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Gorbachev Asks Gates to Intervene in Piracy Case

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bit-exteme dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has asked Bill Gates to intervene in a software piracy case against the headmaster of a middle school. If convicted, Alexander Ponosov could face detention in a Siberian prison camp for his crime.

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  1. [bitch] by SilentOneNCW · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I like how I bust my ass and write a paragraph long summary that actually explains the issues behind the case and what both Putin and Gorbachev have said about it, and it's still lounging in 'pending' while this one liner sits pretty on /. [/bitch]

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  2. Re:do the crime, do the time? by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought I knew that to be false since i thought teachers were poorly paid.

    http://www.aft.org/salary/2004/download/2004AFTSal arySurvey.pdf

    When I searched to post that, I find that yup- you are correct, they make about 8% more than the average worker.
    However, they have been losing ground ever since 1996.

    However, their benefits are apparently stellar (and include a couple months vacation vs 2-3 weeks, excellent retirement benefits, excellent health care benefits).

    On the flip side, my friends who were high school teachers have to put in a lot of unpaid overtime (working basically 8am to 10pm a few days a week) before they quit the field.

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  3. Re:do the crime, do the time? by Curtman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When the legal code in the US fills entire floors of a stadium sized library

    How many libraries of congress is that?