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Submission + - The Political Leanings of Black Hats?

Submitted by sv_libertarian on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @03:32AM

sv_libertarian writes: A friend and I were discussing the political bent of black hat hackers. Now, disregarding government sponsored hackers, I can find no study or information that suggests most black hats are driven by a particular political ideology. I would think that if anything, the dominant political belief among black hats would be a form of anarchism, and my friend believes a dominant political view would draw from the radical left. Or do the black hats really give a damn about politics?

Submission + - Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort to Undermine Bill Gates

Submitted by theodp on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @03:11AM

theodp writes: You know what they say — it takes money to avoid paying money. TechFlash reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos have contributed $100,000 each to an effort to defeat an income tax on individuals in Washington state making more than $200,000. The backers of Initiative 1098, which is set for the November ballot, include Bill Gates (Sr.), who has emerged as one of the most vocal proponents of the income tax. Under the proposal, which has drawn the ire of the Bezos and Ballmer-backed Defeat 1098, no tax would be due on the first $200K of income, 5% tax would be owed on income between $200K and $500K, and everything above $500K would be subject to a 9% tax (cutoffs are doubled for joint returns).

Submission + - Australian Internet Filter, filtered (pento.net)

Submitted by

Pento

on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @02:16AM

Pento writes: "In the lead up to the Australian Federal Election, there was a significant movement to vote Stephen Conroy, the man responsible for the Australian Internet Filter, in last place.

The results have been released, and it looks like there was a quite a backlash against Senator Conroy, with ~8% of Below the Line voters putting him last or second last. (In the Australian Senate voting system, this is a significant proportion)."

Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 2, Informative) 258

by Pento on Friday August 13, 2010 @05:06AM (#33236708) Attached to: Aussie National Broadband Network Will Be Gigabit

If you don't want your preferences going to Labor, vote below the line.

Greens are currently on course to hold the balance of power in the senate. They've said many times that they're for the NBN, but they will block any attempt to implement the net filter.

Submission + - Founder of MySQL Delays Acquisition of Sun (again) (fas.gov.ru)

Submitted by on Friday January 15, 2010 @06:08PM

An anonymous reader writes: With the European Commission likely to green light Oracle's acquisition of Sun, Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has released a statement (translation) saying that they have received a petition asking them to investigate the acquisition, particularly in relation to MySQL.

Comment International version (Score 1) 542

by Pento on Tuesday October 20, 2009 @05:11PM (#29814655) Attached to: The Kindle Killer Arrives

Q. I don't live in the U.S. Can I buy a nook?
No. At this time, nook is not for sale outside the U.S.

Well, that sucks. It's not going to kill the Kindle if 95% of the world's population can't use it.

Submission + - MySQL Community create Open Database Alliance (opendatabasealliance.com)

Submitted by

Gary Pendergast

on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @10:36PM

Gary Pendergast writes: "Monty Widenius, the "father" of MySQL, has created the the Open Database Alliance, with the aim of becoming the industry hub for the MySQL open source database. He wants to unify all MySQL-related development and services, providing a potential solution to the fragmentation and uncertainty facing the communities, businesses and technical experts involved with MySQL, following then news of the Oracle acquisition of Sun."

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