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Re:The Data Liberation Front - Getting Your data from google... by muriithi on Monday September 14, 2009 @03:38PM (#822437)
The name sounds scary though. Reminds me of Whackos belonging to the "Earth Liberation Front" who toppled several AM radio towers in Washington a few weeks ago. Reason; "AM radio waves cause adverse health effects including a higher rate of cancer, harm to wildlife, and that the signals have been interfering with home phone and intercom lines."
Re:The Data Liberation Front - Getting Your data from google... by socillion on Monday September 14, 2009 @07:03PM (#822813)
Looks to me like its an intentional play on Earth/Animal Liberation Front (aka ELF and ALF).
Re:The Data Liberation Front - Getting Your data from google... by patio11 on Tuesday September 15, 2009 @02:55AM (#823424)
Which are themselves references to any number of leftist revolutionary movements, because remember kids, Communism is cool.

Like Che T-shirts, I severely doubt anybody ever thought through "Hey, I wonder what an all-red color scheme and the words 'Liberation Front' say about our values here". Hint: it isn't "Do no evil."

Re:The Data Liberation Front - Getting Your data from google... by DenisM on Tuesday September 15, 2009 @08:52PM (#825091)
Lighten up.