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| schestowitz | sunny tomorrow, shall I check shotput availability? | Mar 13 00:32 |
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| schestowitz | "https://twitter.com/abben_anna/status/708981989962076165" | Mar 13 15:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@abben_anna: They may cover their ass in print with a disclaimer but idiot respondent shooting guns in the street is revealing https://t.co/fE5MLawY4k | Mar 13 15:25 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: How Activists Mobilized To Shut Down Rump In #Chicago https://t.co/1fFfxsDONT “make our voices heard, but be positive and nonviolent." | Mar 13 15:25 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4a6zxl/mods_can_we_please_ban_techrights/ | Mar 13 15:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Couldn't resolve host 'www.reddit.com' ( status 0 @ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4a6zxl/mods_can_we_please_ban_techrights/ ) | Mar 13 15:25 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:25 |
| schestowitz | Is this why I never see Phoronix links here? | Mar 13 15:25 |
| schestowitz | EDIT: serious question. I never see any Phoronix links here? | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Or /u/itisomegakai who steals content from other sites?" | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "I think it is a bot. It spams many subs with links and never had a discussion." | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Yes but how does a bot figure out which link the phoronix article points to, or how it sometimes writes it's own titles (sometimes)?" | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "He steals titles, which is a much more minor form of theft. Phoronix does not have sole ownership over the links it posts." | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Phoronix does do some original benchmarking stuff so it's not a pure blogspam site." | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Yep, I completely agree. Phoronix is blanket-banned when it shouldn't be. Which is why this banning stuff is hard, because when people think of blogspam, Phoronix is the first name brought up, even though it doesn't justify outright banning. They also often link together other relevant stories when posting a new story, so their "blogspam" does offer some utility." | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "No but Phoronix still deserves credit because otherwise where would omegakai find his articles to post?" | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Maybe you can ask him to write (via Phoronix) on his titles, but he has no obligation to do so." | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | Second that. Links should move in and out of best-seller list depending on organic activity, not any imposition to blanket-ban a domain by mods (No offense to mods, but even if I were a mod myself, I would have said the same). | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | You really think a link is bad? Let the community make that decision and downvote it to oblivion. If the community is upvoting the link, it means they have found some interesting content, or at the very least, an interesting topic to further discuss upon in the comments section. In any case, a lot of of interesting content is found in the reddit comments surrounding the topic of main linked content, isn't it? | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | tldr; | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | Let the community decide whether to keep it on reddit front-page or not. | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | "you're seriously underestimating upvote potential of shitty content here." | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I actually agree. | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | When I said this: | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I swear, I feel the mods should just outright ban techrights.org at this point. | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I was mainly being hyperbolic. I completely agree that banning sites has the potential to get out of hand rapidly depending on who's doing the banning. It opens a pandora's box of precedent: "You banned this one, why not ban this other one?". | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I just wish people here on /r/linux would actually look at what they're voting on instead of just voting based on the title. "Oh, it bashes Microsoft/Apple/Oracle? Insta-upvote!" | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | "Of course you're right that this is probably a percentage of it, but it sounds like you assume the worst about most of the readership. The article was probably right, and M$ probably deserved it." | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | This sort of arbitrary banning is already happening on /r/linux. Gitlab, for example, was inexplicably banned. The automod config that got posted a few weeks ago showed this. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | Paging /u/smj - where is the Github link for the automod config? What modifications have been made? | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | ""I said it, but I didn't really say it"" | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | Why not make a open blacklist for some sites? Just give clear rules which are understandable and be open about discussions. No secret interpretation of the mods. Only with a open discussion about the reason a site should be on the blacklist. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | I'm annoyed with certain karma whores and bots who spam subs with absolute click bait articles. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | "Sounds like feminism and LGBT activism :) " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | reddit is mostly: read only the headline and not the linked article. Make a angry/sarcastic comment (based on the headline) and get many upvotes. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | Sorry I don't want to attack you but: Quality my ass. That is the reason why so many misinformation flouts around. People just reading the headline and often they even don't read the comments. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | "I'm actually upvoting you because the unexpected "quality my ass" in the middle of a polite in the middle of a polite comment, made me chuckle :)" | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | Haha thanks. I mean.. I like to say such things but even I behave sometimes like that... yesterday was a good example | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | I started on reddit with the naive exception that there would be many open discussions and friendly debates with people from around the whole world. Well at least the last part seems to be true (we are pretty global). I explained my standpoint.. and got maybe 1 - 10 upvotes for that...Than I got 300+ upvotes in /r/gaming for a simple "I'm getting old" comment. Reddit has changed me... ;) | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | "Indeed. The most interesting content on Reddit is the meta-content which surrounds a linked post, not the content of the linked post itself. I can remember the countless occasions when I don't even click the actual link, but more interested in the tldr; version in the reddit comments and further discussion around that." | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | Agree or disagree with what they have to say, I haven't been bothered by their content here, and I don't think we should ban them anymore than we should ban OP, or the barbariandude. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | Just my opinion. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | No to censorship. Downvote instead. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | Techrights doesn't do themselves any favors with their style of reporting. They might have a real issue to report sometimes, but the alarmist nature and conspirational thinking surrounding its articles just makes it hard to stomach. I'd rather have them keep a rather professional, relaxed tone, even if the content they're discussing is of great importance or concerning a great danger to Linux/Open Source, as that would enable discussion, | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | whereas they now too often enable derision. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | I'd say a techrights.org source could be replaced by an equally informative one if it is available. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | "I support purging the clickbait/blogspam/blatant bullshitters. At the very least require links to them be archives so they don't get revenue." | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | Support. The site is garbage. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | /r/linux gets enough dumb sensationalism without this, anyway | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | "Linux Sucks" and "Windows is AWESOME". You may think those titles are "tongue-in-cheek", but I say they're intentionally inflammatory to get attention. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Then there's the cringe-worthy interview with RMS where he is utterly ignorant of the meaning of Free Software and compounds it by making RMS out to be a villain. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Everything he publishes is sensationalized, I think because he wants attention/clicks. But hey, that's just my opinion. If you think he's "humorous" or "informative" then I suppose there's no accounting for taste. Oh wait, here's someone else who seems to agree: | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Kristian | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | RMS is not a great representative of the FSF; he doesn’t understand diplomacy or tactical response and walks right in to trolling “interviews” such as this. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Of course, none of this undermines his incredible contribution to free software, or the general value of the GPL. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Bryan: it is implausible that you didn’t anticipate his response to your questions. Unless you have been living under a rock you understand that RMS consistently draws an ethical equivalence between writing non-free software and other unethical activities such as stealing. Inviting someone to an interview and then feigning offense to the answers that they would inevitably give is intellectually and morally indefensible. Shame on you | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | It's to do with his past. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Bryan Lund(uke) used to write lots of shitty Mac software with some proprietary language. He also took over a Mac forum and ran it into the ground. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | There is lots of 'bad blood' around him and his past. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | http://macgui.com/news/article.php?t=134 | Mar 13 15:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-macgui.com | Mac GUI :: What Happened to ResExcellence? | Mar 13 15:30 | |
| schestowitz | https://web.archive.org/web/20090228123025/http://phillryu.com/2006/08/03/good-riddance-bryan-lund/ | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lounge/304023/good-riddance-bryan-lund-resexcellence/ | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | https://web.archive.org/web/20150406162702/http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/06/pulling-a-lunduke-holding-source-code-hostage/ | Mar 13 15:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-web.archive.org | PhillRyu.com - Good Riddance to Bryan Lund [ http://ur1.ca/omt5v ] | Mar 13 15:30 | |
| schestowitz | I'll leave this for you to make your own decisions. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-forums.macnn.com | Good Riddance Bryan Lund (Resexcellence) - MacNN Forums [ http://ur1.ca/omt5w ] | Mar 13 15:30 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-web.archive.org | Pulling A Lunduke: Holding Source Code Hostage [ http://ur1.ca/omt5x ] | Mar 13 15:30 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129555 | Mar 13 19:04 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: When Saudi Arabia runs out of oil Saudi Arabia will just be another Yemen, more so dominated by the likes of AQAP, with a touch of ISIS | Mar 13 19:04 | |
| schestowitz | 'If we burn that oil, we will even more problems than ISIS." | Mar 13 19:04 |
| schestowitz | UK sells them lots of modern weapons | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129417 | Mar 13 19:05 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: So, #microsoft boosters now try to get #techrights banned. It's just like #epo now, isn't it? Can't deal with criticsm. | Mar 13 19:05 | |
| schestowitz | "Banned from what?" | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | Mar 13 19:05 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129592 | Mar 13 19:05 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "Anyone who reads Matthew Garrett knows that most proprietary software is a lost cause" https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/03/12/do-you-trust-this-application/ #security | Mar 13 19:05 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-SSL connect error ( status 0 @ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/03/12/do-you-trust-this-application/ ) | Mar 13 19:05 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | it’s an open secret that tons of popular desktop Linux applications have many known, unfixed vulnerabilities. I rarely see anybody discuss this, as if it’s taboo, but it’s been obvious to me for a long time. | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | Is that guy a MSMVP? | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | No, FSF honoured him. I try not to make TOO many enemies... | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457856637247#c8675620754810645823 | Mar 13 19:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/omtx8 ] | Mar 13 19:08 | |
| schestowitz | " Large blocks of red on white writing is hard to read." | Mar 13 19:08 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/weekend-whimsies.html?showComment=1457856879320#c8392818730146697537 | Mar 13 19:09 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Weekend Whimsies [ http://ur1.ca/omtx9 ] | Mar 13 19:09 | |
| schestowitz | " Is anyone else concerned that he IP attachés (who do not appear to be professionally qualified or regulated IP attorneys) are apparently advising on British IP? And how did they put a value of £440 million on it anyway? And how did they 'help protect' the IP (presumably they are not qualified to register IP applications in their host jurisdictions either)? Lots of questions here... " | Mar 13 19:09 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457857043989#c4074586377626174701 | Mar 13 19:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/omtxd ] | Mar 13 19:10 | |
| schestowitz | " The proposal to grant cannot be sent before 18 months from the actual filing date due to the legal requirement for a search for prior art relevant under Art. 53(3) EPC which could not have been found in the initial search because those potentially relevant documents would not all be published at that stage. The 18 months from filing, for good administrative reasons, i.e. to leave a safety margin for the databases to be truly up-to-date, | Mar 13 19:10 |
| schestowitz | is often extended slightly. Once the proposal to grant (R.71(3)) has been sent allowing for the 18 months, the applicant has 4 months to reply. Thus de facto *nothing* can ever be granted *and published* before 2 years from actual filing date. Thus distribution cannot be Gaussian due to this lower hard-cut off. That is why the median is the correct measure and it means it is mean to imply failure to use the meaningless mean means anything | Mar 13 19:10 |
| schestowitz | and the B-publication date is not a reflection of the absolute administrative efficiency of the true work of the examination division which finishes sometimes *considerably* sooner compared with the number of months in question. " | Mar 13 19:10 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457861574073#c5268630890307673159 | Mar 13 19:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/omtxf ] | Mar 13 19:10 | |
| schestowitz | " To I(P)strain - Merpel has heard your call and changed initial section to black italics instead. Apologies for the strain to our readers' eyes. " | Mar 13 19:10 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/709093544754081792 | Mar 13 19:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @7MistakesLaw European Patent Office Kontrovers TV Coverage (English Version) https://t.co/7nBjg0e0hY | Mar 13 19:16 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | European Patent Office Kontrovers TV Coverage (English Version) | Techrights | Mar 13 19:16 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/stedsimple/status/709055361018421248 | Mar 13 19:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@stedsimple: @schestowitz Oh well...never mind! | Mar 13 19:28 | |
| schestowitz | us: " | Mar 13 19:52 |
| schestowitz | Hi, | Mar 13 19:52 |
| schestowitz | After much consideration and speaking with family, people around the area, researching etc. we think it will be too hard to find tenants for a place without a lounge. This is why we can no longer consider it as an option, but would love to be kept informed of other such opportunities, such as (full) terraced houses. | Mar 13 19:52 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:52 |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4a6zxl/mods_can_we_please_ban_techrights/?sort=new | Mar 13 19:53 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Couldn't resolve host 'www.reddit.com' ( status 0 @ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4a6zxl/mods_can_we_please_ban_techrights/?sort=new ) | Mar 13 19:53 | |
| schestowitz | "A non-Linux-supported, closed source messaging app got a ton of upvotes. Why?" | Mar 13 19:53 |
| schestowitz | "Fair point, I could have expressed myself a lot better without the hyperbole." | Mar 13 19:53 |
| schestowitz | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11273140 | Mar 13 19:54 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.ycombinator.com | Microsoft Has Just Blackmailed Linux Twice in One Single Week | Hacker News | Mar 13 19:54 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | The problem pointed out on the article is that (if it is to be believed) MS is attempting to patent prior art which has already existed inside Linux or in specific Linux components. | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | MS needs to patent stuff to defend themselves, as all tech companies should in today's market. The problem with MS is that they have shown in the past a willingness to use patents aggressively, not just defensively. | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | " Patents are part of how the tech world works (unfortunately!). Does the author suggests that all Linux related project will get a 'pass' because they decided for themselves that they won't participate in the patents party? Or maybe because 'Microsoft loves Linux'? Grow up.. I think Microsoft is playing it well embracing oss and still protecting their interests, I wouldn't expect more. " | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | " Microsoft's strategies haven't changed much since (or at all) since these, circa 1999, Halloween documents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Halloween documents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Mar 13 19:55 | |
| schestowitz | " Contributions to make a Microsoft product (Hyper-V) work well with Linux. " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| MinceR | reddit looks just like slashdot did when i left slashdot | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | Patents were never meant to protect investments. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | Trade secrets protected in guild systems. These where out of the control of the government. Indeed, these guilds could be more powerful than the government. The Monarchy could offer a government backed monopoly in exchange for those secrets. Not sure if it is the best idea or not. Personally, I wouldn't mind stronger programming guilds. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | A bit biased Artikle, but | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | I think the real problem is how the patent systems works today. Once meant to protect scientific investments, it does to often protects simple ideas many people would come (came) up with in no much time when confronted with a given problem. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | Additionally there is the problem, that software related technology has become so complex and fast changing, that it is hard for a patent agency to know what a patent actually covers and if it should not be issued due to priority art. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | E.g. modern smartphones are just a specific case of a (kinda) general purpose computer and a cloud is just a computation cluster. Nevertheless you can get patents for "the cloud" you wouldn't get for a computation cluster. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | Btw. I like comparing software patents with patents on concepts and story lines of novels, both can be argued for but both are a very bad idea ;-) | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | reply | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: yeah | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: but... | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | it's still driving traffic, unlike slashdot | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | I don't participate in reddit | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | yet I cannot altogether ignore it | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: as it still has potential of driving some very major traffic | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | Software patents: In a world that changes day to day and completely re-invents itself every three years, they last 20 years... | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | Software patents are always going to be controversial in particular the overly broad or vague ones. But 20 years is also a huge issue. They should be AT MOST 5 years long, and even then we need new measures to preemptively attack broad or vague claims. | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | It seems the summary is, "Software patents are bad, Microsoft is demanding license fees from manufacturers shipping Android (Linux) based on patents, Microsoft it trying to patent things which have been in Linux for 'years' and getting away with it. Microsoft won't disclose what patents they are licensing/threatening." | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | My understanding was that the patent basket Microsoft was asserting was the same, and it was outlined by the Chinese[1]. An article covering that was here[2] among other places. | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | [1] http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/pep/201404/20140408143159274.doc... | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | [2] http://www.zdnet.com/article/310-microsoft-patents-used-in-a... | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.mofcom.gov.cn | NO TITLE [ http://ur1.ca/omu3t ] | Mar 13 19:56 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ http://www.zdnet.com/article/310-microsoft-patents-used-in-a/ ) | Mar 13 19:56 | |
| schestowitz | " Anybody willing to summarize without all unnecessary the ranting? " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | Despite the inflammatory and badly written article, commentators here are missing the point. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | Microsoft is undeniably making money out of Linux and Android by threatening companies with their patents and it's good to remind that to people who get enamored with the new Microsoft. This part of Microsoft hasn't changed at all. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | To pretend that everything is fine or that the patent system is to blame for Microsoft's actions is just childish. Corporations also react on PR. If nobody says anything and they can get away with bullying others into buying "protection" from them then sure. But it's up to us to hold them to higher standard. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | "Some of them probably paid individuals, it has gotten worse here on HN and elsewhere. Such tactics are not okay, and are like from the Godfather movie." | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | The article is all over the place, but the way I understand it Canonical is just one example of a broader issue. Rakuten is another example he named. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | Obviously Linux itself isn't subject, since Microsoft can't sue Linux. Linux also can't pay patent fees. This will always be about users of Linux, and Canonical is a particularly visible and outspoken Linux user. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | "Not Linux the OS but the Linux Foundation. I'm no lawyer but I think that the Linux Foundation is a juridical person, i.e. an entity that can be sued." | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | Here you go: "Microsoft Windows BSOD Caused Deepwater Horizon Disaster" [1] | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | [1] http://techrights.org/2010/07/23/blue-screen-of-death-and-bp... | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft Windows BSOD Caused Deepwater Horizon Disaster | Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/0to3o ] | Mar 13 19:57 | |
| schestowitz | "They blamed Microsoft for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, accused Bill Gates of purposefully spreading polio in Africa as part of his plan of genocide against brown people" | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | WOT????? | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | Never said such a ting | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | "governments of France and Britain are directly under the control of Microsoft." | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | WOT?? | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | Liars.. | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | by https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tzs | Mar 13 19:58 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.ycombinator.com | Profile: tzs | Hacker News | Mar 13 19:58 | |
| schestowitz | no idea who that is | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7131140 | Mar 13 20:00 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The Koch-Fueled Plot to Destroy the VA http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/koch-fueled-plot-destroy-va #koch | Mar 13 20:00 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.motherjones.com | The Koch-Fueled Plot to Destroy the VA | Mother Jones [ http://ur1.ca/omu4f ] | Mar 13 20:00 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | This may be the one thing I agree with the Koch machine on. | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | #FuckTheVets | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | "Also Imperialism has nothing to do with Socialism." | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | Koch benefits from them though... | Mar 13 20:00 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/haniefhaider/status/709113062968705028 | Mar 13 20:49 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@haniefhaider: Oh no! besides breaking up a peace rally in home State #Sanders voted in favour of the #Iraq Liberation bill. https://t.co/zJVRBaGyR1 | Mar 13 20:49 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: Clinton Has Long History of Collaboration with GOP on Foreign Policy https://t.co/QcHEgqY8lB and crushing democrats (no capital) overseas | Mar 13 20:49 | |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457869660739#c3381010042459138153 | Mar 13 20:51 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times | Mar 13 20:51 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | Amicus Curiae | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | @Meldrew: I agree with your statements about Early Certainty from Search: some types of applications are in fact treated faster. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | I cannot agree that "the EPO have learned to manage a desk". As you mentioned, there will always be some applications which are not easy and have nothing special making them urgent. These are simply dropping out in the current system. Judging from the Figures, these applications dropped out years ago as well. Basically, speedy processing of certain files comes at a cost. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | Here is the catch. Why does the EPO believe it is entitled not to work on these "difficult" examination files? Applicants pay what you called "tasty renewal fees", and their applications remain dormant. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | The current approach with Early Certainty from Search applies, as far as I know, only for applications starting July 1, 2014. If your application was filed earlier, it is not part of the program. Hence, the old applications are on purpose not touched, the new ones take precedence. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | That, in my opinion, is definitely not ok. You have two applications, an old one and a young one, both need to be searched. The EPO at present gives priority to the young one. You may request accelerated search for your old application, meaning even more delay for other applications. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | There is nothing in the EPC which allows the EPO to handle applications differently, e.g. according to filing date. The task is to search and examine all. Introducing deferred search and examination, depending on what the applicant requests, is a decision which must not be taken by the EPO. The minimum level required is the Administrative Council. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | "Indeed, theB-publication relies on the willingness to agree of the applicant. Requests for amendments in response to the notification of intention to grant (allowed or not) will delay proceedings as sometimes the applicant appears to wish to delay grant. That date is thus not a true indicator particularly if filing translations has a relatively wide window of option for the applicant - the EPO cannot be responsible for the applicant's | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | speed in getting translations filed. " | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | @Anonymous: | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | That is why the median is the correct measure and it means it is mean to imply failure to use the meaningless mean means anything | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | So when all the EPO Presidents have said "average", it is mean to understand that as "mean"? | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | Archibald in fact explained why the median is a misleading indicator of application pendency times. (Of course the mean is not perfect either. If the mean is important, then make sure the 10+ year old cases never proceed to grant...) | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:53 |
| schestowitz | @Anonymous: there are cases on my desk, where I cannot issue a grant before 31 months after filing. | Mar 13 20:53 |
| schestowitz | Yes, positive IST, but the first "TopUp"-search resultet in an obscure Brazilian WO application, which, if it enters the European Phase, will be an Art. 54(3) document. And to know whether it entered the European phase, I will have to wait until the latest possible entry moment has passed, which is 31 months after filing. | Mar 13 20:53 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7131140 | Mar 13 22:33 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The Koch-Fueled Plot to Destroy the VA http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/koch-fueled-plot-destroy-va #koch | Mar 13 22:33 | |
| schestowitz | Just for clarification… | Mar 13 22:33 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.motherjones.com | The Koch-Fueled Plot to Destroy the VA | Mother Jones [ http://ur1.ca/omu4f ] | Mar 13 22:33 | |
| schestowitz | Calling the Kochs Libertarians even Capitalist Libertarians is a gross misuse of the term. | Mar 13 22:33 |
| schestowitz | They are parasites and cannot survive without their host. | Mar 13 22:33 |
| schestowitz | I did not mean to imply that not all Capitalists are parasites because they are ie extraction of surplus labor. The two statements were meant to be independent of each other. | Mar 13 22:33 |
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| schestowitz | >> done, now just needs ensuring the wiki and posts are ok | Mar 14 01:16 |
| schestowitz | >> > http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Espa%C3%B1ol some of the latest got | Mar 14 01:16 |
| schestowitz | >> > a lot of traffic, maybe over a million people | Mar 14 01:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Español - Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/4k13n ] | Mar 14 01:16 | |
| schestowitz | > Wow! that's amazing! I think they love our style to tell like it is! | Mar 14 01:16 |
| schestowitz | > I will double check. | Mar 14 01:16 |
| schestowitz | I saw some articles around about it, also in Spanish. | Mar 14 01:16 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/boysenberrys/status/709189205608390656 https://twitter.com/boysenberrys/status/709189548442390532 | Mar 14 01:34 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@boysenberrys: Argh, explains what MicroShaft is doing better than the last article I tweeted. https://t.co/btj9IRlWXU | Mar 14 01:34 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #microsoft is doing #revisionism now https://t.co/HoJoJzMAF8–/d/d-id/1324661 see https://t.co/jreaYfEHx6 | Mar 14 01:34 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@boysenberrys: Who likes anyone playing around with their food... https://t.co/rSbLe7ANAx | Mar 14 01:34 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #Containers are like sandwiches https://t.co/Csrgm9L45n "Don't download random containers from random places." #linux | Mar 14 01:34 | |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/vidagnu/status/709228457864118273 | Mar 14 08:40 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@vidagnu: Microsoft Odia a Linux: Extorsión de Patentes Continua Con Nuevo ¨Arreglo¨ de Patentes de Software (Wistron) |... https://t.co/xieg4EucAc | Mar 14 08:40 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.scoop.it | Microsoft Odia a Linux: Extorsión de Pat... | Mar 14 08:40 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/vidagnu/status/709226709351059456 | Mar 14 08:41 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@vidagnu: Microsoft esta Convirtiendo a Eclipse En Herramienta de Software Propietario al Hincar sus Garras En La Fundac... https://t.co/bvy8OSPLon | Mar 14 08:41 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.scoop.it | Microsoft esta Convirtiendo a Eclipse En Herram... | Mar 14 08:41 | |
| schestowitz | > "In Michigan, which has a large Muslim population, exit polls last | Mar 14 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > night showed that over 60 percent of GOP voters favored Trump’s proposal..." | Mar 14 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > "Trump has proposed shutting down mosques and banning non-citizen | Mar 14 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > Muslims from the country" | Mar 14 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 14 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > x | Mar 14 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > https://theintercept.com/2016/03/09/muslim-americans-grapple-with-implications-of-trump-victories/ | Mar 14 08:56 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-theintercept.com | Muslim Americans Grapple With Implications of Donald Trump Victories | Mar 14 08:56 | |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 14 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > Even a stopped clock can be right twice a day... | Mar 14 08:56 |
| schestowitz | This can shame the US and lead to many decades of apologetics like in Germany... | Mar 14 08:56 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457913430224#c2151616838445428061 | Mar 14 09:27 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times | Mar 14 09:27 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | I think my comments have been misunderstood. Perhaps I had better be more explicit. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | The Paris Criteria are nonsense, and attempting to follow them has led to much mischief. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | Early Certainty from Search is good, because it accepts reality and provides a reasonable way of dealing with it. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | Not all applications are equal, so treating them as a succession of rats down a drainpipe does not reflect the ease or otherwise of handling. If you file a fat rat you should expect the consequences. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | The political drivers for a low cost, high speed, high quality system were, like all politics aspirational rather than realistic. You can have any two, but you can't have all three in this world (although I am of the view that quality is reasonably high, price reasonably low, and timing becoming manageable). Life is a compromise. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | Clarity is at the core of the system - if the claims are unclear how good will the search and examination be? (At the recent symposium on clarity the uses stressed that clarity should be examined, but bad clarity objections should not be clung to). | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | There have always been dodgy patents - if examiners were expected to be perfect there would be no reason for opposition. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | High quality does not require examiners to provide make-work objections. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | >>> "on the Hill I cannot use anything but Internet Explorer because we are | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> told that it is the only browser that meets our security standards" | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/David-Graham-Provides-Glimpse-into-FOSS-in-Canada-s-Government | Mar 14 09:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.linux-magazine.com | David Graham Provides Glimpse into FOSS in Cana... » Linux Magazine [ http://ur1.ca/omwgx ] | Mar 14 09:35 | |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> softers do that here too in the unis ... because "security" | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >> > Ah.. I'd never work for employers like that. | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > They're all like that here as far as I have heard. Some temporarily | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > allowed BYOD to avoid complaints and opposition while they consolidated | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > their infrastructure as 100% M$. Then they disallow BYOD and fire | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > people for underperforming (because of being saddled with M$). | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > The labor union reps I have encountered have also been enforcers for | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > management's M$-only agenda, no matter how much chaos and damage it | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > causes or how much it can be demonstrated to fail to be suited to the | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > tasks. | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > We don't have any real universities, research institutions, or much of | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > anything public sector any more. They've all been privatized i nthe | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > last 5 or 6 years as publicly traded entities and the share holders tend | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > to be needle dicks with zero knowledge or interest in the activities or | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > goals. But boy can they pound the drum for austerity and cut for the | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > sake of cutting -- while M$ eats up more and more of the budget. | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > PS. A friend in another country commented to me that what had been a | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > 5-person M$ department at his employer in 2002 had bloated to a 200- or | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > so- person M$ department by 2015. | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | When I was in university we were very liberal as not only was Linux an option but it was also widespread and you have all the DEs installed, you could choose your distro etc. | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | I wonder if Manchester University is still the same. | Mar 14 09:36 |
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| schestowitz | I have just contacted all the delegates and more (~60). If you do your part, the AC meeting will be a VERY hard one. :-) | Mar 14 10:38 |
| schestowitz | Ignore the personal attacks. I got lots of them over the weekend (about 1500 comments about my article regarding Microsoft, ranging from criticising capitalisation in headline - AP style - to attributing to me totally insane claims that I never made). | Mar 14 10:38 |
| schestowitz | (context: EPO) | Mar 14 10:38 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/MariusNestor/status/709346615237222401 | Mar 14 11:58 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@MariusNestor: @schestowitz Yeah, I had another talk with them :)) | Mar 14 11:58 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/agente_smithe/status/709353371564646400 | Mar 14 12:22 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@agente_smithe: @schestowitz It became churnalism... | Mar 14 12:22 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/deusexstigma/status/709353454989225985 | Mar 14 12:22 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@deusexstigma: @schestowitz a growing club :/ | Mar 14 12:22 | |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_14.html?showComment=1457958993956#c4921257627050840838 | Mar 14 15:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Never too late: if you missed the IPKat last week [ http://ur1.ca/omxnc ] | Mar 14 15:24 | |
| schestowitz | " Can anyone tell me what is (or will be) "the law applied to European patents with unitary effect" in Germany? I have looked at the recently proposed amendments to German patent law, but can see nothing that tells me how the substantive provisions governing infringement will be applied to unitary patents. I only ask because I understand that the law in Germany will be the default for many unitary patents. " | Mar 14 15:24 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-uk-implements-unitary-patent.html?showComment=1457961378651#c4282164455840199204 | Mar 14 15:27 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: The UK Implements the Unitary Patent - Statutory Instrument passed [ http://ur1.ca/omxnr ] | Mar 14 15:27 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I'm not sure there's much of an issue with the direct infringement provisions. The UK courts should only be competent to hear cases of infringement of the UK part of an opted-out EP. One would have to file a suit in, say, Germany under their EP(DE) if there was direct infringement in Germany. The fact that the UPC would be competent to hear a case of direct infringement in any territory in which an EP has been validated is, I would | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | imagine, the intention: the UPC effectively replaces the national court of the place of infringement. | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | Thus the UPCA must have a broader (territorial) scope than the Patents Act, because the Patents Act only relates to the UK. The UPCA relates to all of the Contracting Member States the patent has effect in, but there are no cross border issues. | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | The main issue of substance, and one which makes not opting out look more attractive, centres around contributory infringement as you have noted at 4.2. It is interesting that the effect of the UPCA is to make what is considered as a bundle of separate rights effective in separate countries, act instead as a single right effective in a single territory made up of those countries. | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/KrapulaPhD/status/709400761415897088 | Mar 14 15:31 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@KrapulaPhD: @schestowitz Examiners are really the keepers and guardians of their own dark cell: that's why no light gets cast into their grim world. | Mar 14 15:31 | |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-unitary-patent-reason-to-allow.html?showComment=1457970210905#c2344252858691719930 | Mar 14 21:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: The unitary patent: a reason to allow double patenting? [ http://ur1.ca/omz50 ] | Mar 14 21:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | If Article II § 8 IntPatGÜ would not apply to unitary patents, because unitary patents would not be "European patents" in the sense of said article, then why does that article mention opposition or opposition proceedings involving them. The words are the same. | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | The unitary patent is a European patent having effect and a unitary character in 13 to 26 EU member states. | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/german-court-refuses-amendments-filed.html?showComment=1457970759079#c6480604288573127499 | Mar 14 21:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: German court refuses amendments filed on appeal [ http://ur1.ca/omz51 ] | Mar 14 21:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | Good contribution on Sunday from Claus Beckmann, thanks. What's not to like then, readers, with the BGH Decision? | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | Claus asks why we don't simply translate "BGH" as "Federal Court of Justice". Don't know about others, but for me that is unsatisfactory because it carries no suggestion that the BGH is an appeal instance. For patent cases in England, we start with a national court, then go to a national court of appeal, then go to a national supreme court. All three instances are courts "of justice" and all are in some sense "federal" aren't they? So how | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | can English readers confronted with the name "Federal Court of Justice" be expected to get it, that the BGH is in fact the final appeal instance? | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/german-court-refuses-amendments-filed.html?showComment=1457972647794#c3953532906243186901 | Mar 14 21:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: German court refuses amendments filed on appeal [ http://ur1.ca/omz55 ] | Mar 14 21:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | In the first instance decision before the BPatG, the penultimate paragraph stated "Nachdem die Beklagten zunächst schriftsätzlich angekündigt hatten, sie beabsichtigten, das Streitpatent durch die Aufnahme von Merkmalen aus den Unteransprüchen hilfsweise zu verteidigen, haben sie auf die Nachfrage des Vorsitzenden in der mündlichen Verhandlung erklärt, es solle bei der Verteidigung der erteilten Fassung sein Bewenden haben. Einen | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | eigenständigen erfinderischen Gehalt der rückbezogenen Unteransprüche haben die Beklagten nicht geltend gemacht. Ein solcher war für den Senat auch nicht ersichtlich." | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | So the proprietor did not argue separate patentability at 1st instance despite being asked to do so and the court saw no patentable contribution in these claims. Not too suprising that the BGH threw them out. | Mar 14 21:36 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/gunvolt_linux/status/709522525978497025 | Mar 14 23:45 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gunvolt_linux: @schestowitz @quix0rquitter that means https://t.co/r0K4LJ1vn1 is gone eh? hehe maybe | Mar 14 23:45 | |
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| schestowitz | http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44414.htm | Mar 15 00:28 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_14.html?showComment=1458033370670#c246222005828462045 | Mar 15 13:21 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Never too late: if you missed the IPKat last week [ http://ur1.ca/on25k ] | Mar 15 13:21 | |
| schestowitz | " Seriously, is there no one out there who can answer my question? Am I to believe that, whilst we might be on the verge of the UPC becoming reality, the law of infringement that will apply to a significant number (and perhaps even a majority) of European patents having unitary effect is currently unclear / unknown? " | Mar 15 13:21 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Dazinism/status/709745265520066560 | Mar 15 14:18 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Dazinism: So it is #RIPTwitter, they now 'curate' the tweets you see by default (you can change settings) + stuff like this.. https://t.co/iGO1z4p6RM | Mar 15 14:18 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: "Has twitter accepted censorship? #EPO search does not appear to find @Schestowitz tweets anymore..." https://t.co/qRmB8JmK2L | Mar 15 14:18 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/tecknocrat/status/709745682609909760 | Mar 15 14:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-No status found with that ID. | Mar 15 14:20 | |
| schestowitz | "And of there's a back door? Use @SteveGibbson" | Mar 15 14:20 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/tecknocrat/status/709746587891683328 | Mar 15 14:23 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@tecknocrat: @schestowitz Also if there r any back doors then use @SteveGibbson ShieldsUp to check system at https://t.co/iK5GgjpTp2 very interesting | Mar 15 14:23 | |
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| schestowitz | Yes, not appearing, I see your name only in one RT from Gunvolt (GNUSocial) | Mar 15 14:52 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7137202 | Mar 15 14:52 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "twitter accepted censorship? #EPO search does not appear to find @Schestowitz tweets anymore" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457982412656#c1454895548225657868 it's true, I checked. | Mar 15 14:52 | |
| schestowitz | "Yes, not appearing, I see your name only in one RT from Gunvolt (GNUSocial)" | Mar 15 14:52 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times | Mar 15 14:52 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7136935 | Mar 15 14:52 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: IoT Entrepreneurs: myDevices Wants Your Raspberry Pi Ideas http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/iot-entrepreneurs-mydevices-wants-your-raspberry-pi-ideas #raspi #linux | Mar 15 14:52 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> thevarguy.com | IoT Entrepreneurs: myDevices Wants Your Raspberry Pi Ideas | Open Source Application Software Companies content from The VAR Guy [ http://ur1.ca/on2is ] | Mar 15 14:52 | |
| schestowitz | "open source friendly, not Free Software friendly. hense, why i went with a pcduino3 nano lite." | Mar 15 14:52 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7111501 | Mar 15 15:43 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: More #Microsoft Layoffs as the Company Tries to Turn #GNU #Linux Into Its Own Proprietary Platform http://techrights.org/2016/03/08/microsoft-layoffs-and-sql-server/ | Mar 15 15:43 | |
| schestowitz | "Not that it matters a lot what “‘balanced’ often is” when in this case it clearly means “providing a two-sided, neutral, objective analysis of the facts and their conclusions” - which this article, although not bad, falls short of." | Mar 15 15:43 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | More Microsoft Layoffs as the Company Tries to Turn GNU/Linux Into Its Own Proprietary Platform | Techrights | Mar 15 15:43 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/pnam/status/709795345094447105 | Mar 15 17:44 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@pnam: @schestowitz @All4Privacy @davidnield a The only way to protect your privacy is to rely on ur own personal server + domain name @pexusllc | Mar 15 17:44 | |
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| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7137218 | Mar 16 11:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: I've not abused anyone. I've not spammed. I've not threatened. I didn't curse. Yet #twitter decided to shadow-ban me. Draw your conclusions. | Mar 16 11:07 | |
| r_schestowitz | "watch out for the cyborgs! :x" | Mar 16 11:07 |
| r_schestowitz | They've unbanned me | Mar 16 11:07 |
| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129592 | Mar 16 11:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "Anyone who reads Matthew Garrett knows that most proprietary software is a lost cause" https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/03/12/do-you-trust-this-application/ #security | Mar 16 11:07 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-SSL connect error ( status 0 @ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/03/12/do-you-trust-this-application/ ) | Mar 16 11:07 | |
| r_schestowitz | "It seems that he’s focused on TSL, a well known disaster. Free software using it is going to suck like any other because the design and specifications are flawed in the first place. The worries sound legitimate, but it may also be an unfair slam." | Mar 16 11:07 |
| r_schestowitz | That's his style | Mar 16 11:07 |
| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7137202 | Mar 16 11:08 |
| r_schestowitz | "Well, not my business but…why do you care so much of them" | Mar 16 11:08 |
| r_schestowitz | Read on it... http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EPO | Mar 16 11:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | EPO - Techrights | Mar 16 11:08 | |
| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129417 | Mar 16 11:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: So, #microsoft boosters now try to get #techrights banned. It's just like #epo now, isn't it? Can't deal with criticsm. | Mar 16 11:08 | |
| r_schestowitz | "Yes, they destroyed my Slashdot accounts too. My comments were invisible, but the editors liked my stories enough to publish them anyway." | Mar 16 11:08 |
| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7139560 | Mar 16 11:09 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Linux Forums Through the Eyes of a New User http://fossforce.com/2016/03/linux-forums-eyes-new-user/ #windows isn't easy either... | Mar 16 11:09 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> fossforce.com | Linux Forums Through the Eyes of a New User | FOSS Force [ http://ur1.ca/on6oc ] | Mar 16 11:09 | |
| r_schestowitz | "I presume Windows is just as bad because LibreOffice can be run on it too? Perhaps, the problem is that Microsoft made a secret format and spent billions on political infiltration to make it a “standard”?" | Mar 16 11:09 |
| r_schestowitz | Just as planned all along | Mar 16 11:09 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/KrapulaPhD/status/710162747787513857 | Mar 16 18:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@KrapulaPhD: @matteorenzi @matteosalvinimi @Montecitorio @GiorgiaMeloni Signori, è vero? " President received support from Italy" https://t.co/aAj4ydhPF6 | Mar 16 18:17 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: Dutch Media (NRC) Cites Documents Leaked to #Techrights and EPO Refuses to Comment on Them https://t.co/aVFKy9c7z6 #epo #battistelli | Mar 16 18:17 | |
| schestowitz | file under potential story in progress... | Mar 16 19:43 |
| schestowitz | it seems less urgent than what I have in line at the moment... | Mar 16 19:43 |
| schestowitz | I'm not giving the epoorg account in twitter an easy time today... | Mar 16 19:43 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710189595556712448 | Mar 16 19:44 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @schestowitz crowdfunding with an 18M target :-) | Mar 16 19:44 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7142248 | Mar 16 19:46 |
| schestowitz | "lmfao" | Mar 16 19:46 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Gigabit isn't a perspective/yardstick by which to measure country's wellbeing. Try healthcare or quality of water. Some places are rotting. | Mar 16 19:46 | |
| schestowitz | Re: Kind request to withdraw my name from the web page | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > Dear Sir, | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > I would like to refer to the Article/post on the EPO published on the Techrights webpage on the 15.3.2016 which quotes an anonymous reader who inter Alia makes reference to my name xxxxx. | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > I would like to note that I do not wish to be mentioned neither by name nor would I like to be identifiable. I would thus kindly ask you to withdraw my name or any such information from the blog and not to spread it further. I must further note that I feel personally impacted by such mention. | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > Yours faithfully, | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > xxxx | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | Some people foolishly think I'll self-censor... | Mar 16 22:30 |
| schestowitz | I won't even respond to him... | Mar 16 22:30 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2015/09/qualifications-for-patent-attorneys-to.html?showComment=1458141369111#c3901550400932531144 | Mar 17 09:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Qualifications for patent attorneys to represent before the UPC have been approved: many to qualify [ http://ur1.ca/onbjn ] | Mar 17 09:11 | |
| schestowitz | " I am an EPA but I've done none of the listed courses required for grandfathering in (or anything similar thereto for that matter) nor any other relevant qual. It is a shame that there is no EPLC course available to start in the next few months because I would like to start it as soon as possible. To be honest, I think it would be a bit nutty to try to represent with merely e.g. the QMW or Hagen course as your ticket to ride. But | Mar 17 09:11 |
| schestowitz | maybe you will have no choice..." | Mar 17 09:11 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Zeipt/status/710393640636522496 | Mar 17 09:15 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Zeipt: Вот подтверждения того, о чем я пытался донести. Даже будильник и фонарик на мобиле нынче пишут, чтоб SMS-ки читать. https://t.co/ldRHPWRoi7 | Mar 17 09:16 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #Privacy on Android: The Battle You Have Already Lost https://t.co/MfKujbhWhi virtually every phone, including 'dumb' ones. Toxic. | Mar 17 09:16 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Wikinaut/status/710394258226876416 | Mar 17 09:23 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Wikinaut: @schestowitz perhaps b/c all they appear to b sock puppets of u, as these accounts almost immediately (programmatically?) retweet ur tweets | Mar 17 09:23 | |
| schestowitz | Not the case with @Sheikh_al_Touar and @KrapulaPhD | Mar 17 09:24 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/710395373135724544 | Mar 17 09:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @schestowitz Unsuccessful talks with controversial President of European Patent Office #EPO https://t.co/jMafM8b0K8 | Mar 17 09:24 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.telegraaf.nl | Vruchteloos gesprek octrooibaas|Buitenland| Telegraaf.nl | Mar 17 09:24 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Wikinaut/status/710397636096954368 | Mar 17 09:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Wikinaut: @schestowitz @Sheikh_al_Touar @KrapulaPhD Important is, it > looks < like! | Mar 17 09:30 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/710400349270577152 | Mar 17 09:56 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @Wikinaut @schestowitz @KrapulaPhD Sock puppets? Are serious? https://t.co/A9hcjdXgBD | Mar 17 09:56 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @Wikinaut @schestowitz @KrapulaPhD Sock puppets? Are serious? https://t.co/A9hcjdXgBD | Mar 17 09:56 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/710402665877016576 | Mar 17 09:59 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @schestowitz First I need coffee. :) After that I'll get back to you. | Mar 17 09:59 | |
| schestowitz | ETA for site uptime? | Mar 17 10:25 |
| schestowitz | joindiaspora is down | Mar 17 10:25 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/710415475910516737 | Mar 17 11:02 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @schestowitz Here you are, it's a very poor article. https://t.co/fue7ep8C3u | Mar 17 11:02 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> share.cyberguerrilla.info | ZeroBin | Mar 17 11:02 | |
| schestowitz | >>>> Microsoft could soon steal a Linux company like Canonical, I worry... | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> Canonical has played its cards close to its chest and more so nowadays. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> So it is very hard to know what they are really doing, but on the | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> surface it looks like they are heading the direction of destruction. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> It's a big risk for Canonical what with the softers inside and the new | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> partnerships with M$ being formed. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >> > is directhex (now MS staff) still in Ubuntu Forums? | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > I don't think so. He used to pop up when anyone mentioned Mono but I | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > haven't seen him (or Mono) for a very long while. Perhaps not in years. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > Then again, I rage quit the forums back in December because of some of | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > the moderators, one in particular, pushing the M$ agenda in regards to | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > copyright and copyright exceptions in the US. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 17 13:40 |
| schestowitz | > I was thinking that there was more M$ staff at the higher levels. I | Mar 17 13:40 |
| schestowitz | > notice that there was no replacement for their spinmeister when he left | Mar 17 13:40 |
| schestowitz | > for some other company. | Mar 17 13:40 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/710466902305468416 | Mar 17 14:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @schestowitz well it isn't over yet, we need to wait till the end of the day to get a real picture of the situation,let's keep our fingers X | Mar 17 14:17 | |
| schestowitz | > I'm going to LibrePlanet this year. I decided to go two weeks ago when I | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > found out that Francis Rowe of Libreboot was going to be there and might | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > lecture. Last week he announced that he would have an all day Libreboot | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > flash session on Saturday, so I'm happy that I decided to go. I've managed | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > to clear things at work this week and will be travel tomorrow. | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > Do you have anything you would like me to pay attention to, or any questions | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > you would like asked while I'm there? While my focus is on Libreboot, I will | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > try to write up what I see and will try to remain in contact. | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > Happy hacking! | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | I haven't been following Libreboot closely enough to be able to ask profound questions. Any blog posts emanating from that talk would be nice and constructive. I think Snowden raised awareness of boot time exploits. | Mar 17 19:19 |
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| schestowitz | > Yes, I'm not a Libreboot or x86 expert either, I'm going for practical and | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > production reasons. I've got an X60 to flash and another that might be | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > repaired and flashed. I hope to learn enough to flash other models and teach | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > someone locally how to do it. Francis Rowe lives in the UK, so this is a | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > good chance for me to talk to him without interdiction. | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > If there's anything at Libreboot you might be interested in, let me know. Is | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > there anyone involved with software patents that you might like me to look | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > for and ask questions? | Mar 17 21:46 |
| schestowitz | I don't think it relates to software patents TBH. | Mar 17 21:46 |
| schestowitz | Hey Roy, here is a short summary of today's events. Please keep me out of the picture, agreed? | Mar 17 23:18 |
| schestowitz | status report? | Mar 17 23:18 |
| schestowitz | I got it | Mar 17 23:18 |
| schestowitz | but could use more | Mar 17 23:18 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/nosniborja/status/710600938638217216 | Mar 17 23:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@nosniborja: @schestowitz "a number of representatives reportedly questioned [efficiency] figures during the AC meeting" : https://t.co/RMdL3fGlwI | Mar 17 23:19 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.theregister.co.uk | Euro Patent Office prez survives crunch talks – but pressure mounts • The Register | Mar 17 23:19 | |
| schestowitz | Yes, I noticed, I also contacted them last week | Mar 17 23:19 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | thanks, I got this one | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | keep posting, don't directly message too much, it got you blocked again | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | ok thx for the hint | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | Today's status report. | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | There is a Grossenbacher quote in the document: [Doh - didn't I read on | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | TR that he atayed away from the AC meeting?] | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | I'm ill and going back to bed. | Mar 17 23:45 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1458256440844#c5950345469912756166 | Mar 18 01:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/onfjp ] | Mar 18 01:35 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 18 01:35 |
| schestowitz | A word in reply to Old Sad's posting this afternoon. | Mar 18 01:35 |
| schestowitz | It is presumptious to suppose that ex parte examination of an application can lead to a strong presumption of validity. In Germany there is a widespread misapprehension that "examined rights" must be valid rights. Who knows what's patentable? Not the examiners, holed up in their EPO. Rather, the competitors of the Applicant, working at the coal face. | Mar 18 01:35 |
| schestowitz | And so we in Europe rightly give no deference to the work of the EPO prior to issue. Just because the patent issues does not mean that there are no validity attacks under, say, Art 83 EPC. Just because the Examining Division failed to enunciate a penetrating Art 56 attack based on its search results does not mean that there are no such attacks. | Mar 18 01:35 |
| schestowitz | Ultimately, I as Applicant's representative, am responsible for what claims go to issue. It's my job, not the Examiner's, to write them, amend them, and to watch out that I don't drop my client into the Art 123(2)/(3) fatal trap. | Mar 18 01:35 |
| schestowitz | To do my job I rely on a top quality patentability search within the EPO. The public relies on that too. Then, as from the publication of the search report, Applicant can work out what claims can safely go to issue and those writing "freedom to operate" opinions can work out what scope of protection is possible for the Applicant. And who decides on validity? The court or DG3. And who does not decide on validity? DG1. I like a top quality | Mar 18 01:35 |
| schestowitz | search report and a robust and sensible opinion in the EESR I get from the EPO. The public needs it quick sharp please. After that, my client and I will decide whether to go to issue quick or slow, and the EPO should not interfere. Don't worry how long it takes, to advance from the A1 or A3 to the B publication. | Mar 18 01:35 |
| schestowitz | So I think it is unfortunate when EPO Examiners get delusions of grandeur, supposing themselves to be the one and only thing that decides on validity and therefore holding a mandate to spend "as long as it takes" to examine cases one by one, in excruciating detail. Early Certainty from Search is what is needed, both by the Applicant and the public, OK? | Mar 18 01:35 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 18 01:35 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/ThinkJavaScript/status/710649673271218177 | Mar 18 09:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@ThinkJavaScript: Another reason to block/disable #javascript when surfing the Web https://t.co/GKYgboiIaj - via @schestowitz | Mar 18 09:07 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> threatpost.com | Locky Ransomware Now Part Of Massive Spam Attack | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News | Mar 18 09:07 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Metztli_IT/status/710654681442193408 | Mar 18 09:09 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Metztli_IT: "those in power'll try to ban the means" …already do by 'donating thousands" in proprietary software to universities https://t.co/eFqFadANZB | Mar 18 09:09 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: Technical means enable the powerless to overcome unjust power & injustice. It's only expected that those in power will try to ban the means. | Mar 18 09:09 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Wikinaut/status/710675103902801920 | Mar 18 09:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Wikinaut: @schestowitz I don't see it on https://t.co/rwoYRLAiB1 | Mar 18 09:10 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-SSL connect error ( status 0 @ https://tails.boum.org/index.en.html ) | Mar 18 09:10 | |
| schestowitz | > Original article: | Mar 18 09:23 |
| schestowitz | > http://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/bayern/Muenchen-2000-gegen-einen;art155371,3194789 | Mar 18 09:23 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 18 09:23 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.donaukurier.de | Mnchen: Die Mitarbeiter des Europischen Patentamtes fordern lautstark den Rcktritt ihres Prsidenten [ http://ur1.ca/ongpm ] | Mar 18 09:23 | |
| schestowitz | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mar 18 09:23 |
| schestowitz | > English translation (orig. text below, now behind a paywall): | Mar 18 09:23 |
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| schestowitz | > Original article: | Mar 18 09:46 |
| schestowitz | > http://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/bayern/Muenchen-2000-gegen-einen;art155371,3194789 | Mar 18 09:46 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for the hard work. | Mar 18 09:46 |
| schestowitz | This will help inform people of the details from within the protest. | Mar 18 09:46 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Wikinaut/status/710675103902801920 | Mar 18 09:51 |
| schestowitz | That's how Tails are... the site is slow to be updated | Mar 18 09:51 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1458264451386#c6128157109068434309 | Mar 18 10:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times | Mar 18 10:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Old Sad Observer, | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Early Certainty from Search is badly named. Early searches are not the only priority, although they are at the top of the list. | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Also on the priority list is finishing examinations which have already been started. From my own experience, this is producing results. In the last year or two, I have seen action on numerous old cases. Cases where I last replied to official objections 5, 6, 7 or even 8 years ago, but then nothing more happened until now. | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | For example, I had an examination report a few days ago, on a case where I replied to the first exam report in 2008. (That was before the current Rule 161 EPC, so the first exam report was simply an invitation to respond to the PCT Written Opinion.) | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | And no, these are not all cases where the Examiner sees an easy grant. In my example a few days ago, the Examiner makes a new novelty objection, based on a document not discussed in the PCT Written Opinion. | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | I don't recall "cutting the tail" achieving such results. | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Defense_Squadd/status/710777064329064449 | Mar 18 10:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Defense_Squadd: Dr. Roy Schestowitz: https://t.co/0epcpC8rYd Defense_Squadd | Mar 18 10:38 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #turkey attacked its own media. Now it attacks foreign media. https://t.co/NeoqVMxKe3 https://t.co/MK8ZhmKWfy https://t.co/ljtR6qhDv6 | Mar 18 10:38 | |
| schestowitz | > Informing the public is particularly difficult in this case. While | Mar 18 13:47 |
| schestowitz | > anyone has at least some vague understanding of what TTIP or TPP are | Mar 18 13:47 |
| schestowitz | > about, this is far more difficult with regard to patent litigation and | Mar 18 13:47 |
| schestowitz | > its planned centralisation via UPC. Those having that insight and | Mar 18 13:47 |
| schestowitz | > expertise are also the same people seeking to profit from the new | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > system, so you will rarely find any well-founded critical voice. | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > Bristows may be unusually loud, but others are far deeper involved and | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > pulling strings in the background more discretely. | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > An unusually revealing impression about law firm arguments in favour of | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > the new system can be found in the comment section here: | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/05/monday-miscellany_26.html , maybe | Mar 18 13:48 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Monday miscellany | Mar 18 13:48 | |
| schestowitz | > you have seen this already. | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | I haven't seen it before and I have just tweeted to draw attention to it. Are you OK with me modifying some of the above for anonymity etc. and make a future post about it? | Mar 18 13:48 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/AndreaSutton18/status/710826404573745152 | Mar 18 14:03 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@AndreaSutton18: @schestowitz EPA standards for changing a water source was supposed to be on population for an effective change. Thank you for this! ~Andi | Mar 18 14:03 | |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/SleepyPenguin1/status/710832204289609729 | Mar 18 19:47 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SleepyPenguin1: Chelsea Manning: government anti-leak program a 'blank check for surveillance'. @schestowitz https://t.co/juelMhj8Ga | Mar 18 19:47 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.theguardian.com | Chelsea Manning: government anti-leak program a 'blank check for surveillance' | US news | The Guardian | Mar 18 19:47 | |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/juanalbglz/status/710917461948891137 | Mar 18 20:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@juanalbglz: @schestowitz twiter also has to die. Do you have a @twisterp2p account? Wouldl ove to continue following you there | Mar 18 20:11 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/710918147830910976 | Mar 18 20:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @schestowitz Wikileaks is not blocked. Avatar and name removed because I use the site under pseudonym. https://t.co/ulrYSxOVem | Mar 18 20:11 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @schestowitz Wikileaks is not blocked. Avatar and name removed because I use the site under pseudonym. https://t.co/ulrYSxOVem | Mar 18 20:11 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/debiangirl/status/710922232655024128 https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/710922417347149824 | Mar 18 20:15 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@debiangirl: @schestowitz I have problems with sync twitter and quitter accounts, do you sync it as well from Diaspora? | Mar 18 20:15 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @debiangirl @schestowitz I disagree that they hide anything. It's all over the media, gleefully, google joins the pentagon. | Mar 18 20:15 | |
| schestowitz | Maybe Wikileaks should leak some internal FB stuff and see how FB reacts... | Mar 18 20:16 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/711085696690339841 https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/711084388835057664 https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/711080860762693632 | Mar 19 09:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine if my code is sold or not is not a criteria. | Mar 19 09:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine well then I missed something. Freedom of execution is obvious if you agree with freedom of speech. | Mar 19 09:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine they are just spam for developers. Telling someone there is some code he cannot write is censorship. | Mar 19 09:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/711076786654859264 | Mar 19 09:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine in case of software patents, none. | Mar 19 09:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710920944404008960 | Mar 19 09:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @DavidGlaude PopcornTime? | Mar 19 09:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710920078502531074 | Mar 19 09:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine there is still no reward for killing patents. | Mar 19 09:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710918824778993670 | Mar 19 09:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @frazelledazzell normal debianists don't like PPAs. | Mar 19 09:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710917599484375041 | Mar 19 09:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @patentbuddy Qualcomm might be the worst patent troll. | Mar 19 09:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/frazelledazzell/status/710643133285928962 | Mar 19 09:42 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@frazelledazzell: so apt 1.2.7 was released so sources without SHA2 won’t work but the launchpad ppa's are still all using SHA1... https://t.co/nhHSrekiiE | Mar 19 09:42 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@frazelledazzell: so apt 1.2.7 was released so sources without SHA2 won’t work but the launchpad ppa's are still all using SHA1... https://t.co/nhHSrekiiE | Mar 19 09:42 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/ltgiv/status/711129056465395712 | Mar 19 09:58 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@ltgiv: @bitemyapp speaking of which, for email: https://t.co/oCMMgww1zr | Mar 19 09:58 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #ownCloud #Mail 0.4 App Released with Support for ownCloud 9 and #PHP 7 https://t.co/wPjxCFglNG #freesw | Mar 19 09:58 | |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-deal-with-trade-union-not-what-it.html?showComment=1458368256430#c539558908129629196 | Mar 19 10:49 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO deal with trade union - not what it seems [ http://ur1.ca/onlr7 ] | Mar 19 10:49 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | Having read some of the above comments I keep on wondering (no, in fact, I was pretty sure about this since my very first days in the EPO) how many people have absolutely no sense of reality whatsoever. Those who know some of the SUEPO 'grey cardinals' would under no circumstances support them. Yes, I'm talking now about those so-called 'full time' staff reps, who in my 10+ years at the EPO haven't negotiated a penny with the EPO | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | management. A continuous 100% failure! Apart from hanging around and being involved in endless and meaningless polemics those people appear to 'suffer' only for the sake of their own interests. In other words - an absolutely useless group of people with some corrupt ideas on their agenda. Show me the fruits of your labour guys...?! What a surprise, there's nothing. | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | I also wonder, how easily get the majority of the EPO staff manipulated by such a low-quality propaganda spread by the SUEPO! | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | The amount of disparaging information about our organization in the Internet is yet another 'feature' of the allleged profesionalism of the talented SUEPO staff. It seems therefore that the notion of corporate culture is something unkown to these guys. I'm pretty sure that in a private business setting such a thing as SUEPO would find itself behind the entrance door in no time after a disclosure of the very first poece of internal | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | correspondence. | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | I'm pretty sure, EPO-wide there're still enough people who are able to adequaltely response to the reality. Those people are even amongst those SUEPO members! Al this will change much sooner than the SUEPO can imagine. | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1458373500927#c8748207002971141227 | Mar 19 10:50 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/onlrb ] | Mar 19 10:50 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 10:50 |
| schestowitz | Old Sad Observer asked why "cut he tail" was dropped. | Mar 19 10:50 |
| schestowitz | Perhaps because the result was an increase in the average age of granted patents? | Mar 19 10:50 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 10:50 |
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| schestowitz | > "from a section of the open source community that blindly hates Microsoft" | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > x | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > http://www.cio.com/article/3045799/linux/5-reasons-microsoft-may-never-give-up-on-linux-patent-claims.html | Mar 19 11:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cio.com | 5 reasons Microsoft may never give up on Linux patent claims | CIO [ http://ur1.ca/onluk ] | Mar 19 11:24 | |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > x <rant> He looks to be giving up and selling out, using an M$ talking | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > point. Maybe we'll hear the yuppie nuremburg defense soon, too. | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > Experience is the best teacher, and a truly wise man learns from the | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > mistakes of others. However, he seems to lack the former and has | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > started turning a blind eye to the latter, appearing willing now to | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > ignore 40 years of history. Eventually M$ will fuck him like it has | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > fucked everyone else. The question is will he learn even then? Or more | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > importantly will he care? It would have otherwise been a fairly good | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > article aside from that one flamebait paragraph that brings the whole | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > thing down. </rant> | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | yes, I noticed, but the article isn't all bad. He used to be even more apologetic towards them and I think the editors (IDG) play a role | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 13:38 |
| schestowitz | Can you OCR <a href="http://suepo.org/public/su16042cl.pdf"></a> <code>[PDF]<code> | Mar 19 13:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ http://suepo.org/public/su16042cl.pdf"></a ) | Mar 19 13:38 | |
| schestowitz | I have no OCR software... | Mar 19 13:38 |
| schestowitz | Also <a href="http://suepo.org/public/re16043cl.pdf"></a> <code>[PDF]<code> | Mar 19 13:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ http://suepo.org/public/re16043cl.pdf"></a ) | Mar 19 13:38 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 13:38 |
| schestowitz | >>>> Has this received any press coverage that can be found online? | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> Not that I've found. I've not seen anything mentioned on the main | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> sites. Nor has searching for the resolution titles turned up anything. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> A resolution from 2001 was also roundly ignored. See 29 through 33: | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P5-TA-2001-0441&format=XML&language=EN | Mar 19 18:01 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.europarl.europa.eu | Texts adopted - Wednesday, 5 September 2001 - ECHELON | Mar 19 18:01 | |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> There's probably a lot more between then and now. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >> > is this worth doing an article about now that MS is attacking (charm and | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >> > patent offensives)? | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > Perhaps. Heck, it might even be one of the reasons why M$ is going on | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > the offensive. These resolutions take months to draft as far as I know | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > and I'd expect M$ to be monitoring the process to try to hinder it. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > Item #125 in the 2015/2147(INI) resolution, quoted in a previous | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > message, mentions patents specifically. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | I may get back to this in the weekend when I catch up | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>> >>>>> Has this received any press coverage that can be found online? | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> Not that I've found. I've not seen anything mentioned on the main | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> sites. Nor has searching for the resolution titles turned up anything. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> A resolution from 2001 was also roundly ignored. See 29 through 33: | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P5-TA-2001-0441&format=XML&language=EN | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> There's probably a lot more between then and now. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>> >>>> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>> >>>> is this worth doing an article about now that MS is attacking (charm and | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>>>> >>>> patent offensives)? | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> Perhaps. Heck, it might even be one of the reasons why M$ is going on | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> the offensive. These resolutions take months to draft as far as I know | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> and I'd expect M$ to be monitoring the process to try to hinder it. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> Item #125 in the 2015/2147(INI) resolution, quoted in a previous | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> message, mentions patents specifically. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >> > I may get back to this in the weekend when I catch up | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > There is also this one for the European Commission itself. It's a | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > little older though. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/informatics/oss_tech/strategy/strategy_en.htm | Mar 19 18:02 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ec.europa.eu | Open Source Software Strategy 2014-2017 - DIGIT [ http://ur1.ca/onmz0 ] | Mar 19 18:02 | |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > One important item to notice is that of exit costs. M$ does lock-in | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > through proprietary formats and protocols. It is quite expensive to | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > break from that as we've seen around Europe. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | Not sure how to approach this subject without is being sort of banal, like EU is (again) promising some open RAND-y thingy... | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | I am under a lot of pressure at the moment because of the EPO and some other topic I wish to cover urgently. If it possible to take all the aforementioned E-mails and transform them into an article, as you did before with the R Foundation? I'm not sufficiently familiar with the above to write about it quickly or accurately. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| oiaohm | schestowitz: https://www.r-project.org/foundation/ If that is the Foundation you are talking about its not even fully officially set up yet. | Mar 19 21:02 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.r-project.org | R: The R Foundation | Mar 19 21:02 | |
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| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4aulqk/stack_overflow_developer_survey_for_2016_shows/ | Mar 19 22:17 |
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| schestowitz | "https://twitter.com/abben_anna/status/708981989962076165" | Mar 13 15:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@abben_anna: They may cover their ass in print with a disclaimer but idiot respondent shooting guns in the street is revealing https://t.co/fE5MLawY4k | Mar 13 15:25 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: How Activists Mobilized To Shut Down Rump In #Chicago https://t.co/1fFfxsDONT “make our voices heard, but be positive and nonviolent." | Mar 13 15:25 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4a6zxl/mods_can_we_please_ban_techrights/ | Mar 13 15:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Couldn't resolve host 'www.reddit.com' ( status 0 @ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4a6zxl/mods_can_we_please_ban_techrights/ ) | Mar 13 15:25 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:25 |
| schestowitz | Is this why I never see Phoronix links here? | Mar 13 15:25 |
| schestowitz | EDIT: serious question. I never see any Phoronix links here? | Mar 13 15:25 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Or /u/itisomegakai who steals content from other sites?" | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "I think it is a bot. It spams many subs with links and never had a discussion." | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Yes but how does a bot figure out which link the phoronix article points to, or how it sometimes writes it's own titles (sometimes)?" | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "He steals titles, which is a much more minor form of theft. Phoronix does not have sole ownership over the links it posts." | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Phoronix does do some original benchmarking stuff so it's not a pure blogspam site." | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Yep, I completely agree. Phoronix is blanket-banned when it shouldn't be. Which is why this banning stuff is hard, because when people think of blogspam, Phoronix is the first name brought up, even though it doesn't justify outright banning. They also often link together other relevant stories when posting a new story, so their "blogspam" does offer some utility." | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "No but Phoronix still deserves credit because otherwise where would omegakai find his articles to post?" | Mar 13 15:26 |
| schestowitz | "Maybe you can ask him to write (via Phoronix) on his titles, but he has no obligation to do so." | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | Second that. Links should move in and out of best-seller list depending on organic activity, not any imposition to blanket-ban a domain by mods (No offense to mods, but even if I were a mod myself, I would have said the same). | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | You really think a link is bad? Let the community make that decision and downvote it to oblivion. If the community is upvoting the link, it means they have found some interesting content, or at the very least, an interesting topic to further discuss upon in the comments section. In any case, a lot of of interesting content is found in the reddit comments surrounding the topic of main linked content, isn't it? | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | tldr; | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | Let the community decide whether to keep it on reddit front-page or not. | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | "you're seriously underestimating upvote potential of shitty content here." | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I actually agree. | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | When I said this: | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I swear, I feel the mods should just outright ban techrights.org at this point. | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I was mainly being hyperbolic. I completely agree that banning sites has the potential to get out of hand rapidly depending on who's doing the banning. It opens a pandora's box of precedent: "You banned this one, why not ban this other one?". | Mar 13 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I just wish people here on /r/linux would actually look at what they're voting on instead of just voting based on the title. "Oh, it bashes Microsoft/Apple/Oracle? Insta-upvote!" | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | "Of course you're right that this is probably a percentage of it, but it sounds like you assume the worst about most of the readership. The article was probably right, and M$ probably deserved it." | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | This sort of arbitrary banning is already happening on /r/linux. Gitlab, for example, was inexplicably banned. The automod config that got posted a few weeks ago showed this. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | Paging /u/smj - where is the Github link for the automod config? What modifications have been made? | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | ""I said it, but I didn't really say it"" | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | Why not make a open blacklist for some sites? Just give clear rules which are understandable and be open about discussions. No secret interpretation of the mods. Only with a open discussion about the reason a site should be on the blacklist. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | I'm annoyed with certain karma whores and bots who spam subs with absolute click bait articles. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | "Sounds like feminism and LGBT activism :) " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | reddit is mostly: read only the headline and not the linked article. Make a angry/sarcastic comment (based on the headline) and get many upvotes. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | Sorry I don't want to attack you but: Quality my ass. That is the reason why so many misinformation flouts around. People just reading the headline and often they even don't read the comments. | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | "I'm actually upvoting you because the unexpected "quality my ass" in the middle of a polite in the middle of a polite comment, made me chuckle :)" | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | Haha thanks. I mean.. I like to say such things but even I behave sometimes like that... yesterday was a good example | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | I started on reddit with the naive exception that there would be many open discussions and friendly debates with people from around the whole world. Well at least the last part seems to be true (we are pretty global). I explained my standpoint.. and got maybe 1 - 10 upvotes for that...Than I got 300+ upvotes in /r/gaming for a simple "I'm getting old" comment. Reddit has changed me... ;) | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:28 |
| schestowitz | "Indeed. The most interesting content on Reddit is the meta-content which surrounds a linked post, not the content of the linked post itself. I can remember the countless occasions when I don't even click the actual link, but more interested in the tldr; version in the reddit comments and further discussion around that." | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | Agree or disagree with what they have to say, I haven't been bothered by their content here, and I don't think we should ban them anymore than we should ban OP, or the barbariandude. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | Just my opinion. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | No to censorship. Downvote instead. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | Techrights doesn't do themselves any favors with their style of reporting. They might have a real issue to report sometimes, but the alarmist nature and conspirational thinking surrounding its articles just makes it hard to stomach. I'd rather have them keep a rather professional, relaxed tone, even if the content they're discussing is of great importance or concerning a great danger to Linux/Open Source, as that would enable discussion, | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | whereas they now too often enable derision. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | I'd say a techrights.org source could be replaced by an equally informative one if it is available. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | "I support purging the clickbait/blogspam/blatant bullshitters. At the very least require links to them be archives so they don't get revenue." | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | Support. The site is garbage. | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | /r/linux gets enough dumb sensationalism without this, anyway | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | "Linux Sucks" and "Windows is AWESOME". You may think those titles are "tongue-in-cheek", but I say they're intentionally inflammatory to get attention. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Then there's the cringe-worthy interview with RMS where he is utterly ignorant of the meaning of Free Software and compounds it by making RMS out to be a villain. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Everything he publishes is sensationalized, I think because he wants attention/clicks. But hey, that's just my opinion. If you think he's "humorous" or "informative" then I suppose there's no accounting for taste. Oh wait, here's someone else who seems to agree: | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Kristian | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | RMS is not a great representative of the FSF; he doesn’t understand diplomacy or tactical response and walks right in to trolling “interviews” such as this. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Of course, none of this undermines his incredible contribution to free software, or the general value of the GPL. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Bryan: it is implausible that you didn’t anticipate his response to your questions. Unless you have been living under a rock you understand that RMS consistently draws an ethical equivalence between writing non-free software and other unethical activities such as stealing. Inviting someone to an interview and then feigning offense to the answers that they would inevitably give is intellectually and morally indefensible. Shame on you | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | It's to do with his past. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | Bryan Lund(uke) used to write lots of shitty Mac software with some proprietary language. He also took over a Mac forum and ran it into the ground. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | There is lots of 'bad blood' around him and his past. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | http://macgui.com/news/article.php?t=134 | Mar 13 15:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-macgui.com | Mac GUI :: What Happened to ResExcellence? | Mar 13 15:30 | |
| schestowitz | https://web.archive.org/web/20090228123025/http://phillryu.com/2006/08/03/good-riddance-bryan-lund/ | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lounge/304023/good-riddance-bryan-lund-resexcellence/ | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | https://web.archive.org/web/20150406162702/http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/06/pulling-a-lunduke-holding-source-code-hostage/ | Mar 13 15:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-web.archive.org | PhillRyu.com - Good Riddance to Bryan Lund [ http://ur1.ca/omt5v ] | Mar 13 15:30 | |
| schestowitz | I'll leave this for you to make your own decisions. | Mar 13 15:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-forums.macnn.com | Good Riddance Bryan Lund (Resexcellence) - MacNN Forums [ http://ur1.ca/omt5w ] | Mar 13 15:30 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-web.archive.org | Pulling A Lunduke: Holding Source Code Hostage [ http://ur1.ca/omt5x ] | Mar 13 15:30 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 15:30 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129555 | Mar 13 19:04 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: When Saudi Arabia runs out of oil Saudi Arabia will just be another Yemen, more so dominated by the likes of AQAP, with a touch of ISIS | Mar 13 19:04 | |
| schestowitz | 'If we burn that oil, we will even more problems than ISIS." | Mar 13 19:04 |
| schestowitz | UK sells them lots of modern weapons | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129417 | Mar 13 19:05 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: So, #microsoft boosters now try to get #techrights banned. It's just like #epo now, isn't it? Can't deal with criticsm. | Mar 13 19:05 | |
| schestowitz | "Banned from what?" | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | Mar 13 19:05 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129592 | Mar 13 19:05 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "Anyone who reads Matthew Garrett knows that most proprietary software is a lost cause" https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/03/12/do-you-trust-this-application/ #security | Mar 13 19:05 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-SSL connect error ( status 0 @ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/03/12/do-you-trust-this-application/ ) | Mar 13 19:05 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | it’s an open secret that tons of popular desktop Linux applications have many known, unfixed vulnerabilities. I rarely see anybody discuss this, as if it’s taboo, but it’s been obvious to me for a long time. | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | Is that guy a MSMVP? | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | No, FSF honoured him. I try not to make TOO many enemies... | Mar 13 19:05 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457856637247#c8675620754810645823 | Mar 13 19:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/omtx8 ] | Mar 13 19:08 | |
| schestowitz | " Large blocks of red on white writing is hard to read." | Mar 13 19:08 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/weekend-whimsies.html?showComment=1457856879320#c8392818730146697537 | Mar 13 19:09 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Weekend Whimsies [ http://ur1.ca/omtx9 ] | Mar 13 19:09 | |
| schestowitz | " Is anyone else concerned that he IP attachés (who do not appear to be professionally qualified or regulated IP attorneys) are apparently advising on British IP? And how did they put a value of £440 million on it anyway? And how did they 'help protect' the IP (presumably they are not qualified to register IP applications in their host jurisdictions either)? Lots of questions here... " | Mar 13 19:09 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457857043989#c4074586377626174701 | Mar 13 19:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/omtxd ] | Mar 13 19:10 | |
| schestowitz | " The proposal to grant cannot be sent before 18 months from the actual filing date due to the legal requirement for a search for prior art relevant under Art. 53(3) EPC which could not have been found in the initial search because those potentially relevant documents would not all be published at that stage. The 18 months from filing, for good administrative reasons, i.e. to leave a safety margin for the databases to be truly up-to-date, | Mar 13 19:10 |
| schestowitz | is often extended slightly. Once the proposal to grant (R.71(3)) has been sent allowing for the 18 months, the applicant has 4 months to reply. Thus de facto *nothing* can ever be granted *and published* before 2 years from actual filing date. Thus distribution cannot be Gaussian due to this lower hard-cut off. That is why the median is the correct measure and it means it is mean to imply failure to use the meaningless mean means anything | Mar 13 19:10 |
| schestowitz | and the B-publication date is not a reflection of the absolute administrative efficiency of the true work of the examination division which finishes sometimes *considerably* sooner compared with the number of months in question. " | Mar 13 19:10 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457861574073#c5268630890307673159 | Mar 13 19:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/omtxf ] | Mar 13 19:10 | |
| schestowitz | " To I(P)strain - Merpel has heard your call and changed initial section to black italics instead. Apologies for the strain to our readers' eyes. " | Mar 13 19:10 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/709093544754081792 | Mar 13 19:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @7MistakesLaw European Patent Office Kontrovers TV Coverage (English Version) https://t.co/7nBjg0e0hY | Mar 13 19:16 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | European Patent Office Kontrovers TV Coverage (English Version) | Techrights | Mar 13 19:16 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/stedsimple/status/709055361018421248 | Mar 13 19:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@stedsimple: @schestowitz Oh well...never mind! | Mar 13 19:28 | |
| schestowitz | us: " | Mar 13 19:52 |
| schestowitz | Hi, | Mar 13 19:52 |
| schestowitz | After much consideration and speaking with family, people around the area, researching etc. we think it will be too hard to find tenants for a place without a lounge. This is why we can no longer consider it as an option, but would love to be kept informed of other such opportunities, such as (full) terraced houses. | Mar 13 19:52 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:52 |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4a6zxl/mods_can_we_please_ban_techrights/?sort=new | Mar 13 19:53 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Couldn't resolve host 'www.reddit.com' ( status 0 @ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4a6zxl/mods_can_we_please_ban_techrights/?sort=new ) | Mar 13 19:53 | |
| schestowitz | "A non-Linux-supported, closed source messaging app got a ton of upvotes. Why?" | Mar 13 19:53 |
| schestowitz | "Fair point, I could have expressed myself a lot better without the hyperbole." | Mar 13 19:53 |
| schestowitz | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11273140 | Mar 13 19:54 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.ycombinator.com | Microsoft Has Just Blackmailed Linux Twice in One Single Week | Hacker News | Mar 13 19:54 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | The problem pointed out on the article is that (if it is to be believed) MS is attempting to patent prior art which has already existed inside Linux or in specific Linux components. | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | MS needs to patent stuff to defend themselves, as all tech companies should in today's market. The problem with MS is that they have shown in the past a willingness to use patents aggressively, not just defensively. | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | " Patents are part of how the tech world works (unfortunately!). Does the author suggests that all Linux related project will get a 'pass' because they decided for themselves that they won't participate in the patents party? Or maybe because 'Microsoft loves Linux'? Grow up.. I think Microsoft is playing it well embracing oss and still protecting their interests, I wouldn't expect more. " | Mar 13 19:54 |
| schestowitz | " Microsoft's strategies haven't changed much since (or at all) since these, circa 1999, Halloween documents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Halloween documents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Mar 13 19:55 | |
| schestowitz | " Contributions to make a Microsoft product (Hyper-V) work well with Linux. " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| MinceR | reddit looks just like slashdot did when i left slashdot | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | Patents were never meant to protect investments. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | Trade secrets protected in guild systems. These where out of the control of the government. Indeed, these guilds could be more powerful than the government. The Monarchy could offer a government backed monopoly in exchange for those secrets. Not sure if it is the best idea or not. Personally, I wouldn't mind stronger programming guilds. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | A bit biased Artikle, but | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | I think the real problem is how the patent systems works today. Once meant to protect scientific investments, it does to often protects simple ideas many people would come (came) up with in no much time when confronted with a given problem. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | Additionally there is the problem, that software related technology has become so complex and fast changing, that it is hard for a patent agency to know what a patent actually covers and if it should not be issued due to priority art. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | E.g. modern smartphones are just a specific case of a (kinda) general purpose computer and a cloud is just a computation cluster. Nevertheless you can get patents for "the cloud" you wouldn't get for a computation cluster. | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | Btw. I like comparing software patents with patents on concepts and story lines of novels, both can be argued for but both are a very bad idea ;-) | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | reply | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: yeah | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: but... | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | it's still driving traffic, unlike slashdot | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | I don't participate in reddit | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | yet I cannot altogether ignore it | Mar 13 19:55 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: as it still has potential of driving some very major traffic | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | Software patents: In a world that changes day to day and completely re-invents itself every three years, they last 20 years... | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | Software patents are always going to be controversial in particular the overly broad or vague ones. But 20 years is also a huge issue. They should be AT MOST 5 years long, and even then we need new measures to preemptively attack broad or vague claims. | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | It seems the summary is, "Software patents are bad, Microsoft is demanding license fees from manufacturers shipping Android (Linux) based on patents, Microsoft it trying to patent things which have been in Linux for 'years' and getting away with it. Microsoft won't disclose what patents they are licensing/threatening." | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | My understanding was that the patent basket Microsoft was asserting was the same, and it was outlined by the Chinese[1]. An article covering that was here[2] among other places. | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | [1] http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/pep/201404/20140408143159274.doc... | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | [2] http://www.zdnet.com/article/310-microsoft-patents-used-in-a... | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.mofcom.gov.cn | NO TITLE [ http://ur1.ca/omu3t ] | Mar 13 19:56 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ http://www.zdnet.com/article/310-microsoft-patents-used-in-a/ ) | Mar 13 19:56 | |
| schestowitz | " Anybody willing to summarize without all unnecessary the ranting? " | Mar 13 19:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | Despite the inflammatory and badly written article, commentators here are missing the point. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | Microsoft is undeniably making money out of Linux and Android by threatening companies with their patents and it's good to remind that to people who get enamored with the new Microsoft. This part of Microsoft hasn't changed at all. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | To pretend that everything is fine or that the patent system is to blame for Microsoft's actions is just childish. Corporations also react on PR. If nobody says anything and they can get away with bullying others into buying "protection" from them then sure. But it's up to us to hold them to higher standard. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | "Some of them probably paid individuals, it has gotten worse here on HN and elsewhere. Such tactics are not okay, and are like from the Godfather movie." | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | The article is all over the place, but the way I understand it Canonical is just one example of a broader issue. Rakuten is another example he named. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | Obviously Linux itself isn't subject, since Microsoft can't sue Linux. Linux also can't pay patent fees. This will always be about users of Linux, and Canonical is a particularly visible and outspoken Linux user. | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | "Not Linux the OS but the Linux Foundation. I'm no lawyer but I think that the Linux Foundation is a juridical person, i.e. an entity that can be sued." | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | Here you go: "Microsoft Windows BSOD Caused Deepwater Horizon Disaster" [1] | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | [1] http://techrights.org/2010/07/23/blue-screen-of-death-and-bp... | Mar 13 19:57 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 19:57 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft Windows BSOD Caused Deepwater Horizon Disaster | Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/0to3o ] | Mar 13 19:57 | |
| schestowitz | "They blamed Microsoft for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, accused Bill Gates of purposefully spreading polio in Africa as part of his plan of genocide against brown people" | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | WOT????? | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | Never said such a ting | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | "governments of France and Britain are directly under the control of Microsoft." | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | WOT?? | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | Liars.. | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | by https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tzs | Mar 13 19:58 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.ycombinator.com | Profile: tzs | Hacker News | Mar 13 19:58 | |
| schestowitz | no idea who that is | Mar 13 19:58 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7131140 | Mar 13 20:00 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The Koch-Fueled Plot to Destroy the VA http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/koch-fueled-plot-destroy-va #koch | Mar 13 20:00 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.motherjones.com | The Koch-Fueled Plot to Destroy the VA | Mother Jones [ http://ur1.ca/omu4f ] | Mar 13 20:00 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | This may be the one thing I agree with the Koch machine on. | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | #FuckTheVets | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | "Also Imperialism has nothing to do with Socialism." | Mar 13 20:00 |
| schestowitz | Koch benefits from them though... | Mar 13 20:00 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/haniefhaider/status/709113062968705028 | Mar 13 20:49 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@haniefhaider: Oh no! besides breaking up a peace rally in home State #Sanders voted in favour of the #Iraq Liberation bill. https://t.co/zJVRBaGyR1 | Mar 13 20:49 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: Clinton Has Long History of Collaboration with GOP on Foreign Policy https://t.co/QcHEgqY8lB and crushing democrats (no capital) overseas | Mar 13 20:49 | |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457869660739#c3381010042459138153 | Mar 13 20:51 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times | Mar 13 20:51 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | Amicus Curiae | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | @Meldrew: I agree with your statements about Early Certainty from Search: some types of applications are in fact treated faster. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | I cannot agree that "the EPO have learned to manage a desk". As you mentioned, there will always be some applications which are not easy and have nothing special making them urgent. These are simply dropping out in the current system. Judging from the Figures, these applications dropped out years ago as well. Basically, speedy processing of certain files comes at a cost. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | Here is the catch. Why does the EPO believe it is entitled not to work on these "difficult" examination files? Applicants pay what you called "tasty renewal fees", and their applications remain dormant. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | The current approach with Early Certainty from Search applies, as far as I know, only for applications starting July 1, 2014. If your application was filed earlier, it is not part of the program. Hence, the old applications are on purpose not touched, the new ones take precedence. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | That, in my opinion, is definitely not ok. You have two applications, an old one and a young one, both need to be searched. The EPO at present gives priority to the young one. You may request accelerated search for your old application, meaning even more delay for other applications. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | There is nothing in the EPC which allows the EPO to handle applications differently, e.g. according to filing date. The task is to search and examine all. Introducing deferred search and examination, depending on what the applicant requests, is a decision which must not be taken by the EPO. The minimum level required is the Administrative Council. | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | "Indeed, theB-publication relies on the willingness to agree of the applicant. Requests for amendments in response to the notification of intention to grant (allowed or not) will delay proceedings as sometimes the applicant appears to wish to delay grant. That date is thus not a true indicator particularly if filing translations has a relatively wide window of option for the applicant - the EPO cannot be responsible for the applicant's | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | speed in getting translations filed. " | Mar 13 20:51 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | @Anonymous: | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | That is why the median is the correct measure and it means it is mean to imply failure to use the meaningless mean means anything | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | So when all the EPO Presidents have said "average", it is mean to understand that as "mean"? | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | Archibald in fact explained why the median is a misleading indicator of application pendency times. (Of course the mean is not perfect either. If the mean is important, then make sure the 10+ year old cases never proceed to grant...) | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:52 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 20:53 |
| schestowitz | @Anonymous: there are cases on my desk, where I cannot issue a grant before 31 months after filing. | Mar 13 20:53 |
| schestowitz | Yes, positive IST, but the first "TopUp"-search resultet in an obscure Brazilian WO application, which, if it enters the European Phase, will be an Art. 54(3) document. And to know whether it entered the European phase, I will have to wait until the latest possible entry moment has passed, which is 31 months after filing. | Mar 13 20:53 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7131140 | Mar 13 22:32 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The Koch-Fueled Plot to Destroy the VA http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/koch-fueled-plot-destroy-va #koch | Mar 13 22:32 | |
| schestowitz | Just for clarification… | Mar 13 22:32 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.motherjones.com | The Koch-Fueled Plot to Destroy the VA | Mother Jones [ http://ur1.ca/omu4f ] | Mar 13 22:33 | |
| schestowitz | Calling the Kochs Libertarians even Capitalist Libertarians is a gross misuse of the term. | Mar 13 22:33 |
| schestowitz | They are parasites and cannot survive without their host. | Mar 13 22:33 |
| schestowitz | I did not mean to imply that not all Capitalists are parasites because they are ie extraction of surplus labor. The two statements were meant to be independent of each other. | Mar 13 22:33 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 13 22:33 |
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| schestowitz | >> done, now just needs ensuring the wiki and posts are ok | Mar 14 01:16 |
| schestowitz | >> > http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Espa%C3%B1ol some of the latest got | Mar 14 01:16 |
| schestowitz | >> > a lot of traffic, maybe over a million people | Mar 14 01:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Español - Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/4k13n ] | Mar 14 01:16 | |
| schestowitz | > Wow! that's amazing! I think they love our style to tell like it is! | Mar 14 01:16 |
| schestowitz | > I will double check. | Mar 14 01:16 |
| schestowitz | I saw some articles around about it, also in Spanish. | Mar 14 01:16 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/boysenberrys/status/709189205608390656 https://twitter.com/boysenberrys/status/709189548442390532 | Mar 14 01:34 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@boysenberrys: Argh, explains what MicroShaft is doing better than the last article I tweeted. https://t.co/btj9IRlWXU | Mar 14 01:34 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #microsoft is doing #revisionism now https://t.co/HoJoJzMAF8–/d/d-id/1324661 see https://t.co/jreaYfEHx6 | Mar 14 01:34 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@boysenberrys: Who likes anyone playing around with their food... https://t.co/rSbLe7ANAx | Mar 14 01:34 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #Containers are like sandwiches https://t.co/Csrgm9L45n "Don't download random containers from random places." #linux | Mar 14 01:34 | |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457913430224#c2151616838445428061 | Mar 14 09:27 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times | Mar 14 09:27 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | I think my comments have been misunderstood. Perhaps I had better be more explicit. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | The Paris Criteria are nonsense, and attempting to follow them has led to much mischief. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | Early Certainty from Search is good, because it accepts reality and provides a reasonable way of dealing with it. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | Not all applications are equal, so treating them as a succession of rats down a drainpipe does not reflect the ease or otherwise of handling. If you file a fat rat you should expect the consequences. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | The political drivers for a low cost, high speed, high quality system were, like all politics aspirational rather than realistic. You can have any two, but you can't have all three in this world (although I am of the view that quality is reasonably high, price reasonably low, and timing becoming manageable). Life is a compromise. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | Clarity is at the core of the system - if the claims are unclear how good will the search and examination be? (At the recent symposium on clarity the uses stressed that clarity should be examined, but bad clarity objections should not be clung to). | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | There have always been dodgy patents - if examiners were expected to be perfect there would be no reason for opposition. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | High quality does not require examiners to provide make-work objections. | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 09:27 |
| schestowitz | >>> "on the Hill I cannot use anything but Internet Explorer because we are | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> told that it is the only browser that meets our security standards" | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/David-Graham-Provides-Glimpse-into-FOSS-in-Canada-s-Government | Mar 14 09:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.linux-magazine.com | David Graham Provides Glimpse into FOSS in Cana... » Linux Magazine [ http://ur1.ca/omwgx ] | Mar 14 09:35 | |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> softers do that here too in the unis ... because "security" | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | >> > Ah.. I'd never work for employers like that. | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > They're all like that here as far as I have heard. Some temporarily | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > allowed BYOD to avoid complaints and opposition while they consolidated | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > their infrastructure as 100% M$. Then they disallow BYOD and fire | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > people for underperforming (because of being saddled with M$). | Mar 14 09:35 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > The labor union reps I have encountered have also been enforcers for | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > management's M$-only agenda, no matter how much chaos and damage it | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > causes or how much it can be demonstrated to fail to be suited to the | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > tasks. | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > We don't have any real universities, research institutions, or much of | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > anything public sector any more. They've all been privatized i nthe | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > last 5 or 6 years as publicly traded entities and the share holders tend | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > to be needle dicks with zero knowledge or interest in the activities or | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > goals. But boy can they pound the drum for austerity and cut for the | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > sake of cutting -- while M$ eats up more and more of the budget. | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > PS. A friend in another country commented to me that what had been a | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > 5-person M$ department at his employer in 2002 had bloated to a 200- or | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | > so- person M$ department by 2015. | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | When I was in university we were very liberal as not only was Linux an option but it was also widespread and you have all the DEs installed, you could choose your distro etc. | Mar 14 09:36 |
| schestowitz | I wonder if Manchester University is still the same. | Mar 14 09:36 |
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| schestowitz | I have just contacted all the delegates and more (~60). If you do your part, the AC meeting will be a VERY hard one. :-) | Mar 14 10:38 |
| schestowitz | Ignore the personal attacks. I got lots of them over the weekend (about 1500 comments about my article regarding Microsoft, ranging from criticising capitalisation in headline - AP style - to attributing to me totally insane claims that I never made). | Mar 14 10:38 |
| schestowitz | (context: EPO) | Mar 14 10:38 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/MariusNestor/status/709346615237222401 | Mar 14 11:58 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@MariusNestor: @schestowitz Yeah, I had another talk with them :)) | Mar 14 11:58 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/agente_smithe/status/709353371564646400 | Mar 14 12:22 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@agente_smithe: @schestowitz It became churnalism... | Mar 14 12:22 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/deusexstigma/status/709353454989225985 | Mar 14 12:22 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@deusexstigma: @schestowitz a growing club :/ | Mar 14 12:22 | |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_14.html?showComment=1457958993956#c4921257627050840838 | Mar 14 15:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Never too late: if you missed the IPKat last week [ http://ur1.ca/omxnc ] | Mar 14 15:24 | |
| schestowitz | " Can anyone tell me what is (or will be) "the law applied to European patents with unitary effect" in Germany? I have looked at the recently proposed amendments to German patent law, but can see nothing that tells me how the substantive provisions governing infringement will be applied to unitary patents. I only ask because I understand that the law in Germany will be the default for many unitary patents. " | Mar 14 15:24 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-uk-implements-unitary-patent.html?showComment=1457961378651#c4282164455840199204 | Mar 14 15:27 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: The UK Implements the Unitary Patent - Statutory Instrument passed [ http://ur1.ca/omxnr ] | Mar 14 15:27 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | I'm not sure there's much of an issue with the direct infringement provisions. The UK courts should only be competent to hear cases of infringement of the UK part of an opted-out EP. One would have to file a suit in, say, Germany under their EP(DE) if there was direct infringement in Germany. The fact that the UPC would be competent to hear a case of direct infringement in any territory in which an EP has been validated is, I would | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | imagine, the intention: the UPC effectively replaces the national court of the place of infringement. | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | Thus the UPCA must have a broader (territorial) scope than the Patents Act, because the Patents Act only relates to the UK. The UPCA relates to all of the Contracting Member States the patent has effect in, but there are no cross border issues. | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | The main issue of substance, and one which makes not opting out look more attractive, centres around contributory infringement as you have noted at 4.2. It is interesting that the effect of the UPCA is to make what is considered as a bundle of separate rights effective in separate countries, act instead as a single right effective in a single territory made up of those countries. | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 15:27 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/KrapulaPhD/status/709400761415897088 | Mar 14 15:31 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@KrapulaPhD: @schestowitz Examiners are really the keepers and guardians of their own dark cell: that's why no light gets cast into their grim world. | Mar 14 15:31 | |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-unitary-patent-reason-to-allow.html?showComment=1457970210905#c2344252858691719930 | Mar 14 21:35 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: The unitary patent: a reason to allow double patenting? [ http://ur1.ca/omz50 ] | Mar 14 21:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | If Article II § 8 IntPatGÜ would not apply to unitary patents, because unitary patents would not be "European patents" in the sense of said article, then why does that article mention opposition or opposition proceedings involving them. The words are the same. | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | The unitary patent is a European patent having effect and a unitary character in 13 to 26 EU member states. | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/german-court-refuses-amendments-filed.html?showComment=1457970759079#c6480604288573127499 | Mar 14 21:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: German court refuses amendments filed on appeal [ http://ur1.ca/omz51 ] | Mar 14 21:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | Good contribution on Sunday from Claus Beckmann, thanks. What's not to like then, readers, with the BGH Decision? | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | Claus asks why we don't simply translate "BGH" as "Federal Court of Justice". Don't know about others, but for me that is unsatisfactory because it carries no suggestion that the BGH is an appeal instance. For patent cases in England, we start with a national court, then go to a national court of appeal, then go to a national supreme court. All three instances are courts "of justice" and all are in some sense "federal" aren't they? So how | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | can English readers confronted with the name "Federal Court of Justice" be expected to get it, that the BGH is in fact the final appeal instance? | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/german-court-refuses-amendments-filed.html?showComment=1457972647794#c3953532906243186901 | Mar 14 21:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: German court refuses amendments filed on appeal [ http://ur1.ca/omz55 ] | Mar 14 21:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | In the first instance decision before the BPatG, the penultimate paragraph stated "Nachdem die Beklagten zunächst schriftsätzlich angekündigt hatten, sie beabsichtigten, das Streitpatent durch die Aufnahme von Merkmalen aus den Unteransprüchen hilfsweise zu verteidigen, haben sie auf die Nachfrage des Vorsitzenden in der mündlichen Verhandlung erklärt, es solle bei der Verteidigung der erteilten Fassung sein Bewenden haben. Einen | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | eigenständigen erfinderischen Gehalt der rückbezogenen Unteransprüche haben die Beklagten nicht geltend gemacht. Ein solcher war für den Senat auch nicht ersichtlich." | Mar 14 21:36 |
| schestowitz | So the proprietor did not argue separate patentability at 1st instance despite being asked to do so and the court saw no patentable contribution in these claims. Not too suprising that the BGH threw them out. | Mar 14 21:36 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/gunvolt_linux/status/709522525978497025 | Mar 14 23:45 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gunvolt_linux: @schestowitz @quix0rquitter that means https://t.co/r0K4LJ1vn1 is gone eh? hehe maybe | Mar 14 23:45 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> stallman.org | Richard Stallman's Personal Page | Mar 14 23:45 | |
| schestowitz | http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44414.htm | Mar 15 00:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.informationclearinghouse.info | The Sea Island Conspiracy : Information Clearing House - ICH | Mar 15 00:28 | |
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| schestowitz | " Seriously, is there no one out there who can answer my question? Am I to believe that, whilst we might be on the verge of the UPC becoming reality, the law of infringement that will apply to a significant number (and perhaps even a majority) of European patents having unitary effect is currently unclear / unknown? " | Mar 15 13:21 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Dazinism/status/709745265520066560 | Mar 15 14:18 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Dazinism: So it is #RIPTwitter, they now 'curate' the tweets you see by default (you can change settings) + stuff like this.. https://t.co/iGO1z4p6RM | Mar 15 14:18 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: "Has twitter accepted censorship? #EPO search does not appear to find @Schestowitz tweets anymore..." https://t.co/qRmB8JmK2L | Mar 15 14:18 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/tecknocrat/status/709745682609909760 | Mar 15 14:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-No status found with that ID. | Mar 15 14:20 | |
| schestowitz | "And of there's a back door? Use @SteveGibbson" | Mar 15 14:20 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/tecknocrat/status/709746587891683328 | Mar 15 14:23 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@tecknocrat: @schestowitz Also if there r any back doors then use @SteveGibbson ShieldsUp to check system at https://t.co/iK5GgjpTp2 very interesting | Mar 15 14:23 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.grc.com | Home of Gibson Research Corporation | Mar 15 14:23 | |
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| schestowitz | Yes, not appearing, I see your name only in one RT from Gunvolt (GNUSocial) | Mar 15 14:52 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7137202 | Mar 15 14:52 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "twitter accepted censorship? #EPO search does not appear to find @Schestowitz tweets anymore" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1457982412656#c1454895548225657868 it's true, I checked. | Mar 15 14:52 | |
| schestowitz | "Yes, not appearing, I see your name only in one RT from Gunvolt (GNUSocial)" | Mar 15 14:52 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times | Mar 15 14:52 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7136935 | Mar 15 14:52 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: IoT Entrepreneurs: myDevices Wants Your Raspberry Pi Ideas http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/iot-entrepreneurs-mydevices-wants-your-raspberry-pi-ideas #raspi #linux | Mar 15 14:52 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> thevarguy.com | IoT Entrepreneurs: myDevices Wants Your Raspberry Pi Ideas | Open Source Application Software Companies content from The VAR Guy [ http://ur1.ca/on2is ] | Mar 15 14:52 | |
| schestowitz | "open source friendly, not Free Software friendly. hense, why i went with a pcduino3 nano lite." | Mar 15 14:52 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7111501 | Mar 15 15:43 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: More #Microsoft Layoffs as the Company Tries to Turn #GNU #Linux Into Its Own Proprietary Platform http://techrights.org/2016/03/08/microsoft-layoffs-and-sql-server/ | Mar 15 15:43 | |
| schestowitz | "Not that it matters a lot what “‘balanced’ often is” when in this case it clearly means “providing a two-sided, neutral, objective analysis of the facts and their conclusions” - which this article, although not bad, falls short of." | Mar 15 15:43 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | More Microsoft Layoffs as the Company Tries to Turn GNU/Linux Into Its Own Proprietary Platform | Techrights | Mar 15 15:43 | |
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| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7137218 | Mar 16 11:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: I've not abused anyone. I've not spammed. I've not threatened. I didn't curse. Yet #twitter decided to shadow-ban me. Draw your conclusions. | Mar 16 11:07 | |
| r_schestowitz | "watch out for the cyborgs! :x" | Mar 16 11:07 |
| r_schestowitz | They've unbanned me | Mar 16 11:07 |
| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129592 | Mar 16 11:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "Anyone who reads Matthew Garrett knows that most proprietary software is a lost cause" https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/03/12/do-you-trust-this-application/ #security | Mar 16 11:07 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-SSL connect error ( status 0 @ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/03/12/do-you-trust-this-application/ ) | Mar 16 11:07 | |
| r_schestowitz | "It seems that he’s focused on TSL, a well known disaster. Free software using it is going to suck like any other because the design and specifications are flawed in the first place. The worries sound legitimate, but it may also be an unfair slam." | Mar 16 11:07 |
| r_schestowitz | That's his style | Mar 16 11:07 |
| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7137202 | Mar 16 11:08 |
| r_schestowitz | "Well, not my business but…why do you care so much of them" | Mar 16 11:08 |
| r_schestowitz | Read on it... http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EPO | Mar 16 11:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | EPO - Techrights | Mar 16 11:08 | |
| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7129417 | Mar 16 11:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: So, #microsoft boosters now try to get #techrights banned. It's just like #epo now, isn't it? Can't deal with criticsm. | Mar 16 11:08 | |
| r_schestowitz | "Yes, they destroyed my Slashdot accounts too. My comments were invisible, but the editors liked my stories enough to publish them anyway." | Mar 16 11:08 |
| r_schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7139560 | Mar 16 11:09 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Linux Forums Through the Eyes of a New User http://fossforce.com/2016/03/linux-forums-eyes-new-user/ #windows isn't easy either... | Mar 16 11:09 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> fossforce.com | Linux Forums Through the Eyes of a New User | FOSS Force [ http://ur1.ca/on6oc ] | Mar 16 11:09 | |
| r_schestowitz | "I presume Windows is just as bad because LibreOffice can be run on it too? Perhaps, the problem is that Microsoft made a secret format and spent billions on political infiltration to make it a “standard”?" | Mar 16 11:09 |
| r_schestowitz | Just as planned all along | Mar 16 11:09 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/KrapulaPhD/status/710162747787513857 | Mar 16 18:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@KrapulaPhD: @matteorenzi @matteosalvinimi @Montecitorio @GiorgiaMeloni Signori, è vero? " President received support from Italy" https://t.co/aAj4ydhPF6 | Mar 16 18:17 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: Dutch Media (NRC) Cites Documents Leaked to #Techrights and EPO Refuses to Comment on Them https://t.co/aVFKy9c7z6 #epo #battistelli | Mar 16 18:17 | |
| schestowitz | file under potential story in progress... | Mar 16 19:43 |
| schestowitz | it seems less urgent than what I have in line at the moment... | Mar 16 19:43 |
| schestowitz | I'm not giving the epoorg account in twitter an easy time today... | Mar 16 19:43 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710189595556712448 | Mar 16 19:44 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @schestowitz crowdfunding with an 18M target :-) | Mar 16 19:44 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7142248 | Mar 16 19:46 |
| schestowitz | "lmfao" | Mar 16 19:46 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Gigabit isn't a perspective/yardstick by which to measure country's wellbeing. Try healthcare or quality of water. Some places are rotting. | Mar 16 19:46 | |
| schestowitz | Re: Kind request to withdraw my name from the web page | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > Dear Sir, | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > I would like to refer to the Article/post on the EPO published on the Techrights webpage on the 15.3.2016 which quotes an anonymous reader who inter Alia makes reference to my name xxxxx. | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > I would like to note that I do not wish to be mentioned neither by name nor would I like to be identifiable. I would thus kindly ask you to withdraw my name or any such information from the blog and not to spread it further. I must further note that I feel personally impacted by such mention. | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > Yours faithfully, | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | > xxxx | Mar 16 22:28 |
| schestowitz | Some people foolishly think I'll self-censor... | Mar 16 22:30 |
| schestowitz | I won't even respond to him... | Mar 16 22:30 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2015/09/qualifications-for-patent-attorneys-to.html?showComment=1458141369111#c3901550400932531144 | Mar 17 09:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Qualifications for patent attorneys to represent before the UPC have been approved: many to qualify [ http://ur1.ca/onbjn ] | Mar 17 09:11 | |
| schestowitz | " I am an EPA but I've done none of the listed courses required for grandfathering in (or anything similar thereto for that matter) nor any other relevant qual. It is a shame that there is no EPLC course available to start in the next few months because I would like to start it as soon as possible. To be honest, I think it would be a bit nutty to try to represent with merely e.g. the QMW or Hagen course as your ticket to ride. But | Mar 17 09:11 |
| schestowitz | maybe you will have no choice..." | Mar 17 09:11 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Zeipt/status/710393640636522496 | Mar 17 09:15 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Zeipt: Вот подтверждения того, о чем я пытался донести. Даже будильник и фонарик на мобиле нынче пишут, чтоб SMS-ки читать. https://t.co/ldRHPWRoi7 | Mar 17 09:16 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #Privacy on Android: The Battle You Have Already Lost https://t.co/MfKujbhWhi virtually every phone, including 'dumb' ones. Toxic. | Mar 17 09:16 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Wikinaut/status/710394258226876416 | Mar 17 09:23 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Wikinaut: @schestowitz perhaps b/c all they appear to b sock puppets of u, as these accounts almost immediately (programmatically?) retweet ur tweets | Mar 17 09:23 | |
| schestowitz | Not the case with @Sheikh_al_Touar and @KrapulaPhD | Mar 17 09:24 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/710395373135724544 | Mar 17 09:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @schestowitz Unsuccessful talks with controversial President of European Patent Office #EPO https://t.co/jMafM8b0K8 | Mar 17 09:24 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.telegraaf.nl | Vruchteloos gesprek octrooibaas|Buitenland| Telegraaf.nl | Mar 17 09:24 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Wikinaut/status/710397636096954368 | Mar 17 09:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Wikinaut: @schestowitz @Sheikh_al_Touar @KrapulaPhD Important is, it > looks < like! | Mar 17 09:30 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/710400349270577152 | Mar 17 09:56 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @Wikinaut @schestowitz @KrapulaPhD Sock puppets? Are serious? https://t.co/A9hcjdXgBD | Mar 17 09:56 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @Wikinaut @schestowitz @KrapulaPhD Sock puppets? Are serious? https://t.co/A9hcjdXgBD | Mar 17 09:56 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/710402665877016576 | Mar 17 09:59 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @schestowitz First I need coffee. :) After that I'll get back to you. | Mar 17 09:59 | |
| schestowitz | ETA for site uptime? | Mar 17 10:25 |
| schestowitz | joindiaspora is down | Mar 17 10:25 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/710415475910516737 | Mar 17 11:02 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @schestowitz Here you are, it's a very poor article. https://t.co/fue7ep8C3u | Mar 17 11:02 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> share.cyberguerrilla.info | ZeroBin | Mar 17 11:02 | |
| schestowitz | >>>> Microsoft could soon steal a Linux company like Canonical, I worry... | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> Canonical has played its cards close to its chest and more so nowadays. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> So it is very hard to know what they are really doing, but on the | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> surface it looks like they are heading the direction of destruction. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> It's a big risk for Canonical what with the softers inside and the new | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> partnerships with M$ being formed. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | >> > is directhex (now MS staff) still in Ubuntu Forums? | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > I don't think so. He used to pop up when anyone mentioned Mono but I | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > haven't seen him (or Mono) for a very long while. Perhaps not in years. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > Then again, I rage quit the forums back in December because of some of | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > the moderators, one in particular, pushing the M$ agenda in regards to | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > copyright and copyright exceptions in the US. | Mar 17 13:39 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 17 13:40 |
| schestowitz | > I was thinking that there was more M$ staff at the higher levels. I | Mar 17 13:40 |
| schestowitz | > notice that there was no replacement for their spinmeister when he left | Mar 17 13:40 |
| schestowitz | > for some other company. | Mar 17 13:40 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/710466902305468416 | Mar 17 14:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Sheikh_al_Touar: @schestowitz well it isn't over yet, we need to wait till the end of the day to get a real picture of the situation,let's keep our fingers X | Mar 17 14:17 | |
| schestowitz | > I'm going to LibrePlanet this year. I decided to go two weeks ago when I | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > found out that Francis Rowe of Libreboot was going to be there and might | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > lecture. Last week he announced that he would have an all day Libreboot | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > flash session on Saturday, so I'm happy that I decided to go. I've managed | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > to clear things at work this week and will be travel tomorrow. | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > Do you have anything you would like me to pay attention to, or any questions | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > you would like asked while I'm there? While my focus is on Libreboot, I will | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > try to write up what I see and will try to remain in contact. | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | > Happy hacking! | Mar 17 19:19 |
| schestowitz | I haven't been following Libreboot closely enough to be able to ask profound questions. Any blog posts emanating from that talk would be nice and constructive. I think Snowden raised awareness of boot time exploits. | Mar 17 19:19 |
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| schestowitz | > Yes, I'm not a Libreboot or x86 expert either, I'm going for practical and | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > production reasons. I've got an X60 to flash and another that might be | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > repaired and flashed. I hope to learn enough to flash other models and teach | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > someone locally how to do it. Francis Rowe lives in the UK, so this is a | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > good chance for me to talk to him without interdiction. | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > If there's anything at Libreboot you might be interested in, let me know. Is | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > there anyone involved with software patents that you might like me to look | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > for and ask questions? | Mar 17 21:45 |
| schestowitz | I don't think it relates to software patents TBH. | Mar 17 21:46 |
| schestowitz | Hey Roy, here is a short summary of today's events. Please keep me out of the picture, agreed? | Mar 17 23:18 |
| schestowitz | status report? | Mar 17 23:18 |
| schestowitz | I got it | Mar 17 23:18 |
| schestowitz | but could use more | Mar 17 23:18 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/nosniborja/status/710600938638217216 | Mar 17 23:18 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@nosniborja: @schestowitz "a number of representatives reportedly questioned [efficiency] figures during the AC meeting" : https://t.co/RMdL3fGlwI | Mar 17 23:19 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.theregister.co.uk | Euro Patent Office prez survives crunch talks – but pressure mounts • The Register | Mar 17 23:19 | |
| schestowitz | Yes, I noticed, I also contacted them last week | Mar 17 23:19 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | thanks, I got this one | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | keep posting, don't directly message too much, it got you blocked again | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | ok thx for the hint | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 17 23:33 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | Today's status report. | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | There is a Grossenbacher quote in the document: [Doh - didn't I read on | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | TR that he atayed away from the AC meeting?] | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 17 23:44 |
| schestowitz | I'm ill and going back to bed. | Mar 17 23:45 |
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| schestowitz | > Original article: | Mar 18 09:46 |
| schestowitz | > http://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/bayern/Muenchen-2000-gegen-einen;art155371,3194789 | Mar 18 09:46 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for the hard work. | Mar 18 09:46 |
| schestowitz | This will help inform people of the details from within the protest. | Mar 18 09:46 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Wikinaut/status/710675103902801920 | Mar 18 09:51 |
| schestowitz | That's how Tails are... the site is slow to be updated | Mar 18 09:51 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1458264451386#c6128157109068434309 | Mar 18 10:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times | Mar 18 10:36 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Old Sad Observer, | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Early Certainty from Search is badly named. Early searches are not the only priority, although they are at the top of the list. | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Also on the priority list is finishing examinations which have already been started. From my own experience, this is producing results. In the last year or two, I have seen action on numerous old cases. Cases where I last replied to official objections 5, 6, 7 or even 8 years ago, but then nothing more happened until now. | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | For example, I had an examination report a few days ago, on a case where I replied to the first exam report in 2008. (That was before the current Rule 161 EPC, so the first exam report was simply an invitation to respond to the PCT Written Opinion.) | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | And no, these are not all cases where the Examiner sees an easy grant. In my example a few days ago, the Examiner makes a new novelty objection, based on a document not discussed in the PCT Written Opinion. | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | I don't recall "cutting the tail" achieving such results. | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 18 10:36 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Defense_Squadd/status/710777064329064449 | Mar 18 10:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Defense_Squadd: Dr. Roy Schestowitz: https://t.co/0epcpC8rYd Defense_Squadd | Mar 18 10:38 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #turkey attacked its own media. Now it attacks foreign media. https://t.co/NeoqVMxKe3 https://t.co/MK8ZhmKWfy https://t.co/ljtR6qhDv6 | Mar 18 10:38 | |
| schestowitz | > Informing the public is particularly difficult in this case. While | Mar 18 13:47 |
| schestowitz | > anyone has at least some vague understanding of what TTIP or TPP are | Mar 18 13:47 |
| schestowitz | > about, this is far more difficult with regard to patent litigation and | Mar 18 13:47 |
| schestowitz | > its planned centralisation via UPC. Those having that insight and | Mar 18 13:47 |
| schestowitz | > expertise are also the same people seeking to profit from the new | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > system, so you will rarely find any well-founded critical voice. | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > Bristows may be unusually loud, but others are far deeper involved and | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > pulling strings in the background more discretely. | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > An unusually revealing impression about law firm arguments in favour of | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > the new system can be found in the comment section here: | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | > http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/05/monday-miscellany_26.html , maybe | Mar 18 13:48 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: Monday miscellany | Mar 18 13:48 | |
| schestowitz | > you have seen this already. | Mar 18 13:48 |
| schestowitz | I haven't seen it before and I have just tweeted to draw attention to it. Are you OK with me modifying some of the above for anonymity etc. and make a future post about it? | Mar 18 13:48 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/AndreaSutton18/status/710826404573745152 | Mar 18 14:03 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@AndreaSutton18: @schestowitz EPA standards for changing a water source was supposed to be on population for an effective change. Thank you for this! ~Andi | Mar 18 14:03 | |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/juanalbglz/status/710917461948891137 | Mar 18 20:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@juanalbglz: @schestowitz twiter also has to die. Do you have a @twisterp2p account? Wouldl ove to continue following you there | Mar 18 20:11 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/710918147830910976 | Mar 18 20:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @schestowitz Wikileaks is not blocked. Avatar and name removed because I use the site under pseudonym. https://t.co/ulrYSxOVem | Mar 18 20:11 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @schestowitz Wikileaks is not blocked. Avatar and name removed because I use the site under pseudonym. https://t.co/ulrYSxOVem | Mar 18 20:11 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/debiangirl/status/710922232655024128 https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/710922417347149824 | Mar 18 20:15 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@debiangirl: @schestowitz I have problems with sync twitter and quitter accounts, do you sync it as well from Diaspora? | Mar 18 20:15 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@petrakramer: @debiangirl @schestowitz I disagree that they hide anything. It's all over the media, gleefully, google joins the pentagon. | Mar 18 20:15 | |
| schestowitz | Maybe Wikileaks should leak some internal FB stuff and see how FB reacts... | Mar 18 20:16 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/711085696690339841 https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/711084388835057664 https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/711080860762693632 | Mar 19 09:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine if my code is sold or not is not a criteria. | Mar 19 09:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine well then I missed something. Freedom of execution is obvious if you agree with freedom of speech. | Mar 19 09:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine they are just spam for developers. Telling someone there is some code he cannot write is censorship. | Mar 19 09:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/711076786654859264 | Mar 19 09:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine in case of software patents, none. | Mar 19 09:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710920944404008960 | Mar 19 09:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @DavidGlaude PopcornTime? | Mar 19 09:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710920078502531074 | Mar 19 09:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @JNGross @ipgossip @IAM_magazine there is still no reward for killing patents. | Mar 19 09:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710918824778993670 | Mar 19 09:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @frazelledazzell normal debianists don't like PPAs. | Mar 19 09:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/710917599484375041 | Mar 19 09:37 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @patentbuddy Qualcomm might be the worst patent troll. | Mar 19 09:37 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/frazelledazzell/status/710643133285928962 | Mar 19 09:42 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@frazelledazzell: so apt 1.2.7 was released so sources without SHA2 won’t work but the launchpad ppa's are still all using SHA1... https://t.co/nhHSrekiiE | Mar 19 09:42 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@frazelledazzell: so apt 1.2.7 was released so sources without SHA2 won’t work but the launchpad ppa's are still all using SHA1... https://t.co/nhHSrekiiE | Mar 19 09:42 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/ltgiv/status/711129056465395712 | Mar 19 09:58 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@ltgiv: @bitemyapp speaking of which, for email: https://t.co/oCMMgww1zr | Mar 19 09:58 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #ownCloud #Mail 0.4 App Released with Support for ownCloud 9 and #PHP 7 https://t.co/wPjxCFglNG #freesw | Mar 19 09:58 | |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-deal-with-trade-union-not-what-it.html?showComment=1458368256430#c539558908129629196 | Mar 19 10:49 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO deal with trade union - not what it seems [ http://ur1.ca/onlr7 ] | Mar 19 10:49 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | Having read some of the above comments I keep on wondering (no, in fact, I was pretty sure about this since my very first days in the EPO) how many people have absolutely no sense of reality whatsoever. Those who know some of the SUEPO 'grey cardinals' would under no circumstances support them. Yes, I'm talking now about those so-called 'full time' staff reps, who in my 10+ years at the EPO haven't negotiated a penny with the EPO | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | management. A continuous 100% failure! Apart from hanging around and being involved in endless and meaningless polemics those people appear to 'suffer' only for the sake of their own interests. In other words - an absolutely useless group of people with some corrupt ideas on their agenda. Show me the fruits of your labour guys...?! What a surprise, there's nothing. | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | I also wonder, how easily get the majority of the EPO staff manipulated by such a low-quality propaganda spread by the SUEPO! | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | The amount of disparaging information about our organization in the Internet is yet another 'feature' of the allleged profesionalism of the talented SUEPO staff. It seems therefore that the notion of corporate culture is something unkown to these guys. I'm pretty sure that in a private business setting such a thing as SUEPO would find itself behind the entrance door in no time after a disclosure of the very first poece of internal | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | correspondence. | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | I'm pretty sure, EPO-wide there're still enough people who are able to adequaltely response to the reality. Those people are even amongst those SUEPO members! Al this will change much sooner than the SUEPO can imagine. | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 10:49 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2016/03/epo-performance-1-application-pendency.html?showComment=1458373500927#c8748207002971141227 | Mar 19 10:50 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The IPKat: EPO Performance 1 - application pendency times [ http://ur1.ca/onlrb ] | Mar 19 10:50 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 10:50 |
| schestowitz | Old Sad Observer asked why "cut he tail" was dropped. | Mar 19 10:50 |
| schestowitz | Perhaps because the result was an increase in the average age of granted patents? | Mar 19 10:50 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 10:50 |
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| schestowitz | > "from a section of the open source community that blindly hates Microsoft" | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > x | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > http://www.cio.com/article/3045799/linux/5-reasons-microsoft-may-never-give-up-on-linux-patent-claims.html | Mar 19 11:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cio.com | 5 reasons Microsoft may never give up on Linux patent claims | CIO [ http://ur1.ca/onluk ] | Mar 19 11:24 | |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > x <rant> He looks to be giving up and selling out, using an M$ talking | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > point. Maybe we'll hear the yuppie nuremburg defense soon, too. | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > Experience is the best teacher, and a truly wise man learns from the | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > mistakes of others. However, he seems to lack the former and has | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > started turning a blind eye to the latter, appearing willing now to | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > ignore 40 years of history. Eventually M$ will fuck him like it has | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > fucked everyone else. The question is will he learn even then? Or more | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > importantly will he care? It would have otherwise been a fairly good | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > article aside from that one flamebait paragraph that brings the whole | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | > thing down. </rant> | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | yes, I noticed, but the article isn't all bad. He used to be even more apologetic towards them and I think the editors (IDG) play a role | Mar 19 11:24 |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 13:38 |
| schestowitz | Can you OCR <a href="http://suepo.org/public/su16042cl.pdf"></a> <code>[PDF]<code> | Mar 19 13:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ http://suepo.org/public/su16042cl.pdf"></a ) | Mar 19 13:38 | |
| schestowitz | I have no OCR software... | Mar 19 13:38 |
| schestowitz | Also <a href="http://suepo.org/public/re16043cl.pdf"></a> <code>[PDF]<code> | Mar 19 13:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ http://suepo.org/public/re16043cl.pdf"></a ) | Mar 19 13:38 | |
| schestowitz | " | Mar 19 13:38 |
| schestowitz | >>>> Has this received any press coverage that can be found online? | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> Not that I've found. I've not seen anything mentioned on the main | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> sites. Nor has searching for the resolution titles turned up anything. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> A resolution from 2001 was also roundly ignored. See 29 through 33: | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P5-TA-2001-0441&format=XML&language=EN | Mar 19 18:01 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.europarl.europa.eu | Texts adopted - Wednesday, 5 September 2001 - ECHELON | Mar 19 18:01 | |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> There's probably a lot more between then and now. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >> > is this worth doing an article about now that MS is attacking (charm and | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >> > patent offensives)? | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > Perhaps. Heck, it might even be one of the reasons why M$ is going on | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > the offensive. These resolutions take months to draft as far as I know | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > and I'd expect M$ to be monitoring the process to try to hinder it. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > Item #125 in the 2015/2147(INI) resolution, quoted in a previous | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | > message, mentions patents specifically. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | I may get back to this in the weekend when I catch up | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>> >>>>> Has this received any press coverage that can be found online? | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> Not that I've found. I've not seen anything mentioned on the main | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> sites. Nor has searching for the resolution titles turned up anything. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> A resolution from 2001 was also roundly ignored. See 29 through 33: | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P5-TA-2001-0441&format=XML&language=EN | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>>> >>>>>> There's probably a lot more between then and now. | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>> >>>> | Mar 19 18:01 |
| schestowitz | >>>>> >>>> is this worth doing an article about now that MS is attacking (charm and | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>>>> >>>> patent offensives)? | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> Perhaps. Heck, it might even be one of the reasons why M$ is going on | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> the offensive. These resolutions take months to draft as far as I know | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> and I'd expect M$ to be monitoring the process to try to hinder it. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> Item #125 in the 2015/2147(INI) resolution, quoted in a previous | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >>> >> message, mentions patents specifically. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >> > I may get back to this in the weekend when I catch up | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | >> > | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > There is also this one for the European Commission itself. It's a | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > little older though. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/informatics/oss_tech/strategy/strategy_en.htm | Mar 19 18:02 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ec.europa.eu | Open Source Software Strategy 2014-2017 - DIGIT [ http://ur1.ca/onmz0 ] | Mar 19 18:02 | |
| schestowitz | > | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > One important item to notice is that of exit costs. M$ does lock-in | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > through proprietary formats and protocols. It is quite expensive to | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | > break from that as we've seen around Europe. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | Not sure how to approach this subject without is being sort of banal, like EU is (again) promising some open RAND-y thingy... | Mar 19 18:02 |
| schestowitz | I am under a lot of pressure at the moment because of the EPO and some other topic I wish to cover urgently. If it possible to take all the aforementioned E-mails and transform them into an article, as you did before with the R Foundation? I'm not sufficiently familiar with the above to write about it quickly or accurately. | Mar 19 18:02 |
| oiaohm | schestowitz: https://www.r-project.org/foundation/ If that is the Foundation you are talking about its not even fully officially set up yet. | Mar 19 21:02 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.r-project.org | R: The R Foundation | Mar 19 21:02 | |
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| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4aulqk/stack_overflow_developer_survey_for_2016_shows/ | Mar 19 22:17 |
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