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| XFaCE | qu1j0t4: 31 ridings | Mar 21 07:01 |
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| XFaCE | 31, fucking, ridings | Mar 21 07:01 |
| XFaCE | This government should shut down immediately in shame | Mar 21 07:01 |
| XFaCE | but nope, we'll get a typical Harper reponse | Mar 21 07:01 |
| XFaCE | which is move along | Mar 21 07:02 |
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| schestowitz | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r9TRohbzog&feature=digest_mon | Mar 21 08:35 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: The Chávez Model and the Coming Elections - YouTube .::. Size~: 128.91 KB | Mar 21 08:35 |
| schestowitz | qu1j0t4: relates to our discussion about privatising natural resources | Mar 21 08:35 |
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| schestowitz | > Hi, Roy, | Mar 21 10:09 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 21 10:09 |
| schestowitz | > Even Oracle is using "Open" in its marketing. | Mar 21 10:09 |
| schestowitz | yes, they did that last year as well. They use "Cloud" and "Big data" buzz terms too. | Mar 21 10:09 |
| schestowitz | > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/19/microsoft_demo_trouble/> | Mar 21 12:42 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: 404: Page not found | The Register .::. Size~: 9.16 KB | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > <quote> | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > Houston, Metro UI's got a problem | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > Convergence 2012 You've got to hand it to Kirill Tatarinov, the head | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > of Microsoft's ERP division. The Russian Rocket was cool as a cucumber | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > on Monday when a demo of the Windows 8 Metro UI running on a | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > touch-screen tablet crashed and burned during the opening keynote of | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > Convergence 2012. | Mar 21 12:42 |
| schestowitz | > </quote> | Mar 21 12:42 |
| qu1j0t4 | well yeah | Mar 21 12:55 |
| qu1j0t4 | but he machinegunned 40 people to death afterwards in his personal death camp | Mar 21 12:55 |
| qu1j0t4 | what a poorly written report | Mar 21 12:55 |
| qu1j0t4 | "big presentation, something crashed" ==== ?? | Mar 21 12:56 |
| qu1j0t4 | it's a computer program. it's going to fucking crash. get over it. report on something real. | Mar 21 12:56 |
| schestowitz | still, it helps show what's coming | Mar 21 13:18 |
| qu1j0t4 | "Microsoft may ship buggy software in future"... this is news? | Mar 21 13:22 |
| MinceR | it's a good thing that people are reminded that m$ products are and will be crap | Mar 21 13:27 |
| schestowitz | "The Bread Lord! " https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1439793 | Mar 21 13:28 |
| TechrightsSocial | Not a Diaspora post? | Mar 21 13:28 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: +1 | Mar 21 13:29 |
| schestowitz | "WindowsNext will fix everything"TM | Mar 21 13:29 |
| schestowitz | "That's true " https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1440511 | Mar 21 13:30 |
| TechrightsSocial | Not a Diaspora post? | Mar 21 13:30 |
| schestowitz | "O_O, wow, now i've seen everything " https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1440158 | Mar 21 13:32 |
| TechrightsSocial | Not a Diaspora post? | Mar 21 13:32 |
| MinceR | http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/03/brutal-truth-about-lumia-cannot-sustain-even-1-to-1-replacement-of-symbian-windows-phone-strategy-do.html | Mar 21 13:45 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Communities Dominate Brands: Brutal Truth about Lumia - cannot sustain even 1 to 1 replacement of Symbian: Windows Phone strategy doomed for Nokia .::. Size~: 135.72 KB | Mar 21 13:45 |
| MinceR | http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/we_heard_new_ipad_has_thermal_issues_ours_seems_just_fine | Mar 21 13:53 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Maximum PC | We Heard The New iPad Has Thermal Issues, But Ours Seems Just Fine .::. Size~: 99.22 KB | Mar 21 13:53 |
| schestowitz | ah, so that's OK then | Mar 21 14:02 |
| schestowitz | we can ignore multiple report or statistics | Mar 21 14:02 |
| schestowitz | in Apple culture, the self is God | Mar 21 14:02 |
| MinceR | read the article :> | Mar 21 14:02 |
| schestowitz | oh, ok | Mar 21 14:03 |
| schestowitz | LOL | Mar 21 14:03 |
| schestowitz | "Latest product from Apple: the iFreeze, made for those who refuse to hold it properly" | Mar 21 14:05 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 14:05 |
| schestowitz | In typical Apple fasion... | Mar 21 14:05 |
| schestowitz | https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225353/Apple_denies_new_iPad_overheating_concerns?taxonomyId=12 | Mar 21 14:05 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Apple denies new iPad overheating concerns - Computerworld .::. Size~: 129.09 KB | Mar 21 14:05 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 14:05 |
| schestowitz | "I genuinely laughed so hard I had my mom come into my room asking if I was okay... Woops. >_>" | Mar 21 14:06 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 14:06 |
| schestowitz | It's not HOT! | Mar 21 14:06 |
| schestowitz | You're just not holding it right! | Mar 21 14:06 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 14:06 |
| schestowitz | remember.. | Mar 21 14:06 |
| schestowitz | They settled | Mar 21 14:06 |
| schestowitz | the lawsuit | Mar 21 14:06 |
| schestowitz | admission of fail | Mar 21 14:06 |
| MinceR | http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/apple-to-charge-ipad-owners-for-central-heating-201203215035/ | Mar 21 14:08 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: The Daily Mash - Apple to charge iPad owners for central heating .::. Size~: 28.53 KB | Mar 21 14:08 |
| schestowitz | i hardly know there was even a new hypePad | Mar 21 14:14 |
| schestowitz | until my dad mentiond it. I focus on Linux and patents news now | Mar 21 14:14 |
| schestowitz | Apple is some of that crap 'mainstream' news about computers, meaning "Windows PCs" | Mar 21 14:14 |
| schestowitz | stuff like kindle managed to gain some publicity on the same stage | Mar 21 14:15 |
| schestowitz | but not archos or other small brands | Mar 21 14:15 |
| qu1j0t4 | oh, a friend asked me... | Mar 21 14:16 |
| qu1j0t4 | he needs to know a 5-7" tablet with wifi + GPS, he needs 100+ of them | Mar 21 14:17 |
| qu1j0t4 | any ideas? | Mar 21 14:17 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t4: If you want to avoid the MS tax, tell him to avoid Samsung, LG, HTC | Mar 21 14:24 |
| qu1j0t4 | hm | Mar 21 14:25 |
| qu1j0t4 | that probably won't be his concern | Mar 21 14:25 |
| qu1j0t4 | he hasn't found one that meets his requirements | Mar 21 14:25 |
| XFaCE | http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MichaelGeistsBlog/~3/zbuRGT3K69c/ | Mar 21 14:27 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Michael Geist - Does Bill C-11 Create Barriers to Network PVRs and Cloud Services in Canada? .::. Size~: 57.75 KB | Mar 21 14:27 |
| XFaCE | "The provision, Section 31.1(5) on network services, states: | Mar 21 14:27 |
| XFaCE | Subject to subsection (5), a person who, for the purpose of allowing the telecommunication of a work or other subject-matter through the Internet or another digital network, provides digital memory in which another person stores the work or other subject-matter does not, by virtue of that act alone, infringe copyright in the work or other subject-matter." | Mar 21 14:27 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t4: Ba ba-ba-ba-bullshit | Mar 21 14:28 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t4: *Bang head on wall | Mar 21 14:29 |
| XFaCE | schestowitz: http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2012/03/prof-ysolde-gendreau-on-canadas-chance.html | Mar 21 14:42 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: EXCESS COPYRIGHT: Prof. Ysolde Gendreau on “Canada's chance to bring copyright law into the digital age” .::. Size~: 187.93 KB | Mar 21 14:42 |
| XFaCE | "As for her reference to royalties on a book, the purchaser (NOT, as suggested, the “reader”, who could be anyone who happens to have the book in hand) pays for these royalties when the book is bought, which eventually find their way back to the author via the publisher. There may be no royalties in some cases, for example when the book is remaindered – but that is a matter of contract and not copyright law. To reiterate, there is no r | Mar 21 14:42 |
| XFaCE | oyalty required from the “reader”. There is no right to charge for reading, although Access Copyright is trying mightily to get that very result indirectly in its current case at the Copyright Board and through well hidden measures in Bill C-11, as recently discussed by Ariel Katz." | Mar 21 14:42 |
| schestowitz | [14:24] <XFaCE> qu1j0t4: If you want to avoid the MS tax, tell him to avoid Samsung, LG, HTC | Mar 21 15:01 |
| schestowitz | Also amazon and acer, their suppliers in China signed a collusion-over-tax deal | Mar 21 15:01 |
| XFaCE | they're liable? :P | Mar 21 15:02 |
| schestowitz | sort of | Mar 21 15:02 |
| XFaCE | Amazon has obvious other problems too, but I though Acer was relatively benign | Mar 21 15:02 |
| schestowitz | yeah | Mar 21 15:02 |
| schestowitz | Sony has some tablets, but Sony is nasty in general | Mar 21 15:03 |
| schestowitz | Motorola is Google for those parts of the business now | Mar 21 15:03 |
| qu1j0t4 | so basically we're screwed | Mar 21 15:04 |
| qu1j0t4 | why don't we all just retire and grow peanuts | Mar 21 15:04 |
| qu1j0t4 | this tech shit is BS | Mar 21 15:04 |
| MinceR | can we afford to not rely on technology? | Mar 21 15:12 |
| schestowitz | Can afford to, sure | Mar 21 15:12 |
| schestowitz | but it's not so pleasant | Mar 21 15:12 |
| schestowitz | remove technology and many people starve and die | Mar 21 15:12 |
| schestowitz | good for the planet | Mar 21 15:13 |
| schestowitz | not so much for human civilisation, not for those who are members of it at present anyway | Mar 21 15:13 |
| schestowitz | unless death is a blessing | Mar 21 15:13 |
| qu1j0t4 | MinceR: you know what i mean by 'this tech shit' | Mar 21 15:13 |
| qu1j0t4 | MinceR: i am not saying go Amish | Mar 21 15:14 |
| schestowitz | we depend too much on tech and oil for survival | Mar 21 15:14 |
| MinceR | can we afford to not rely on IT? | Mar 21 15:14 |
| schestowitz | and without tech we can't even get much oil or turn it into food fast enough | Mar 21 15:14 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: isn't that ironic? because it actually guarantees our demise | Mar 21 15:14 |
| schestowitz | not really | Mar 21 15:14 |
| qu1j0t4 | no? | Mar 21 15:14 |
| qu1j0t4 | explain | Mar 21 15:14 |
| schestowitz | our demise is overpopulation | Mar 21 15:14 |
| qu1j0t4 | sure | Mar 21 15:14 |
| qu1j0t4 | they're connected | Mar 21 15:14 |
| schestowitz | to avoid demise we need to shrink a bit | Mar 21 15:14 |
| schestowitz | nobody likes the idea | Mar 21 15:14 |
| qu1j0t4 | Gates does | Mar 21 15:15 |
| schestowitz | or to volunteer to make a start | Mar 21 15:15 |
| schestowitz | Gates is not a human | Mar 21 15:15 |
| qu1j0t4 | we will probably discover that this is Gates' #1 goal | Mar 21 15:15 |
| schestowitz | He's a vermin with publicity | Mar 21 15:15 |
| qu1j0t4 | like life extension, population reduction is an obvious obsession ofthe super-rich | Mar 21 15:15 |
| schestowitz | If you don't use tech, then those who do use it will use you | Mar 21 15:16 |
| schestowitz | sad fact | Mar 21 15:16 |
| schestowitz | so better to just use tech, not to be used | Mar 21 15:16 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: replace 'tech' with 'guns' | Mar 21 15:17 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: and you have the failed mentality | Mar 21 15:17 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t4: DON'T FORGET ASUS | Mar 21 15:17 |
| schestowitz | qu1j0t4: yu can't outgun the UK/US anyway | Mar 21 15:17 |
| schestowitz | armament only makes them smell a good challenge | Mar 21 15:17 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: i'm not sure what your point is. | Mar 21 15:17 |
| schestowitz | like Saddam with WOMD | Mar 21 15:17 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: give your roadmap for the next 50 years | Mar 21 15:17 |
| schestowitz | just play weak and fragile | Mar 21 15:17 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: though i'm probably not going to outlast 30 | Mar 21 15:17 |
| schestowitz | and hide the oil reserves | Mar 21 15:17 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: no, for a person | Mar 21 15:17 |
| qu1j0t4 | most of my friends have another 50 years of life | Mar 21 15:18 |
| qu1j0t4 | what shall they do, starting today? | Mar 21 15:18 |
| schestowitz | declatre war | Mar 21 15:18 |
| qu1j0t4 | my wife will probably live another 50 years | Mar 21 15:18 |
| schestowitz | by electing a real leader | Mar 21 15:18 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: no, for a person | Mar 21 15:18 |
| schestowitz | not a puppet | Mar 21 15:18 |
| schestowitz | like Chavez | Mar 21 15:18 |
| qu1j0t4 | ah | Mar 21 15:18 |
| qu1j0t4 | ok | Mar 21 15:18 |
| schestowitz | Lula does OK | Mar 21 15:19 |
| qu1j0t4 | isn't putin a real leader? Cameron, Harper? Obama? Merkel? Sarkozy? | Mar 21 15:19 |
| schestowitz | Brazil is corrupted by MS intenrally though | Mar 21 15:19 |
| qu1j0t4 | Lula is gone. | Mar 21 15:19 |
| schestowitz | they found a loophole | Mar 21 15:19 |
| qu1j0t4 | Rousseff | Mar 21 15:19 |
| schestowitz | to dodge FOSS reqs. | Mar 21 15:19 |
| qu1j0t4 | Rousseff is ex-guerilla and torture victim, but she still lets Belo Monte continue. | Mar 21 15:19 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: who are the 'real leaders'? | Mar 21 15:20 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t4: sorry bout that caps | Mar 21 15:20 |
| schestowitz | qu1j0t4: that's the question | Mar 21 15:20 |
| schestowitz | har dto find them | Mar 21 15:20 |
| schestowitz | they don't get beyond obscurity | Mar 21 15:20 |
| schestowitz | just groomed lawyers | Mar 21 15:20 |
| schestowitz | elevated by fund-raisers | Mar 21 15:21 |
| schestowitz | astorturf, never grassroots | Mar 21 15:21 |
| schestowitz | Obama was good astroturf | Mar 21 15:21 |
| schestowitz | it seems like he was "some minority guy" risen from "the people" | Mar 21 15:21 |
| schestowitz | And people did lots of volunteer PR for him, even daemonFS did | Mar 21 15:21 |
| qu1j0t4 | still do | Mar 21 15:32 |
| qu1j0t4 | the myth persists | Mar 21 15:32 |
| qu1j0t4 | people won't open their eyes | Mar 21 15:32 |
| qu1j0t4 | too uncomfortable | Mar 21 15:32 |
| schestowitz | I'm waiting to see how GOP manage -- if at all -- to paint their rich candidates (like Bush) as poor people's elected fighters | Mar 21 15:43 |
| schestowitz | "maverich" | Mar 21 15:43 |
| MinceR | romney and santorum are already trying hard to look like one of them, aren't they? | Mar 21 15:44 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: it always worked before. | Mar 21 15:46 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: it will work this time. | Mar 21 15:46 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: expect a Republican to be elected, the signs are there. | Mar 21 15:46 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: it may be uglier than 2000 though. | Mar 21 15:47 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: there's going to be large scale election fraud | Mar 21 15:47 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: but they'll still get away with it | Mar 21 15:47 |
| qu1j0t4 | schestowitz: the infrastructure for it is much more advanced than 2000 | Mar 21 15:48 |
| qu1j0t4 | imagine that, 12 years of development of election fraud methods, even AFTER they stole one | Mar 21 15:48 |
| qu1j0t4 | the funniest part is, it doesn't even matter | Mar 21 15:48 |
| *qu1j0t4 is now known as qu1j0t3 | Mar 21 15:48 | |
| schestowitz | hehe | Mar 21 16:01 |
| schestowitz | yeah, well... | Mar 21 16:01 |
| schestowitz | mac vs PC | Mar 21 16:01 |
| schestowitz | "hi, I'm GNU/Linux" | Mar 21 16:01 |
| schestowitz | Windows or aisle as Carlin says | Mar 21 16:02 |
| schestowitz | or smoking vs non-smoking | Mar 21 16:02 |
| qu1j0t3 | schestowitz: exactly | Mar 21 16:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | D/R | Mar 21 16:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | blue/red | Mar 21 16:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | choose your team | Mar 21 16:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | no other teams are allowed | Mar 21 16:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | it's an absurdity | Mar 21 16:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | mass media is dedicated to selling this deception | Mar 21 16:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | Job #1 | Mar 21 16:05 |
| schestowitz | controlle opposition | Mar 21 16:09 |
| schestowitz | push lackeys in charge | Mar 21 16:09 |
| schestowitz | then make it seem like they have challngers | Mar 21 16:09 |
| schestowitz | keep swapping, call it "choice" | Mar 21 16:09 |
| schestowitz | or "democracy" | Mar 21 16:09 |
| qu1j0t3 | exactly | Mar 21 16:09 |
| qu1j0t3 | HOPE AND CHANGE | Mar 21 16:09 |
| schestowitz | http://www.muktware.com/news/3429/america-iran-cant-control-internet-only-we-can | Mar 21 16:11 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: America: Iran Can't Control The Internet, Only We Can | Muktware .::. Size~: 35.81 KB | Mar 21 16:11 |
| schestowitz | controlling info too | Mar 21 16:11 |
| schestowitz | just seen this,. it's new | Mar 21 16:11 |
| schestowitz | keeping the keysn | Mar 21 16:11 |
| schestowitz | with ICANN | Mar 21 16:11 |
| schestowitz | This is why they won't relinquish control | Mar 21 16:11 |
| qu1j0t3 | exactly | Mar 21 16:12 |
| qu1j0t3 | t | Mar 21 16:12 |
| qu1j0t3 | it's their biggest threat: viz Wikileaks | Mar 21 16:12 |
| qu1j0t3 | wikileaks is the only credible weapon that has appeared, in my lifetime | Mar 21 16:12 |
| schestowitz | Worry not, however, they are allegedly on the side of freedom of speech and democracy | Mar 21 16:12 |
| qu1j0t3 | LOL! | Mar 21 16:12 |
| schestowitz | !google ice takedowns | Mar 21 16:12 |
| TechrightsSocial | [1] - Do domain seizures keep streaming sites down? | http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/do-domain-seizures-keep-streaming-sites-down.ars | Mar 21 16:12 |
| TechrightsSocial | [2] - Ice Cream Takedown! … Yeah! I know! | The Takedown | http://thetakedowns.com/%3Fp%3D1867 | Mar 21 16:12 |
| TechrightsSocial | [3] - Feds Take Down 307 Domains Before Super Bowl Sunday ... | http://www.geekosystem.com/super-bowl-sunday-takedowns/ | Mar 21 16:12 |
| TechrightsSocial | [4] - Verisign domain takedown proposal very worrisome. » blog2 ... | http://blog2.easydns.org/2011/10/11/verisign-domain-takedown-proposal-very-worrisome/ | Mar 21 16:12 |
| schestowitz | "Secuirty issue" | Mar 21 16:12 |
| schestowitz | "Immigration" authorities to the rescue | Mar 21 16:12 |
| schestowitz | [15:32] [Notice] -TRIdentica to #techrights- [wikileaks2/@wikileaks2] Stratfor's Fred Burton: "Time for internment camps. " in reference to British Muslims working for security services http://t.co/NMiZBDo4 | Mar 21 16:14 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: The Global Intelligence Files - RE: Al-Qaeda supporters working at strategic sites ** note Paki cops.. .::. Size~: 12.37 KB | Mar 21 16:14 |
| schestowitz | ^ today | Mar 21 16:14 |
| schestowitz | reminds me of ventua | Mar 21 16:14 |
| schestowitz | *a | Mar 21 16:14 |
| schestowitz | *tura | Mar 21 16:14 |
| schestowitz | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uutPcdMNRtM&feature=digest_mon | Mar 21 16:20 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Conflict in Syria is a Civil War - YouTube .::. Size~: 133.2 KB | Mar 21 16:20 |
| XFaCE | Ah, another complete natural 25 degree winter day in March in Ottawa | Mar 21 16:56 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: There are people subathing in the fucking grass | Mar 21 16:56 |
| XFaCE | *sunbathing | Mar 21 16:57 |
| schestowitz | fahrenheit | Mar 21 16:57 |
| schestowitz | 9/11 | Mar 21 16:57 |
| schestowitz | Celsius? | Mar 21 16:57 |
| XFaCE | I'm still appalled by Dedoimeido's anti-GW post | Mar 21 16:57 |
| schestowitz | in .ca spring? | Mar 21 16:57 |
| XFaCE | schestowitz: yes | Mar 21 16:57 |
| XFaCE | No .ca WINTER | Mar 21 16:57 |
| XFaCE | This is supposed to be winter still | Mar 21 16:58 |
| schestowitz | canada has 4 seasons | Mar 21 16:58 |
| schestowitz | fall, spring, winter, construction | Mar 21 16:58 |
| XFaCE | schestowitz: In Canada, the new generation knows only of the metric system | Mar 21 16:58 |
| XFaCE | exceot for height, shoe size, and fuel economy | Mar 21 16:58 |
| XFaCE | construction? | Mar 21 16:59 |
| XFaCE | of fake lakes and money-wasting events? | Mar 21 16:59 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: ) | Mar 21 16:59 |
| XFaCE | :) | Mar 21 16:59 |
| qu1j0t3 | XFaCE: sigh | Mar 21 17:00 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: ugh | Mar 21 17:01 |
| XFaCE | It gets worse | Mar 21 17:01 |
| XFaCE | "Instead of focusing on creating jobs, the Canadian government has been busy handing out corporate tax cuts to already profitable corporations who ship their jobs overseas, while there are hundreds of thousands of skilled Canadians who need them." | Mar 21 17:01 |
| qu1j0t3 | right | Mar 21 17:01 |
| qu1j0t3 | i had a realisation about this ECONOMY ECONOMY ECONOMY mantra | Mar 21 17:01 |
| qu1j0t3 | it was offensive before | Mar 21 17:01 |
| qu1j0t3 | but | Mar 21 17:01 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: So this is how it feels to be the 52nd state | Mar 21 17:01 |
| qu1j0t3 | when one realises... | Mar 21 17:01 |
| qu1j0t3 | that the economy is broken by the same people who are breaking EVERYTHIGN ELSE for the sake of the imaginary economy... | Mar 21 17:02 |
| qu1j0t3 | it goes beyond outrage | Mar 21 17:02 |
| qu1j0t3 | into fury | Mar 21 17:02 |
| XFaCE | yep | Mar 21 17:02 |
| qu1j0t3 | XFaCE: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/cibcs-mccaughey-gets-50-pay-raise/article1946633/ | Mar 21 17:02 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: CIBC's McCaughey gets 50% pay raise - The Globe and Mail .::. Size~: 95.61 KB | Mar 21 17:02 |
| XFaCE | David Suzuki is trying his best, but I don't there's enough time to use his approach to fix the country | Mar 21 17:02 |
| qu1j0t3 | http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bmo-chiefs-pay-packet-rises-12-per-cent-in-2011/article2349607/ | Mar 21 17:02 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: BMO chief's pay packet rises 12 per cent in 2011 - The Globe and Mail .::. Size~: 96.36 KB | Mar 21 17:02 |
| qu1j0t3 | http://money.canoe.ca/money/business/canada/archives/2011/02/20110208-110415.html | Mar 21 17:03 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: RBC CEO’s salary rises 6% in 2010 to $11M .::. Size~: 45.84 KB | Mar 21 17:03 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: Ah CIBC, the one that was involved in a scandal not that long ago | Mar 21 17:03 |
| qu1j0t3 | http://www.thestar.com/business/article/745750--pay-for-top-canadian-ceos-outpaces-inflation-by-70 | Mar 21 17:03 |
| qu1j0t3 | http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/from-print-edition-informer/2012/03/21/roger-martin-wants-to-overhaul-bay-street/?utm_source=further-inform&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=further-inform | Mar 21 17:03 |
| qu1j0t3 | "In 2010, the average Canadian income was $44,366, while that same year the average compensation for the country’s 100 highest-paid CEOs was more than $8 million. Frank Stronach, the former head of Magna International, received roughly $40 million a year over the last decade and in his last year at Magna pocketed $62 million. (In 2007, he set a Canadian record by collecting over $70 | Mar 21 17:04 |
| qu1j0t3 | million in compensation.) | Mar 21 17:04 |
| XFaCE | Can you stop making me cry? :( | Mar 21 17:04 |
| qu1j0t3 | this is Harper's Canada | Mar 21 17:04 |
| qu1j0t3 | the "Just Society" | Mar 21 17:04 |
| qu1j0t3 | the average canadian earns $40 K. | Mar 21 17:04 |
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| qu1j0t3 | I earn a lot more than that, and I struggle to make ends meet. | Mar 21 17:04 |
| qu1j0t3 | Harper's Canada | Mar 21 17:04 |
| qu1j0t3 | Harper's friends | Mar 21 17:04 |
| qu1j0t3 | making Canada safe for the plutocracy | Mar 21 17:05 |
| XFaCE | Harper's the finger | Mar 21 17:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | now you know why the police used violence at g20 | Mar 21 17:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | they know that when ppl find out | Mar 21 17:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | they're going to need all the weapons they have | Mar 21 17:05 |
| XFaCE | g20 was a prototype for occupy protest response | Mar 21 17:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | and they'll still lose | Mar 21 17:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | idiots who don't read history | Mar 21 17:05 |
| qu1j0t3 | XFaCE: of course | Mar 21 17:05 |
| XFaCE | Forget history, they don't understand basic logistics | Mar 21 17:06 |
| XFaCE | namely, that the firepower ratio is tilted severely against them | Mar 21 17:06 |
| qu1j0t3 | right. | Mar 21 17:06 |
| qu1j0t3 | but they cling to this dream that they can maintain a fortress | Mar 21 17:06 |
| qu1j0t3 | against the people | Mar 21 17:06 |
| qu1j0t3 | safe Against the people | Mar 21 17:06 |
| XFaCE | Wait, are you saying that the ppl will win? | Mar 21 17:07 |
| XFaCE | I was arguing that going against the US gov't would be a slaughter | Mar 21 17:07 |
| XFaCE | In Canada, it is very different, so your point is still valid | Mar 21 17:07 |
| XFaCE | bbs | Mar 21 17:08 |
| XFaCE | and back | Mar 21 17:12 |
| XFaCE | we were talking about a theoretical rebellion | Mar 21 17:13 |
| qu1j0t3 | i was thinking about canada | Mar 21 17:13 |
| qu1j0t3 | it's not theoretical | Mar 21 17:13 |
| qu1j0t3 | it's inevitable | Mar 21 17:13 |
| XFaCE | There is always another way | Mar 21 17:13 |
| XFaCE | Haven't you watched Dr. Who? | Mar 21 17:14 |
| XFaCE | :) | Mar 21 17:14 |
| qu1j0t3 | not the new one | Mar 21 17:14 |
| XFaCE | Well, that lesson remains constant | Mar 21 17:14 |
| qu1j0t3 | XFaCE: tell that to the russians | Mar 21 17:14 |
| XFaCE | Putin? | Mar 21 17:14 |
| qu1j0t3 | no | Mar 21 17:14 |
| qu1j0t3 | remember the russian revolutions? | Mar 21 17:14 |
| qu1j0t3 | they didn't come out of nowhere | Mar 21 17:15 |
| XFaCE | ah yes | Mar 21 17:15 |
| XFaCE | That is a good example | Mar 21 17:15 |
| qu1j0t3 | they came out of circumstances | Mar 21 17:15 |
| XFaCE | And the gov't was still relatively powerful weapon-wise | Mar 21 17:15 |
| qu1j0t3 | they weren't the first, they weren't the last | Mar 21 17:15 |
| qu1j0t3 | there are plenty of other examples in 20th C | Mar 21 17:16 |
| qu1j0t3 | also anti-revolutions (usually US-backed) | Mar 21 17:16 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: 2112 | Mar 21 17:16 |
| XFaCE | Attention all states of the United States of America... | Mar 21 17:17 |
| XFaCE | We have assumed control... | Mar 21 17:17 |
| qu1j0t3 | it won't take another 100 years. | Mar 21 17:17 |
| XFaCE | the rush song :P | Mar 21 17:17 |
| qu1j0t3 | XFaCE: ppl have been concerned about this for decades | Mar 21 17:17 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: So what's your best estimate for a date, or a time range? | Mar 21 17:20 |
| XFaCE | until the inevitable happens? | Mar 21 17:22 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: Any guess? | Mar 21 17:26 |
| qu1j0t3 | no iea | Mar 21 17:29 |
| qu1j0t3 | idea | Mar 21 17:29 |
| qu1j0t3 | i think because of mass media it can be postponed | Mar 21 17:29 |
| qu1j0t3 | there's no critical mass in canada | Mar 21 17:29 |
| qu1j0t3 | of course it will happen much sooner in USA | Mar 21 17:29 |
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| schestowitz | http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/r78j2/opensuse_suse_and_life_under_threat_of_microsoft/ | Mar 21 23:47 |
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| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | That was neutral and included a lot of great arguments. | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Summary: | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | OpenSUSE released new (non-final) version | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Novell has a deal with Microsoft | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Microsoft sometimes sues people | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Therefore OpenSUSE is bad | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | We also wish to remind you of a few other articles we have written on the subject | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 23:47 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | I was being sarcastic. | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | I think the article is uncalled for, the only citation is unrelated to SUSE/Novell and it just seems pretty weak. | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | I never really noticed anything particularly bad or good about SUSE so I'm indifferent about them. | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | STEAM ON LINUX PEOPLE | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | WAKE UP SHEEPLE | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 21 23:48 |
| schestowitz | http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/r6j0n/dear_esther_a_source_engine_game_on_linux/ | Mar 21 23:48 |
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