No. Because the government have no business being involved in a contract between you and me. If you do not teach me what you said you would, I sue you for damages. There is already a legal system in place, and the only thing that is achieved by these cease-and-desist letters is that innovative startups are being forced out of business by an overeager beancounter who found something else to do than stare out of the window all day, and allows incumbent "schools" like ITT-tech (where your noodle-recipe will get you a 100% grade, according to Wikipedia) to flourish.

Welcome to the Soviet Republic of California.

I hope this won't happen:

make[2]: Entering directory `/call-of-duty/src'
gcc -Wall -Werror -ggdb -g -O2 -lshoot-em-up -o cod cod.o
cod.o: In function `kill_em_all':
/call-of-duty/cod.c:59: undefined reference to `shoot'
make[2]: *** [cod] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/cod/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cod'
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@gamer:~/#

:)

Considering it's Europe and the fact that water freezes at 0 Celsius, my guess would be C.

I think that you will see that the average income of tech-industry workers around the SF bay area is among the highest in the nation. That money largely flows back into the local economy.

The money I earn gets spends on my rent, local sales tax, CA income tax, CA SDI, car insurance, etc etc etc. It's not like I can have my paycheck sent to the Cayman Islands and enjoy a tax-free income.

I also believe that Google provides free WiFi in the Mountain View area, just as a service. And every school in the area will have some form of sponsorship from the local tech giants.

Yes, these Indymedia commie's will go in the history book as modern day flat-earthers. What an idiots, targeting one of the brightest engineers working on cutting-edge technology.

If they were born in the 1900s, they would have targeted Nikola Tesla.

So is creationism. Let's ban all the scientists!

Truth of the matter is that the "freedom of speech" in Europe has the same protection as the fourth amendment in the US. Both are empty promises.

I'm sorry, that is not something that the average American will understand. Next time, write "3.2 Kilometers of air" and we can translate it with "2 Statute Miles of air" :)

It is irrelevant to consider a past criminal record. This is a new case, and this case is not regarding terrorist activities but a fraud-related charge. This means that case-law is being created: "even in cases where the charges are only fraud-related, a defendant no longer has the right to remain silent in the UK".

And here, ladies and gentlemen, is why the UK has become a Police State: it started with the slippery slope of "protect the children against porn and terrorism", and now two things have happened:

- You no longer have the right to remain silent;
- Everything you do on the web can and will be censored by the Chinese^H^H^H UK Government;

No way that I am ever going to do business with a British entity. Once upon a time they were a symbol of courage and freedom, today they are the symbol of oppression and prime example for China and North Korea.

Amen to that, I could not agree more. That director is an idiot first class.

You have obviously never worked for a large company. Oracle did not try to low-ball him. Some shitty middle-management idiot backed by an HR-chick who likes to stay friends with those in power low-balled him.

If you read the article, you'll see that the Indian employee's manager tried to negotiate him a decent salary, on behalf of Oracle. It was that manager's director who decided otherwise. Had that manager gone one step higher, it might as well have turned out otherwise. Keep in mind that there are many layers of management in a company like Oracle, and that even a title like "VP" will most like be 5 or 6 steps away from the board-room.

Actually, it does. Your intentions can make an important difference. One example of this is the good Samaritan who breaks into a car to rescue a baby locked inside on a hot day. He would be guilty of vandalism according to your logic. Same applies here, if the kid notices a vulnerability and reports it without unnecessarily retrieving data, he is obviously a good Samaritan.

But what if your Amnesiac brain holds the password for your 10000BTC wallet on your harddrive?