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Re:Why it’s so hard to keep up with how the U.S. gov't is sp... by OldSchoolJohnny on Monday November 23, 2015 @12:19PM (#10615727)
RMS "LOOKED"?! RMS was is and as far as I can tell always will be the poster boy for "nuts".
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Re:Why it’s so hard to keep up with how the U.S. gov't is sp... by nitrogen on Monday November 23, 2015 @12:39PM (#10615861)
Read RMS's essay "The Right to Read," which was written 20 years ago, and see just how nuts it seems today.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_To_Read

Just as developers think their security-conscious coworker is nuts until their site gets hacked, people sometimes think those with the extreme long-term outlook are nuts because the people can't see that far ahead.

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Re:Why it’s so hard to keep up with how the U.S. gov't is sp... by OldSchoolJohnny on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @11:37AM (#10621784)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8mKMtEg7M https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html#06_October_2... http://www.macgasm.net/2011/10/27/richard-stallman-pretty-in...

This man has to be charitable, "issues" and it's hilarious the lengths people go to excuse his behavior.

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