First round of colonies gave us resources and free labour to develop our societies and tech.
Second round, the colonies have moved to the IP world which is owned completely by the west due to the advantage from the first round.

While I dont think theres any point backdating morality, things were different during the first looting, theres no excuse for the 2. except might is right.

The nobel peace prize committee is chosen by norwegian parliament but is otherwise independent.
I have no idea how Obama got it tho, maybe it was to show they have a sense of humour.

Id say Wikileaks, Assange and Manning would be worthy recipients.

there is a form of leadership etc. in irc channels, but I dont think that concerns the democratic aspect.
Its not mob mentality because whoever chooses to participate is anonymous to other participants aswell as the target.

Well, as I understand, the dos attacks are done by individuals targeting the LOIC program at the proposed target.
The strength of the attack then is directly proportional to the number of "votes" it gets.

I dont think its right to say anonymous is not organized, it seems extremely democratic to me, especially the dos attacks.
If you suggest a course of action and it resonates then it is anonymous, if it gets no support then its just you.

Regarding sony I would wager what happened was during the anonymous dos attack someone peeked at the defenses and went holy crap its wide open,
and went back alone.
IE the initial anonymous attack probably did uncover the vulnerable network but the hack was not by anonymous.

wow that must be one mother of a plug

pulled out my old vic-20 recently, it must be closing on 30 years. Perfect working order, even read the tapes.

Id like to see a study tracing americans religious nuttery to the puritan migrants, would be delicious irony

I didnt see https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Another_World_(video_game) which is one of the few games that really stunned me growing up (on amiga). I still remember the alien voices, animations and ambiance were fantastic.
Gameplay was pretty harsh.
I dont think anything came close until half life, atleast considering overall art direction.

todays fortune seems spot on for the FA

so how many brains have you lost so far??

I occasionally get a glimpse of US news shows (clips and some cnn), the contrast with bbc or al jazeera is pretty striking:

The most important piece of information is always the name of the host, which is repeated every 5 seconds.
The hosts seem to be picked up straight from plastic surgery, complemented by exaggerated facial expressions.
Its roughly 5 minutes of program then 5 minutes of commercials.
If there are 2 hosts they spend half the time demonstrating their "chemistry" for eachother, its painful to watch.
The graphics remind me of old arcade cabinets, classy like las vegas.
Interviews are rude and annoying, the object seems to be that noone should speak a complete sentence.

I dont think its odd americans dont trust news, theres nothing trustworthy about it.

justin looks like a young Calculon, hopefully theyll work on Hedonism Bot next

design is arguably a strength of ubuntu, I think they are getting pretty damn good at it too.
It runs on everything, which is a unique strength compared to others. Eventually, instead of having a different os on every gadget, ubuntu on all.
Its easy enough to use for non-techies (my whole family uses it) while having full linux power under the hood.
They have tons of karma, I would like them to succeed, which hopefully is a common sentiment and will pay off.

they had unprotected relations with ms and contracted a ceo