Letters to the Editor
Hyperstitious
Published Letters: 2 Editor's Choice: 1
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Illegitimate Use?
[Read the article: Meet the iPhone hackers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What would be the legal basis for AT&T restricting what I can do with a piece of hardware I own? I don't think a shrinkwrap seal with some legal boilerplate constitutes a binding contract, and I doubt the industry would like to see this issue actually litigated. At most my warantee would be voided by HW or SW tinkering. I can easily imagine Apple hoping for or surreptitiously helping with the hackers success, since it would potentially increase their sales dramatically, while only hurting the bottom line of the NSA-stooges at AT&T. Of course US hackers could probably be persecuted under the absurd DMCA.
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Why Obama polls well with GOP voters
[Read the article: Barack Obama's Republican edge]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It is not because these voters intend to vote for Obama, but rather that they know the GOP's only chance is in reviving Nixon's racist "Southern Strategy". Much like Fox News is eager to annoint Hillary and Obama, to make their job as hate merchants easier, the GOP poll takers want a Democratic candidate who will drive their racist base back into the GOP fold. This is also why they so desperately need to paint Edwards as effiminate and 'gay'. Paul Krugman has just exposed this not-so-secret GOP strategy afresh. Talk of crossover voters is just silly.