U.S. Department of Interior Ordered Offline

The whole of the U.S. Department of Interior has been forced off of the internet as a result of a court case Cobell v. Babbit. This was the result of compromises with the Microsoft Windows servers. A judge decided to take the whole of the organization down. Should this judge have this much power? Info here on the indian trust web site. This includes the BLM, USGS and the Park Service. Staggering, really. CD: Hold off on the blaming of MS, it's still not clear.

Comments

Re:Should a judge

[truesaer]

Its not an abuse of power. The law says that teachers cannot strike, and this has surely been upheld by the courts since lots of states have that law. The teachers are striking, and were ordered by the judge to comply with the law and return to class. Since they refused, they were arrested.

This is what happens when you disobey a lawful order from a judge. Now, the teachers may still be doing the right thing, but if you want to practice civil disobedience, you might end up in the clink.

Judges do not have the luxury of ignoring the law, or just saying "oh well" when people fail to follow their lawful orders. Again, this isn't flamebait...teachers may be doing the right thing by standing up for themselves, but the judge is also doing the right thing in enforcing the law.

Re:Blame!

[AntiNorm]

To the tune of "Blame Canada":

Times have changed, our kids are getting worse
They won't obey their parents, they just want to fart and curse
Should we blame the government? Or blame society?
Or should we blame the images on TV? No...

Blame Microsoft! Blame Microsoft!
With all their beady little eyes and their flappin heads so full of lies
Blame Microsoft! Blame Microsoft!
We need to form a full assault, it's Microsoft's fault!

Don't blame me for my son Stan
He saw the darn cartoon and now he's off to join the clan!
And my boy Eric once had my picture on his shelf
But now when I see him he tells me to fsck myself! Well...

Blame Microsoft! Blame Microsoft!
It seems that everything's gone wrong since Microsoft came along
Blame Microsoft! Blame Microsoft!
They're not even a real company anyway!

My son could have been a doctor or a lawyer, it's true
Instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbeque
Should we blame the matches? Should we blame the fire?
Or the doctors who allowed him to expire? Heck no!

Blame Microsoft! Blame Microsoft!
With all their hockey hullabaloo and that bitch Anne Murray too
Blame Microsoft! Shame on Microsoft!
For the smiling must stop, the laughter and fun must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before somebody thinks of blaming us!

Disclaimer: The above is intended to be parody.

Slashdot moderators strike again

[fortinbras47]

It never ceases to amaze me how a conservative statement always ends up with a "troll" marking while leftist "all software should be free" propaganda gets marked "interesting"

Re:Slashdot moderators strike again

[sigwinch]

It never ceases to amaze me how a conservative statement always ends up with a "troll" marking while leftist "all software should be free" propaganda gets marked "interesting"

The really curious thing is that if it were Microsoft using their monopoly over an organization's critical resources to extract extra not-previously-negotiated payments, Slashdotters would instantly break out the digital pitchforks and electronic torches and go off to burn out the Evil Empire's castle. But let a teacher's union do the exact same thing...