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Comment Re:Looks like email and the desktop were not enoug (Score 1) 320

Call me crazy, but I don't excuse the things the Chinese government does just because they convinced their population that they should.

The thing is, the Chinese population has been convinced long before current government is established. I'd say the first time censorship was tried and accepted by Chinese people is around the time of Ancient Roman Republic.

If thinking that basic human rights are universal makes me an imperialistic American dog, then I am a proud imperialistic American dog.

I think you are an American *idealist*. If people are worried about food and shelter, they are not going to worry too much about free speech. This must be hard to imagine when you were born in prosperity.

Comment Re:Dynamic world (Score 1) 167

Shadowbane allowed players to create their own city, build shops, hire guards and etc.
It never really became a big hit, and slowly died out.

The reason I see behind that is in such games there is no place for casual players who make up majority of the population. In a competing game world, if you slack, you will be ruled out. Many times I log back in the game after a break and got completely lost - the guild I belonged to disbanded, city I bound to got destroyed etc.
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Thelasko writes: The New York Times reports that the volume of spam has returned to the levels seen before the McColo was shut down. Adam Swidler, of Postini Services says, "It's unlikely we are going to see another event like McColo where taking out an I.S.P. has that kind of dramatic impact on global spam volumes." This is sad news for us all.
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Comment Re:The Big Power Cuts (Score 1) 361

[...] 1. Traffic lights being shut down, which can grind traffic and thus commerce to a halt. 2. Crime. 3. Panicking people who don't have the sense to just wait it out.

1 - Never seen a traffic cop directing traffic?

Ever seen a cop replacing every single traffic light in a city? that would empty every police station in the country...

Ever seen volunteer replacing every MAIN traffic light in a city?

Comment Re:Every country has a different threshold (Score 1) 325

And if you read a little history, by destroying the governing body of another country, and establish a new one with weaker support, the new government will become dependent on you, because by itself it cannot survive its opposition force. The trick is to support the new government while keeping its opposition strong, in order to maintain this relationship.

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