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Comment What a bullshit article. Where is the link??? (Score 1) 284

Where in the link to the site? Why are stories about a site on the internet that fail to actually give us a link to the subject of the article taken seriously at all?

Traditional media outlets never provide source documents even though they are easily distributed on the web.

AFP's word is like a dollar. It's not worth much and it's worth less and less every day.

Comment Re:Protectionism by any other name... (Score 1) 129

However, I'd argue that we in the US would be a little happier if we could at least compete on a more equal basis against the countries that don't worry about pollution and don't have to mess with the added cost of environmental issues.....those countries that pay $1/hour....and those that manipulate their currency unfairly.

Getting the US to lead by example and stop manipulating its currency would be a good start. It's by far the worst offender in that area.

KDE

Submission + - Linux & KDE powered "Spark" tablet is open for pre-order registration (lunduke.com)

TroysBucket writes: "The new "Spark" tablet is looking to be THE tablet for true Open Source nerds. Running Linux with a version of KDE custom made for touch screen devices. You can even run re-built desktop Linux apps on this bad mamma jamma. Looks like it'll be shipping soon, and they've just this morning opened up registrations for pre-orders."
Censorship

Submission + - Yet another European government drops ACTA (google.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The government of Bulgaria, which had already signed ACTA, yesterday reversed itself, and announced that it would not seek ratification of the treaty. This comes after similar moves by Poland, Germany and the Netherlands, and a weekend of massive protests against ACTA across the European continent.
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Submission + - MPAA Opposes SFLC and EFF Petitions (copyright.gov)

jiny writes: "The MPAA and RIAA have responded to SFLC and EFF's petitions to expand DMCA exemptions for jailbreaking. The recording industry groups claim, among other things, that 'access controls increase the availability of copyrighted works' and that jailbreaking might break the crippleware business model."

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