[Merkel] wants control over what information is coming into her area of reign
She can already pretty much control whatever is coming in, thanks to the routers that do the I/O with Germany. I think what she wants is to control what's going out...
too bad these games end up being more about your tech than your personal ability
Indeed, let's be totally fair:
- too bad these games are more about your country's wealth than your personal ability
- too bad these games are more about your country's education system than your personal ability
- too bad these games are more about your country's climate than your personal ability
- too bad these games are more about your ancestors genetics than your personal ability
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Can Slashdot survive user revolt?
I've never bought an Apple product (and never will)
Never say never
pretty much anything else (...) I can pre-order it and get it on day of release
When the product is as popular as an iphone - would you like it or no - many people want it the first day and, unless queuing early, you'll have to wait.
"Conversion, fastidious Goddess, loves blood better than brick, and feasts most subtly on the human will." -- Virginia Woolf, "Mrs. Dalloway"