Holy crap...I agree with Tom again. Earthquake? Fire? Flood? Locusts?? On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>In the news today we have reports of China's decision to block parts of > >>the Internet from visiting journalists. These are mainly political views > >>being blocked. > > > >I've never seen that done in the United States. > > Well no, this is a Capitalist society. Here blocking is motivated by > profit motives. The telecoms lie to us about how expensive it is to move > electrons and seek to block services they see as a threat to their > ability to overcharge. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
