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| qu1j0t3 | http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/11/29/2331246/nasa-curiosity-has-found-plastic-on-mars | Nov 30 00:24 |
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| TechrightsSocial | Title: NASA: Curiosity Has Found Plastic On Mars - Slashdot .::. Size~: 180.66 KB | Nov 30 00:24 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: faker than fake | Nov 30 00:31 |
| *qu1j0t3 checks date | Nov 30 00:32 | |
| schestowitz | lol | Nov 30 00:44 |
| schestowitz | http://nasaupdatecenter.us/press.html | Nov 30 00:44 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Press Releases .::. Size~: 25.57 KB | Nov 30 00:44 |
| schestowitz | let's check the source | Nov 30 00:44 |
| schestowitz | admin@nasaupdatecenter.us | Nov 30 00:45 |
| schestowitz | well, does NASA make such claims too? | Nov 30 00:45 |
| schestowitz | This is not an official NASA outlet | Nov 30 00:45 |
| schestowitz | seems like an attempt at attention grabbing | Nov 30 00:45 |
| schestowitz | because plastic is a generic term | Nov 30 00:45 |
| schestowitz | they make good headlines though | Nov 30 00:46 |
| schestowitz | man bites dog | Nov 30 00:46 |
| schestowitz | !google life based on arsenic | Nov 30 00:46 |
| TechrightsSocial | [1] - 'Arsenic-life' bacterium prefers phosphorus after all : Nature News ... | http://www.nature.com/news/arsenic-life-bacterium-prefers-phosphorus-after-all-1.11520 | Nov 30 00:46 |
| TechrightsSocial | [2] - Study challenges existence of arsenic-based life : Nature News ... | http://www.nature.com/news/study-challenges-existence-of-arsenic-based-life-1.9861 | Nov 30 00:46 |
| TechrightsSocial | [3] - NASA Unveils Arsenic Life Form | Wired Science | Wired.com | http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/nasa-finds-arsenic-life-form/ | Nov 30 00:46 |
| TechrightsSocial | [4] - The NASA study of arsenic-based life was fatally flawed, say ... | http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2010/12/this_paper_should_not_have_been_published.html | Nov 30 00:46 |
| schestowitz | see [] | Nov 30 00:46 |
| schestowitz | [4] | Nov 30 00:46 |
| XFaCE | schestowitz: I saw a silcon-based life form once. | Nov 30 00:52 |
| schestowitz | intel chip is no life :-) | Nov 30 01:00 |
| schestowitz | (nor fake boobs) | Nov 30 01:00 |
| qu1j0t3 | XFaCE: https://twitter.com/EverettColdwell/status/274329885005213696 | Nov 30 01:54 |
| TechrightsSocial | @EverettColdwell: Greens leader Elizabeth May accuses Coservatives of sabotaging climate talks - Politics - CBC News http://t.co/fopIwKwl #cdnpoli | Nov 30 01:54 |
| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: Greens leader accuses Tories of sabotaging climate talks - Politics - CBC News .::. Size~: 52 KB | Nov 30 01:54 |
| schestowitz | qu1j0t3: https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2151549 | Nov 30 02:27 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Bank of Canada Governor is from #GoldmanSachs - Nice coup you got there, #harper http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2012/11/mark-carney-vs-andy-haldane-the-bank-of-canada-governor-is-wrong-on-too-big-to-fail-and-wrong-on-canadas-banking-system.html | Nov 30 02:27 |
| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: Mark Carney VS Andy Haldane - The Bank of Canada Governor is Wrong on Too Big To Fail and Wrong on Canada's Banking System - New Economic Perspectives .::. Size~: 88.3 KB | Nov 30 02:28 |
| schestowitz | "they make a fake copy of http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/ :) " | Nov 30 02:30 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Technology .::. Size~: 21.76 KB | Nov 30 02:30 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2151269 | Nov 30 02:30 |
| TechrightsSocial | @emberleaf@diasp.org: *Plastic* Discovered On Mars: http://nasaupdatecenter.us/press.html #wtf #mars #curiosity | Nov 30 02:30 |
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| schestowitz | https://identi.ca/notice/98141130 | Nov 30 02:42 |
| TechrightsSocial | @laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Nov-12 23:27:16 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz They never have trouble coming up with justifications to blow up and kill; but bailing out people is #socialism | Nov 30 02:42 |
| schestowitz | https://identi.ca/notice/98138109 | Nov 30 02:43 |
| TechrightsSocial | @Sander (sandersch)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Nov-12 20:17:49 UTC - Identi.ca: RD @mrdenticator Yesterday top #statustician is schestowitz from identi.ca with 112 dents! Congratulations @schestowitz | Nov 30 02:43 |
| schestowitz | it's like going 24 months back in time | Nov 30 02:43 |
| qu1j0t3 | 1 2 3 | Nov 30 02:44 |
| qu1j0t3 | wow schestowitz | Nov 30 02:44 |
| qu1j0t3 | a lot | Nov 30 02:44 |
| qu1j0t3 | https://twitter.com/moadaldabbagh/status/274298826670616577 | Nov 30 02:48 |
| TechrightsSocial | @moadaldabbagh: talk about vulgar - Examining the 3 Palestinian-Punishment Focused Efforts in the Senate - Americans for Peace Now: http://t.co/PMjY1Xbb | Nov 30 02:48 |
| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: Examining the 3 Palestinian-Punishment Focused Efforts in the Senate - Americans for Peace Now .::. Size~: 37.03 KB | Nov 30 02:48 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: she doesn't really need to accuse | Nov 30 03:37 |
| XFaCE | :P | Nov 30 03:37 |
| XFaCE | IT's like accusing fire of burning :P | Nov 30 03:37 |
| qu1j0t3 | The Fire! It Burns! | Nov 30 03:44 |
| qu1j0t3 | https://twitter.com/JorgeO/status/274300102611460098 | Nov 30 04:15 |
| TechrightsSocial | @JorgeO: Honestly don't understand the opposition to recognizing Palestine as a state. Doesn't a two-state solution require... two states? | Nov 30 04:15 |
| qu1j0t3 | https://twitter.com/tomflem/status/274366253462855680 | Nov 30 04:19 |
| TechrightsSocial | @tomflem: Palestinian UN statehood bid gets thumbs up (CBC) http://t.co/sAr5ZFij No thanks to #Harper. #DenounceHarper | Nov 30 04:20 |
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| MinceR | http://www.pidjin.net/2010/10/17/popeup/ | Nov 30 13:10 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Pope Up | Fredo and Pidjin. The Webcomic. .::. Size~: 12.28 KB | Nov 30 13:10 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2151344 | Nov 30 13:19 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: It seems like a hoax has made it into Slashdot's front page. Editors #fail I guess. | Nov 30 13:19 |
| schestowitz | "yep. someone fucked up." | Nov 30 13:19 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2151388 | Nov 30 13:20 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: Hehe | Nov 30 13:20 |
| TechrightsSocial | Photo by tcheskozenclown@joindiaspora.com: https://joindiaspora.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/thumb_medium_d735a3bd12ba76649ef4.jpg | Nov 30 13:20 |
| schestowitz | "Animal print too, awesome. It's fun, you know http://173.21.69.124/photoalbum/chron/1978/19780401-shambattleinlouisarmstrongpark/ " | Nov 30 13:20 |
| schestowitz | "Floated around on g+ too. I'm disappointed to learn Mardi Gras beads have not been found on Mars yet." | Nov 30 13:20 |
| MinceR | http://www.pidjin.net/2009/02/16/killer-iphone/ | Nov 30 13:24 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Too late, Mr. Jobs! (COMIC) | Fredo and Pidjin. The Webcomic. .::. Size~: 10.77 KB | Nov 30 13:24 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2152272 | Nov 30 13:30 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared:  #Image #Picture - Loading #Weekend | Nov 30 13:30 |
| TechrightsSocial | Not a web page! Aborting image/jpeg type | Nov 30 13:30 |
| schestowitz | "Why it doens't load faster?!" | Nov 30 13:30 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2152411 | Nov 30 13:31 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared:  #creative #fun #humor | Nov 30 13:31 |
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| schestowitz | "I don't care. I am a real man and real man eat plants." | Nov 30 13:31 |
| oiaohm_ | schestowitz: fun is eating winter squash leaves. They are really nice in a slow cook dish. | Nov 30 13:32 |
| oiaohm_ | schestowitz: but there is no way you would eat them not cooked. | Nov 30 13:32 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2151497 | Nov 30 13:33 |
| TechrightsSocial | @linux@joindiaspora.com: #GNOME finally pays some attention to users http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/57679-gnome-finally-pays-some-attention-to-users http://deindre.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/gnome-an-outer-glance/ | Nov 30 13:33 |
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| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: GNOME, an outer glance. | Code is Poetry .::. Size~: 42.8 KB | Nov 30 13:33 |
| schestowitz | "Oh Mate is ok, sorta but I really like GNOME 3 :P" | Nov 30 13:33 |
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| XFaCE | schestowitz: OMG roy | Nov 30 14:19 |
| XFaCE | My Marketing Textbook actually criticizes Microsoft | Nov 30 14:19 |
| XFaCE | read: | Nov 30 14:19 |
| XFaCE | "Microsoft was criticized when the software company offered to pay "travel costs" for professors if they presented papers at conferences and mentioned how Microsoft programs helped them in their work.[24]" | Nov 30 14:20 |
| XFaCE | yea, it's mild, but it's something I suppsoe | Nov 30 14:21 |
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| *Now talking on #boycottnovell-social | Nov 30 15:25 | |
| *Topic for #boycottnovell-social is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell-social for http://TechRights.org | Communication about anything, including Microsoft, Novell, and Free software :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell | Nov 30 15:25 | |
| *Topic for #boycottnovell-social set by schestowitz!~schestowi@unaffiliated/schestowitz at Fri May 7 00:20:14 2010 | Nov 30 15:25 | |
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| schestowitz | XFaCE: good | Nov 30 15:31 |
| schestowitz | techrights covered this | Nov 30 15:31 |
| XFaCE | ah, that makes sense; this textbook is recent | Nov 30 15:32 |
| schestowitz | Fanboys https://joindiaspora.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/scaled_full_5959e54dd56f13fc0f39.jpg | Nov 30 15:34 |
| TechrightsSocial | Not a web page! Aborting image/jpeg type | Nov 30 15:34 |
| schestowitz | After a month and a half of uptime I decided to reboot my machine (clearing the swap). Trouble is, the login screen would not come up. Or so I thought. I let it settle there with the monitors off assuming it was fscking a disk. After almost an hour trying that I suspected a GPU issue (my dual-head setup on the right-hand-side machine puts "primary" in opposites), but then I discovered that it was just Kubuntu complaining that | Nov 30 15:41 |
| schestowitz | it could not mount an external drive (which I could not see without swapping display port). Anyway, back to normal now... been a bad day after that / partition overrun, though I seem to have lost no data, just time (restoring everything to proper state). The reboot also cleared a PGP lockup. | Nov 30 15:41 |
| XFaCE | qu1j0t3: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/11/30/poli-canada-baird-palestine-united-nations.html | Nov 30 15:41 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Canada recalls diplomats after Palestinians win UN vote - Canada - CBC News .::. Size~: 52.64 KB | Nov 30 15:41 |
| XFaCE | Fucking Harper clown | Nov 30 15:41 |
| schestowitz | XFaCE: so wwird. Canada chose to portray itself as a little puppy of Zionists, not wise;... | Nov 30 15:42 |
| schestowitz | It's embarassing Canada today | Nov 30 15:42 |
| schestowitz | it's usualyl just US+Israel+some incognito islands | Nov 30 15:43 |
| schestowitz | Chomsky says so | Nov 30 15:43 |
| schestowitz | it has been like this for ages and it helps show where lobbyists roam wide | Nov 30 15:43 |
| MinceR | did the usa do something similar about this? | Nov 30 15:43 |
| schestowitz | about what? | Nov 30 15:44 |
| schestowitz | yes, it did | Nov 30 15:44 |
| schestowitz | votes against state of Plastine to be recognised | Nov 30 15:44 |
| XFaCE | MinceR: Yes, but everyone knew they would | Nov 30 15:44 |
| schestowitz | IIRC, most Israelis are ij favour too | Nov 30 15:44 |
| schestowitz | But their government is dominated by religious nutcases | Nov 30 15:44 |
| XFaCE | schestowitz: same here | Nov 30 15:45 |
| XFaCE | maybe slightly less religious | Nov 30 15:45 |
| MinceR | :> | Nov 30 15:45 |
| schestowitz | http://twitter.com/schestowitz/status/274492573849092096 http://twitter.com/JorgeStolfi/statuses/274505799257174016 | Nov 30 16:25 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz: A loophole for software patents in Europe is making its way into law while many vigilant people are very busy or on vac http://t.co/x8BquACq | Nov 30 16:25 |
| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: Attempts to Make Unitary Patent Mess Before Xmas | Techrights .::. Size~: 94.94 KB | Nov 30 16:25 |
| TechrightsSocial | @JorgeStolfi: Microsoft em dificuldades, teve prejuízo no último trimestre? http://t.co/X3hW1lWm | Nov 30 16:25 |
| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: Amid Layoffs, Microsoft to Publicly Report Quarterly Losses | Techrights .::. Size~: 93.97 KB | Nov 30 16:25 |
| schestowitz | re Nokia | Nov 30 16:26 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2152830 | Nov 30 16:26 |
| TechrightsSocial | @linux@joindiaspora.com: Why Would #Nokia Want to Hire an Android Expert? http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/why-would-nokia-want-to-hire-an-android-expert/ #linux #android | Nov 30 16:27 |
| schestowitz | "They're regretting windows already." | Nov 30 16:27 |
| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: Why Would Nokia Want to Hire an Android Expert? | Gizmodo UK .::. Size~: 72.22 KB | Nov 30 16:27 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2153110 | Nov 30 16:27 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: After a month and a half of uptime I decided to reboot my machine (clearing the swap). Trouble is, the login screen would not come up. Or so I thought. I let it settle there with the monitors off assuming it was fscking a disk. After almost an hour trying that I suspected a GPU issue (my dual-head setup on the right-hand-side machine puts "primary" in opposites), but then I discovered that it was just Kub | Nov 30 16:27 |
| schestowitz | "I dread rebooting my old pc - the bios sometimes doesn't see any disks - then it takes about 3 reboots till it seems them. And 1tb fscking? There must be another solution. :) Sounds like you have a nice setup. I still haven't worked out yet how to connect my two pcs." | Nov 30 16:27 |
| schestowitz | synergy, ssh, kio slaves, LAN, folderview... | Nov 30 16:28 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2153110 | Nov 30 17:12 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: After a month and a half of uptime I decided to reboot my machine (clearing the swap). Trouble is, the login screen would not come up. Or so I thought. I let it settle there with the monitors off assuming it was fscking a disk. After almost an hour trying that I suspected a GPU issue (my dual-head setup on the right-hand-side machine puts "primary" in opposites), but then I discovered that it was just Kub | Nov 30 17:12 |
| schestowitz | "that's a long uptime. :)" | Nov 30 17:12 |
| schestowitz | Lognest I've had was almost a year | Nov 30 17:12 |
| MinceR | that's what she said. | Nov 30 17:13 |
| schestowitz | no pillz | Nov 30 17:15 |
| MinceR | :> | Nov 30 17:15 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2151476 | Nov 30 17:15 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Seamonkey Internet suite review - Hmm http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/seamonkey-internet-suite.html @fcassia is the only person whom I know that still uses it | Nov 30 17:15 |
| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: Seamonkey Internet suite review - Hmm .::. Size~: 16.81 KB | Nov 30 17:15 |
| schestowitz | "... well, me use it beside Aurora'n Opera, it's musch faster than all others ... tres tres simple, no bullshit implied ..." | Nov 30 17:15 |
| schestowitz | "... well, me use it beside Aurora'n Opera, it's much faster than all others ... tres tres simple, no bullshit implied ..." | Nov 30 17:16 |
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| XFaCE | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julian-assange/wikileaks-bradley-manning-testifies-cablegate_b_2215387.html | Nov 30 18:54 |
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| XFaCE | http://techrights.org/2012/11/30/microsoft-lies-about-sales/ | Nov 30 19:11 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Microsoft Fails Miserably to Sell Vista 8, Hardware With Vista 8, and Vista Phone 8 | Techrights .::. Size~: 98.16 KB | Nov 30 19:11 |
| XFaCE | schestowitz: ahh hype | Nov 30 19:12 |
| XFaCE | schestowitz: Microsoft built a very pretty house of cards. Too bad it's only a house of cards | Nov 30 19:12 |
| XFaCE | Too bad for them it is | Nov 30 19:15 |
| XFaCE | Eventually, you need something called substance | Nov 30 19:15 |
| schestowitz | patents? :-) | Nov 30 19:21 |
| XFaCE | lol | Nov 30 19:23 |
| XFaCE | schestowitz: Better sure the way you cut turkey isn't violating patents :P | Nov 30 19:23 |
| XFaCE | Patents are only as substantive as the benefits to overall society that comes from them. | Nov 30 19:24 |
| *MinceR_ is now known as MinceR | Nov 30 19:26 | |
| XFaCE | Which is why patent trolls have no substance; they are societal drains, parasites. | Nov 30 19:30 |
| XFaCE | The same substantive analogy could be applied to the whole patent system in general or any "idea monopoly" law provisions | Nov 30 19:31 |
| MinceR | http://blog.bennydacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/html5-or-not.jpg | Nov 30 20:15 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2153640 | Nov 30 21:02 |
| TechrightsSocial | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: ### How the ITU could put the internet behind closed doors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzNQarkk95Q Stop the Internet Coup http://www.internetcoup.org/it/ In December, the world’s governments will convene for the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), a meeting hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN agency. Some governments' proposals at t | Nov 30 21:02 |
| TechrightsSocial | -> Title: How the ITU could put the internet behind closed doors. - YouTube .::. Size~: 187.41 KB | Nov 30 21:02 |
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| schestowitz | "This would be a good point to tell governments that they are not acting in our name (as with the EU treaties) and therefore the agreements are illegal. Civil disobedience - but how do we do that on the internet? With the poll tax some simply refused to pay and there were demos - but politicians have proven since Iraq (at the latest) that they are totally immune to demonstrations. The ISP is always the weakest link in the | Nov 30 21:02 |
| schestowitz | system. Can alternatives be found?" | Nov 30 21:02 |
| schestowitz | http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/11/30/nyt-undercounts-drone-deaths-in-pakistan/ | Nov 30 21:42 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: NYT Undercounts Drone Deaths in Pakistan .::. Size~: 42.73 KB | Nov 30 21:42 |
| schestowitz | qu1j0t3: one for the bookmarks | Nov 30 21:43 |
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