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Comment Why is NATO Involved? (Score 1) 388

Unless I completely missed some mostrously epic hack - wtf is NATO doing chasing these guys? Where in the NATO charter does it say track down delinquents engaging in electronic forms of protest?

I could understand Interpol or some law enforcement agency, since the worst of what Anonymous accomplishes seems to be network intrusion. But I thought NATO was all about stopping aggression against member states. When did Anonymous graduate to that level?

Comment The Question Is (Score 1) 636

The question is what kind of religion.

People have made much of the metaphore that Apple is like being a Catholic while using a PC is like being a Protestant.

I personally think being an Apple fan is more like being one of the Old Believers in Russia. It's not so much that you do it their way, it's that doing it another way is 'dire.'

Comment Re:new even older new bible; christianity shrugs (Score 1) 168

I am sure the BIAA (the religious version of the RIAA) is all over this to prevent unauthorized copies. Codices are notoriously easy to copy and distribute amongst various followings and there's going to be a need for new laws to prevent religion from undergoing the same thing we saw wih the music industry.

Codex sharing is just plain wrong, it costs people jobs and we need to take action against it before it gets out of hand.

Comment Re:Ridiculous Reporting (Score 3, Insightful) 168

The reporter does a fine job of pointing out the actual context. Slashdot is the group making accusations of absurdity. BC has edited the page to remove the point about wifi already.

What I really want to know is why universities think they need to be involved in a discussion about copyright protection anyway. I know they are targets of the predatory RIAA and this is a CYA move, but one might think Boston College would be above the fracas, have a clear and accurate understanding of the law, and inform people appropriately. This sounds like off the hip advice from an older systems admin with no understanding of what copyright really means in an online context.

Comment Re:Ummm (Score 1) 831

Given that most machines have more than 128 MB of ram these days, it is reasonable to dedicate more memory to an IDE than it was in 1999.

In regards to load time, I generally load eclipse once every few months and leave it running in between. Thus, this is not a big deal for me, and probably not for most people.

Comment Re:Alright guys... (Score 1) 366

Big difference in commerce with China in the 1800s and 1993.

Offering a country the chance to cash in on trillions of dollars of revenue could generally be called an award. If that's not something you are comfortable with, no problem, it just makes me wonder what to call it when Democracy protestors are being run over with tanks. Should we call that a state action against insurgents?

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