"Let me be very clear, we will need to continue to monitor developments in this area also in the future… This will not be one off decision.
The Cloudflare CEO said he is aware that there's no right answer in this situation, and he's hopeful that the reaction to his company's move — and the moves of other key internet stakeholders — can kick-start a debate on how to manage cases of hate speech and other abhorrent content on the internet using a system rather than one-off decisions.
It is easy to make one-off decisions and it doesn't really matter what happens in this Test match.
The measure seems likely to join the list of one-off decisions that turn out to be permanent, says Robert Chote, director of the IFS.
IT made a series of one-off decisions until about 2008, looking at individual solutions.
Dorsey then hit out at his Silicon Valley colleagues by saying Twitter would not simply make one-off decisions to make itself feel better while "adding fuel to new conspiracy theories".
What differentiates Safari Reader from the likes of Adblock Plus, if Wired's Epicenter blog has it right, is that you have to press the button each time you want to make those annoying/revenue-critical "distractions" disappear, on each new page, rather than making a one-off decision to banish ads.
Nick Poyntz-Wrigheadhead of life insurance at the FSA, said: "An annuity purchase is an important one-off decision that has long-term consequences for individuals if they get it wrong.
In public appearances, Antonin Scalia, a member of the majority in Bush v. Gore, regularly offers this message to people who question him about the decision: "Get over it!" Even at the time, Bush v. Gore was treated as a kind of novelty item, a one-off decision that applied only to the peculiar facts then before the Justices.
This approach to withdrawal fits with the notion that consent should be considered to be the initiation of a partnership between researcher and participant, rather than a one-off decision at a single point in time.
Listening in the U.S. was a popular option for Chinese tech companies last year, so it will interesting to see if Qihoo 360's move is a canary in the coal mine moment, or a one-off decision from a company that has struggled to manage its image outside of home turf.
