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Ask Prof. Felten About DMCA's Effects

Posted by Roblimo on from the freedom-to-tinker dept.

Princeton Computer Science Professor Edward W. Felten has been mentioned and quoted frequently on Slashdot, usually about DMCA matters and, more recently, about new state laws that may make it illegal to use "unapproved" networking devices, VPNs or firewalls with your home or office Internet connection. Please avoid questions that can be answered by reading the pages linked to here or with a bit of Google research. We'll post Prof. Felten's answers to 10 of the highest-moderated questions as soon as he has time to answer them.

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  1. Spelling? by mrybczyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dr. Felten, how do you feel about the lack of spellchecking by Slashdot authors? Is Priceton(sic) an interesting workplace?

  2. A simple one. by g(zerofunk.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will any of these questions be on the final exam?
    g

  3. Im Curious by Cheapoboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    With the paper you wrote in the similarities between poker and nuclear war what is your view on the current ira.... oooh wait Prof. Felton not Prof. Falken... well shit that blows all my questions on how Joushua's AI works too... my bad.

  4. go corrections! by gd23ka · · Score: 2, Funny

    Corrections. It's already booming and the sky's the limit for those that manage to stay on the outside of a 700V lethal electric fence! You could be the manager of an inmate labor program, or you could go for career with the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice as a certified Execution Technician. And what's best your skills as a IT professional are still needed... CAS (Computer Aided Sentencing), IT-Systems (Inmate Termination Systems (what did you think?)), handheld DTT (Dissident Tracking & Termination) applications.... no rest for the wicked!

  5. Greetings, Professor Felten by Lars+Rindsig · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shall we play a game?