Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet 47
angry tapir writes "The Internet in Syria was back on Saturday, a day after it was reported that two-thirds of Syrian networks had been cut off from the rest of the world in the wake of civil unrest in the country."
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The only thing more ignorant than his post is your post assuming that he is American.
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What is their country code? .sy? I wonder if gettingbu.sy is taken..
Re:Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet... (Score:4, Insightful)
Syria left the internet, and nothing of value went with it.
Syria came back, and pretty much nothing of value came back with it
Think not of what you do for the internet, but what the internet does for you.
Sure, there might not be smash hit websites hosted in Syria, but considering that many people in Syria use the internet no differently to Europeans or Americans (or Canadians like yourself) and it is part of their daily lives, you should be happy for them that it is back. Rather than trying to work out the value that a person puts into the internet, why don't you try to see what value the internet makes to their lives, their freedoms and their quality of life.
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Syria left the internet, and nothing of value went with it.
Syria came back, and pretty much nothing of value came back with it
That is very much a matter of perspective.
For example, for an average Chinese, if all US servers were to implode tomorrow, nothing of value would be lost, either.
Ahhhh... so Slashdot is hosted in Syria (Score:5, Funny)
That explains all the:
Error 503 Service Unavailable
Service Unavailable
Guru Meditation:
XID: 258631157
Varnish cache server
over the past couple of days.
This explains everything!
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OT, I know. But because we haven't heard an official statement from Slashdot on this matter, can someone please tell me why we're having so many of these Varnish cache server errors? What is it, some problem with the cluster environment? Regardless, this all seems to have started with the new format roll-out.
I'm surprised by all this Varnish stuff. That's old technology. I'd think that Slashdot could at least spring for some cheap polyurethane coatings.
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I'm surprised by all this Varnish stuff. That's old technology. I'd think that Slashdot could at least spring for some cheap polyurethane coatings.
The code in Slashdot is so primitive it's still in the linseed oil [wikipedia.org] stage.
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OT, I know. But because we haven't heard an official statement from Slashdot on this matter, can someone please tell me why we're having so many of these Varnish cache server errors? What is it, some problem with the cluster environment? Regardless, this all seems to have started with the new format roll-out.
I'm surprised by all this Varnish stuff. That's old technology. I'd think that Slashdot could at least spring for some cheap polyurethane coatings.
Maybe its unvarnished. Then again, maybe it needs a second coat.
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outsourced to ... (Score:3)
With so many meditating gurus, I thought it was outsourced to India.
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Both is made up, make believe stuff that looks kinda realistic if you want to believe.
What's the excuse? (Score:2)
C'mon, we all know that the true interesting story is how they explain the outage. Since it cannot be censorship, what was wrong with the internet in Syria?
Betting pool anyone? I call "atlantic cable".
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Betting pool anyone? I call "atlantic cable".
I'll bet "there was no outage"
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I'm in Syria, and they said 'security reasons', actually, they were quite forthcoming with this. People know what's happening and they're not dumb, the government knows this too and it doesn't try to fool them on these issues. Instead, they're betting on people being too scared of the crackdown and/or being too scared of the country turning into Iraq or Egypt so they'll not ask for change.
So far, this approach is working in Aleppo(which is where I am) which is mainly why this city has remained calm. Aleppo'
It does appear to be... (Score:5, Interesting)
http://mashable.com/2011/06/04/syrian-internet-restored/ [mashable.com]
You've been warned.
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I'd suppose that the important thing is that these situations can rarely be viewed in black and white.
Armed people killing unarmed people in cold blood are always the bad guys.
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These sources (which may also not be reliable) have claimed that the vast majority of the population (~90%) supports the current government and a natural flow of reform.
Heh, that's why you want elections and democracy. If he had just resigned and made a nationwide election, he could have been elected with a nice score apparently.
The fact he didn't probably means that the current leadership do not believe these numbers.
better info (Score:2, Informative)
renesys: info about network [renesys.com]
saturday's news: Syrian forces kill 6: protesters - Government eases internet stranglehold [www.cbc.ca]
current news: Syrian forces kill 35 in fresh crackdown: report [www.cbc.ca]
'Be patient Syria, the victory is written by the blood,'
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June 5 is the anniversary of the six day war, a.k.a. "Naksa Day." The protest had been planned for weeks/months and it isn't the least bit surprising that the day was chosen for protest.
People who aren't allowed to return to their homes have been expelled. If their home is in Israel, how could it be anyone's fault but Israel's that they can't return? Humans have a right to return to their homes and not be expelled so their homes/land can be given/leased to different ethnic group. Do you consider non-jew
Why did they disconnect? Why did they reconnect? (Score:1)