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Diebold To Drop Suit Against Whistleblowers
segment writes "Fox News reports that
'Diebold said it would not
sue dozens of students,
computer scientists and Internet service providers who had received cease-and-desist
letters from the company from August to October,' which is great for academia land, but
one should still ponder using Diebold on any level: 'an executive scolded programmers
for leaving software files on an Internet site without password protection.' Kind of a
scary thought with all the United States went through during the Bush/Gore election,
imagine the theories should a Diebold product be used in a situation like that. "
Reader doormat points out, however, that "the EFF is still going after Diebold over
the C&D letters." Several readers also submitted links to Paul Krugman's
New York Times column about Diebold's approach to public trust and accountability.
Kevin Mittnick very strong in the polls for the next presidential election, critics are surprised given the fact that he hasn't shown himself for some time now ...
... it's all about getting New Hampshire I guess" as reported by out correspondend who spoke to him on IRC.
Mittnick responded: "Erm
Nail their sorry butts to the wall
Take a chain with a ball
And bash them on the head
Till their madness is dead
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Great idea. All /.ers please send me your $ and I'll ensure that it gets put to good use lobbying your Congresscritters on a nice warm beach somehwere.
Uh oh, someone linked to the New York Times. Better double-check the facts to make sure they're not lying again.
Yes, toasters rating cantidates would be quite odd, indeed. :)