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schestowitzRe: SciFitnessOct 26 00:56
schestowitz> Hey! I enjoy the articles and the exercise instructions with diagrams.Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> Many, many people like me have bad backs. I saw one estimate that said 80%Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> of men have back problems at least once in their life. I think articles onOct 26 00:56
schestowitz> back strengthening exercises would be very well received.Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> Perhaps a video demo later?Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> The Austrian Press article is all in German except your name which IOct 26 00:56
schestowitz> spotted: Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> Yahoo Translator: Here's a report of Roy Schestowitz is over the 100 mails,Oct 26 00:56
schestowitz> which already got these from Florian Mueller.Oct 26 00:56
schestowitzLOLOct 26 00:56
schestowitzFlorian is losing his influence along with other lobbyists such as ACT.Oct 26 00:56
qu1j0t3'Fred Cisin wrote:Oct 26 01:51
qu1j0t3> > There is a normal tendency to pick fan-boys for Beta testing. Oct 26 01:51
qu1j0t3> > Microsoft is not unique in that.  I am not really surprised that I wasOct 26 01:52
qu1j0t3> > dropped from their beta test program after I submitted a wellOct 26 01:52
qu1j0t3> > documented and thorough bug report ABOUT THEIR BETA PROGRAM.Oct 26 01:52
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qu1j0t3https://twitter.com/#!/hsakawa/status/129039334224564224Oct 26 05:14
schestowitzbot failed?Oct 26 09:11
schestowitzoh, it's not inOct 26 09:12
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schestowitz[05:14] <qu1j0t3> https://twitter.com/#!/hsakawa/status/129039334224564224Oct 26 09:16
TechrightsSocial@hsakawa: 私もそう思う。 › “I don’t think anything will change at Microsoft as long as Ballmer is running it.” › › [Jobs... http://t.co/o8voQu9OOct 26 09:16
TechrightsSocialMissing content type. Ignoring.Oct 26 09:16
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schestowitz> Hi, Roy,Oct 26 11:33
schestowitz> Oct 26 11:33
schestowitz> Even the re-made version of the Billgatus of Borg icon on Slashdot isOct 26 11:33
schestowitz> gone, replaced by M$ corporate logo.Oct 26 11:33
schestowitzYes, they need to look "professional" to attract advertisers. :-)Oct 26 11:33
schestowitzFrom the subject line I reckoned this message was about tennis. :-)Oct 26 11:33
schestowitzRe: BorgOct 26 11:34
schestowitz> So I wonder how much of a squeeze M$ is able to put on advertisersOct 26 11:52
schestowitz> directly or indirectly (a la Manufacturing Consent) to toe the M$Oct 26 11:52
schestowitz> party line.Oct 26 11:52
schestowitzYes, /. is not alone in this. IDG is running a new anti-Ubuntu marathon at the moment (Julie Bort, their Microsoft rep, does this). I try to just ignore it because they previously got Tony to do this trolling for hits.Oct 26 11:52
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qu1j0t3schestowitz: the borg icon was still in use at slashdot as recently as a week or two agoOct 26 14:49
qu1j0t3schestowitz: i'm not sure the writer is totally correctOct 26 14:49
schestowitzhmm... Oct 26 14:50
schestowitzthanksOct 26 14:50
MinceRit means /. staff are clearly incompetentOct 26 14:50
MinceRthey managed to get rid the last element of pretending to not be a slave to m$Oct 26 14:50
schestowitzoh, cool... in the presse [sic] again http://www.telekom-presse.at/Microsoft_unterstuetzt_Apples_Klage_gegen_HTC_.id.17406.htmOct 26 14:50
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schestowitzMinceR: malda is outOct 26 14:51
schestowitzno editorial control from himOct 26 14:51
MinceRnot that it did much, did it?Oct 26 14:51
schestowitz> FWIW:Oct 26 15:10
schestowitz> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1851654Oct 26 15:10
schestowitz> Oct 26 15:10
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schestowitz> OEM support of Ubuntu is in part a community issue if for no otherOct 26 15:10
schestowitz> reason than the community asks how to get Dells with UbuntuOct 26 15:10
schestowitz> pre-installed.Oct 26 15:10
schestowitzRaised to jono...Oct 26 15:13
schestowitz> FWIW:Oct 26 15:52
schestowitz> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1851654Oct 26 15:52
schestowitz> Oct 26 15:52
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schestowitz> OEM support of Ubuntu is in part a community issue if for no otherOct 26 15:53
schestowitz> reason than the community asks how to get Dells with UbuntuOct 26 15:53
schestowitzI'm gonna try to get a former Microsoft employee interviews...Oct 26 15:53
schestowitz"Hi Jeff, Our site has been covering an issue you have been doing a great deal of valuable research on (as did we, e.g. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_-_Tax ). I was wondering if you would be willing to do an interview with us regarding these issues (not just about Microsoft but state-wide)."Oct 26 15:53
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schestowitz> Though I can't find the posts, it seems that every week there is atOct 26 16:11
schestowitz> least one query about buying hardware.Oct 26 16:11
schestowitzJono's silence speaks loud enoughOct 26 16:11
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schestowitzI got the OK from the former MS employee :-)Oct 26 18:58
schestowitz> Roy, I'm glad to help  - though my tax expertise is limited toOct 26 18:58
schestowitz> Microsoft's Nevada tax dodge and Washington state.Oct 26 18:58
schestowitzThanks. I can prepare some questions that concentrate on this subject. I'll send you these shortly. I'll also link to your site and if you have a photo you want used, please let me know :-)Oct 26 18:58
schestowitzHere goes the MS lobbyist:Oct 26 19:04
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/84811710Oct 26 19:04
TechrightsSocial@Florian Mueller (fosspatents)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Oct-11 17:57:23 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz Your friend Keith from the OIN unambiguously promoted software patents in a recent Business Insider interview.Oct 26 19:04
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/84811738Oct 26 19:04
TechrightsSocial@Florian Mueller (fosspatents)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Oct-11 17:59:14 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz Here's the link: http://ur1.ca/5iiuiOct 26 19:04
TechrightsSocialEmpty reply from server ( http://ur1.ca/5iiui )Oct 26 19:04
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/84811747Oct 26 19:04
TechrightsSocial@Florian Mueller (fosspatents)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Oct-11 17:59:41 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz It's a multi-page interview. Scroll down on the page I sent to the question of whether the patent system is broken. He says no.Oct 26 19:04
schestowitz> It's been a long time since he played tennis.  The Borg symbol makesOct 26 19:05
schestowitz> since because in the late 1990's M$ was routinely called The Borg inOct 26 19:05
schestowitz> daily use.  I recall our engineers using the term.Oct 26 19:05
schestowitzYes, I know, but when I saw it I thought of Gates vs Borg the tennis player.Oct 26 19:05
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schestowitz"Thanks for the photos. I have meanwhile prepared the following questions. Feel free to expand with more. :-)"Oct 26 19:37
schestowitzOK, we got an intervieweeOct 26 19:37
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