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Re:Bill Gates: My Plan to Fix The World's Biggest Problems on Saturday January 26, 2013 @11:25PM (#5123057)
> I don't get the negativity in this thread.

I don't want Bill Gates to do the world what he did to computing and commerce.

Plus, beware of the publicly-stated do-gooder. They're dangerous people.

Re:Why can't you change your username at HN? on Saturday January 26, 2013 @07:45PM (#5122511)
HN is like an old school LP MUD. You can't change your name.
Re:Motel Caswell is Safe from Federal Seizure on Thursday January 24, 2013 @09:44PM (#5113650)
Another blackeye for Carmen Ortiz. Heh.
Re:Finishing what Aaron Swartz started with PACER on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @03:26PM (#5099359)
I see walls of text on a place called Hacker News taking issue with free information.

Free information and damn the consequences.

Re:U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz on Friday January 18, 2013 @05:31PM (#5081453)
Only a small percentage of Congress are friends to civil liberties. This is the august body that gave us the Patriot Act, after all.