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Silicon Valley vs. Your Privacy

Posted by timothy on from the really-required-registration dept.

TreeRat submits word of an article in the New York Times' magazine section, including mention of the proposed national database which has been talked about on Slashdot before. "The story goes into great detail with Larry Ellison, who is still pushing hard to bring 'Big Brother' to life. When asked if this database will be created, and run on Oracle, Larry's response was 'I do think it will exist, and I think it is going to be an Oracle database. ...And we're going to track everything.' There's a lot more than Ellison in this piece, though, and much of it is scary.

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  1. KW by felipeal · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not the first time I post it, but this time it makes more sense:

    ORACLE = One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

  2. o/t: amateur fighter pilot?? by Cally · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the article


    "Louie, an amateur fighter pilot,..."


    Like... what? Does this mean he and a few pals like to take their F16s for a spin at the weekend, mebbe practice some bomb runs, perhaps take out the odd MiG when they feel like it - just for kicks?

    Toc, toc, toc...

    --
    "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -- Goethe
  3. Re:I Feel Bad for Oracle by DaedalusLogic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eccentric... and he looks like a James Bond villain... You suppose he has some secret submarine in the carribean loaded with hundreds of rackmounted servers running this database? I'm scared... eccentric pinhead...

    You know what bugs me about Oracle though... nothing philosophical... its all the little SQL "enhancements" they provide that I find when looking at someone else's SQL query. I thought languages were supposed to be standardized. There are a few other DB's that do it too... Nothing big but it bugs me when I run into it.

  4. O.R.A.C.L.E. by TheRealFixer · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Oh yes, Mr. Bond. I do think it will exist. And I think it is going to be an O.R.A.C.L.E. database... and we're going to track everything. And then, my dear Mr. Bond, I shall rule the world!"