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Comment Re:This is Slashdot's first article on the topic.. (Score 3, Insightful) 124

Not sure if you're livving up to your username or what, but that's not true.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/06/01/1241231/sourceforge-and-gimp-updated/

Dice, SF, and slashdot genuinely fuck up frequently enough that we can do quite well without the histrionics and bogus accusations.

Comment Re:Amen brother! (Score 2) 424

Is there a Godwin's law for unnecessarily dragging an otherwise apolitical topic into the political arena?
I only ask because this is a clear violation of [insert that law].

Technically, if it was analogous to Godwin's Law ("As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1"), this would be a manifestation of that law.

Comment Re:SLAPP? (Score 1) 401

I wouldn't call Britain, France, Norway (and others) as being a police state. But a police state also includes the scenario where citizens are micromanaged, are under the watchful and benevolent eye of the state apparatus AND they do not resist said micromanagement.

I don't know about France or Norway, but doesn't the UK, at least England, have exactly that what with the ever growing surveillance camera coverage?

Comment Re:Oh. (Score 1) 122

I worked on the eBay side and was told by my eBay supervisor that PayPal fell under banking regulations.

Back when I worked as a helldesk jockey for a medical lab, I was told by my supervisor that the helpdesk PC's screensaver couldn't be changed because of HIPAA...

Just sayin', supervisors can say some dumb shit.

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