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schestowitz[10:10] --> darrynvantonder has joined this channel (~darrynvan@CPE-124-181-12-202.lns7.win.bigpond.net.au).May 14 10:22
schestowitzFamilar...May 14 10:22
schestowitzdarryl from bigpond...May 14 10:23
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_68jXyGK04May 14 11:10
TechrightsBotTitle: YouTube         - Compete To Compete .::. Size~: 119.13 KBMay 14 11:10
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/69338922634854401May 14 11:11
TechrightsBot@glynmoody: @schestowitz "suggests mosquitoes as a possible vector"May 14 11:11
schestowitz"@glynmoody I'm sure it's peer review and everything, but maybe they confuse correlation with causality here?"May 14 11:11
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/69339030264872960May 14 11:12
TechrightsBot@glynmoody: @schestowitz er, sorry?May 14 11:12
schestowitz"https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/69339030264872960"May 14 11:12
TechrightsBotNot a tweet?May 14 11:12
schestowitzThat old quote about GPL being like "a cancer"May 14 11:12
oiaohmReally being called a cancer is not 100 percent bad.  Cancer cells are immortal.May 14 11:13
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/69344986734399488May 14 11:23
TechrightsBot@glynmoody: @schestowitz I agree it sounds surprising, but presumably they have thought this through...May 14 11:23
schestowitzI'm very cynical and suspicious about those things -- far more than before. A prof. friend of mine told me how big pharma pollutes journals.May 14 11:23
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/schestowitz/status/69346916487532544May 14 11:24
TechrightsBot@schestowitz: @glynmoody cynical and suspicious of those things -- far more than before. A prof. friend of mine told me how big pharma pollutes journals.May 14 11:24
schestowitzHe has friends who do it... former friendsMay 14 11:24
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/69345032938860544May 14 11:24
TechrightsBot@glynmoody: @schestowitz ah, sorry, too subtle for me on a Saturday morning...May 14 11:24
schestowitzhttps://identi.ca/notice/73485701May 14 11:25
schestowitzindeedMay 14 11:25
TechrightsBotNot a dent?May 14 11:25
schestowitz@glynmoody he has former colleagues in #AstraZeneca . They also hire researchers for fake science, to help sell drugs. #malaria hit a nerve.May 14 11:33
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/69347668526239746May 14 11:33
TechrightsBot@glynmoody: @schestowitz certainly true, and a big problemMay 14 11:33
schestowitzsome drugs are vital, but others -- those which are not made generic and are luxury --are thrown on people like hormones and antibiotics on cowsMay 14 11:38
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/73485701May 14 12:22
TechrightsBotNot a dent?May 14 12:22
schestowitz> My Doctor Roy,May 14 12:23
schestowitz> May 14 12:23
schestowitz> "....without many strings attached..(like my friend Eduardo) je, je, je"May 14 12:23
schestowitz> May 14 12:23
schestowitz> We can't allow you to look for strings for yourself my brother. :-)May 14 12:23
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/pcworlds/status/69354549109993472May 14 12:47
TechrightsBot@pcworlds: sebsebseb: @schestowitz: Hmm as you know you got that !Ubuntu #Skype info from me :)!... http://ff.im/-Dk2y4May 14 12:47
TechrightsBot-> Title: Sebastian (sebsebseb)'s status on Saturday, 14-May-11 09:35:12 UTC - Identi.ca .::. Size~: 10.99 KBMay 14 12:48
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schestowitz[18:00] <koolhead17> let me know when your free its regarding desktop summitMay 14 18:04
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schestowitz> Hi Roy,May 14 18:22
schestowitz> May 14 18:22
schestowitz> Could you please forward the selective smoothing filter I sent you aMay 14 18:22
schestowitz> while backMay 14 18:22
schestowitz> He is working on the 3D scanner, and I think could use it as well..May 14 18:22
schestowitz> Do you use it at all in your pipeline?May 14 18:22
schestowitzIt depends on whether I toggle the option I added to the GI. For GIP data I use it, not for NIST's.May 14 18:23
schestowitzI'll mail this May 14 18:23
schestowitzCheck out the new design of the new site that's weeks old: http://bytesmedia.co.uk/May 14 19:14
TechrightsBotTitle: Bytes Media - Sites Index .::. Size~: 36.98 KBMay 14 19:14
schestowitzwe'll see if techrights legal gets createdMay 14 19:14
schestowitzLOL http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/13/microsoft_google_wardrobe_swap/May 14 19:25
TechrightsBotTitle: Google and Microsoft in trading places shocker • The Register .::. Size~: 25.44 KBMay 14 19:25
schestowitzMinceR: ^^May 14 19:25
schestowitzMac Asay plays along with the Microsogt lineMay 14 19:25
schestowitzSaying that Google has gone proprietary and Microsoft openMay 14 19:25
MinceRindeedMay 14 19:29
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/CJinNJ/status/69155211620528128May 14 19:29
TechrightsBot@CJinNJ: @dtnorth When I worked for IBM they would push getting Patents & used them to sue competitors.  Most didn't have the $ to fight back.May 14 19:29
schestowitzInterestingMay 14 19:29
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