> a biotech company such as Gilead or Genentech would not construct a multiple-choice test and hire the top scorers
Who would be idiotic enough to select *any* skilled professional based upon a multiple-choice test?
I think you're implying that the USA missed out on this contract because its bribe was lower?
I'm not seeing much evidence of anything except pure commercial self-interest, here, I'm afraid.
Somehow, I doubt that the NSA would dob in US companies for corrupt behaviour, so I don't think your point makes terribly much sense.
Just because they *can* does not make it *good*
Censorship by Wikipedia may not be illegal, but it is extremely disappointing.
This analogy is appalling.
For a start, I think you would be justified if someone nicks your stuff, and it is definitely illegal.
However, information is *not* property, and nobody has actually stolen anything.
Sorry, I lost you at "communism is evil".
You're an idiot.
The people publishing the forbidden link are pro-civil-liberties, not anti-abortion.
They chose the anti-abortion link because it is both political and gory, and hence could be expected to be censored by ACMA.
Yes, but websites are all about the *content*, not the HTML!
Who cares how long the HTML took to write?
This story is more complicated than that.
The Australian Labor Party is *very* favourably disposed to the Internet Filter, as it was originally mooted *not* by the Christians, but by the Australia Institute, a left wing think-tank.
I would be very careful in this area; the filter might not be as dead as you think.
The problem is not with Corporations, but with the structure of society.
If a scientist works for a corporation, then he will *of course* act to the benefit of the corporation. Similarly, if his grant money comes from a corporation, then he would be stupid to kick that gift horse in the mouth.
To restore Science to the objective, trustworthy status that it deserves, there must be more science funded publicly, and by charitable donors without strings attached.
The degree of technical confidence is inversely proportional to the level of management.
