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Slashdot昨天出现了这样一篇与中国相关的
帖子，全文如下，评论大家自己去看，很长：
Solo Han asks: "I'mconsidering a move to China next year, and while Ihave just as many problems as y'all do with the government, I stilllike the freedoms afforded me, especially when it comes to access ofinformation. Chinese citizens, however, do not have the same freedoms,as we are constantly reminded here on slash-o-dot. Pr0n, mp3z, andgames aside, what are the things that those of you in the CelestialKingdom know you cannot access, and specifically, what are thewebsites, search engines, news sites, and other sites that are classedas potentially 'dangerous' material? This brings me to my overallquestion: is the censorship that real, that hard to get around, and howdo you do it? What methods and technologies are you aware of or use tocircumvent the Great Firewall of China?"
讨论公民权利的网站
Brown EqualsTerrorist转载了来自于
Missoulian.com的文章
Don'ttake your privacy forgranted。
Just because thegovernment canknow everything about you doesn't meanit should.
We've been reading up on the federal government's progress towardcreating a new medical database, called the National Health InformationNetwork. The idea is to create a more efficient system for keeping andsharing patient information. Ultimately, we'll all have electronichealth records.
It's an innovation intendedto be used for good. But it also could beused for evil.
对于我个人而言,有时候甚至觉得美国人神经过敏一样，对于个人自由和个人隐私尤其看重。然而隐私可能是自由的对立面，
kottke引用了来自
AtlanticMonthly的一段文字，这段话是only forsubscribers的。
"You have two peoplewhose job it is to see if the name on yourdriver's license is the same as the name on your ticket -- as if anyself-respecting terrorist would fail to think of that. You have a guywhose job is to shout out a reminder for you to take off your jacketand get your computer out of your bag. You've got one-year-olds takingoff their shoes. It is hard to think of a way you could caricatureitto make it look sillier." At the same time, the ritual manages to beintimidating, as a standing reminder of how much Americans have to fear.
kottke在同一篇文章中抱怨了自己去伦敦前遇到的麻烦，包括必须提前
剪好指甲…尽管如此，
Dave Winer今天在
ShareYour OPML发布了新的功能：
Newfeature: People Like Me。
A newfeatureon the Share Your OPML site, an Andrew-Dave collaboration, it listspeople whose subscription lists are most like yours. Think of it asyour personal echo chamber. It's an interesting way todiscover newfeeds you aren't subscribed to.
显然它和所有网络产品一样都面临着隐私与自由的二难选择。可能面对选择的时候，也不一定容易选择。昨天和同学出去吃面，竟然聊起民主的低效率，学经济学的小孩都那么喜欢效率。或许我们认为民主无非是一件商品，花了价钱就可以买到的。
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