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Programmers enroll in political training (News.com)

News.com reports on an increase in political coursework for computer science students. "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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