mcmoodle - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:What a fantastic editing job (Score 1) 163

by mcmoodle on Saturday June 20 2009, @08:17AM (#28401187) Attached to: Bozeman, MT Drops Password Info Requirement

Kukulski apologized for the negative impact the issue has generated from news organizations and blogs around the world.' I didn't have any doubt this would be immediately squashed. Now I'm just curious as to how many personal accounts they actually went through!" Certainly, no one can mistakenly attribute that thought to Kukulski instead of the submitter! A simple "mcmoodle further contributes:...." would be too much effort though.

You know, it originally was formatted that way. It said "The article continues:" and that part was axed. Editors!

Bozeman, MT Drops Password Info Requirement-> 1

Submitted by mcmoodle on Friday June 19 2009, @07:18PM

mcmoodle writes "Bozeman, Montana has decided that they don't want applicant personal information after all, citing a worldwide backlash on the issue:

"Effective at noon today the city of Bozeman permanently ceased the practice of requesting that candidates selected for positions under a provisional job offer to provide their usernames or passwords for candidates internet sites," said Chris Kukulske, Bozeman City Manager."

The article continues:
"Kukulski says after a 90 minute staff meeting held earlier today, officials decided asking applicants to provide their passwords to sites such as Facebook or MySpace, 'exceeded that which is acceptable to our community.' Kukulski apologized for the negative impact the issue has generated from news organizations and blogs around the world."

I didn't have any doubt this would be immediately squashed. Now I'm just curious as to how many personal accounts they actually went through!"
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Bozeman, MT speaks up, city at a loss-> 0

Submitted by

indrora

on Friday June 19 2009, @02:28PM

indrora writes "Yesterday, the city of Bozeman, Montana decided to put into effect the ridiculous bill that made applicants for city jobs to pony up their usernames and passwords on what equivocates to be any website or system they use. The residents baulked at it and began to deluge the city officials building with emails and phone calls in protest. This morning, they held a closed-door hearing to determine what to do. They have not however said anything about what the result was (granted, they will have to soon, because of the Open Meetings Act). The local news station held a vote; the results? Astonishingly un-astonishing:
As of 10 a.m. 6,454 people had voted in a poll on www.kbzk.com asking "What do you think of the City of Bozeman requiring job applicants to provide social network site login and password information?" So 6,347 people have voted "I'm against it — It's an invasion of privacy," 62 people have voted "I'm for it — It's important for the City to judge the applicant's character," and 45 people have said they don't care either way.

The same local news station has a consistent stream of updates that those interested can take a look at."
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The Bling of the Ancients 61

Posted by samzenpus on Friday May 22 2009, @01:38PM
from the the-oldest-school dept.

If you think hip-hop stars like Flavor Flav started the craze of jewel-studded teeth, you'd be wrong. A new study shows that Native Americans were using sophisticated dentistry techniques to add bling to their smiles 2,500 years ago. These ancient people used notches, grooves, and semiprecious gems to beautify their teeth. According to the study, the dentistry was for purely cosmetic purposes. "They were not marks of social class," says José Concepción Jiménez, an anthropologist at Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.

Judge Reviewing Pirate Bay Trial Bias Is Removed 329

Posted by kdawson on Friday May 22 2009, @12:23PM
from the turtles-all-the-way-up dept.

oh-my-god sends word that the Swedish judge assigned to review whether the trial judge in the Pirate Bay trial was biased has now been removed — for bias. Here's a local news account in Swedish, which Google fails to translate. We've discussed the convolutions of this case on more than one occasion.