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Beto O'Rourke's Secret Membership in America's Oldest Hacking Group (reuters.com)
One thing you might not know about Beto O'Rourke, the former Texas congressman who just entered the race for president is that while a teenager, O'Rourke acknowledged in an exclusive interview to Reuters, he belonged to the oldest group of computer hackers in U.S. history. From the report: The hugely influential Cult of the Dead Cow, jokingly named after an abandoned Texas slaughterhouse, is notorious for releasing tools that allowed ordinary people to hack computers running Microsoft's Windows. It's also known for inventing the word "hacktivism" to describe human-rights-driven security work.
Members of the group have protected O'Rourke's secret for decades, reluctant to compromise his political viability. Now, in a series of interviews, CDC members have acknowledged O'Rourke as one of their own. Slashdot interviewed members of the Cult of the Cow in 1999 -- which gave bizarre answers.
Members of the group have protected O'Rourke's secret for decades, reluctant to compromise his political viability. Now, in a series of interviews, CDC members have acknowledged O'Rourke as one of their own. Slashdot interviewed members of the Cult of the Cow in 1999 -- which gave bizarre answers.
Between this, skateboarding as an adult, and his thoughtful and nuanced policy positions I think this Beto guy is pretty good. I've seen him firsthand and he's one of authentic and knowledgeable people around.
I'd say he's definitely better than the uneducated racist who goaded his "bikers for Trump" to violently attack his opposition one twitter as white nationalists were executing a mass shooting in a mosque while praising Trump on Facebook live.
And the oppositie just gained a butt-load of ammunition. Most of the population doesn't know what hacktivism is and would just hear "hacker" and think "criminal". Although, considering the choices last race that might not be that bad for him.
If he was a Republican, you'd be hearing:
- He's the son of a judge
- Went to boarding school
- Dodged burglary and DUI charges
- He married into a Billionaire family
But he's a Democrat, so nothing matters. Different standards. It's so important that he be judged by different standards the media won't even give you the information you need to make any other judgement.
Warren never lied about anything. She overshared responding to an attack (her employer wrongfully listed her as a minority, she said she wasn't but mentioned in passing that she had heard there was Native American blood in her family via a distant relative, and was promptly attacked for it - despite it turning out to be true. And then she was attacked for it being true, because people were treating her proof as being something to do with providing she was a minority, which she never claimed, rather than her proving the family story was accurate.)
Warren is politically incompetent based upon this episode, but it's inaccurate to call her a liar, just probably not Presidential material... at least, she wouldn't be in a world where the phrase "Presidential material" means anything at all, which based upon the last election is not the universe we live in.
God I hate this timeline.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
And my compliments to whoever wrote it. He seems like the sort of person I dream of being in charge. Unfortunately, I am not an American so it is possible they aimed at the wrong demographic.
I reserve the write to mangle english.
I still think his changing his name to pretend to be Hispanic is super stupid, but I relish the thought of a for-real hacker becoming president and having inside access to pretty much every government computer network...
Too bad there is zero chance of a white male of any dirt getting to be the Democratic candidate.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
And our (Virginia) Lt. Governor is credibly accused of forcing a woman down to suck his dick and the same people who wanted to all but literally nail Roy Moore (Republican) to a literal cross over accusations are shrieking "due process!!11!" or trying to just pretend there's no reason to even investigate.
What has Beto done in his life that makes him worthy of being president? He was a rich prep-school kid who started a failed rock band, did drugs, got arrested, married a rich wife, and failed at everything he tried .... until politics. And then he lost the vote.
Who is this guy and remind me why I should care about him?
Finally someone who might get technology. On that alone, I'd give him a chance FFS... instead of being stuck with the pontificating tribe elders who only see a 'series-of-tubes'.
There's a difference between claiming minority status and writing that you think you have native American blood on a student card. Her DNA test showed that actually she was correct in believing she had, and didn't lie on that either.
Her student ID wasn't the source of the controversy, it was that she was listed as being in a minority by her employer.
(One of the most abusive types of moderation is to make people think you're arguing something that you're not, by removing clarifications. If you're thinking of abusing your mod privileges here, do me a favor: kill yourself instead. You are a net negative to people on this planet, you make things worse, and you should be utterly ashamed of yourself.)
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
>"Her DNA test showed that actually she was correct in believing she had"
Sorry, but her DNA test showed that she had less than the average amount of Native American blood than the average several-generational white American has.
I am so tired of identity politics.
Much like with Bernie Sanders and his "trouble with Black voters", those who are desperate to tear down Elizabeth Warren latched onto something that was "not especially popular", exaggerated it into "super UNpopular", and have been obsessively trying to spin it into bring her "major (perhaps fatal?) weakness".
David Gould
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