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schestowitz | msb_ "Senior Defense Official Caught Hedging on U.S. Involvement in Stuxnet" is the sort of report we have been hoping for and <em>Wired</em> <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/defense-department-stuxnet/" title="Senior Defense Official Caught Hedging on U.S. Involvement in Stuxnet">gives it to us now</a>:</p>" | May 27 01:34 |
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schestowitz | "Remember that the NSA recommends Vista 7 [[cref 48722 1], [cref 48413 2], [cref 48337 3]] and will mostly like recommend <a href="http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Vista_8_Reality_Log" title="Vista 8 Reality Log">Vista 8</a> too because the back doors are 'free' (free of charge, with all editions). Sadly for Microsoft (and the NSA, which provided Microsoft-friendly Web statistics a few months back), Windows is losing its | May 27 01:34 |
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schestowitz | foothold and <a href="http://www.cringely.com/2011/05/steve-ballmers-nightmare/" title="Steve Ballmer’s Nightmare">Cringely writes about it</a> in "Steve Ballmer’s Nightmare":" | May 27 01:34 |
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schestowitz | "What if everyone in the world used programs whose source code can be audited?" | May 27 01:34 |
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schestowitz | http://i.imgur.com/xPBkK.jpg | May 27 09:44 |
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MinceR | http://www.dilbert.com/1998-12-02/ | May 27 10:52 |
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schestowitz | > With all the problems with Vista 7 and 8, why not take a look again at | May 27 10:53 |
schestowitz | > the original VistA? | May 27 10:53 |
schestowitz | > | May 27 10:53 |
schestowitz | > http://www.ubuntudoctorsguild.org/public/index.php/Astronaut_VistA | May 27 10:53 |
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schestowitz | http://imgur.com/lqK04 http://i.imgur.com/YtVXg.jpg | May 27 11:31 |
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schestowitz | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYjpetqYWI&NR=1 | May 27 13:25 |
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sebsebseb | hi | May 27 13:26 |
MinceR | http://dilbert.com/ | May 27 13:33 |
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schestowitz | https://identi.ca/notice/74699535 | May 27 13:41 |
TechrightsBot-sc | @Jan Wildeboer (jwildeboer)'s status on Friday, 27-May-11 12:03:45 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz Yes, coz now #Fedora 15 is where #unity is called Gnome Shell and we live in perfect #harmony <SCNR> ;-) | May 27 13:41 |
schestowitz | Ys, way to track the slaves | May 27 13:41 |
schestowitz | "free" phones... | May 27 13:41 |
schestowitz | From employer | May 27 13:41 |
schestowitz | So you can be harassed even off work | May 27 13:41 |
schestowitz | "I can't use this phone. It's my WORK phone" | May 27 13:41 |
schestowitz | IOW, a curse | May 27 13:41 |
schestowitz | better get a free car from employers | May 27 13:42 |
schestowitz | But it's only ever borrowed | May 27 13:42 |
oiaohm | Yep then you can place a on board gps unit in the car in the form of a car phone. | May 27 13:42 |
oiaohm | So you can trace user everywhere. | May 27 13:43 |
schestowitz | that too | May 27 13:46 |
schestowitz | "I was ill yesterday, couldn't come to work" | May 27 13:46 |
schestowitz | They don't even need to check you online (usually the CIA directory of Facek00k) | May 27 13:46 |
oiaohm | They recent skype crack is really a interesting one. | May 27 13:50 |
schestowitz | makes it more "legal" with authorities | May 27 13:53 |
oiaohm | the interesting question is will the method work against other encryptions like mobile phones. | May 27 13:56 |
MinceR | GSM is pretty weak to begin with | May 27 14:00 |
MinceR | all sorts of naive in-house proprietary algorithms | May 27 14:00 |
MinceR | they fixed that in UMTS, though | May 27 14:00 |
oiaohm | MinceR: I was meaning the new UMTS | May 27 14:02 |
oiaohm | Really new methods sometimes can open a pandoras box. | May 27 14:02 |
schestowitz | Re: some feedback | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > If you asked me, I'd say that pdf was an elaborate prank from a mono fan but | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > I'll take it seriously and advise you on the actual suggestions. Forgive me | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > if I've overlooked any good ideas in the letter as I try to pull something | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > useful from it. | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > There are two broad groups of suggestions, one aimed at getting users involved | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > and the other at organizing Techrights and plans. Despite being grouped as | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > two tips, the advice for both goals is offered in no particular order and is | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > mixed in with other advice. The reader, in an unlikely fashion, seems to be | May 27 15:13 |
schestowitz | > unaware that most of the organizational work has already been done on the | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > site's main page. They also seem aware of the feedback mechanisms. An | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > entirely separate suggestion, related to goals, is to personalize the issues. | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > Soliciting user feedback on every page is a good idea, so I suggest a | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > "Contributing to Techrights" page. You already solicit input with comments | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > and invitations to IRC that work with any browser. The suggested quote would | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > leave little room for actual articles but it would make a nice introduction to | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > contacts and other information on a contributing to techrights page. This | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > page can also have links to current tasks and campaigns. | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > Don't spend so much time planning and organizing that you don't get anything | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > else done. Planning is mostly useless because Techrights is reactive and | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > might be best that way. The Free Software Foundation does a good job or | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > organizing campaigns and other positive action. Techrights does not have the | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > size or physical presence to be effective at that. What has been done well is | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > news and analysis that match the very concise definition of the site on the | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > main page, | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > "Techrights, part of Bytes Media, is a progressive site which supports | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > software freedom and advocates digital diversity through standardisation | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > (naturally, it is against monopoly)." | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > The easy way to be effective is to stick to your core competency, point to | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > other excellent efforts and accept good help when it comes around. Groklaw, | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > for example, has already made litigation indexes, so it is pointless for | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > Techrights to do more than point to them and archive them in case of disaster. | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > Richard Stallman is good at getting people who chat with him engaged in | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > specific tasks that they seem interested in. That seems to be a good way to | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > grow the site if you are interested in growth. | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > It might be time to reorganize the side panels. The "An invade, divide, and | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > conquer Grand Plan" still describes Microsoft's strategy but is largely | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > historical with the demise of Novell. | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > There's plenty of evidence that the letter is an elaborate troll. I disagree | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > strongly with the assertion that rights are legal constructs rather than | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > matters of ethics and justice, and think the author understands this. | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > Microsoft is engaged in "information warfare", rights advocates are engaged in | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > something else. Sun Tzu is a something Microsoft people used to fool around | May 27 15:14 |
schestowitz | > with thirty years ago. The White House references are really odd, even | May 27 15:15 |
schestowitz | > racist, especially the bit about Microsoft not paying up a 4 trillion dollar | May 27 15:15 |
schestowitz | > fine because Bill Gates is giving Obama money. In good troll fashion, the | May 27 15:15 |
schestowitz | > suggestions are incoherently organized, so it is difficult to pull an overall | May 27 15:15 |
schestowitz | > picture of action out, and hypocritically the letter accuses Techrights of | May 27 15:15 |
schestowitz | > lack of organization. I'd like to laugh at it but the author might have been | May 27 15:15 |
schestowitz | > serious. | May 27 15:15 |
schestowitz | Thanks for the kind thoughts. We'll talk about them in IRC. | May 27 15:17 |
schestowitz | ^^ re the reader's feedback | May 27 15:17 |
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schestowitz | https://identi.ca/notice/74722093 | May 27 20:08 |
TechrightsBot-sc | @Katherine Noyes (noyesk)'s status on Friday, 27-May-11 18:37:23 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz Wow, thanks for the plug! :) | May 27 20:08 |
schestowitz | My good friend has just joined twitter. Maybe you guys want to follow him. | May 27 20:12 |
schestowitz | https://twitter.com/schestowitz/status/74190326251794432 | May 27 20:12 |
TechrightsBot-sc | @schestowitz: @mikec1972 Hey there, Mr. Fitness, how goes it? http://is.gd/jW3IMD | May 27 20:12 |
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schestowitz | mikec1972 | May 27 20:12 |
schestowitz | https://twitter.com/editingwhiz/status/74189738042601472 | May 27 20:15 |
TechrightsBot-sc | @editingwhiz: Off work early, free with no agenda in NYC the rest of today and tomorrow. Nice weather, too. | May 27 20:15 |
schestowitz | Hmm.. he edits eWEEK now? didn't know.. | May 27 20:15 |
schestowitz | https://twitter.com/schestowitz/status/74193097134841858 | May 27 20:23 |
TechrightsBot-sc | @schestowitz: @mikec1972 I've just found @NewtonHeathCC | May 27 20:23 |
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ender2070_33 | http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=15519 | May 27 22:31 |
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ender2070_33 | http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/perfidious-albion-an-introduction-to-the-secret-history-of-the-british-empire | May 27 22:33 |
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schestowitz | https://twitter.com/mikec1972/status/74221278160093184 | May 27 23:47 |
TechrightsBot-sc | @mikec1972: @schestowitz alright matey, late one tonight unf'ly, should be at The Midland Sunday afternoon, 5 rounds etc... | May 27 23:47 |
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