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Community Choice Award "Most Likely to be Shut Down By Govt"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the make-your-sarcastic-vote-heard dept.

Last week we took nominations for a Slashdot category at the SourceForge Community Choice awards. Our category was 'Most Likely to be Shut Down By Government Agency'. Your nominations were tallied, and we arbitrarily selected a few that we think are the best. Today is the day where you can at long last determine the winner, using the incredibly scientifically accurate Slashdot Poll. Our nominees are Truecrypt, EFF Patent Busting, GNU Software Radio, WikiLeaks, Cryptome.org, Tor, Freenet, and CowboyNeal.

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  1. Most likely to be shut down by the government? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot of course!

    1. Re:Most likely to be shut down by the government? by Ibn+al-Hazardous · · Score: 2, Funny

      Slashdot of course! No, it's the other way around.

      It's not hard to shut down the government - all it takes is a decent slashdotting!
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    2. Re:Most likely to be shut down by the government? by meadowsoft · · Score: 1, Funny

      In Soviet Russia CowboyNeal shuts down the government!

    3. Re:Most likely to be shut down by the government? by fbjon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Slashdot of course! That's what the headline says: "Community choice award most likely to be shut down by government".


      Quick, to the polls before the MIBs arrive!

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  2. So I'm guessing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    TrueCrypt has already changed it's name to TueCrypt to avoid pursuit.

    1. Re:So I'm guessing by UnknowingFool · · Score: 2, Funny

      404. The internet's version of: *Waves hand* "This isn't the page you were looking for. Move along" *waves hand*

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    2. Re:So I'm guessing by hAckz0r · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just to keep the Fed's guessing how about www.071124062565071103070171005164.org where the domain name changes every 15 microseconds or so via a fast-flux domain name server hack. Ok Feds, just try and shut *that* web site down! The down side is trying to download and install the applications you need to be real fast fingered with the web browser. ;)

    3. Re:So I'm guessing by Comboman · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm going to cyber-squat on www.0711240656407113070180000000.org. Prepare to profit in 3 microseconds, 2 microseconds....

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  3. **AA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've lost track. Is the **AA is counted as a government agency, or is the government counted as an **AA agency? Can anyone clarify?

  4. Links please? by shadowcabbit · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hate to whine-- well all right, in point of fact I love to whine-- but this poll is going to be a little difficult to do without links to the projects. I know, I know, Google and all that, but the whole point of the Web in general, and a blog in particular, is linking. Some of us might not be familiar with one or more of these projects, and/or might want to get at them before they are, in fact, shut down by the government.

    So, uh, please?

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    1. Re:Links please? by AutopsyReport · · Score: 4, Funny

      Please link me to this Google website you speak of, thanks.

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    2. Re:Links please? by kevin_conaway · · Score: 3, Funny

      Had you read the summary, you'd know that the poll has already been conducted and that this post is merely announcing the winners

      Oh the irony of this post in light of how wrong I am.

      I apologize and retract my statement

    3. Re:Links please? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You must be new here

    4. Re:Links please? by Salsaman · · Score: 2, Funny

      Do a search for it on google.

  5. Summary Error by x_MeRLiN_x · · Score: 2, Funny

    The current Slashdot Poll is about utensils. The Article Poll seems more relevant.

  6. Re:The Most Likely Choice... by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Truth Is Out Th-*WHACK*

    WikiLeaks domain sold to the Urinary Tract Infection Society Of America.

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  7. Tor? by demonbug · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't get it, why would the government want to shut down a sci-fi/fantasy publisher?

    Unless... I knew it! That whole wheel of time thing really WAS a government conspiracy designed to cause me to fail out of junior high/high school/college! I thought it was a little fishy when RJ supposedly passed away just before finishing the final installment.

  8. Re:Tuecrypt by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not a typo, the 'r' is merely encrypted in seemingly redundant information in the rest of the summary. Or is it? Plausible deniability, suckers!

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  9. Vote for CowboyNeal, that way we can ..... by 3seas · · Score: 2, Funny

    confuse and throw the gov. off the Wikileaks trail.

  10. Re:Missing option by gmuslera · · Score: 2, Funny

    Was about to suggest the same. Give the "intelligence" agencies something as easy to digest as a list of what they should shutdown, and they probably will (you know, subliminal messages like a poll always work). Probably for most they will notice their existence and/or meaning for first time.

    Dont worry, CowboyNeal, we will bring you lime cakes to prison.

  11. Re:what? by Theoboley · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, Thats the North American Marlon Brando Look-Alikes.

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  12. Re:what? by MonsterTrimble · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was I the only one who punched in http://www.cowboyneal.com/ and got blocked because it's a porn site?

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  13. Re:Likely? by Nushio · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's the answer for "none of them should be shut down, but I prefer to keep an open mind and deal with reality rather than wallow in my own preconceptions about things that haven't happened yet"? I believe its called "CowboyNeal"
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  14. Re:what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're the only one who reported back and got modded Interesting.

  15. Thank you by akunkel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thank you Slashdot readers. Your research has been a great help. We will get right on this.

    Sincerely,
    U.S. Govt.

  16. Naw ... None of those ... by jxliv7 · · Score: 3, Funny


     
    I must have been busy with something really really important or I would have nominated
     
    . . . . . the Sirius and XM satellite radio merger
     
    . . . . . the United States Patent Office
     
    . . . . . the border between the United States and Mexico
     
    . . . . . Amtrak
     

  17. Re:what? by hansamurai · · Score: 3, Funny

    What else would it be?

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  18. Re:YouTube? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The low signal-to-noise ratio keeps YouTube from being considered in my mind. Too much crap, not enough diamonds.

    People are too busy watching their favorite new hip-hop dance or replays of clips from American Idol or whatever the kids are into these days to find the interesting, insightful, and thought-provoking pieces.

    When YouTube hit, I thought it was the perfect place for documentaries and culture works, but apparently it's a place for pop culture trash and soft-core pornography. Never underestimate the reptilian brain of your average Joe Sixpack.

  19. Excellent question! by spazdor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, Slashdot. Tell us. What projects *are* most likely to be shut down by government?

    Listening attentively,
    -US Gov't

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  20. Re:Vote None! by xtracto · · Score: 2, Funny

    The government doesn't shut down websites. They bomb them after proving they have WMDs

    There, I fixed it for you.

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  21. Re:what? by just_another_sean · · Score: 3, Funny

    And interestingly one of the categories they thought to offer links for was "Slashdot Subculture"; which is apparently pretty shallow. Clicking it brings a page of... nothing.

    So there you have it. Slashdot Subculture, already targeted and dealt with by the Government!

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  22. Re:Tuecrypt by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 2, Funny
    I see a typo.

    Only because its Monday. It'll make more sense tomorrow.

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  23. Re:what? by Drive42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Really? Fuck! I'm there!