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Amnesty Calls Shenannigans on MS, Sun, Cisco
ZurichPrague writes "Amnesty International is claiming Microsoft, Sun, Nortel and Cisco, among others, have broken the law by selling filtering technology to China, helping that country implement its censorship. Is Amnesty right? Making the technology is fine, but if we know that it could be used for ill, aren't we bound to not sell to some countries and companies? C/Net has the story here."
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is which is the better Microcontroller?
Teh Atmel AVR90S2313 or the Microchip PIC16F628?
This is a serious issue which must be discussed.
There is no legal obligation, because the relationship of technology to power, like all power relations, is protected by law. Geeks are technocrats, and technocrats are now and have always been fascism's elite cadre of evil henchmen. You think Open Source is a positive force for the world, but all it does is increase our dependence on sold-for-profit gadgets, which in turn rule our lives.
Unpossible!
What the Fuck is this?
Slashdot is dying.
At one point the trolls were lively, creative, logged in people, now they simply w00t pathetically over logged out first posts. Helpful advice could be gained from the trolls - I fondly remember the "pooping at work" HOWTO, that taught me much of what I know, and today still helps me crap in peace at my workplace.
The other thing I notice, on my front page is the fucking "Radio" section. WTF - if nothing has happened since Jun the 29th the GET THE FUCK RID OF THE SECTION. Shit, even the BSD section gets more news, and that in spite of the fact that everyone knows that BSD is as dead as Stephen King.
From now on I shall wager a hate campaign against this section until it disappears. You are warned.
> Making the technology is fine, but if we know that it could be used for ill, aren't we bound to not sell to some countries and companies?
In other news, ZurichPrague said: "Making weapons of mass destruction is fine, but if we know that they could be used for ill, aren't we bound to not sell to some countries and companies? Nothing wrong with Iraq building nukes, as long as they don't sell them to the U.S. (the only country ever to nuke civilian population)."
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Facts are stupid things -- President Ronald Reagan (a blooper from his speeach at the '88 GOP convention)
Hi. That should be 'lose', not 'loose'.
Thanks,
'Lose', Not 'Loose' Guy
--thanks for the recent upmods! i'll be able to post again soon
Fuck the French.
Can we make sure every last American is immediately shipped directly to Pluto? Less chance of the rest of us being innocent bystanders in their next attack from terrorists!
Please mod the parent up as he, like Amnesty International, is trying to stop the abuse of the English Language by using awareness!
Moderators please note this is an attempt at humor (maybe failing) If you don't like don't mod up
I'm glad to see you got modded up, and now appear with Score:1 by default.