Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

You obviously don't work in IT. :)

Rule 1. Don't trust the users.

Personal anecdotal evidence suggests otherwise. In 10 years at a corporate headquarters of one of the largest corporations in the world ... only one instance of fraud was found, and that by a low level manager.

Where I work, I get written up if I do not report a SOX compliance issue that I come across. We have employees whose sole job is to ensure SOX compliance within the company, and it's not seen as "making waves" it's seen as making sure the company is compliant with government legislation that would otherwise shut the company down PDQ.

Published text isn't slander, it's libel.

You live and learn. I go away for a few weeks and suddenly you can torrent without seeding and the speed of light is no longer a limit. Bloody technology, in my day .... blah blah blah .... lawns etc

This is not how torrents work.

Umm, what does the i stand for?

Is indexing these sites similar to allowing their trucks to drive on the highways?

Or up - depending on one's objection to the theory.

huh, say it again

Same here. Only three things in our house are not automatically updated. GF's watch, the stove clock, and a mantelpiece clock that is set to GMT.

Not a problem! You get the news 30 minutes ahead of everyone else.

That seems to be political posturing by the US, not UNESCO.

I think you're having a go at individual states rather than UNESCO. Without citations of specific UNESCO interference in international politics, your accusation is without merit.

That seems rather woolly, especially as the US has yet to ratify the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.