Using word count I come up with 889 words in the diatribe (it is an
editorial), of which about 110 are tech related. In terms of computer rela=
ted
then you are looking at less than 90 words.
A better article could have been found if the point was tech related.
Top posted with pride...
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Patrick Fleming wrote:
> Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > Might I ask what the heck this has to do with linux, computersm or tech=
nology
> > in general?
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> " Thanks in part to nearly $300,000 in campaign contributions from the=20
> entertainment industry, he=92s become a tireless champion of the Luddites=
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> Last year, Hollings introduced an outrageous piece of legislation that=20
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> home computers, and would have thrown a wet blanket over further=20
> development of digital technology."
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> *AND* would have made it illegal to use anything other than Microsoft=20
> Windows with all its crippeling DRM technology for watching *your* DVDs=
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> listening to *your* CDs, etc.
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> Agree with him or not- it is *very* technolgy related.
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> > Some people (myself in particular) might agree with many of the Senator=
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> > positions and the only possible outcome IMHO of sending this to the lis=
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> > flamewar.
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> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Victor Odhner wrote:
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> >>Here is an article giving, shall we say, a less
> >>than favorable review of Sen. Hollings' career.
> >>"Fritz Hollings is a walking advertisement for term limits."
> >>
> >><http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99446,00.html>
> >>
> >>The author sums it up this way:
> >> Perhaps the swan song for Hollings will read
> >> something like this:
> >>
> >> "Sen. Ernest Hollings made his greatest effort
> >> on behalf of liberty this session than any he's
> >> struck in his 36-year Senate career.
> >> He announced his retirement."
> >>
> >>Radley Balko is a writer living in Arlington, Va.
> >>He also maintains a Weblog at <www.theagitator.com.>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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