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qu1j0t3https://twitter.com/#!/qu1j0t3/status/164924914564993025Feb 02 04:22
TechrightsSocial@qu1j0t3: Am I the only person to find the concept of "Kinect for #Windows" snore-inducing? #LeastInterestingProductEver #MaybeImJustTooOldFeb 02 04:22
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MinceRhttp://www.caglecartoons.com/media/cartoons/29/2010/11/23/86074_600.jpgFeb 02 11:09
TechrightsSocialNot a web page! Aborting image/jpeg typeFeb 02 11:09
schestowitzhehFeb 02 11:33
schestowitzseen that sort of stuff for real before...Feb 02 11:33
schestowitzkids with some silly phonesFeb 02 11:33
schestowitztyping while older people try to speak to themFeb 02 11:33
schestowitzbot generatiomFeb 02 11:33
oiaohmschestowitz: that is where a mobile phone jammer comes in handyFeb 02 12:17
schestowitz"Anyone who has tried to introduce PGP to their friends will know this situation. Classic chicken-and-egg problem. " https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1247933Feb 02 12:24
TechrightsSocial@: Feb 02 12:24
schestowitz"why should I install it? nobody uses it,..."Feb 02 12:24
oiaohmschestowitz: simpler with people working in the Linux kernel.Feb 02 12:25
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schestowitzwhat? PGP?Feb 02 12:25
schestowitzjammer?Feb 02 12:25
oiaohmPGP with Linux kernel developersFeb 02 12:26
oiaohmThey have to sign messages all the time.  schestowitzFeb 02 12:26
schestowitzahFeb 02 12:27
schestowitzencrypt too?Feb 02 12:27
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schestowitzi guess that ddresses issue of social engineering onlyFeb 02 12:28
schestowitzthe signingFeb 02 12:28
oiaohmschestowitz: and the fact email is not secureFeb 02 12:31
oiaohmIe anyone can pretend to be you email addressFeb 02 12:31
oiaohmemail was designed that way.Feb 02 12:31
oiaohmhttp://www.chinavasion.com/jammers/cvqmj362gen/  jammers are supprisingly cheap its just s question if you will get them into a country.Feb 02 12:32
TechrightsSocialTitle: Industrial Strength Cell Phone Jammer (CDMA, GSM, DCS, and 3G) .::. Size~: 45.29 KBFeb 02 12:32
schestowitzoiaohm: yeahFeb 02 12:36
schestowitzyou could pretend to be alan cox sending linux a  patch based on a cracked version of something you find in lkmlFeb 02 12:37
schestowitzwordpress once had someone push in a back doorFeb 02 12:37
schestowitzthey caught itFeb 02 12:37
oiaohmI have used something quite basic a old em noisy Jacobs ladder.  Turn it on any mobile phone in 150 meters has just lost signal.Feb 02 12:38
oiaohmFun at times when you have a stack of people typing on mobile phones.Feb 02 12:39
schestowitzoh,don't carry a phone around too muchFeb 02 12:41
schestowitzit's tracking youFeb 02 12:41
schestowitzby the way, I've just run in the wild for half an hour :-)Feb 02 12:41
schestowitzNo phoneFeb 02 12:41
schestowitzIn Mr. Fitness, I won the running (6k) and the pushups, and I'm favourite to win the third stage too, which is benchpress. :-)Feb 02 12:41
oiaohmReally don't carry a mobile you still can be tracked.Feb 02 12:42
oiaohmSystem of tracking is quite complexFeb 02 12:43
schestowitzcctv makes it harderFeb 02 12:46
schestowitzyou have to look back at footage that might not existFeb 02 12:46
schestowitzand you are limited to where there is a camera, not receptionFeb 02 12:46
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schestowitz"Jono is very much the same in our IRC channels. They don't take criticism well; The Buntu site doesn't need to suck up to Canonical - just report the news, don't pull an OMG!OMG!OMG!Ubuntu'Feb 02 15:39
schestowitz>> I have been using Ubuntu since 2005 and have been a very strongFeb 02 16:06
schestowitz>> supporter. Installed it on dozens of PCs. So, it hurts.Feb 02 16:06
schestowitz> Feb 02 16:06
schestowitz>> Microsoft! When I as an editor at LINUX For You Microsoft always triedFeb 02 16:06
schestowitz>> to be nice to me as I was a thorn in their neck. They would fly me toFeb 02 16:06
schestowitz>> events hoping positive coverage, but I never budged. They will call upFeb 02 16:06
schestowitz>> the editor asking to tone down the stories, but I never did. But itsFeb 02 16:06
schestowitz>> Ubuntu and free software I never expected such a treatment from an openFeb 02 16:07
schestowitz>> source company. They have definitely lost a supporter. The kind ofFeb 02 16:07
schestowitz>> language they used was insulting.Feb 02 16:07
schestowitz> Feb 02 16:07
schestowitz>> There is no doubt that now I won't be writing about Ubuntu with passion.Feb 02 16:07
schestowitz>> Maybe I will start pushing Linux Mint or any other distro. Do you thinkFeb 02 16:07
schestowitz>> its OK to push openSUSE now? Which distro you prefer?Feb 02 16:07
schestowitzDebian. I've installed it 3 times recently. It's also the project that Canonical is "ripping off" so to speak.Feb 02 16:07
schestowitzhttp://www.americanselect.org/Feb 02 16:13
TechrightsSocialTitle: Americans Elect 2012 | The first direct presidential nomination .::. Size~: 31.52 KBFeb 02 16:13
schestowitzHeheFeb 02 16:13
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schestowitzI am printing many academic papers to read next week while I travel (many hours in total). The latest interesting paper actually comes from a university in Singapore.Feb 02 17:21
schestowitzWhat, what a crappy paper: http://www.itfrindia.org/ICCIC/Vol2/515ICIPI.pdfFeb 02 17:23
TechrightsSocialNot a web page! Aborting application/pdf typeFeb 02 17:23
schestowitzSome Windows GUI and grammar mistakesFeb 02 17:23
schestowitz"I agree with @Daniel Silva. What about an alternative to Canonical?" https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1248720Feb 02 17:29
TechrightsSocial@: Feb 02 17:29
MinceR(animated) http://i.imgur.com/amwlp.gifFeb 02 21:31
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schestowitztouche!Feb 02 22:22
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