Word: roadblocking
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...world's third largest nuclear power, Ukraine, agreed to accede to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, clearing a roadblock that had held up two , other international disarmament accords. The Ukrainian parliament voted 301 to 8 to pass the resolution, which follows a commitment made in January to eliminate the country's 1,800 warheads. Until Ukraine agreed to go nuclear free, Russia had said it would not put into effect an agreement to cut its long-range nuclear weapons and also would not take up ratification of another arms-control accord...
Here's the catch. If your computer transmits data that the network finds unacceptable, a virtual "roadblock" is placed on your entrance ramp. In network parlance, this is called the "partitioning" of your data jack...
...partitioned data jack is easy to spot. The LINK light remains on, since the entrance ramp is still there. The TX light still flashes whenever the computer tries to transmit data, but such data never makes it to the network due to the "roadblock." The RX light, however, is dead--any network traffic coming into the computer is blocked, so the network adapter never sees...
Actual crowding on the dial, however, is only part of the problem. A more important roadblock to new channels, in the view of the cable industry, is government regulation. In the 1992 Cable Act, Congress responded to consumer complaints about the rising cost of cable service by instructing the Federal Communications Commission to regulate rates. The FCC proceeded to roll back current rates and to establish a strict formula for how much cable operators could raise them in the future...
...least in theory -- by P.L.O. forces against Palestinian militants, especially Muslim extremists who remain opposed to peace with Israel. After the turnover, Jewish settlers were fired at and wounded on four occasions in the Gaza Strip; in a drive-by attack, militants killed two Israeli soldiers manning a roadblock just inside the zone...