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   Message 14,238 of 14,669   
   rickman to John Larkin   
   Re: Internet Service Providers to block    
   26 Jun 16 10:05:36   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, comp.arch, comp.lang.c   
   XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: gnuarm@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/24/2016 2:33 PM, John Larkin wrote:   
   > On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:44:22 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hello,   
   >>   
   >> I would like it if Internet Service Providers would start to block websites   
   >> behind "logins and passwords".   
   >>   
   >> This goes against the open nature of the internet.   
   >>   
   >> Bye,   
   >>  Skybuck.   
   >   
   > How could you log in? And do you want anyone to buy things on your   
   > ebay account?   
   >   
   > I just ignore the New York Times and the Washington Post and anybody   
   > else who wants my email address, and money, to see news.   
   >   
   > Open internet implies open to sites that want passwords and sites that   
   > don't.   
   >   
   > Scientific journals should not be paywalled. Most of the research had   
   > some public funding.   
      
   Lol, things other people want can be charged for, but the stuff you want   
   should be free.   
      
   --   
      
   Rick C   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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