●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, September 11, 2021 ●● ● Sep 11 [00:47] schestowitz https://nitter.eu/AdriaansTweets/status/1436407244502052868 [00:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.eu | Adriaan (@AdriaansTweets): " 10.000 for a #Privacy #Button? How about a logo indicating that you do not want any picture of you being posted on the web or social media? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-privacy-button-adriaan-van-eck/ @arjenlubach @schestowitz @EFF @bitsoffreedom @waag @tomvanarman" | nitter [00:48] schestowitz https://twitter.com/codenoid_/status/1436363557998772228 [00:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@codenoid_: @schestowitz Hmmmmm ● Sep 11 [01:01] schestowitz ipfs performance started sucking so badly, it does not scale well when you have lots of files/objects share and I'm not alone https://discuss.ipfs.io/t/504-gateway-timeout/4995/10 [01:01] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-discuss.ipfs.io | 504 Gateway Timeout - #10 by sarthak2110 - IPFS - discuss.ipfs.io [01:58] *activelow has quit (connection closed) [01:58] *activelow (~activelow@r7zq4q2ys63yk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 11 [02:41] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [02:41] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:46] schestowitz Re: Bar complaint against Kappos [02:46] schestowitz > /Where are the *civil* servants? /You asked. [02:46] schestowitz > [02:46] schestowitz > I'd like to know, too. [02:46] schestowitz > [02:46] schestowitz > Before Kappos, there was John Doll. He was actually a career civil [02:46] schestowitz > servant, and my very first letter to the USPTO, when my problem began, [02:46] schestowitz > was addressed to him - I sent everything to the Director of the USPTO, [02:46] schestowitz > if I didn't have another name/address - and, it was the first and only [02:46] schestowitz > time I had any action from the USPTO. I refer to him on page 11 and in [02:46] schestowitz > Attachment C (pages 29-30) in my [02:46] schestowitz > report. http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/REPORT-ABOUT-THE-USPTO-PDF-VERSION.pdf [02:46] schestowitz > [02:46] schestowitz > [02:46] schestowitz > And, later, after he retired, I actually tracked him down and wrote to [02:46] schestowitz > him - I think he was in North or South Carolina - and he actually wrote [02:46] schestowitz > back to me, telling me that he could no longer do anything, since he was [02:46] schestowitz > retired. [02:47] schestowitz > [02:47] schestowitz > Of course, he wasn't too popular with the "IP community." There's a guy [02:47] schestowitz > named Gene Quinn who has what may be the most widely read IP website, [02:47] schestowitz > and he disparaged Doll. Quinn is a corrupt shill. He writes sickening [02:47] schestowitz > puff-pieces about the corporate-types that come and go at the USPTO, but [02:47] schestowitz > he had nothing good to say about Doll. [02:47] schestowitz > https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/01/20/the-john-doll-era-begins-at-uspto/id=1618/ [02:47] schestowitz > [02:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.ipwatchdog.com | The John Doll Era Begins at USPTO - IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law [02:47] schestowitz > https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/09/03/john-doll-announces-retirement-from-uspto/id=5507/ [02:47] schestowitz > [02:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.ipwatchdog.com | John Doll Announces Retirement from USPTO - IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law [02:47] schestowitz > [02:47] schestowitz > When my problem began, I discovered something that Quinn had written [02:47] schestowitz > that supported my argument - page [02:47] schestowitz > 5 http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/REPORT-ABOUT-THE-USPTO-PDF-VERSION.pdf [02:47] schestowitz > - [02:47] schestowitz > and I called him many times and left messages on his phone, but he never [02:47] schestowitz > answered. [02:47] schestowitz I argued with Quinn many times over the years. He is a mean-spirited blowhard: [02:47] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Watchtroll [02:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Watchtroll - Techrights [02:47] schestowitz Thankfully his site has been perishing since BEFORE he left. I think he left because he realised he could not save the site. Going downhill since then and Techrights continues to grow. Our message is a lot more compelling. [02:47] schestowitz Regards, [02:49] schestowitz > Just finished a story about Linux, which I've prepared as a separate e-mail. [02:49] schestowitz Thanks, I shall take a look. [02:49] schestowitz Oh, I see it now.... let me open. [02:59] schestowitz Re: Linux hack [02:59] schestowitz > For some reason, something that happened almost five years ago popped [02:59] schestowitz > into my head. [02:59] schestowitz > [02:59] schestowitz > I was the victim of a Linux hack. I was using a used Dell with Linux [02:59] schestowitz > 17.1, and I was having some minor issues, so I was thinking about [02:59] schestowitz > updating, so I downloaded 17.3. [02:59] schestowitz > [02:59] schestowitz > Afterward, I began having issues with warning messages: red button on [02:59] schestowitz > Opera and "not secure" message on Gmail, etc. [02:59] schestowitz > [02:59] schestowitz > Apparently, on the very day that I downloaded Mint 17.3, there was a hack. [02:59] schestowitz > https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/linux-mint-hit-by-malware-infection-on-its-website-and-forum-after-hack-attack/ [02:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-arstechnica.com | Linux Mint hit by malware infection on its website, forum after hack attack | Ars Technica [02:59] schestowitz > [02:59] schestowitz > [02:59] schestowitz > I downloaded my communications with Opera, and they are attached. They [02:59] schestowitz > will explain what happened. [02:59] schestowitz I went through the first 5 pages quickly. I myself would not use Opera because it's proprietary and now controlled by a Chinese entity. I prefer Falkon. [02:59] schestowitz > I ended up getting another used Dell, and a Mint 17.3 disk, and [02:59] schestowitz > everything has been more or less problem free since then. [02:59] schestowitz Excellent! [02:59] schestowitz > But, do you know what the hack tried to do? In my files, I had a file [02:59] schestowitz > called "Passwords," and, as I remember, when the problem started [02:59] schestowitz > occurring, I discovered that I couldn't get into the "Passwords" file. ● Sep 11 [03:00] schestowitz > Apparently, the hack or worm, or whatever it was programmed to look for [03:00] schestowitz > "passwords" and tried to break into my file. Apparently, Linux Mint [03:00] schestowitz > 17.1 detected this, and locked the "Passwords" file, so nobody, even me, [03:00] schestowitz > could get into it. [03:00] schestowitz Odd. Either way, yes, I remember that security breach. [03:00] schestowitz > Fortunately, I had everything backed up. [03:00] schestowitz Always a good idea to back up to external device, disconnect it at the end of the backup. I do this with 3 external hard drives. [03:01] schestowitz > I just double-checked, and my Issues were in October 2016, and the [03:01] schestowitz > ArsTechnica article is from February 2016. [03:01] schestowitz > [03:01] schestowitz > So, somehow my issue was different from the ArsTechnica. Somehow, I [03:01] schestowitz > didn't check the dates back then. [03:01] schestowitz So your system probably did not get cracked. Probably something else... 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    Finnix 123 released
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    [07:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://blog.finnix.org/2021/09/06/finnix-123-released/">Finnix ) [07:26] schestowitz

    Today marks the release of Finnix 123, the LiveCD for system administrators. Expanding on Finnix 122 from six months ago, this release includes a number of fixes, new packages and new features. From the Finnix 123 release notes: [...]

    • [07:56] schestowitz-TR2 another dimension if the cold war and the risk of being called agent of X/Y when you blow the whistle on corruption in the system (see this morning's post on Latvia) [07:56] Techrights-sec Yes, the crap that was pushed through under the Patriot Act and subsequent [07:56] Techrights-sec crap entranches and protects taht corruption. [07:59] Techrights-sec [07:59] Techrights-sec I suspect that the rise of Facebook is not entirely organic and its role [07:59] Techrights-sec was kind of expected. [07:59] schestowitz-TR2 youtube=fb of video, social control ● Sep 11 [08:04] Techrights-sec see also : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War:_The_Extraordinary_Story_of_the_Larges [08:04] Techrights-sec t_Covert_Operation_in_History [08:04] Techrights-sec yes, youtube steers people towards certain agendas. [08:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War:_The_Extraordinary_Story_of_the_Larges ) [08:05] Techrights-sec A factor which exacerbates the ongong political muddle is that most [08:05] Techrights-sec young people and many old people can't tell fact from fiction any more, [08:05] Techrights-sec and are unwilling to try to differentiate the two. [08:08] Techrights-sec As far as I can tell the business community started LARPing and the rest of [08:08] Techrights-sec society joined in. As long as they can postpone the consequences, they can [08:08] Techrights-sec keep going, even if it leads to irrevocable collapse of civilization. [08:09] schestowitz-TR2 I concur and have said something to that effect some times in the past [08:11] Techrights-sec On a more local note, would it be worthwile to just scrape TR and munch [08:11] Techrights-sec the HTML into something more suitable for a static archive? [08:12] schestowitz-TR2 as long as we have the latest raw WordPress DB, it should be possible to export/convert to something like hugo, but only when the time is right. It would be hard to run the site without WordPress at the time, and risky too... [08:14] Techrights-sec Hugo is not enough? [08:14] schestowitz-TR2 I have not checked, but it's not something I am accustomed to and I'm sure some functionality is lacking [08:21] Techrights-sec Ok but maybe one of the others. The load that WP puts on the server, [08:21] Techrights-sec despite the "low" traffic, is not reasonable. It is not reasonable that [08:21] Techrights-sec the bottleneck is the CPU. [08:21] Techrights-sec What functionality is lacking? What is the must-have set of features? [08:22] Techrights-sec cross-linking by post # and listing all posts linking to current [08:24] schestowitz-TR2 BTW, in desmog.com the third line included is always a template. I manually cut all occurrences of it (for weeks, since it started) [08:24] Techrights-sec You mean as new posts are added, the cross-linking must occur automatically? [08:25] schestowitz-TR2 there is a lot of sort of metadata, which would be lost if WP is abandoned so one option is to start afresh, redirect the RSS feed, keep the old in "legacy" mode [08:25] Techrights-sec ok, I'll take a look at de-smog [08:38] Techrights-sec ok, check desmog again in tomorrow's links, it should skip the template parts [08:38] schestowitz-TR2 thanks, those help a lot as I often use them while preparing articles or talking on the phone [08:41] Techrights-sec I should move it all to RakuLang some time, it's more a motivational issue than [08:41] Techrights-sec a technical question at this point. Ideally the automated parts ought to [08:41] Techrights-sec happen on TR but that is yet another item waiting for the OS upgrade. 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I have no idea about the details of his new employment. [15:02] Techrights-sec unscheduled router maintenance [15:02] Techrights-sec done for now [15:07] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:24] *liberty_box (~liberty@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:24] *rianne_ (~rianne@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 11 [16:29] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:29] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:33] *rianne_ (~rianne@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:34] *liberty_box (~liberty@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:54] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@kakuimsgyu6wu.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 11 [17:13] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:14] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:24] *rianne_ (~rianne@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:25] *liberty_box (~liberty@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 11 [18:07] schestowitz >> These people think they are VERY important. After all, they are dealing [18:07] schestowitz >> with IP - intellectual property. Really, they are pretentious idiots. [18:07] schestowitz > [18:07] schestowitz > LOL. Homeland Security. [18:07] schestowitz > [18:07] schestowitz > What did they think at Homeland Security? That some guy would fire off [18:07] schestowitz > an E-mail??? [18:07] schestowitz > [18:07] schestowitz > Talk about misplaced priorities. [18:07] schestowitz > [18:07] schestowitz > Anyway, lots about Quinn in that wiki page I gave you, though I've not [18:07] schestowitz > updated it in years... [18:07] schestowitz > Wasn't too bad. Very laid-back guy with a deep voice. A black man, I'm [18:07] schestowitz > sure. [18:07] schestowitz > Him: Mr. Murphy [18:07] schestowitz > Me: Yes. [18:07] schestowitz > Him: Mr. Murphy, this is officer ____ at Homeland Security. Mr. [18:08] schestowitz > Murphy, I understand you called the USPTO and left expletives on their [18:08] schestowitz > voicemail. [18:08] schestowitz > Me: Yeah. [18:08] schestowitz > Him: That's a government agency, Mr. Murphy. You can't do that. We [18:08] schestowitz > would appreciate it if you don't do it any more. [18:08] schestowitz > Me: Okay, fine. [18:08] schestowitz > Him: Thank you, Mr. Murphy. [18:08] schestowitz > [18:08] schestowitz > They don't have anything else to do, except call citizens who get angry [18:08] schestowitz > because people at the USPTO don't answer their messages. [18:08] schestowitz > [18:08] schestowitz > Tomorrow's 20th anniversary of 911, which gave us Homeland Security. [18:09] schestowitz > I looked through your Watchtroll link, and you also mention Dennis [18:09] schestowitz > Crouch, at Patently-O. [18:09] schestowitz > [18:09] schestowitz > I also found an article at Patently-O that dealt with my problem, and I [18:09] schestowitz > tried repeatedly to contact Crouch. No response. [18:09] schestowitz > [18:09] schestowitz > These people just don't care about inventors. [18:09] schestowitz Patently-O/Crouch is bankrolled by a large litigation firm. [18:42] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Sep 11 [19:01] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:02] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:05] *rianne_ (~rianne@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:06] *liberty_box (~liberty@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:55] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@r33ehvh3uuxe8.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 11 [20:15] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:41] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:42] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:45] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [20:50] *rianne_ (~rianne@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:52] *liberty_box (~liberty@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:53] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@x7bstn87tdjf6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 11 [21:12] *schestowitz has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [21:13] *schestowitz (~roy@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [21:13] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +q #boycottnovell schestowitz [21:19] *schestowitz-TR2 is now known as schestowitz-TR [21:43] *libertybox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:43] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:44] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:53] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [21:54] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [21:55] *libertybox (~schestowitz_log@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 11 [22:12] schestowitz > That explains it. [22:12] schestowitz > [22:12] schestowitz > There are so many websites that are just fronts for big money. [22:12] schestowitz > [22:12] schestowitz > I'm sure you probably already know about it, but a few months ago I ran [22:12] schestowitz > across something called savetheinventor.com [22:12] schestowitz > . It features a video by Kappos, as well as [22:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.savetheinventor.com | Save the Inventor | [22:12] schestowitz > other people, and, when you try to track them down, they are just [22:12] schestowitz > highly-paid shills. [22:12] schestowitz > [22:12] schestowitz > You can imagine that I've contacted them several times, [22:12] schestowitz > identifying myself as an inventor, and they don't reply. [22:12] schestowitz > [22:12] schestowitz > A few months ago, I ran across a similar website that had maybe 40-50 [22:12] schestowitz > smiling faces of well-paid corporate shills, but I somehow forgot to [22:12] schestowitz > bookmark it. [22:12] schestowitz The above-mentioned site is another collective of idiots, liars, and imposters. We wrote about them and others in the past. Techrights has over 31,000 blog posts. 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