As soon as I saw the headline I knew this would be about the UK. Free speech is a precious commodity there and having an opinion that does not fit the current definition of politically correct is, literally, a crime. I certainly don't support hateful speech such as that exhibited in this example but the right to free speech no matter how egregious, disgusting or abhorrent we find it should never be abridged. I had a prolonged discussion/argument with some of my British friends about this one time and they honestly couldn't see the potential danger this precedent sets. What happens when the government changes and criminalizes you saying something you're passionate about and end up being prosecuted for thought crimes. It really is as if people have no idea what Ingsoc is.

Someone tell Fusion.io. They're based at 5000+ feet here in the Salt Lake valley! It would be interesting if their QC procedures are what have made them more reliable as the failure rate is higher where the testing is performed.

z/VSEAmp?

Clumsy wording on my part, I consider spending a buttload of money on a legal case to suppress information that's out in public a sort of indirect use of hush money. I suspect that the option several people have already suggested will have to suffice, provide a message to all users originating searches from French IP blocks. If the French courts think they can compel Google to enact this on a global level, they're dreaming however.

I completely agree, he hurt nobody but himself and I agree privacy should be protected. He won his case against that rat infested, mercifully now passed, den of knuckle-dragging imbeciles that was The News of the World and that was the right decision. As a private citizen he can do whatever he likes so long as it doesn't violate the rights of others as far as I'm concerned. There comes a point, however, when the cat's out of the bag and no matter how much money or power you have (or think you have) you're not going to squash it being exposed, especially in a world of near-instant global communication. I think old Max should just embrace it, give it up and realize that it's out there and it's never going away. Maybe if your public image is so precious then make a wise choice and don't engage in such activities or realize that if you do it could get out and ruin you, even if you win your case against whomever leaked evidence of your actions.

It also doesn't help his case that he's the son of a noted British fascist leader. Dressing up like a Nazi to get your rocks off when your dad was a Mussolini-loving totalitarian probably isn't a good idea, no matter how much hush money you think you can put up to keep it quiet. Interesting though that the FIA is based in France, I wonder if the courts had any incentive to rule in his favor eh?

We will gladly welcome you into the loving arms of Bob and the Slackware community!

I think this is the closest thing I've seen to being a "tech degree" though they still call it CompSci. I think the Bachelors in Information Systems and Business IT are the closest things to preparing people for the real world of IT. Even these, in my experience of working with people fresh out of them, are far less useful than a few years working at the coal face in a first line tech support job, especially one in a large business or education institution (ironically!). I got my first job at 18 with no degree and now I'm 29, still have no degree and am working on System z mainframes and have done sysadmin, computer forensics and consultancy jobs in between. Paper means nothing in the IT world, demonstrable skill and aptitude mean everything. If someone can prove that they've been able to adapt and learn then they're the people who'll get hired.

I love the sound of the internal combustion engine working. Sure some sound crappier than others (I'm looking at you straight 4) but on the whole that's the best part of driving for me. I voted for "fly" likely because of over-exposure to The Jetsons, Space Precinct and other shows that featured them as a child.

His point is valid though. I would LOVE to run everything on my laptop under KVM but my company requires it to be a Windows-based laptop due to the awful, Windows-only full disk encryption suite they employ so I, and possible many others, _have_ to run a Windows-based virtualization solution like VirtualBox. It's ironic in my situation as my job is looking after SuSE Linux servers running virtualized under z/VM on an IBM System z mainframe!

I'm curious, how is he a "jerkbag" for wanting freedom? Surely it would be the arrogant totalitarian who thinks they know what's best for everyone who would be, in your oh so highbrow words, the "jerkbag"?