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MinceRgeekingsApr 17 10:28
schestowitzhi, MinceRApr 17 10:37
*schestowitz got questionApr 17 10:37
schestowitzhow do you manage program launching?Apr 17 10:39
schestowitzI ask because you're a Linux guru in my eyesApr 17 10:40
schestowitzAnd recently I nuked my icon shortcuts, then starting lancelotApr 17 10:40
schestowitzIIRC you use Do/katapult type thingApr 17 10:40
schestowitzAnd today I updated my xbingkeys to run almost all programs with just keyboard shortcuts, maybe there's an even better wayApr 17 10:41
MinceRnowadays i use the K menu (type to search), krunner (also commands), Kupfer (sort of like Do/Katapult)Apr 17 10:42
schestowitzis it not slow though?Apr 17 10:42
MinceRbefore i used kde4 i used gmrun and KatapultApr 17 10:42
MinceRwhich one?Apr 17 10:42
schestowitzI lost patience with alt+f2 and f5 for lancelotApr 17 10:42
MinceRsearching in kde menu entries is somewhat slowApr 17 10:42
schestowitzI now use them only for apps I rarely run and don't have on keyboard hotlistApr 17 10:43
MinceRbut i don't mind the bindingsApr 17 10:43
schestowitzit *is* slowApr 17 10:43
schestowitzEsp. on a loaded systemApr 17 10:43
schestowitzalt+f, then tap some stuff, then enterApr 17 10:43
schestowitzI'd rather ctrl+alt+4 to get a screenshot for exampleApr 17 10:43
schestowitzmuch fasterApr 17 10:43
schestowitzI also run some scripts this way, e.g. copy backups of databases to newly-created directories for data (alt+ctrl+6)Apr 17 10:44
schestowitzSo I always go back to the CLIApr 17 10:44
schestowitzI don't want to have lots of shells (like 10 of them) when friends come over and use the computer, they think Linux is hard and lame this wayApr 17 10:45
MinceRit's ok, they can get appliances for most of the tasks if they don't want to learn how to use a computer :>Apr 17 10:50
schestowitzmac os applianceXApr 17 11:01
MinceRor worseApr 17 11:01
schestowitzIt does everything like a toasterApr 17 11:01
schestowitztoasters are cheaper, thoughApr 17 11:01
MinceR:>Apr 17 11:03
schestowitzTOASTiApr 17 11:05
schestowitzIt shouts out, "I am not a toaster (or PC), I'm better because I'm more expensive"Apr 17 11:06
schestowitzApple has put the s* in chique http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chiqueApr 17 11:07
TechrightsBotTitle: chique - Wiktionary .::. Size~: 19.67 KBApr 17 11:07
MinceR:>Apr 17 11:07
schestowitzApple store is where you go to make the statement that you're better for having footwear and cotton, even tough everyone around you have those tooApr 17 11:08
schestowitz*hasApr 17 11:08
schestowitzSymptom of societal illness, like HOOVERApr 17 11:09
MinceRfootwear?Apr 17 11:10
MinceRpeople would otherwise go barefoot?Apr 17 11:10
schestowitzget some hard skinApr 17 11:13
schestowitzOur species has grown soft. No other animal wears such stuffApr 17 11:13
MinceRno other animal can speak or write eitherApr 17 11:15
MinceRor explore the workings of reality, understand them and build complex and powerful machines based on that knowledgeApr 17 11:16
schestowitzSome humans can't eitherApr 17 11:48
schestowitzWe're good at passing on knowledgeApr 17 11:49
schestowitzhttp://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/IDC-Smart-Technology-World-conference-and-study/?kc=rssApr 17 11:54
TechrightsBotTitle: Embedded CPUs will outnumber PC equivalents six to one by 2015, IDC says - News - Linux for Devices .::. Size~: 55.48 KBApr 17 11:54
MinceRyes, it seems that only a fraction of humanity is intelligentApr 17 12:08
schestowitz"but we are the chosen ones"Apr 17 12:47
schestowitzhttp://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/04/01/Straight-RightApr 17 12:59
TechrightsBotTitle: ongoing by Tim Bray · Reshaping .::. Size~: 43.09 KBApr 17 12:59
schestowitz"In this case I agree 100%. Hyphenator.js is trivial to install and seems to Just Work; as I consider its results, I have seen very little so far that offends my eye. Also, the architecture is pleasing; it makes perfect sense to run this sort of publishing busywork on the Web’s billions of underworked client systems, rather than on its millions of often-overworked servers."Apr 17 12:59
Ender2070lol I pissed off JackApr 17 14:03
Ender2070http://twitter.com/#!/ender2070/status/59601280762515456Apr 17 14:04
TechrightsBot@ender2070: @jackschofield What code of conduct applies to you when you attack Roy? Is it the terms of reference that Microsoft handed to you?Apr 17 14:04
schestowitzFlordian needs a challenge because this bugger denies my many FOSS coding projectsApr 17 14:06
schestowitzAnd he himself had noneApr 17 14:06
Ender2070one of his replies to me included the hashtag #circlejerkApr 17 14:06
schestowitzI don't talk to him anywayApr 17 14:06
Ender2070real matureApr 17 14:06
schestowitzI'd point that oughtApr 17 14:06
Ender2070i dont even need to keep talkingApr 17 14:06
schestowitzHe's rude Apr 17 14:06
Ender2070he lost by doing thatApr 17 14:06
schestowitzthe  #circlejerk is what Florian did in LWNApr 17 14:07
schestowitzand lostApr 17 14:07
Ender2070yupApr 17 14:07
schestowitzsaying PJ doesn't matter despite her awardsApr 17 14:07
Ender2070yeahApr 17 14:07
Ender2070well Florian Hates IBMApr 17 14:07
schestowitzthey have a circle there now with the mono stalkers, .NET people, Florian, Jack..Apr 17 14:07
schestowitzAll the poisonous peopleApr 17 14:07
schestowitzEnder2070: Microsoft hates IBMApr 17 14:08
schestowitzFlorian loves his jobApr 17 14:08
Ender2070I bet they do have a terms of referenceApr 17 14:08
schestowitzSee Florian's past 20 tweetsApr 17 14:08
schestowitzAlmost alll of them are about me and techrights, so he obsesses muchApr 17 14:09
schestowitzWe cause his mails to be ignored by peopleApr 17 14:09
schestowitzNotice it has been weeks since the press bothered embedded his mails in piecesApr 17 14:09
schestowitzHis twitter account is just ad hominem and Microsoft chat groups nowApr 17 14:09
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/FOSSpatents/statuses/59590867211661312Apr 17 14:15
TechrightsBot@FOSSpatents: @jackschofield I didn't mean to excuse anything. BTW, I looked at the "Free Software" he wrote. It's a few lines of extremely simple stuff.Apr 17 14:15
schestowitzLOLApr 17 14:15
schestowitzWhat a liarApr 17 14:16
schestowitzI said to another person look at projectApr 17 14:16
Ender2070thats what these people doApr 17 14:16
schestowitzAnd then Florian went only to UtilitiesApr 17 14:16
schestowitzWhich are like code samplesApr 17 14:16
Ender2070they look for things you've done to make an ad hominem attackApr 17 14:16
Ender2070why cant he refute your pointsApr 17 14:16
schestowitzNext time he issues threats I'll remind him that he slanders me using liesApr 17 14:17
schestowitzNotice he didn't rebutted my last night's posts about himApr 17 14:17
schestowitzHe just had vengeance this morning, all ad hominemApr 17 14:17
schestowitz*rebutApr 17 14:17
schestowitzor *hasn'tApr 17 14:17
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/FOSSpatents/statuses/59598415075606528Apr 17 14:18
TechrightsBot@FOSSpatents: @jackschofield  I actually have to give him credit for sometimes criticizing Red Hat, IBM, Google etc. in ways that Groklaw never did.Apr 17 14:18
schestowitzHe tries to egg on attacks on Linux companiesApr 17 14:18
Ender2070you should see mineApr 17 14:18
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/FOSSpatents/statuses/59593231167533058Apr 17 14:18
TechrightsBot@FOSSpatents: In about 24 hours, Android will go on trial for the first time of many. ITC hearing on Apple v. HTC.Apr 17 14:18
Ender2070http://twitter.com/#!/ender2070/status/59604639691186176Apr 17 14:18
TechrightsBot@ender2070: @FOSSpatents @jackschofield Is it a coincidence that all those companies are direct enemies of #MSFT / cc #fsf #linux @schestowitzApr 17 14:18
schestowitzLOL http://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59600995700834304Apr 17 14:20
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @ender2070 Can't cope with the truth, eh? Colour me not surprised. #techrights #circlejerk http://bit.ly/ezeT9zApr 17 14:20
TechrightsBot-> Title: Deconstructing Hate Sites .::. Size~: 46.15 KBApr 17 14:20
schestowitzHe insulted some random commenter in zdnet and got called on itApr 17 14:20
schestowitzLOLApr 17 14:21
schestowitzHe also says "scumbag"Apr 17 14:21
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59584015325335552Apr 17 14:21
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @schestowitz Fair enough. I'll ask rms how he likes your scumbag behaviour next time he stays at my house....Apr 17 14:21
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/M4n1sh/statuses/59582533028945920Apr 17 14:22
TechrightsBot@m4n1sh: @schestowitz Time for your associates to stop calling "Jono Bacon" as "Mono Bacon". Is there a #techrights Code of Conduct? @jackschofieldApr 17 14:22
schestowitzThat's daemonFC who said thisApr 17 14:22
schestowitzNot meApr 17 14:22
schestowitzAnd the mono boosters incite against us using jackApr 17 14:22
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/M4n1sh/statuses/59535217593040896 http://twitter.com/M4n1sh/statuses/59531319482392576Apr 17 14:23
TechrightsBot@m4n1sh: @schestowitz They are so trivial that it doesn't even make sense to copyright it. @akshatj_96 @FOSSpatentsApr 17 14:23
TechrightsBot@m4n1sh: @schestowitz Dude, you use proprietary matlab. How do you defend your action now? @akshatj_96 @FOSSpatentsApr 17 14:23
schestowitzOctave is a GNU projectApr 17 14:23
schestowitzNot proprietaryApr 17 14:23
schestowitzJack speaks to mono trolls now (who trolled out IRC channel): http://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59598444632879105Apr 17 14:23
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @m4n1sh @schestowitz Yes, the #techrights Code of Conduct is: "find people who are better than you and use lies and smears to malign them".Apr 17 14:23
schestowitzOMG LOL http://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59580868183851008Apr 17 14:24
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @FOSSpatents I take your point that @schestowitz is a Microsoft hater and a joke, but that's no excuse for behaving like a jerk #boycottboyApr 17 14:24
schestowitzJack tells Florian  "behaving like a jerk"Apr 17 14:24
schestowitzHahaApr 17 14:24
schestowitzJack the gentlemanApr 17 14:25
schestowitz"circle jerk"Apr 17 14:25
schestowitzx-ratedApr 17 14:25
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59597426918572032Apr 17 14:25
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @FOSSpatents Funny in view of #boycottboy's monomania: "It is a mistake to focus our criticism narrowly on Microsoft." http://bit.ly/gUXEViApr 17 14:25
TechrightsBot-> Title: Motives For Writing Free Software .::. Size~: 14.27 KBApr 17 14:25
schestowitzNow they appeal to authorityApr 17 14:25
schestowitzPretending that the FSF is against meApr 17 14:25
schestowitzWhen in fact the FSF was approaching me for consultation on some issues liike Windows 7 sometimesApr 17 14:26
schestowitzI won't descend into a conversation with these jerks, esp. given that it just raises the temp.Apr 17 14:26
schestowitz"http://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59604381787635712Apr 17 14:27
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @FOSSpatents Really? I'd assumed #boycottboy was an IBM tool. What did he criticise?Apr 17 14:27
schestowitz" #boycottboy was an IBM tool." -JackApr 17 14:27
schestowitz[Florian] "behaving like a jerk" -JackApr 17 14:27
schestowitzLOLApr 17 14:27
Ender2070LOLApr 17 14:30
Ender2070Im laughing at Mono BaconApr 17 14:30
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schestowitzoopsApr 17 14:30
Ender2070I was laughing at the Mono Bacon thingApr 17 14:31
schestowitzi hit wrong keysApr 17 14:31
Ender2070hes noit a mono pusher but thats hilariousApr 17 14:31
schestowitzIf you want to see Jack go mental, I'd play the age thingApr 17 14:31
schestowitzIt worked a treat the last timeApr 17 14:31
schestowitzHe went berserkApr 17 14:31
schestowitzI said something like , because of age, I don't want to be too hard on you and I won't reply to youApr 17 14:32
schestowitzHe knows I'm in myn 20sApr 17 14:32
schestowitzTo him it's like I make fun of an erectile dysfunctionApr 17 14:32
schestowitzHe did this after he tried bringing my parents into itApr 17 14:33
schestowitzLike the Bill OI'reilly tactic... pretending you speak to a mommy's kid... even the tag boycottboy is part of thatApr 17 14:33
Ender2070http://twitter.com/#!/ender2070/status/59610492280381440Apr 17 14:35
TechrightsBot@ender2070: @m4n1sh We're not implying they're all servicing each other, that's the rude part on @jackschfield who should know better being 50+ in ageApr 17 14:35
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59604846801715200 http://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59605329025040384Apr 17 14:35
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @ender2070 I didn't seek #boycottboy out, he attacked me. Otherwise my code is to tell the truth. I take commissions but I don't take ordersApr 17 14:35
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @ender2070 More mature than you, obviously. As with #boycottboy, I didn't seek you out. Don't insult people if you can't handle the responseApr 17 14:35
schestowitzI'm just seeing his replies atm.. http://twitter.com/jackschofield/statuses/59607105728020480Apr 17 14:36
TechrightsBot@jackschofield: @ender2070 @FOSSpatents Good point, but IBM supports ODF. Doesn't that give them a free pass on their 98% proprietary business? #boycottboyApr 17 14:36
schestowitzit's not 98% proprietaryApr 17 14:36
schestowitzHe lies like FlorianApr 17 14:36
schestowitzHeck, he could say 99%Apr 17 14:37
oiaohmboy he don't know IBM.Apr 17 14:37
schestowitzEclipse, Linux, Symphony  to an extent, etc.Apr 17 14:38
oiaohmIBM is one of the biggest in the developer for cash trading game.'Apr 17 14:38
schestowitz!google jack schofield ibmApr 17 14:38
TechrightsBot[1] - Twitter / Jeff Jarvis: @jackschofield Right. IBM ... | http://twitter.com/jeffjarvis/status/24588075216670720Apr 17 14:38
TechrightsBot[2] - IBM's goof, Oracle buys Sun | Technology | guardian.co.uk | http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/apr/20/oracle-sun-takeoverApr 17 14:38
TechrightsBot[3] - IBM updates Power7 hardware | ZDNet UK | http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/mapping-babel-10017967/ibm-updates-power7-hardware-10022242/Apr 17 14:38
oiaohmThe trading game.Apr 17 14:39
oiaohmCome up with a feature to be added to a open source project.  Write up its benifits then see if other companies will pay you to code it.Apr 17 14:39
oiaohmIBM does very well out that game.Apr 17 14:40
schestowitzIt's a sharing modelApr 17 14:42
schestowitzLike Linux and Apache that are good exampleApr 17 14:42
oiaohmIts still a game.Apr 17 14:42
schestowitzBeneficial to customersApr 17 14:42
oiaohmSometimes the code is already done for internal usage.Apr 17 14:42
schestowitzNot so beneficial to some old monopoliesApr 17 14:42
schestowitzSame with mysql vs OracleApr 17 14:42
oiaohmAnd you are seeing if anyone else will pay.Apr 17 14:42
schestowitzLike in every game there is a losing sideApr 17 14:43
schestowitzIf a monopolist is on the losing side, I'm in favourApr 17 14:43
oiaohmReally open source game is fairly fair.Apr 17 14:43
oiaohmYou can only sell it once.Apr 17 14:43
schestowitzfairly fair :-)Apr 17 14:44
schestowitzSimply simpleApr 17 14:44
oiaohmits only fairly fair because there is still the chance to rip person off.Apr 17 14:45
oiaohmbut you only do it once.Apr 17 14:45
oiaohmI don't see how closed source works out fair for developers or anyone else.Apr 17 14:46
cubezzzin the long run it doesn'tApr 17 14:57
schestowitzoiaohm: I don't follow...Apr 17 14:58
schestowitzThis part:Apr 17 14:58
schestowitz[14:45] <oiaohm> its only fairly fair because there is still the chance to rip person off.fApr 17 14:58
oiaohmschestowitz: company done the work for there own needs.  But sells it like they don't need itApr 17 15:02
oiaohmschestowitz: Its just part of the game.  Apr 17 15:02
oiaohmall money games have to have a little bit of trickery.Apr 17 15:03
schestowitzFlorian plays this type of insultApr 17 15:16
schestowitzLike saying that Red Hat kills the industry or vanishes moneyApr 17 15:16
schestowitzIt's the Microsoft talking pointsApr 17 15:16
oiaohmEvery market place has a section of cheating.Apr 17 15:17
oiaohmIts like big business being able to buy windows cheeper than general public.  schestowitzApr 17 15:17
oiaohmI am just truthful where the trickery is.Apr 17 15:17
schestowitzyesApr 17 15:31
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/71207738Apr 17 15:35
TechrightsBot@Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn)'s status on Saturday, 16-Apr-11 23:25:10 UTC - Identi.ca: @webmink, only b/c ppl like #Shuttleworth prey on conflating things. Simply: !FSF ©AAs make binding community promises;for-profit ones don'tApr 17 15:35
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/71212401Apr 17 15:36
TechrightsBot@Richard Fontana (fontana)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-11 01:48:14 UTC - Identi.ca: @webmink @bkuhn I also call on !FSF to end mandatory copyright assignment.Apr 17 15:36
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/71212721Apr 17 15:36
TechrightsBot@John Sullivan (johnsu01)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-11 01:59:32 UTC - Identi.ca: @fontana To be clear (ITYK), !FSF doesn't have mandatory assignment. True for many !GNU projects, but not most. http://ur1.ca/3v9daApr 17 15:36
TechrightsBot-> Title: GNU Software Evaluation - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) .::. Size~: 23.04 KBApr 17 15:36
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/71213151Apr 17 15:37
TechrightsBot@Richard Fontana (fontana)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-11 02:10:41 UTC - Identi.ca: @bkuhn why did !FSF permit own lawyers to be initial #Harmony drafters if effort involved misrepresenting FSF, my former client? cc: @kazApr 17 15:37
schestowitzThis whole argument has gone on (publicly) for daysApr 17 15:37
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/71207602Apr 17 15:39
TechrightsBot@Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn)'s status on Saturday, 16-Apr-11 23:20:18 UTC - Identi.ca: @webmink, you're misrepresenting !FSF's position. FSF has published various suggestions for for-profit ©AAs to make them similar to FSF's.Apr 17 15:39
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/71207383Apr 17 15:39
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TechrightsBot@Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn)'s status on Saturday, 16-Apr-11 23:14:15 UTC - Identi.ca: @webmink, yes, many people are good at misrepresenting !FSF to their own ends. It's how #Shuttleworth's #Harmony campaign started, in fact.Apr 17 15:39
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/70944185Apr 17 15:41
TechrightsBot@Osama Khalid (osamak)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 15:50:03 UTC - Identi.ca: I'll donate 100SAR to the !FSF if the gov religious authority in #SaudiArabia releases a fatwa that wearing 1.5KG of gold is a sin...Apr 17 15:41
schestowitzEnder2070: Apr 17 17:17
schestowitz> It's standard for lobbyists and pr people to do what Florian does. He's justApr 17 17:17
schestowitz> more long winded than most.  But it's based on the idea that journalists willApr 17 17:17
schestowitz> more likely use material that is already prepared for them, that they can justApr 17 17:17
schestowitz> copy and paste into their articles, because journalists normally are workingApr 17 17:17
schestowitz> against killer deadlines.Apr 17 17:17
schestowitz> Apr 17 17:17
schestowitz> If you match up what he sends with what gets printed, you'll see that it's aApr 17 17:17
schestowitz> technique that works.  It doesn't make any of it true, of course, just handy.Apr 17 17:17
schestowitzA lot of people imagined it was so, but they lacked the evidence. Given Florian's vicious attacks on me (over 10 so far today, on a Sunday, even though I don't reply to him), I decided to let this one slip out.Apr 17 17:17
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