A BRILLIANT way to handle interruptions and annoying colleagues

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Reading the Dilbert comics, I've come across a few days ago to a BRILLIANT way to handle interruptions and annoying colleagues.
You should think of implementing it if you have such a problem.

Google vs. China

[Post published by Liviu on Liviu's [Computer Science] Blog]

Thanks to Financial Times, I got informed on what has happened recently between Google and China; see the so called Google vs. China section on FT.
I will enumerate just a few articles I've read and found interesting:

1. Google’s defiance of China really is praiseworthy
2. Beijing seeks to limit Google fallout 
3. Google is not alone in calling China’s bluff
4. Google stands up to China’s censors
5. Cyberattacks aimed at defence groups

My position is simple: I have always in the past and shall in the future (1) support competition and freedom (since I consider these the building blocks of our society) and (2) criticize any form of censorship and/or threat to competition.