Comment Betteridge's law of headlines (Score 1) 612
The answer is no....slashdot used to be a great site....now it's all about theodp's jihad against code.org and "the man"
Comment Re:When You Hear Talk About Any Reform (Score 1) 220
Zuckerberg is worth 19 billion. Assuming facebook saves 50k$ per year with every H1B hire...assuming zero costs for the hire...and assuming all of this is going straight into Zuckerberg's pocket, that's still chump change...
Comment Failing to see (Score 1) 121
Failing to see how Australia spying on Indonesia protects my 4th amendment rights.
Comment Makes business sense (Score 1) 137
making it easier for the government to get the information is not
If you have no choice but to hand over the data, wouldn't it make more sense to automate the process and save your own people some time and frustration?
Snowden Publishes "A Manifesto For the Truth" 398
wjcofkc writes "In the turbulent wake of the international uproar spurred by his leaked documents, Mr. Snowden published a letter over the weekend in Der Spiegel titled, "A Manifesto for the Truth". In the letter, Mr. Snowden reflects on the consequences of the information released so far, and their effect on exposing the extent and obscenity of international and domestic surveillance, while continuing to call out the NSA and GCHQ as the worst offenders. He further discusses how the debate should move forward, the intimidation of journalists, and the criminalization of the truth saying, 'Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.'"
Comment Re:Bad summary (Score 1) 391
You're missing theodp's point.
- The Man's keeping you down
- They're going to take yer jobs
Comment Stop pushing the bogus 643 million $ number (Score 3, Informative) 365
I know this is slashdot but stop digging. Here
Comment Re:With all due respect... (Score 1) 257
It's another idiotic auto-green-lighted theodp post...
Comment Re:Makes Perfect Sense... (Score 1) 92
This post is insightful?
Comment Red channel/Green Channel (Score 1) 226
I think he's mistaken. There are two "channels" when you pass through customs. Red channels if you have something to declare. Green channel if you have nothing to declare. If you go through the red channel, you have to declare the good you are bringing into the country. Going through the green channel isn't a free pass. You could still get your bags inspected.
Comment Burying the lede (Score 0, Troll) 379
Targeting US citizens does require an individual warrant, but the NSA is able to collect Americans' communications without a warrant if the target is a foreign national located overseas.
Comment Re:29 years old (Score 1) 432
Currently IT is in the midst of another bubble. Unlike the bubble in the 1990s with the
Can someone please explain to me why the Fed's QE means there is excess money coming in from venture capitalists/
Comment Re:Ok, lets talk about what Silicon Valley REALLY (Score 1) 432
but let's be real, is Google opensourcing the stuff that is runs their busines?
Comment False... (Score 1) 337
Comment Re:Bettter integration with PRISM (Score 1) 262
Actually, not a bad idea. Why not let the NSA host your email for you?
That's a great idea...they probably have better spam and malware filters...
