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CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote | 97 comments | Create New Account
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Concept: Is the word that has been missing from this debate....
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 27 2012 @ 11:34 AM EDT

An API is a Concept.

1. A general idea derived or inferred from specific instances or occurrences.

The idea: named
The instances, the documentation, implementing source code, compiled object
code.

A "package" is a group of related concepts

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An API is...
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 27 2012 @ 11:52 AM EDT
An API is the moment when a bud turns into a flower

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  • Very Zen - Authored by: artp on Friday, April 27 2012 @ 02:01 PM EDT
CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote
Authored by: bugstomper on Friday, April 27 2012 @ 12:36 PM EDT
Article posted yesterday in TechDirt:

Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote
from the this-is-crazy dept

Up until this afternoon, the final vote on CISPA was supposed to be tomorrow. Then, abruptly, it was moved up today—and the House voted in favor of its passage with a vote of 248-168. But that's not even the worst part.

The vote followed the debate on amendments, several of which were passed. Among them was an absolutely terrible change [...]

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Off topic
Authored by: symbolset on Saturday, April 28 2012 @ 04:29 AM EDT
The record looks good, but you never know what a jury is going to to. Let's
wait before we count coup.

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