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The Worst Coders In Washington

Posted by Hemos on from the writing-faulty-legal-code dept.

spooky writes "The American Open Technology Consortium, 'a nonprofit organization of technologists who have joined together to educate lawmakers and regulators about technology -- especially in regards to The Internet' has compiled a list of the lawmakers responsible for eight bad internet laws. They say, 'These bad coders and their backers have done more damage to computing, the Internet and freedom than all the virus authors, spammers and crackers combined', Do you agree? Did they miss anyone?"

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  1. Did they miss anyone? by JohnnyBigodes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well... how about a few thousand Windows programmers?
    (an obvious choice, I know, but still true :)

  2. Nope, the other Washington, kids by echucker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry to disappoint, but they're not talking about Redmond. ;-)

  3. from beyond the grave... by edrugtrader · · Score: 5, Funny

    i find this ironic as hell:

    Rep. Sonny Bono (R-CA 44th district) 1 bill $0.

    someone from the music industry is blamed for sponsoring legislation from beyond the grave, and received $0 in funding for his work. even more funny, there are people on the list BELOW him!! politicians get less done that dead people... proves the old saying, if pro is the opposite of con, what is congress the opposite of?

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  4. Contest? by Pseudonymus+Bosch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they have Obfuscated Lawmaking Contests?

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