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FurnaceBoyschestowitz: oh dear. Cherie Blair writing opinion for the Guardian UK? Shades of HuffPo.Aug 26 00:27
schestowitzHeheAug 26 00:28
schestowitzhttp://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2993406.htmAug 26 00:28
TechrightsBot-scTitle: PM - Who is Andrew Wilke? 25/08/2010 .::. Size~: 23.92 KBAug 26 00:28
schestowitzamarsh just showed me thisAug 26 00:28
schestowitz"He caused a huge storm in 2003 when he resigned and spoke out against the Howard government on the Iraq war, saying there was no intelligence to indicate Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction."Aug 26 00:28
FurnaceBoyHoward was subsequently re-elected.Aug 26 00:29
FurnaceBoyAustralian public opposed the war by a comfortable margin.Aug 26 00:29
FurnaceBoyhe also paid no political price for Abu Ghraib (which broke before the re-election), or his other liesAug 26 00:29
schestowitzThey're not sheepAug 26 00:29
schestowitzNZ on the other hans..Aug 26 00:29
schestowitz*handAug 26 00:29
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: well, they proved to be.Aug 26 00:29
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: they REelected that bastardAug 26 00:29
schestowitztell amarshAug 26 00:30
schestowitzBut it's a little OTAug 26 00:30
schestowitzHe and oiaohm are the two main AUssie techrighters (there are more)Aug 26 00:30
FurnaceBoyI don't feel a need to discuss Howard with Aussies :)Aug 26 00:31
FurnaceBoyI am sure they have their own opinionsAug 26 00:31
FurnaceBoy"PETER BOWDEN: He got pummelled if you like, publicly. The government at the time, the Howard Liberal government attempted to discredit him in many many ways"Aug 26 00:32
FurnaceBoyya think Cherie's doing her bit for Tony's 15 million annual quid? "just pop a little bit on iran in the guardian, will ya luv"Aug 26 00:35
FurnaceBoy"cover all bases. Don't mention the War, whatever you do"Aug 26 00:36
FurnaceBoy"something that will attract lefties like flypaper. ... make it about human rights"Aug 26 00:36
schestowitzIt's always a blunder when it's brought upAug 26 00:36
schestowitzWords make headlinesAug 26 00:36
schestowitzNow he works with GatesAug 26 00:36
schestowitzI assume you know...Aug 26 00:36
FurnaceBoyand sure enough, she scrupulously did not mention the real objective, the warAug 26 00:36
FurnaceBoywell, no, I didn't really know, but I guessed he was with that group, how else would be get his 15 miln quid stipend?Aug 26 00:37
FurnaceBoygotta make yourself usefulAug 26 00:37
schestowitzI showed Glyn Moody too, so he wrote about itAug 26 00:37
schestowitzFurnaceBoy: if you want the links, hollerAug 26 00:37
schestowitzToday I got heckled by Gates believersAug 26 00:38
schestowitzBunch of kids from a Zune fan site...Aug 26 00:42
FurnaceBoylolAug 26 00:56
FurnaceBoyI am sure they're very knowledgeableAug 26 00:57
FurnaceBoy*koff* *koff*Aug 26 00:57
schestowitzHehAug 26 01:24
schestowitzgnAug 26 01:24
FurnaceBoyniteAug 26 01:24
schestowitzDon't 'squirt' your brains out with a ZuneAug 26 01:24
FurnaceBoyno plans.Aug 26 01:25
FurnaceBoyZweet Dreams.Aug 26 01:25
FurnaceBoyoh, fyi.Aug 26 01:25
FurnaceBoyGlobeAndMail.com has a 2-part (soon to be more-part) interview with MS engineer who was "on the periphery" of kinect project.Aug 26 01:26
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: astroturf going on. Check the "Controller Freak" gaming columnist.Aug 26 01:26
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schestowitzGot URL?Aug 26 06:16
schestowitzI could use a laughAug 26 06:16
FurnaceBoyhmAug 26 06:20
FurnaceBoyyesAug 26 06:20
schestowitzNever mind...Aug 26 06:20
schestowitzIf you can't get it offhandAug 26 06:21
FurnaceBoyi can find it if you like.Aug 26 06:21
FurnaceBoyyes stand byAug 26 06:21
schestowitzMaybe it's of no useAug 26 06:21
schestowitzGlobeAndMail has some decent articlesAug 26 06:21
schestowitzKINect sucksAug 26 06:21
schestowitzIt'll fail, but not like KINAug 26 06:21
FurnaceBoyhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/personal-tech/controller-freak/a-chat-with-microsoft-principal-researcher-bill-buxton-part-i/article1679332/Aug 26 06:22
TechrightsBot-scTitle: A chat with Microsoft Principal Researcher Bill Buxton, Part I - The Globe and Mail .::. Size~: 100.97 KBAug 26 06:22
*schestowitz writes 2 long posts about BillyGAug 26 06:22
FurnaceBoyparts 1 + 2 are up, part 3 coming soonAug 26 06:22
schestowitzOhAug 26 06:22
schestowitzBuxtonAug 26 06:22
schestowitzI think I saw an int with him last weekAug 26 06:22
FurnaceBoyi got to go to bed now.Aug 26 06:23
*FurnaceBoy hands to the night shiftAug 26 06:23
schestowitzhttp://gateskeepers.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2010/8/9/4600475.htmlAug 26 06:23
schestowitz"The editor of the Atlantic Wire is the husband of the former CEO of the Gates Foundation."Aug 26 06:23
schestowitzHe pulled an AriannaAug 26 06:23
schestowitzAlso in TimeAug 26 06:23
FurnaceBoyhm.Aug 26 06:23
FurnaceBoycyaAug 26 06:23
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schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50JXH4Qz87o&feature=digestAug 26 11:20
TechrightsBot-scTitle: YouTube- Sky News - Dylan Sharpe discusses online privacy .::. Size~: 93.62 KBAug 26 11:21
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpsTuY7gXik&feature=relatedAug 26 11:25
TechrightsBot-scTitle: YouTube- CNN Story about Online Privacy .::. Size~: 91.68 KBAug 26 11:25
schestowitzI know some people who have those problems: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tqWbcFi-d0&feature=relatedAug 26 11:33
TechrightsBot-scTitle: YouTube- Teens and online privacy .::. Size~: 81.1 KBAug 26 11:33
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MinceRyay. on turning off compositing, plasma-desktop crashes and forgets some if its settings.Aug 26 15:36
MinceRs/if/of/Aug 26 15:36
schestowitzplasma-desktop might lose if crashed badly, never happens to meAug 26 15:38
schestowitzIt slows down over time, so occasionally I restart itAug 26 15:38
MinceRand then kwin crashesAug 26 15:42
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/conversation/47154213#notice-47529083 "Hey there! Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, been on identica for a bit now. Way better than Twitter IMO. :-)"Aug 26 16:10
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Conversation - Identi.ca .::. Size~: 8.9 KBAug 26 16:10
schestowitzMinceR should open an account in identicaAug 26 16:10
schestowitzLightbringerAug 26 16:10
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schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/conversation/47120675#notice-47539532 "Isn't it interesting how that happened."Aug 26 16:58
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Conversation - Identi.ca .::. Size~: 9.04 KBAug 26 16:58
schestowitzgnu takes on Linux easily, not in mainstream pressAug 26 16:58
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/conversation/47167335#notice-47540693 "mainstream press doesn't seem to be what it once was either.  The bottom line appears to be the arbiter of editorial opinion."Aug 26 17:27
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Conversation - Identi.ca .::. Size~: 9.03 KBAug 26 17:27
MinceRschestowitz: what for?Aug 26 18:42
schestowitzthe bias?Aug 26 19:09
MinceRidenticaAug 26 19:12
schestowitzAmuse FOSS peopleAug 26 19:14
schestowitzaccommodate the #crapple tagAug 26 19:15
schestowitzwith fabshAug 26 19:15
MinceRwhat's fabsh?Aug 26 19:36
schestowitzfab sh. something... Linux Outlaws... German guys who hates APPLEAug 26 19:37
schestowitz*GUYAug 26 19:37
MinceRoh.Aug 26 19:37
MinceRdo we syndicate him on #techrights? :>Aug 26 19:37
schestowitzwe should.Aug 26 19:49
schestowitzHold on..Aug 26 19:49
schestowitzHis 'channel' kind of sucks thoughAug 26 19:52
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/fabshAug 26 19:52
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Fabian Scherschel (fabsh)  - Identi.ca .::. Size~: 60.98 KBAug 26 19:52
schestowitzI see it's all noiseAug 26 19:53
schestowitzpage 2...Aug 26 19:53
MinceRicAug 26 19:55
MinceRwhat's the difference between identi.ca and status.net? i thought i saw microblog posts on both...Aug 26 19:56
MinceR(or maybe just identi.ca features the status.net logo too prominently and i didn't look hard enough?)Aug 26 19:57
schestowitzI don't know eitherAug 26 20:03
FurnaceBoyi guess identi.ca is the brand, status.net is the infrastructureAug 26 20:03
schestowitzFunny that I wondered that just 2 hours ago (again)Aug 26 20:03
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*Topic for #boycottnovell-social is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell-social for http://TechRights.org | Communication about anything, including Microsoft, Novell, and Free software :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovellAug 26 21:18
*Topic for #boycottnovell-social set by schestowitz!~schestowi@unaffiliated/schestowitz at Fri May 7 00:20:14 2010Aug 26 21:18
schestowitztessier: do you still take xchat logs?Aug 26 21:20
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tessiernopeAug 26 21:48
schestowitzOh...Aug 26 21:50
schestowitzNo worries, I'll find it another way :-)Aug 26 21:50
MinceR"A router comes into a doctor's office and says: it hurts when IP."Aug 26 22:42
MinceRhm, apparently the "logged" notices have disappeared from the topicsAug 26 22:42
schestowitzWHat do you mean?Aug 26 22:44
MinceRneither of the topics for #techrights, #boycottnovell or #boycottnovell-social say "publicly logged" as it used toAug 26 22:46
schestowitzI don't think it has said it for monthsAug 26 22:47
MinceRi only noticed it nowAug 26 22:48
schestowitzI made the descriptions longerAug 26 22:49
schestowitzDid you know some guy was gonna sue Canonical for posting logs?Aug 26 22:49
MinceRnope, haven't heard of itAug 26 22:58
FurnaceBoylolAug 26 22:58
schestowitzNo lawsuit at endAug 26 23:09
schestowitzhttp://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2010/08/25/lameducks_hiddenagendas/ "How convenient here again: Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, gets charged with rape accusations, arrested by police and … the police withdraws the charge. “Strong social pressure” is the way a lobbyist once described these sorts of interesting events to me. "Aug 26 23:31
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