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Re:U.S. Government Wants to Double Prison Sentences for Hackers by austinc on Monday June 20, 2011 @08:14PM (#2676763)
Did anyone else read the headline as "US Government Wants Double Precision Sentences for Hackers"?
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Re:U.S. Government Wants to Double Prison Sentences for Hackers by nhebb on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @01:43AM (#2677594)
if (prisoner.IncarcerationPeriodF == prison().SentenceF) prisoner.Release();

Floating point rounding errors could doom someone to a life sentence!

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