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schestowitzLinux Foundation Keeps Growing Fast http://is.gd/J1QNhoOct 12 10:17
TechrightsSocialTitle: The Linux Foundation Adds Seven New International Members .::. Size~: 35.35 KBOct 12 10:17
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schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/84547718Oct 12 12:30
TechrightsSocial@Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-11 11:27:54 UTC - Identi.ca: What I learned in 10 days with #diaspora - it is a network with very high-quality stories and people, no spam, no trolls.Oct 12 12:30
MinceRjust wait ;)Oct 12 12:30
schestowitzinvite-onlyOct 12 12:30
schestowitzfor now...Oct 12 12:30
MinceRi thought anyone could run their own server and link it to the others :>Oct 12 12:31
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sebsebseb Oct 12 12:36
schestowitzhey sebsebsebOct 12 12:41
schestowitzyou're not autojoining #techbytes ?Oct 12 12:41
sebsebsebschestowitz: I am not auto joining any of these channelsOct 12 12:41
sebsebsebwhy would I go to #techbytes as well, unless on it?Oct 12 12:41
sebsebsebor is there some other reason to go there?Oct 12 12:42
sebsebsebnow?Oct 12 12:42
MinceRwow, s*it seems to have left all the TR channels :)Oct 12 12:42
sebsebsebMinceR: who?Oct 12 12:43
MinceRthe crApple trollOct 12 12:44
schestowitz:-)Oct 12 12:47
schestowitzhe was busy writing books of comments in TR yesterdayOct 12 12:48
schestowitzin USENET they demand that he leavesOct 12 12:48
schestowitzHe'sa  major major TROLLOct 12 12:48
schestowitzMinceR: http://identi.ca/notice/84548020Oct 12 12:54
TechrightsSocial@Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-11 11:47:25 UTC - Identi.ca: How to start with a fallacy: "While the world grieves" http://is.gd/IW3HbB sorry, but the corprpate press is not "the world"Oct 12 12:54
TechrightsSocial-> Title: Richard Stallman’s Views on Death of Steve Jobs | ITProPortal.com .::. Size~: 39.19 KBOct 12 12:54
schestowitzthe corpropate press TELLS the world it needs to grieveOct 12 12:55
MinceRthe corporate press tells most of the world what to believeOct 12 12:55
schestowitzand publishes PR pieces to make it soOct 12 12:55
MinceRand they mostly believe themOct 12 12:55
schestowitzThis puts truth-lellers like Stallman glued to a cornerOct 12 12:55
schestowitzBut when Hitler dies, it's OK to dance in the streetsOct 12 12:56
schestowitzBallmer found Linus https://joindiaspora.com/posts/604023Oct 12 12:58
TechrightsSocialSSL connection timeout ( https://joindiaspora.com/posts/604023 )Oct 12 12:58
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/84548155Oct 12 13:01
TechrightsSocial@Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-11 11:56:55 UTC - Identi.ca: When the corporate media says dance in the streets over a death, people do. Don't let the press tell you how to feel.Oct 12 13:01
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/84548230Oct 12 13:01
TechrightsSocial@Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-11 12:00:33 UTC - Identi.ca: Sam Ramji never really left Microsoft. Now he liaises with familiar Microsoft boosters to generate some whitewashing pieces.Oct 12 13:01
schestowitz> Hi, Roy,Oct 12 13:38
schestowitz> Oct 12 13:38
schestowitz> http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws101011MICROSOFT.aspOct 12 13:38
TechrightsSocialTitle: Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine .::. Size~: 71.83 KBOct 12 13:38
schestowitzMe and another techirghts remember contributed to research for this article. He helped brief the author with evidence.Oct 12 13:38
schestowitz#cameron will think about your children http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2011/censorware-or-child-protection #censorshipOct 12 13:49
TechrightsSocialTitle: Open Rights Group | Censorware or child protection? .::. Size~: 41.83 KBOct 12 13:49
schestowitzMinceR: https://joindiaspora.com/posts/604804Oct 12 13:49
TechrightsSocial@: Oct 12 13:49
MinceRniceOct 12 13:49
schestowitz> No wonder you've been assigned a handler/evangelist like "michael".Oct 12 14:00
schestowitzVery boring day today (could do some more coding, but not in the mood), so I'll rush to the gym and hopefully be back by 5 to record a nice show any time after that. Tomorrow I start a 6-day work streak, so best to use today...Oct 12 14:10
schestowitzhmm... this is nice:Oct 12 17:41
schestowitz****    Please include our reference number 360420 on all correspondence.    ****Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzDear Rights & Permissions ,Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzXanEdu is seeking permission on behalf of Professor Holderness at Boston College to include the following material in a print CoursePack for approximately 89 students enrolled in MF 701  during the Fall 2011 semester:Oct 12 17:41
schestowitz Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzTitle: Microsoft's XBox Group Still Operates at a Loss, XBox Director QuitsOct 12 17:41
schestowitzAuthor: Schestowitz, RoyOct 12 17:41
schestowitzYear Published: 2009Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzWeb Site URL: http://techrights.org/2009/05/03/microsoft-xbox-failure-departure/Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzPage Range: 1-2Oct 12 17:41
TechrightsSocialTitle: Microsoft’s XBox Group Still Operates at a Loss, XBox Director Quits | Techrights .::. Size~: 112.75 KBOct 12 17:41
schestowitzTotal Pages: 2Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzPublisher: Bytes MediaOct 12 17:41
schestowitzYou may grant permission by emailing or faxing this request with approval information to my attention.  Should a royalty fee apply, please include that with your email or fax.  Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzThank you for your consideration. Please contact us if you have any questions or need more information.Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzComments: Oct 12 17:41
schestowitz****    Please include our reference number 360420 on all correspondence.    ****Oct 12 17:41
schestowitzme: "I hereby grant permission for use in any way you see suitable, free of charge. Attribution would be nice but not required."Oct 12 17:43
schestowitzMinceR: https://joindiaspora.com/posts/604804Oct 12 17:44
TechrightsSocial@: Oct 12 17:44
schestowitz"Oct 12 17:44
schestowitzSome people show they're not as smart as they think they are by such statements...Oct 12 17:44
schestowitzApparently Dawkins doesn't know that many of the great institutions of higher learning in the U.S. (i.e. Harvard, Princeton) were started by Christians.Oct 12 17:44
schestowitz"Oct 12 17:44
MinceRnot all people learned the "lesson" of religion, and some of them were inducted into the religion against their own will and characterOct 12 17:45
MinceRassuming that they were even christianOct 12 17:46
MinceRchristians like to lie about whether particular people were christians or atheists or neitherOct 12 17:46
MinceR"Harvard was founded in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony"Oct 12 17:47
MinceRso they'll have to prove that those people were christianOct 12 17:47
MinceRnot to mention the scenario of such an institution changing its purpose over timeOct 12 17:48
schestowitzyou mean believing ones?Oct 12 17:48
MinceRyesOct 12 17:48
schestowitzthat's another thingOct 12 17:48
schestowitzbut anyway, I try not to come across as too confrontationalOct 12 17:48
schestowitzLet Dawkins do the insultsOct 12 17:48
schestowitzI've already had one person insultedOct 12 17:50
schestowitz"And it's a real network ;)" https://joindiaspora.com/posts/604476 re diasporaOct 12 17:50
TechrightsSocial@: Oct 12 17:50
schestowitzOct 12 17:50
schestowitzKnut Yrvin Oct 12 17:50
schestowitzgot connected to me an hour ago :-)Oct 12 17:50
schestowitz!google dance youtube Knut Yrvin Oct 12 17:50
TechrightsSocial[1] - Norske Talenter 2010! Knut Yrvin - Electric Boogie(Dance) - YouTube | http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DFzXtRtH8OBIOct 12 17:50
TechrightsSocial[2] - Knut Yrvin Dance - YouTube | http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUnusbxpPJE8Oct 12 17:50
TechrightsSocial[3] - Norske Taleneter 2010-Knut Yrvin - YouTube | http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DWhJEcoQVVU8Oct 12 17:50
TechrightsSocial[4] - Qt Knut's got talent! — The Qt Blog | http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2010/03/08/qt-knuts-got-talent/Oct 12 17:50
MinceRthe religious zealot did the insulting hereOct 12 17:50
schestowitznot he one who replied to meOct 12 17:51
schestowitzBut..Oct 12 17:51
schestowitzI admit I get that defence a lotOct 12 17:51
schestowitzfrom religious peopleOct 12 17:51
schestowitznaming others who areOct 12 17:51
schestowitzlike, "I know this one professor blah blah.. religious"Oct 12 17:51
MinceRthey also keep saying that hitler was atheistOct 12 17:51
MinceRexcept, you know, he wasn'tOct 12 17:51
schestowitzAnd then I say we need to take this on a statistical basisOct 12 17:52
MinceRhe was a christianOct 12 17:52
schestowitzI knoew professors who duied from cancerOct 12 17:52
schestowitzit doesn't mean that professors tend to get cancerOct 12 17:52
MinceRthey also like to forget the case of galileiOct 12 17:52
qu1j0t3hehOct 12 17:52
qu1j0t3oh, religious torture is a daily eventOct 12 17:52
MinceRand that the lead pedophile had the audacity to "forgive" himOct 12 17:52
qu1j0t3never stoppedOct 12 17:52
schestowitzMinceR: he wasn't an atheist at allOct 12 17:52
schestowitzneither were his croniesOct 12 17:52
qu1j0t3nothing like god's imprimatur to get your war onOct 12 17:53
schestowitzthe death camp top man, Eichman, had his last words quoted: "I die belieiving in God"Oct 12 17:53
schestowitz'Take THAT atheists!"Oct 12 17:53
MinceR:>Oct 12 17:53
qu1j0t3schestowitz: so will bush Oct 12 17:53
schestowitzhehOct 12 17:53
schestowitzhe won't die for another 30 years at leastOct 12 17:53
schestowitzLook how long Reagan livedOct 12 17:54
schestowitzMaybe they'll still consult Bush (GW) in 2040 like they do KissingerOct 12 17:54
schestowitzAt some stage you need to say, "OK. We know about people becoming senile, why do we still take advice from them?" :-)Oct 12 17:55
qu1j0t3ehOct 12 17:55
qu1j0t3schestowitz: Gates knows what is wrong with the world!Oct 12 17:55
schestowitzAnyhoo, I got 6 posts to publishOct 12 17:55
qu1j0t3schestowitz: he knows how to fix it! we need more philanthropic visionaries!Oct 12 17:55
schestowitzqu1j0t3: at least he's not stuck with childhoodsenility of religionOct 12 17:55
schestowitzBut he lives in the US, so he can't talk about itOct 12 17:56
qu1j0t3schestowitz: he has his own broken religion - greedOct 12 17:56
schestowitzpowerOct 12 17:56
qu1j0t3yeahOct 12 17:56
qu1j0t3god complex.Oct 12 17:56
schestowitzhe doesn't care for moneyOct 12 17:56
qu1j0t3who needs religion if you think you're god?Oct 12 17:56
schestowitzWhen you pass a cerain amount it's no longer about moneyOct 12 17:56
schestowitzYou then play with the big boysOct 12 17:56
schestowitzAnd they value power tooOct 12 17:56
schestowitzThey can already buy anything they want, except nations, which haven't much value to a person anyway unless one becomes a lender or a tyrantOct 12 17:57
schestowitzhow to get power:Oct 12 17:57
schestowitz1) earnt he education systemOct 12 17:57
schestowitzWorth: $500bl/yearOct 12 17:57
schestowitz2) earn the militaryOct 12 17:57
schestowitzWorth: about 1 trillion a yearOct 12 17:57
schestowitzObjetive: occupationOct 12 17:57
schestowitz3) buy the newspapersOct 12 17:58
schestowitzWorth highOct 12 17:58
schestowitzPrice: lowOct 12 17:58
schestowitzWorth or PR industry in the US: Oct 12 17:58
schestowitz1.2 trillion a year IIRCOct 12 17:58
schestowitzPR buys newsOct 12 17:58
schestowitznews buys warsOct 12 17:58
schestowitznews can also buy ed reformOct 12 17:58
schestowitzEducation system buys smindsOct 12 17:58
schestowitzMind control buys troopsOct 12 17:58
schestowitzTroops buy nationsOct 12 17:58
schestowitzby forceOct 12 17:58
schestowitzAnd it all comes down to powerOct 12 17:59
schestowitzQED.Oct 12 17:59
qu1j0t3sureOct 12 18:06
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schestowitzo/Oct 12 23:27
schestowitz> Hi Roy,Oct 12 23:37
schestowitz> Oct 12 23:37
schestowitz> I got so wrapped up in other events around here (Life is such a freakin'Oct 12 23:37
schestowitz> zoo sometimes, ain't it?)Oct 12 23:37
schestowitz> that I forgot to tell you thank you for the Diaspora invite. So...Oct 12 23:37
schestowitz> Oct 12 23:37
schestowitz> Thank You!!  :)Oct 12 23:37
schestowitzDiaspora is great, I'm liking it.Oct 12 23:37
schestowitz> I have to say that I truly hate the Diaspora name, but I like the ideaOct 12 23:37
schestowitz> of the project.  It seems worthy of supporting.  I only spent a littleOct 12 23:37
schestowitz> time on there when I first signed up, so I'm planning on visiting thisOct 12 23:37
schestowitz> weekend and try figure things out. I'll probably start hanging out thereOct 12 23:37
schestowitz> more next week.Oct 12 23:37
schestowitzThe community there is very friendly.Oct 12 23:37

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