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That might have the most chilling effect on a 3.0.
by macrael 12y ago
That might have the most chilling effect on a 3.0.
- tedunangst 12y agoWANTED: rockstar programmer for new e-commerce startup. still in stealth mode, but think silk road with less php and more rails. bitcoin experience/enthusiasm a plus. message for details. no feds please.
- ZeroFries 12y agoBetter watch out, law enforcement isn't exactly known for their sense of humour.
- tedunangst 12y agoDon't worry, I'll be conducting interviews on the StartupBus. http://www.wired.com/2013/03/a-long-fast-road-to-the-next-big-thing-in-tech-dispatches-from-the-startupbus/ http://www.wired.com/2013/03/a-long-fast-road-to-the-next-bi... (check photo credits)
- simi_ 12y agoYep, this is how you know you live in a -democracy- dictatorship.
- tedunangst 12y agoNot that I'm personally worried about the FBI, but if I were? Living in fear that you'll get busted for making a lame joke isn't living. Whatever happened to all the grand talk of civil disobedience and standing up to the man? Instead we've got people on the "good side" going around saying "don't talk like that." The man doesn't even need to bother oppressing speech when you're doing it for them.
- mpyne 12y agoPerhaps, but that kind of joke gets made all the time on the Internet without bringing down black helicopters.
- jrockway 12y agoI made a joke like that on Slashdot once and the black helicopters did show up. Well, the Secret Service, anyway.
- Gustomaximus 12y agoCare to expand on that?
- mpyne 12y agoYou satirically quoted an imaginary job posting and Secret Service showed up? That sucks, I guess we need to close down Duffel Blog and The Onion then.
- coldtea 12y agoOr you know, he did a SLIGHT VARIATION of the "imaginary job posting", an "imaginary something else" but equally imaginary and tongue-in-cheek...
- mpyne 12y agoYes, I'm sure that his "not actually the same as the joke we're talking about" joke was a mere slight variation. Maybe the Secret Service guy missed the (+5: Funny), I'm sure that happens to the best of us sometimes.
- coldtea 12y agoYeah, because secret service and/or cops are known to have a great sense of humor and enough understanding of the Web (including Slashdot trivia).
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- anon4 12y agoYou shouldn't tell people that what they say might bring the attention of law enforcement - that counts as secondary liability.