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Virginia Tech Report Cites Privacy Law Problems
RickRussellTX writes "A panel of Bush administration officials, including several bureau chiefs, concludes that confusing privacy laws contributed to the Virgina Tech shootings. The report claims that confusion over student privacy and medical privacy laws "has limited the ability of these officials to prevent the kind of violence that occurred at Virginia Tech.""
In the constellation of Cygnus
There lurks a mysterious, invisible force
The Black Hole
Of Cygnus X-1
Six Stars of the Northern Cross
In mourning for their sister's loss
In a final flash of glory
Nevermore to grace the night....
1
Invisible
To telescopic eye
Infinity
The star that would not die
continued below...
All who dare
To cross her course
Are swallowed by
A fearsome force
Through the void
To be destroyed
Or is there something more?
Atomized ---- at the core
Or through the Astral Door ----
To soar....
2
I set a course just east of Lyra
And northwest of Pegasus
Flew into the light of Deneb
Sailed across the Milky Way
On my ship, the 'Rocinante'
Wheeling through the galaxies,
Headed for the heart of Cygnus
Headlong into mystery
The x-ray is her siren song
My ship cannot resist her long
Nearer to my deadly goal
Until the Black Hole ----
Gains control....
3
Spinning, whirling,
Still descending
Like a spiral sea,
Unending
Sound and fury
Drowns my heart
Every nerve
Is torn apart....
To be continued after God Smacks Your Ass !!
Or violent video games, or guns, or porn.
Or alcohol, or high powered cars, or poker nights.
Or democracy, or rights.
dolt
I for one welcome our new privacy removing overlords.
1. Remove privacy laws
2. ???
3. Profit!
In Soviet Russia, privacy laws remove you.
Netcraft confirms it : privacy is dead.
You just got troll'd!
Ah this is one of those put your feet up, grab some popcorn moments when you watch slashdotters' collective heads asplode as they are compelled to confront their desire for privacy against their other mantra of "information should be free." Of course, some will claim that there is no contradiction, others will tell me that slashdot is not one monolithic think-block, and others will just blame bush. Tell me again why "personal" information should not be "free" as in speech? No really.. i want to know. / citizen of louisiana? your tax dollars are hard at work on ads at slashdot as if somebody will actually choose to relocate to louisiana because of an ad showing two male ends of patch cables coming together.
So you're saying that the discussion you're having has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand and you're pretty much just trolling?
his thoughts represent the victory of prudence and moderation over FUD and hysteria
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it