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From "Happy Hacking" to "Screw You"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-we're-sad dept.

tquid writes "Trying to bridge the digital divide in Canada's poorest postal code, a principled group of hackers adopt "open source"-based technology spun off from an MIT project. Then the terms on the hardware are changed, and changed again, and then firmware to lock out the frustrated group's software is installed, screwing them out of their investment and many hours of development work."

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  1. Slashdotted by d3ac0n · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Already. Anyone got a cached link?

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  2. OT: Corollary to Tiller's Rule by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Corollary to Tiller's Rule:

    Never use a word that you've heard in speech but have never seen in print, because you'll look like a fool when you spell it wrong.

    Examples I've seen in real life: "Here, Here!", "gold dablooms", "prejudice" (meaning 'prejudiced', I see this a lot), "per say", "mideval" (meaning 'medieval'), "pnumonic" (meaning 'mnemonic')

    OK, I've gotten it out of my blood for now... carry on.

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