Senator Hollings and the SSSCA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday September 21, 2001 @09:43AM from the no-comment dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "You probably suspected some sort of "follow the money" thing was behind Sen. Fritz Hollings' support of SSSCA, the draft bill that would make using 'any interactive digital device that does not include and utilize certified security technologies' illegal in the U.S. This proposed law could effectively outlaw Linux and most Open Source software, depending on how judges interpret it. A NewsForge story details where Sen. Hollings' money comes from. Guess what? His biggest contributors are entertainment industry companies, their lawyers, and their lobbyists. The story also says Hollings and his staff refused to comment on the bill, and staffers the reporter talked to refused to even give their names." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of VA Linux.

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And now a message to that complete fucking moron by nycdewd · 2001-09-21 10:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

to whom, etc: eat shit and die horribly, thanks.
why not,! fire for fire works! by apachetoolbox · 2001-09-21 10:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

if only we could figure out a way to kill Jerry Falwell at the same time!
Q33NY and Wingdings ! by freaker_TuC · 2001-09-21 11:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I think Q33NY was the flight to NY what crashed on the WTC.

Try to open MSWord and type in Q33NY and change those letters to the font WINGDINGS; you'll be shocked to see the results !

Q - 3 - 3 - N - Y changes to:
(airplane) (tower) (tower) (death) (palestina?)

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