then yes, they have just a strong claim.

It has been called the Persian Gulf since around 550 BC.

The joke reply seems more appropriate what I would expect from Apple. I'm surprised that they hadn't put something in place like this from the beginning.

The force is applied before and after the sale, beforehand in deliberately limiting design and implementation

[citation needed]

afterward in lawsuits and other threats to enforce those limitations

[citation needed] No seriously, anything at all to backup your claims?

What's going on here? The url says slashdot but the summary looks like cosmo.

Its a good thing SMS is guaranteed realtime with guaranteed delivery. I've never had a text show up hours after it was sent while I'm now standing next to the person who sent it. Yep, its a beautiful service, one I'm happy to put my life in the care of.

SOP not trusting the server and therefore reimaging it without question is a very different position then the conspiracy theory 'they must have turned the server into a honeypot.'

JWST

Think about getting a little closer

I'm sorry, are we supposed to take you seriously? First, you use a made-up word 'muggles' which makes you sound like a damn tard, but on top of that, you use it incorrectly in a rant about using a word incorrectly.