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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by Futurebot on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:19PM (#13982159)
"Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone." - RMS
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by pnathan on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:38PM (#13982258)
I have consistently found rms to be the most prescient tech voice. A lone prophet, if you will. He always bears careful thought in his vision of where tech and politics will play out - even if you disagree with him.
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by kowdermeister on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:35AM (#13983934)
Who is RMS?
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by cuonic on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:39AM (#13983947)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by kilotaras on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:42AM (#13983954)
Richard Matthew Stallman
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by kowdermeister on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @05:39AM (#13984605)
Thanks, the M was the missing link :)
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by rhizome on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:28PM (#13982501)
See also: "Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pericles387116.h...

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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by sixdimensional on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:03AM (#13983296)
Ironically, not that I can compare to RMS, but my senior thesis in college (2003) was "the politics of information technology are disruptive to organizations". I had no idea then how much worse it would get.
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