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schestowitztrolls reunuion in COLA and in #t\etchrightsJul 19 00:14
schestowitzmatch made in HeavenJul 19 00:14
schestowitzWith Snit now trolling these channels and not just COLAJul 19 00:14
schestowitzGroklaw is not as active as it used to be.. http://www.groklaw.net/index.phpJul 19 00:19
TechrightsSocialTitle: Groklaw - Digging for Truth .::. Size~: 57.67 KBJul 19 00:19
schestowitzAnd we appear to have inherited some of its members, even in IRCJul 19 00:19
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schestowitzsite stats are pretty unusualJul 19 00:20
schestowitzLoad average is always above 1 (Dedicated with 2 cpus), sometimes over 5Jul 19 00:20
schestowitzI wonder why so many more people now download the mp3s of techbytes, about 400 times per day on the non-cached sideJul 19 00:21
schestowitzfor a shared folder to be used to store files I can set up an account that would be mappable on a Linux machine and be a drag-and-drop thing, even with files being accessible and editable without a download (or slave process to work from /tmp)Jul 19 00:24
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schestowitzThe code I mentioned earlier... It's finally working. I will combine this with PCA tomorrow and hopefully will have interesting results very soon.Jul 19 00:53
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schestowitzJust seen this in COLA:Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> In fact certain politicians and businessmen in the US actuallyJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> /supported/ the Nazi war effort.Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> [quote]Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to powerJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was aJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> director and shareholder of companies that profited from theirJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files inJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was aJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> His business dealings, which continued until his company's assets wereJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more thanJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in GermanyJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> against the Bush family by two former slave labourers at Auschwitz andJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> to a hum of pre-election controversy.Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> The evidence has also prompted one former US Nazi war crimes prosecutorJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> to argue that the late senator's action should have been grounds forJul 19 09:23
schestowitz> prosecution for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> [/quote]Jul 19 09:23
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:24
schestowitz> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwarJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:24
TechrightsSocialTitle: How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power | World news | The Guardian .::. Size~: 109.06 KBJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> However, it's important to make a clear distinction between the minorityJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> of political extremists and the majority of ordinary citizens, even ifJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> some (perhaps most) of those ordinary citizens have allowed themselvesJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> to become indoctrinated by extremist propaganda. They only believe whatJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> they're led to believe.Jul 19 09:24
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:24
schestowitz> "Big Steel" is one such victim. He lacks the intelligence to know whenJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> he's being manipulated. He's been trained to be an unquestioningly loyalJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> consumer and "patriot", and spouts polemic rhetoric in support ofJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> somebody else's extremist cause. As such he and others like him are nowJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> part of the problem, but he can't be blamed for that problem. You can'tJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> blame someone for being an idiot.Jul 19 09:24
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:24
schestowitz> America is a mess. Nobody believed this until it went bankrupt, but nowJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> it's an incontrovertible fact. The culprit is political extremism, whichJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> has permeated every facet of American life. It crept up on people overJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> the course of centuries, and now it's bitten them in the ass. WhatJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> started out as golden opportunity became selfish opportunism. The idealsJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> of independence mutated into isolationism. Cultural pride becameJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> narcissism and xenophobia. The quest for survival and self-improvementJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> became a gluttonous orgy of greed. America has "evolved" into a nationJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> of savages. Now they've completely ravaged their own resources, nowJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> they're on the brink of self-annihilation, now their extremeJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> libertarianism has been exposed as self-destructive ... maybe now theyJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> will finally begin to understand.Jul 19 09:24
schestowitz> Jul 19 09:24
schestowitz> But never forget who to blame: political extremists like Prescott BushJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> and his progeny. The ordinary people of America need our help, even ifJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> they don't (all) want it. It's probably not the sort of help they'llJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> readily welcome, though. It's not easy to undo centuries of extremistJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> indoctrination. If they still possess that instinct for survival thenJul 19 09:24
schestowitz> they should accept our help. If not, then the problem will solve itself,Jul 19 09:24
schestowitz> albeit in a catastrophic fashion.Jul 19 09:24
schestowitzWhat a lame excuse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X6x58er5ac&feature=digestJul 19 10:03
TechrightsSocialTitle: ‪"Support the Troops...?"‬‏       - YouTube .::. Size~: 130.32 KBJul 19 10:03
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schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/drpizzaJul 19 15:15
TechrightsSocialTitle: Peter Bright (DrPizza) on Twitter .::. Size~: 48.91 KBJul 19 15:15
schestowitzmono boosters cheer for himJul 19 15:15
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/directhex/statuses/93293293500248064Jul 19 15:16
TechrightsSocial@directhex: @monkchips some days, Boycott Novell IRC is boring. Some days, it's a comedy goldmine. Special thanks to @drpizza for yesterday's logs!Jul 19 15:16
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schestowitzMinceR: have you heard of this 'incident'?Jul 19 16:19
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqU9JFbtucU&feature=digestJul 19 16:19
TechrightsSocialTitle: ‪Don't Take This The Wrong Way‬‏       - YouTube .::. Size~: 131.32 KBJul 19 16:19
MinceRcan't watch videos nowJul 19 16:21
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/79183578Jul 19 16:43
TechrightsSocial@Qubit ArkHive (qubitarkhive)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Jul-11 14:57:15 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz There are over a thousand Microsoft partners of various levels including AMD with its gold partnership #conspiracyJul 19 16:43
schestowitzMinceR: suspected soJul 19 16:43
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schestowitzhttps://identi.ca/notice/79195345Jul 19 18:53
TechrightsSocial@Laurel L. Russwurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Jul-11 17:37:36 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz Thanks.  The world keeps turning... when i was a kid "mono" meant only "Mononucleosis" (aka the "kissing disease")Jul 19 18:54
schestowitzIt still means that.... and another disease (context being software)Jul 19 18:54
MinceRnice videoJul 19 18:59
schestowitzhttps://identi.ca/notice/79196939Jul 19 19:01
TechrightsSocial@Laurel L. Russwurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Jul-11 17:58:37 UTC - Identi.ca: yes, @schestowitz :)Jul 19 19:01
schestowitzMinceR: I want to see her originalJul 19 19:01
schestowitzTo see if he nitpicked an omitted important bitsJul 19 19:02
schestowitzFrom what I know of girlsJul 19 19:02
schestowitzThey like to be hit onJul 19 19:02
schestowitzIf the guys is nice, goodJul 19 19:02
schestowitzSaves them the hassle of going after guysJul 19 19:02
schestowitzIf not interest, take it as a compliment, declineJul 19 19:02
schestowitzIt's really quite simplerJul 19 19:02
schestowitzsometimesm gay people try to come on to me, I of course decline cause I'm straight, but I don't bitch about it...Jul 19 19:03
schestowitzSo I don't know if this militant feminist is really just trying toi brag that some guy came on to herJul 19 19:03
schestowitzOr she felt "uncomfortable" (so f* what, that's life)Jul 19 19:03
schestowitzBTW, there are not two trolls in #techrightsJul 19 19:04
schestowitzNot just oneJul 19 19:04
schestowitzOne is a pro-Mac trollJul 19 19:04
MinceRi wasn't aware of the "incident"Jul 19 19:04
schestowitzFrom COLAJul 19 19:04
schestowitzMinceR: the incident is where some guy invited her for coffeeJul 19 19:05
schestowitzDid you watch the videoJul 19 19:05
MinceRi knowJul 19 19:05
MinceRi'm watching itJul 19 19:05
schestowitzI loves the part where TJ goes like..Jul 19 19:05
schestowitz"It's not like some famous atheist like Pinter whipped out his dick and said 'start sucking'"... i's hilarious how he said itJul 19 19:05
MinceR:>Jul 19 19:07
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MinceRhttp://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=911#comicJul 19 21:55
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sebsebsebhiJul 19 22:10
MinceRhttp://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=934#comicJul 19 22:33
TechrightsSocialTitle: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal .::. Size~: 19.84 KBJul 19 22:33
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