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kentma1It begs questions about the future of government, amongst many thingsMay 05 14:00
*kentma1 switches off dump mode :-)May 05 14:00
oiaohmBig thing here is people doing the same thing here by law are required to provide where the funding came from.May 05 14:04
oiaohmThere is a major law failing in the USA.May 05 14:05
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Omar87Guys, I know this might sound crazy, but what would it be like if Red Hat decides to buy MySQL and OO.o?May 05 14:06
oiaohmUnlikely.May 05 14:06
Omar87oiaohm: I know, it's just a thought.May 05 14:07
oiaohmRedhat has enough on there plate for the next 5 years.May 05 14:07
oiaohmMysql yes is a heavily used database.  Feature wise you would be better taking postgresql and amping it up.May 05 14:08
oiaohmOpenOffice under redhat its not there thing.   Redhat does only what they need to the user interface.May 05 14:09
oiaohmMost likely thing for redhat to do with either is spin them off into foundations.May 05 14:09
oiaohmWhat orcale is likely to do with some open source project as well.May 05 14:11
oiaohmBasically it you are not compadible with our business module but we don't want anyone else taking full control of you.May 05 14:11
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oiaohmOr simple not buy the project or just let them go.May 05 14:12
schestowitzhttp://boycottnovell.com/2009/... (Consumer Watchdog Funded by the Rose Foundation, Which is Funded by Exxon, Banks, Others…)May 05 14:17
*schestowitz waits for another batch of angry E-mailsMay 05 14:18
MinceR(offtopic) http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/L...May 05 14:20
schestowitzLoad issue in BN todayMay 05 14:29
oiaohmYep it should bring the hate.May 05 14:29
schestowitzLOLMay 05 14:30
oiaohmThat is good MinceRMay 05 14:31
oiaohmThinking I am currently restricted to dialup speed.   it really does not take me long once I have a clue to track down links.May 05 14:37
oiaohmGoogle is the worst ememy to PR companies it can undercover files they have forgot about.May 05 14:38
schestowitzJason Brooks is going to do an analysis of ODF's (lack of) support in Microsoft Orifice 2007May 05 14:39
oiaohmAnother round of bad press for MS.May 05 14:39
schestowitzYes, Googe hurts them badlyMay 05 14:39
schestowitzOld stuff that was on the WebMay 05 14:39
schestowitzIf only you could have Googld index Web Archives too.......May 05 14:39
schestowitzGotta go nowMay 05 14:40
oiaohmIts the reason why they will be attacking google.May 05 14:40
oiaohmSelf protection.May 05 14:40
twitterheh, they could protect themselves better by not acting like asses in the first placeMay 05 14:50
twitterafter the fact, they should admit and repudiate the behavior.May 05 14:51
twittershooting the messenger is just another crime.May 05 14:51
kentma1stm is indeed a crime, however, it's resulted in many a dead messenger over the years...May 05 14:58
oiaohmPR game is old twitterMay 05 14:58
oiaohmVery few countries have it under control.May 05 14:59
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twitterWindows 7 wallpaper.  The laughing toilet babies says it all.  I wonder when they will get animated backgrounds like E17, then the toilets can laugh at you while you try to work and nothing else happens.May 05 15:06
kentma1laughing toilet babies?  odd.May 05 15:22
twitteryes, very odd.May 05 15:25
twitterthere are other odd wallpapers in the collection tooMay 05 15:25
twitterthey are trying to cash in on some kind of 70's fashion revival.May 05 15:26
twittertouting wallpaper is pretty lame when so many excellent images are available at no chargeMay 05 15:27
MinceRit's the only thing they have left.May 05 15:28
twittermarketing?May 05 15:28
twitterput a pretty face on it, call it something good, people will eat it up http://www.kansascity.com/105/s...May 05 15:29
twitteroh my.May 05 15:29
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kentma1he's gone now, but I think that the only thing MS ever had was marketing.May 05 15:39
MinceRpretty muchMay 05 15:40
MinceRwell, they also have an army of lawyersMay 05 15:40
MinceRsame thing as crApple.May 05 15:40
kentma1yeah, lawyers on the flanks, marketers in the centre.May 05 15:48
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_Hicham_Hi schestowitzMay 05 15:51
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EruaranI couldn't help but reply to Doug Heller from consumerwatchdogMay 05 16:32
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schestowitzWayne is gonna return to kcikass Linux writing.May 05 17:01
schestowitzJust mailed me this: "I may "relauch" the site in a month or so.  Redesigning the site, maybe a new domain to go along with it."May 05 17:01
schestowitz:-DMay 05 17:01
schestowitzEruaran: that's goodMay 05 17:01
schestowitzKeep em on their toesMay 05 17:01
schestowitzGot this by mail: Bulldogs (Watchdog)May 05 17:01
schestowitz'"it took the Bulldogs (Watchdog) just HOURS to mail me after I posted in BN" What's this about ?'May 05 17:02
schestowitzAny layoffs news from MSFT yet?May 05 17:04
schestowitz12pm in the USian marketMay 05 17:04
schestowitzMSF is down 2% todayMay 05 17:05
schestowitz3 hours into tradingMay 05 17:05
schestowitz*MSFTMay 05 17:05
schestowitzYES!May 05 17:05
schestowitzMore layoffs!May 05 17:05
schestowitz5000May 05 17:05
Balrog_url?May 05 17:05
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Balrog_nvm, http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2...May 05 17:06
schestowitzMicrosoft to announced 5000 more layoffs. the rumours were true.May 05 17:06
Balrog_http://vowe.net/archives/010470.html has the detailsMay 05 17:06
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schestowitzWowMay 05 17:07
schestowitzEven more comingMay 05 17:07
schestowitzThat's over 10,000, excluding contractors, pay cuts, etc.May 05 17:07
schestowitzGOOG is up todayMay 05 17:10
schestowitzMicrosoft down quite sharplyMay 05 17:10
trmancoGOOG was already up yesterdayMay 05 17:11
schestowitzMSFT will go down only onceMay 05 17:12
schestowitzGot to document this properlyMay 05 17:12
EruaranMSFT is slidingMay 05 17:13
Balrog_do any of you know drupal well? especially how to update itMay 05 17:13
EruaranI'm interested in Drupal but haven't learned anything about it yetMay 05 17:14
schestowitzPosted to COLAMay 05 17:28
schestowitzBalrog_: I want to try Drupal one day, but no... never installed itMay 05 17:28
schestowitzIt's like my competirtorMay 05 17:28
schestowitzI'm a WordPresser since 2004May 05 17:28
*schestowitz looks for free pics of sinking shipsMay 05 17:31
Balrog_well, I'm stuck working on a Drupal siteMay 05 17:37
Balrog_and no, it's not a competitor. Drupal is much more extensibleMay 05 17:37
schestowitzHere is a good place to start for information about MSFT layoffs: http://boycottnovell.com/2009/0...May 05 17:39
trmancodrupal is differente in may ways compared to wordpressMay 05 17:43
trmancomany*May 05 17:43
trmancoI've worked with it a couple of hours, and it's a nice piece of softwareMay 05 17:44
trmancoI would love to build some site with it, but I'm not sure what kind of siteMay 05 17:45
trmancohttp://www.ramoonus.nl/2009/05/0...May 05 17:56
Omar87So now that Microsoft is no longer a major threat, how is the FOSS community fight back against the other demons(e.g: Oracle.... etc.)?May 05 18:03
Omar87---> correction: "how is the FOSS community going to fight back against..."May 05 18:04
schestowitzMicrosoft is till a threatMay 05 18:09
schestowitzNow they it's dying it fightsMay 05 18:09
schestowitzLike SCOMay 05 18:09
schestowitzSo we ought to prepareMay 05 18:09
schestowitzI've come to the conclusion that I can read 30 headlines about some breaking story and absorb more info than from 1 article.May 05 18:12
EruaranMicrosoft never ceases to surprise meMay 05 18:16
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schestowitzInternet Censorship in the US? Or Just Law Enforcement? < http://www.linuxjournal.com/conten... >May 05 18:18
EruaranTheir not so subtle breaking of ODF in MS Office 2007 SP2 is so brazen it belies where heads are at within Microsoft.May 05 18:18
schestowitzEruaran: I replied to your commentMay 05 18:18
schestowitzEruaran: yes, I linked to your finding tooMay 05 18:19
schestowitz"ODF is corrupt" thingMay 05 18:19
schestowitzIt came handy yesterdayMay 05 18:19
schestowitzExclusive Video of Virgin Galactic’s Test Flight < http://www.wired.com/autopia/200... >May 05 18:19
schestowitz"Space junkies and wannabe astronauts rejoice - we’ve got exclusive video of Virgin Galactic’s recent test flight in the Mojave."May 05 18:20
schestowitzMojave is now a bad word. Makes me think of a trainwreck after another trainwreckMay 05 18:20
schestowitzVista7 to come this year apparently, prematurely (with bugs)May 05 18:20
schestowitzSomething tells me "Vista"May 05 18:20
schestowitzJacqui's secret plan to 'Master the Internet' < http://www.theregister.co.u... > Already over 100 comments in The Reg.May 05 18:22
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schestowitz"The European Patent Office is an executive organisation, it deals especially with patent applicants, as such, its view of the world may be biased. As an executive organisation, its interpretative powers are very limited. The European Patent Convention excludes computer programs, it is outside the EPO's power to change this" http://media.ffii.org/EbaReferra...May 05 18:23
EruaranSocial desktop starts to arrive: http://dot.kde.org/2009/05/01/socia...May 05 18:27
schestowitzhttp://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...May 05 18:32
schestowitzMicrosoft's idea of social desktop is Clippy & BobMay 05 18:36
schestowitzBS: Apple is making a console  < http://www.theinquirer.net/inqu... >May 05 18:36
EruaranI agree with one of the commentersMay 05 18:39
EruaranI think its more likely some proprietary hardware platformMay 05 18:40
Eruaranto differentiate Apples hardware from the PCMay 05 18:40
EruaranI can't see Apple just doing a game consoleMay 05 18:40
schestowitzWTF?May 05 18:41
schestowitzApple to buy twitter?May 05 18:41
schestowitzMakes no senseMay 05 18:41
schestowitzTwitter also has a deal with the Vole.May 05 18:41
schestowitzThe Register is stupidMay 05 18:42
schestowitzIntentionally misleading headlineMay 05 18:42
schestowitzCould Apple Buy Twitter? < http://valleywag.gawker.com/524... >May 05 18:42
schestowitzIt's just hypotheticalMay 05 18:42
schestowitzReg: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/...May 05 18:42
schestowitzSage workers braced for job cuts < http://www.channelregister.co.uk/20... >May 05 18:43
EruaranyayMay 05 18:43
trmancohttp://digg.com/d1qJ2pMay 05 18:44
EruaranSage must dieMay 05 18:44
schestowitz:-)May 05 18:44
schestowitzAny good FOSS solutions?May 05 18:45
schestowitzIsn't SAGE maths infringing on a trademark?May 05 18:45
schestowitzThere's the FOSS which is SAGEMay 05 18:45
schestowitzhttp://linux.about.com/b/2008/12/24/ma...May 05 18:46
schestowitzhttp://www.softpedia.com/reviews/l...May 05 18:46
schestowitzhttp://www.tuxmachines.or...May 05 18:46
schestowitzhttp://thedaily.washington.edu/200...May 05 18:46
schestowitzInvestigation into Mafia control of Italian windfarm biz <  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/... > :-)May 05 18:46
EruaranAll I know is that Sage Line 50 is horribleMay 05 18:47
schestowitzApple bans Page 3 from iPhone app < http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009... >  Apple's Arbitrary Rejects Hit Nine Inch Nails App < http://techdirt.com/articles/... >May 05 18:48
schestowitzEruaran: maybe the sage grew too oldMay 05 18:48
Eruaranschestowitz: yeah, like Paradox kind of old...May 05 18:48
schestowitzIt may have a heart attack in no-timeMay 05 18:48
Eruaranmark my wordsMay 05 18:49
schestowitzMS wanted to go into CRMMay 05 18:49
schestowitzBeen quietMay 05 18:49
schestowitzMaybe they'll drop it niowMay 05 18:49
EruaranSage's backend is so old it would take it several days to have a heart attackMay 05 18:49
schestowitzWith the layoff and all.May 05 18:49
schestowitzThe junk empire spits its junk at Google. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/...May 05 18:50
EruaranGooTubeMay 05 18:50
Eruaranthey shut down the alex jones channelMay 05 18:51
EruaranI meanMay 05 18:51
EruaranYou can't shut down alexMay 05 18:51
Eruaranhe's too entertainingMay 05 18:51
schestowitzFacebook Opens Australian Office... I don't like it how a lot of function and activity moved to DBs that are remote. No privacyMay 05 18:58
schestowitzEruaran: he's insaneMay 05 18:58
schestowitzDid they really shut him out? He's still on there AFAIKMay 05 18:58
schestowitzLet me find you somethingMay 05 18:58
schestowitzEruaran: watch this and lose respect for the bastard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0...May 05 19:00
schestowitzSteve Ballmer's internal memo on Microsoft's latest round of layoffs < http://www.techflash.com/microsof... >May 05 19:02
schestowitzThis review of Ubuntu is bizarre for its theme/enclosure: http://www.nintenlord.com/x/?p...May 05 19:05
Balrog_schestowitz: that techflash link leads to a 404May 05 19:08
Balrog_here's the originalMay 05 19:08
Balrog_http://vowe.net/archive...May 05 19:08
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toroshiMay 05 19:10
Balrog_hi torosMay 05 19:10
schestowitzHm..... weirdMay 05 19:11
schestowitzMicrosoft cuts thousands more jobs , http://www.bizjournals.com/day...May 05 19:12
schestowitzThey hurry up cause there's more comingMay 05 19:12
torosschestowitz: you were right yesterday :) http://identi.ca/notice/3944258May 05 19:12
torosand I am always happy to hear news like this \o/May 05 19:12
schestowitzRed Hat: UBS Upgrades; Worth Up To $32 In Takeout < http://blogs.barrons.com/techtrad... >May 05 19:14
schestowitzMicrosoft Jack is attacking Linux again with myths and insult [no links]May 05 19:18
Balrog_...why no links?May 05 19:19
schestowitzFeeding the troll.May 05 19:25
Balrog_hm... well ok thenMay 05 19:25
schestowitz""Less than…" I was going to say 2% but at that point he decided to doMay 05 19:25
schestowitzsomething more interesting. But he was nodding as he left."May 05 19:25
bgtr4isn't m$ hiring attackers to linux?May 05 19:26
schestowitz"Among the problems: too many versions of Linux, too many driver andMay 05 19:26
schestowitzdriver installation problems for too many types of mobile dongle,May 05 19:26
schestowitzqualifying all of them for 24 of the world's top 25 telcos, and theMay 05 19:26
schestowitztelcos' general unwillingness to support Linux."May 05 19:26
schestowitz---May 05 19:26
schestowitz""Among the problems: too many versions of cars..."May 05 19:26
schestowitzbgtr4: it doesMay 05 19:26
schestowitzYesterday I did a post about anti-Linux twitterers who are from MicrosoftMay 05 19:27
schestowitzRose Foundation wrote back to me:May 05 19:28
schestowitz"We would be happy to put you in our media database. What publication orMay 05 19:28
schestowitzmedia outlet do you write for?May 05 19:28
schestowitzI am happy to confirm that the Rose Foundation funded Consumer Watchdog toMay 05 19:28
schestowitzengage with Google on privacy issues."May 05 19:28
bgtr4lolMay 05 19:28
schestowitzI thought they did work on the environmentMay 05 19:29
bgtr4just lolMay 05 19:29
schestowitzLet's go along with it :-)May 05 19:29
schestowitz"Thank you for responding."May 05 19:34
schestowitz"I occasionally write for Datamation, but my current investigation is focused on something where I lack sufficient evidence. My concern is that Consumer Watchdog has been systematically attacking Google, which angered many outside observers."May 05 19:34
schestowitz"I spoke to a gentleman from Consumer Watchdog (Doug Heller mailed me a few times) and  I wished to find out why the Rose Foundation has an interest in pursuing privacy objectives, which did not fully align with its stated goals. Any clarifications would be very much appreciated and thank you for the good work."May 05 19:34
trmanco12 million new IP addresses have been hijacked by botnets: http://www.net-security.org/sec...May 05 19:34
schestowitzjust 12?May 05 19:35
bgtr4conficker could've jacked much moreMay 05 19:38
bgtr4it just wasn't designed for thatMay 05 19:38
schestowitzHere is a decent analysis of how Linux harms MS in netbooks: http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/a...May 05 19:38
bgtr4but only to show how weak m$ security isMay 05 19:38
schestowitzIn my next chance I'll ask the Rose Foundation if they are aware that they fund an AstroTurf farm (Grassrotts.com)May 05 19:39
schestowitzI won't raise issue with /them/ yetMay 05 19:39
schestowitzLike source of funding including Exxon... for an ENVIRONMENTAL groupMay 05 19:39
schestowitzMakes me wonder about global warming output from their subsidiaries for exampleMay 05 19:40
bgtr4i don't even get WHY i should buy notebook with vistaMay 05 19:42
bgtr4i'm not too rich to buy netbooksMay 05 19:42
schestowitzNetbooks are goneMay 05 19:42
schestowitzMS ruined themMay 05 19:42
schestowitzAs accused widelyMay 05 19:43
schestowitzThey elevated specsMay 05 19:43
bgtr4recently i found some good notebook in my storeMay 05 19:43
bgtr4but it was coming with vistaMay 05 19:43
schestowitzAs in, they ensured it can work with Windows by making them fatMay 05 19:43
schestowitzOriginal ASUS Eee PC was to cost $199 (2007)May 05 19:43
bgtr4so it's kinda -%50 of likeliness to meMay 05 19:43
schestowitzBy 2009 standrad, that would be $150 or lessMay 05 19:43
schestowitzFor the same hardwareMay 05 19:43
schestowitzRuns Linux well, runs Windows poorly or not at allMay 05 19:43
schestowitzSo MS colluded with OEMs to fatten the unitsMay 05 19:44
schestowitzIntel might be happyMay 05 19:44
schestowitzanti-OLPC movesMay 05 19:44
schestowitzAll documented, all in the past nowMay 05 19:44
schestowitzARM brings back the game to its genesisMay 05 19:44
schestowitzAndroid netbooks could be almost freeMay 05 19:44
bgtr4oh no... i won't buy armMay 05 19:44
schestowitzARM, subsidised..May 05 19:44
bgtr4and especially not androidMay 05 19:45
schestowitzBuy bionic ARMMay 05 19:45
schestowitzLike android: _)May 05 19:45
bgtr4i know how software for arm is producedMay 05 19:45
bgtr4it just sucksMay 05 19:45
schestowitzOpen Source Monitoring: GroundWork on Sale? Not Really < Open Source Monitoring: GroundWork on Sale? Not Really >May 05 19:46
schestowitzhttp://robertogaloppini.net/2009/04/30/o...May 05 19:46
schestowitzSpringSource acquires Hyperic to build end-to-end Java stack http://arstechnica.com/open-source/...May 05 19:46
bgtr4what's java stack?May 05 19:46
MinceR205654 < bgtr4> i know how software for arm is producedMay 05 19:47
MinceRvia gcc? :>May 05 19:47
bgtr4not only?May 05 19:47
bgtr4there are other toolchainsMay 05 19:47
MinceRi knowMay 05 19:47
schestowitzKnowing what Weird has shown, why is Roberto giving a nod to Microsoft's insult to ODF? http://robertogaloppini.net/2009/05/0...May 05 19:47
schestowitz*WeirMay 05 19:47
schestowitzToolchain.. /me imagines Microsoft engineers hacking software with hammers and screwdrivers..May 05 19:49
MinceR"microsoft engineers"?May 05 19:49
*MinceR can't imagine such a thingMay 05 19:49
bgtr4m$ engineers are not that stupedMay 05 19:49
bgtr4but they are slaves at mindMay 05 19:50
bgtr4i saw themMay 05 19:50
MinceRto call anyone who works for m$ an engineer would be an insult to engineersMay 05 19:50
bgtr4and i worked with themMay 05 19:50
bgtr4yeah, 'cause sane engineers are not slavesMay 05 19:50
MinceRengineers produce things that work using reasonable methodsMay 05 19:51
MinceRrelying on actual knowledgeMay 05 19:51
MinceRengineering is about putting science to technical useMay 05 19:51
schestowitzExcellent new comment (must read): http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_stor...May 05 19:52
MinceRnot changing copyrights in code you steal, giving it a new skin every few years and using unfair business practices to keep others from competingMay 05 19:52
bgtr4is it a riddle? m$! am i right, MinceR?May 05 19:54
MinceRwell, we were talking about m$ :>May 05 19:55
bgtr4yayMay 05 19:55
schestowitzSales, marketing and support bearing the brunt of new Microsoft job cuts? < http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro... >May 05 19:58
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trmancoschestowitz, -> http://boycottnovell.com/2009/05/04/f... thanks for the referenceMay 05 20:00
schestowitzWave 2 of announced layoffs hits Microsoft < http://blogs.zdnet.com/micros... >May 05 20:02
schestowitztrmanco: npMay 05 20:02
schestowitzMost people (thousands) read in ~/feed/ mode, so maybe they'll see the original tooMay 05 20:03
trmancomoonlie 2.0 preview something is outMay 05 20:03
schestowitz10/10 (8 votes)May 05 20:03
schestowitzBeen lots more positive recently.May 05 20:03
schestowitzMaybe the trolls pissed offMay 05 20:03
schestowitztrmanco: I knowMay 05 20:04
schestowitzI saw it a moment agoMay 05 20:04
schestowitzWas gonna comment about it tomorrowMay 05 20:04
trmancoit hit linuxtodayMay 05 20:04
schestowitzThe MS Boosters camp is promoting itMay 05 20:04
trmancofrontpage I guessMay 05 20:04
schestowitzWhich tells you how Microsoft views the work of de Icaza.. He helps Microsoft.May 05 20:04
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trmancotransmission goes QT (cute)May 05 20:08
trmancohttp://news.softpedia.com/news/T...May 05 20:08
schestowitzhttp://www.blogicalthoughts.com/image...May 05 20:09
trmancothat just gave you an idea, right?May 05 20:10
schestowitzWhy You Should Not Upgrade to Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) < http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2009/05... >May 05 20:11
schestowitzUbuntu is FASTMay 05 20:11
schestowitzWell, others do the codeMay 05 20:11
schestowitzUbuntu puts together much of the latestMay 05 20:11
trmancofedora is more bleeding edgeMay 05 20:11
trmancoIMOMay 05 20:12
trmancoon some softwareMay 05 20:12
trmancobblMay 05 20:12
MinceR"if i want cutting edge, i'll buy a sword. if i want bleeding edge, i'll use it."May 05 20:12
schestowitzSpeaking of Transmission, "Record Label Sponsors BitTorrent Site isoHunt" http://torrentfreak.com/record-...May 05 20:14
schestowitzNew business model: give away what's a commodity, sell the rest: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ent...May 05 20:15
schestowitzHollywood battling 'DVD copying' < http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h... >. Too late, I've moved on from Hollywood...May 05 20:18
schestowitzStory on McAfee Security Hole Triggers Another  < http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcwo... >May 05 20:20
schestowitzMassachusetts wants to imprison people for 10 years if they take a nude photo of their over-60 spouse, even with spouse's consent <  http://www.boingboing.net/20... >May 05 20:21
schestowitz"It's idiotic for two reasons -- first, for making it a crime to take a nude photo of a consenting adult (I'm talking about people over the age of 60 who are mentally competent), and second, taking away the ability of people over the age of 60 to do whatever the heck they want to do without interference from the government."May 05 20:22
schestowitz911 police officer refuses to help girl who calls about her dying father because she said the F word before the call was answered < http://www.boingboing.net/2009... >May 05 20:22
schestowitzScalia Scoffs at Calls for More Data Privacy Protection, Students Surprise Him With Dossier of His Own Data. < http://www.boingboing.net/2009/... >May 05 20:24
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schestowitzUbuntu and Fedora Replace init with Upstart < http://www.linuxplanet.com/li... >May 05 20:34
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schestowitzSee the comment here: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4728May 05 20:41
schestowitzAstroturfers?May 05 20:41
schestowitzPerfect recipleMay 05 20:41
schestowitz"I'm all for Linux, but......"May 05 20:41
schestowitz"Vista7 blah blah..."May 05 20:41
schestowitzSeems like a marketing trollMay 05 20:42
schestowitzOmar87: are you there?May 05 21:19
schestowitzhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1... "Al Rousan: It will cost you more, by the way. We are working in the hospital sector, using open source. I think that in the beginning, the cost will be higher. In the long run it could be better."May 05 21:19
schestowitzHere you have a minister who says that open source costs more. Maybe he was drinking from Microsoft's well too much.May 05 21:20
schestowitzThe setting Sun: responses to the acquisition <  http://arstechnica.com/open-sourc... >May 05 21:30
trmancobackMay 05 21:30
trmancolkml has gone foobarMay 05 21:33
schestowitz:-)May 05 21:40
schestowitzBetter to go foobar than to go titsupMay 05 21:41
trmanco:-PMay 05 21:41
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schestowitzNoScript Isn’t The Only Guilty Party < http://www.customdistros.com/2009/... >May 05 21:54
schestowitzNoScript could make its own ff derivativeMay 05 21:54
schestowitzI'd take anything with NoScriptopaganda label on itMay 05 21:55
MinceRhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...May 05 21:55
MinceR^ the value of the m$ brand shows how utterly, incredibly stupid people areMay 05 21:55
trmancoyeahMay 05 21:56
schestowitzneonfloss made some big pages: http://www.blogpirate.org/2009/05...May 05 21:56
schestowitzMinceR: they should sell itMay 05 21:57
schestowitzStart from scratch with an apt rename like Mafiasoft ort Mugabesoft.May 05 21:57
MinceRlolMay 05 21:59
schestowitzPavs is still one of the crowd who forgets that without freedom Linux is just some another lousy OS X: Linux And Politics Don’t Mix Well < http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2009/... >May 05 21:59
MinceRno, it isn't just some another os xMay 05 21:59
MinceRlinux is far superior to os x technicallyMay 05 21:59
schestowitzMinceR: Mugabe would still sue them for harming his nameMay 05 21:59
schestowitzLike Fiji was gonna sue Microsoft for using the nameMay 05 22:00
schestowitzSame with some who were called "Vista"May 05 22:00
schestowitzPoor ZermattMay 05 22:00
schestowitzMicrosoft is now using the place's name as a codename for developmentMay 05 22:00
*schestowitz was in Zermatt like 6 times or moreMay 05 22:00
schestowitzMojave's reputation is ruined tooMay 05 22:00
schestowitzMojava == dark room, ugly OS , people being called stupid, trainwreck advertising that got pulled after a while.May 05 22:01
trmancoBrazilian people are searching for gnoteMay 05 22:01
trmanco:DMay 05 22:01
schestowitzAFAIK there was also a reason behing dumping the name LonghornMay 05 22:01
schestowitzWhich I think was a pub name that Sweaty's peons attendedMay 05 22:02
schestowitztrmanco: +1May 05 22:02
trmanco:)May 05 22:02
schestowitzAlmost everyone knows about gnote, among those who follow the newsMay 05 22:02
trmancogood thing I wrote something about itMay 05 22:02
trmancohttp://www.google.com.br/search?...May 05 22:02
trmancoI even beat gnome's websiteMay 05 22:03
trmancowell, gnote's entry on gnome's websiteMay 05 22:03
schestowitzOne reason less to boot into Windows. Get the same apps working in Linux (joke): http://www.desktoplinux.com/new...May 05 22:04
schestowitzIs Hubert French?May 05 22:05
schestowitzHis name suggests otherwise.May 05 22:05
schestowitzBut I never looked into it anywayMay 05 22:05
schestowitzSince he moved to Fedora which is first to adopt gnote they might as well hire him at some stageMay 05 22:05
schestowitzI heard from a very reliable source that Red Hat is working on hiring SUSE developers. benJIman might wish to pass this on.May 05 22:06
trmancohe lives in Canada I thinkMay 05 22:06
trmancomy home country :DMay 05 22:06
trmancowell, good for himMay 05 22:07
schestowitzYou're Canadian?May 05 22:07
trmancoyeahMay 05 22:07
trmancoI've never mentioned this,but I amMay 05 22:07
schestowitzSJVN made Digg's FP: http://blogs.computerworld.com/...May 05 22:07
schestowitzVery good!May 05 22:07
trmancoI think I wrote that on my facebook profileMay 05 22:07
trmanconot sureMay 05 22:07
schestowitzThey never have pictures in CWMay 05 22:07
schestowitzStinkin' siteMay 05 22:07
trmancoyeah, old schoolMay 05 22:08
schestowitzWith NAFTA in place, the US is closer to just creating a bigger federationMay 05 22:08
schestowitzIt's interestingly to see how Hollywood exports DMCA to themMay 05 22:09
schestowitzBray's views from BC are soberingMay 05 22:09
schestowitzI think Americans (in the US sense) are a lot more afraid to deviate from the Fox status quoMay 05 22:09
schestowitzScary.May 05 22:09
trmancowow, 405 readersMay 05 22:10
trmancoI'm impressedMay 05 22:10
trmancomy readership has ballooned this second yearMay 05 22:11
MinceRgnMay 05 22:13
schestowitzESP launches en.swpat.org: A Wiki for Anti-Software Patent Campaigns < http://www.fsf.org/news/endsoftw... >May 05 22:13
trmancoschestowitz, thanks for the 21 visits you gave me to my site, the personal oneMay 05 22:19
trmanco:-PMay 05 22:19
trmancothat day, I had 26 visits, unique, not botsMay 05 22:19
schestowitzThere was a link in the comments IIRCMay 05 22:19
trmancoyeah, I saw itMay 05 22:21
schestowitzI wrote to RMS about gnote todayMay 05 22:21
schestowitzhttp://www.mail-archive.com/found...May 05 22:23
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DavidGerardgood evening allMay 05 22:24
schestowitzMandriva : thumbs up, GNOME : thumbs down < http://blog.freeside.fr/post... >May 05 22:24
trmancohelloMay 05 22:24
trmancoschestowitz, coolMay 05 22:25
schestowitzI guess that'd be good for KDEMay 05 22:25
trmancoarghMay 05 22:25
trmancowhy am I not subed to this list?May 05 22:25
trmanco...May 05 22:25
schestowitzDavidGerard: how many minutes to open files/dialogues now?May 05 22:25
DavidGerardhehMay 05 22:25
DavidGerardhaven't tried latelyMay 05 22:25
schestowitzCould be worseMay 05 22:25
schestowitzMSO loses dataMay 05 22:25
DavidGerardi dont' actually use OOo where avoidableMay 05 22:25
schestowitzYum! It swallows itMay 05 22:26
DavidGerardit's what they get for all this "seven" thinkingMay 05 22:26
schestowitzWe had one person come here just weeks ago after his Word file cgot corruptedMay 05 22:26
DavidGerard"seven" is just a Vista castrated of its manly might by soy latte sipping weenies who want to be mac usersMay 05 22:26
schestowitzNothing could  rescue the dataMay 05 22:26
DavidGerardwe need to SAVE VISTAMay 05 22:26
DavidGerardwe ahve a facebook group nowMay 05 22:26
schestowitzHEHEMay 05 22:26
schestowitzSave XPMay 05 22:26
schestowitzHow many sigs in disinfoworld?May 05 22:27
schestowitzLike 200k?May 05 22:27
DavidGerardhttp://www.facebook.com/grou...May 05 22:27
DavidGerardwe have fifteen members now!May 05 22:27
DavidGerardi'm amazed there's over tenMay 05 22:27
schestowitzI don't use WindowsMay 05 22:27
schestowitzBut I want Vista savedMay 05 22:27
DavidGerardand at least two of them i don't actually knowMay 05 22:27
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DavidGerardi'm sure you can fully support the campaign to save vistaMay 05 22:27
schestowitzIt's just so bad that it might as well be backMay 05 22:27
schestowitzIs it a joke?May 05 22:28
schestowitzLet's see....May 05 22:28
DavidGerard"I fully support this initiative. My computer business employs 200 people; the best possible thing for it is to make sure Vista continues and goes forward." - M. Shuttleworth, LondonMay 05 22:28
DavidGerard"I can't tell you how much Vista has done for my business. So many people depend on it." - S. Jobs, CupertinoMay 05 22:28
DavidGerard"Vista is the one thing that will keep people seeking out and using systems that are at the forefront of technology. It's been the best thing for all of us." - L. Torvalds, Portland.May 05 22:28
schestowitz"Windows 7 is CASTRATED APPEASEMENT to soy latte-sipping girly-men who wish they owned a Mac. We want a REAL operating system. An operating system that PERSONIFIES America's INDUSTRIAL MIGHT. That makes you feel AWE at the MAJESTY of the progress of its operation. It's a monument to everything that makes us the country we are."May 05 22:28
schestowitzHehe. Joining for funMay 05 22:28
DavidGerard"I'm ... I'm touched. *sob* I didn't think anyone cared. You guys. Developers! *sob*" - S. Ballmer, Seattle.May 05 22:28
DavidGerardi'd make you a group admin but that'd be even more of a giveawayMay 05 22:29
schestowitzMust. Get. Mojvista. Back.May 05 22:29
josehttp://www.linuxtoday.com/infr... This wasn't missed, right?May 05 22:29
jose(overlooked)May 05 22:30
joseTo say it made my day is a serious understatementMay 05 22:30
DavidGerardindeed.May 05 22:30
schestowitzjose: I got it alreadyMay 05 22:30
schestowitzFor tomorrowMay 05 22:30
josei haven't jumped up for joy yet, but i think it just takes a little while to sink inMay 05 22:30
schestowitzjose: made the day?May 05 22:30
schestowitzWhy?May 05 22:30
josehttp://www.answers.com/topic/...May 05 22:31
schestowitzjose: it's hardly anything majorMay 05 22:32
schestowitzMSFT layoffs is a lot biggerMay 05 22:32
schestowitzjose: I know what the term means, but there's better newsMay 05 22:32
schestowitzI'll do some BN links soon, as wellMay 05 22:33
schestowitzThere's heaps of goodiesMay 05 22:33
josedid you post links to the larger ms layoffs.May 05 22:33
jose?May 05 22:33
joseit seems ms was just hurrying up past plans (though leaving room for more future cuts)May 05 22:34
josethe red hat argument is greatMay 05 22:34
DavidGerardwell, these cuts seem to complete the 5000May 05 22:34
schestowitzThis is trollish IMHO: "Do we want it to become a viable open source alternative to Windows or Mac OS X, or do we want it to remain a niche market?" http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadg...May 05 22:34
DavidGerardbut ballmer specifically says there may be moreMay 05 22:34
schestowitzTypical Zidi NyetMay 05 22:34
josei'm also happy because i think i had underestimated bilski (about the *process* patent)May 05 22:35
schestowitzjose: see BN's FPMay 05 22:35
DavidGerardit may be trolling, but mostly it's space-fillerMay 05 22:35
schestowitzIt's bothersome that Bernard Bilski gets all this 'credit' for actually being the idiotic parasite in this caseMay 05 22:36
schestowitzBilski is BADMay 05 22:36
schestowitzThe Bilski RULING is goodMay 05 22:36
schestowitzBecause it nailed the man who 'invested' thoughtsMay 05 22:36
schestowitz*inventedMay 05 22:36
DavidGerardtch - obviously bilski was just conspiring to fix the patent systemMay 05 22:36
schestowitzDavidGerard: there's enough news for them to coverMay 05 22:36
DavidGerardhe set out to sacrifice his reputation for the good of allMay 05 22:37
schestowitzHad ZIdi done newsMay 05 22:37
DavidGerardyes, there is enough newsMay 05 22:37
DavidGerardbut that's like, work.May 05 22:37
DavidGerardthe tech press is one reason i actually fear for mainstream journalism on the webMay 05 22:37
schestowitzZidi is not newsMay 05 22:37
schestowitzThey said so themselves: it's about comments and pageviewsMay 05 22:37
DavidGerardbecause the only business model for commercial journalism on the web appears to be blatant unapologetic whoredomMay 05 22:37
schestowitzThat's what determines their pay gradeMay 05 22:37
*trmanco has the need to subscribe to some more relevant listsMay 05 22:37
schestowitzNot the quality of reporting AT ALLMay 05 22:37
schestowitztrmanco: wordpress-hackersMay 05 22:38
schestowitzCome and join usMay 05 22:38
schestowitz500msgs/monthMay 05 22:38
trmancoI already have joinedMay 05 22:38
schestowitzOhMay 05 22:39
trmancoI use gmaneMay 05 22:39
schestowitzI was on about 30May 05 22:39
schestowitzBack in 2005May 05 22:39
schestowitzBut I hardly read them as much nowMay 05 22:39
schestowitzI also read many newsgroupsMay 05 22:39
schestowitzAbout 50 at one stageMay 05 22:39
*DavidGerard reads twitterMay 05 22:39
DavidGerarder, that's about itMay 05 22:39
trmancoI'm subed to 200 and something listsMay 05 22:39
trmancojust in gmaneMay 05 22:39
schestowitzIDG = IDIOTS: http://www.infoworld.com/d/advent...May 05 22:40
schestowitzThey pretend that we still live in a world ofpages and leafsMay 05 22:40
schestowitzThey slice  the pages for advertisingMay 05 22:41
schestowitzSame in Phoronic BTWMay 05 22:41
DavidGerardof course, there's the free hardware and user programmability route to software freedom: http://www.flickr.com/photos/...May 05 22:41
schestowitzIt's impossible to search articles or read them quickly that wayMay 05 22:41
DavidGerardnow available as a pdf!May 05 22:41
schestowitzThey shoot themselves in the foot and spoil articlesMay 05 22:41
schestowitzIt's worse than multi-page PDFsMay 05 22:41
schestowitzCause you can't treat all pages as one docMay 05 22:41
DavidGerardphoronix doing this is particularly annoying since they have actual content often enoughMay 05 22:41
joseeverything is a little bit more funny today.May 05 22:41
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josei'm getting a bad case of gigglesMay 05 22:42
schestowitz"Build Your Own Z80 Computer"May 05 22:42
joseI can't stop.. will come back laterMay 05 22:42
schestowitzHe. He. He. He. [lame laugh]May 05 22:43
josepeace and enjoyMay 05 22:43
josehonestly i can't stopMay 05 22:43
schestowitzMaybe you have pot in the airMay 05 22:43
joselet me go leverage this good moodMay 05 22:43
schestowitzbeverage?May 05 22:43
joseyou'd think soMay 05 22:43
schestowitzThe suana went on fire this afternoonMay 05 22:43
schestowitzIt stank in a way. Like burned woodMay 05 22:43
joselolMay 05 22:44
schestowitzThey had to shut it downMay 05 22:44
joseha ha haMay 05 22:44
joseok,...May 05 22:44
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schestowitzAdopting newcomers to FOSS/Linux < http://manishtech.wordpress.com/2009/05/... >May 05 22:45
schestowitzFOSS/Linux?May 05 22:45
schestowitzEarlier I saw "GNU/Linux/Ubuntu"May 05 22:46
schestowitzRed Hat CEO: 'The Cloud Belongs to Linux' http://www.internetnews.com/software/...May 05 22:46
DavidGerardThough the Stallmanwall riots themselves, as well as the political organisation they triggered, were events that were fully participated in by BSD contributors, FSF volunteers, X11 people and future Sun founders as well as by white middle-class male Linux users of all races, genders and backgrounds, historically these events were first named Linux, the word at that time being used in a more generic sense to cover the entire spectrum of wMay 05 22:48
DavidGerardhat is now variously called the Red Hat, SuSE or even Debian community.May 05 22:48
DavidGerardBut eventually the language caught up with the reality of the community and the names have become more inclusive. Changing first to Linux and BSD Pride, today most are called GNU/Linux/BSD/X11/KDE/GNOME/Mozilla/gcc (GLBXKGMg) Pride Parades. But only by the sort of geeks even the other geeks don't want to hang out with.May 05 22:48
DavidGerardhttp://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/w...May 05 22:48
DavidGerard(written by me a coupla years ago one day when the phrase "Linux Pride" occurred to me)May 05 22:49
schestowitzWaitMay 05 22:49
schestowitzYou do uncyclopedia?May 05 22:49
DavidGerardi did a few years agoMay 05 22:49
schestowitzWasn't there also a domain like that outside the wikia domain?May 05 22:50
DavidGerardhaven't written anything in agesMay 05 22:50
DavidGerarduncyclopedia.org is now fully owned by wikiaMay 05 22:50
DavidGerardit now redirects to the uncyclopedia.wikia.com domainMay 05 22:50
schestowitzWriting take a lot of time and it's prone to errorsMay 05 22:50
schestowitzI love mashupsMay 05 22:50
DavidGerardthere's also mirror.uncyc.org which is maintained in case wikia goes insaneMay 05 22:50
schestowitzIn mashups you can collect complete work and cite rather than rephrase May 05 22:50
DavidGerardi used to write a shitload of stuff for unnewwsMay 05 22:51
DavidGerardunnewsMay 05 22:51
schestowitzBecause -- as we all know -- our writings are just mashups of ideas we learnMay 05 22:51
DavidGerardwhich is how i learnt to write fake newsMay 05 22:51
DavidGerardwhich is fun itselfMay 05 22:51
schestowitzThey are compositions of factsMay 05 22:51
DavidGerardit ain't what you do, it's the way that you do itMay 05 22:51
DavidGerardthat's what gets a copyrightMay 05 22:51
schestowitzDavidGerard: why is it owned by Wikia now?May 05 22:51
DavidGerardchronarion, who started it, sold it to wikiaMay 05 22:51
schestowitzI tried getting short URLs in BN wiki BTWMay 05 22:52
schestowitzToo problematic to do the Apache redirect because WordPress is installed in ~/May 05 22:52
schestowitzShane's faultMay 05 22:52
DavidGerardi told you! mod_rewrite is a reliable source of Cthulhu knowledge.May 05 22:52
schestowitzI do something funny to just redirect the front page because of thatMay 05 22:52
schestowitzDavidGerard: how much was it sold for?May 05 22:52
DavidGerardpersonally i'd have put it on separate subdomains with a rewrite for wordpress-like urlsMay 05 22:52
DavidGerardno ideaMay 05 22:52
schestowitzDavidGerard: what do you use for images?May 05 22:53
DavidGerardthe joke is "chron's ferrari fund" but really he couldn't be bothered with it any moreMay 05 22:53
DavidGerardi take them whereverMay 05 22:53
schestowitzI use http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtmlMay 05 22:53
schestowitzI don't know the licence they use but it's royalty freeMay 05 22:53
schestowitzI think also for commercial pruposesMay 05 22:53
DavidGerardthe nice thing about humour for a us-based blog is that parody and satire have INCREDIBLE rights under fair useMay 05 22:53
schestowitzMATALAB casted my contribs BSD some days agoMay 05 22:53
schestowitzNot given a choice even !!May 05 22:54
DavidGerardeven for commercial purposesMay 05 22:54
schestowitzTell that to YouTubeMay 05 22:54
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schestowitzThey obey takedown requests for cases where people like CNN anchors get bitchslappedMay 05 22:54
schestowitzneonfloss: you're blogpirate admin, right?May 05 22:54
DavidGerardthe problem being it's their serverMay 05 22:55
DavidGerardputting it on one's own server would be much safer in this regardMay 05 22:55
neonflossyayMay 05 22:55
neonflossyea *May 05 22:55
neonflosswhy?May 05 22:55
schestowitzneonfloss:I saw it in TuxMachinesMay 05 22:55
schestowitz6 distrosMay 05 22:55
neonfloss?May 05 22:55
schestowitzhttp://www.blogpirate.org/2009/0...May 05 22:56
neonflossniceMay 05 22:56
neonflossive been out of it for the past couple daysMay 05 22:56
neonflossthanks for heads upMay 05 22:56
schestowitzNew release of Microsoft Moonlight (no typo): http://tirania.org/blog/archive/...May 05 22:56
neonflosshehMay 05 22:57
schestowitzUpgrading to Mandriva 2009.1 < http://colin.guthr.ie/development/upg... >May 05 22:59
schestowitztrmanco: The LKML Summary Podcast http://lwn.net/Article...May 05 23:00
trmancointerestingMay 05 23:01
trmancothanksMay 05 23:01
trmancowow look ar this -> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...May 05 23:12
trmanco404May 05 23:12
trmancohttp://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5334May 05 23:12
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_Hicham_Hi All!May 05 23:14
trmancohiMay 05 23:14
_Hicham_how r u doing trmanco?May 05 23:15
trmanco_Hicham_, fine and you?May 05 23:16
_Hicham_I am good, thought still stumbling upon gtkmmglextMay 05 23:17
_Hicham_have u ever worked with it?May 05 23:17
trmancoI've never heard of itMay 05 23:24
_Hicham_have u ever worked with OpenGL?May 05 23:27
trmancono, neverMay 05 23:29
DavidGerardheh. http://www.internetnews.com/sof... jim whitehurst crowing over how good business is for red hat.May 05 23:31
schestowitz"So, we exited, and there was no more Old Port for RedMonk. That’s the bad news. The good news is that a couple of weeks later, I’ve resettled in what is going to be an even better home for the firm eight or nine blocks from the former office."May 05 23:31
schestowitzhttp://redmonk.com/sogrady/20...May 05 23:32
schestowitzmortgage victim?May 05 23:32
DavidGerardquite possiblyMay 05 23:32
DavidGerardlandlords having a financial crunch often makes problems for the tenantsMay 05 23:32
schestowitzIn my eyes they lost credibility when they took MS money while carrying on with the FOSS spielMay 05 23:33
schestowitzAlex left  iTWireMay 05 23:34
schestowitzthis is goodMay 05 23:34
schestowitzless msftersMay 05 23:34
DavidGerardalex who?May 05 23:34
schestowitzReutt somethingMay 05 23:35
schestowitzlots of ms boosters quitMay 05 23:35
schestowitzwatchers tooMay 05 23:35
schestowitzmary jo became prMay 05 23:35
*schestowitz eats appleMay 05 23:35
schestowitzso typing w one handMay 05 23:36
DavidGerardMicrosoft Completely Enderelependent Analysis, Inc.May 05 23:36
DavidGerardMary Jo Enderle, Alex Reuttderle, Ed Bottderle, Dan Lyonderle, etc.May 05 23:37
schestowitzEd BoughtMay 05 23:37
DavidGerardhttp://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/a... - a jawdroppingly, spectacularly awful ideaMay 05 23:37
DavidGerardan idea so epic in its fail you almost want it to happen to foment internet revolution. p2p pirate email etc.May 05 23:38
schestowitzEnderle Associates, founded by founder Enderle and president in chief enderle, seniot analyderleMay 05 23:38
schestowitzHe keeps changing funnyMay 05 23:38
schestowitzHe keeps changing titlesMay 05 23:38
schestowitzIt's very funnyMay 05 23:38
schestowitzthe Mac fans joke about his one-man 'firm' as wellMay 05 23:38
schestowitzDavidGerard: I'll need to phone BN associates tomorrowMay 05 23:38
schestowitzHere in BN labs we need to conduct experiments with SUSEMay 05 23:39
schestowitzFeel free to tax our secretary and be sure to pick a number for the queue :-)May 05 23:39
DavidGerardwhat, poking it with sticks?May 05 23:39
schestowitzDoctor's office are a lot like thatMay 05 23:39
schestowitzThey give the illusion of demandMay 05 23:39
DavidGerardor is that only in your spare time at lunch?May 05 23:39
schestowitzLike dentistsMay 05 23:39
schestowitzJust condense all the meeting with 'patience'May 05 23:39
schestowitzAlways refer to  secrettary to pretend you're too bustyMay 05 23:40
DavidGerardill-favoured typo thereMay 05 23:40
schestowitzAll for the glorification for the geniusMay 05 23:40
schestowitzI was mused to see some publicatyions do the sameMay 05 23:40
schestowitzLike call it "labe;"May 05 23:40
schestowitz"eWeek lab"May 05 23:40
schestowitzThat'd be jason BrooksMay 05 23:40
schestowitzAnd Matt Hartley talks about his labsMay 05 23:41
DavidGerard"Notnews Lab", the copy of virtualbox i don't run anything in any moreMay 05 23:41
schestowitzProbably some CRT at homeMay 05 23:41
schestowitzOthers are amused by this tooMay 05 23:41
schestowitzThere are lots of 'businesses' out there which put an illusion of sizeMay 05 23:41
schestowitzIt's easy with the Internet in particularMay 05 23:41
schestowitzNotNews labMay 05 23:41
schestowitzSounds excitingMay 05 23:41
schestowitzAdd a banner that says departmentsMay 05 23:42
schestowitzThen put your daughter's phone # or something and call it "customer feedback"May 05 23:42
schestowitzPlurality for scaleMay 05 23:42
schestowitzLike in the paper, deny comments. They show how little response there is to 'big' pressMay 05 23:42
schestowitzShills online > http://www.actonline.org/May 05 23:44
schestowitzIt's hilariousMay 05 23:44
schestowitzWhen SweatyB and PearlyG stops feeding this shillporation, they too will go out of busienssMay 05 23:45
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Recent Techrights' Posts

Google Has Mass Layoffs (Again), But the Problem is Vastly Larger
started as a rumour about January 2025
Electronic Frontier Foundation Defends Companies That Attack Free Speech Online (Follow the Money)
One might joke that today's EFF has basically adopted the same stance as Donald Trump and has a "warm spot" for BRICS propaganda
 
Links 21/12/2024: EU on Solidarity with Ukraine, Focus on Illegal and Unconstitutional Patent Court in the EU (UPC)
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[Meme] Microsofters at the End of David's Leash
Hand holding the leash. Whose?
Deciphering Matt's Take on WordPress, Which is Under Attack From Microsofters-Funded Aggravator
the money sponsoring the legal attacks on WordPress and on Matt is connected very closely to Microsoft
Gemini Links 21/12/2024: Projections, Dead Web ('Webapps' Replacing Pages), and Presentation of Pi-hole
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American Samoa One of the Sovereign States Where Windows Has Fallen Below 1% (and Stays Below It)
the latest data plotted in LibreOffice
[Meme] Brian's Ravioli
An article per minute?
Links 21/12/2024: "Hey Hi" (AI) or LLM Bubble Criticised by Mainstream Media, Oligarchs Try to Control and Shut Down US Government
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LLM Slop is Ruining the Media and Ruining the Web, Ignoring the Problem or the Principal Culprits (or the Slop Itself) Is Not Enough
We need to encourage calling out the culprits (till they stop this poor conduct or misconduct)
Christmas FUD From Microsoft, Smearing "SSH" When the Real Issue is Microsoft Windows
And since Microsoft's software contains back doors, only a fool would allow any part of SSH on Microsoft's environments, which should be presumed compromised
Paywalls, Bots, Spam, and Spyware is "Future of the Media" According to UK Press Gazette
"managers want more LLM slop"
On BetaNews Latest Technology News: "We are moderately confident this text was [LLM Chatbot] generated"
The future of newsrooms or another site circling down the drain with spam, slop, or both?
"The Real New Year" is Now
Happy solstice
Microsoft OSI Reads Techrights Closely
Microsoft OSI has also fraudulently attempted to censor Techrights several times over the years
"Warning About IBM's Labor Practices"
IBM is not growing and its revenue is just "borrowed" from companies it is buying; a lot of this revenue gets spent paying the interest on considerable debt
[Meme] The Easier Way to Make Money
With patents...
The Curse (to Microsoft) of the Faroe Islands
The common factor there seems to be Apple
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 20, 2024
IRC logs for Friday, December 20, 2024
Gemini Links 21/12/2024: Death of Mike Case, Slow and Sudden End of the Web
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Links 20/12/2024: Security Patches, Openwashing by Open Source Initiative, Prison Sentence for Bitcoin Charlatan and Fraud
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Another Terrible Month for Microsoft in Web Servers
Consistent downward curve
LLM Slop Disguised as Journalism: The Latest Threat to the Web
A lot of it is to do with proprietary GitHub, i.e. Microsoft
Gemini Links 20/12/2024: Regulation and Implementing Graphics
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Links 20/12/2024: Windows Breaks Itself, Mass Layoffs Coming to Google Again (Big Wave)
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Microsoft: "Upgrade" to Vista 11 Today, We'll Brick Your Audio and You Cannot Prevent This
Windows Update is obligatory, so...
The Unspeakable National Security Threat: Plasticwares as the New Industrial Standard
Made to last or made to be as cheap as possible? Meritocracy or industrial rat races are everywhere now.
Microsoft's All-Time Lows in Macao and Hong Kong
Microsoft is having a hard time in China, not only for political reasons
[Meme] "It Was Like a Nuclear Winter"
This won't happen again, will it?
If You Know That Hey Hi (AI) is Hype, Then Stop Participating in It
bogus narrative of "Hey Hi (AI) arms race" and "era/age of Hey Hi" and "Hey Hi Revolution"
Bangladesh (Population Close to 200 Million) Sees Highest GNU/Linux Adoption Levels Ever
Microsoft barely has a grip on this country. It used to.
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 19, 2024
IRC logs for Thursday, December 19, 2024
Gemini Links 19/12/2024: Fast Year Passes and Advent of Code Ongoing
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Twitter is Going to Fall Out of Top 100 Domains as Clownflare (DNS MitM) Sees It
evidence of Twitter's (X's) collapse
[Meme] Making Choices at the EPO
Decisions, decisions...
'Dark Patterns' or a Trap at the European Patent Office (EPO)
insincere if not malicious E-mail from the EPO's dictators
There's an Abundance of Articles About the New Release of Kali Linux, But This One is a Fake
It can add nothing except casual misinformation (fed back into the model to reinforce lies)
Large and Significant Error Correction in South America?
Windows now has less than half what Android achieved in terms of "market share"
IBM's Leadership Ruining Lives of People Who Thought Working for IBM Would be OK
Nobody gets fire-lined for buying IBM?
The United States' Authorities Ought to Become Enforcers of the General Public License (GPL) for National Security's Sake
US federal agencies ought to pursue availability of code and GPL compliance (copyleft), not bans
The Problem of Microsoft Security Problems is Microsoft (the Solution is to Quit Microsoft) and "Salt Typhoon" Coverage Must Name CALEA Back Doors
Name the holes, not those who exploit them.
A "Year of Efficiency"
No, we don't mean layoffs
Links 19/12/2024: Astronaut Record and Observer Absorbed
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Links 19/12/2024: Seven Dirty Words and Isle Release v0.0.3 (Alpha)
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Links 19/12/2024: Nurses Besieged by "Apps", More Harms of Social Control Media Illuminated
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15 Countries Where Yandex is Already Seen to be Bigger Than Microsoft (in Search)
Georgia, Syrian Arab Republic, Cyprus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Turkey, and Russia
Links 19/12/2024: Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake and Privacy Camp
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Gemini Links 19/12/2024: Port Of Miami Explosion, TurboQOA, Gnus
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Fake Articles About 'Linux'
Dated yesterday
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
IRC logs for Wednesday, December 18, 2024