Huffington Post is the hipster newspaper. Thanks for sharing anyways. Important battle that much of the masses has no clue about.

I don't think the law applies to non-US residents. So, whats the news in Canada?

I was listening to the news on a radio channel broadcasted on a canadian station. and then i saw it again on Reddit. That was the first link I looked at. Your right canada isn't effected yet... but we usually follow suit pretty quickly. As long as the political contributions keep coming in.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/obama-fcc-caves-on-net-ne_b_799435.html

Obama FCC Caves on Net Neutrality -- Tuesday Betrayal Assured

Late Monday, a majority of the FCC's commissioners indicated that they're going to vote with Chairman Julius Genachowski for a toothless Net Neutrality rule.

According to all reports, the rule, which will be voted on during tomorrow's FCC meeting, falls drastically short of earlier pledges by President Obama and the FCC Chairman to protect the free and open Internet.

The rule is so riddled with loopholes that it's become clear that this FCC chairman crafted it with the sole purpose of winning the endorsement of AT&T and cable lobbyists, and not defending the interests of the tens of millions of Internet users.

Welcome to AT&T's Internet

For the first time in history of telecommunications law the FCC has given its stamp of approval to online discrimination.

Instead of a rule to protect Internet users' freedom to choose, the Commission has opened the door for broadband payola - letting phone and cable companies charge steep tolls to favor the content and services of a select group of corporate partners, relegating everyone else to the cyber-equivalent of a winding dirt road.

Instead of protecting openness on wireless Internet devices like the iPhone and Droid, the Commission has exempted the mobile Internet from Net Neutrality protections. This move enshrines Verizon and AT&T as gatekeepers to the expanding world of mobile Internet access, allowing them to favor their own applications while blocking, degrading or de-prioritizing others.

Instead of re-establishing the FCC's authority to act as a consumer watchdog over the Internet, it places the agency's authority on a shaky and indefensible legal footing -- giving ultimate control over the Internet to a small handful of carriers.

Obama's 'Mission Accomplished'

Internet users deserve far better, and we thought we were going to get it from a president who promised to "take a backseat to no one in my commitment to Net Neutrality." Watch now as he and his FCC chairman try to spin tomorrow's betrayal as another "mission accomplished."

Don't believe it. This bogus victory has become all too familiar to those watching the Obama administration and its appointees squander opportunities for real change. The reality is that reform is just a rhetorical front for industry compromises that reward the biggest players and K-Street lobbyists while giving the public nothing.

It's not the FCC chairman's job to seek consensus among the corporations that he was put into office to regulate. His duty is to protect Internet users.

More than two million people have taken action on behalf of Net Neutrality. Tomorrow, we'll all get the carpet yanked from beneath our feet.

Net Neutrality is the freedom of speech, freedom of choice issue of the 21st century. It's the guarantee of a more open and democratic media system that was baked into the Internet at its founding.

On Tuesday, Obama's FCC is going to sell that out.

because ur canadian brown kid :

Oh yeah forgot, the mods like to discriminate.

Unfortunately not live. I've just seen pictures. I want to plan a trip to like Yukon or Alaska so I can see them.

Gonna take luck not planning ;)

I agree rain is much worse than snow.

Its astonishing how quickly people forget recent events... we just let them get away with murder... amazing.

try

cd /var

sudo chown username:username www 

That should do the trick.
 
You can also create sub directories inside www for different websites, and give same above permission to those directories. This is just for security reason.

I was able to get it to work by setting the permission level to 777... but then I change it back to 755 so on-one can access it... I like the feature but there should be an easy way to find this info lol

Isn't halal a brand name or somethin'?

Halal is the way an animal is killed. I won't comment on that, but Muslims require a prayer before they kill an animal. And the animal has to be killed in the least cruel way.

Yeah, man i heard the uni fees were getting tripled. Sucks.

The fact that they are thinking about banning protests is an even bigger deal. I know protests are a little out of control. But they should be.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/uk-ban-student-marches/


After tripling tuitions, UK may ban student marches



London's top police officer says he is considering banning student marches in the wake of violent flare-ups at protests opposing a massive increase in university tuition fees.

The move has prompted some observers to declare that Britain may be headed towards "martial law" as police push back against angry youth who find they can no longer afford an education, at a time when jobs openings are rare.

Speaking about a possible ban on marches, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said "it is one of the tactics we will look at and something we will keep under review, and if we think it is the right thing to do then we will do it."

The declaration has incensed students' groups, who in recent weeks held four large demonstrations in London to protest the tripling of university tuition fees to the equivalent of $18,000 per year. Britain's parliament passed the hike this week.

"Peaceful protest is an integral part of our heritage and it is the responsibility of the police to help facilitate that," said Aaron Porter, president of National Union of Students of the UK.


 
Under Britain's Public Order Act, a police chief can request a three-month ban on processions, provided the local government and the national Home Office agree to it. The Act doesn't give police the power to stop protests, only to keep the protesters from marching.

The most recent protest, held last week, turned violent as protesters smashed windows at the Treasury and High Court buildings. Twelve police officers and more than 40 protesters were injured. Protesters attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, reportedly making physical contact with the duchess.

In all, 182 protesters have been arrested in the protests held in recent weeks.

London police have come under heavy criticism for their tactics in handling the protests. A leading human rights lawyer is launching a legal challenge to the police's use of "kettling," a technique in which riot officers surround a group of protesters and keep them stranded for hours at a time.

Bethany Shiner said police "are now using kettling as a stock response to all public protests and appear to have authorized kettling in advance of this particular protest."

The Metropolitan Police also came under fire after a YouTube video showed wheelchair-bound protester -- cerebral palsy sufferer Jody McIntyre -- being pulled from his wheelchair and beaten by officers.

Commissioner Stephenson said he is considering a ban on marches because the protests have occupied officers to the point that they cannot police the city properly. But he admitted that a ban may not have the desired effect.

"When you have got people willing to break the law in this way, what is the likelihood of them obeying an order not to march or complying with conditions on a demonstration?" he asked. "Sometimes putting that power in could just be inflaming the situation further."