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    Allen K. Briggs Memorial Scholarship
    [04:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/allen_k_briggs_memorial_scholarship">Allen ) [04:59] schestowitz
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    The Allen K. Briggs Memorial Scholarship is an endowment to provide scholarships in perpetuity for summer programs at the North Carolina School of Science & Math, which Allen considered to be a place that fundamentally shaped him as a person. We would love to invite Allen's friends and colleagues from the BSD community to donate to this cause so that we can provide more scholarships to students with [04:59] schestowitz financial need each year. We are approximately halfway to our goal of $50K with aspirations to exceed that target and fund additional scholarships.

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Now half way through his mandate, the only possible conclusion is that this aim is far of being achieved. One could even say that he has failed. [14:44] schestowitz Whilst his predecessor was very distant and arrogant, he appeared friendlier. But this was only a faade and reality hit the staff quicker than it wished. [14:44] schestowitz One wonders what his hidden agenda could be. One obvious possibility is to continue the destruction of the EPO started by its predecessor. This is prima facie the only logical conclusion. But who would profit from it? National offices? The UPC? Those are possibilities, but this means that the EPC and the EPO have had their best time. [14:44] schestowitz He continues to do everything to render the EPO less attractive as an employer. Who wants to leave its country of origin, leaving behind its social security system and pension scheme, to come to Munich or The Hague with the risk of being fired after 5 years, be it in the first instance or in the boards of appeal? This is the more so if a potential candidate has a family. The EPO is not any longer a worthwhile employer. [14:44] schestowitz The recruitment might become very local as at least the family of those recruits will not have any change in their way of living. Other recruits could be young people, fresh from university, and merely coming from countries which have not reached the standard of living from Germany or The Netherlands. I do not doubt their capacities, it is just that recruitment becomes lopsided and this is never good. It would be interesting to have [14:44] schestowitz a distribution of staff by nationality, be it in DG1 or in the BA. [14:44] schestowitz On top of this the head of the EPO takes pretext of a revenue gap to further diminish the salaries and pensions. The whole financial study leading to this conclusion is a mere fake and any reasonable person will see that the starting assumptions can only have come to mind in a twisted brain. [14:44] schestowitz Not only have a study by a renowned accountancy firm hired by the staff representation but also a deep analysis by the Pensioners Association shown how unrealistic the financial study is. The instruction to the firm chosen by the EPO was clearly to come to the conclusion that there will be a deep financial gap. [14:44] schestowitz One of the assumptions is that the EPO, after a 4% fee increase for 2020, there will be no further fee increases from then on till 2038! In parallel the salaries will grow and hence an enormous deficit is foreseeable. Simply ludicrous! [14:44] schestowitz The whole scenario reminds me of a French expression saying that if you want to kill your dog, you claim it has caught rabies. [14:44] schestowitz The problem of the EPO is that the AC does not play its role. The tail is wagging the dog and the immunity given for good reasons to the EPO is being misused and has ended up with a feeling of impunity. The EPO has become a playground for would be managers and their minions, and the worse is that they manage the EPO as it was their property and with methods which go back to the 19th century. [14:44] schestowitz No wonder staff wants to react. One can only support their action. Forcing most of the staff in home office does not mean that it cannot react to what is to be considered as a disgrace. [14:44] schestowitz One thing appearing already is that the trail of destruction started by the former head of the EPO is aggravated by its successor. Is this what the users of the European Patent system want? I would expect a reaction from the profession as a whole and not merely by some individuals. Folks, it is your future which is at stake as well. It is high time to realise it! [14:44] schestowitz " ● Dec 23 [15:24] schestowitz https://twitter.com/DetectiveNolan/status/1341745756030574594 [15:24] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DetectiveNolan: @schestowitz https://t.co/dPnrifNIdS [15:24] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DetectiveNolan: Question for all the #NYPD police officers, leaving the #NYPD for other police departments: Why are you leaving on https://t.co/04ugNIjwIb [15:24] schestowitz https://twitter.com/DetectiveNolan/status/1341732964888178688 [15:24] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DetectiveNolan: @schestowitz https://t.co/CtuzY0T2e1 [15:24] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DetectiveNolan: Attention @FBI @NewYorkFBI @NSAGov, regarding the video below, #NYPD Sgt. Lee has additional information regarding https://t.co/sh0DVBisHA [15:25] schestowitz https://twitter.com/TallulahB2012/status/1341706206549843969 [15:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@TallulahB2012: Reading this and the word that comes to mind is shambolic. https://t.co/3RlxyM9O49 [15:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: NEWS #Counterpunch #uk #tories #BorisJohnson is as Incompetent as General Haig at the Somme: the Price is 50, https://t.co/qBB3vJp7rp [15:25] schestowitz https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1341702971185393665 [15:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@glynmoody: so republicans are trying to thwart the will of the murican people now... https://t.co/ugpBKNjk7E [15:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: NEWS #CommonDreams Cruz and Graham Working to Block #Biden From Rejoining #Paris #Climate and #Iran Nuclear https://t.co/YtQ3oBz1Kz [15:25] schestowitz https://twitter.com/thatsingerdood/status/1341700610593320961 [15:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@thatsingerdood: @schestowitz This guy gets it [15:26] schestowitz https://twitter.com/aadetugbo/status/1341673930327732229 [15:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@aadetugbo: This is a terrible article to read, if you are Naija @oged07 @afalli @jamiltoyo HT @glynmoody https://t.co/8BM5GtgIrW [15:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: NEWS #desmog #Energy How The #Fracking Revolution Is Killing the U.S. #Oil and #Gas Industry https://t.co/Lr6RddoZv6 [15:29] schestowitz https://twitter.com/jamesabernard/status/1341641755544834049 [15:29] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@jamesabernard: @schestowitz Makes you wonder why they bought out centos in the first place if it wasn't to kill it off, ms style. [15:30] schestowitz https://twitter.com/BHathaway11/status/1341630631046832129 [15:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BHathaway11: Here are all over 5000 pages for your enjoyment! https://t.co/fgoIPoAp3e [15:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #copyright #cartel Trojan horse, disguised as 'saving people'... "both chambers of congress have approved it now" - https://t.co/ZtvUYLFfXS [15:31] schestowitz https://twitter.com/BHathaway11/status/1341628272992350212 [15:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BHathaway11: Trump family has roughly $340,000,000 of real estate loans from Deutsche Bank, according to Reuters. https://t.co/kdm6JsMYMg [15:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #deutschebank #trump #fraud #corruption #debt https://t.co/iZerdgSU9a [15:31] schestowitz "Trump family has roughly $340,000,000 of real estate loans from Deutsche Bank, according to Reuters." [15:31] schestowitz https://twitter.com/angelobucciarel/status/1341612330174570496 [15:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@angelobucciarel: @schestowitz Arrest her [15:32] schestowitz https://twitter.com/angelobucciarel/status/1341612177757777921 [15:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@angelobucciarel: @schestowitz Indict her [15:32] schestowitz https://twitter.com/fcassia/status/1341574692231127041 [15:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@fcassia: @schestowitz It's not "a clone" it's a binary compatible distro of RHAT. If you run UEK instead of the RHEL kernel https://t.co/DoBBFUKHqT [15:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@fcassia: @schestowitz It's not "a clone" it's a binary compatible distro of RHAT. If you run UEK instead of the RHEL kernel https://t.co/DoBBFUKHqT [15:32] schestowitz " [15:32] schestowitz It's not "a clone" it's a binary compatible distro of RHAT. If you run UEK instead of the RHEL kernel you get more patches... $O kernel devs are no newbies... [15:32] schestowitz https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/linux-kernel-development [15:32] schestowitz Freedom of choice. The more options the better. [15:32] schestowitz " [15:32] schestowitz https://twitter.com/iridesce57/status/1341553924914999299 [15:33] schestowitz https://twitter.com/TrumpWonNoBS/status/1341406987586822148 [15:33] schestowitz " [15:33] schestowitz Two false statements in one headline. [15:33] schestowitz President Trump is not ruining the environment nor is he leaving the White House. [15:33] schestowitz The American people are not going to accept a rigged election! [15:33] schestowitz Either release the evidence or get ready for civil war. [15:33] schestowitz " [15:35] schestowitz https://twitter.com/weh_kaniini/status/1341374969687793664 [15:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Ecosutra/status/1341361041037357057 [15:37] *TechrightsBN has quit (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) [15:40] *TechrightsBN (~b0t@199.19.78.19) has joined #boycottnovell [15:40] TechrightsBN Hello World! I'm TechrightsBN running phIRCe v0.75 ● Dec 23 [18:07] *schestowitz has quit (Read error: No route to host) [18:07] *schestowitz (~schestowi@unaffiliated/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [18:07] *ChanServ gives channel operator status to schestowitz [18:14] *schestowitz has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [18:14] *schestowitz (~schestowi@unaffiliated/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [18:14] *ChanServ gives channel operator status to schestowitz [18:30] schestowitz http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2020/12/23/two-new-constitutional-complaints-in-germany-against-upca/ [18:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | Two new constitutional complaints in Germany against UPCA - Kluwer Patent Blog [18:30] schestowitz " [18:30] schestowitz although is isnt clear whether the FCC will accept the complaints and request the German Bundesprsident to refrain from signing the UPCA legislation into law as long as it hasnt decided on them. [18:30] schestowitz Should not the same causes lead to the same consequences? Why should this time be any different than in the previous occasion? I suspect the new complaints do not raise fewer substantive issues than the previous one Mr. Stjerna filed. [18:31] schestowitz REPLY [18:31] schestowitz The Convention Watchdog [18:31] schestowitz DECEMBER 23, 2020 AT 12:46 PM [18:31] schestowitz The Convention Watchdog: [18:31] schestowitz The same causes do no longer exist. The missing majority in the German Parliament (Bundestag) has been observed. [18:31] schestowitz Most of the other grounds submittd by the complainant were held inadmissible by the FCC in proceedings before the Laws entry into force (note 103 et seq.). They can only be put forward by a complainant immediately adversely affected by an act of the UPC violating the complainants constitutional rights. This situation can only arise once the UPC will have become operative. [18:31] schestowitz Link to the decision: [18:31] schestowitz https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2020/02/rs20200213_2bvr073917.html;jsessionid=D42C575092614487C48AED25BBF69D31.1_cid377 [18:31] schestowitz REPLY [18:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de | Bundesverfassungsgericht - Entscheidungen - Gesetz zum Abkommen ber ein Einheitliches Patentgericht nichtig [18:31] schestowitz Extraneous Attorney [18:31] schestowitz DECEMBER 23, 2020 AT 1:32 PM [18:31] schestowitz @The Convention Watchdog: fair enough, time will tell if the FCC rules in such a way. 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[22:35] schestowitz https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/tspoVxkUzgeidweEAnkOpPAc/message.txt [22:35] schestowitz " [22:35] schestowitz Hi, [22:35] schestowitz Few "news" sites are reporting it, but attached to the government spending bill this year is perhaps one of the most corrupt backroom deals in awhile. [22:35] schestowitz For years, Congress failed to pass the CASE Act or the felony streaming law because they are wildly unpopular and achieve the goals of rich special interest groups that caused the web shutdown protests over SOPA/PIPA several years ago. [22:35] schestowitz In particular, the CASE Act is heinous because Congress has created an inferior arbitration system in the Copyright Office where people can be sued for up to $30,000 a pop, perhaps for something as minor as downloading a jpeg image from a website and uploading it somewhere else. This is substantially similar to the criminal meme law in the EU. [22:35] schestowitz Perhaps it's time for everyone to surf on a VPN, otherwise they risk finding themselves sanctioned by some unaccountable arbitration lawyers, far from where they live, over something that most people would say is fair use. [22:35] schestowitz Congress has spent years shredding the concept of the public domain, and the long march towards turning the once open web into a corporate cesspit of DRM and copyright lawsuits continues. [22:35] schestowitz Ryan F. (Waukegan, IL) [22:35] schestowitz " [22:58] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [22:58] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) ● Dec 23 [23:03] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [23:05] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [23:59] schestowitz This is insane unless it's a fake account