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Comment I don't get the judgmentalism (Score 1) 274

What the hell has happened to /.? There was once a time when a story like this would have generated excitement on this site. ANYONE promoting FOSS, regardless of how "weird" their methods, would have gotten positive points.

"Why didn't they use x distro?"
"Why would they wear an animal suit? That's weird."

I say good for these guys. They are offering a free/free alternative to a OS with a horrible UI (among other problems). I hope they do the same at the Apple store. Sorry they weren't "cool" enough.

Submission + - FBI raids Texas ISP for Anonymous info (thesmokinggun.com)

jcombel writes: As part of an international criminal probe into computer attacks launched this month against perceived corporate enemies of WikiLeaks, the FBI has raided a Texas business and seized a computer server that investigators believe was used to launch a massive electronic attack on PayPal
Censorship

Submission + - China censors 5000 porn sites, 5000 arrested (domaincensorship.com)

lothos writes: China has shut down more than 60,000 pornographic websites this year and arrested 5,000 people as it steps up a campaign against obscene material. Beijing has run a highly publicized drive against lewd online content which it claims is overwhelming the country’s internet and mobile phones and threatening the emotional health of children. Critics have accused the Chinese government of deepening the crackdown, launched last December, and said censorship had blocked many sites with politically sensitive or even user-generated content.
Biotech

Possible Cure For Autism 431

Henry V .009 writes "Scientists in New Jersey are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids that fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at-risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids. Human trials could start later this year."

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