This focuses completely on the U.S., but I'd argue that it's even more true in other—especially the developing—parts of the world. What makes Internet access more significant and important than TV or radio is the infinite nature of the information being made available.
If a farmer with limited financial resources wants to find out which fertilisers would increase crop yield without permanently damaging his plot, TV and radio are likely not an option. Word of mouth or libraries perhaps, but those aren't even common and easily accessible to city dwellers here in India, for example.
It shows how flawed the whole modern intellectual property system (and not just copyright) is when a university believes it has to preemptively register trademarks it might use in the future, say, in the highly unlikely event it changed its name from Harvard to Hahvahd.
The tragedy is, to the people calling the shots (ie. the invading military or government), a foreign civilian's life would probably be worth far less than $100,000.
As a previous comment notes, civilians killed are thought of as 'collateral'. That's just not acceptable. The burden lies with the occupying/invading forces to do everything possible to make sure civilians aren't killed or harmed in any way. Even actions that would lead to rations being withheld or basic needs not being met could be considered a breach of international humanitarian law and the fourth Geneva Convention.
"While 14 al-Qaeda were killed, some 687 civilian deaths also occurred…"
That is profoundly disturbing. How can governments justify the continued use of drones with statistics like that? There needs to be an ethical debate, yes, and urgently.
I use my iPod Touch's Notes app to jot down things I need to do, buy or remember. It's cumbersome, but since it's the device I carry around, it's the obvious choice.
On the contrary, more page views do lead to higher ad revenues. If Gawker is the second highest referrer, that means it's actually contributing to the revenue The Post earns by way of its website.