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Comment Freedom of choice ? (Score 1) 974

If I choose to not look at a billboard am I stealing from the advertiser ?
If I choose to not read my junk mail am I stealing from the people who sent it to me ?
Short answer, no.
At the end of the day this is advertising, where someone pays for their message to be placed where you could see it and may look at it.
If you choose to not look or prevent yourself from seeing it that is your own free will.
The only exception is where you have entered into a contract where viewing of the advertising is required.

Communicating Even When the Network Is Down 115

coondoggie writes to mention a NetworkWorld article covering efforts to maintain network connectivity even when the network has holes. Building off of the needs of the military, the end goal is to create a service which will route around network trouble spots and maintain connectivity for users. From the article: "Researchers at BBN Technologies, of Cambridge, Mass., have begun the second phase of a DTN project, funded by $8.7 million from the Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Earlier this year, the researchers simulated a 20-node DTN. With each link available just 20% of the time, the network was able to deliver 100% of the packets transmitted." The article is on five small pages, with no option to see a linkable, printable version.

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