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To Open Source Obama's Get-Out-the-Vote Code Or Not?
An anonymous reader writes "There's a battle brewing amongst Obama's election team. The political folks want to keep the get out the vote code closed source so republicans never get access to it, but the programmers want it open sourced so it can be improved upon. 'In this sense, the decision to mothball the tech would be a violation of the developers’ ethical principles. But the argument is about more than whether putting the tech back in the hands of the public is the right thing to do. "The biggest issue we saw with all of the commercial election software we used was that it’s only updated every four years," says Ryan. It was these outdated options that convinced team Obama to build all the campaign tech in-house. If the code OFA built was put on ice at the DNC until 2016, it would become effectively worthless. "None of that will be useful in four years, technology moves too fast," said Ryan. "But if our work was open and people were forking it and improving it all the time, then it keeps up with changes as we go."'"
Fuck the Republicans. Bunch of intern raping, prostitute fucking, closeted faggots.
So the Obama administration, which is actively engaged in drone strikes around the world, refuses to tell the truth about Benghazi, gives so-called "assault rifles" to Mexican cartels, and approves an NDAA which allows for active-duty military personal to make arrests on American soil, doesn't want to open-source information?
Seems very out of character for them. Who would have thought that an administration involved in all of the above would not want to give out information?
sudo make me a sandwich
including 176 children
Correction: 178 children, and that was as of August, 2012.
(and for entertainment value, let's see how many 'flamebait' points the above post gets from those who can't stand that 'their team' kills children).
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
It's not a rumor. He did, in fact, withhold his birth certificate. He knew all along that to quell rumors he should release the long form. He chose not to for several years. He's special.
Enough with the fake outrage.
What else could he release? How about some school transcripts? Bush had his stolen & released. Why wouldn't someone do the same with Obama's? Oh, right. He's special.