Programmers enroll in political training (News.com)
[Posted June 11, 2002 by cook]
News.com
reports on
an increase in political coursework for computer science students.
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STANFORD, Calif.--It's not every computer science class that opens with a poem.
But on a recent June day at Stanford University, khaki-clad senior Jeff Keltner stood before his classmates, cleared his throat, and recited verse about a Hollywood-led crackdown on technology that can transfer digital books to different devices. The final lines went something like this (to the beat of Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham"):"
"'I want to read this book I bought,
but people tell me I ought not.
They say I will be locked away
because of the D-M-C-A.'
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