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eBay finishes PayPal Acquisition
Aidenn writes "As some may remember,
eBay was in the process of merging with PayPal. It is finally finished. eBay has information here. news.com has a more complete story."
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A powerful on-line economy! (Oh, and you can bet your buns it'll happen!) What wonders! We can all do business easily, quickly, without hassles! Who needs cash? Ah, the FUTURE! Bring it ON!
Sigh.
The only problem I see with this, (well, one of the biggest problems, at any rate), is that unless something has changed in the last year, then the CIA has its hand on the switch of virtually the whole stinking internet. They can single you out, and make your website gone if they don't like what you're doing.
Remy C's End Secrecy List recently ran a look back at SAIC read this item if you're interested in the details.
(It's a bit of a longish read, and the first article is, of course, SAIC P.R. It gets interesting further down.)
In any case, unless anything has changed recently, then, well, I must say that I feel just peachy about the new economy being at the total & complete mercy of a bunch of Bushian ex-spooks.
Come to think of it. .
I must wonder ALOUD why there are so few outward looking stories on Slashdot these days that a conspiracy nut like me can leave his spray on. Especially when there is so much fascinating stuff going on in the big blue world. If nerds would really rather keep their noses stuck into the latest unix front-end distraction, then you ain't like the nerds I grew up with.
Wonder who whispers into Taco's ear these days. .
-Fantastic Lad