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  1. what is the point of being a powerful on Canadian Telcos Lobby Against Pick-and-Pay TV · · Score: 2

    media cartel if customers get to pick their own programming?

  2. Darrell Issa, the chair of the committee on Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify · · Score: 5, Informative

    is on Twitter @DarrellIssa Anyone so inclined could tweet the link to Schneier's blog.

  3. Re:Actually, it's now been passed with amendments on Entrepreneurs Watch As Crowdvesting Bill Stalls In Senate · · Score: 1

    Defraud investor's act would have been a better name for this. And it passed the Senate.

  4. because we learned nothing from Fukushima on US Approves Two New Nuclear Reactors · · Score: -1

    what could possibly go wrong. sigh

  5. Re:uhh.. this is sponsored by a democrat on Proposed Law Would Give DHS Power Over Privately Owned IT Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    Anyone who lives in their districts might consider writing a letter to the local news paper explaining why this proposed legislation might not be such a great idea. James Carville says that letters to the editor published in hometown newspapers get more attention than constituent mail.

  6. what could possibly go wrong? on DARPA Investing In Electric Brain Stimulation To Train Snipers Quickly · · Score: 1, Redundant

    sigh

  7. Re:Why is gender important? on Red Hat Appoints Robyn Bergeron First Female Fedora Project Leader · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because it is news when a women breaks the gender barrier in IT. Just read this thread, or any thread on Slashdot, the hostility to women and belittling our achievements is an very ugly part of technology culture. Something wonderful just happened. Let's celebrate it.

  8. Re:Home porn videos? on Ask Slashdot: Money-Making Home-Based Tech Skills? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It is just sickening the speed with which ogres immediately start talking about porn whenever a woman posts. Try a little respect!

  9. Wouldn't using a tool like TrackMeNot on OzLog: Unlimited Private Data Retention For Australia? · · Score: 1

    just draw the attention of the authorities and other parties?

  10. DRE 700 wins! on States Using Cloud Based Voting System For Overseas Citizens · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Cloud Services vs. Desktop Apps on Google Kills More Services, Open Sources Sky Map · · Score: 1

    true

  12. Copyright law has become delegitimized by abuses on Y Combinator Wants To Kill Hollywood · · Score: 0

    But if you copy an artist's work without compensating the artist, you have stolen from them, it is theft of service. There is nothing idealistic about the pirate economy.

  13. Re:Cloud Services vs. Desktop Apps on Google Kills More Services, Open Sources Sky Map · · Score: 0

    How is Cloud different from other software, which can also be killed, unless of course, it is open source. But even with open source, it is more convenient if the company continues to maintain and support it.

  14. am I missing something? on The Pirate Bay To Stop Serving Torrent Files · · Score: 1

    Is this a death knell for bit torrent?

  15. Re:Apart from anything else on FBI's Troubled Sentinel Project Delayed Again · · Score: 1

    Not a fake; the US Government site for the National Information Exchange Model, the standard for xml for law enforcement.

  16. Apart from anything else on FBI's Troubled Sentinel Project Delayed Again · · Score: 2

    Sentinel is not NIEM compliant.

  17. It's not 2000 anymore on Ask Slashdot: Which Candidates For Geek Issues? · · Score: 1

    Speaking only for myself, I find the situation in 2012 to be completely different from 2000. But I do not see either of the legacy parties committed to net neutrality, expanding access to broadband, or any other geek/technology issue.

  18. Re:SOPA is a good one to decide between candidates on Ask Slashdot: Which Candidates For Geek Issues? · · Score: 1

    dunno about candidates, but there is a Chrome Plug in that tells you when you are visiting web sites that support SOPA.

  19. Consider voting third party on Ask Slashdot: Which Candidates For Geek Issues? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Full disclosure, I managed Warren Mosler's 2010 US Senate campaign. But I encourage Slashdotters to look at the third party candidates running in their jurisdiction. As Eugene Debs pointed out, It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.

  20. I don't know about software development on Are Brain Teasers Good Hiring Criteria? · · Score: 1

    but I was considered for a marketing communications where I had to do a series of puzzles. I don't see what relevance that has to marketing communications.

  21. I can't believe that even Diebold on Diebold Marries VMs with ATMs to Secure Banking Data · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ever stored customer data in the ATM terminal itself. I always assumed that the info was all in the bank's server. Things are worse than I imagined.

  22. for anyone who is interested on Why Richard Stallman Was Right All Along · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I saw Richard Stallman speak at Yorktown High School years ago, here is my account of his presentation.

  23. on the contrary on Net Companies Consider the "Nuclear Option" To Combat SOPA · · Score: 1

    Congressional staff most certainly use the Internet.

  24. can you get the Aakash tablet in the US on HP TouchPad Go: $99? · · Score: 1

    have any Slashdotters tried it? Is it good?

  25. I saw Stallman speak once on Why American Corporate Software Can No Longer Be Trusted · · Score: 1

    and I thought he was nutty, but possibly right. As time goes on, more and more I am convinced he is right. My notes from his presentation - Richard Stallman at the Yorktown High School Libre Users Group