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Comment: Re:Shocker (Score 1) 120

by Apuleius (#40042481) Attached to: UK Government Staff Caught Snooping On Citizen Data

However, a decent auditing system would limit the number of people able to abuse the data in this way.

It's one thing to know that there are sysadmins out there with the ability to leak my data. At least the sysadmins, are, well, people like me. Who read Slashdot and have read the same things I have about why it's important not to engage in or facillitate creepiness with databases.

But when the system is open to abuse by every halfwitted clerk in the government, that's when seriously bad shit happens.

Comment: It's gotten hard to hate on Microsoft. (Score 5, Interesting) 436

by Apuleius (#40004429) Attached to: Forbes Names Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Worst CEO

16 years ago, the mere mention of Gates or Ballmer would be enough to get me foaming at the mouth.

Today?

Gates is on track to wipe out polio. And Ballmer? What's to hate? Anti-competitive practices? Apple's a far bigger concern.

What else?

Pollution? Political corruption? Financial malfeasance? Mistreatment of employees? Microsoft does none of this.

And to boot, their product line continues to improve. Can't get the hate going anymore.

Comment: Re:Good. (Score 1) 351

by Apuleius (#37437010) Attached to: Israel To Join CERN As First Non-European Member

Iranian scientists aren't responsible for the fact Iran's leader is a giant asshole either, but that hasn't stopped Mossad assassinating them.

The Mossad has been assasinating Iranian NUCLEAR scientists. Just as Iran would do the same to Israel's nuclear scientists if they got the chance. In the meantime, Iran's medical scientists and every other variety of scientist has a lot more to worry from his own government than from the Mossad.

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