Second, they are looking for ways to use that information to control the flow of power fast enough to avoid blackouts.

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But in 2012, at a time when anyone with a cell phone can spread offensive views around the world with the click of a button, the notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete.

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Aligned against the watchmaker are retailers and free-flow-of-information types like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who say Omega is using a law designed to control creative works to control the U.S. prices of manufactured products.

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