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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2337077Feb 04 00:26
TechrightsBot@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Democratic Party’s voter registration app is now free and open-source software http://pauladamsmith.com/blog/2013/01/dnc_voter_reg_foss.html #obama #brand gave up the fightFeb 04 00:26
TechrightsBot-> Title: Democratic Party’s voter registration app is now free and open-source software - Paul Smith .::. Size~: 6.19 KBFeb 04 00:26
schestowitz"Now this is very weird O_O"Feb 04 00:26
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schestowitz> Can I ask how you solved your problem with the HPs?  What preventedFeb 04 11:02
schestowitz> downloading the file once and then using SFTP to transfer to the otherFeb 04 11:02
schestowitz> machines?Feb 04 11:02
schestowitzEventually I passed the files to /tmp on one of the machines on the network and then scp'ed the files to neighbouring machines. It seems lame for me that HP won't just provide a direct link and googling for the file to find mirrors did not yield anything.Feb 04 11:02
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schestowitz> Hi, Roy,Feb 04 18:57
schestowitz> Feb 04 18:57
schestowitz> The Boy Scouts of America has been a great organization.  I myselfFeb 04 18:57
schestowitz> enjoyed it through my teen years.  I even managed to reach Eagle.Feb 04 18:57
schestowitz> It's very much in need of support these days but I am not sure how toFeb 04 18:57
schestowitz> do so from overseas.  Anyway, it's off topic for IRC etc. but was suchFeb 04 18:57
schestowitz> an important part of my growing up that I wanted to mention it anyway.Feb 04 18:57
schestowitz>  I was really lucky to have it available.Feb 04 18:57
schestowitz> Feb 04 18:58
schestowitz> Too often you see BSA used in the context of the Business SoftwareFeb 04 18:58
schestowitz> Aliance, which is a scumbag enforcement arm of M$Feb 04 18:58
schestowitzI still get confused when I see BSA as referring to scouts. Other examples are NSA (nat. sec. advisor), IP (Internet protocol), VistA...Feb 04 18:58
schestowitz>> I still get confused when I see BSA as referring to scouts. Other Feb 04 19:34
schestowitz>> examples are NSA (nat. sec. advisor), IP (Internet protocol),Feb 04 19:34
schestowitz>> VistA...Feb 04 19:35
schestowitz> Feb 04 19:35
schestowitz> VistA really got Googlebombed.  Prior to M$ deformed specimen, it usedFeb 04 19:35
schestowitz> to turn up on the first page of search results.  My opinion was thatFeb 04 19:35
schestowitz> then name match was intentional because VistA was starting to getFeb 04 19:35
schestowitz> positive press coverage around that time.  Some of the developers thatFeb 04 19:35
schestowitz> work with the third party editions of VistA had been trying to infectFeb 04 19:35
schestowitz> it with C# but I forget the names of those involved.Feb 04 19:35
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2340186Feb 04 19:37
TechrightsBot@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: What's it called when you are "bad" for commiting the act of journalism and are "bad" also for being hunted down? It's called *agenda*.Feb 04 19:37
schestowitz"Diaspora* hog. XD"Feb 04 19:37

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