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Comment Re:GNU Free (Score 1) 170

by Teacher's Pet on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @12:48PM (#33811070) Attached to: DC Suspends Tests of Online Voting System

Rob Rivest presented on this topic - his position was clear: "The risks of "internet voting" more than negate any possible benefits from an increase in franchise." Reference: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/UOCAVA/2010/Presentations/RIVEST_2010-08-05-uocava.pdf/

Comment Re:Dude, he played Wesley Crusher!!! (Score 1) 149

by Teacher's Pet on Tuesday November 20, 2007 @11:44PM (#21430921) Attached to: The Happiest Days of Our Lives

wasn't there a wesley crusher newsgroup that wreaked havoc b/c of an excessively long name? Something like: ensign.wesley.crusher.must.die.die.die.die.die.die.die...

Submission + - User Consent for Spyware?

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Teacher's Pet

on Friday June 08, 2007 @02:18PM

Teacher's Pet writes: "From a GovernmentExecutive.com article: "The House passed legislation Wednesday (H.R.1525) that would require companies that distribute software to notify and obtain consent from users before the applications are installed. Separate legislation (H.R. 964) that also passed the House would establish penalties for malicious use of the software.""

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