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Gates and Security

Posted by michael on from the news-and-abuse dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Orwell was wrong about Big Brother! Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates told a homeland-security conference on Wednesday afternoon that Orwell's dystopian vision of the future, in which Big Brother used technology as a form of social control, 'didn't come true, and I don't believe it will.'" Other tidbits about this security conference: Gates had his own troubles with security (Drudge is copy-and-pasting from a subscriber-only Roll Call story). Gates is apparently trying to sell interoperability to HomeSec. Meanwhile, Microsoft viruses continue unchecked.

12 of 485 comments (clear)

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. Yeah by avesti · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I finally get a first post.

    1. Re:Yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      YOU FAIL IT

    2. Re:Yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      well, not quite... ;-)

  3. Re:Orwell's version... by BrokenHalo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn. his methods are, anyway... :-)

  4. Slashdot moderation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This Slashdot article: -1 flambait

    Isn't that the usual remedy on people flaming Microsoft?

  5. I knew this was coming by Lane.exe · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It's official. Bill Gates and Co. have been bought out by Al-Qaeda.
    Mr. President, ready those troops. We have another liberation mission to pursue.

    --
    IAALS.
  6. sounds like east germany to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll bet the russians said the same thing to the east germans
    a long time ago. "Oh, no there is nobody watching you. pay
    no attention to the cameras and surveillance"

  7. Jesus fellas, switch to decaf! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I realize the anti-microsoft slant /. has, and I realize any time Bill opens his mouth, you're required to point and laugh, but good god, Slashdot's turned into one big Microsoft bash fest over the last 24 hours.

    You'd think nothin' IT occurred unless Microsoft says so. /me goes and unchecks Microsoft Flaimbait Category in users.pl

  8. Re:Oxymoron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > 2) Get modded up by homosexual moderators.

    They're all coming out of their closets now because it's legal now!

  9. Apple's iSight camera has a closeable lens by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm sure other web cameras have this feature as well, but Apple iSight web camera has a closeable lens... A nice touch, given the current state of affairs we are living in right now (one that B.Ga claims doesn't exist)...

    --
    Slashdot's first reaction to VMware
  10. Re:A little too subtle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Okay, why would anyone waste a moderation point to push the above post down to "-1 Redundant"?

    The post is short, it states a valid opinion, and it doesn't swear.

    The moderator just seems to be trying to hide an opinion he doesn't like, which is quite ironic when you consider that the thread is discussing George Orwell and 1984.