Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, Others Blocked In China 151

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 02, 2009 @10:43AM from the this-is-for-your-own-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square 'incident,' several high profile Internet sites have been blocked in mainland China. These include Twitter.com, Flickr.com, Live.com, and Bing.com. While Internet blocks are common enough in mainland China, blocking such high-profile sites is unusual. In addition, blog reports suggest even state-owned television broadcasts are suffering multiple instances of muting lasting several seconds (again, not unusual for some foreign stations broadcast over cable, but unusual for local state-owned media) suggesting state security, online or through other technology, has tightened significantly, perhaps in anticipation or discovery of protest plans."

Comment Re:That's fine but... (Score 1) 858

by simonsleeper on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @11:15PM (#27411745) Attached to: Mac Tax, Dell Tax, HP Tax

You can tell from this photo that the difference is no only in the SIZE of the screen.

Comment Re:How about doing what you enjoy? (Score 1) 372

by simonsleeper on Monday March 30, 2009 @04:11AM (#27385375) Attached to: Best Grad Program For a Computer Science Major?

Well, I think this's kind of chicken-egg problem. If you don't have a degree first, it is even more difficult to jump into a position that would let you experience what it feels like in that industry, right?

Comment Re:This means little. (Score 1) 89

by simonsleeper on Monday February 23, 2009 @11:40PM (#26965441) Attached to: Chinese Blogger Chosen As Head of Investigation

Er...But China/P.R.C. Government/China Communist Party are 3 totally different things. The Chinese being supportive of China probably are just being patriotic, instead of pro government or pro CCP. That's why CCP is trying very hard to make people believe that "CCP = P.R.C. Government = China".

Comment Re:So what's next? (Score 2, Informative) 87

by simonsleeper on Sunday January 11, 2009 @01:25PM (#26407955) Attached to: Chinese Version of Wikinews Blocked In China

All of the people I talked to in China (even in private) seemed to be proud of their government and their country.

That's probably because you are a foreigner. They typically want to save faces in front of a foreigner.

If you can read Chinese, take a look at the comments on those Chinese social news sites that has less moderation, you'll be surprised by how much the people hate their government.

Comment Re:It worked on me. (Score 1) 693

by simonsleeper on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @11:19PM (#25394023) Attached to: Do Software Versions Really Matter?

Nah, the code is just too old to printf the decimal point.

Actually it's:
1.28
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000 ...you got it.