Submission + - The Coming War on General Computation (events.ccc.de)
Doctorow's speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEvRyemKSg
The message I get is that Americans love the movies as much as ever. It's the theaters that are losing their charm.
Proof: theaters thrive that police their audiences, show a variety of titles and emphasize value-added features. The rest of the industry can't depend forever on blockbusters to bail it out.
The only venomous mammal is the platypus.
That's funny, I don't remember my lawyer as having webbed feet or a bill........
I still remember my node (I ran a BBS), all these years later. (3:800/428)
I had one of those too. Mine didn't have a colon or slash in the number though.......
I smell a revolution brewing.
So do they. That's why they're putting the ban in place.
Apple has a 40% profit share in the pc market. That's clearly overpriced.
TFTFY
Out of curiosity, what behavior from KDE 3 is not possible in KDE 4?
Konsole window cannot be set to a fixed size in rows and columns.
Konsole and Kate can no longer be scripted using a shell.
OMG!!! I can't wait!!! OMG!!!
I have personal knowledge that some parts of the government do care about the constitution. I suspect they tend to be the parts of the government that hire the most intelligent people.
And yet you post anonymously and fail to give specifics. Are you, perhaps, in fear of those parts which do not care?
Either this is a magnificent troll or someone's a complete jackass.
Why does it always have to be either/or with you people? "All the above" is a perfectly viable option too......
You can call, send an email, send a physical letter, or visit in person. If that's too involved for you, you can vote. Those are all input, with no level of effect.
There, I fixed that for you.
I agree with you 100% except for the idiot part.
You're talking about a password escrow policy, a damned good thing to have in any case. He's talking about the actual risk you only briefly mention. How would what you're talking about here prevent or minimize the risk that he's talking about here? Answer: it wouldn't.
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