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Obama Significantly Revises Technology Positions
method9455 writes "Barack Obama has edited his official website on many issues, including a huge revision on the technology page. Strangely it seems net neutrality is no longer as important as it was a few months ago, and the swaths of detail have been removed and replaced with fairly vague rhetoric. Many technologists were alarmed with the choice of Joe Biden before, and now it appears their fears might have been well founded." Update: 09/22 18:07 GMT by T : Julian Sanchez of Ars Technica passed on a statement from an Obama campaign representative who points out that the changes in wording highlighted by Versionista aren't the whole story, and that more Obama tech-plan details are now available in a PDF, saying "there is absolutely no substantive change to our policy - folks who want more information can click to get our full plan."
They're all rich white men
You mean, except the one black guy, right?
You just got troll'd!
Every American election always reminds me of the phrase from Alien vs Predator.
"Whoever wins, we all lose." or something like that.
So, Dubya suffer from the same skin colour altering "disease" as Micheal Jackson?
"I have downloaded hundreds and hundreds of records, why would I care if somebody downloads ours?" Robin Pecknold
Ha, but you're forgetting one thing. Well two actually, he can dance and he can jump! If that doesn't make him black, that makes him pretty fly for a rich white guy.
You just got troll'd!
I praise you sir for your calm and unbiased insight.
OMG! Green leafy vegetables! How did it come to this? How can someone who eats rabbit food be this close to the White House?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
We can't even be bothered to read the summary, let alone the article, so sourcing our claims is quite a long shot ;-).
You just got troll'd!
So, you think John McCain is going to be better on tech issues?
I guess, since he invented the Blackberry and all. Now if he only knew how to use one...
You are welcome on my lawn.
You're right - it's just the 95% of them that give the rest a bad name.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face
It's 'change you can believe in.'
That's Change IN WHICH YOU CAN BELIEVE!! If I ever run for president and try to appeal to urban elites, you can be sure I'll at least refrain from ending my campaign slogan in a preposition.
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
He became a 'millionaire' because he wrote a couple memoirs? Huh? So writing a couple memoirs is a 'get rich quick' scheme that we should all engage in, it isn't a way for the politically connected to siphon in some green?? Well, then, I guess we should all write our memoirs.
So now we hate authors too?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
I keep forgetting -- does having a wife and kids make you rich, or white?
My colour-sampler puts him at #A67A61
the blackberry has been cultivated for 2000 years; I believe you
In the US, it usually makes you a man ;)
This is the sig that says NI (again)
Do you really think that if Al Gore had won in 2000 that we'd be in Iraq right now?
Yes, absolutely. And if he had done exactly as well as President George Bush, he would be hailed as a military genius.
Only on /. have I ever seen expressions of "curb-stomping of puppies" and "baby eating" used to make a point in a political technology discussion..
I will sleep better tonight knowing that creative debate minds are still alive and well on the web