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posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday February 25 2014, @09:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the Take-my-data-and-go-home dept.
c0lo writes: "Reuters reports

(Reuters) Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia.

At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance. According to other sources, the construction is scheduled to begin in July.

A joint venture between Brazilian telecoms provider Telebras and Spain's IslaLink Submarine Cables would lay the communications link. Telebras would have a 35 percent stake, IslaLink would have a 45 percent interest and European and Brazilian pension funds could put up the remainder.

So it has come to this"

 
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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by TheloniousToady on Tuesday February 25 2014, @01:36PM

    by TheloniousToady (820) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @01:36PM (#6592)

    Looks like this one got marked as "Flamebait". It was actually just a joke.

    I sometimes used to run into moderator confusion like that on the old site, too. On Usenet, I used to put in a winks to clear up the confusion, but it doesn't seem to be common here (or on the old site) so I haven't been doing that. However, if it saves you folks from wasting your mod points, I can start. ;-)

    Starting Score:    1  point
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       Offtopic=2, Underrated=1, Total=3
    Extra 'Offtopic' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   1  
  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2014, @03:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2014, @03:26PM (#6659)

    try ☺ should come like this: ☺

  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday February 25 2014, @09:04PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday February 25 2014, @09:04PM (#6939) Homepage Journal

    Like at the old site, jokes can be hazardous to your karma. My joke may be your flamebait, or you may simply think it's a stupid joke and mod it overrated.

    One of the things I don't like about slashdot is folks are all too willing to mod stale, unfunny jokes up.

    Heh, I just got mod points and can't use a single one, I've already commented in every thread today.

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