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The right question is whether the WTO standards--to which the U.S. Congress agreed in 1994 --are appropriate. The environmentalists say no, because under WTO rules a country generally can't stop the import of goods from countries on the basis of whether or not we like how those goods...
The developing countries say, in part, thank goodness for the rules, because they can't afford the environmental standards of the U.S. or the wage levels of U.S. and European workers. On the other hand, the developing countries say that U.S. practices are unfair--particularly those regarding intellectual property rights...
In short, standards are in the eye of the beholder. We have a real and continuing puzzle as to where to draw the line on what individual countries can choose to do, and what they should agree to set according to a single international standard. These issues need further debate...
"We are aware of the slowdowns that users have been noticing over the past several weeks," Osterberg wrote in an e-mail message. " The fundamental technical issue is that we don't have enough capacity in the storage system."
When students leave their telnet windows open even when they are not using e-mail, the program automatically refreshes every five minutes. Leaving the window open is thus the same as checking e-mail every five minutes, which burdens the server.