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http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/internet-addiction-defined-in-china-entire-engadget-staff-now-o/

Is a “dependency” the same as an “addiction“?

Many businesses and business processes, to say nothing of Government, are now _dependent_ on the Internet. Its a key part of our economy, not just our lifestyle. The world could possibly give up cell-phones but I doubt it could give up the ‘Net and continue without a massive loss in
our standard of living.

I’m always a little concerned when a government does things “for our own good“.

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\117\story_7-11-2008_pg1_8

Only in Pakistan? Shame!

The penalty is limited to an offence that ‘causes death of any person’,
according to the ordinance that will be considered effective from
September 29.

And, thinking of the “for want of a nail” poem, how indirect does this causality have to be? OK, I can see zapping someone’s pacemaker, but how about this:

Suppose a ‘capture the flag’ context such as the one in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in late October,  exposed a flaw that allowed someone to hack a database and get a batch of credit card numbers and those were sold off and used, and it happened that one of the cards belong to someone who had their card refused at the gas station and ran out of gas and had to walk home and was attached and raped and killed … in another country. Read the rest of this entry »