[Meme] [Teaser] The Seven Nations and the Six Nations

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-10-06 16:23:14 UTC
Modified: 2021-10-06 16:23:14 UTC

Barely even one remained sober

Visser's 7 nations

Summary: Tonight at around midnight we shall publish Part 4 of the ongoing series (index below); imagine writing a whole book -- a very expensive book -- about legislation and rules that are very routinely violated without any consequences (to the violators), which means that the rules don't mean much anyway, at least not in practice (they're merely theoretical at this point)

Recent Techrights' Posts

Jurgen Gaeremyn on Software Freedom Day: "today the event is more important than ever in the movement to further Software Freedom."
The Share of Microsoft's Vista 11 is Going Down This Year in China: Twilight for Microsoft
The Media May Never Recover (Major Divestments in the Public's Right to Know): We shall be writing about press etc. and we'll explain the direction of the Web - albeit this topic is only indirectly related to Free software
Things to be Pleased About: Maybe GNU/Linux can exceed 5% by year's end or even reach 10% if one counts Chromebooks
statCounter Measures GNU/Linux at 12% in Sudan: strong adoption of GNU/Linux amid war
FSFE Copies the FSF, It Also Copies Techrights: Just copying a term that Techrights coined around 2007
GNU/Linux in Denmark: From Under 1% to 8%: this month
[Meme] Publishing as "allegedly breaching national security law.": China under CPC and HK under CPC is a sign of what may come next to the West
Killing the Public's Right to Know in Five Simple Steps: Julian Assange: Did I tell you about the time they forced me to plead guilty for 'conspiring' to expose war crimes?
Links 03/07/2024: Rubik Cube Turns 50, History Of Perpetual Motion, and Censorship in Social Control Media: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 02, 2024: IRC logs for Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Happy Birthday (With the Family): So far they've managed to dodge or to avoid the tabloids
IBM's "DEI" Means Proprietary Software: Fedora Week of Diversity 2024, as we noted here last week, was just some niche event (online PR stunt)
Techrights Thanks Readers for the Support: People sacrifice a lot to inform and emancipate other people
About Half of Web Requests in Republic Of Korea Come From Android, It Used to be Over 99% Windows (2010): The important thing is the trend
Matt Campbell's LibrePlanet Talk on AccessKit (Making Free/Libre Software Accessible to Disabled People): "This talk will cover what we've accomplished so far, what's next, and how the community can help."
It's Time to Say Goodbye to Microsoft and Bill Gates: Nobody elected Bill Gates and why would Sunak wish to associate with an enabler of Jeffrey Epstein?
Adam Monsen on Steadfast Self-hosting: "Both the book and talk are about self-hosting free software, were created with free software, and are free software themselves."
Tomorrow It's British (UK) General Election, Cybershow Has a New Episode Exploring the Tech Angle: There are about 4 people involved in this episode
GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Rising in Zambia, Android Rises Above 72%, and Windows Down to Only 7%: Windows is down, Android is surging, and even GNU/Linux is doing reasonable well
Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Track to Meet Fundraising Goal: There are over 17 left
Links 02/07/2024: Summer Plans, Unit of Selection, and Debian: Links for the day
In Northern Mariana Islands (and Saipan) Android Replaces Microsoft Windows as Dominant Platform: Android finally exceeded Windows in terms of market share in Northern Mariana Islands
It's Julian Assange's Birthday, His Fundraiser Still 30,000 Pounds Short: 20 days are left and it's one way to give a "birthday gift"
Luc Zimmerman (Geneva city council, Le Centre political party) advised Software Freedom Institute on trademark registration: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
This Month Colombia Has Exceeded the 4% Milestone for GNU/Linux: Colombia is more than twice the size of France
Even the News/Articles About Debian Are Slop and Spam Now: linuxsecurity.com is trying to destroy Linux news on the Web for SEO purposes (selling its proprietary junk)
Windows Measured at 1.6% in Central African Republic This Month: If we're meant to think Microsoft is worth "trillion of dollars", what is that valuation based on?
This Article is Freeware: Microsoft AI CEO mentions "freeware"
Steady Increases for GNU/Linux in Israel This Year: Windows is down to a quarter
An Own Goal: Filing Legal Cases in the UK When You Don't Even Live in the UK and Weren't Born In the UK: It'll just be expensive, tedious, and fruitless
Brazil's GNU/Linux Community Growing (a New High): It's a new all-time high
Speaking to Sources (or People Outside One's Country) is Not Crime and Not Seditious: serious ramifications for publishers
GNU/Linux Above 6% in Hong Kong, Windows Falls to New Lows: Many choose to walk away from Windows
Android (Linux) Blasting Past Windows in France, Highest Desktop Share Since Winter for GNU/Linux: while Windows down
Stella Assange and Kristinn Hrafnsson Recorded This a Week Before Julian Was Freed (Knowing He Would Fly Out Soon): What happened last week shows that even in notorious and stacked courts there's some hope
statCounter: GNU/Linux Starts July at Over 4%, Steam Survey Shows GNU/Linux at Over 2%: More to come, over time...
The Truth Will Always Win (Eventually): RMS et al
CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act: Some people don't survive and get out of there at all
Jen Robinson Explains How the Case of Evan Gershkovich Contributed to the Case for Release of Julian Assange: Robinson is an excellent counsel
Links 02/07/2024: DMA Violations and CSA Regulation: Links for the day
LibrePlanet 2024: Roberto Innocenti on the Latest Buzzword and Typically Misnomer ("AI"): It's about the latest "hot" buzzword
IBM: We Killed CentOS, Now Start Paying Us: The M in IBM is marketing
Links 02/07/2024: Jennifer Robinson Turns to Free Press in Hong Kong, Calls for an Assange Pardon: Links for the day
Gemini Links 02/07/2024: Project Crossroads and Reloading Packet Filter Tables: Links for the day
Seth Patterson on Git-based Workflow and Free Software for Literature and Storytelling: "We can create a storytelling community that allows cross-pollination between creators and disciplines (e.g., novels, songs, and video games) and changes us from consumers to creators."
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 01, 2024: IRC logs for Monday, July 01, 2024
Jennifer Robinson on Julian Assange's Birthday Tomorrow (Even the Judge Wished Him an Early Happy Birthday): we know recordings exist and some people selectively publish these online
It's About Community, About Society, Not Business or Profit: The "rat race" is not for humans
LibrePlanet Talk on Making Movies With Free Software Only: "I can talk about how I made it and what I had to do to manage the project."
Links 01/07/2024: Catchup With Science and War in Ukraine: Links for the day
Gemini Links 01/07/2024: New ICQ and Demise of 'Agile' Cargo Cult: Links for the day
[Meme] IBM's Brand of Diversity and Inclusion: You Can't Install GNU/Linux If You Are Blind: Maybe Wayland is a lot more important to them than Diversity and Inclusion
Wikileaks Actually Helped Save the Planet: Without leaks, we'd not see the coordination of climate science deniers
Anti-Assange Provocations in Our IRC Network: We suspect it is the Microsofters, using a fresh batch of aliases
ChromeOS+GNU/Linux in Europe in First Half of 2024 (Windows Gradually Drowning): We expect the latest measures to be even higher tomorrow, hopefully above 6%
Elon Musk Killed Not Only the Twitter Bird, He Also Killed the Platform: Today begins the second half of 2024 (2024 H2)
[Meme] Wayland at Every Cost: Fedora DEI and Wayland
RMS: "I am very glad for Assange for being out of prison, but I am alarmed that the danger of being treated similarly will face other journalists and publishers in the future": what RMS said about the release of Julian Assange
What Richard Stallman (RMS) Thinks of Paying With Cash or 'Cashless Society': RMS: Don't be tracked
No Discrimination Allowed Against People Who Pay With Cash: City of Philadelphia on cash
Anthony Albanes: Assange's "arrival home ends a long running legal process. [...] We'll have meetings about AUKUS and other arrangements over coming days as well.": Official transcript
4.04 Linux Not Found, No Such Agency (NSA): The CoCs never failed Microsoft
Julian Assange Turns 53 in a Couple of Days, Give Him the Gift of Freedom From Debt: Julian Assange turns 53 on Wednesday
IBM's Abandonment of Disabled People (Orca and Wayland Incompatibility) Has Basically Killed Their "DEI" Channel (Room): The "DEI" channel (Matrix room) as been silent for 4 days
[Meme] Just Because You Throw Money at Lawyers Doesn't Mean You'll Win: Welcome to the second half of 2024
Audio: Julian Assange Tells US Judge That Espionage Act and First Amendment Contradict One Another, But Pleads Guilty (to Save His Life): Have a listen to Julian Assange and the judge in Saipan
How to Help Pay Assange Debt (£520,000 Plane Bill and Beyond): Budget travel was not permitted
Paulo Henrique Santana (Collabora) on the Debian Brazil Community: There was similar material in DebConf22
Making the Wikileaks Site More Active Again (and Gradually Exiting "X" or Other Social Control Media): As soon as Assange got kidnapped the Wikileaks Web site reached a near-standstill
Wikipedia Co-Founder (Not Wales) Expresses Support for Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange, Says Assange Will Probably Continue: probably exactly the sort of thing that the US prosecutors did not want
Marco Calegaro on Hacking Art Into a Community: talk by Marco Calegaro
Links 01/07/2024: Chokecherry Leaf and Agile Manifesto: Links for the day
Johannes Åsgård on Making the Raspberry Pi More Free With librerpi: Johannes (also known as dolphinana)
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 30, 2024: IRC logs for Sunday, June 30, 2024