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qu1j0t3XFaCE: http://ur1.ca/cs7skFeb 12 04:42
TechrightsSocialTitle: Twitter / robertmcbean: lousy canuck: "Harper government ... .::. Size~: 78.47 KBFeb 12 04:42
XFaCEqu1j0t3: in other news, Trudeau says he doesn't support proportional representationFeb 12 04:49
XFaCEI preferred Marc Garneau anywayFeb 12 04:49
MinceRwhen is the election coming up? :.Feb 12 07:09
MinceR:>Feb 12 07:09
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/PontifexFeb 12 10:27
TechrightsSocialTitle: Benedict XVI (Pontifex) on Twitter .::. Size~: 194.36 KBFeb 12 10:27
schestowitzjust 34 tweets and he quitsFeb 12 10:27
MinceRif only they all quitFeb 12 10:27
schestowitzno, they would roam playgroundsFeb 12 10:30
schestowitzbetter to keep them institutionalisedFeb 12 10:31
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/corbett/status/300996099328589825Feb 12 10:33
TechrightsSocial@corbett: Congrats to @pontifex on resigning-in a few more years you can be the next republican nomineeFeb 12 10:33
schestowitzqu1j0t3: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/300993301727813632Feb 12 12:03
TechrightsSocial@ggreenwald: Here's Erick Erickson's Fox News column defending Obama's kill list: we must trust the President to kill The Terrorists http://t.co/DsWHDV7sFeb 12 12:03
TechrightsSocial-> Title: Skip the drone debate, just kill the terrorists before they kill us | Fox News .::. Size~: 47.78 KBFeb 12 12:03
schestowitz> Here's Ars Technica on the shilling:Feb 12 12:05
schestowitz> Feb 12 12:05
schestowitz> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/bill-gates-talks-polio-winfs-and-cheeseburgers-in-reddit-interview/Feb 12 12:05
TechrightsSocialTitle: Bill Gates talks polio, WinFS, and cheeseburgers in Reddit interview | Ars Technica .::. Size~: 36.89 KBFeb 12 12:05
schestowitz> Feb 12 12:05
schestowitz> WinFS was supposed to be out in W95 IIRC.  You might grab a copy ofFeb 12 12:05
schestowitz> that picture for regular use later in case it really does become hardFeb 12 12:05
schestowitz> to find.Feb 12 12:05
schestowitzIt's already on techrights, maybe my own site ttp://Schestowitz.com , as well...Feb 12 12:05
schestowitzPeter Bright, the writer of this article, is a Microsoft booster and he has been a regular in the techrights IRC channel for over a year, @DrPizzaFeb 12 12:05
schestowitz> Color me cynical but it now looks like that latest edition of HisFeb 12 12:09
schestowitz> Billness Sez was intended to drown out coverage of Peter Sunde fromFeb 12 12:09
schestowitz> two days ago:Feb 12 12:09
schestowitz> Feb 12 12:09
schestowitz> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130210/09585721937/minecraft-creator-stops-pirate-bay-co-founders-reddit-ama-to-thank-him-making-world-better-place.shtmlFeb 12 12:09
TechrightsSocialTitle: Minecraft Creator Stops By Pirate Bay Co-Founder's Reddit AMA To Thank Him For 'Making The World A Better Place' | Techdirt .::. Size~: 79.36 KBFeb 12 12:10
schestowitz> Feb 12 12:10
schestowitz> IMHO whenever they trot out Bill to say something, it is to distractFeb 12 12:10
schestowitz> from real happenings.  Just like with multi-seat was gaining a littleFeb 12 12:10
schestowitz> buzz, there suddenly appeared dozens of press announcement that HisFeb 12 12:10
schestowitz> Billness uses three monitors, thus diverting the discussions away fromFeb 12 12:10
schestowitz> multiseat.  Unfortunately the window for multiseat may be largelyFeb 12 12:10
schestowitz> passing, at least for the home user, as most home users seem to beFeb 12 12:10
schestowitz> migrating to notebooks, one per family member.Feb 12 12:10
schestowitzThere was recently a good example of this.Feb 12 12:10
schestowitzYoko Ono Lennon, an activist for women among other things, gave Assange a Courage Award. This was ignored by Western media for a day, but then it started to flood the wire (I closely observe Wikileaks and Assange in Google News). Then, Jemima Khan, heir of Goldsmith fortune and relative of the Rothschilds in London, absolutely hammered the press with pieces that attack Assange (the press coordinated "yes men" on her, it suits Feb 12 12:10
schestowitzthe narrative./agenda). She is female and she tries to portray him as an offender against women -- same smear that dethrones many politicians.Feb 12 12:10
schestowitzThe press has an agenda and the PR industry uses press and people like commodities. They know what they're doing. And Gates does not spent over a million dollars PER DAY on PR in vain. He hires the "best" people...Feb 12 12:10
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XFaCEqu1j0t3: Check your tweetsFeb 12 19:09
XFaCEThe lawful access bill, aka "bill c-30", aka Vic Toew's "you are with us or against us" bill is dead, and alive.Feb 12 19:10
XFaCEschestowitz: oh, so that's who DrPizza isFeb 12 19:10
qu1j0t3XFaCE: hiFeb 12 19:40
XFaCEqu1j0t3: hiFeb 12 19:40
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qu1j0t3'Financial aid for students should be tied to how well they do in their courses as a way of instilling “market discipline” and incentives to succeed, said Tory MPP Rob Leone (Cambridge), his party’s higher education critic and a former university professor with a doctorate in political science.'Feb 12 21:03
qu1j0t3http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/02/12/tim_hudak_wants_student_loans_tied_to_marks.htmlFeb 12 21:03
TechrightsSocialTitle: Tim Hudak wants student loans tied to marks | Toronto Star .::. Size~: 57.05 KBFeb 12 21:03
qu1j0t3'“We want a return on our investment,” Leone said, proposing that individual colleges and universities would be encouraged to decide how to structure student aid rules.'Feb 12 21:04
qu1j0t3unlike, say, what taxpayers are receiving.Feb 12 21:04
qu1j0t3http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/02/12/town_bans_talk_of_fracking_at_meetings_sued_over_freedom_of_speech.htmlFeb 12 21:05
TechrightsSocialTitle: Town bans talk of ‘fracking’ at meetings; sued over freedom of speech | Toronto Star .::. Size~: 63.48 KBFeb 12 21:05
XFaCEreturn on investment ehFeb 12 21:23
XFaCEwell, to do that you need jobsFeb 12 21:23
XFaCEwhich don't existFeb 12 21:23
XFaCEBut please, continue Mr. HudakFeb 12 21:23
XFaCEand watch your potential votes slip between your fingersFeb 12 21:26
schestowitz> Another example of Gates'  temporal dyslexia, where he actuallyFeb 12 21:58
schestowitz> remembers him inventing the database file system and cloud computingFeb 12 21:58
schestowitz> ...Feb 12 21:58
schestowitz> Feb 12 21:58
schestowitz> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/12/bill_gates_reddit_ama/Feb 12 21:58
TechrightsSocialTitle: Billionaire baron Bill Gates still mourns Vista's stillborn WinFS • The Register .::. Size~: 31.01 KBFeb 12 21:58
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schestowitz> Feb 12 21:58
schestowitz> ot: please give these people a mention ...Feb 12 21:58
schestowitz> Feb 12 21:58
schestowitz> http://www.acunetix.com/vulnerability-scanner/Feb 12 21:58
TechrightsSocialTitle: Web Application Security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner .::. Size~: 30.3 KBFeb 12 21:58
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2364122Feb 12 22:03
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: Already, on #pope #johnpaulII's #coffin, one could hear #benedictxvi's #soulful #prayer:Feb 12 22:03
TechrightsSocial  Photo by uberslan@diasp.org: https://diasp.org/uploads/images/thumb_medium_ff3526149b6d5dbe8ba9.jpgFeb 12 22:03
schestowitz"Feb 12 22:04
schestowitzNobody's gettin' excited about nuttin' hee! On the contrary, this was inspired to me by French TV news & magazines from which I was reminded today that he'd welcomed his election as a charge (literally!), a burden upon his predecessor's demiseFeb 12 22:04
schestowitzCompared to other posts on this topic - some of the meanest being mine! - I find this one quite innocent, moving, if not downright cute.Feb 12 22:04
schestowitzAnyway, I figured that after all the joyfull fun enjoyed at his expense as well as at the Catholic Chuch's, the very least I could do was acknowledging the wisdom in his decision....Feb 12 22:04
schestowitz"Feb 12 22:04
schestowitz> Even buying in a 'killer app' and they couldn't figure out how to makeFeb 12 22:26
schestowitz> it work ...Feb 12 22:26
schestowitz> Feb 12 22:26
schestowitz> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/winfs/archive/2006/06/23/644706.aspxFeb 12 22:26
TechrightsSocialTitle: WinFS Update - What's in Store - Site Home - MSDN Blogs .::. Size~: 59.71 KBFeb 12 22:26
schestowitz> Feb 12 22:26
schestowitz> http://www.osnews.com/story/15071Feb 12 22:26
TechrightsSocialTitle: WinFS, Project Orange To Be Reborn in iView's Media Pro? .::. Size~: 28.09 KBFeb 12 22:26
schestowitz> Feb 12 22:26
schestowitz> http://macrostomorpha.info/content/iview-media-pro-possibly-resurrected-near-death-experienceFeb 12 22:26
schestowitzTheir code was too messy.Feb 12 22:26
TechrightsSocialTitle: (iView) Media Pro possibly resurrected from a near death experience | Macrostomorpha .::. Size~: 23.98 KBFeb 12 22:26
schestowitzon GatesFeb 12 22:26
schestowitzI'd rather ignore his BSFeb 12 22:26
schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/gibus/statuses/301390160363388928Feb 12 22:28
TechrightsSocial@gibus: @colleen_chien @marklemley @aashishinvents Disclosing algorithms is good, but it is not THE solution to #swpatsFeb 12 22:28
XFaCE[16:58:10] <TechrightsSocial> Title: Billionaire baron Bill Gates still mourns Vista's stillborn WinFS • The Register .::. Size~: 31.01 KBFeb 12 22:34
XFaCEWhat a shameFeb 12 22:34
XFaCEhe could have been the number one in the rich guy rankingFeb 12 22:34
XFaCEschestowitz: I can't even imagine his lossFeb 12 22:35
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2364300Feb 12 22:40
schestowitz"Wow ........."Feb 12 22:40
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