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How Tech-Savvy Will the Next President Be?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the let-the-debate-begin dept.

CorinneI writes "We've got our candidates. We know their positions on the major issues of the day — healthcare, the Iraq war, the economy, yada, yada, yada. But Senators McCain and Obama will also have to be concerned with tech issues. Where do they stand on Net neutrality, patent protection, piracy, broadband, privacy, and H1B visas? Do their campaign positions match up with their voting records and public statements? Here's how they stack up on the big five tech issues of the day."

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  1. Showing his age... by smitty97 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think McCain has first-hand experience with a Babbage computer

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    1. Re:Showing his age... by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

      I hear he's written a script, triggered by an X10 motion sensor in his front yard, that plays back an audio recording of him shouting, "Get the hell off my lawn!"

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    2. Re:Showing his age... by profgood · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nah . . . great knowledge of algorhytms from studying with Liebnitz.

    3. Re:Showing his age... by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 4, Funny

      I heard he spends his days playing Battlefield Vietnam but he's a bit shit at it and he's always getting captured.

    4. Re:Showing his age... by Atriqus · · Score: 2, Funny

      This is awesome, it's like McCain's the new Chuck Norris... due to extreme antiquity.

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    5. Re:Showing his age... by CannonballHead · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why would somebody be ON a cactus in the first place? :P

    6. Re:Showing his age... by HungWeiLo · · Score: 3, Funny

      They didn't call it Arizona back in McCain's time. It was known as New Mexico Territory back in those days.

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  2. Ultimaitely... by neokushan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Either one will be a lot more savvy in general than the current president. I bet both can even SPELL Technology.

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    1. Re:Ultimaitely... by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

      Either one will be a lot more savvy in general than the current president. I bet both can even SPELL Technology.


      But can they locate it on a map?
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    2. Re:Ultimaitely... by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I bet both can even SPELL Technology. And I bet they can spell "ultimately", too!
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  3. Put another way by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many blonde jokes involving computers would each candidate laugh at vs how many would they respond to with "What a coincidence--I do that, too".

  4. Dumb Question by Shihar · · Score: 2, Funny

    This question makes no sense to me. How "tech savvy" will the president be? The internet is basically just a series of tubes. How hard could it to be to understand? What could possibly go wrong?

  5. At least we'll have a President by MoodyLoner · · Score: 4, Funny

    for whom "tech-savvy" isn't another term for "knows what order the crayons go back in the box".

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  6. The difference by iXiXi · · Score: 3, Funny

    One knows that the big red button makes big boom boom! The other knows how to read Internet Polls. Guess which one is which.

  7. Re:Does the President have to know about this stuf by krog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, I should have said "well-informed advisors who deserve to live."

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  8. Re:What about the 2nd? by Facetious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your handguns aren't really going to allow you to compete with the US military
    Hear, hear! Groups with small arms have never been a match for a modern mil... Oh, wait.
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  9. Re:Does the President have to know about this stuf by bsDaemon · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear Bush gets his advice straight from Jesus... I would imagine that he would be informed, seeing as how he intelligently designed the universe -- but look where that's gotten us! /ducks.

  10. NSFW... by jonaskoelker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hopefully only Clinton leaves lipstick on the joystick.

    No wait! That's Lewinsky... ;)

  11. McCain IS tech by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm pretty sure he's the same model as Saul Tigh.

  12. Re:What about the 2nd? by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 2, Funny
    2)The second gives one tools to protect the rest.
    3) See #2

    every idiot can not be trusted with a tank But, interestingly enough, any idiot who can afford one and can get the license can, in fact, own a tank, complete with working main gun. Just like if I wanted to own, say, a .50 caliber machine gun, I could do it as long as I got the proper permit from the ATF and could afford it. As it is, I have been looking at a Tommy gun, but I just can't justify the expense.
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  13. Re:Does the President have to know about this stuf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A president should be someone "special" Tried that last round, didn't work.
  14. Re:What about the 2nd? by k_187 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, when they come for you, what are you going to do? Post on /., duh
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  15. Re:This isn't Insightful.. It's disgusting... by Slashdot+Suxxors · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, because that would be the right thing to do.

  16. Re:This isn't Insightful.. It's disgusting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, because that would be the right thing to do. Yes, because that will be the left thing to do...