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Comment: Re:NTP and hospitals (Score 1) 290

by Capitaine (#40090823) Attached to: Know What Time It Is? Your Medical Device Doesn't
Medical equipments have to cope with safety issues. I would not be surprised if it would be more important for a medical equipment to have a stable clock than an accurate one. Moreover, I guess most hospitals would prefer to set manually the time on each clock than having to set up and maintain a NTP system for non critical applications.

Comment: Re:Simple Answer: (Score 1) 272

Actually, the "Hadopi" only monitors P2P trackers. Most French now use DDL. If you look at their hadopi's graphs, you'll see that sales skyrocketed since Megaupload seizure. Just wait a year and you'll see that MU old competitors will just have taken its market shares.
For the topic, you may know Gojira.

Comment: Re:Attacking the soul of France... (Score 1) 402

Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected thanks to far right supporters votes. Now new elections are coming and he tries again the magical recipe which got him elected. During his whole mandate, Nicolas Sarkozy tried to keep this support in order to minimize the threat of the main far right party, the Front National. However, this policy eventually got him criticism from liberals of his own party.

Since the retirement of its old leader, the Front National is led by the old leader's daughter, Marine Le Pen, who tries to establish its party as a "normal party" and get rid of racism accusations. This policy seems to work and she gathers more and more official support... from people who voted Nicolas Sarkozy. The actual president has therefore to fight for far right votes without loosing to much votes from center-right to his socialist opponent. Moreover, the president Sarkozy has a long history of fight for Internet regulation, pleading for a "civilised Internet". Several laws he passed eventually got deemed unconstitutional or contrary to the European Convention on Human Right.

Finally, Sarkozy has always been very communication and PR oriented. He always reacted very fast (1 day reaction time, much better than French administration) to any event with big declarations about new laws that are to be applied "very soon". This last proposal just doesn't represent anything. It could not pass the constitutional court and cannot even be voted. French presidents start their mandates directly after their election and the legislative session of his current mandate has already ended. That's nothing but communication.

Comment: Re:I'm sure someone will find a use for it (Score 1) 36

by Capitaine (#39311035) Attached to: For Sale: Internet Spying Business Developed For Gaddafi
Well, to be jailed, they should have done something illegal. Being French, I know the French government sometime take liberties with the rule of law but I would prefer them to avoid it. The bid was backed by French government and was aimed at "fight against terror". Being unethical doesn't make it illegal. The problem comes more from politicians than arms dealers.

Comment: Re:Bogus premise (Score 1) 591

by Capitaine (#38698890) Attached to: The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatred
The problem comes mainly from the differences between real war and what government sells you/media shows you. War doesn't mean bringing peace with happy soldiers, impressive fireworks and no civil casualties. Yeah war is hating and killing, mutilating. People often forget that. So when an image of real war just gets out, it shocks the people who though we fought with an ethic of war. I guess this video is actually quite mild.

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