[HN Gopher] Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, but Al... ___________________________________________________________________ Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, but Allows Hitler's Mein Kampf Author : davideads_tmp Score : 27 points Date : 2023-06-20 21:21 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.themarshallproject.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.themarshallproject.org) | superchroma wrote: | A good choice, really. | extasia wrote: | There's a joke about Java and OOP somewhere in there, trying to | break free! | fsagx wrote: | How can they discount the possibility that inmates may annex | Austria and invade Poland? | paxys wrote: | Can't risk inmates developing useful skills and escaping the | prison industrial complex. | davideads_tmp wrote: | Ohio prevented incarcerated people from receiving books about | programming computers like Joshua Bloch's "Effective Java" | because they "pose a threat to the rehabilitation of inmates" and | prison security. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-06-20 23:01 UTC)