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qu1j0t3happy new yearJan 01 12:48
schestowitzHello thereJan 01 12:54
schestowitzI have some news about FriedmanJan 01 12:54
schestowitzShilling for Gates  & Arne Duncan nowJan 01 12:54
schestowitzAnd I have over 10 posts about Gates and other plutocrats comingJan 01 12:54
schestowitzBut that's not a major thing... just something I had in mind. Are you still in land/continent of the oppressed (by Fruit Company, Kissinger, CIA, etc)?Jan 01 12:56
qu1j0t3schestowitz: Quadrescence maybe of interest? http://lwn.net/Articles/420833/Jan 01 12:57
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Scilab 5.3.0 released [LWN.net] .::. Size~: 5.98 KBJan 01 12:57
qu1j0t3schestowitz: yepJan 01 12:57
qu1j0t3schestowitz: Friedman - no surprise there.Jan 01 12:57
schestowitzI tried scilabJan 01 12:57
schestowitzI have it installed and got some feedback from devsJan 01 12:57
qu1j0t3schestowitz: Friedman is a leading cheerleader for 'globalisation' (as in, theft). He's either a 'believer' or is happy to act as one.Jan 01 12:58
schestowitzWhen you're back I want you to please read the log and discuss w/ usJan 01 12:59
qu1j0t3schestowitz: i saw the logJan 01 12:59
schestowitzqu1j0t3: Road to DamascusJan 01 12:59
schestowitzConquest...Jan 01 12:59
schestowitzImagine if Lebanon paved a road to Tel Aviv...Jan 01 12:59
schestowitzBut anyway, I do see the NYT also doing puff piecesJan 01 13:00
schestowitzGood to know though that they ran with EllsbergJan 01 13:00
schestowitzMaybe it was less corrupted back then? Somehow I doubt it.Jan 01 13:00
qu1j0t3http://lwn.net/Articles/420720/Jan 01 13:00
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Canonical and the Ubuntu project release the Ubuntu Font Family for the web [LWN.net] .::. Size~: 12.54 KBJan 01 13:00
qu1j0t3schestowitz: it's an interesting questionJan 01 13:01
schestowitzMeanwhile Red Hat makes a kerneklJan 01 13:01
qu1j0t3schestowitz: things are rather more entrenched now, i think.Jan 01 13:01
schestowitzCanonical still tries to outMac the MacJan 01 13:01
qu1j0t3schestowitz: the culture has changedJan 01 13:01
schestowitzNYT is *very* debt-saddled for yearsJan 01 13:01
qu1j0t3schestowitz: we're talking 35 years of marination in Murdoch's tripeJan 01 13:01
qu1j0t3schestowitz: Murdoch wasn't around, the public was free to react in a civilised way once the veil droppedJan 01 13:02
schestowitzSo it's an easy target for either subsidy support from govt. or those Gates 'donations'Jan 01 13:02
qu1j0t3schestowitz: now we have an uncivilised public, de-civilisedJan 01 13:02
schestowitzBTW, Gates has just bought what seems like Africa's biggest news siteJan 01 13:02
schestowitzOh, and PBSJan 01 13:02
qu1j0t3fuckJan 01 13:02
schestowitzFor Huff he pays w/ dinners and powers I reckon...Jan 01 13:02
qu1j0t3no shitJan 01 13:02
qu1j0t3from our conv the other day one has to wonder what her husbadn is doingJan 01 13:03
qu1j0t3offshore drilling?Jan 01 13:03
schestowitzFox is killing NYTJan 01 13:03
qu1j0t3Fox calls NYT liberal mediaJan 01 13:03
qu1j0t3it's a trickJan 01 13:03
schestowitzGets higher rating for being trash tablod that tells people what they want rather than what's trueJan 01 13:03
qu1j0t3good cop/bad coJan 01 13:03
qu1j0t3copJan 01 13:03
schestowitzSo maybe NYT tries to compete on these termsJan 01 13:03
qu1j0t3if you don't like "our" message, why, you dirty liberal, go read NYT or HuffPoJan 01 13:03
qu1j0t3schestowitz: that's what HuffPo does.Jan 01 13:04
schestowitzLeft/right - both corporationsJan 01 13:04
qu1j0t3schestowitz: it's adopted tabloidism, which is Murdoch's methodJan 01 13:04
schestowitzBoth focus on wrong debatesJan 01 13:04
schestowitze.g. in climateJan 01 13:04
qu1j0t3yesJan 01 13:04
schestowitzScience or American journals don'tJan 01 13:04
qu1j0t3always the wrong debate. that's the tactic.Jan 01 13:04
schestowitzThey deal with the real debatesJan 01 13:04
qu1j0t3also, reputation laundering for Gates etcJan 01 13:04
schestowitzArgh...Jan 01 13:04
qu1j0t3paint everything as its oppositeJan 01 13:05
schestowitzYou have no idea how much I have to write about itJan 01 13:05
qu1j0t3globalisation is "benefiting the poor"Jan 01 13:05
schestowitzI think like 2mb of textJan 01 13:05
schestowitzqu1j0t3: following commandsJan 01 13:05
schestowitzObey your masters, you'll get bunkJan 01 13:05
schestowitzGlobalisation in the harmony senseJan 01 13:05
schestowitzI don't use the work globalisationJan 01 13:06
schestowitzNeither should any of uJan 01 13:06
schestowitzNeither should any of usJan 01 13:06
schestowitzLike "climate change"Jan 01 13:06
schestowitzOriginally brought up in the 80s IIRC but not for malicious reasonsJan 01 13:06
qu1j0t3right, it belongs in quotesJan 01 13:06
schestowitzLater co-copted by a guy who does not even believe this crock he startedJan 01 13:06
schestowitzglobaliations is more like corporatisationJan 01 13:07
schestowitzthey don't like borders and policies so muchJan 01 13:07
schestowitzPolicies grant and protect rights of *people*Jan 01 13:07
qu1j0t3yes.Jan 01 13:07
schestowitzSetting boundariesJan 01 13:07
qu1j0t3can always be defeated by forcing an "F"TA at gunpointJan 01 13:07
schestowitzMehJan 01 13:08
schestowitzLike the ones for swpat nowJan 01 13:08
schestowitzSeveral of themJan 01 13:08
schestowitzCabalegate is good for exposing thoseJan 01 13:08
schestowitzThe negotiation processesJan 01 13:08
schestowitzInc. some recently-revealed ACTA onesJan 01 13:08
qu1j0t3yesJan 01 13:09
schestowitzI think I'll switch on the boiler for some "temperature change" and globalise the apartment with my neighbour'sJan 01 13:09
qu1j0t3i mean we knew it was going on.. just didn't haveevidenceJan 01 13:09
schestowitzYeJan 01 13:09
schestowitzYesJan 01 13:09
qu1j0t3hm, Salon.com just showed me an interstitial ad for NYTJan 01 13:09
schestowitzI added your Salon linkJan 01 13:09
schestowitzShame on you!Jan 01 13:09
schestowitzSo jealous!Jan 01 13:10
schestowitzOf those rich heroesJan 01 13:10
schestowitzMurdoch... everyone envies him. His reporting is so spectacular..Jan 01 13:10
schestowitzThere's lots more about Gates as of lateJan 01 13:10
schestowitzLast night I caught up with 2.5 months of Gates newsJan 01 13:11
schestowitzIt was hard to keep a straight face :-)Jan 01 13:11
qu1j0t3hehJan 01 13:13
qu1j0t3theres a connction between news and soap operaJan 01 13:13
qu1j0t3was here watching a soap with my wife (who loves them... theyre v popular in brazil)Jan 01 13:13
qu1j0t3of course soap is escapismJan 01 13:13
qu1j0t3i hate it, actually. i just watched for 5 minJan 01 13:14
qu1j0t3to analyseJan 01 13:14
qu1j0t3generally they are about the lives of the richJan 01 13:14
qu1j0t3and WHITEJan 01 13:14
qu1j0t3in this one, everybody had the pallor of a corpse, a michael jackson..Jan 01 13:14
qu1j0t3in brazil that's absurdJan 01 13:14
schestowitzhJan 01 13:14
schestowitz[13:14] <qu1j0t3> and WHITEJan 01 13:15
qu1j0t3but you can see how they mix the drug of escapismJan 01 13:15
schestowitzBut what about Oprah?Jan 01 13:15
qu1j0t3lolJan 01 13:15
schestowitzAnd Trisha?Jan 01 13:15
qu1j0t3Oprah isn't soap, thoJan 01 13:15
schestowitzSoap opera live on stgeJan 01 13:15
schestowitzEsp. Trisha in the UKJan 01 13:15
qu1j0t3it's just a trick of soaps, whiten everybodyJan 01 13:15
qu1j0t3even in the US they don't show BLACKSJan 01 13:15
schestowitzTiffs on stageJan 01 13:15
schestowitzSFW Jerry SpringerJan 01 13:15
qu1j0t3only the mocha colour is allowed to get famousJan 01 13:15
qu1j0t3Gabourey Sidibe is an extremely unusual exceptionJan 01 13:15
qu1j0t3if her fame enduresJan 01 13:16
schestowitzAnd Michelle ObamaJan 01 13:16
qu1j0t3but her husband is not as BLACK as MugabeJan 01 13:16
schestowitzIt's politically incorrect to discuss itJan 01 13:16
qu1j0t3sureJan 01 13:16
schestowitzBut black people ought to raise the issue and I suspect some doJan 01 13:16
qu1j0t3well, there's white people's tv and black people's tvJan 01 13:17
qu1j0t3i've seen people on twitter refer to 'honky twitter'Jan 01 13:17
qu1j0t3as a different groupJan 01 13:17
schestowitzMaybe by embrace of ebony they can gradually get to treat people as people and not as "brands" of peopleJan 01 13:17
schestowitzI keep hearing phrases like the "Bontonians"Jan 01 13:17
schestowitz*Bostonians"Jan 01 13:17
qu1j0t3oh., the world is not colourblind and won't be for a very long time schestowitzJan 01 13:17
schestowitzAbout kids from BostonsJan 01 13:17
schestowitzOr foreign workers having their nationality intermixed with their accupationJan 01 13:18
qu1j0t3schestowitz: you do realise that there's separate tv for whites and blacksJan 01 13:18
qu1j0t3schestowitz: segregation exists everywhere if you lookJan 01 13:18
schestowitzPeople don't even notice the racism in what they say, it becomes normalisedJan 01 13:18
qu1j0t3schestowitz: yes. assumptions. happens here too, Br has a de facto caste systemJan 01 13:18
schestowitzTypecasting of sortsJan 01 13:19
qu1j0t3absolutelyJan 01 13:19
qu1j0t3if you are white, European... you have moneyJan 01 13:19
schestowitzI know x people who do y and are matching Z criteriaJan 01 13:19
qu1j0t3the sad part is.. it's gneerally a reflection of realityJan 01 13:19
schestowitz{Z}Jan 01 13:19
qu1j0t3it's not egalitarianJan 01 13:20
schestowitzI found a story yesterday about it...Jan 01 13:20
schestowitzI can't find it offhandJan 01 13:20
qu1j0t3the novelas (soaps) reinforce itJan 01 13:20
schestowitzAnother couple of black people arrested or something for entering their own houseJan 01 13:20
qu1j0t3fuck tvJan 01 13:20
schestowitzLike the Gates-Obama episode, but this one is more 'street'Jan 01 13:20
schestowitzqu1j0t3: TV is not the problemJan 01 13:21
schestowitzit shows imagesJan 01 13:21
schestowitzThe problem is cableJan 01 13:21
schestowitzThe contentJan 01 13:21
qu1j0t3schestowitz: tv is a way of establishing a 'norm'Jan 01 13:21
schestowitzMy monitors do the same thingJan 01 13:21
qu1j0t3most effective means yetJan 01 13:21
schestowitzBut they are connected to the Internet, which sadly is under attack by govts nowJan 01 13:21
schestowitzNot just US govt.Jan 01 13:21
qu1j0t3schestowitz: internet != tvJan 01 13:21
qu1j0t3tv is something else.Jan 01 13:21
qu1j0t3deeply problematicJan 01 13:21
schestowitzRead this one two days agoJan 01 13:22
schestowitz"http://www.truth-out.org/2011-a-brave-new-dystopia66307Jan 01 13:22
TechrightsBot-scTitle: 2011: A Brave New Dystopia .::. Size~: 62.32 KBJan 01 13:22
schestowitz'Jan 01 13:22
schestowitzThe result is a monochromatic system of information. Celebrity courtiers, masquerading as journalists, experts and specialists, identify our problems and patiently explain the parameters. All those who argue outside the imposed parameters are dismissed as irrelevant cranks, extremists or members of a radical left. Prescient social critics, from Ralph Nader to Noam Chomsky, are banished. Acceptable opinions have a range of AJan 01 13:22
schestowitzto B. The culture, under the tutelage of these corporate courtiers, becomes, as Huxley noted, a world of cheerful conformity, as well as an endless and finally fatal optimism. We busy ourselves buying products that promise to change our lives, make us more beautiful, confident or successful as we are steadily stripped of rights, money and influence. All messages we receive through these systems of communication, whether onJan 01 13:22
schestowitzthe nightly news or talk shows like “Oprah,” promise a brighter, happier tomorrow. And this, as Wolin points out, is “the same ideology that invites corporate executives to exaggerate profits and conceal losses, but always with a sunny face.” We have been entranced, as Wolin writes, by “continuous technological advances” that “encourage elaborate fantasies of individual prowess, eternal youthfulness, beautyJan 01 13:22
schestowitzthrough surgery, actions measured in nanoseconds: a dream-laden culture of ever-expanding control and possibility, whose denizens are prone to fantasies because the vast majority have imagination but little scientific knowledge.”Jan 01 13:22
schestowitz[...]Jan 01 13:22
schestowitzThe façade is crumbling. And as more and more people realize that they have been used and robbed, we will move swiftly from Huxley’s “Brave New World” to Orwell’s “1984.” The public, at some point, will have to face some very unpleasant truths. The good-paying jobs are not coming back. The largest deficits in human history mean that we are trapped in a debt peonage system that will be used by the corporate stateJan 01 13:22
schestowitzto eradicate the last vestiges of social protection for citizens, including Social Security. The state has devolved from a capitalist democracy to neo-feudalism. And when these truths become apparent, anger will replace the corporate-imposed cheerful conformity. The bleakness of our post-industrial pockets, where some 40 million Americans live in a state of poverty and tens of millions in a category called “near poverty,”Jan 01 13:22
schestowitzcoupled with the lack of credit to save families from foreclosures, bank repossessions and bankruptcy from medical bills, means that inverted totalitarianism will no longer work.Jan 01 13:22
schestowitz'Jan 01 13:22
schestowitz[13:21] <qu1j0t3> schestowitz: internet != tvJan 01 13:22
schestowitzTV is an applianceJan 01 13:22
qu1j0t3"The façade is crumbling"Jan 01 13:23
qu1j0t3i'm not sure about that.Jan 01 13:23
schestowitzBut it's the thing you connect it to and the broadcast method (push, not pull) that emits so much rubbish at unwanted times and audienceJan 01 13:23
schestowitzImageine not running a siteJan 01 13:23
schestowitzImagine being given a couch potatoJan 01 13:23
qu1j0t3schestowitz: the problem isn't that it's rubbishJan 01 13:23
oiaohmqu1j0t3: time changes.  Remember ICQJan 01 13:23
qu1j0t3schestowitz: it's that it entrenches a faulty normJan 01 13:23
qu1j0t3schestowitz: by now, so far entrenched you can't see the sky any moreJan 01 13:23
qu1j0t340 years of shitJan 01 13:23
schestowitzYou are in total control of the junk you send at the potato, no need to make sense cause click away is to another disparate point (channel)Jan 01 13:24
qu1j0t3schestowitz: it's like votingJan 01 13:24
qu1j0t3schestowitz: all channels show the sameJan 01 13:24
oiaohmqu1j0t3: what about facebook is new and unique to what there was before it.Jan 01 13:24
qu1j0t3Facebook doesn't address the problemJan 01 13:24
schestowitzICQ killed IRC for me at its timeJan 01 13:24
schestowitzFacebiij creates the problemJan 01 13:24
oiaohmBBS sites remember those.  qu1j0t3Jan 01 13:25
schestowitzNot address anyJan 01 13:25
qu1j0t3oiaohm: yes, but it's nothing to dow ith what i'm talking about.Jan 01 13:25
schestowitzPeople could use mail and knew each other's faces before thatJan 01 13:25
schestowitzThey didn't have total strangers poking at their feet beforeJan 01 13:25
qu1j0t3schestowitz: for example, the middle class has TV on 24 hours a day, in every room.Jan 01 13:25
oiaohmSome BBS sites were known for being as bad as facebook on taken things.Jan 01 13:25
qu1j0t3schestowitz: you and I don't, obviously. but they do.Jan 01 13:25
oiaohmqu1j0t3: things will move on.Jan 01 13:25
oiaohmTV will change.Jan 01 13:26
schestowitzqu1j0t3: so what class are we?Jan 01 13:26
oiaohmInternet will change.Jan 01 13:26
schestowitz[13:25] <qu1j0t3> schestowitz: for example, the middle class hasJan 01 13:26
schestowitzOutclassed?Jan 01 13:26
oiaohmGoogle solves a problem indexing so they remain.Jan 01 13:26
qu1j0t3schestowitz: it's a valid generalisationJan 01 13:26
oiaohmFacebook does not solve a particular problem.Jan 01 13:26
oiaohmSo its only a temp wind.Jan 01 13:26
qu1j0t3schestowitz: it's hard to say what term would be better. I could write a sentence, like, those who by luck and accidental birth fell on the affluent side of the wedgeJan 01 13:26
oiaohmAll we can hope is that its replacement is better not worse.Jan 01 13:26
schestowitzoiaohm: It's the ego problemJan 01 13:27
schestowitzPeople feel not cared forJan 01 13:27
schestowitzThen they start clicking on buttonsJan 01 13:27
schestowitzIt's like WoWJan 01 13:27
schestowitzParallel virtual worldsJan 01 13:27
oiaohmBefore Wow there was mud and mush.Jan 01 13:27
schestowitzWhere they can outpace their friends' *real* # of friendsJan 01 13:27
oiaohmNothing is new at this stage.Jan 01 13:27
oiaohmmush was also know for collect stacks of fake friends.Jan 01 13:28
oiaohmmush also allowed players to customise the game like facebook does.Jan 01 13:28
oiaohmEven more so.Jan 01 13:28
schestowitzWith Twitter there's at least the notion of follower, not friendJan 01 13:28
oiaohmThis is the problem I am too old I have seen that much tech come and go.Jan 01 13:28
schestowitzSo it's a syndication centralisation service of sortsJan 01 13:29
oiaohmYou learn from it.   Tech that last must truly solve a problem.Jan 01 13:29
schestowitzBut FB added the "like" antifeaureJan 01 13:29
oiaohmMore important thing at moment is phones decide to standard there connection to computers.Jan 01 13:30
schestowitzTwitter does not solve much of a problem, either. Identi.ca does better at making conversations with multiple peopleJan 01 13:30
oiaohmIdenti.ca is more likely to last than twitter.Jan 01 13:30
oiaohmBut twitter is cheeper than the texting some people were using before it.Jan 01 13:31
oiaohmSo yes sneakly twitter does solve a problem.Jan 01 13:31
schestowitzhttp://www.techeye.net/software/tsar-putin-orders-microsoft-off-government-computersJan 01 13:34
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Tsar Putin orders Microsoft off government computers - Payback time for insult | TechEye .::. Size~: 29.12 KBJan 01 13:34
schestowitzNot sure if qu1j0t3 saw itJan 01 13:34
schestowitzCuba tooJan 01 13:34
schestowitzNow Microsoft will call it "communism"Jan 01 13:34
schestowitzoiaohm: they don't need to pay for SMS if they use API to twitter, I guess?Jan 01 13:35
schestowitzi never thought of it like thatJan 01 13:35
schestowitzMaybe that's cause I dumped mobile phones 7-8 years ago :-DJan 01 13:35
qu1j0t3schestowitz: yes i saw itJan 01 13:36
qu1j0t3schestowitz: it gave me flashbacks to my visits to moscow. i've seen this kind of "document". Russian mentality may kill this initiative.Jan 01 13:36
qu1j0t3schestowitz: Windows is extremely entrenched there.Jan 01 13:36
oiaohmUnder SMS you have to pay for each person you want to send the short message to.  schestowitzJan 01 13:37
oiaohmtwitter fits into a small edge area.Jan 01 13:37
oiaohmSo far we have not seen twitter used for flash mobsJan 01 13:38
oiaohmBut it will come.Jan 01 13:39
schestowitz[13:36] <qu1j0t3> schestowitz: it gave me flashbacks to my visits to moscow. i've seen this kind of "document". Russian mentality may kill this initiative.Jan 01 13:39
schestowitzWHO is Inishative? Where is he?Jan 01 13:40
oiaohmReally I am wondering what country will be first to make it illegel to have a copy of MS windows inside it boarders.Jan 01 13:41
qu1j0t3oiaohm: Venezuela :)Jan 01 13:41
qu1j0t3oiaohm: i wonder if that will happen in my lifetime.Jan 01 13:42
oiaohmRate of progress suggests about 10 to 15 years.Jan 01 13:42
qu1j0t3in a way I think Stuxnet was a fantastic failure, as it alerted people to the real dangerJan 01 13:43
qu1j0t3i mean , a failure for those who tried to use itJan 01 13:43
oiaohmBut a one of the edge countories due to a failure like Stuxnet could do it in the next 1 to 2Jan 01 13:43
qu1j0t3oiaohm: yesJan 01 13:43
qu1j0t3oiaohm: buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutJan 01 13:43
qu1j0t3oiaohm: it is not as easy as it sounds...Jan 01 13:44
qu1j0t3oiaohm: it could only be practical for certain subsets of applicationsJan 01 13:44
qu1j0t3oiaohm: you could never take windows from this 'middle class' i speak of.Jan 01 13:44
qu1j0t3oiaohm: it's an opiate...Jan 01 13:44
oiaohmqu1j0t3: really you are wrongJan 01 13:44
qu1j0t3o?Jan 01 13:44
qu1j0t3i am?Jan 01 13:44
oiaohmqu1j0t3: the middle class is already starting to let go of windows.Jan 01 13:44
qu1j0t3not in countries I visit.Jan 01 13:45
oiaohmipads......Jan 01 13:45
qu1j0t3LOL!Jan 01 13:45
qu1j0t3oiaohm: you're kiddingJan 01 13:45
oiaohmI said starting.Jan 01 13:45
qu1j0t3oiaohm: you can't get those here. there's a 100% duty.Jan 01 13:45
qu1j0t3there will be no inroads to the 99% of computer users on windows.Jan 01 13:45
qu1j0t3maybe 0.001% can afford ipad hereJan 01 13:45
oiaohmandroid devicesJan 01 13:45
oiaohmMeego devices could be the big threat.Jan 01 13:46
qu1j0t3on desktopsJan 01 13:46
qu1j0t3i'm talking about windows on desktopJan 01 13:46
oiaohmHave you seen a android device hooked up to a docking station.Jan 01 13:46
qu1j0t3yes, linux on phones will make inroads, but it's a totally distinct marketJan 01 13:46
oiaohmYes and no.Jan 01 13:46
oiaohmThe edges between desktop and phone are breaking down.Jan 01 13:46
qu1j0t3it's very hard to say what would convince 'ordinary people' to move off windows. they have never been exposed to the issues, the context.Jan 01 13:47
qu1j0t3they have no way to process information about this level of choice.Jan 01 13:47
qu1j0t3this is microsoft's tacticJan 01 13:47
qu1j0t3define PC as Windows PCJan 01 13:47
qu1j0t3succeededJan 01 13:47
MinceRthat's crApple's tactic as wellJan 01 13:48
qu1j0t3sure, in 20 yrs it may be a bit differentJan 01 13:48
schestowitzthen France taxes just linux for copyrightsJan 01 13:48
schestowitzAnd appleJan 01 13:48
schestowitzas though PCs are not the problemJan 01 13:48
oiaohmYou look at lot of business desktops.  qu1j0t3 what are they.Jan 01 13:48
qu1j0t3in fact i was thinking, if i lived here, i'd start doing linux activismJan 01 13:48
schestowitzafaik it's PCs that most people d/l stuff illegally withJan 01 13:48
oiaohmLot of them are thin clients.  qu1j0t3Jan 01 13:48
qu1j0t3oiaohm: they are Windows, in Brazil, Russia, and India.Jan 01 13:49
qu1j0t3oiaohm: in Brazil and Russia, Windows is totalJan 01 13:49
oiaohmSomething android phones are powerful enough todo.Jan 01 13:49
schestowitzqu1j0t3: but you can move some of itJan 01 13:49
qu1j0t3schestowitz: sureJan 01 13:49
schestowitzLike moving to Fedora+OctaveJan 01 13:49
schestowitzThey won't know the differenceJan 01 13:49
qu1j0t3schestowitz: i was thinkig that linux trainig, support and so on might make an interesting business if i lived hereJan 01 13:49
qu1j0t3schestowitz: growth businessJan 01 13:49
schestowitzYou can install Firefox on Windwos for a person, no complaints...Jan 01 13:49
oiaohmReally how many key apps they depend on would not run from windows terminal services.  qu1j0t3Jan 01 13:50
schestowitzqu1j0t3: what did you think of what was raised in IRC?Jan 01 13:50
qu1j0t3oiaohm: it may change, but my point is that right now, windows has total command in these markets.Jan 01 13:50
oiaohmThe desktop could be gone quite quicky.Jan 01 13:50
qu1j0t3oiaohm: home and busnessJan 01 13:50
oiaohmThat is a problem I have.Jan 01 13:50
oiaohmI service a few Linux only businesses.Jan 01 13:50
schestowitzhttp://smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Industry/M8T2B5B9Jan 01 13:50
oiaohmAnd I do mean Linux only.Jan 01 13:50
qu1j0t3schestowitz: well i approve... you know how much i despise what WRI doesJan 01 13:50
schestowitzChanges are comingJan 01 13:50
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Microsoft CEO Dumps More Shares - Smarthouse .::. Size~: 186.13 KBJan 01 13:50
schestowitzYou want to be at the front lineJan 01 13:51
schestowitze.g. when people ask for a new systemJan 01 13:51
qu1j0t3schestowitz: it's an idea that crossed my mindJan 01 13:51
oiaohmSome of them are funny.Jan 01 13:51
schestowitzI migrate people and tim does too, they stick with Linux and persuade others in turnJan 01 13:51
oiaohmLike a dog shelter.  qu1j0t3Jan 01 13:51
qu1j0t3schestowitz: yes, i'd do that kind of thingJan 01 13:51
oiaohmFunny enough the management software for that works better under Linux.Jan 01 13:51
schestowitzqu1j0t3: WRI?Jan 01 13:52
qu1j0t3schestowitz: wolfram researchJan 01 13:52
schestowitzMAthworksJan 01 13:52
schestowitzA bigger playerJan 01 13:52
oiaohmAndroind ipads are breaking down people road block of Windows interafce.Jan 01 13:52
schestowitzyupJan 01 13:52
schestowitzqu1j0t3: Microsoft pulls out the last weapon nowJan 01 13:52
schestowitzIV sues LinuxJan 01 13:52
schestowitzOr extorts firstJan 01 13:52
schestowitzSo does Traul AllenJan 01 13:52
schestowitzAnd BallmerJan 01 13:53
schestowitzAcaciaJan 01 13:53
schestowitzPatents from many fronts for many taxesJan 01 13:53
schestowitzThat's their only remaining plan and Apple collaborates with themJan 01 13:53
schestowitzOracle..Jan 01 13:53
schestowitzThey feel the pinch, they modify the lawJan 01 13:53
schestowitzhttp://www.networkworld.com/community/node/68837Jan 01 13:54
schestowitzLOLJan 01 13:54
TechrightsBot-scTitle: The Microsoft Update: Acer will soon ship the famed Microsoft 'Courier' tablet | Network World .::. Size~: 96.94 KBJan 01 13:54
schestowitzResurrectionJan 01 13:54
oiaohmhttp://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/   Have you seen this qu1j0t3?Jan 01 13:54
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Nexus One USB host mode driver .::. Size~: 11.62 KBJan 01 13:54
schestowitzhttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69O0OL20101025Jan 01 13:54
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Adobe aims to stay independent: report | Reuters  .::. Size~: 71.04 KBJan 01 13:54
schestowitzqu1j0t3: you do photoshop iirJan 01 13:54
oiaohmNow remember phone makers have just decided on a universal connection port.  qu1j0t3  So phone docking stations will become more possible.Jan 01 13:55
schestowitzoiaohm: many "universal" ones existJan 01 13:55
schestowitzMicrosoft would also call its stuff "Universal"Jan 01 13:55
oiaohmusb mini port as standard.Jan 01 13:55
schestowitzLike Palm didJan 01 13:55
schestowitzThey can't even agree on USB(TM) yetJan 01 13:56
MinceRcrApple calls stuff universal tooJan 01 13:56
MinceRat least their fat binariesJan 01 13:56
schestowitzhttp://printceo.com/2010/11/adobe-not-for-sale/Jan 01 13:56
TechrightsBot-scTitle:   Adobe “not for sale”  -  Printing Industry News and Opinion from Print CEO .::. Size~: 18.59 KBJan 01 13:56
schestowitzMinceR: Universal Studio :-)Jan 01 13:56
MinceR:>Jan 01 13:56
oiaohmBut this is a true universal.  Even apple is looking to be on board.Jan 01 13:56
schestowitzJobs is heavily vested in this trashJan 01 13:56
MinceRwow, "even crApple", closest follower of m$? :>Jan 01 13:57
oiaohmNow the odds of having all phone makers agree on something.Jan 01 13:57
oiaohmWithout force is impossible.Jan 01 13:57
oiaohmEU is to blame.Jan 01 13:57
schestowitzhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/a-four-day-dive-into-stuxnets-heart/Jan 01 13:57
TechrightsBot-scTitle: A Four-Day Dive Into Stuxnet’s Heart | Threat Level | Wired.com .::. Size~: 89.2 KBJan 01 13:57
oiaohmThey have got sick of the envormental wasteage all the different connecting charges and interfaces have caused.Jan 01 13:57
schestowitzqu1j0t3: did you see the Greenward vs Wired thingJan 01 13:59
schestowitz? Many exchanges there.Jan 01 13:59
oiaohmReally MS aquiring adobe would be a true nightmare and a god send at the same time.Jan 01 13:59
oiaohmReason you could be the quality of adobe key products would sink under MS management.Jan 01 13:59
schestowitzoiaohm: can kill photoshop and Flash.... AND... PDFJan 01 13:59
schestowitzWould help standards and FSJan 01 14:00
MinceRwhere could the quality of adobe products sink?Jan 01 14:00
MinceRis there such a thing as negative quality?Jan 01 14:00
oiaohmMinceR: You are talking MS here.Jan 01 14:00
MinceRand adobe.Jan 01 14:00
schestowitzMinceR: after around 2006Jan 01 14:00
schestowitzTHey sacked US codersJan 01 14:00
oiaohmAdobe quality normally stays just on the side of the postive.Jan 01 14:00
schestowitzGot cheaper onesJan 01 14:00
qu1j0t3schestowitz: yesJan 01 14:00
MinceRi don't think anyone would notice a change in quality.Jan 01 14:00
schestowitzThey love to also insult the US codersJan 01 14:00
schestowitz"They suck"="they cost us too much"Jan 01 14:01
qu1j0t3schestowitz: but i was already aware of it. GG raised it weeks ago.Jan 01 14:01
oiaohmMS on the other hand lot of products go into the negitive quality with consumer hunting features.Jan 01 14:01
MinceRa change in GUI, perhapsJan 01 14:01
schestowitzPearly Gates is the worst in that regardJan 01 14:01
MinceRand in brandingJan 01 14:01
schestowitzHe mocks AmericansJan 01 14:01
schestowitzAnd American schoolsJan 01 14:01
schestowitzTo help himselfJan 01 14:01
MinceRi doubt that crApple cultists would even care about consumer hunting featuresJan 01 14:01
MinceRafter all they love it when they get them from crAppleJan 01 14:01
schestowitzhttp://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20101212-OPINION-12120314Jan 01 14:02
TechrightsBot-scTitle: The United States of Gates | SeacoastOnline.com .::. Size~: 84.1 KBJan 01 14:02
schestowitz"Understanding how useful propaganda is in weakening resistance to one's efforts, Gates and his cronies, among them The Broad Foundation and the Walton Family Fund, have successfully, with the support of a generally unquestioning and irresponsible mass media, particularly NBC, MSNBC and Tom Friedman of the New York Times, carpet bombed the nation into believing all our public schools are failures. Such claims are beyondJan 01 14:02
schestowitzabsurd! They are lies. If people believed their local public schools were indeed failures, the results from the latest Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll (September 2010) would reflect such feelings."Jan 01 14:02
schestowitzHeh. FiedmanJan 01 14:02
schestowitzFiendmanJan 01 14:02
qu1j0t3yepJan 01 14:02
qu1j0t3schestowitz: FOX is part of thisJan 01 14:02
schestowitzNow they do CanadaJan 01 14:02
schestowitzWith the filmJan 01 14:02
schestowitzAnd John LegendJan 01 14:02
qu1j0t3schestowitz: the public is already primed to believe anything public funded is wrong and brokenJan 01 14:02
schestowitzPaid and funded and sponsored by Pearly & PloutoJan 01 14:03
qu1j0t3schestowitz: so there's no way to stop them accepting super-rich telling them what they already want to believeJan 01 14:03
schestowitz"Please, Gates, help us"Jan 01 14:03
schestowitz"Our teachers are SOOOOO incompetent"Jan 01 14:03
schestowitzThey lie, lie, lieJan 01 14:03
schestowitzSomething will stickJan 01 14:03
schestowitzFox and Arianna agreeJan 01 14:03
schestowitz"Third world America"Jan 01 14:04
schestowitz"Only the super-rich can save us now"Jan 01 14:04
schestowitzWell, at least Nader's title was synicalJan 01 14:04
schestowitz*cynicalJan 01 14:04
schestowitzThey have already privatised healthcareJan 01 14:05
schestowitzLook where it got themJan 01 14:05
oiaohmReally where do incompetent teachers come from.Jan 01 14:05
schestowitz46000 preventable deaths per year IIRCJan 01 14:05
oiaohmA poor education system.Jan 01 14:05
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/aveeksen/status/21199273936818176 https://twitter.com/aveeksen/status/21199560021909504Jan 01 14:05
oiaohmNot teaching people how to think on feet.Jan 01 14:05
TechrightsBot-sc@aveeksen: RT @schestowitz: Here's what looks like a Ubuntu site praising Microsoft 4 spreading proprietary s/w, pretending charity. http://is.gd/jTAkKJan 01 14:05
TechrightsBot-sc-> Title: Human Rights First Praises New Microsoft Licensing Policy, Urges U.S. Government to Stand with Tech Companies Combating Abuses | Human Rights First .::. Size~: 33.87 KBJan 01 14:05
TechrightsBot-sc@aveeksen: @schestowitz i think its been there for ages.They were advertising on some forum.Been discussed on mailing lists earlierJan 01 14:05
schestowitzGates wants to be poppa to teachers now... big brotherJan 01 14:06
schestowitzhttps://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/to-all-of-you-tfaers-don-nielsons-broads-and-gates-backers-and-wannabes/Jan 01 14:06
TechrightsBot-scTitle: To all of you TFAer’s, Don Nielson’s, Broadies and Gates’ backers and Wannabes | Seattle Education 2010 .::. Size~: 322.2 KBJan 01 14:06
oiaohmschestowitz: side topic how is that java sip program I pointed you to treating you.Jan 01 14:06
schestowitzhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/education/04teacher.htmlJan 01 14:06
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schestowitz"And one more from Gates. Videotaping teachers while they work. 1984 anyone?"Jan 01 14:06
schestowitzPoppa Saint BillJan 01 14:06
schestowitzThank his generosityJan 01 14:07
schestowitz"I love big brotha"Jan 01 14:07
schestowitzoiaohm: I am wait\ing for goblin to use that tooJan 01 14:07
schestowitzoiaohm: works well on my side, couldn't connect to Gordon last night thoughJan 01 14:08
oiaohmI am off to bedJan 01 14:08
*oiaohm has quit (Remote host closed the connection)Jan 01 14:09
qu1j0t3http://www.infowars.com/a-third-of-9-month-olds-already-obese-or-overweight/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterJan 01 14:13
TechrightsBot-scTitle: A Third of 9-Month-Olds Already Obese or Overweight .::. Size~: 47.48 KBJan 01 14:13
qu1j0t3"only the super-rich can save us now"Jan 01 14:14
qu1j0t3it's a seductive lie.Jan 01 14:14
qu1j0t3in the US it will work.Jan 01 14:14
qu1j0t3the steak has been tenderised for too longJan 01 14:14
qu1j0t3now: they fryJan 01 14:14
schestowitzand corn syrup on topJan 01 14:19
schestowitzIt sounds innocent for a chemical, also cheaper to makeJan 01 14:19
schestowitzBenignooxithermus.... whatever fills up the belly, cheaply...Jan 01 14:20
schestowitzIIRC ROnald (McDonald 'puppet') bullied someone who posted a film of happy meal photographed for almost over a year.... in fast motionJan 01 14:21
schestowitzLet me find it...Jan 01 14:21
schestowitzOh, here: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/12/28/aol_spent_over_300_million_sending_out_those_subscriber_discs_in_the_90sJan 01 14:22
TechrightsBot-scTitle: AOL spent over $300 million sending out those subscriber discs in the 90s - AfterDawn .::. Size~: 67.42 KBJan 01 14:22
schestowitzOops. Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfIJan 01 14:23
TechrightsBot-scTitle:      YouTube         - McDonald's 4 Year Old Cheeseburger Video    .::. Size~: 122.84 KBJan 01 14:23
qu1j0t3schestowitz: did u see Food,Inc?Jan 01 14:24
schestowitzThe bacteria won't touch it. LOLJan 01 14:24
schestowitzThey're smarter than our kidsJan 01 14:24
qu1j0t3worse, their parnetsJan 01 14:24
qu1j0t3parents*Jan 01 14:25
schestowitzqu1j0t3: no, just the trailerJan 01 14:25
qu1j0t3who train the kids what is food, what to eatJan 01 14:25
schestowitzI don't watch many films anymoreJan 01 14:25
qu1j0t3schestowitz: that's one film you should watch the whole thingJan 01 14:25
schestowitzAFAIK Food Inc is a MPAA-laden movieJan 01 14:25
qu1j0t3in what way?Jan 01 14:25
qu1j0t3you needn't worry, in the US it sinks like a stoneJan 01 14:25
schestowitzBig production, big extortion..., no?Jan 01 14:25
qu1j0t3big production? no.Jan 01 14:25
schestowitzNo, I mean, it came across as this thing from the companies you need not supportJan 01 14:26
qu1j0t3schestowitz: I don't see howJan 01 14:26
qu1j0t3it's a project of Michael Pollan'sJan 01 14:26
schestowitzSome documentaries are made 'domestically'Jan 01 14:26
schestowitzMaybe I was wrong thenJan 01 14:26
qu1j0t3i think so...Jan 01 14:26
qu1j0t3i recommend itJan 01 14:26
schestowitzBut anyway, I'm lazy to get it unless it's nearly and fastJan 01 14:27
qu1j0t3it only shows part of the picture but manages to cover a number of issuesJan 01 14:27
qu1j0t3schestowitz: sureJan 01 14:27
schestowitzand I can play with something at the same timeJan 01 14:27
schestowitzI always edit some text while watching videosJan 01 14:27
schestowitz[Or proofreading]Jan 01 14:27
schestowitzI don't do popcorn and stuffJan 01 14:27
qu1j0t3hehJan 01 14:29
qu1j0t3AmazonWatch sent me the documentary CRUDEJan 01 14:29
schestowitzPeople mixing their habits with poor tasteJan 01 14:29
qu1j0t3i haven't got around to watching it :/Jan 01 14:29
schestowitzIt's like that Seinseld episode where Geroege eats while having sexJan 01 14:29
qu1j0t3in fact i'm a bit apprehensiveJan 01 14:29
schestowitzAmazon?Jan 01 14:29
schestowitzAmazonWtch ste?Jan 01 14:30
qu1j0t3http://AmazonWatch.orgJan 01 14:30
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Amazon Watch .::. Size~: 28.64 KBJan 01 14:30
schestowitzYeahJan 01 14:30
qu1j0t3not *that* AmazonJan 01 14:30
schestowitzNever heard of itJan 01 14:30
qu1j0t3the real AmazonJan 01 14:30
qu1j0t3no??????????Jan 01 14:30
schestowitzWhere you are nowJan 01 14:30
qu1j0t3well, i'm not very close, but yeahJan 01 14:30
schestowitzWith 10 feet antenna and a parrot on the shoulderJan 01 14:30
qu1j0t3lolJan 01 14:30
schestowitz*10-footJan 01 14:30
schestowitzExpelling "Rich Uncles from the West"Jan 01 14:31
schestowitzPromosing to the Amazonian tribes what Washington promised the IndiansJan 01 14:31
schestowitzIKEA.brJan 01 14:31
schestowitzNYT does MSFT PR: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/technology/personaltech/03KINECT.htmlJan 01 14:32
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schestowitzWatch the matching photoJan 01 14:32
schestowitzThe AVG(American_family)Jan 01 14:32
schestowitz"Why can't *MY* family be like that? I guess I need to buy KIN-act"Jan 01 14:32
schestowitzhttp://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/at-10-microsoft-coo-visits-nigeria-restates-commitment-to-the-economy/Jan 01 14:35
TechrightsBot-scTitle:  » At 10, Microsoft COO visits Nigeria … restates commitment to the economy - Vanguard (Nigeria) .::. Size~: 36.68 KBJan 01 14:35
schestowitzLOLJan 01 14:35
schestowitz"The economy"Jan 01 14:35
schestowitzGive us your gemsJan 01 14:36
schestowitz"We're only here for "The economy""Jan 01 14:36
qu1j0t3yeahJan 01 14:43
qu1j0t3Cheney just added to the economyJan 01 14:43
qu1j0t3a bribe can get you off bribery chargesJan 01 14:44
schestowitzqu1j0t3: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Canadians+want+jobs+they+have+relocate/3848469/story.htmlJan 01 14:48
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Canadians want jobs they don't have to relocate for .::. Size~: 124.33 KBJan 01 14:48
schestowitzMicrosoft tries to influence Canadian lawmakersJan 01 14:48
schestowitzAlso here; http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/cdn-businesses-too-limiting-on-technology-survey/141961Jan 01 14:49
TechrightsBot-scNot a web page! Aborting application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8 typeJan 01 14:49
qu1j0t3blah gotta fix thatJan 01 14:49
schestowitzNYT propaganda: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/technology/07piracy.html?src=buslnJan 01 14:51
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qu1j0t3interestin comment http://community.nytimes.com/comments/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/01/snow-job/?permid=7#comment7Jan 01 14:58
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Snow Job - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com .::. Size~: 59.39 KBJan 01 14:58
qu1j0t3"Due to this muting by aphorism, we're supposed to assume that, yeah, the people around us, yeah *they* may have selfish or harmful motives at times (or certain people more so), but, no, no, we mustn't speak that way abut the powerful.Jan 01 14:58
schestowitzOh, commandJan 01 15:04
schestowitz*commentJan 01 15:04
qu1j0t3http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-28/suicides-among-borrowers-in-india-show-how-men-made-a-mess-of-microcredit.htmlJan 01 15:04
TechrightsBot-scTitle:              Suicides in India Revealing How Men Made a Mess of Microcredit - Bloomberg           .::. Size~: 78 KBJan 01 15:04
schestowitzThere I was thinking for a sec that NYT would let Krugman go off the scriptJan 01 15:05
schestowitzqu1j0t3: guess who pushes it?Jan 01 15:05
schestowitzit...Jan 01 15:05
qu1j0t3rightJan 01 15:05
schestowitz(With all the kindness in the world)Jan 01 15:05
qu1j0t3get them participating in the usury systemJan 01 15:05
schestowitzhttp://humanosphere.kplu.org/2010/11/gates-foundation-invests-half-a-billion-dollars-to-fill-in-savings-gap-for-the-poor/Jan 01 15:06
TechrightsBot-scTitle:  Gates Foundation invests half a billion dollars to fill in savings gap for the poor | Humanosphere .::. Size~: 47.21 KBJan 01 15:06
qu1j0t3billionaires have EVERY RIGHT to skim from the world's poorestJan 01 15:06
qu1j0t3schestowitz: meanwhile, credit card companies are offering 30% interest to americansJan 01 15:06
qu1j0t3(and canadians iirc)Jan 01 15:07
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/61387205Jan 01 15:07
qu1j0t3"More than 70 people committed suicide in the state from March 1 to Nov. 19 to escape payments or end the agonies their debt had triggeredJan 01 15:07
TechrightsBot-sc@dthacker@bluestrain.net (dthacker)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jan-11 14:56:07 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz I don't see Canonical's or Ubuntu's name on that site. only a similar logo.Jan 01 15:07
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/61387191Jan 01 15:07
TechrightsBot-sc@dthacker@bluestrain.net (dthacker)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jan-11 14:55:37 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz I don't see CanonicalJan 01 15:07
qu1j0t3"Andhra Pradesh, where three-quarters of the 76 million people live in rural areas, suffered a total of 14,364 suicide cases in the first nine months of 2010Jan 01 15:07
schestowitzexactly.Jan 01 15:07
schestowitzqu1j0t3: seen Bernie Sanders speaking about it?Jan 01 15:07
schestowitzLast month that was..Jan 01 15:07
qu1j0t3'Microcredit has become “Walmartized” by unrestrained selling of cheap products to the poor, says Malcolm HarperJan 01 15:08
qu1j0t3“Selling debt is like selling drugs,” says Harper, 75, the author of more than 20 books on microfinance and other topics. “Selling debt to illiterate women in Andhra Pradesh, you’ve got to be a lot more responsible.”Jan 01 15:08
qu1j0t3schestowitz: that's a very good articleJan 01 15:09
qu1j0t3schestowitz: on microcreditJan 01 15:09
qu1j0t3schestowitz: could be a permanent ref on TRJan 01 15:09
qu1j0t3schestowitz: good cite if ppl ask "what's going wrong with it"Jan 01 15:10
qu1j0t3"Subprime Parallel"Jan 01 15:10
qu1j0t3"Some of the money paid for the funeral of her eldest son. When she fell behind on payments, she says loan officers threatened to humiliate her in front of neighbors and pressed her to sell her small grandchildren into prostitution.Jan 01 15:11
schestowitzI am adding it laterJan 01 15:11
qu1j0t3wow.Jan 01 15:11
schestowitzI wrote severalJan 01 15:11
schestowitzSearch TR on microfinance for exampleJan 01 15:11
schestowitzSome former Microsoft staff do that tooJan 01 15:11
schestowitzCrooks will be crooks, stillJan 01 15:11
qu1j0t3Akula, a former McKinsey & Co. consultant, studied McDonald’s Corp. and Burger King Holdings Inc. in 2005 to learn about their speedy training of unskilled workers. He devised a two-month course to train as many as 1,000 new loan officers a month.Jan 01 15:12
qu1j0t3“I now had one goal for SKS; to grow, grow, grow as fast as we could,” he writes. “We could practice microfinance in a way that would serve more poor people than anyone had ever thought possible.”Jan 01 15:12
qu1j0t3^^ I see what he did tharJan 01 15:12
schestowitzMicroSOFT?Jan 01 15:13
schestowitzNo.Jan 01 15:13
schestowitzMicroLOANSJan 01 15:13
schestowitzMicroJan 01 15:13
schestowitzSmallJan 01 15:13
schestowitzDon't worry about itJan 01 15:13
schestowitzBTWJan 01 15:13
schestowitzNovell's buyer...Jan 01 15:13
schestowitzPaul Singer...Jan 01 15:13
MinceRDr. AkulaJan 01 15:13
schestowitzSame type of criminalJan 01 15:13
schestowitzLegalised type thoughJan 01 15:13
schestowitzMinceR: Matata?Jan 01 15:14
MinceRnopeJan 01 15:14
MinceRVladJan 01 15:14
schestowitzhttp://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20101207/NEIGHBORHOODS12/12070344Jan 01 15:15
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Clemens earns Microsoft Certification | battlecreekenquirer.com | The Enquirer .::. Size~: 56.28 KBJan 01 15:15
schestowitzAwww...Jan 01 15:15
schestowitzEveryone is so proudJan 01 15:15
schestowitzNot he can serve SteveBJan 01 15:15
schestowitzWhy is this news?Jan 01 15:15
schestowitzhttp://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20101207/NEIGHBORHOODS12/12070344Jan 01 15:15
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Clemens earns Microsoft Certification | battlecreekenquirer.com | The Enquirer .::. Size~: 56.28 KBJan 01 15:15
schestowitzLove? It's a company, not a person.Jan 01 15:15
schestowitzOopsJan 01 15:16
schestowitzThis os:Jan 01 15:16
schestowitzhttp://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=118996Jan 01 15:16
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Club Microsoft, why no free love from MS? - gamrConnect .::. Size~: 57.79 KBJan 01 15:16
schestowitz"Wahhhhh... I wanna be LOVED!!"Jan 01 15:16
schestowitz"Take me, Microsoft"Jan 01 15:16
schestowitzqu1j0t3 has explained people's attachment to brands like Facebook recentlyJan 01 15:19
schestowitzIMHO, people who defend facebook are like people who defend their family cause their "friends" currency is thereJan 01 15:20
schestowitzWhen sites where you have friends are shut down or abandoned, then it's just some abandoned DB where the 'friends' are no longer of relevanceJan 01 15:20
schestowitzSame for Digg, LinkedIn, et.Jan 01 15:20
schestowitz8etcJan 01 15:20
schestowitzAnd Facebook too will fall some time... and then people will rush to the next DB and spend all day 'inviting'/requesting and saying "OK" and stuff...Jan 01 15:21
schestowitzMore clicks, more ad impressions for the DB master... silly business modelJan 01 15:21
schestowitzSame for MicrosoftJan 01 15:21
schestowitzPeople who defend Microsoft defend their skillssetJan 01 15:21
schestowitzNo Windows, then they are back to being n00bsJan 01 15:22
schestowitzFrom hero to zeroJan 01 15:22
schestowitzSo they defend what they are using for means of comfort through peerageJan 01 15:22
schestowitzhttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372851,00.aspJan 01 15:25
TechrightsBot-scTitle:            Consumers Fear Counterfeit Software, Microsoft Report Says | News & Opinion  | PCMag.com       .::. Size~: 73.85 KBJan 01 15:25
schestowitzJayZ toJan 01 15:25
schestowitzhttp://www.adrants.com/2010/12/diddy-microsoft-team-for-holiday.phpJan 01 15:25
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Diddy, Microsoft Team For Holiday Charity Campaign - Adrants .::. Size~: 28.64 KBJan 01 15:25
schestowitzCharityJan 01 15:25
schestowitzOverused termJan 01 15:25
schestowitzCompanies have shareholdersJan 01 15:25
schestowitzThey can't do charity, they can do PRJan 01 15:26
schestowitzqu1j0t3:Jan 01 15:26
schestowitz..Jan 01 15:26
schestowitz"Insisting on recognition for philanthropy (cf. Mark Zuckerberg) is the lowest form of philanthropy. It is ego-driven."Jan 01 15:26
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/#!/DianeRavitch/status/20896658560647169Jan 01 15:26
TechrightsBot-sc@DianeRavitch: Insisting on recognition for philanthropy (cf. Mark Zuckerberg) is the lowest form of philanthropy. It is ego-driven.Jan 01 15:26
schestowitzSHe's a famous educator/wauthorJan 01 15:26
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/#!/DianeRavitch/status/20896859195183105 ""Insisting on controlling the use of one's gift of money is another low form of philanthropy. Today's givers want to control others' lives.""Jan 01 15:26
TechrightsBot-sc@DianeRavitch: Insisting on controlling the use of one's gift of money is another low form of philanthropy. Today's givers want to control others' lives.Jan 01 15:26
schestowitzhttp://www.inquisitr.com/90723/ex-sony-man-microsoftsony-will-combine-to-build-one-console-within-10-years/Jan 01 15:34
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Ex-Sony man: Microsoft/Sony will combine to build one console within 10 years .::. Size~: 25.2 KBJan 01 15:34
schestowitz[21:56] --> ChrisTX has joined this channel (~user@rev-crew.info).Jan 01 15:34
schestowitzMicrosoft trollJan 01 15:34
schestowitzFacebook.... takes people out of closets... http://www.examiner.com/online-media-in-toronto/facebook-accidentally-outing-gay-users-information-to-third-partiesJan 01 15:35
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Facebook accidentally outing gay users’ information to third parties - Toronto Online Media | Examiner.com .::. Size~: 102.53 KBJan 01 15:35
schestowitzhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8193860/Facebook-rejected-Microsoft-offer.htmlJan 01 15:35
schestowitzThey didn'tJan 01 15:35
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Facebook rejected Microsoft offer - Telegraph .::. Size~: 62.14 KBJan 01 15:36
schestowitzJust signed a different dealJan 01 15:36
schestowitzThey get to pretend to be another company, like Yahoo1Jan 01 15:36
schestowitzhttp://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=122558Jan 01 15:42
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Bulgaria: George Randelov, Microsoft Bulgaria Country Manager: Business Climate, IT Talent Make Bulgaria Important on Microsoft's Map - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency .::. Size~: 72.88 KBJan 01 15:42
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schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/26/firefox_0day_report/Jan 01 15:49
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Hackers plant Firefox 0day on Nobel Peace Prize website • The Register .::. Size~: 23.44 KBJan 01 15:49
schestowitzhttp://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/12/microsoft-bpos-configuration-cock-up-causes-data-disclosure.arsJan 01 16:51
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Microsoft BPOS configuration screw up causes data disclosure  .::. Size~: 30 KBJan 01 16:51
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qu1j0t3MinceR: /. on hungary. http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=11/01/01/191249Jan 01 21:34
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Hungarian Officials Can Now Censor the Media - Slashdot .::. Size~: 93.14 KBJan 01 21:34
qu1j0t3schestowitz: looks familiar. protecting "consensus", mainstream narrative.Jan 01 21:34
qu1j0t3schestowitz: outlawing contrary viewsJan 01 21:34
schestowitzTo keep people under controlJan 01 21:35
MinceR"Russia, USA, UK, Italy, Hungary, China, and North Korea are the ones off the top of my head sliding that way"Jan 01 21:35
schestowitzThat's a common justificationJan 01 21:35
schestowitzPeople angry=badJan 01 21:35
MinceRsome bloody nice company viktor is putting us inJan 01 21:35
schestowitzRather than => govt. is badJan 01 21:35
MinceRthough the poster forgot FranceJan 01 21:36
qu1j0t3forgot Australia, IranJan 01 21:36
schestowitzSarko hates bulimia tooJan 01 21:36
MinceRthat tooJan 01 21:36
schestowitzLike it's advocacy of suicideJan 01 21:37
schestowitzSlippery slopeJan 01 21:37
schestowitzWhen this gets censored, a lot of stuff will too...Jan 01 21:37
schestowitzMaybe Barbie sitesJan 01 21:37
schestowitzFor advocating being thinJan 01 21:37
schestowitzUsed to be pro-terrorism/violence sitesJan 01 21:38
schestowitzOr illegal pr0nJan 01 21:38
qu1j0t3political opponentsJan 01 21:38
qu1j0t3as is common in the USJan 01 21:38
MinceRalso, advocacy of freedom and/or democracyJan 01 21:39
schestowitzDemocrats? :-)Jan 01 21:48
MinceRif you mean the party, it's a misnomerJan 01 21:52
qu1j0t3pick a card, any card...Jan 01 22:08
qu1j0t3or pull my finger...Jan 01 22:08
qu1j0t3the prototypical election simulator...Jan 01 22:09
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qu1j0t3hiJan 01 23:37
sebsebsebqu1j0t3: hiJan 01 23:38

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