Originally Posted by
Arfur Dent
The Chinese and the North Koreans are like King Canute sitting on his chair at the waters edge at low tide ordering the incoming waters to stop. Technology will enlighten the public in the aforementioned police states and the so-called "Leaders" had better watch out for a huge public backlash.
Damn this might be one of the best things i've read on pprune. Its true for the world isn't it? Technology is going to eventually win. Right now its so easy for us to google so many things. Of course our friends across the boarder are restricted, but for how long? The internet infrastructure right now is ground based, kinda like an ILS, but how much longer before it goes RNAV? How do you block satellite internet? Or maybe a way we haven't even thought of yet. How much longer until we see google as archaic as the library card catalog system? A time where technology meets biology, where we just think about the question and it pops in our heads without the need to for a computer/cell phone search. The "chicken littles" will say that is exactly what they will use to control us, but how well has that worked out so far with the internet? The recent revolutions have been technological related. And mostly peaceful. I for one am really optimistic about the future.