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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: January 22nd, 2010

DaemonFChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v9sCo7xZK0&feature=relatedJan 22 00:03
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_goblinnot much going on in here tonight!Jan 22 00:19
MinceRindeed.Jan 22 00:20
_goblinslow news day?Jan 22 00:20
_goblinjust been debating proprietary software in Ubuntu....Jan 22 00:20
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DaemonFCwhat about it?Jan 22 00:24
DaemonFCThere's tutorials all over about how to jury rig things into runningJan 22 00:25
DaemonFChalf the time they fail spectacularly, leading to user frustrationJan 22 00:25
DaemonFCand there's really not that many proprietary programs with a license permitting redistribution, which run on Linux, which are of much significance Jan 22 00:26
DaemonFCthe worst thing they could do is already done, MonoJan 22 00:27
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Alright, let's study the dissenting judges opinion http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/21/citizens-united/ #scotusJan 22 00:28
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #Microsoft Attacks #Linux -powered Devices with #Patents Once Again, Unprovoked http://ur1.ca/ke9u #tivoJan 22 00:28
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Judge Stevens: "While American #democracy is imperfect,few..would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate #money in #politics"Jan 22 00:28
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DaemonFCgroklaw says it has nothing to do with LinuxJan 22 00:36
DaemonFCbesides, who cares what happens to Tivo?Jan 22 00:37
DaemonFCno matter who wins, we loseJan 22 00:37
_goblindaemonfc: In respect of proprietary I think you are missing the point.  Photoshop (rightly or wrongly) is often cited as the reason for staying with the Windows platform.  If Photoshop was a native Linux binary I think that would have a great impact on the take up of Linux but users who are only suffering Windows because they need PhotoshopJan 22 00:38
DaemonFCschestowitz: Jerry Springer slapfights can be fun to watch, but they don't have implications for most peopleJan 22 00:39
_goblin*"but" should read "by"Jan 22 00:39
DaemonFC_goblin: I don't think thatJan 22 00:39
_goblinwhy?Jan 22 00:39
DaemonFCPhotoshop is heavy duty software used by a handful of professionalsJan 22 00:39
DaemonFCYou wouldn't go pay $800 for it and neither would IJan 22 00:40
_goblincheck out even your average Windows advocate.....they always cite 3rd party proprietary products as a reason to stay with Windows.  I personally wouldnt shell out $800 for Photoshop, but I know many people who have or want to.Jan 22 00:40
DaemonFCmost people using Photoshop download it off file sharing sites, crack it, and don't care that it's overkill cause they didn't pay for itJan 22 00:40
_goblinI couldn't comment on that, but like I say there must be some people buying Photoshop else Adobe wouldn't make it.....those users may be only sticking with Windows because of that.Jan 22 00:41
DaemonFCI think it would bring a small handful of people to Linux, but I would be glad for a major company doing ports of software that's a household nameJan 22 00:41
DaemonFCit's always a help to be in the newsJan 22 00:42
_goblinand if you are right and nobody want to buy it whats the problem with it being present in the repositories?Jan 22 00:42
DaemonFC_goblin: They make a light edition that goes for like $70-80Jan 22 00:42
DaemonFCbut it has less features than the GIMPJan 22 00:42
DaemonFCit wouldn't be in the repository as suchJan 22 00:42
_goblinI wouldn't know....I have no intentions of ever using Photoshop.  I don't even use Gimp.Jan 22 00:42
_goblinok...in the software center.Jan 22 00:43
DaemonFCit would be in Canonical's store, as a DEB fileJan 22 00:43
DaemonFCfor after you paid for itJan 22 00:43
_goblinwe don't know how they would sell it yet.Jan 22 00:43
_goblinand infact its only a surveyJan 22 00:43
DaemonFCit kind of makes you wonder what kind of nasty DRM they'd port to Linux to "protect" itJan 22 00:43
_goblintrue...Jan 22 00:43
DaemonFCI just have my suspicions given how difficult it is to crack Windows software of that priceJan 22 00:44
_goblinbut even if that was true, I go back to my original point of, whats the harm?  Many Linux users are already using proprietary software in conjunction with FOSS.Jan 22 00:45
DaemonFCthey're not just going to let an unprotected DEB float around the internetJan 22 00:45
_goblinIm sure they wouldn'tJan 22 00:45
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] sophisticated #Intel developer tools - a good start in encouraging fence-sitting ISVs to take #Linux seriously? http://bit.ly/5CE98HJan 22 00:46
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MinceRthey are not in the position to prevent itJan 22 00:47
_goblintake Wine for instance...is that popular because people want to run FOSS Windows binaries or is it popular because they are desperate to get Windows proprietary software running in Linux.Jan 22 00:47
MinceRjust like in the case of the winblows version.Jan 22 00:47
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] #Linux in demanding real world apps - Dreamworks case study. http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/optimizing-without-breaking-a-sweat/Jan 22 00:47
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_goblinI'd suggest native Photoshop is a far better position than a Wine Photoshop.Jan 22 00:47
MinceRand i agreeJan 22 00:48
_goblinin terms of mainstream market penetration.Jan 22 00:48
_goblinof LinuxJan 22 00:48
DaemonFChttp://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=14318Jan 22 00:48
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MinceRthere's a much higher chance and expectation of getting the damn thing work (to some extent -- remember, this is photoshop, and also, an adobe product)Jan 22 00:48
DaemonFCconsidering that the CS4 version does not work in Wine....Jan 22 00:48
_goblinDaemonFC: I am not doubting it works through WineJan 22 00:48
MinceRif someone shells out $800 because he can't be bothered to learn something else, he probably wants to be assured that he'll be able to run itJan 22 00:49
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] The WETA render farm used by #Avatar. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/22/the-data-crunching-powerhouse-behind-avatar/Jan 22 00:49
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_goblinIm saying IF people are using WINE to run it, then a native version is a far better position for Linux than having to run it through Wine.Jan 22 00:49
DaemonFCmost ratings are "garbage", tons of bugs filedJan 22 00:49
DaemonFCthat's not very encouraging that it will work soonJan 22 00:50
_goblinso there you go, consumer need.Jan 22 00:50
_goblinwhilst the FOSS ethos is great, we have to be realistic that for whatever reason people may want to run proprietary software of their choice.Jan 22 00:50
_goblinwe can debate the rights and wrongs of that all day but the hard facts are, if Linux doesn't offer the software people want, they wont come over.Jan 22 00:51
DaemonFCReactOS is rebasing a lot of stuff on WineJan 22 00:51
DaemonFCwhich I'm taking as a sign that 0.6 may actually do useful thingsJan 22 00:51
_goblinWe can but hope that as they experience more of the FOSS model they embrace it and see the FOSS solutions which are equally as great.Jan 22 00:52
DaemonFCa GPL'd Windows would be kind of neatJan 22 00:52
_goblinIsn't that Tomato Garden ? ;)Jan 22 00:53
DaemonFCthe funny thing is that it's not as much work as you would thinkJan 22 00:53
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DaemonFCthey don't have to re-implement stupid shit that nothing usesJan 22 00:53
_goblinand how would Microsoft make money from a GPL'd version of Windows?Jan 22 00:53
DaemonFC_goblin: They wouldn'tJan 22 00:54
DaemonFCthat's what ReactOS aims to beJan 22 00:54
_goblinah....Jan 22 00:54
_goblinI'll have to look back at ReactOS....name is ringing a bell, Im sure Ive covered it.....Jan 22 00:54
DaemonFCit does run some Windows stuffJan 22 00:55
DaemonFCsome old games evenJan 22 00:55
DaemonFClike really oldJan 22 00:55
DaemonFCmost of what's holding it back is that it can't use Windows graphics driversJan 22 00:56
DaemonFCthey've basically used a lot of stuff from Linux and Wine, with their work thrown in to fill the gapsJan 22 00:57
DaemonFCReactOS Explorer can be used as a shell for WindowsJan 22 00:57
DaemonFCI use it on XPJan 22 00:57
DaemonFCmuch less bloated than Microsoft's shellJan 22 00:58
DaemonFCuses lots less RAM evenJan 22 00:59
_goblinbut then isn't a combination of Wine, Dosbox and ScummVM just as effective as ReactOS...its very simple to make your DE look like Windows if you really want to.Jan 22 01:04
DaemonFCnot reallyJan 22 01:04
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Common #Lisp is #Zen, innit. *appeals to Erik Naggum's shade*Jan 22 01:04
DaemonFCit uses parts of Wine, but it's not WineJan 22 01:05
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@MSF_USA 900+ patients having passed through Doctors Without Borders surgical facilities // do you do digital record keeping? how?Jan 22 01:05
DaemonFCI gather that they don't run into some of Wine's limitations imposed on it by rinning in the confines of Linux and an X serverJan 22 01:05
DaemonFC*runningJan 22 01:05
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@mparent77772 I guess @BillGates won't be tweeting without pants // because the Emperor has no clothes at all #windows #microsoft #byebyeJan 22 01:07
_goblinI'd be interested to see what ReactOS does that my combination cannot....that being said, projects like Reactos surely prove the need for some 3rd party mainstream apps (both proprietary and not) to get over to Linux natively?Jan 22 01:11
DaemonFChttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Wine_on_ReactOS.svgJan 22 01:12
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@drgrist @DonBlankenship said water pollution from mercury is just something RFK "found on the internet." // wants to cherry pick #scienceJan 22 01:12
DaemonFCeither way would be nice, but I would prefer everything to go to Linux since ReactOS will have thousands of viruses on day 1Jan 22 01:12
DaemonFC:)Jan 22 01:12
_goblinprobably...but then maybe thats a selling point for Windows advocates to use?  "You can't get our malware/exploits on your Linux platform....people like getting scammed and ripped off, theres none of that on Linux"Jan 22 01:13
DaemonFCwell when Microsoft spends more efforts denying there's a problem than fixing the problem.......Jan 22 01:14
DaemonFCnot encouragingJan 22 01:14
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Open source PRIDE: #Ubuntu #Linux runs on ALL of the rendering nodes & 90% of the desktops at #Weta Digital. #Avatar #District9 #movies #cgiJan 22 01:14
_goblinMaybe we could make SWINE, the fork of WINE that is also compatible with Windows Malware.Jan 22 01:14
DaemonFC_goblin: Better yet, Wine: Black Edition (fully activated) and put it on BittorrentJan 22 01:15
DaemonFCyou have malware bundled with itJan 22 01:15
DaemonFC:DJan 22 01:15
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Cutting #Salt Would Be a Lifesaver for Americans http://bit.ly/5E2Zwa (you won't even miss it) #health #foodJan 22 01:16
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_goblinDaemonFC: You say about Microsoft denying problems....you forgot the followup which is "Microsoft blames......"Jan 22 01:16
DaemonFCblames the guy that told the public about the bug after waiting on Microsoft to do something about it for 8 monthsJan 22 01:18
DaemonFC:)Jan 22 01:18
_goblin"Microsoft blames its customers for being silly enough to use its products"Jan 22 01:20
DaemonFChttp://schlicken.blogsome.com/images/diet_coke_bacon.jpgJan 22 01:29
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #ACTA Threatens #FreeSoftware in New Zealand, the #Rambus Extortion Racket Expands http://ur1.ca/ked2Jan 22 01:31
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Patents Roundup: ACTA Threatens Free Software in New Zealand, the Rambus Extortion Racket Expands, and Google Earns New Monopoly | Boycott Novell .::. Size~: 114.98 KBJan 22 01:31
MinceRewJan 22 01:34
schestowitzThey finally added something relatively healthy :-DJan 22 01:36
schestowitzRelatively.Jan 22 01:36
MinceRand something that almost certainly doesn't taste good in colaJan 22 01:40
schestowitz"Updated ur1.ca/jtms : #Canonical is now encouraging #Ubuntu users to use proprietary software from IBM. #Red_Hat history repeats itself." http://identi.ca/notice/19447629Jan 22 01:42
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schestowitzMinceR: maybeJan 22 01:42
schestowitzIf you wants fuel, it's goodJan 22 01:42
schestowitzcola is poor water, many acids, and artificial sugarJan 22 01:43
schestowitzIt's taste over healthJan 22 01:43
schestowitzhttp://www.scienceblog.com/cms/uva-engineers-find-significant-environmental-impacts-algae-based-biofuel.htmlJan 22 01:43
phIRCe-BNcTitle: UVa engineers find significant environmental impacts with algae-based biofuel | ScienceBlog.com .::. Size~: 25.1 KBJan 22 01:43
schestowitzWhat a stupid ideaJan 22 01:43
schestowitzMaking fuel from biologyJan 22 01:43
schestowitzLike the corn ideasJan 22 01:43
schestowitzRMS complains about it tooJan 22 01:43
schestowitzOil cannot be digested without heavy treatmentJan 22 01:44
schestowitzWhich itself rrequires oilJan 22 01:44
schestowitzPeople can process algae to make foodJan 22 01:44
schestowitzIt's part of the food chainJan 22 01:44
schestowitzBut here we are burning oil to make crops and now thinking of using those crops to make fuel rather than food (fuel for the body)Jan 22 01:44
schestowitzRecipe for famineJan 22 01:44
schestowitzhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8467472.stmJan 22 01:45
_goblinand very smelly exhaust fumesJan 22 01:45
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schestowitzSelf-maintaining, until something breaks of courseJan 22 01:45
schestowitz_goblin: airborne chemicalsJan 22 01:45
schestowitzIn water too, not just airJan 22 01:46
schestowitzUK water has a lot of chlorineJan 22 01:46
schestowitzThe chemical giants also put cyanide in our water that's in circulation, leading to birth defects and other issues we rarely think aboutJan 22 01:46
MinceRactually biofuel can made from stuff you can't use as fuelJan 22 01:46
MinceRon soil you can't use to grow food onJan 22 01:47
schestowitz"Closely tied up with Microsoft" http://www.silicon.com/technology/hardware/2010/01/21/asus-what-will-be-the-next-netbook-39745351/print/Jan 22 01:47
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MinceRalso, it's basically carbon neutralJan 22 01:47
schestowitzGMO foods are said to deplete the soilJan 22 01:48
MinceRnot an ideal solution, but one of the best things you can do to current internal combustion engines :>Jan 22 01:48
_goblinI'd love to comment on this subject but Ive no real knowledge on such matters.Jan 22 01:48
schestowitzSo it's a short-term investment that poisoned the landJan 22 01:48
MinceRafaik monoculture depletes the soil, GMO or notJan 22 01:48
schestowitzToo little research on it, but 6+ billion people are now part of the experiment \o/Jan 22 01:48
schestowitzMinceR: yes, too few cropsJan 22 01:49
schestowitzAlso more prone to diseaseJan 22 01:49
schestowitzIt makes the germs capable of adapting to a cropJan 22 01:49
schestowitzTheir goal is to maximize growthJan 22 01:49
schestowitzIt's in their DNAJan 22 01:49
schestowitzThey don't have harmony with crops programmed onto themJan 22 01:49
schestowitzExcept in the equilibrium senseJan 22 01:49
schestowitzSo if you limit potato growth to just 4 types, you're f*edJan 22 01:50
schestowitzSee what happened in Ireland not so long agoJan 22 01:50
schestowitzAbout a million people died in a draught cause they didn't diversityJan 22 01:50
schestowitzMany fled to Britain's mainlandJan 22 01:50
schestowitzAnd Monsanto is now repeating the same mistakes and making them worseJan 22 01:50
MinceRand we've already seen what we get if GMO crops aren't tested for whether the poisons they manufacture are hazardous to the people eating themJan 22 01:51
schestowitzhttp://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222400062Jan 22 01:55
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schestowitzThis lady has a lot of powerJan 22 01:55
schestowitzWhich is funny, cause I think zoobab would have done a better job (his English is better too)Jan 22 01:56
schestowitzMinceR: people are externalities to Monsanto, except the people who are investors (they probably grow organic anyway cause they can afford it)Jan 22 01:56
schestowitzhttp://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/manchester-united-bans-twitter-facebook-for-players/?cs=38887Jan 22 01:57
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Manchester United Bans Twitter, Facebook for Players | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com .::. Size~: 78.55 KBJan 22 01:57
schestowitzWhat a scamJan 22 01:57
schestowitzFootball has turned into tribal adoration of men by menJan 22 01:58
schestowitzPrimal roots returned toJan 22 01:58
schestowitzhttp://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1588075/bt-announces-superfast-pricingJan 22 01:59
MinceRfood is always organic, except table salt and waterJan 22 02:01
MinceRit has to be, as we aren't plants :>Jan 22 02:01
schestowitz"Organic" was warped in this way by the Monsanto lobbyJan 22 02:04
schestowitzIt's a game of semanticsJan 22 02:04
schestowitzThey would say, "we don't want our stuff to be seen as alarmingly different"Jan 22 02:04
schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/ie_emergency_patch_released/Jan 22 02:05
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_goblinlolJan 22 02:05
_goblinSteve Ballmer not listed in the top 50 CEO'sJan 22 02:05
schestowitzMonsanto 'f00d' belong in a jar, not in a plate. It should be treated like a dead embryoJan 22 02:05
_goblinhttp://hbr.org/2010/01/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world/sb1Jan 22 02:06
schestowitzAnd that's just the gripe with the food, not with the criminal activities of the companyJan 22 02:06
schestowitz_goblin: he is a bad CEOJan 22 02:06
MinceR"organic" is a chemistry term. :>Jan 22 02:06
schestowitzIt's not a least for CEOs of bis companies, but surely they rule out small companies because those lists are always about firms that are not obscureJan 22 02:06
MinceRalways was.Jan 22 02:06
schestowitzIt's like the Oscars.. all for useless publicity... some due this with brand valueJan 22 02:07
schestowitzMinceR: I have an ideaJan 22 02:07
_goblinSteve Jobs took no 1 spotJan 22 02:07
schestowitzLabel GMO-infected food "made with alien crops"Jan 22 02:07
schestowitzAlien as in outlandish, unfamiliarJan 22 02:07
_goblinawwwJan 22 02:07
schestowitz"use at your own risk"Jan 22 02:08
_goblinnot as in Dalek?Jan 22 02:08
schestowitzSign waiver at the counterJan 22 02:08
MinceRi don't find it too convincingJan 22 02:08
schestowitzI'm partly jokingJan 22 02:08
schestowitzBut anyway, I wish to avoid all that bad foodJan 22 02:08
schestowitzIt's being pushed into Africa and India nowJan 22 02:08
schestowitzPearly the crook helps it happenJan 22 02:08
schestowitz_goblin: that'll give them some pageviews from members of the Apple CultJan 22 02:09
schestowitzTop in terms of /what/?Jan 22 02:09
schestowitzPay?Jan 22 02:09
schestowitzFame?Jan 22 02:09
schestowitzPerformance?Jan 22 02:09
schestowitzKidney vitality?Jan 22 02:09
schestowitzIt's all just "junk food" laddersJan 22 02:10
_goblinI hope it does give them views/publicity........(I'll explain)Jan 22 02:10
schestowitzLike beauty pageants for old men in suitsJan 22 02:10
schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/firefox_three_dot_six_release/ No hype this time aroundJan 22 02:10
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schestowitz3.0 broke the Guinness recordJan 22 02:11
_goblinthe more we diversify the OS market the better for the end user, the more monopoly is taken away from one and split up, it matters not if its proprietary or FOSS.....its diversity that counts, diversity that will force open standards and diversity that prevents us from experiencing another MicrosoftJan 22 02:11
schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/bank_job_cuts/Jan 22 02:12
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schestowitz_goblin: agreedJan 22 02:12
schestowitzBut it doesn't make it the goalJan 22 02:12
schestowitzIt makes it a meanJan 22 02:12
schestowitzLike school is usually a mean to achieving other thingsJan 22 02:13
_goblinthe goal would be open standards and freedom of choice.  Without one company owning the monopoly we can have that....Jan 22 02:13
schestowitzNot a 'grades factory'Jan 22 02:13
schestowitz_goblin: choice between shacklesJan 22 02:13
schestowitzLike the phone duopoliesJan 22 02:13
_goblintrue but then one could argue you are shackled by FOSS if you choose a 100% FOSS lifestyle....Jan 22 02:14
schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/egypt_mobile/Jan 22 02:14
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_goblinlook at the popularity of gnewsense....Jan 22 02:14
_goblinand look at the popularity of UbuntuJan 22 02:14
DaemonFChttp://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10438924-245.htmlJan 22 02:14
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schestowitzUbuntu is not popularJan 22 02:14
schestowitzIt's widely usedJan 22 02:15
_goblinI think its quite clear that people want the best of both worlds and the freedom of chocie.Jan 22 02:15
schestowitzIt's like saying, look how "popular" Windows isJan 22 02:15
_goblinits the first port of call for most newbiesJan 22 02:15
schestowitzIt's ubiquitous, like Swine FLuJan 22 02:15
_goblinit has many people championing itJan 22 02:15
_goblinI regard that as popular.Jan 22 02:15
schestowitzPartly marketingJan 22 02:15
_goblintrue...Jan 22 02:15
_goblinbut then concessions have to be made if any rival to MS is going to get off the groundJan 22 02:16
schestowitzPopularity is not measured this wayJan 22 02:16
_goblinlike backburning a fireJan 22 02:16
schestowitzYou need to survey actual users and see their opinionsJan 22 02:16
schestowitzA lot of Mandriva users really, really love MandrivaJan 22 02:16
schestowitzMany people love RolexJan 22 02:16
_goblini wouldnt suggest otherwiseJan 22 02:16
schestowitzBut not many people wear a RolxJan 22 02:16
schestowitzDoes it mean that Rolex is unpopular?Jan 22 02:16
schestowitzI love this one: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/exeter_uni_malware_outbreak/Jan 22 02:17
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Exeter Uni goes offline to fight mystery malware • The Register .::. Size~: 25.84 KBJan 22 02:17
_goblinno, but if you were to pick 5 linux newcommers at random and ask them what they used.....how many do you think would be Ubuntu? - That to me is popular.Jan 22 02:17
_goblinI can't base my opinion off stats, merely my own personal experience of Linux newcommers.Jan 22 02:17
schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/uk_plastic_fraud_hotspot/Jan 22 02:18
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schestowitzNo, depends on how you define popularJan 22 02:18
_goblinbut the popularity between Ubuntu/Gnewsense was more to highlight the fact that the demand is not there for a 100% FOSS existance....I could have compared Mandriva, Mint or Fedora it doesn't matter.Jan 22 02:18
schestowitzLike it depends on the definition of FreedomJan 22 02:19
schestowitzWhich means different things to GNU and BSDJan 22 02:19
_goblinyep, but Im talking at a higher level...the user who cares not about src, merely the packages they useJan 22 02:19
schestowitzGnewsense is popular among its usersJan 22 02:19
schestowitzhttp://data.gov.uk/homeJan 22 02:20
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_goblinIm sure, but I don't think it can be suggested that a 100% Proprietary free existance is what the majority of Linux users want...look at the popularity of Wine, or Dosbox or emulation or even something as simple a gfx drivers.Jan 22 02:20
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] "#Toyota didn't tell where all the energy for their battery electric & fuelcell hybrids would come from" http://bit.ly/5M3QuO #peakoil #coalJan 22 02:22
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schestowitz_goblin: trueJan 22 02:22
_goblinDont get me wrong, I think the FOSS model is far the better platform to aspire to but I think we need to be realistic and understand that there are still many facets of computing where people will want a proprietary solution (rightly or wrongly)...to deny them that I think puts Linux at a disadvantage.Jan 22 02:23
schestowitzAnyway, if you were to do an experiment, you'd get your results depending on how you make up the methodologyJan 22 02:23
schestowitzYou could prove anything given a methodJan 22 02:23
schestowitzStatistics are not something that I trustJan 22 02:23
_goblinme neither.Jan 22 02:23
schestowitzJust watch how the BPI lies about counterfeitingJan 22 02:23
schestowitzLike surveying 180 people, then extrapolating to 60 million from thoseJan 22 02:24
schestowitzAnd stupid MSBBC and others parroting the utter rubbishJan 22 02:24
schestowitzIn scientific paper, everyone's own method is shown to be "best" based on some statistical analysis; the question remains, whose is the bestest [sic]?Jan 22 02:26
schestowitzThere are some surveys that are more independent from groups without their methods (i.e. no conflicts of interest), but it's tricky to implement and compare different methodsJan 22 02:26
_goblinschestowitz: What did you make of the hacker case? The autistic chap (forgotten his name)Jan 22 02:27
schestowitzPeople implement very poorly what they believe emulates other people's competitive methods and they sometimes conceal data or look for data which favours themJan 22 02:27
schestowitzThe good scientists find out what causes issues rather than fit data to desired outcomeJan 22 02:27
schestowitzMcKinnonJan 22 02:28
_goblinschestowitz: Ive been looking through some caselaw in regards to computer "crime"...Jan 22 02:28
schestowitzThey should leave the lad aloneJan 22 02:28
schestowitzHe was just playingJan 22 02:28
schestowitzhe helped them identify a flawJan 22 02:28
schestowitzThey should be thankful he's not an agent for the KGBJan 22 02:28
_goblinI think the fact he is autistic coupled with the intention of looking for Aliens at worst should have been a UK case....Jan 22 02:28
schestowitz_goblin: his crime is that he changed their wallpapers and stuffJan 22 02:28
schestowitzHe didn't mess up anything AFAIKJan 22 02:29
schestowitzJust a curious intruderJan 22 02:29
_goblinI understood he was looking for evidence of aliensJan 22 02:29
schestowitzThe one that breaks into your house through an open door and then gazes at your paintingsJan 22 02:29
_goblinmaybe proof of harmless intentJan 22 02:29
schestowitzA harmless 13 year old...Jan 22 02:29
schestowitzThe Pentagon craves a scapegoatJan 22 02:29
schestowitz_goblin: maybe the "Alien" thing is part of the defenceJan 22 02:30
schestowitzMaking him look dementedJan 22 02:30
schestowitzTo get him off easyJan 22 02:30
_goblinIve been looking at some cases and it appears that computer sexual offences comitted on the net in the USA from the UK have been heard in a UK court...Jan 22 02:30
schestowitzIf he's into alien, then it's case discussedJan 22 02:30
schestowitzThen he's just infantileJan 22 02:30
schestowitz /discussed/dismissed/Jan 22 02:30
_goblinyes, but...the issue is the action, not the intended results (if we are looking at the computer misuse act)Jan 22 02:31
schestowitzMaybe he'll become famous like MitnickJan 22 02:31
_goblinfor example, me hacking your site to correct a spelling mistake.Jan 22 02:31
schestowitzWho is now on Twitter BTWJan 22 02:31
schestowitzI only found out yesterdayJan 22 02:31
schestowitzIt's not just intentJan 22 02:32
schestowitzIt's what you doJan 22 02:32
schestowitzSome crackers just leave a note to say they vicitedJan 22 02:32
_goblinthats what I say.....action not intended results.Jan 22 02:32
schestowitzSome resort to using it for cybercrime and defacementJan 22 02:32
schestowitzGary didn't do muchJan 22 02:32
schestowitzHe swapped wallpapers and 'read around'Jan 22 02:32
_goblinagreed.....the fact that he is autistic is another factor.Jan 22 02:33
schestowitzAnd he exploited obviously insecure boxed]Jan 22 02:33
schestowitz*xesJan 22 02:33
_goblinas I say, other "cybercrime" commited from the UK, has been dealt with quite fairly in the UK courts.Jan 22 02:33
_goblinI cannot understand why they want to get him to the USA.Jan 22 02:34
_goblinwhere he could face a disproportionate sentence.Jan 22 02:34
schestowitzMore "statistics" and alarming new headline these generate: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8470631.stmJan 22 02:34
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schestowitz_goblin: me neitherJan 22 02:34
_goblinIn the UK he would be looking at max 6 months (IMO) more than likely suspended for 2 years.Jan 22 02:34
schestowitzI never looked that upJan 22 02:34
DaemonFChmmm, Internet Explorer 8 got 5 stars from CNET, users gave it 2 starsJan 22 02:34
schestowitzBut the UK already swaps a lot of data with the USJan 22 02:35
DaemonFCdiscrepancy anyone?Jan 22 02:35
schestowitz_goblin: do you know that some RAF bases here are fake?Jan 22 02:35
schestowitzThey are US basesJan 22 02:35
_goblin-Jan 22 02:35
_goblinno commentJan 22 02:35
schestowitzSome even retain transatlantic E-mailJan 22 02:35
schestowitz_goblin: that's a fact thougJan 22 02:35
_goblinI cant comment...sorry.Jan 22 02:36
schestowitzNo comment is needed, groups have already exposed this by infiltratingJan 22 02:36
schestowitz:-)Jan 22 02:36
_goblinI think Roy you already have a good idea of what I do.....Jan 22 02:36
_goblinbut please don't sayJan 22 02:36
schestowitzSorry, I knew I should not have brought it upJan 22 02:36
schestowitzI have a friend here who was in the British army fighting in Kuwait...Jan 22 02:37
schestowitzThere's regrets over this...Jan 22 02:37
schestowitzNokia launches Ovi maps to challenge to sat-navs http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8472165.stmJan 22 02:38
schestowitzNice...Jan 22 02:38
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schestowitzYou know what GPS is good for?Jan 22 02:38
schestowitzTracking peopleJan 22 02:38
schestowitzNow only where they are at any momentJan 22 02:38
_goblinSchestowitz: by whom?Jan 22 02:38
schestowitzWe have cellphones for thatJan 22 02:38
schestowitzYou can also see which positions they are interested in (data on demand)Jan 22 02:38
schestowitz_goblin: the Big Brother{Tm}Jan 22 02:38
_goblinSchestowitz: ahJan 22 02:39
_goblinwho's that then?Jan 22 02:39
schestowitzHere's the thingJan 22 02:39
schestowitzYou could specify a rule, "give me IPs of all people who zoom into Baghdad"Jan 22 02:39
schestowitzThere's post morten of crime that points fingers at electronic mapsJan 22 02:39
schestowitzYou get the perpetrators IPs and then look back at logsJan 22 02:40
schestowitzGoogle has MASSIVE logsJan 22 02:40
_goblinbut then thats a little different to big brother....thats more of a technique to form a military strategy.Jan 22 02:40
schestowitzAnalytics, mail, Maps/Earth....Jan 22 02:40
schestowitz_goblin: Jan 22 02:40
schestowitz!google paul airport arrestedJan 22 02:40
schestowitzOops. It doesn't work from server side....Jan 22 02:40
_goblinand if you think about it, is it any different to the police observing a drugs adress, benefit office observing benefit cheats....Jan 22 02:41
schestowitzhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/18/paul-chambers-twitter-air_n_426881.htmlJan 22 02:41
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_goblinits just using tech to do something people are already doing.Jan 22 02:41
schestowitzThey do a self-censorship thing, like in ChinaJan 22 02:41
schestowitzPeople must be careful what they read/watch/sayJan 22 02:41
schestowitzEven if there is no ill intentJan 22 02:41
schestowitzCause they are being watchedJan 22 02:42
schestowitzIf not in real time, then deferred so to speakJan 22 02:42
schestowitzBased on many triggersJan 22 02:42
schestowitzLike "give me list of anyone who searches for "dirty bomb""Jan 22 02:42
_goblinbut as I said to you before....imagine if you were the officer that was looking at the message.....if there was even just a 0.00001% chance that it was real, would you take the risk of not doing something?Jan 22 02:42
schestowitzSo scientists who are interested in the subject are being flagged alreadyJan 22 02:43
schestowitz_goblin: no need to arrestJan 22 02:43
_goblinreally?Jan 22 02:43
schestowitzThey could come over politely and speak to himJan 22 02:43
schestowitzJudges of characterJan 22 02:43
_goblinwe live in a world of backcovering.....Jan 22 02:43
schestowitzAnd they'd see he's harmlessJan 22 02:43
_goblinwould you really take the chance?Jan 22 02:43
schestowitzOnly some serial killers -- not suicide bombers -- are sometimes smart enough to appear normalJan 22 02:44
_goblinand under PACE guidelines you would need to arrest to interview.Jan 22 02:44
schestowitz[02:43] <_goblin> we live in a world of backcovering.....Jan 22 02:44
_goblin(unless he was a caution+2 interview which is pointless)Jan 22 02:44
schestowitzTERROR~1 is not a top threatJan 22 02:44
schestowitzCancer is oneJan 22 02:44
schestowitzCar accidentsJan 22 02:44
schestowitzClass strugglesJan 22 02:44
_goblintell that to a police officer who doesn't arrest a potential threat.Jan 22 02:44
schestowitzWhich mean brawls in streetsJan 22 02:44
schestowitzBOmbs and a very, very rare incidentJan 22 02:45
schestowitzThe counterpane at BT agreesJan 22 02:45
schestowitz_goblin: they should also arrest other threatsJan 22 02:45
schestowitzThat cause deathsJan 22 02:45
schestowitzLike Monsanto execsJan 22 02:45
schestowitzMicrosoft execs caused enormous damage tooJan 22 02:45
_goblinbut then that falls out of the knowledge/experience of the average officer.Jan 22 02:45
schestowitzThey should identify mortal threatsJan 22 02:45
_goblinas great as the UK police are, they cannot be experts in all subjects.Jan 22 02:46
schestowitzAnd then ask, based on priority, how do we prevent it/Jan 22 02:46
schestowitzHaiti was like 15 9/11sJan 22 02:46
schestowitzAnd now the military took over the country, which is outrageousJan 22 02:46
_goblinRoy, I think the misconception about policing is that its no longer a force, its a service.Jan 22 02:46
_goblinand by that the UK is policed by consent.Jan 22 02:47
schestowitzExcessive enforcement erodes trustJan 22 02:47
schestowitzI don't need to tell you that there's growing unrest among the British public wrt policeJan 22 02:47
DaemonFCso?Jan 22 02:47
schestowitzI would not give them any eyewitness testimonies to them, eitherJan 22 02:47
_goblinand a flippant disregard or dismissal of laws erodes the effectiveness of any such laws.Jan 22 02:47
schestowitzANd then there's the Tomlinson [spelling] incident from G8Jan 22 02:47
DaemonFCthey disarmed you, what are you going to use, schestowitz?Jan 22 02:48
DaemonFCfoul language?Jan 22 02:48
schestowitzDaemonFC: shut up, man :-)Jan 22 02:48
_goblinbut what is excessive enforcement?  Its hard to quantify in an umbrella statement.Jan 22 02:48
DaemonFCthat's why they aren't scared of youJan 22 02:48
schestowitzAnnie, get your gun!Jan 22 02:48
schestowitz_goblin: like in IraqJan 22 02:49
schestowitzBlair helped fabricate excuse for entryJan 22 02:49
schestowitzGovernment and police are tiedJan 22 02:49
_goblineach incident must be judged on its merits and the officers concerned brought to task if its deemed excessive.Jan 22 02:49
schestowitzBy the armyJan 22 02:49
schestowitzAnd it's seen as aggression that has only increased the threat of terrorismJan 22 02:49
DaemonFCthey have batons, tasers, flash bang grenades, smoke grenades, pistols, and shotgunsJan 22 02:49
schestowitzAFAICT, there has been far greater risk and reports of terror in the UK since the Iraq war began, as the UK government expectedJan 22 02:49
DaemonFCwere you planning to use Drunken Boxing?Jan 22 02:50
_goblinthat cannot be argued (by me anyway)Jan 22 02:50
schestowitzIn other words, a concious risk was taken knowing it would harm security rather than improve itJan 22 02:50
schestowitzMind you, I supported the Iraq invasionJan 22 02:50
schestowitzCause I believed the propagandaJan 22 02:50
schestowitzThe bunkJan 22 02:50
_goblina difficult one.....Jan 22 02:50
schestowitzI'm just basically trying to explain why terror (or "War on Terror{TM}") was madeJan 22 02:51
schestowitzThere's a history of intervention prior to it, going back at last to 1953Jan 22 02:51
schestowitzHow many operations of terror have been foiled and how many were not?Jan 22 02:52
DaemonFCtyranny typically ensues when they disarm the peasants and make it illegal for them to defend themselvesJan 22 02:52
schestowitzLet me show you the BBC's "power of nightmares"Jan 22 02:52
DaemonFCyou shouldn't expect anything lessJan 22 02:52
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1WkmioQvAJan 22 02:52
DaemonFCdisarming civilians has nothing to do with stopping violent crimeJan 22 02:52
_goblinWhat I will say is this......Im certainly not impartial when talking about the armed services.  I cannot really comment on the rights and wrongs of the conflict.  What I can say is that there is much going on behind the scenes which the average joe will never find out about.....does this justify foriegn policy...I couldn't comment, but at some point we have to put faith in people on the ground who make the real decisions in theJan 22 02:53
_goblinse conflicts.Jan 22 02:53
schestowitzHEre is the BBC quoting the propaganda ministers for the MAFIAA: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8471290.stmJan 22 02:54
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schestowitzThey should also post articles contradicting thisJan 22 02:54
DaemonFC_goblin: How many things can be improvised into a weapon in a pinch?Jan 22 02:54
DaemonFCthings they can't make you fork overJan 22 02:54
_goblinanythingJan 22 02:54
schestowitz" there is much going on behind the scenes which the average joe will never find out about...."Jan 22 02:54
schestowitzLike the Blair correspondence about making fake reasons to enter IraqJan 22 02:55
schestowitzBefore 9/11 evenJan 22 02:55
schestowitzBlair wanted regime changeJan 22 02:55
schestowitzI'm pro-Labour BTWJan 22 02:55
_goblinI would mean that both for the good and for the bad.....Jan 22 02:55
DaemonFCschestowitz: I still say it's an amazing coincidence that you got Bush/Blair/Harper/Howard all there at the same timeJan 22 02:55
schestowitzDaemonFOX starts sounding like an NRA nutterJan 22 02:55
DaemonFCit's like everyone got their own mini-bushJan 22 02:55
_goblinand I can't say what I vote, but I will say I fully champion George Galloway.Jan 22 02:55
_goblinhis ethos of respectJan 22 02:56
schestowitzHe's OKJan 22 02:56
schestowitzI like it when he's shouting /less/Jan 22 02:56
schestowitzSeeing him in the House of Lords makes me nervous. It's like he's gonna scream at some stage.Jan 22 02:57
_goblinlike I say I support his ethos of respect and despite what you agree or disagree with him on, he has conviction in what he says.....oh and his expenses claims were £0Jan 22 02:57
DaemonFCYou never hear anyone asking why the US started it and then go on to ask why their own government couldn't be more willing to help, do you?Jan 22 02:57
_goblinPutting another head on for a second (and I stress this is my view alone)Jan 22 02:58
schestowitzDaemonFOX fantasises about armed rebellion with his fellow Obamabooster :-)Jan 22 02:58
schestowitz_goblin: rename to "hyydra"Jan 22 02:58
DaemonFCFox? pffftJan 22 02:58
schestowitzDaemonFOX: that's youJan 22 02:58
_goblinI think the USA's problem is that they never learnt from Vietnamm.  The American's believed tech would win that war and have never accepted "boots on the ground" was what is required.Jan 22 02:58
schestowitzCambodia tooJan 22 02:59
_goblinnow we have a modern day conflict with pretty much the same parameters.Jan 22 02:59
DaemonFCschestowitz: I am not Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Brit Hume......Jan 22 02:59
schestowitzsliding some rounds off the b52saJan 22 02:59
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ml2mst] OMG, I'm shocked! DFS doesn't understand why "COLA advocate$¨ (his words) don't contribute to Novell/SUSE.Jan 22 02:59
DaemonFCWhy would you even compare me to them?Jan 22 02:59
_goblinwho? What?Jan 22 02:59
DaemonFCthat's a Republican news channel, or TeabaggersJan 22 02:59
schestowitzSpilling pennies from HeavenJan 22 02:59
DaemonFCYou must be THIS stupid to watch this networkJan 22 03:00
_goblinI don't think the USA is "bad" though, anymore than the UK.Jan 22 03:00
_goblinits the troops and innocents that suffer for the decisions of those in power.Jan 22 03:01
DaemonFC_goblin: soldier = needed a job, found oneJan 22 03:01
DaemonFCit's not their faultJan 22 03:01
_goblin?Jan 22 03:01
_goblincertainly not.Jan 22 03:01
_goblinA soldiers duty is clear.  To follow orders.  You cannot have an army with any other ethos.Jan 22 03:02
schestowitz_goblin:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu8PJBRa60sJan 22 03:02
DaemonFCit's not as if even German soldiers post-WW II were lynchedJan 22 03:02
DaemonFCthe people that told them what to do or directly supervised it were lynched or imprisonedJan 22 03:03
DaemonFCas it should beJan 22 03:03
DaemonFCthe tragedy is that we can't lynch Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, hell, the whole damned cabinetJan 22 03:04
DaemonFCand every person in Congress that voted for thisJan 22 03:04
_goblinDaemonFC: lynching is never "as it should be" - Brought to trial by their peers is what it should be.Jan 22 03:04
_goblinDaemonFC: Are you American?Jan 22 03:05
DaemonFCok, they were court ordered to hand by the neck until deadJan 22 03:05
DaemonFC*hangJan 22 03:05
_goblindifference to being lynched though......trial, finding of guilt, punishmentJan 22 03:06
_goblinor indeed finding of innocence....Jan 22 03:06
DaemonFCyeah, the term is a little different here though in useJan 22 03:06
DaemonFCwhen execution by hanging was recognized, the papers would say the person was lynchedJan 22 03:06
_goblinah....talking of the USA, to me having the right to arms is inconcievable.......Jan 22 03:07
_goblinI cannot imagine that over in the UKJan 22 03:07
DaemonFC_goblin: violent crime would go downJan 22 03:08
_goblinreally?Jan 22 03:08
_goblintell me how many fatalities are there through gun crime in the USAJan 22 03:08
schestowitz_goblin: DaemonFOX brags about carrying a loaded gun when he goes to barsJan 22 03:08
DaemonFCyeah, there would be shootings, but the body count in total would go downJan 22 03:08
_goblinor do your criminals merely forget their right to a gun and use harsh words.Jan 22 03:08
_goblinDaemonFC: Do you have a weapon?Jan 22 03:09
schestowitzNot the one he wantsJan 22 03:09
DaemonFC_goblin: felony conviction can permanently remove your right to have any kind of firearmJan 22 03:09
schestowitzHe wants fully automatic oneJan 22 03:09
DaemonFCit means nothingJan 22 03:09
schestowitzBanned for civiliansJan 22 03:09
_goblinoh God.Jan 22 03:09
DaemonFCit's like losing your driver's licenseJan 22 03:09
DaemonFCyou can still driveJan 22 03:09
DaemonFCall the drunks drive, they don't care if it's legalJan 22 03:09
schestowitzHe carries his gun in the car tooJan 22 03:09
schestowitzTell him, DaemonFOXJan 22 03:09
_goblinDaemonFC: Can you even imagine what its like to end a life?Jan 22 03:10
schestowitz_goblin: we had this discussion here 2 days agoJan 22 03:10
_goblinahJan 22 03:10
DaemonFCnope, and I hope nobody forces me to find outJan 22 03:10
_goblinwell get rid of your gun and you won't have to.Jan 22 03:10
DaemonFCbut it's their mistake if it happensJan 22 03:10
_goblinno.Jan 22 03:10
_goblinit will be yoursJan 22 03:10
schestowitz_goblin: I'm just relieved he's far away in Indiana :)Jan 22 03:10
_goblinkilling someone is like a tatoo you hate but nobody can see....it taints you....Jan 22 03:11
_goblinit lives with you.....it makes you dirty.....You never want to be in that situation.Jan 22 03:11
schestowitzDaemonFOX: your tax dollar at work: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012101604.htmlJan 22 03:12
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DaemonFCHi Point .45 ACP with standard 9 round clipJan 22 03:12
DaemonFCit's cheap, but surprisingly accurate and durableJan 22 03:13
DaemonFCnever had it jamJan 22 03:13
schestowitzhttp://rawstory.com/2010/01/exclusive-kucinich-shreds-democrats/Jan 22 03:13
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*Tallken has quit ("Leaving")Jan 22 03:13
DaemonFCschestowitz: I wanted Kucinich to win the primaryJan 22 03:14
schestowitzhttp://rawstory.com/2010/01/largest-health-insurers-profits-rise-30-percent/Jan 22 03:14
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schestowitzThat's your tax moneyJan 22 03:14
_goblin"Hi Point .45 ACP with standard 9 round clip" - lol....Jan 22 03:14
DaemonFCthe Republicans tried to get together and vote for Hillary Clinton just to give the Democrats an unelectable ticketJan 22 03:14
_goblinget rid of your weapons it makes me sad to hear people talk like that.Jan 22 03:15
schestowitzhttp://rawstory.com/2010/01/mormon-plausible-deniability-antigay-effort/Jan 22 03:15
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schestowitzNovell has many MormonsJan 22 03:15
DaemonFC_goblin: Most third party clips are 10 roundJan 22 03:15
schestowitz_goblin: we told him to throw it at a lakeJan 22 03:15
schestowitzFirearms are sold over the counterJan 22 03:15
DaemonFConly at gun showsJan 22 03:16
_goblindaemonFC: You don't need to talk firearms to me.Jan 22 03:16
DaemonFCthat's where the criminals like to get themJan 22 03:16
schestowitzWhen I bought an air rifle (recreational in Florida) there was no "cooloff period" restriction thoughJan 22 03:16
_goblindaemonFC: Ive seen first hand the destruction they cause....if only it was like the movies eh?Jan 22 03:16
DaemonFCan air rifle?Jan 22 03:16
DaemonFCthat's all?Jan 22 03:16
DaemonFCa 16 year old can buy one of thoseJan 22 03:16
_goblinand kill another with one.Jan 22 03:16
DaemonFCput an eye out maybeJan 22 03:17
DaemonFC:DJan 22 03:17
schestowitzDaemonFC: it's the national sport, so whatt he heckJan 22 03:17
_goblinit doesn't matter if its a GAT or an SA80.....no need for guns.Jan 22 03:17
schestowitzThe other national sport is shoppingJan 22 03:17
_goblintable tennis is a far better national sport than shooting.Jan 22 03:17
_goblinor goldJan 22 03:17
_goblin*golfJan 22 03:17
DaemonFCthe steel pellets hurt a littleJan 22 03:17
schestowitz_goblin: Everything is OK 5 - Child Soldiers < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1qAR1pdiGY >Jan 22 03:18
schestowitzBritish army brings gun glamour to kidsJan 22 03:18
_goblinschestowitz: shame the SA80 is prone to jaming....Jan 22 03:18
DaemonFCyeah, I'd rather have something less powerful that didn't jam if it came to itJan 22 03:19
_goblinschestowitz: or the body armour is completely ineffective against an AK47 which can go through a car engine.Jan 22 03:19
schestowitz_goblin: start here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1qAR1pdiGY#t=360Jan 22 03:19
DaemonFCwhat are you going to say "Hold on while I figure this out"?Jan 22 03:19
schestowitzIt's 6th minuteJan 22 03:19
DaemonFCsupposedly my vest can handle a shotgun blastJan 22 03:22
DaemonFCI don't want to find outJan 22 03:22
schestowitzI never visited the AP site, I reckon.... http://www.ap.org/Jan 22 03:22
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schestowitzAP deserved to go out of business for attacking fair useJan 22 03:22
_goblinif its more than 10meters away, you would probably survive a shotgun hit anyway.Jan 22 03:22
_goblinkevlar is it?Jan 22 03:23
DaemonFCyesJan 22 03:23
_goblincompletely useless against a more common threat, the knife.Jan 22 03:23
schestowitzDaemonFC: do you wear your vest to the bar too?Jan 22 03:23
_goblinhe probably could....they are quite thinJan 22 03:23
schestowitzWe could all chip in and buy you a bulletproof helmet for the bar tooJan 22 03:23
schestowitzSee? Guns make people feel _a lot_ saferJan 22 03:24
schestowitzNo inconvenience or increased risk eitherJan 22 03:24
DaemonFCschestowitz: It's a kevlar vest, not a flotation deviceJan 22 03:25
DaemonFCof course I could wear it under my normal clothingJan 22 03:25
schestowitzDaemonFC: in the US, never try to break up a fight in the streetsJan 22 03:25
schestowitzOverflow/flood of armsJan 22 03:25
_goblinI think that rule should apply everywhere.Jan 22 03:25
schestowitzSo you can't help strangers, eitherJan 22 03:25
_goblinfor civilians.Jan 22 03:25
_goblinfor civies its not worth it......Jan 22 03:25
DaemonFCschestowitz: Don't become involved in business that's not yours or someones you care aboutJan 22 03:26
_goblinand can often provoke further.....observe, report and be a witness, thats the best advice.Jan 22 03:26
DaemonFCWhy would I try to break up a fight between strangers?Jan 22 03:26
schestowitzGood Samaritan?Jan 22 03:26
DaemonFCshoot their kneecaps outJan 22 03:26
_goblinwith what?Jan 22 03:27
*schestowitz sighsJan 22 03:27
_goblinand how?Jan 22 03:27
DaemonFCtake my good samaritan awardJan 22 03:27
_goblinyou a marksman Daemon?Jan 22 03:27
_goblinever tried hitting a moving target the size of a kneecap?Jan 22 03:27
schestowitzhttp://www.techworld.com.au/article/333365/european_union_clears_oracle_purchase_sun?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1Jan 22 03:27
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DaemonFCat several feet away, I could probably manageJan 22 03:27
_goblindoubt it.Jan 22 03:27
schestowitzhttp://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/01/youtube-to-sundance-independent.htmlJan 22 03:28
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DaemonFCshoot them in the assJan 22 03:28
DaemonFC:PJan 22 03:28
_goblinunfortunately life doesn't work like a Robocop movie.Jan 22 03:28
schestowitzHehe.Jan 22 03:28
schestowitzRobocop spreads the perception that Good Guys never get shot or woundedJan 22 03:29
_goblinand at several feet away you would probably take the bottom half of their leg off, not a nice clean hole to kneecap.Jan 22 03:29
DaemonFCno, he got shot, at least a few hundred timesJan 22 03:29
schestowitzWildest Police Chase encourages the thought that Bad Guys never ever manage to get awayJan 22 03:29
schestowitzThey even make it explicitJan 22 03:29
_goblinDaemonFC: You've never seen the trauma a bullet makes have you?Jan 22 03:30
schestowitzSomething like, "if you are running away from the police, you _will_ get caught"Jan 22 03:30
DaemonFCand I don't care unless I'm the one that's shotJan 22 03:30
schestowitzTheme song "bad boys bad boys, whatcha gonna do whatcha gonna do when they come for you"Jan 22 03:30
_goblinbut it makes your perception of "how things work" a little distorted.Jan 22 03:30
_goblinschestowitz: DaemonFC's views highlight everything that is wrong in todays society.  They live in a wibbley wobbly world where things happen nicely its all like the movies and it all goes according to plan.  People don't take responsibility for their own actions and think that everything will be ok.  It wont.  I find these type of attitudes very sad.Jan 22 03:32
_goblinunfortunately, by the time some people realize this it will be too late and they will be in court up on charges.Jan 22 03:33
_goblinSorry Roy.  Rant over.  I have a very anti-firearms stance....Jan 22 03:34
DaemonFC_goblin: It's pretty much a joke to be charged with misdemeanors unless you're an idiotJan 22 03:34
DaemonFC(or use the public defender)Jan 22 03:34
_goblinI wouldn't regard shooting someone a misdemeanor.Jan 22 03:35
DaemonFCno, but not always a crimeJan 22 03:35
DaemonFCthief breaks into my house, sees me, comes after me, I shoot and kill himJan 22 03:36
DaemonFCI have not committed a crimeJan 22 03:36
_goblinplease don't think like that.Jan 22 03:36
schestowitz[03:34] <_goblin> Sorry Roy.  Rant over.  I have a very anti-firearms stance....Jan 22 03:36
_goblinwhat if it turns out the burglar was trying to feed his starving children?Jan 22 03:36
schestowitzSame hereJan 22 03:36
schestowitzDon't apologiseJan 22 03:36
DaemonFCyou should probably shoot to kill so they don't sue youJan 22 03:37
schestowitzFurnaceBoy and I preached to DaemonFOX over this for hoursJan 22 03:37
DaemonFC:)Jan 22 03:37
DaemonFChe gets a lawyer and they make him ham up the process of limping into the court room and lying about what happenedJan 22 03:37
_goblinDaemonFC: Speaking as someone who has seen the horrors of violence, take it from me, it isn't clever, it isn't nice and without going towards religion...it isn't right.Jan 22 03:37
DaemonFCand the jury awards them all your stuffJan 22 03:38
DaemonFCit's better to just make sure he doesn't get back upJan 22 03:38
schestowitzOh dear.Jan 22 03:38
schestowitzLittle Boy Heroically Shoots, Mutilates Burglar < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWo6m5hbG4 >Jan 22 03:38
_goblinlike I say DaemonFC: what would you do if the person was stealing to feed his starving children?Jan 22 03:38
DaemonFCthen he picked the wrong person to steal fromJan 22 03:39
_goblinIm sure his kids would not feel the same way.Jan 22 03:39
_goblin?Jan 22 03:39
DaemonFCgood for them?Jan 22 03:39
_goblinI hope if ever you meet someone like yourself, they show more compassion than you do.Jan 22 03:39
DaemonFCI don't victimize people and try to excuse myselfJan 22 03:40
*schestowitz facepalmsJan 22 03:40
DaemonFCI lived in my car from when I was 16-halfway through 18Jan 22 03:40
_goblinI never said you did, but shooting someone to ensure they don't get up because you don't want to be sued is at best outragious.Jan 22 03:41
DaemonFCand I didn't become some hood that breaks into peoples homes and steals thingsJan 22 03:41
DaemonFCthe stealing to feed his family hypothetical is actually pretty lameJan 22 03:41
schestowitz_goblin: DaemonFOX was on paroleJan 22 03:41
_goblinnever said you did....but yet you seem to deem yourself as judge and jury.Jan 22 03:41
DaemonFCschestowitz: informal probationJan 22 03:41
schestowitzHe comes from a decent family, I can't understand himJan 22 03:41
schestowitzHere he is talking about VIsta 7 http://boycottnovell.com/videos/vista-7-review.oggJan 22 03:42
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DaemonFCif it makes you feel any better, when you get into a fist fight the police arrest both of youJan 22 03:42
_goblinHe needs a tour in theatre.....he'll snap out of his attitude very quickly.Jan 22 03:42
schestowitzHe's a clever guy, but f*ed up somewhere in the ethics dept.Jan 22 03:42
DaemonFCI should find Jesus and ask him what to doJan 22 03:43
schestowitzHe's on the new riflesJan 22 03:45
schestowitzhttp://video.foxnews.com/v/3976314/backlash-over-bible-codes-on-rifles/?playlist_id=87249Jan 22 03:45
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Backlash Over Bible Codes on Rifles - Video - FoxNews.com .::. Size~: 90.24 KBJan 22 03:45
schestowitz"Talk to the rifle!"Jan 22 03:45
DaemonFCschestowitz: remember that 21 year old CEO of a defense contractor, was selling the US government ammunition for AK-47s to arm the Afghan army with?Jan 22 03:47
DaemonFConly it was rounds made in China in 1968Jan 22 03:47
schestowitzHas someone tried this yet? http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/279383:mozilla-officially-releases-firefox-36Jan 22 03:47
schestowitzWow. Your country no longer even produces its bullets?Jan 22 03:48
DaemonFCyepJan 22 03:48
DaemonFCschestowitz: We don't use those roundsJan 22 03:48
schestowitzI thought arms and "IP" was all the export leftJan 22 03:48
DaemonFCyou forgot subsidized agricultureJan 22 03:49
schestowitzSOmeone told me US unemployment (real numbers) hover around 20%Jan 22 03:49
schestowitzHow's that housemate of yours who had flu and debt?Jan 22 03:49
schestowitzI hope she's doing wellJan 22 03:49
DaemonFCschestowitz: The numbers the government is ADMITTING TO is 15.8% in the town I live inJan 22 03:50
schestowitzI got this really sad E-mail todayJan 22 03:50
schestowitzPeople worry for their families in this meltdownJan 22 03:50
DaemonFCand that's pretty typical of the entire state right nowJan 22 03:50
schestowitzYet you told someone you do well in this crisisJan 22 03:50
schestowitzWashington is going bankruptJan 22 03:50
DaemonFCschestowitz: Obama is funneling the stimulus money into non-existent projectsJan 22 03:50
DaemonFCnot all of it, just a lot of itJan 22 03:51
_goblinright Im off to bed....Jan 22 03:51
schestowitzhttp://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linuxconfau-day-threeJan 22 03:51
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_goblinRoy, pleasure as always.Jan 22 03:51
schestowitzDaemonFC: banks are not "projects"Jan 22 03:51
schestowitzThe are privately-owned tyranniesJan 22 03:51
_goblinDaemonFC: grow a pair, get rid of your weapons and have a little humanity.Jan 22 03:51
schestowitzAlmost $100,000,000,000 in bonuses this yearJan 22 03:51
DaemonFCschestowitz: They lie and say they sent the money to zip codes that don't existJan 22 03:51
schestowitzThey did such a WONDERFUL jobs those bankersJan 22 03:51
DaemonFCwhere's it really going?Jan 22 03:52
schestowitzThat's just the few LARGE banksJan 22 03:52
schestowitzGetting their reward :-)Jan 22 03:52
schestowitzDaemonFC: I think he's somewhat nihilisticJan 22 03:52
schestowitzOops.Jan 22 03:53
schestowitz_goblin:  I think DaemonFC is  somewhat nihilisticJan 22 03:53
_goblinand to everyone else..... in the words of a famous character from Red Dwarf - "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast"Jan 22 03:53
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DaemonFCStoke me a clipperJan 22 03:54
DaemonFC:)Jan 22 03:54
schestowitz4 o'clock, it's tea time!Jan 22 03:54
schestowitzhttp://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/21/blippy.philip.kaplan/index.htmlJan 22 03:56
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schestowitzSmoke me a clipper and a CLippyJan 22 03:57
schestowitzhttp://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/21/interview-with-boing.htmlJan 22 03:58
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schestowitzThis on will get DaemonFOX excited: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/21/donate-20-to-haiti-g.htmlJan 22 03:59
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Donate $20 to Haiti, get $1481 worth of free RPGs Boing Boing .::. Size~: 51.96 KBJan 22 03:59
schestowitzhttp://monty-says.blogspot.com/2010/01/invitation-to-test-mariadb-51-release.htmlJan 22 04:05
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schestowitzhttp://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=276909 "GPL licence with a level of service usually associated with commercial business software"Jan 22 04:31
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schestowitzWhat are they trying to say?Jan 22 04:31
schestowitzThat GPL and "commercial business software" are contradictory?Jan 22 04:31
DaemonFCuggghJan 22 04:46
DaemonFCNoScript thinks Comcast.net is trying to use an XSS attackJan 22 04:46
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DaemonFC"But sir I did pay my bill on time and used the Ecobilling.  I think you  must have Throttled my connection and caused the payment to not go  through.  You guys really need to work on how you screw with the subs  connection."Jan 22 04:51
DaemonFCniceJan 22 04:51
DaemonFChttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20983591-Jan 22 04:52
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DaemonFCApproved Browsers and Operating Systems For PC Users:   •Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher or  •Netscape Navigator 6.2 For Macintosh OS9 Users:  •Netscape Navigator 6.2 or   •Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher For Macintosh OSX Users:   •Netscape Navigator 6.2 or  •Internet Explorer IE 5.1 or higherJan 22 04:53
DaemonFCthat's 2004ific!Jan 22 04:53
DaemonFC"approved browsers"Jan 22 04:53
DaemonFCComcast has to approve what browser you use apparentlyJan 22 04:54
DaemonFC"If we make a change in the hardware or software requirements listed  above and that change creates a material risk that you will no longer be  able to access or retain the records described in Paragraph 2 above, we  will provide you with an explanation of the revised hardware or  software requirements necessary for your access and retention of such  records and will ask you to confirm your consent to receipt of such  records iJan 22 04:55
DaemonFCIf they screw with the requirements to use their site and I can't log in to do anything, then I have to log in to the system I can't log into to ask them to give me paper billing backJan 22 04:55
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TheMadHatterRoy, you there?Jan 22 05:06
TheMadHatterOK, guess not. FYI, Gill Bates has damned good connections with Arianna Huffington. She posts his wife's stuff. She posts his Dad's stuff. She posts Steve Ballmer's stuff. Now she's posting Billg's stuff.Jan 22 05:07
TheMadHatterhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-gates/why-we-need-innovation-no_b_430699.htmlJan 22 05:07
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TheMadHatterWhich is pretty disgusting. No, it's totally disgusting. I used to think Arianna was pretty smart, but this makes me think that she's totally out to lunch, and that you cannot trust anythingJan 22 05:09
TheMadHatterfrom the Huffington post anymore. Jan 22 05:09
TheMadHatterI mean, why, would anyone, allow a businessman who ran an organization that operated in a criminal manner, to use their publication that way?Jan 22 05:14
TheMadHatterA person with consience wouldn't, and it looks like Arianna doesn't have a consience.Jan 22 05:14
TheMadHatterOh, and Bill is totally wrong. The article is about greenhouse gas reductions, and Bill is arguing that we need 80% by 2050. Unfortunately he's totally out to lunch as usJan 22 05:15
TheMadHatteras usual, and we really need 80% by 2030. What he is arguing is that he should be allowed to pollute for 20 years more.Jan 22 05:16
TheMadHatterWhich is probably good for Microsoft's bottom line, but is going to kill increasing numbers of theirJan 22 05:16
TheMadHattercustomers are storms caused by Climate Change do more damage. Of course that isn't Bills concern. Only his profits are.Jan 22 05:17
TheMadHatterSorry for the rant. I used to work in the emissions control industry. Whenever I see someone lying through their teeth about the consequences of not cuttingJan 22 05:18
TheMadHatteremissions, I rant. Someday, someone might even listen.Jan 22 05:18
TheMadHatterGood Night.Jan 22 05:18
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DaemonFChttp://www.sphere.com/world/article/us-faces-down-concerns-its-occupying-haiti/19323698Jan 22 05:23
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DaemonFC"Regardless, Joyandet's comments have stoked ire among Americans proud of  what their military is doing in Haiti. "One has to wonder if Minister  Alain Joyandet perceived the U.S. Army as an occupying force in France  in 1944-1945 when it liberated his country," wrote Tim McDonald, a  columnist for Indiana's News and Tribune newspapers. "Jan 22 05:26
DaemonFChttp://www.theadmonition.com/?p=2809Jan 22 05:28
DaemonFCAccording to Chavez, the earthquake was cause by the US firing one of our many top secret ion cannons at HaitiJan 22 05:29
DaemonFChttp://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/18/haiti-haarp-and-cons.htmlJan 22 05:30
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DaemonFCWhat does this prove? That Chavez watched that episode of "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura"?Jan 22 05:30
DaemonFCThey have cable in Venezuela to fuel his delusional thinkingJan 22 05:31
DaemonFChmmm, this guy on Boing Boing is suggesting Aricept would help Pat Robertson. Aricept is a drug meant to slow down Alzheimers and other dementia, whereas Robertson was just as bad as this 10-20 years ago.Jan 22 05:32
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FurnaceBoythat comment by "Tim McDonald" is beyond idiotic. the USA is not "liberating" Haiti now. comparisons are not valid.Jan 22 06:11
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@0r3z re HuffPost. Dead to me now that @AriannaHuff is allowing @BillGates to disseminate his criminal tripe thereJan 22 06:22
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@joanwalsh What's yr reaction to HuffPost giving a platform to übercriminal Gates? Gonna try & outdo them by syndicating Thomas Friedman?Jan 22 06:44
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] A guide to avoiding the word #cloud in technical discussions. http://katzj.livejournal.com/457954.htmlJan 22 06:50
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@joanwalsh actually you'd probably have to set up columns for Friedman, Cheney, Yoo, and Tony Blair to really beat that. #cynicism #moneyJan 22 06:52
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kecskebakGood morningJan 22 07:10
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[anivar] firefox 3.6 is Out with New Web Fonts ( WOFF ) support http://bit.ly/5bu6dPJan 22 07:12
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[anivar] Introduction to Free Software : Book By Free Technology Academy http://bit.ly/6Rygqx #FreeSoftware #OpenStandardsJan 22 07:33
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[anivar] GNU/Linux Advanced Administration : Book By Free Technology Academy http://bit.ly/55Blpb #FreeSoftware #GNU/LinuxJan 22 07:34
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Omar87schestowitz: You gotta see this! http://jordanopensource.org/freeplanet/article/microsoft-confirms-17-year-old-bug-windowsJan 22 08:30
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] This is John Barrowman. Oh, those legs! http://is.gd/6N76XJan 22 09:41
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[omar_s_hafez] rt @donatelladr Al Jazeera adds new footage to the Al Jazeera Creative Commons repository http://bit.ly/7DuEUZJan 22 09:43
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Diablo-D3HOLY SHITJan 22 09:44
Diablo-D3thats john barrowman?Jan 22 09:44
Diablo-D3captain jack harkness should not look good in a dressJan 22 09:44
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KatondaThere is an interesting read about Clinton's speechJan 22 09:48
Katondahttp://katonda.com/blog/595/will-clinton-free-world-software-dictatorshipJan 22 09:48
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KatondaI have been tryin to educate people as much as can againts non-free Jan 22 09:49
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rnbhellooooooJan 22 09:58
rnboh for christs sakeJan 22 10:02
rnbhugo chavez did not say the us government "zapped haiti with an earthquake gun"Jan 22 10:02
rnbwhat happened is that ONE media outlet in venezuela ran a story that said that a RUSSIAN group had released a report saying thatJan 22 10:03
rnband i cant even find that story on that ONE media outlet in venezuela, it's been taken down, apparently (according to fox news)Jan 22 10:03
rnbchavez hasnt said anything of the sortJan 22 10:04
rnbironically, though, the news agencies here think everyone is ready to eat up chavez conspiracies, true or false, at any timeJan 22 10:04
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schestowitzTypicalJan 22 10:38
schestowitzThey distort what "bad" guys saysJan 22 10:39
schestowitz*sayJan 22 10:39
Omar87schestowitz: pingJan 22 10:55
schestowitzhttp://www.stallman.org/archives/2009-nov-feb.html#22%20January%202010%20%28New%20York%20Times%20against%20privacy%29 "I would not object to paying to see these news articles, if I could do so anonymously. But I absolutely refuse to identify myself to read the articles, and I fear that means I will be totally excluded. "Jan 22 10:57
schestowitzOmar87: ACKJan 22 10:57
Omar87schestowitz: did you see the link?Jan 22 10:58
schestowitzGood point from RMS. They could query to get a list of articles person X read, even ones he does not want to be seen radingJan 22 10:58
schestowitzOmar87: yes, I wrote about it 2 days agoJan 22 10:58
schestowitzhttp://jan.wildeboer.net/2010/01/oraclesun-merger-ok-by-eu-commission/Jan 22 10:58
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Omar87schestowitz: by the way, this incendent adds up to the fact that M$ not only sucks and writing good code, but also bucks big time at dealing with the current security issues that keep rising almost daily.Jan 22 11:00
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] RT @qu1j0t3] @joanwalsh What's yr reaction to HuffPost giving a platform to übercriminal Gates? ...Jan 22 11:00
Omar87correction: "that M$ not only suck *at* writing code code.."Jan 22 11:00
schestowitzYes, it isJan 22 11:03
schestowitzI wrote about it that it's not shockingJan 22 11:03
schestowitzI can find it if you're interested. I wrote about it alongside IE Fiasco (yes, capitalised)Jan 22 11:04
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schestowitzhttp://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/01/21/eu-okays-proprietary-oracles-acquisition-of-open-source-mysql/Jan 22 11:49
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] Sarkozy wants Internet Filtering: http://i5.be/al9Jan 22 12:13
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] The Ballad of the Patent Troll "From the largest corporations He extorts a patent toll": http://i5.be/amaJan 22 12:16
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] RT @zoobab Sarkozy wants Internet Filtering: http://i5.be/al9Jan 22 12:24
schestowitzhttp://www.eff.org/takedowns/music-publisher-tries-muzzle-podcast-criticizing-a http://techdirt.com/articles/20100120/1706147841.shtmlJan 22 12:34
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] What is the business model of AllIsBlue? http://i5.be/amcJan 22 12:43
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] AllIsBlue attacks Belgacom and Rossel, opposition at the EPO pending (for ages): http://i5.be/amdJan 22 12:48
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schestowitzhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/187406/google_grows_revenue_and_profit_in_q4.html?tk=rss_newsJan 22 12:52
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] Opponents say E.U.-wide patent could lead to software patents: http://i5.be/ameJan 22 12:54
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schestowitzbblJan 22 12:57
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ml2mst] Ik heb EINDELIJK een exemplaar van het Jubileum nummer van Linux Magazine kunnen bemachtigen. Lees het al sinds #2 jaargang 1Jan 22 13:20
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ml2mst] Mijn dank aan @digiplace die me er op heeft geattendeerd. Door Linux Magazine ben ik Linux ook daadwerkelijk gaan gebruiken :-pJan 22 13:21
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ml2mst] Ik kan het mij nog goed herinneren, hoe veel plezier ik had met SuSE 6.1 en Slackware 3.0, dat waren nog eens tijden ;-)Jan 22 13:24
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[thistleweb] if everyone in the same timezone farted at the same time in the same direction, could the Earth's rotation be affected? #butterflyeffectJan 22 13:28
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ml2mst] Sinds een jaar of drie gebruik ik Ubuintu... Da's lekker makkelijk :-pJan 22 13:30
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schestowitzEw... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9VYKRHCqTo&feature=relatedJan 22 14:02
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JoGcV9gsJo#t=160Jan 22 14:19
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Imagine the ecological footprint of being @BillGates. All the planes, boats, cars, houses, staff. Probably equivalent to a small city.Jan 22 14:38
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Imagine that: @BillGates, lifelong advocate of waste and embodiment of greed, wants us to "innovate" to preserve his obscene lifestyle.Jan 22 14:39
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] The best thing @BillGates can do for the planet right now is crash his plane into a mountain. He has nothing to tell us about sustainabilityJan 22 14:40
cubezzzI tend to agreeJan 22 14:42
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] And finally even @AriannaHuff bought his bullshit.Jan 22 14:43
cubezzzit's just that if you are the richest person on the planet people give more credence to your ideasJan 22 14:44
cubezzzgenerally people want more of everythingJan 22 14:45
cubezzzGates is merely an extreme exampleJan 22 14:45
cubezzzwhat makes people happy? A lot of the time they will say "more money"Jan 22 14:46
*schestowitz watches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv5u6-YPg1I&NR=1Jan 22 14:48
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] "#Obama admin is negotiating trade agreements w/34 countries..text of which it refuses to make public" http://ur1.ca/kdjx /how is that legalJan 22 14:57
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FurnaceBoycubezzz: it's worse than that. there's nothing innocent about Gates' trajectoryJan 22 15:07
FurnaceBoycubezzz: at some point you stop caring what his motivations are and start looking for ways to limit the damage he doesJan 22 15:07
FurnaceBoycubezzz: i couldn't give a frack whether he likes money or 12 year old russian hookersJan 22 15:08
MinceRhttp://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3599/attachmenton.jpgJan 22 15:08
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FurnaceBoycubezzz: but he's one of the most destructive, cynical forces alive today (along with most of his peers)Jan 22 15:08
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cubezzzI'd still rather know what he's up toJan 22 15:10
cubezzznot sure what I can do to limit his influence except talk up GNU/Linux and WikipediaJan 22 15:10
FurnaceBoyright, i'm not sure either, but we need to find waysJan 22 15:10
FurnaceBoyi'm still stunned that HuffPo would give him a platform. it beggars beliefJan 22 15:11
FurnaceBoyit's as if they accept the whole package - Foundation, reputation laundering, everything.Jan 22 15:11
FurnaceBoyignoring that he's on the wrong side of almost every issue, that his whole career has been about waste, theft and crippling innovation, etcJan 22 15:11
FurnaceBoythat his Foundation is doing far more harm than goodJan 22 15:12
FurnaceBoy(deliberately)Jan 22 15:12
FurnaceBoycubezzz: I think he's as afraid as anybody else of what happens when oil runs out. But he will always be part of the problem, not any solution. He could have started working on that 30 years ago instead of building a criminal organizationJan 22 15:13
FurnaceBoyit's not like nobody saw it comingJan 22 15:13
FurnaceBoyhe never lifted a finger to improve the world, only exploit itJan 22 15:14
cubezzzthere was that shortage in the 70's actuallyJan 22 15:14
FurnaceBoycertainly there was.Jan 22 15:14
FurnaceBoybut even without that, it's just simple common sense.Jan 22 15:14
cubezzzwell Samsung is going something big in Ontario soonJan 22 15:14
FurnaceBoyi am not sure which part of "finite and non-renewable ppl don't get'Jan 22 15:14
FurnaceBoysame as COALJan 22 15:14
cubezzzwith wind powerJan 22 15:14
FurnaceBoyGates has better information about how screwed we are.Jan 22 15:15
FurnaceBoythat's the subtextJan 22 15:15
FurnaceBoyand he's scaredJan 22 15:15
FurnaceBoybecause, like everyone else, he stands to lose "everything"Jan 22 15:15
cubezzzhe probably has his own private oil distillery or somethingJan 22 15:15
FurnaceBoyhis "everything" is just more than yours or mineJan 22 15:15
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FurnaceBoycubezzz: no doubt he bought a pile of cheap oil.Jan 22 15:15
FurnaceBoycubezzz: but it won't save him from total systemic failureJan 22 15:16
FurnaceBoycubezzz: well he'll reap what he sowed.Jan 22 15:16
FurnaceBoycubezzz: he did his best to break itJan 22 15:16
FurnaceBoycubezzz: imagine how much fuel gates and entourage use. back of the envelope says as much as a small cityJan 22 15:17
FurnaceBoycubezzz: not to mention energyJan 22 15:17
cubezzzwell since he's so smart, wouldn't he have done something with wind or solar power?Jan 22 15:18
cubezzznot that I've heard anythingJan 22 15:19
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] Microsoft has a new license for exFAT, charging a flat $300,000 fee to manufacturers who want to use it in their products: http://i5.be/amlJan 22 15:25
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Indefinite detention without trial now an accepted part of US system @glenngreenwald http://bit.ly/5uaXWbJan 22 15:29
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FurnaceBoycubezzz: why would anyone look to bill gates for solutions and guidance about ANYTHING? the world is upside down.Jan 22 15:35
FurnaceBoyit would be like asking the Kray brothers to help curing cancer.Jan 22 15:36
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Paying attention to @BillGates on energy and climate change is like waiting for the Kray twins to produce a cure for cancer.Jan 22 15:38
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] I should give @BillGates more credit. He *did* innovate effectively in scale & efficiency of organised crime, not to mention getting away itJan 22 15:39
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] His company has served its purpose and will implode in a few yrs. Their business model is buried and the mastermind quit at the right momentJan 22 15:40
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] RT @0r3z "I totally better get female nookie if I buy gay shoes."Jan 22 15:42
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] RIM asks for software patent ona "proxy server to compress data before being wirelessly transmitted": http://i5.be/amnJan 22 15:47
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cubezzzwow, I'm getting hits from bing :)Jan 22 15:51
cubezzzfunnyJan 22 15:51
cubezzzbut the torrent guys are picture scraping my site :-/Jan 22 15:54
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@johnderosa Up. Distant horizon is bright! Bright glow! It is bright orb! // you totally need to meet @angrybigfoot #followfridayJan 22 16:00
rnbgood morning, everyoneJan 22 16:02
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@johnderosa Up. Distant horizon is bright! Bright glow! It is bright orb! //you totally need to meet @hellobigfoot #followfriday (correctd)Jan 22 16:02
rnbunbelievable scotus decisionJan 22 16:03
FurnaceBoyyes.Jan 22 16:05
FurnaceBoybeen a great week.Jan 22 16:05
FurnaceBoyHuffington Post is now syndicating Bill Gates.Jan 22 16:05
FurnaceBoyis this not bizarro world?Jan 22 16:05
Diablo-D3lawlzJan 22 16:06
rnbnot really, it makes perfect sense :(Jan 22 16:06
amarsh04Eruaran, your comment about 24 hours ago on Sage - was that Sage Accounting or Sage Automation?Jan 22 16:07
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@0r3z @qu1j0t3 As far as the #Obama administration goes, adherence to the law is optional. // how do you explain #Bush then? (detentions)Jan 22 16:07
rnbas for huffington, she has been friends with bill gates forever, and a million other evil peopleJan 22 16:07
amarsh04ah, ok, the accounting versionJan 22 16:08
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@0r3z "policies that were wrong under George W. #Bush are no less wrong because Barack #Obama is in the White House." Bob Herbert, #NYTJan 22 16:08
rnbwhat does that twitter remark mean? obama has continued, if not expanded, bush's policy of illegal, secret detentionsJan 22 16:08
rnbsigh all this and i slept in too late :(Jan 22 16:09
rnbcorporations are people!! that makes sense!Jan 22 16:09
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] NwsTchnica: Txt msgs hlp imprv chldrns rdng ablty http://newstechnica.com/?p=1287Jan 22 16:10
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@joanwalsh not to nag, but would like to know your opinion on HuffPost syndicating Bill Gates. Or are you working on signing Kissinger? :|Jan 22 16:10
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rnba huge, multinational corporation is the exact same as any other personJan 22 16:10
rnbpeople eat breakfast, corporations eat breakfastJan 22 16:11
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Diablo-D3people eat breakfast, corporations eat peopleJan 22 16:11
Diablo-D3fixedJan 22 16:11
Jose_Xwhat do you eat Diablo-D3Jan 22 16:11
Diablo-D3peopleJan 22 16:11
*Diablo-D3 is apparently a corporationJan 22 16:11
Jose_Xmaybe this is old but: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100122/ap_on_hi_te/us_white_house_dataJan 22 16:11
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Jose_Xhttp://www.data.gov/Jan 22 16:11
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rnbyou know there are prison directories online?Jan 22 16:12
rnbit shows inmates full name, location, *photo*, offense they are in for, everythingJan 22 16:12
Diablo-D3yeah old newsJan 22 16:12
Diablo-D3but its pretty awesomeJan 22 16:12
Diablo-D3rnb: yupJan 22 16:12
Jose_Xdo you eat breakfast, Diablo-D3Jan 22 16:12
rnbi saw my uncle in there, a bunch of friends from high school, etcJan 22 16:13
Jose_X:)Jan 22 16:13
rnbthats terribleJan 22 16:13
Diablo-D3Jose_X: hurr.Jan 22 16:13
rnbpeople go to jail, corporations go to ... Jan 22 16:13
rnboops, no they dontJan 22 16:13
Diablo-D3ahh, but corporations do go to jailJan 22 16:13
Diablo-D3its called bankruptcyJan 22 16:13
FurnaceBoyrnb: yes he has (detentions). do you read Glenn Greenwald?Jan 22 16:13
rnbthats not jail, thats bankruptcyJan 22 16:13
Diablo-D3its a death sentence.Jan 22 16:14
rnbpeople can go into bankruptcy tooJan 22 16:14
rnbno, thats a death sentenceJan 22 16:14
*FurnaceBoy needs breakfastJan 22 16:14
Jose_X7 is death sentence 11 notJan 22 16:14
Diablo-D311 is restructuring thoughJan 22 16:14
MinceRand the people who make decisions are unaffectedJan 22 16:14
Jose_Xexcept that there is frequently life after death among the body parts and mindJan 22 16:14
Jose_XDiablo-D3, isn't it convenient you can keep coming back in different bodiesJan 22 16:15
Jose_Xtake Diablo-D1 for exampleJan 22 16:15
Jose_XI wish i had that abilityJan 22 16:15
*MinceR was Diablo-D2 onceJan 22 16:15
MinceRnot on this network thoughJan 22 16:16
rnbFurnaceBoy: no, but i've seen some alerts about that come through my inboxJan 22 16:16
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FurnaceBoyrnb: check greenwald's columns. freaking excellent.Jan 22 16:16
FurnaceBoyArianna. am i the only one (and TheMadHatter) who is outraged?Jan 22 16:17
Jose_Xhttp://www.data.gov/catalog .. they have ratings starJan 22 16:18
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rnbis arianna supposed to be some kind of revolutionary or something?Jan 22 16:18
Jose_Xso i fyou want to find the good stuff, i guess you have to look for the 3 out of 5 star casesJan 22 16:18
rnbshe's just a US liberalJan 22 16:19
rnbUS liberals love bill gatesJan 22 16:19
Jose_Xhow best to hide juicy bits against your company.. you give the site a tepid rankingJan 22 16:19
Jose_Xpeople looking for bits will tend to ignore the vast tepid middleJan 22 16:19
Jose_Xand if something is found, the unexciting ranking might get them to doubt themselvesJan 22 16:20
rnbFurnaceBoy: i'm looking through his thing on salon right nowJan 22 16:20
rnbFurnaceBoy: never heard of him beforeJan 22 16:20
Jose_Xsee, i learned something from BN!Jan 22 16:20
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] Crack in the scientific journal racket: the death of journal impact, the rise of article impact http://is.gd/6OqfnJan 22 16:21
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Jose_Xhey, the dataset will help stir the economy.Jan 22 16:22
Jose_XOh OHJan 22 16:24
rnband i hate arianna's love affair with jon stewart, who i cant standJan 22 16:24
Jose_Xi tried to open an "xml" dataset further labeled "CSV" (for spreadsheets) and got a request for a ..........Jan 22 16:24
Jose_X.exe download!!!Jan 22 16:25
rnbyaawwwn i gotta wake up, someone help meJan 22 16:25
rnbjump out and scare me when i dont expect itJan 22 16:25
FurnaceBoyrnb: i guess you are right, i expected too much from Arianna. anyway, screw the HP, i won't be back. Jan 22 16:25
FurnaceBoyrnb: if Greenwald doesn't wake you up, nothing will :) he really kicks assJan 22 16:26
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@BibleAlsoSays RT @kennethhynek ... // his plan to save marriage is presumably to "change the sexual mores" of American Christian wingnutsJan 22 16:30
Jose_Xcan several of you do me a favor?Jan 22 16:32
FurnaceBoyprapsJan 22 16:33
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:33
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:33
Jose_XWATCH OUT FOR THAT .....Jan 22 16:33
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:33
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:33
Jose_X#^@!  rnb%$%  aborting....Jan 22 16:33
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:33
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:33
Jose_XWATCH OUT FOR THAT .....Jan 22 16:33
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:33
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:33
Jose_X#^@!  rnb%$%  aborting....Jan 22 16:33
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:33
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XWATCH OUT FOR THAT .....Jan 22 16:34
rnbwell, i'm still sleepy but my hiccups went away :)Jan 22 16:34
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:34
rnbJose_X: thanksJan 22 16:34
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:34
Jose_X#^@!  rnb%$%  aborting....Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:34
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XWATCH OUT FOR THAT .....Jan 22 16:34
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:34
Jose_X#^@!  rnb%$%  aborting....Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:34
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XWATCH OUT FOR THAT .....Jan 22 16:34
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:34
FurnaceBoyrnb: be careful what you wish forJan 22 16:34
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:34
Jose_X#^@!  rnb%$%  aborting....Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:34
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XWATCH OUT FOR THAT .....Jan 22 16:34
Jose_X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jan 22 16:34
Jose_XrnbJan 22 16:34
Jose_X#^@!  rnb%$%  aborting....Jan 22 16:34
Jose_Xok, now you cater to meJan 22 16:34
Jose_X:-PJan 22 16:34
rnbFurnaceBoy: guess so!Jan 22 16:34
Jose_Xseriously thoughJan 22 16:34
Jose_Xi just posted a comment to the gov site for not providing text files but instead .exe filesJan 22 16:34
Jose_XHere is what I wrote (could some of you also express your disappointment):Jan 22 16:35
Jose_X>>Jan 22 16:35
Jose_XWhy in the world is the xml.. "CSV" download a BINARY that only works on some computers and poses a security risk for being a running program? I thought csv and txt and xml were supposed to be simple data text files so as to be accessible to anyone.Jan 22 16:35
Jose_X<<Jan 22 16:35
Jose_Xthanks, i know you will all do the Right ThingJan 22 16:35
FurnaceBoywhose .gov?Jan 22 16:35
FurnaceBoymy opinion may not carry much weight in your country ;)Jan 22 16:36
rnbwho did what now?Jan 22 16:36
Jose_Xspecifically i went here http://www.data.gov/details/145Jan 22 16:36
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rnburl?Jan 22 16:36
rnbohJan 22 16:36
Jose_XUS of AJan 22 16:36
FurnaceBoyhm. lots of toxics in FL.. phosphate... Jan 22 16:36
rnbhahah, that is weridJan 22 16:36
Diablo-D3s/fl/the world/Jan 22 16:36
FurnaceBoyDiablo-D3: yesJan 22 16:37
Jose_XFurnaceBoy, I value your opinionJan 22 16:37
rnbclick the green "CSV" buttonJan 22 16:37
Jose_XDo the right thingJan 22 16:37
Jose_XR .. T..Jan 22 16:37
FurnaceBoyJose_X: my opinion is I absolutely agree with you :)Jan 22 16:37
rnbthey might have gotten owned, actuallyJan 22 16:37
Jose_XIt looks like you met Diablo-D3 alreadyJan 22 16:37
rnbthat doesnt make much senseJan 22 16:37
Jose_Xi'm not equiped or enthusiastic about running that but perhaps it opens up excel or something (eats your spare hard drive) and then simply does nothingJan 22 16:39
rnbwell, i finally did some research on this channelJan 22 16:39
rnbdid you know the anti-site for the site this channel is about comes up higher on google? that's sad and we should help the robJan 22 16:39
rnber roy! ROY.Jan 22 16:39
rnbi figured out who roy isJan 22 16:39
Diablo-D3schestowitz == royJan 22 16:39
rnbthe schestowitz guyJan 22 16:39
FurnaceBoyRoy G. BivJan 22 16:40
rnbi KNOW, i just SAID i figured it outJan 22 16:40
FurnaceBoyrnb: no you didn't!Jan 22 16:40
FurnaceBoyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSMJan 22 16:41
FurnaceBoy(before rnb kills me)Jan 22 16:41
Jose_Xis rnb "Roy (G)NU Biv"?Jan 22 16:41
rnbFurnaceBoy: hey, i hate having to be on the side of christopher hitchensJan 22 16:41
Jose_X..or "Roy NOT-(G)NU Biv"?Jan 22 16:41
FurnaceBoyrnb: i'm still on your shit list then? :|Jan 22 16:41
Jose_Xalright i'm wasting time, bblJan 22 16:41
rnbFurnaceBoy: nah, not at all, i read the backlogJan 22 16:42
rnbFurnaceBoy: i think i might not have explained myself well enough, certainlyJan 22 16:42
rnbFurnaceBoy: but, i'm too tired to fix it nowJan 22 16:42
Diablo-D3roy gnu bivJan 22 16:42
Diablo-D3lawlzJan 22 16:42
FurnaceBoyrnb: right, stalin's dead but gates is still aliveJan 22 16:42
rnbFurnaceBoy: christopher hitchens annoys me by being right, or by coming out on positions that i had before i knew he did, or somethingJan 22 16:43
rnbFurnaceBoy: well, that just happened 2 timesJan 22 16:43
FurnaceBoyrnb: what is it now?Jan 22 16:43
rnbFurnaceBoy: w/gandhi & mother theresaJan 22 16:43
rnbFurnaceBoy: oh, that martin amis bookJan 22 16:43
FurnaceBoyKoba the Dread?Jan 22 16:43
rnbFurnaceBoy: apparently part of it is directed at hitchens.. it includes a letter to his father, and a letter to hitchensJan 22 16:43
rnbyeahJan 22 16:43
FurnaceBoylet me checkJan 22 16:43
rnbi was reading about itJan 22 16:44
FurnaceBoyugh. no. i hate opening that book. from memory i believe you are right.Jan 22 16:44
rnbapparently, that book caused all kinds of controversyJan 22 16:45
rnbyou can read about itJan 22 16:45
FurnaceBoywell, i could...Jan 22 16:45
rnbyeah, or not :)Jan 22 16:45
FurnaceBoyonly b/c i'm kinda busy :|Jan 22 16:45
rnbi should be busyJan 22 16:45
rnbi woke up late, wtf am i doing in here?Jan 22 16:46
rnbi'm glad to have found a decent new irc channelJan 22 16:46
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@0r3z As far as the #Bush admin went, adherence to the law was also ..optional. They both support unlimited detentions. // i am well awareJan 22 16:57
FurnaceBoyhey! some of us are indecentJan 22 17:04
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] London Stock Exchange Already Dumping #Windows for #GNU #Linux http://ur1.ca/kg5e #lseJan 22 17:30
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Windows 7. Facebook. Gaza. #NowThatsGhettoJan 22 17:30
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] Just found out Morgan Computers went bust last year and were bought. Anyone dealt with the "new" co? How are they when things go wrong?Jan 22 17:31
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Millennium Global Investments Chooses #RedHat #GNU #Linux , #IBM Speaks About Linux http://ur1.ca/kg5o http://ur1.ca/kg5pJan 22 17:32
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DaemonFCI browsed Walmart's DVD/Blu-Ray assortment just nowJan 22 17:38
DaemonFCit's not looking good with Blu RayJan 22 17:38
FurnaceBoyin what sense?Jan 22 17:39
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DaemonFCThey're pulling a lot of marketing tricks, like having a very few movies over there for $20, old stuff like Independence Day (1996)Jan 22 17:39
DaemonFCwhich is on DVD for $5Jan 22 17:39
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DaemonFCif you look over to the TV series section, Battlestar Galactica is $16 per season on DVD and $40 per season on Blu RayJan 22 17:40
DaemonFCso you're paying $64 for all four seasons on DVD vs. $160 on Blu RayJan 22 17:40
FurnaceBoynormal stuff.Jan 22 17:41
FurnaceBoythere's still stock of dvdJan 22 17:41
FurnaceBoyhave to clear the channelJan 22 17:41
FurnaceBoyearly adopters will pay some premium so they can demo their new gearJan 22 17:41
DaemonFCand if you get the extras packs, its $240 on Blu Ray and $96 on DVDJan 22 17:41
FurnaceBoythis will normalise once the dvd channel emptiesJan 22 17:41
DaemonFCthat newest Harry Potter movie is $19.95 on DVD and $39.95 on Blu RayJan 22 17:42
FurnaceBoybut why is this surprising?Jan 22 17:42
FurnaceBoythey also have to reinforce the notion that BluRay is superiorJan 22 17:42
FurnaceBoymarket segmentationJan 22 17:42
DaemonFCbecause DVD had 80% of the market at this pointJan 22 17:42
DaemonFCand new movies were $20-$25Jan 22 17:42
FurnaceBoywell, it's not surprising that BluRay adoption is slower.Jan 22 17:42
DaemonFCBlu Ray has 18% and a new movie is $39.95Jan 22 17:42
FurnaceBoysee above ^^Jan 22 17:43
FurnaceBoythe dvd channel hasn't emptied. dvd was going into a NEW market.Jan 22 17:43
FurnaceBoyBluRay is going into an existing, mature market.Jan 22 17:43
DaemonFCthe players for DVD could be had around $80 for a decent one at this pointJan 22 17:43
DaemonFCthe crappy Blu Ray players are $128Jan 22 17:43
FurnaceBoyall the same reasons apply. none of this is surprisingJan 22 17:43
DaemonFCI don't think it's catching Jan 22 17:43
FurnaceBoyit's catching much slower, as anyone would expect.Jan 22 17:44
DaemonFCI think people have largely refused the format in favor of DVDJan 22 17:44
FurnaceBoy>> the dvd channel hasn't emptied. dvd was going into a NEW market. / BluRay is going into an existing, mature market.Jan 22 17:44
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC:  of course.Jan 22 17:44
DaemonFCso if all 4 years has gotten them is 18% of the market, where does that put them 5 years from now?Jan 22 17:44
FurnaceBoywho cares?Jan 22 17:45
FurnaceBoythere was also a lot of confusion between BluRay and the other formatJan 22 17:45
FurnaceBoyppl didn't know which would winJan 22 17:45
FurnaceBoywhich turns buyers awayJan 22 17:45
DaemonFCHD-DVD was obviously never going to winJan 22 17:45
FurnaceBoylook this happens in mature markets.Jan 22 17:46
DaemonFCpeople did not vote with their dollars, the studios voted on the basis of which had more DRMJan 22 17:46
DaemonFCit was obvious that HD-DVD was not going to make itJan 22 17:46
DaemonFCI had it written off cause of that and that horrible $200 add-on for XBOX 360Jan 22 17:47
DaemonFCthe entire PS3 was $299 at that time, and the HD-DVD player for the XBOX 360 brought it up to $499Jan 22 17:48
DaemonFCMicrosoft screwed the pooch and it brought HD-DVD down quicklyJan 22 17:48
DaemonFCThis whole idea of psychological pricing on some BD's on the same aisle as the players, and then finding out the real cost of owning one on the next aisle over is amusing Jan 22 17:50
DaemonFCand of course the player demands an internet connection for DRM updates or your new discs won't play, so they spin it into features like "Netflix and Pandora Radio on this model*" "* We don't guarantee that these services will continue to work"Jan 22 17:52
FurnaceBoyclever.Jan 22 17:53
FurnaceBoyand very offputting :)Jan 22 17:53
FurnaceBoybut i don't care if BluRay tanks.Jan 22 17:53
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] "How I rebuilt Europe after the Berlin Wall collapsed" (with surplus kit from Morgan) http://is.gd/6OLrKJan 22 17:55
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DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: I want it to tankJan 22 17:57
DaemonFCdown in flames is more like where I want it to goJan 22 17:57
DaemonFCit is some seriously bad shitJan 22 17:57
DaemonFCDVD doesn't really scare me, Blu Ray does, and it's not even mainly the pricing, it's the level of DRM that reminds people "You never really own this. If we decide to change formats, there's no guarantee you'll have you collection of movies"Jan 22 17:58
DaemonFCit's unprecedentedJan 22 17:59
DaemonFCI know that if push comes to shove and DVD dies off, I can convert them into something that I can keepJan 22 17:59
DaemonFCI don't have that guarantee with Blu Ray, which is why I don't have one of their playersJan 22 18:00
DaemonFCit's so not even the price, because I would have a collection of Blu Ray already were it not for the DRMJan 22 18:00
DaemonFCthey probably figure that most people are too stupid to know or care, and they're correct, until the Blu Ray DRM blows up in their faces later on when there's another format changeJan 22 18:01
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] New #Tablet Runs #Linux , Sub-notebooks from #ASUS May Run #Android http://ur1.ca/kg9q http://ur1.ca/kg9rJan 22 18:05
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FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: it's not unprecedented at all.Jan 22 18:09
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: it's no different from software activation -- which is WORSEJan 22 18:09
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: Activation is far worse because it eliminates access to YOUR OWN data.Jan 22 18:09
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: at the whim of the 2nd party, or technological fragility.Jan 22 18:10
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: it's catastrophic.Jan 22 18:10
DaemonFCActivation can be easily crackedJan 22 18:16
DaemonFCthere's several layers of DRM in a Blu Ray disc and only one program I've seen that can crack through all of themJan 22 18:16
DaemonFCand it costs moneyJan 22 18:16
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: whether it can be cracked isn't very relevant.Jan 22 18:17
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: can you see 99% of consumers, or governments, cracking it?Jan 22 18:17
DaemonFCit's completely relevantJan 22 18:17
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: why?Jan 22 18:17
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: for any realistic use case. such as government use of software.Jan 22 18:17
DaemonFCif it's easily cracked, I really don't care if they DRM itJan 22 18:17
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: or a typical business or consumer.Jan 22 18:17
FurnaceBoyYOU don't care.Jan 22 18:17
DaemonFCI'll crack through it and use what I paid forJan 22 18:17
FurnaceBoyI am talking about the general, much larger problem.Jan 22 18:17
FurnaceBoyI don't care about YOU indiviudally.Jan 22 18:18
FurnaceBoyI'm talking *in principle*, the bigger picture.Jan 22 18:18
DaemonFCwell, no, a government wouldn't do it (probably)Jan 22 18:18
FurnaceBoyActivation is a worse precedent for DRM filmsJan 22 18:18
DaemonFCbut the option for a user to do it is thereJan 22 18:18
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: yet they will use Activated software.Jan 22 18:18
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: most users are not technicalJan 22 18:18
DaemonFCyes, and that's a problemJan 22 18:18
DaemonFCmore government waste of moneyJan 22 18:18
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: the level of technical ability out there is ridiculously low, shocks even meJan 22 18:18
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: of course it's a waste of moneyJan 22 18:19
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: it should be illegal to use proprietary software for public dataJan 22 18:19
FurnaceBoyone day it will be, after everyone gets burned enoughJan 22 18:19
DaemonFCthat's the main concern I have, yes along with government documents in proprietary formatsJan 22 18:19
DaemonFCexample, telling you that you need to download tax documents in PDFJan 22 18:19
DaemonFCputting out documents you need to open in Word 2007 OOXMLJan 22 18:20
FurnaceBoywell, PDF is an open spec.Jan 22 18:20
FurnaceBoywith open implementationsJan 22 18:20
DaemonFCyes, it's annoying, and no they never should do thatJan 22 18:20
FurnaceBoythat isn't true of anything microsoft.Jan 22 18:20
FurnaceBoyclosed, intentionally.Jan 22 18:20
FurnaceBoythey are trying to prevent any interoperability, it weakens their deathgripJan 22 18:20
DaemonFCOpenOffice 3.2 apparently has better OOXML import filtersJan 22 18:20
FurnaceBoybandaidsJan 22 18:20
FurnaceBoygotta stop the prob @ sourceJan 22 18:21
DaemonFCI know that's not the point, but at least it has themJan 22 18:21
DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: One time the state made me download tax forms in proprietary formats I couldn't openJan 22 18:21
FurnaceBoyyeah i've seen this with taxJan 22 18:22
DaemonFCwell, I could, but I didn't feel like fixing every page out of like 20 documentsJan 22 18:22
FurnaceBoyelectronic submission was windows only.Jan 22 18:22
DaemonFCso I had to call them and have them send the documents in the mailJan 22 18:22
DaemonFCcost the state to print them out for me an mail themJan 22 18:22
DaemonFCgovernment is crazy, not only did they owe me like $40, but they had to pay another $2-3 to send me the paperwork so they could pay me the $40Jan 22 18:23
DaemonFCwhere do they get the $2-3? Out of tax revenue obviously.Jan 22 18:24
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #Google Walks One Step Away from #Flash But Keeps Patent-Encumbered Format http://ur1.ca/kbna http://ur1.ca/kgbiJan 22 18:24
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DaemonFCalmost nobody in the state ( on the whole) has Microsoft OfficeJan 22 18:25
DaemonFCso why do they post the forms in MS Office formats?Jan 22 18:25
FurnaceBoylazy inertia.Jan 22 18:26
FurnaceBoymost ppl have only heard of windows. it's a default worldwide. Jan 22 18:26
FurnaceBoyppl buy a computer it comes with windowsJan 22 18:26
FurnaceBoythat also must sto.Jan 22 18:26
FurnaceBoystop.Jan 22 18:26
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Civil Rights of Speech Defended But #Censorship Spreads Too http://ur1.ca/kgbo http://ur1.ca/kchqJan 22 18:26
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DaemonFCWell, Windows doesn't come with OfficeJan 22 18:26
FurnaceBoythat's gates' key innovation. make windows purchase inseparable.Jan 22 18:26
DaemonFCso I'm betting 9 out of 10 people that need to open the documents can'tJan 22 18:27
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: right, but it's a default. ppl think they need Office.Jan 22 18:27
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: "I can't open this, oh i need to buy Office."Jan 22 18:27
FurnaceBoyMicrosoft $$$$$$$$$Jan 22 18:27
DaemonFChahJan 22 18:27
FurnaceBoythe system's working beautifullyJan 22 18:27
FurnaceBoyas they set it upJan 22 18:27
DaemonFCI'm not spending money on thatJan 22 18:27
FurnaceBoymilk everyoneJan 22 18:27
FurnaceBoyset toll gates between you and all data you need or wantJan 22 18:27
FurnaceBoyincluding your GOVERNMENT's. !Jan 22 18:28
FurnaceBoythat you already paid forJan 22 18:28
FurnaceBoybut no., you have to pay their tax too -- the microsoft tax.Jan 22 18:28
*FurnaceBoy afksJan 22 18:28
DaemonFCthe Wall Street Journal is praising the Scott Brown election and the Supreme Court removing limits on how much money big business can corrupt US politics with "campaign contributions.Jan 22 18:30
DaemonFCyay for spin cycleJan 22 18:30
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #IntellectualMonopolies Spread Lies to Defend Dying Business Model http://techdirt.com/articles/20100121/0825147855.shtmlJan 22 18:45
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schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=915d0nLYypgJan 22 19:08
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: :(Jan 22 19:16
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: ohaiJan 22 19:17
DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: The Supreme Court misinterpreted our constitution to give corporations rights under the first amendmentJan 22 19:18
DaemonFCwhich was not the meaning of that amendment, or the bill of rightJan 22 19:18
DaemonFC*rightsJan 22 19:18
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: not the first amendment to be misinterpreted ;-)Jan 22 19:18
*FurnaceBoy duckJan 22 19:18
DaemonFCthis was a serious miscarriage of justice that sets a very bad precedentJan 22 19:19
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: put it on the pile...Jan 22 19:19
FurnaceBoyof course it's disastrous.Jan 22 19:19
FurnaceBoyyou are now living in a dystopia straight out of literary nightmaresJan 22 19:19
DaemonFCI do not believe that corporations have rights under the bill of rightsJan 22 19:19
DaemonFCthose are to protect individualsJan 22 19:19
DaemonFCthis just shows how much bribe money is making it to the judges on the courtJan 22 19:20
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] OH on street, mother to child: "Daddy works. He gets money. And we *spend* it for him."Jan 22 19:20
DaemonFChopefully Scalia is the next one of them to dieJan 22 19:20
DaemonFCI sincerely hope soJan 22 19:20
DaemonFCfollowed by RobertsJan 22 19:21
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Sun so warm and sunny in #Toronto today that the birds are all convinced it's Spring.Jan 22 19:21
DaemonFCit's too bad those are presidential lifetime appointmentsJan 22 19:21
DaemonFCthe lineup would look different if they were termed positions there by direct popular voteJan 22 19:21
DaemonFCI would not think that Antonin Scalia would be electable Jan 22 19:22
DaemonFCthat's what has me worried about this trial concerning Prop 8 in CaliforniaJan 22 19:22
DaemonFCI know that no matter what the outcome is in the lower courts, you're going to have these assholes misapplying the Constitution and deciding in favor of the Christians somehowJan 22 19:23
DaemonFCthey'll read into the Constitution such to where the 14th amendment doesn't apply and all the state constitutions with that amendment in them standJan 22 19:24
DaemonFCit'll most likely be one of those 5-4 in favor of the shitheads dealsJan 22 19:25
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@WesBEnterprise How day they let people keep their money! // & what happens next? How many states are bankrupt now? tax helps pay for stuffJan 22 19:25
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #Indian #Government and #Microsoft Accused of Writing Policies to Enrich Themselves http://ur1.ca/kgg1Jan 22 19:25
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DaemonFCObama is all talkJan 22 19:26
DaemonFCthe military was desegregated by executive orderJan 22 19:26
DaemonFCwhy can't Obama do the same thing?Jan 22 19:27
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@0r3z yes, in #Canada my #tax is competently spent on all kinds of things that I use. roads, health, food safety, public transit, ...Jan 22 19:27
DaemonFChe could kill Don't Ask Don't Tell with his signature and about 10 secondsJan 22 19:27
DaemonFCinstead, it goes on and on, and onJan 22 19:27
DaemonFCI think I may just use my votes in protest from now onJan 22 19:30
DaemonFCit's obvious that nothing changesJan 22 19:30
DaemonFCit's always attack the poor, exploit the minorities that actually aren't asking for "special rights", fleece the taxpayers, waste their money, appoint croniesJan 22 19:31
FurnaceBoywell, yes, that's how it looks from hereJan 22 19:31
FurnaceBoymind you, canada is slipping badly under HarperJan 22 19:31
DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: I cited Harper as one of Bush's mini-me'sJan 22 19:32
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: and he is.Jan 22 19:32
DaemonFCalong with Blair and HowardJan 22 19:32
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: absolutelyJan 22 19:32
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: Howard is precisely thatJan 22 19:32
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: Bush, Howard, Blair - the three nutjob horsemen of iraq's fiery apocalypse.Jan 22 19:33
DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: John Howard actually went on record in an interview TELLING Americans not to vote for ObamaJan 22 19:33
DaemonFC:PJan 22 19:33
FurnaceBoyand Harper would have desperately loved to throw his lot in with them, but was just a bit too late.Jan 22 19:33
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: I know.Jan 22 19:33
DaemonFClike who the hell is he to tell me who to vote for?Jan 22 19:33
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: he also signed Bush's "free" trade agreementJan 22 19:33
DaemonFCthat shit wouldn't fly in AustraliaJan 22 19:33
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: giving us DMCA like crapJan 22 19:33
DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: I remember listening to the radio one morning, 2005 I think, on the way back from workJan 22 19:34
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: well, Howard was frequently endorsed by Bush electorally, actually.Jan 22 19:34
DaemonFCand hearing that CAFTA was ratifiedJan 22 19:34
DaemonFCI remember saying "Well shit, there goes another 2-3 million jobs"Jan 22 19:34
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: Howard won in 2004 immediately on the heels of AbuGhraib and an internal Australian scandal relating to outright lying by his government.Jan 22 19:35
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: and after being endorsed by Bush Jan 22 19:35
DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: It's as easy to work over Australian voters apparentlyJan 22 19:35
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: apparentlyJan 22 19:35
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: then look at Canada. elected HarperJan 22 19:35
DaemonFCmake the same empty promisesJan 22 19:35
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: insanityJan 22 19:35
DaemonFCCanadians just have more bad choices than we doJan 22 19:36
DaemonFCthe net result doesn't seem much betterJan 22 19:36
FurnaceBoywe have some good choices that you don't haveJan 22 19:36
FurnaceBoyGreens and NDPJan 22 19:36
FurnaceBoya 2 party system is simply broken.Jan 22 19:36
FurnaceBoycan never workJan 22 19:36
DaemonFCsend more stuffed suits to office, watch them throw around more money they seized from youJan 22 19:36
FurnaceBoysounds like a corporation to meJan 22 19:37
DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: The Democrats and Republicans made it impossible for other parties to get on the ballotsJan 22 19:37
DaemonFCballot access laws vary from state to state, so while the Democrats and Republicans are on the ballot in all 50Jan 22 19:37
DaemonFCI think the next closest, the Libertarians, were on 38Jan 22 19:38
DaemonFCon 2008Jan 22 19:38
DaemonFC*inJan 22 19:38
FurnaceBoyDaemonFC: right, this is not goodJan 22 19:38
DaemonFCso while Obama and McCain were on the ballot in every state, the Libertarians would not be able to win in any eventJan 22 19:39
DaemonFCso voting for them is pointless, because there's 12 states they cannot possibly carryJan 22 19:39
DaemonFCtotaling 80-90 electoral votesJan 22 19:39
DaemonFCit's riggedJan 22 19:39
DaemonFC:)Jan 22 19:39
FurnaceBoywell, now that corporations have fair access to campaigns, this will all resolve itself beautifully.Jan 22 19:40
DaemonFCthen state by state, the only candidates that get any funding (from corporations mind you) are the Democrats and RepublicansJan 22 19:40
DaemonFCso the Libertarians are drowned out and their only exposure is during a 1 hour debate on public televisionJan 22 19:40
DaemonFCthe Libertarian candidate for Indiana governor got 2.5% of the vote in 2008Jan 22 19:41
DaemonFCnobody knew he was even runningJan 22 19:41
DaemonFCFurnaceBoy: He also ran as a Republican about 10 years or so agoJan 22 19:41
DaemonFChe carried 43% of the voteJan 22 19:41
DaemonFCit's all about which team jacket you put onJan 22 19:42
DaemonFCif it's not red or blue, it sucks to be youJan 22 19:42
DaemonFC:)Jan 22 19:42
DaemonFCso really, the people want neither candidate but end up getting one of them anywayJan 22 19:43
DaemonFCand it's because of corporate money infiltrating the campaign in favor of the Democrats and RepublicansJan 22 19:43
rnbthe presidential debate racket is also scandalousJan 22 19:43
rnbrun by a private organization, comprised of representatives from the democratic & republican partyJan 22 19:44
rnbwhat they did to nader was absurdJan 22 19:44
DaemonFCthat's why the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the unlimited corporate campaign contributions on First Amendment groundsJan 22 19:44
DaemonFCthe judges are all planted there by Democrats and RepublicansJan 22 19:44
DaemonFCthe judges are all activists, party activistsJan 22 19:44
rnbthe US is a one-party countryJan 22 19:44
rnbde factoJan 22 19:44
DaemonFCthe only thing you don't ever know for sure what their ruling will be is social issues that don't stand to lose Jesus or the corporations any moneyJan 22 19:45
DaemonFCthen it could go either wayJan 22 19:45
rnbone party with a centrist faction & a far-right factionJan 22 19:45
MinceRtwo far-right factions, one a little bit more extremist than the otherJan 22 19:46
DaemonFCwhat MinceR saidJan 22 19:46
DaemonFCI'd believe that Obama was a Republican if that's what he saidJan 22 19:46
rnbMinceR: sure, i'll agree w/thatJan 22 19:46
DaemonFCcause 90% of what he does is the same thing Bush would haveJan 22 19:46
MinceRwell, he's paid to do the same thing bush would have beenJan 22 19:47
rnbquestion is: WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT ITJan 22 19:47
DaemonFCWe've got so much unconstitutional garbage right now that if anyone was elected to repeal it all, it's all they'd get done for the next 20 yearsJan 22 19:47
DaemonFCthat's what I thinkJan 22 19:47
DaemonFCrnb: Armed revolt or keep token voting for Ron Paul?Jan 22 19:48
DaemonFC:)Jan 22 19:48
DaemonFCwe threw the British out for less than this!Jan 22 19:49
rnbron paul? come onJan 22 19:49
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Latest warnings about #Microsoft ’s ruthless and sometimes criminal behaviour comes from #Samba Supreme http://ur1.ca/kghoJan 22 19:49
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FurnaceBoyPetition @ http://ChevronToxico.comJan 22 19:49
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DaemonFC"Fuck you, fuck your tea, fuck your tea tax!" *bang* *bang* *bang*Jan 22 19:49
DaemonFCthat's what happened B-)Jan 22 19:49
MinceRarmed revolt sounds goodJan 22 19:50
DaemonFCMinceR: Better do it before the government finishes disarming usJan 22 19:50
rnbwe need to build upon existing community organizations and make a real, working class movement in the USJan 22 19:50
DaemonFCthey've already limited us to weak guns, and how many rounds can be in each clipJan 22 19:51
rnban internationalist movement, since other countries are already far more advanced than we are domestically in opposing the US oligarchyJan 22 19:51
DaemonFCAssault Weapon Ban of 1994 expiredJan 22 19:51
DaemonFCbut that didn't affect muchJan 22 19:51
MinceRyou're going to need to disregard those laws anywayJan 22 19:51
rnbwe can get AK-47sJan 22 19:51
DaemonFCrnb: Yeah, but you need to convert them all to fully automaticJan 22 19:51
DaemonFC:PJan 22 19:51
rnband the rest can be gotten illegallyJan 22 19:51
MinceRafaik they're fully automatic by defaultJan 22 19:52
DaemonFCalthough, those things can fire pretty fast even as semi-automatic riflesJan 22 19:52
rnbplus, there's the IED innovationJan 22 19:52
DaemonFCMinceR: the ones in the US aren'tJan 22 19:52
DaemonFCthey've been modifiedJan 22 19:52
rnbWHY IS THIS CHANNEL PUBLICLY LOGGED?Jan 22 19:52
MinceRDaemonFC: well, get the ones that aren't in the US, then.Jan 22 19:52
rnbI SUPPORT LAWFUL CHANGEJan 22 19:52
rnbONLYJan 22 19:52
MinceRlolJan 22 19:53
DaemonFCMinceR: You can modify them, it's hugely illegal thoughJan 22 19:53
MinceRrnb: you can make it lawful after the fact. :>Jan 22 19:53
rnbyou know, i've had the police and FBI come to my house numerous times to investigate subversive activitiesJan 22 19:53
DaemonFCMinceR: If all I could get was a semi-auto AK-47 I wouldn't bother, I'd just get an AR-15Jan 22 19:53
DaemonFCmore accurateJan 22 19:53
rnbsimply for my lawful involvement in organizationsJan 22 19:53
FurnaceBoy...Jan 22 19:53
FurnaceBoynice countryJan 22 19:53
rnbthey came to my houseJan 22 19:54
rnbthey came to my WORKJan 22 19:54
DaemonFCyou'd be trading more accuracy for more jams and more having to clean it thoughJan 22 19:54
rnbthat really pissed me off, coming to my jobJan 22 19:54
DaemonFCso maybe the AK-47 is a better choiceJan 22 19:54
DaemonFCyeah, AK-47 is is thenJan 22 19:54
DaemonFCB-)Jan 22 19:54
rnbthe FBI did... and i was a C-level manager... doesnt look good ... luckily, both times they were intercepted by a friendly coworker who kept it a secret so no one knewJan 22 19:54
MinceRor you could get both and switch of one jamsJan 22 19:54
MinceRrnb: like they say, "land of the free" :>Jan 22 19:55
rnbmm-hmJan 22 19:55
rnbthat's why they hate usJan 22 19:55
rnbthe evil-doersJan 22 19:55
DaemonFCrnb: How about the MP5?Jan 22 19:55
rnbDaemonFC: sure, i've never used one, thoughJan 22 19:56
DaemonFChttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Hkmp5count-terr-wiki.jpgJan 22 19:56
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DaemonFChttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Heckler_Koch_MP5.jpgJan 22 19:57
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DaemonFCThat one has an integrated silencer L)Jan 22 19:57
rnbcoolJan 22 19:57
DaemonFChttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/45JHPa.jpgJan 22 19:58
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DaemonFCThere's my babyJan 22 19:58
DaemonFCB-)Jan 22 19:58
DaemonFCI have one of themJan 22 19:58
rnbi dunno, AK-47 is still rated the most reliable for field useJan 22 19:58
DaemonFCas pistols go, you can't go wrong with the Hi Point .45 ACPJan 22 19:58
DaemonFCunder $200Jan 22 19:58
DaemonFCdurable, accurateJan 22 19:59
DaemonFC9 round clipJan 22 19:59
rnbyou can throw it off a cliff, into a river, down a waterfall and it'll still work reliablyJan 22 19:59
DaemonFCthe .45 ACP is my favorite out of all the guns I ownJan 22 19:59
DaemonFChttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/50ft.jpgJan 22 20:00
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DaemonFCI have one of these, antique, still firesJan 22 20:00
DaemonFChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Model_870PJan 22 20:01
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DaemonFCone of these in 20 gaugeJan 22 20:01
rnbi've got a walther ppkJan 22 20:02
rnbi like it because it basically fits entirely in my handJan 22 20:02
DaemonFChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armalite_AR-5Jan 22 20:02
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Armalite AR-5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .::. Size~: 21.81 KBJan 22 20:02
DaemonFCI have one of thoseJan 22 20:02
DaemonFCjust a simple lightweight .22 rifleJan 22 20:02
DaemonFCnot much stopping power, but it's fun to target practice withJan 22 20:03
DaemonFCammunition is dirt cheapJan 22 20:03
rnbhaving a gun in SF is no fun, thoughJan 22 20:04
rnbthere's few places you can go to shoot it offJan 22 20:04
rnband all the ranges are ultra cop-heavyJan 22 20:04
DaemonFCyou can get the Hi Point C-9 for $20 cheaper, but it's way less powerfulJan 22 20:05
DaemonFCI much prefer the .45 ACPJan 22 20:05
DaemonFCthe C-9 also looks too much like a toy because of the sizeJan 22 20:05
DaemonFChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YxzMal-NY0Jan 22 20:06
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #Microsoft Continues to Sabotage #GNU #Linux Installations Using ‘Updates’ http://ur1.ca/kgir #mbrJan 22 20:06
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Microsoft Continues to Sabotage GNU/Linux Installations Using Updates | Boycott Novell .::. Size~: 101.17 KBJan 22 20:06
rnbthe ar-5 is bolt-action, though?Jan 22 20:06
DaemonFCrnb: YesJan 22 20:06
DaemonFCjust a basic survival rifleJan 22 20:07
DaemonFCno frillsJan 22 20:07
DaemonFCyou can mount a scope, but I never bothered\Jan 22 20:07
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ml2mst] RT: @digiplace: ♥ Music by Madonna http://bit.ly/xzvVQ Thanks @digiplace! Huge Madonna fan here ;-)Jan 22 20:08
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DaemonFChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwoo2c9Geo&feature=relatedJan 22 20:08
DaemonFCthe C-9 againJan 22 20:08
rnbi'd like to get a sig sauer p226Jan 22 20:09
rnbthats my next handgunJan 22 20:09
rnbnot sure what kind, thoughJan 22 20:09
FurnaceBoyhttp://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100121/sun-ceo-go-oracle-internal-memo/Jan 22 20:09
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Internal Memo: Sun CEO Jon Schwartz to Staff | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD .::. Size~: 75.83 KBJan 22 20:09
FurnaceBoyOracle (ORCL) said this morning that it has received unconditional regulatory approval from the European Commission for its acquisition of Sun (JAVA). Below, the all-hands memo Sun CEO Jon Schwartz sent to employees following the announcement.Jan 22 20:10
rnb:/Jan 22 20:10
rnbwtfJan 22 20:10
DaemonFChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmvg2w6HYnQ&feature=relatedJan 22 20:10
DaemonFCThat's the model I have, the .45 ACPJan 22 20:10
DaemonFCthey kill the Easter Bunny with itJan 22 20:10
rnbmaybe i need to start developing my postgres skillsJan 22 20:10
DaemonFCor....somethingJan 22 20:10
FurnaceBoyrnb: there's also Firebird, Ingres, and all the NoSQL ecosystemJan 22 20:11
MinceRand PostgreSQL, derived from Ingres; and SQLiteJan 22 20:12
rnbFurnaceBoy: have you used Firebird?Jan 22 20:13
DaemonFChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqkeKwRmWFYJan 22 20:13
rnbew, their website is ickJan 22 20:13
DaemonFCYes, the police use the 870 as wellJan 22 20:14
DaemonFCthey're a good shotgunJan 22 20:14
DaemonFCthey had a modified 870 on Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 that handled all wrongJan 22 20:16
DaemonFCoverpowered, less accurate, makes it more exciting to gun someone down in a video game with I guessJan 22 20:17
FurnaceBoyrnb: their web site is hopelessJan 22 20:17
FurnaceBoyrnb: I 've been thinking of helping with thatJan 22 20:18
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FurnaceBoyrnb: some simple changes would make it much more effectiveJan 22 20:18
FurnaceBoyrnb: i haven't used it, but i've been keeping an eye on it. seems the technology is very good, but you wouldn't realise that from a glance at their site :(Jan 22 20:18
rnbFurnaceBoy: i've always kept an eye on it, tooJan 22 20:18
FurnaceBoySQLite isn't really a multiuser dbJan 22 20:19
FurnaceBoynot with any degree of scalability .. no MVCCJan 22 20:19
FurnaceBoyits sweet spot is elsewhere, usually local storageJan 22 20:19
MinceRit isn'tJan 22 20:20
MinceRyet it can replace MySQL in many use casesJan 22 20:20
FurnaceBoyyes someJan 22 20:20
MinceRfor example where it's behind a webapp, which is probably the most common use case of MySQLJan 22 20:20
FurnaceBoywell, a low traffic web appJan 22 20:20
FurnaceBoyanything with a lot of load will need row locking and mvcc eventuallyJan 22 20:21
FurnaceBoyi use it for TracJan 22 20:21
rnbFurnaceBoy: mmmmm i love TracJan 22 20:21
rnbFurnaceBoy: we use trac for all of our projectsJan 22 20:21
rnbFurnaceBoy: too bad it's written in pythonJan 22 20:21
rnbFurnaceBoy: it can be slowJan 22 20:21
FurnaceBoyugh, that time of the week again. must work. :)Jan 22 20:23
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Thoughts on #Canonical ’s Approach to Non-Free (Non-Libre) Software http://ur1.ca/kgka #ubuntuJan 22 20:26
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] Sign @amazonwatch global petition to #Chevron CEO Watson &urge him to clean up Chevron’s legacy in #Ecuador http://chevrontoxico.com/ #crudeJan 22 20:26
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Thoughts on Canonicals Approach to Non-Free (Non-Libre) Software | Boycott Novell .::. Size~: 99.69 KBJan 22 20:26
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Kango_Vanyone thought of creating boycottnovell waves?Jan 22 21:00
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] British Universities Under Siege Because of #Microsoft #Windows , One Goes Offline http://ur1.ca/kgmtJan 22 21:03
phIRCe-BNcTitle: British Universities Under Siege Because of Microsoft Windows, One Goes Offline | Boycott Novell .::. Size~: 101.71 KBJan 22 21:03
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Critical Internet Explorer Flaw Known and Ignored for 4 Months http://boycottnovell.com/2010/01/22/refusing-to-fix-ie-flaws/Jan 22 21:15
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Microsoft Security Negligence Confirmed: Critical Internet Explorer Flaw Known and Ignored for 4 Months | Boycott Novell .::. Size~: 110.64 KBJan 22 21:15
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] Apparently Ubuntu is sexist towards men and too "PC", so some people have decided to setup the ##ubuntu-men channel on freenode. I despair.Jan 22 21:22
EruaranhmmJan 22 21:23
EruaranI have a sudden urge to trollJan 22 21:23
cubezzz2http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/22/laredo.books/index.html?hpt=T2Jan 22 21:26
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*cubezzz2 is now known as cubezzzJan 22 21:26
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] I know, I know... today income #tax, tomorrow you wake up in the evil Soviet Socialist Republic of #Canada...Jan 22 21:26
cubezzzsocial programs are good :)Jan 22 21:27
cubezzzwhat's a good ebook store? Real book stores seem to be on the declineJan 22 21:28
cubezzz" know how to read, you're not going to get very far in life.Jan 22 21:29
cubezzz--Zhuara Rivera, 14Jan 22 21:29
cubezzzRELATED TOPICSJan 22 21:29
cubezzz    * BooksJan 22 21:29
cubezzz    * LaredoJan 22 21:29
cubezzzBarnes & Noble says it closed the Laredo store as part of an overall strategy to shut down the chain of mall-based bookstores."Jan 22 21:29
schestowitzKango_V: hiJan 22 21:43
schestowitzWe thought about itJan 22 21:43
schestowitzGroklaw did tooJan 22 21:43
Kango_VelloJan 22 21:43
Kango_Vwhat was the outcome?Jan 22 21:44
schestowitzI think it went nowhereJan 22 21:44
schestowitzIt's still private "beta", isn't it?Jan 22 21:44
Kango_Vyeah, you have to give people invitesJan 22 21:45
schestowitzI'm also not sure just how it beats IRC, which more people are using and familiar withJan 22 21:45
schestowitzWave is not mainstream yet. Maybe we should use Novell Pulse. http://www.novell.com/products/pulse/Jan 22 21:45
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Novell Pulse .::. Size~: 14.3 KBJan 22 21:45
Kango_Vi'll have a look at thatJan 22 21:45
Kango_VThat looks interesting, i'll have to keep an eye on thatJan 22 21:47
MinceRmaybe we should use IRC. :>Jan 22 21:47
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] How #Patent Trolls Harm #FreeSoftware and How the European Parliament Fails http://bit.ly/7IsuDqJan 22 21:49
phIRCe-BNcTitle: How Patent Trolls Harm Free Software and How the European Parliament Plans to Make the Trolls Even Stronger | Boycott Novell .::. Size~: 105.86 KBJan 22 21:49
cubezzzboycottnovell should use novell pulse? :)Jan 22 21:50
Kango_Vhmm, i see the irony thereJan 22 21:50
cubezzzanother thing, google books doesn't have a Linux clientJan 22 21:51
schestowitzMinceR: yesJan 22 21:52
schestowitzKango_V: I was joking :-)Jan 22 21:52
schestowitzNobody uses PulseJan 22 21:52
schestowitzAnd it's proprietaryJan 22 21:52
cubezzzso ah Novell really does suck?Jan 22 21:52
Kango_Vhehe i guessed that :)  Even from reading the page, i'm still none the wiser.  gotta love PR.Jan 22 21:53
schestowitzBallmer's *Jan 22 21:53
cubezzzactually when I look at code I can see a number of contributions from NovellJan 22 21:55
cubezzzif someone puts code under the GPL, even Novell, it's a positiveJan 22 21:59
schestowitzYesJan 22 22:00
schestowitzRain is good for the gardenJan 22 22:01
schestowitzGetting the flu makes the immune system strongerJan 22 22:01
schestowitzBill Gates puts money in puppiesJan 22 22:02
schestowitzStalin was maybe a good family manJan 22 22:02
cubezzzit's possible :)Jan 22 22:02
cubezzznothing is 100% badJan 22 22:02
schestowitzNovell's Linux work is just a small portion of what it doesJan 22 22:02
schestowitzhttp://www.buntfu.com/news,page,79,topic_id,content_pagesJan 22 22:03
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Buntfu.com - Buy & Sell Linux PC Computer Systems - IE is so secure we just had to build an OS out of it.  .::. Size~: 41.87 KBJan 22 22:03
schestowitzI haven't check MS news in 2 weeksJan 22 22:04
schestowitzI'm working weekendsJan 22 22:04
schestowitzI'd rather do BN almost full timeJan 22 22:04
cubezzzI'm guessing they're still Evil :)Jan 22 22:04
cubezzzpersonally I like knowing what the Big M is up to, but learning about Linux is more funJan 22 22:06
cubezzzwhen I talk about Linux apps with dozers they just have no clueJan 22 22:07
MinceRsleepers :>Jan 22 22:09
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] RT @HappyFeminist embarrassing RT @Rizzz Pathetic rt @RickLazio close to 1000 followers-can u ask 2 friends to follow me? // #UNFollowFridayJan 22 22:10
DaemonFCthe whole idea of a web browser turned OS (in Chrome's case anyway) is that it's not complicated or prone to malwareJan 22 22:10
DaemonFCso if Microsoft makes something like that out of IE, it won't just be a simple system with a simple bowser, you still need antivirusJan 22 22:11
DaemonFCthis alone probably doubles the system requirements and trashes the entire pointJan 22 22:11
DaemonFCwoot, form letter from the Indiana House of RepresentativesJan 22 22:15
DaemonFCI know I write them so they can send me their ho-hum form letters made of dead treesJan 22 22:16
DaemonFCand a letter from the agency I complained about...hmmmmmJan 22 22:17
schestowitz[22:06] <cubezzz> personally I like knowing what the Big M is up to, but learning about Linux is more funJan 22 22:21
schestowitzI'm mostly interested in how to shove sticks in Linux' wheelsJan 22 22:21
schestowitzI got into this topic because I see this recurring and I think it's the #1 barrier to Linux winning on the desktopJan 22 22:21
schestowitzIt's not about the whole "ready for the desktop" FUD phraseJan 22 22:21
schestowitzDaemonFC: did you see the Vista news here?Jan 22 22:22
schestowitzI posted about it earlierJan 22 22:22
schestowitzVista is butchering our networkJan 22 22:22
schestowitzhttp://resonatingmedia.com/~jesse/reader.php?mypage=Entries/jan202010.htmlJan 22 22:25
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schestowitz"Another example is KDE. When the KDE team pushed version 4.0 of their software out the door, they received a huge backlash from unhappy KDEers. And, to be fair, they probably should have called version 4.0 something else, like 4.0-alpha or 3.99, just to drive the point home that it wasn't ready for end-users."Jan 22 22:25
schestowitzI bet they still regret thisJan 22 22:25
schestowitzThey lost Linus this wayJan 22 22:25
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] "This is the crap Rorschach was talking about." Gouge eyes out before reading. http://is.gd/6P53T HT @toplessrobotJan 22 22:25
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Topless Robot - Fan Fiction Friday: Loyal-Heart and the Care Bear Cubs in "Loyal-Heart Babysits" .::. Size~: 122.95 KBJan 22 22:25
schestowitzWas Pardus gentoo based or something?Jan 22 22:27
schestowitzIIRC they used some leet distro as baseJan 22 22:27
DaemonFChmmmm, more HD channelsJan 22 22:33
DaemonFCincluding SyFy B-)Jan 22 22:33
DaemonFCwonder how much the bill is going up for thisJan 22 22:33
Kango_Vget-iplayer is my friend at the momentJan 22 22:34
DaemonFCI talked to the guy in their Comcast office here and he said the cable here was so bad he was surprised we have the 5 HD channels we already doJan 22 22:34
DaemonFCbumping all this existing channels to digital format and compressing them is what's clearing enough bandwidth to have some HD ones I'm sureJan 22 22:35
DaemonFCWhen does Stargate Universe come back on?Jan 22 22:36
DaemonFCFall? aggghhhhJan 22 22:38
DaemonFChttp://www.cinemablend.com/television/It-s-Time-To-Embrace-The-Stargate-You-Have-SG-Fans-21995.htmlJan 22 22:39
phIRCe-BNcTitle: It's Time To Embrace The Stargate You Have, SG Fans .::. Size~: 35.17 KBJan 22 22:39
DaemonFC22% ratings increase over Atlantis? How can that be?Jan 22 22:39
DaemonFCSGU seems kind of slow moving to meJan 22 22:39
DaemonFCit feels like they're dragging out each episode into twoJan 22 22:40
schestowitzhttp://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/22/internet-2009-in-numbers/Jan 22 22:42
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Internet 2009 in numbers | Royal Pingdom .::. Size~: 48.16 KBJan 22 22:42
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Tor has been compromised. Rather sad.... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/tor_security_update/Jan 22 22:43
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Tor software updated after hackers crack into systems • The Register .::. Size~: 24.28 KBJan 22 22:43
DaemonFCAhh, April 2010 they finish the first half of this seasonJan 22 22:44
DaemonFCseems like a horrible scheduleJan 22 22:44
DaemonFC"Here, lets start it up again in the spring while people are outside and sit with our thumbs up our asses wondering why the ratings are down, kill the series in total, and fill it in with Lost in Space reruns"Jan 22 22:45
DaemonFCI need to be a TV network executiveJan 22 22:45
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FurnaceBoydamn those corrupt Mexican police! http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/12/12/20091212immigagent1212.htmlJan 22 22:48
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Guilty plea by ex-ICE agent shocks many .::. Size~: 211.69 KBJan 22 22:48
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DaemonFChttp://bit.ly/7uT7tiJan 22 22:53
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Star Trek: The Lost Episode .::. Size~: 101.28 KBJan 22 22:53
DaemonFCerrrJan 22 22:53
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] We're all getting closer to dumping #Flash \0/ http://vimeo.com/blog:268 Vimeo Also Introduces HTML5 Video PlayerJan 22 22:53
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Try our new HTML5 player! on Vimeo Staff Blog .::. Size~: 84.29 KBJan 22 22:53
DaemonFChttp://www.metacafe.com/watch/986487/star_trek_voyager_cut/Jan 22 22:53
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DaemonFCthat's the oneJan 22 22:53
DaemonFC:DJan 22 22:53
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_goblin_hi allJan 22 22:56
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_goblin_connection is very bad tonightJan 22 22:56
_goblin_forgive me if I merely disapear.Jan 22 22:56
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DaemonFCI'm thinking about getting a Blu Ray player just to watch my DVDs onJan 22 22:57
DaemonFCthe price difference between a nice DVD player and a Blu Ray player that can play DVDs with the same features is only about $20Jan 22 22:57
schestowitzDaemonFC: they have quite a way to characterise the black guy on the shipJan 22 22:58
schestowitzType casting?Jan 22 22:58
DaemonFChorny, violent, barely aware of what he's doing, needs others to restrain him from causing further harm?Jan 22 22:59
DaemonFCthat's one way to read into it I guessJan 22 22:59
DaemonFCbblJan 22 23:00
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schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/government_multicloud/Jan 22 23:00
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_goblin__right, lets hope Im back for a bit longer.Jan 22 23:04
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] O2 is letting me down, its become unreliable and recently no longer been the good service provider I used to champion. #o2Jan 22 23:07
schestowitzo2? champion?Jan 22 23:12
schestowitzGoogle's DNS is rarely mentioned now...Jan 22 23:12
_goblin__yeah....used to think O2 offered an excellent service.Jan 22 23:12
_goblin__now its unreliable.Jan 22 23:13
schestowitzwatch how the Microsoft boosters (Kelly in this case) try to spin good news about developers being paid as something BAD for Linux.... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/linux_developers_pay/Jan 22 23:13
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Linux coders do it for money • The Register .::. Size~: 27.47 KBJan 22 23:13
schestowitzAmazing how much of a liar she and others can beJan 22 23:13
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schestowitzMicrosoft: "how to spin good news as bad nice?"Jan 22 23:13
schestowitzAnd vice versaJan 22 23:13
_goblin__I think Microsoft has become so caught up in its own PR it actually believes everything it says.Jan 22 23:14
_goblin__I don't think Microsoft can diferentiate between truth and lie now.Jan 22 23:14
schestowitzHeh.Jan 22 23:14
schestowitzMaybe malwareJan 22 23:14
schestowitzDid you see my BN post about my ISP/Jan 22 23:15
schestowitz?Jan 22 23:15
schestowitzExeter went offline tooJan 22 23:15
_goblin__and those MS employee's that know the truth, won't dare say it because they'll loose their jobs.Jan 22 23:15
schestowitzMalwareJan 22 23:15
schestowitzYesJan 22 23:16
schestowitzThey have the anti-Firefox party lineJan 22 23:16
schestowitzParty liesJan 22 23:16
_goblin__Roy, have you ever seen the film "The Mummy"Jan 22 23:16
schestowitzAnd another infuriating one is the "all OSes are not secure"Jan 22 23:16
schestowitzThis pR campign from Microsoft gagged the mediaJan 22 23:16
schestowitz_goblin__: just trailersJan 22 23:16
schestowitzIt looks like a rubbish filmJan 22 23:17
schestowitzThere was a sequel thoughJan 22 23:17
schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/aurora_exploit_known_months/Jan 22 23:17
phIRCe-BNcTitle: MS knew of Aurora exploit four months before Google attacks • The Register .::. Size~: 24.93 KBJan 22 23:17
schestowitzIOW, deliberateJan 22 23:17
_goblin__there was a chap who was left behind in WW1 and believed the war was still going on.....thats a little how ballmer is, he is told what he wants to hear and the wibbly wobbly world he lives in is not the one everyone else is....that explains his bizarre behavior.Jan 22 23:17
schestowitzI've just been sent this: http://cgi.ebay.de/Patente-%28und-Copyrights%29-auf-Software%3F---Petra-Buhr_W0QQitemZ180458745715QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20100120?IMSfp=TL100120234003r32743Jan 22 23:18
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Patente (und Copyrights) auf Software? - Petra Buhr bei eBay.de: Rechtswissenschaften (endet  18.02.10 20:07:52 MEZ) .::. Size~: 114.43 KBJan 22 23:18
schestowitz_goblin__: trueJan 22 23:19
schestowitzBallmer does seems to be wearing a helmet all the timeJan 22 23:19
schestowitzShiny tinfoil hatJan 22 23:19
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schestowitzHeyJan 22 23:21
sebsebsebhiJan 22 23:21
schestowitzhttp://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1588218/google-remains-committed-chinaJan 22 23:24
schestowitzSo they can pull the stunt and keep the businessJan 22 23:25
schestowitzAt least IE got some floggingJan 22 23:25
schestowitzhttp://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/oracle-president-admits-affair-after-billboards-appear/?ref=technologyJan 22 23:27
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schestowitzOuchJan 22 23:27
schestowitzMistressJan 22 23:27
schestowitzDoes Ellison too have mistresses except tons of ex wives?Jan 22 23:27
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schestowitzhttp://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3860031/Jan 22 23:39
phIRCe-BNcTitle: AMD Reports Record Revenue, Small Profit - InternetNews.com .::. Size~: 142.54 KBJan 22 23:39
schestowitzhttp://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkwNAJan 22 23:44
phIRCe-BNcTitle: [Phoronix] Farewell To X@FOSDEM. 2010 Is The Last. .::. Size~: 16.92 KBJan 22 23:44
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schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/glynmoody/statuses/8033205382Jan 22 23:55
phIRCe-BNcTitle: Twitter / Glyn Moody: RT @rupertg Timms: Digital ... .::. Size~: 10.49 KBJan 22 23:55
schestowitz_goblin: see http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006368Jan 22 23:59
phIRCe-BNcTitle: The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) .::. Size~: 61.14 KBJan 22 23:59
schestowitzLet me know what you think...... if you canJan 22 23:59

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