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twitterignore her and let her sink.Dec 05 16:23
schestowitzDamn it, MOG!Dec 05 16:24
schestowitzShe's spamming Google NewsDec 05 16:24
schestowitzShe's reposting the same junk over and over again, so there are duplicatedDec 05 16:24
schestowitz*esDec 05 16:24
schestowitzShe posted it FIVE timesDec 05 16:25
schestowitzDoes W-E pay her per time she posts (read: "plant" the story as they call it)?Dec 05 16:25
schestowitzhttp://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/... "Waltham software maker Novell posted a quarterly loss of $16.3 million after writing down the value of auction-rate securities."Dec 05 16:26
schestowitzAsay is also being a dick. He's in Utah, so he's propping up his former employer, Novell.Dec 05 16:26
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schestowitzArghhhDec 05 16:49
schestowitzMOG did a sixth spamming of that pro-NOVL 'article'Dec 05 16:49
neighborleemichael ?Dec 05 17:04
schestowitzNo, Maureen O'Gara.Dec 05 17:06
schestowitzSCO/Microsoft shill/turncoatDec 05 17:06
trmancohttp://www.winehq.org/?announce=1.1.10Dec 05 17:08
trmanco:DDec 05 17:08
trmancoyayDec 05 17:08
trmancohttp://digg.com/linux_unix/Wine...Dec 05 17:09
*schestowitz will drink to that.Dec 05 17:13
trmancoLOLDec 05 17:13
trmancoTasty?Dec 05 17:13
schestowitzhttp://www.winehq.org/?ann... "Warning: file(http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git...) [function.file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden in /home/winehq/opt/website/site on line 140"Dec 05 17:13
schestowitzI tried this last month too.Dec 05 17:13
schestowitzThis one looks nice: http://www.linux.com/feature/154652 (KDE+Ubuntu)Dec 05 17:15
trmancowhat is the problem with that?Dec 05 17:15
twitterI think there's a lot of Wintel Google Spamming going on.Dec 05 17:16
schestowitzLook at the chart here: Red Hat climbs after Jefferies upgrade < http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/... >Dec 05 17:16
twitterCensorship by glut.Dec 05 17:16
schestowitzJobs loss chart. Wow.Dec 05 17:17
twitterYeah, 500,000 last month in the US.  Depressing isn't it?Dec 05 17:17
schestowitzIt peaked last month.Dec 05 17:17
schestowitzNot many people will be fired arounf Xmas (for obvious reasons)Dec 05 17:17
schestowitzThey say it will peak in 7 months (that's what my dad read)Dec 05 17:18
twitterNo, people get canned before.  It's worse to let people hang on and blow all their money.Dec 05 17:18
schestowitzGood headline: http://www.slate.com/id/2205952/Dec 05 17:20
schestowitzWhen I was a teenager with IRC and ICQ people did this all the time... well,faking identities, gender, etc.Dec 05 17:20
schestowitzI once managed to pull an embarrassing log from my friend by pretending to be some girl... I was about 15 at the time. That new precedence is very dangerous. Everyone gets fooled or fakes at some stage... it's part of being a kid to do mischiefs and pranks.Dec 05 17:22
schestowitzJust found this in Groklaw: "You won’t win over any of the hardcore twerps in the boycott Novell brigade. But if it makes your distribution efforts simpler, then it’s a win." < http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/11/26/opens... >Dec 05 17:23
schestowitzJvfaFX is GPLed,  as the CEO promised. http://www.sun.com/software/javafx/index.jsp Dec 05 17:24
schestowitz*JavaFX (oops)Dec 05 17:24
neighborleeschestowitz, friend brought over a very interesting movie last night..ben steins expelled..reminds me a bit actually of ubuntu and how when they dont like threads that might shine them in a iffy light, they thrust them over to  recurring..:)Dec 05 17:25
schestowitzThat comment from the OpenSUSE blog may explain why the first thing they did is came to BN asking us to write something about it. *LOL*Dec 05 17:25
schestowitzSame when they sub-divided Mono into 3 separate chunksDec 05 17:26
schestowitzneighborlee: what was the scene?Dec 05 17:26
neighborleescene ?Dec 05 17:26
schestowitzAnalyzing the Credit Crisis: Was the SEC Missing in Action? < http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArtic... >  <-- the Big Criminals, those that cost the economy and the world the mostDec 05 17:27
schestowitzneighborlee: in the film.Dec 05 17:27
neighborleethe entire movie is about the expelling of scientists that submit works about ID that fly in the face of more 'conventional' wisdom that says darwin is THE theory ;)Dec 05 17:27
neighborleeID intelligent designDec 05 17:28
neighborleeis a very must see filmDec 05 17:28
neighborleeI dont agree with ben on other issues, but on this he's spot onDec 05 17:28
neighborleehttp://www.expelledthemovie.com/abo...Dec 05 17:29
neighborleeschestowitz, oh btw a curious note..ubuntu and fedora are stilll neck and neck on DW..only 7 votes separate them.Dec 05 17:30
neighborleeok 6Dec 05 17:30
schestowitzYes, give it another monthDec 05 17:31
neighborlee:)Dec 05 17:31
neighborleeas we infiltrate the monoculture, maybe less so ;)Dec 05 17:32
schestowitzThe Mono boosters become regular BN readers.Dec 05 17:34
schestowitzI don't get it... Jo too.Dec 05 17:34
neighborleeperceived threat increases, supporters form a front,,big surprise ;)Dec 05 17:35
schestowitzPreviously it was DanDec 05 17:36
schestowitzAs for Alex, he says he came because of Bongo, which is a project he runs (it's a fork of a Novell project called Hula).Dec 05 17:37
schestowitzSuccessor rather than fork, I 'sppose!Dec 05 17:37
schestowitzWhy do Linux blogs write about that latest attack (press release) from Microsoft? It's From 2007. ;-)Dec 05 17:39
schestowitzRunning out of material at Microsoft...Dec 05 17:39
schestowitzNo defense from Alex et al when this comes upDec 05 17:39
schestowitzThey only comment when they disagree with something.Dec 05 17:40
schestowitzAnd then pretend that all those anti-Linux 'studies' from Microsoft (and BN posts which mention them)  do not existDec 05 17:40
schestowitzPost #1: "Microsoft attacks Linux"; Post #2: "Microsoft corrupts ISO"; Post #3: "Microsoft attacks Google"; Post #4: "Mono is dangerous because it's Microsoft tech". Then comes the Monovell apologist ignoring posts 1-3 and commenting in post #4 that Microsoft is nothing to worry about and Monovell is cool.Dec 05 17:42
schestowitzWhat a disgusting article: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp...Dec 05 17:46
schestowitz"Broadly, single standard is supported by the open document format (ODF) brigade like IBM, Red Hat and Sun Microsystems in India, while multiple standards are supported by technology major Microsoft and TCS, Infosys, and trade body Nasscom etc."Dec 05 17:46
schestowitzMicrosoft & Puppets want their own proprietary format, so articles like that discourage standard and permit the corruption of ISO just be.Dec 05 17:46
schestowitzOn the economy (good quotes): http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&...Dec 05 17:52
schestowitzChina4Linux: http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/12/...Dec 05 17:53
twitterthe dnaidia story is right in a way.  if you mix multiple standards, you have no standard.Dec 05 18:05
schestowitzExactly.Dec 05 18:06
schestowitzMicrosoft spin multiple standards as choice.Dec 05 18:06
schestowitzThey spin like a ballerina and try to confuse the listener. You need choice (between apps, not standards... SHEESH!)Dec 05 18:07
twitterAs for the attack trolls, no one reads your stuff like they will.  They nitpick every word every day.  I like to tell my hecklers that they are my biggest fans.  It's a level of obsession that has to be paid.Dec 05 18:08
twitterI wonder how many full time employees are paid to do that kind of work.Dec 05 18:09
schestowitzhttp://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/05/ms-s...Dec 05 18:10
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schestowitz OJ Simpson sentenced to 15 years < http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/ameri... >Dec 05 18:27
trmancowhy do people feed trolls?Dec 05 18:34
schestowitzhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/ame... (Guantanamo 'a stain on US military') Colonel: "We had abandoned our American values and defiled our constitution."Dec 05 18:34
schestowitztrmanco: who feeds trolls. Some people can't help it, which is s shame.Dec 05 18:35
trmancoI sometimes can't eitherDec 05 18:35
schestowitzJust killfile them. [H]omer does and so do I.Dec 05 18:36
schestowitz""Clown's latest attack on human rights: 10 yeards in prison for publishing information about policemen "likely to be useful to terrorists". This is unjust, not only because it is censorship, but also because it is vague. It seems to be intended to stop dissident groups from resisting the policemen who harrass them..." < http://www.stallman.org/archives/2008-sep-de... >Dec 05 18:36
schestowitzThis is an attack on free speech, not on "terrorism". The government protects itself from opposition and leaks about corruption and such..Dec 05 18:37
trmancoyeards?Dec 05 18:38
schestowitztrmanco: I don't know how it goes in Portugal, but I'd be curious too. There are some nations that still permit more free speech than others.Dec 05 18:38
trmancoIt has changedDec 05 18:39
schestowitzI occasionally see Portuguese blogs like Rui's where there's criticism of the government's (what seems like ) kickbacks with Microsoft.Dec 05 18:39
trmancoit is ways better know than it was 40 years agoDec 05 18:39
trmancoyesDec 05 18:39
schestowitzIf you spot it, holler.Dec 05 18:39
schestowitzWe need to document this (in English too)Dec 05 18:39
trmancothe pt government is a Microsoft "fanboy"Dec 05 18:40
trmancoI've alreadt talked about that nasty e-escolas programDec 05 18:40
schestowitzWatch the comment here (belated): http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/08...Dec 05 18:40
schestowitzWho is this guy?Dec 05 18:40
schestowitzHe doesn't even falsify what I wroteDec 05 18:41
schestowitzJust personal attacksDec 05 18:41
schestowitzhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozcli...Dec 05 18:41
schestowitzNever seen before.Dec 05 18:41
trmancoanother astroturferDec 05 18:41
schestowitzIs that a real surname?Dec 05 18:41
schestowitzSee search results.Dec 05 18:41
trmancoBento gagoDec 05 18:42
trmancoBento isDec 05 18:42
schestowitzIf it's a real person, then it's interesting to know where from..Dec 05 18:42
trmancogago is some other nameDec 05 18:42
trmancogago is gargDec 05 18:42
trmanco:|Dec 05 18:43
schestowitzRecessionary frustration or shillling for the Vole/Megellas?Dec 05 18:43
trmancohttp://www.eescola.pt/Dec 05 18:44
trmancouh?Dec 05 18:44
trmancoVole/Megellas?Dec 05 18:44
trmancohttp://www.eescola.pt/default.aspx?g...Dec 05 18:45
trmancohere is the most hated guy on portugalDec 05 18:45
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schestowitzVole=Microsoft (INQ terminology)Dec 05 18:46
trmancooh okDec 05 18:47
trmancoyes may beDec 05 18:47
schestowitzMaybe SweatyB doesn't hate him.Dec 05 18:47
schestowitzEach country has a set of crooks that helps foreigners loot it for self gain that's shared.Dec 05 18:48
trmancobill gates appears in the videoDec 05 18:48
schestowitzIn India it's companies like Infosys.Dec 05 18:48
schestowitzIn the US, it's white-collar criminals like Carl Icahn.Dec 05 18:48
schestowitzBill Gates is in politics now.Dec 05 18:48
trmancoooo, they show off that aero eyecandyDec 05 18:49
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trmancooh and another thingDec 05 18:49
trmancothe cpu's are all intelDec 05 18:49
schestowitzHave there been protests in PT?Dec 05 18:49
schestowitzIntel=criminalDec 05 18:49
trmanconopDec 05 18:49
schestowitzUnder lawsuits in EuropeDec 05 18:49
schestowitzFor bribery and other sorts of corruption.Dec 05 18:49
trmancobribery :ODec 05 18:50
schestowitzTo give them business is to give a gift to a crook that knocks on your doorstepDec 05 18:50
schestowitzThe business models in some countries actually encourage unjust (or corrupt) conduct as a business modelDec 05 18:51
trmancothey do have a laptop with Caixa MágicaDec 05 18:51
trmancoit is the highest end laptopDec 05 18:51
schestowitzThey hand each other our 'franchises', which means they endow wealth that comes from the public ('little people') to peer elites. It's a political thing.Dec 05 18:51
trmancobut as far as I know, who buys this will install A pirated Vista on itDec 05 18:52
schestowitzThere are pirates in Portugal?Dec 05 18:52
trmancoof course there areDec 05 18:52
schestowitzhttp://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...Dec 05 18:53
trmancopeople even love to say that they have a pirated version of WindowsDec 05 18:53
schestowitzMagellan should be careful then.Dec 05 18:53
trmancoit is kool to themDec 05 18:53
trmancololDec 05 18:53
schestowitzDoes he sail?Dec 05 18:53
trmancoI think so :-PDec 05 18:54
schestowitzSo when they bring shipments of Vista from the US of A, do the pirates take over the ship?Dec 05 18:54
schestowitzAnd then rape the women and kill the captain to sell Vista in Portugal?Dec 05 18:54
trmancoNoDec 05 18:54
schestowitzOh.Dec 05 18:54
schestowitzSo it's not piracy then.Dec 05 18:54
schestowitzYou got me there for a second!Dec 05 18:54
trmancoyou are screwing with me :-PDec 05 18:54
schestowitzIt's just counterfeiting.Dec 05 18:55
schestowitzLike BillG likes it.Dec 05 18:55
schestowitz"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not." --Bill GatesDec 05 18:56
trmancoLOL, this was funnyDec 05 18:56
trmancoLOLDec 05 18:56
schestowitzMicrosoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy < http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-w... >Dec 05 18:56
trmancoI better start making up a quote fileDec 05 18:56
schestowitzYes, please.Dec 05 18:56
schestowitzIt's effective at spreading messages.Dec 05 18:56
schestowitzStart with E-mail.Dec 05 18:56
trmancodon't know here to startDec 05 18:57
trmancobut I willDec 05 18:57
trmancowhere*Dec 05 18:57
trmancoI wonder what would happen to all those pirated Windows' if suddenly it would suffer a kernel lock?Dec 05 18:58
schestowitzThey can'tDec 05 18:58
schestowitzThey tried in ChinaDec 05 18:58
schestowitzThey got SUEDDec 05 18:58
trmancothat false 90% market share would go down to 20%?Dec 05 18:58
trmancowhat?Dec 05 18:58
schestowitzNow China is forcing part of it to move to GNU/Linux.Dec 05 18:58
trmancowho got sued?Dec 05 18:59
trmancoM$?Dec 05 18:59
schestowitzRed Flag (probably with back doors for the govt and surveillance).Dec 05 18:59
schestowitzYesDec 05 18:59
trmancoLOLDec 05 18:59
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trmancored flagDec 05 18:59
trmancowho develops thisDec 05 18:59
schestowitzMicrosoft sued in China for black screen of death ttp://www.channelregister.co.uk/2 008/10/22/china_fury_microsoft_wga/Dec 05 18:59
schestowitzMicrosoft sued in China for black screen of death http://www.channelregister.co.uk/...Dec 05 18:59
schestowitzMicrosoft faces second 'black screen' lawsuit http://www.theregister.co.uk/...Dec 05 19:00
schestowitzChinese copyright cops diss Windows Nagware http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news...Dec 05 19:00
trmancoso Microsoft doesn't even have control over their OS anymore hun?Dec 05 19:00
schestowitzNo.Dec 05 19:00
trmancothey got p0wn3dDec 05 19:00
schestowitzThey have competition.Dec 05 19:00
schestowitzZero-cost compettion.Dec 05 19:00
schestowitzThis is why GNU/Linux is by far the biggest rival they have had for a long time. Ozzie and Ballmer admit this.Dec 05 19:01
trmancoBallmer even said it was a cancerDec 05 19:01
twitterWorrying about Red Flag backdoors in China is like worrying about fleas in hell.Dec 05 19:01
trmancoI have started my quote fileDec 05 19:02
trmanco:DDec 05 19:02
twitterIf Windows was not backdoored by the PRC, you know that the network is watched and policed all the time.Dec 05 19:02
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trmancobrbDec 05 19:03
schestowitzBallmer sure lost nobody to cancerDec 05 19:03
schestowitzWhat a tactless foolDec 05 19:03
schestowitz"Attaches itself like cancer".. Linus had fun with that analogy, saying that it means Linux "spreads"Dec 05 19:03
schestowitzWhich is goodDec 05 19:04
twitterDid he blither about cancer again?Dec 05 19:04
schestowitzNot spreads like love.Dec 05 19:04
schestowitzLinus: Linux spread like loveDec 05 19:04
schestowitzSteve Ballmer: Linux spread like CANCERDec 05 19:04
schestowitzIOW, Windows is good, Linux is illness, it's death.Dec 05 19:04
twitterHis death.Dec 05 19:05
schestowitzClosed and proprietary = pureness; Linux kills people (according to Microsoft)Dec 05 19:05
twitterI like the analogy, Windows/Whore, Free Software/Wife.Dec 05 19:05
trmancololDec 05 19:16
schestowitzSome reader just mailed me this: "Another point is that there were about 170 million registered voters in the last US election.  A brand new macbook costs about 1000 USD.  If Gates liquidated the "charity" fund, truly giving it all away, he could buy $N macbooks per adult and rid the country of viruses over night."Dec 05 19:18
schestowitz"Of course, his worth is based on the stock value of MSFT.  So there may not be as much to spend as his hagiographers and minions would like the public to believe: http://evan.snew.com/ecgi/gates.cgi... "Dec 05 19:19
schestowitz He's safe from taxation inside the fundation [sic]. He lets the 'little people' pay. The same goes for Microsoft, which evades tax in many ways (BN has many articles about that documented)Dec 05 19:19
trmancohttp://howtoforge.com/installing-ub...Dec 05 19:21
schestowitzI don't care much for HTFDec 05 19:21
schestowitzIt's just howtosDec 05 19:21
schestowitzNot news.Dec 05 19:21
schestowitzTimeless.Dec 05 19:21
trmancoI just like the Ubuntu system panelDec 05 19:21
trmancoit look cool and usefulDec 05 19:22
trmancolooks*Dec 05 19:22
schestowitzYou'll notice that I never put howtos in BNDec 05 19:22
trmancoyeah I knowDec 05 19:22
schestowitzAnd USENET too... it makes no discussion, either. "hey, nice guide"... "well, you could do it like this"... "Mandriva FTW..."Dec 05 19:22
trmancoI'm going to need HTF to configure a proxy and dns server at school :)Dec 05 19:22
schestowitzMicrosoft knows how to do the first task (configure proxies)Dec 05 19:23
trmancowellDec 05 19:23
trmancoI know how tooDec 05 19:23
trmancobut what about optimizationsDec 05 19:24
trmancoand securityDec 05 19:24
trmanco:-PDec 05 19:24
schestowitzIt was a joke... proxies... Dec 05 19:24
schestowitzDNS... not so much...  Microsoft DNS fix causes trouble for some < http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_... >Dec 05 19:24
trmancoLOLDec 05 19:24
schestowitzSUBJECT: Microsoft SWI blog inaccuracies < http://www.securityfocus.com/arch... >Dec 05 19:24
schestowitzMicrosoft preps 133 patches for Windows DNS hole < http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3... >Dec 05 19:25
trmancothat is just 1 in about 1000 troubles that M$ hasDec 05 19:25
schestowitzMicrosoft DNS Server Attacks Continue < http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsof... >Dec 05 19:25
trmancook 1 in 10000Dec 05 19:25
schestowitzNEVER let Windows run DNSDec 05 19:25
schestowitzNEVER.Dec 05 19:25
trmanconoDec 05 19:25
trmancoLionux serversDec 05 19:25
trmancoLinux*Dec 05 19:25
schestowitzAttack code raises Windows DNS zero-day risk < http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6... >Dec 05 19:25
trmancogot a little excitedDec 05 19:25
schestowitzOnly MCSE use Windows for everything... and 98% of Windows was shown to be vulnerable by SecuniaDec 05 19:26
schestowitzCybercrooks exploiting new Windows DNS flaw < http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-... >Dec 05 19:26
schestowitzMicrosoft's advisories giving clues to hackers < http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=167 >Dec 05 19:26
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trmancothis last one made me laughDec 05 19:27
trmancohackers :|Dec 05 19:27
trmancogeshDec 05 19:27
schestowitzCrackers.Dec 05 19:28
schestowitzAnd piratesDec 05 19:28
schestowitzArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....Dec 05 19:28
trmancolooolDec 05 19:28
schestowitzhttp://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/unde... (Will the NSW Govt put Linux in schools?)Dec 05 19:29
schestowitzAussie govt: hm.mmmmmm............. are there any kickbacks in that Linux thing? No? Well, we'll go to Ballmer then.Dec 05 19:29
schestowitzWeird headline:  Nokia Going for Linux Instead of Android< http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nokia-G... >Dec 05 19:35
schestowitzProbably meant to say "Symbian", not "Android"... although that's true too... Linux over Android which they avoid, but Android is based on Linux and Java. WTF?Dec 05 19:35
trmanconew Nokia OSDec 05 19:39
trmancoNonuxDec 05 19:39
trmancothey will ditch symbian and install nonuxDec 05 19:39
schestowitzThey should giddy up. They drop market share like a hot plate.Dec 05 19:43
trmancoI have a Nokia foneDec 05 19:43
trmancoIts Symbian OS is like WindowsDec 05 19:44
trmancoit gets slower everydayDec 05 19:44
trmanconeed antivirusDec 05 19:44
trmanconeeds*Dec 05 19:44
trmancowhich even slows the device a little moreDec 05 19:44
trmancobut, it has a 106Mhz ARM cpu :-PDec 05 19:45
schestowitz"Hey, Fox, how should we guard the henhouse?" --> http://www.pcworld.com/article/15...Dec 05 19:45
trmancoRogue bots and social networking: http://www.net-security.org/secw...Dec 05 19:47
trmanco"According to the MessageLabs Intelligence 2008 Security Report, during 2008 botnets were responsible for 90 percent of all spam, and responsible for a rise in the proportion of email-borne malware contained in links to malicious websites."Dec 05 19:47
schestowitzGood news for the GNU: http://www.pcworld.com/article/1549... (Wall Street Beat: Hardware Taking Brunt of Recession)Dec 05 19:48
schestowitzNo new PCs = no Vista/new Intel chipsDec 05 19:48
schestowitzSPAM also leads to phishing (a brute-force task)Dec 05 19:48
trmancoohDec 05 19:49
trmancoI think I found something hereDec 05 19:49
schestowitzWindows was fine when machines were isolated, but it was not designed to be secure when shared. There's no UNIX-like persmissions systems. It's poorly 'bolted on' (and bloated on).Dec 05 19:50
trmancohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/hel...Dec 05 19:50
trmancosee thisDec 05 19:50
trmancoBBC loves Windows Mac os x, but no love for GNU/LinuxDec 05 19:50
schestowitzIn the older days viruses passed through floppies.Dec 05 19:50
trmancoscroll down to "How do I get a news reader?"Dec 05 19:50
schestowitzTo this date, USB drives are a risk to Windows because insert=exectute (autorun.inf IIRC).Dec 05 19:50
trmancoand then they offer a box listing some newsreadersDec 05 19:51
schestowitzWhich site?Dec 05 19:51
trmancoyes we at school have a truck load of viruses on Windows because of thos enasty autoruns en usb sticksDec 05 19:51
trmancohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/he... this oneDec 05 19:51
schestowitzMSBBC is corrupted.Dec 05 19:51
schestowitzThat would not surprise me. It lost its integrity some years ago for many reasons and funding will be pulled. it's also to do with non-technological stuff.Dec 05 19:52
schestowitzWhere are "newsletters"?Dec 05 19:53
schestowitzOhDec 05 19:53
schestowitzNewreadersDec 05 19:53
schestowitzNewsreadersDec 05 19:53
trmancoyeahDec 05 19:53
schestowitzThe media covers products, not tools.Dec 05 19:53
schestowitz$$Dec 05 19:53
trmancohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3...Dec 05 19:53
trmancothere should be a box on the right sideDec 05 19:53
schestowitzAs Asia's PC Market Slows, HP Braces for Difficult Times < http://www.pcworld.com/article/155003/mark... >; http://www.pcworld.com/article/154984/at... ( AT&T Layoff: The Telecom Sky Is Not Falling )Dec 05 19:55
schestowitzSJVN: "You can say that again. Although, I confess, I can't imagine even the most hard-core Windows CIO recommending that any business switch to Vista. Even Microsoft has given up on pushing Vista to businesses." < http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_ibm_ch... >Dec 05 19:59
schestowitzBeebe strikes back at BN.. http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2...Dec 05 20:01
schestowitzhttp://www.fsdaily.com/Community/NO_t...Dec 05 20:03
trmancothey portuguese media rarely talks about free softwareDec 05 20:04
trmancoI'm referring to TV/TV newsDec 05 20:04
trmancothe*Dec 05 20:04
trmancosee this, Dell mini 9 -> http://tek.sapo.pt/noticias/computa...Dec 05 20:07
trmancobut the OS is XPDec 05 20:07
schestowitzI've just read the Beebe item. He's just generally against the site, so he's spending lots of time discrediting what I wrote.Dec 05 20:10
schestowitzHopefully we can just get along. Novell's problems are not some pie-in-the-key RMS-like aura thing... it's practical issues that threaten Linux. Making SUSE stronger empowers Novell too.Dec 05 20:11
schestowitzOK, this is stupid: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/... Rather than sitting far from a huge screen people can just sit /CLOSER/ to a small one. This type of thing makes as much sense as monster truck-like cars they have in the US (where bigger is better, unlike Japan)Dec 05 20:16
trmancohttp://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/1...Dec 05 20:23
schestowitzBLACK ALL **Inte** ;-)Dec 05 20:26
schestowitz*BLOCKDec 05 20:26
trmancohttp://airlied.livejournal.com/63565.htmlDec 05 20:27
trmancoisnt itanium dead?Dec 05 20:27
PetoKraustrmanco: it's great newsDec 05 20:30
PetoKrausi was just reading the whole bugreportDec 05 20:30
trmancowhich one?Dec 05 20:30
PetoKrauslike... hour agoDec 05 20:30
PetoKrausATI tearingDec 05 20:30
trmancoyeahDec 05 20:30
trmancoI have Xv rendering, sort of, but I had to turn it off when playing video because it would play slow in full screenDec 05 20:31
trmancowaitDec 05 20:31
trmancolet me checkDec 05 20:32
trmancono, if I deactivate XV there is no video tearing but the vid plays slow in fullscreenDec 05 20:33
trmancomy last statement was incorrectDec 05 20:33
PetoKraustrmanco: what card do you have?Dec 05 20:34
trmancoR430Dec 05 20:35
trmancoits an X800 GTODec 05 20:35
schestowitztrmanco: it's not dead, according to Enderle and other shills.Dec 05 20:36
schestowitzThey propped it up for Intel.Dec 05 20:36
trmancohmmDec 05 20:36
PetoKrauswell nothing runs on itDec 05 20:37
PetoKrausexcept of debianDec 05 20:37
trmancoPetoKraus, what card do you have?Dec 05 20:38
PetoKrausMobility Radeon X1400Dec 05 20:38
PetoKrausRV515Dec 05 20:38
trmancocoolDec 05 20:39
PetoKrausit's one of the most troublesome chips under windowsDec 05 20:39
trmancodoes the OSS driver have 3d support for it?Dec 05 20:39
PetoKrausyeahDec 05 20:39
trmancocoolDec 05 20:39
trmancoLOLDec 05 20:39
trmancoI wonder why it troubles windows...Dec 05 20:40
schestowitzSeems like another BN protester: http://www.fsdaily.com/users/Kletskous/votes (burying stories)Dec 05 20:40
PetoKraus1000FPS-ish in glxgearsDec 05 20:40
trmancoI never tested glxgearsDec 05 20:40
trmancojust the compiz fusion benchmarkDec 05 20:40
trmancoI get about 150 fps wobbling windows and about 50 rotating the cubeDec 05 20:41
schestowitz>>"I wonder why it troubles windows..."  €¿Qué?Dec 05 20:41
PetoKrausschestowitz: my ATI cardDec 05 20:41
PetoKraustrmanco: not a compiz user ;)Dec 05 20:42
trmancookDec 05 20:42
schestowitzATI? "Ahhh! It's rubbish" http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dcD0CLdVBwwDec 05 20:43
trmancono it isn't cmonDec 05 20:44
trmancoPsystar Public License | omg ;ODec 05 20:45
trmancohttp://www.groklaw.net/article...Dec 05 20:46
schestowitzIT's just crapple stuff.Dec 05 20:50
schestowitzWorse than Linspire's lincence.Dec 05 20:51
trmancohttp://wiki.gnewsense.org/For...Dec 05 20:57
trmancognewsense on mips :)Dec 05 20:57
PetoKraushmmDec 05 20:58
PetoKrauswhat for?Dec 05 20:58
schestowitzLike any distribution, no? Unless you need a repoDec 05 20:58
schestowitzGCC is where it's at. Gentoo to the task..Dec 05 20:58
PetoKrausah hmmDec 05 20:59
PetoKrausso basically stallman wants to use GNewSenseDec 05 20:59
trmancodon't knowDec 05 21:00
schestowitzHe put it on an Eee PC, IIRC.Dec 05 21:02
neighborleea bit odd that chrome browser defaults to windows live search ? ;)..are they  just trying tobe fair to their competitor product or is something else going on ...does anyone use or know someone who uses live instead of google ?Dec 05 21:20
schestowitzHuh?Dec 05 21:21
schestowitzAre you sure it's not Google Search?Dec 05 21:21
neighborleeI just installed chrome,,it defaults to live searchDec 05 21:21
neighborleepostiiveDec 05 21:21
schestowitzMaybe they inherit settings from IE?Dec 05 21:21
neighborleeI had to change it from the default to googleDec 05 21:21
neighborleejust thought it was a bit odd is allDec 05 21:22
schestowitzMaybe it's because of IEDec 05 21:22
schestowitzOr... maybe you got own3d.Dec 05 21:22
neighborleeo_0Dec 05 21:23
schestowitzAfter all the FUD that Sybmian shot at Linux, they'll receive little support  (even Nokia looks at Linux): http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Symb...Dec 05 21:23
schestowitzGM wants to loot the public for its failures... "General Motors insists it needs cash now or it will go bankrupt, and once that filing is made it’s game over, because no one will buy a car from a bankrupt" < http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3158 >Dec 05 21:29
trmancohttp://www.electronista.com/articles/08/...Dec 05 21:33
*neighborlee has quit (Client Quit)Dec 05 21:37
trmancohttp://www.itworld.com/internet/58856/report...Dec 05 21:38
schestowitzMore agitation of the stock.Dec 05 21:43
schestowitzI will probably do a long post tomorrow. I have about 10 references that are new for this one.Dec 05 21:47
schestowitzBlech! Winston Damarillo sells out: < http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/osb/?p=498 > He should know better.Dec 05 21:50
schestowitzMindless attacks on F/OSS intensify: http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives...Dec 05 22:01
PetoKrausright, so, my RSS count increased to 14...Dec 05 22:11
PetoKraus*subscribtion countDec 05 22:11
schestowitzSector Snap: Restaurant unemployment < http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/200... >Dec 05 22:23
schestowitzAmerica loses 1.9 million jobs in 11 months < http://www.theregister.co.uk/200... >; EMC preps (limited) layoffs < http://www.theregister.co.uk/200... >Dec 05 22:43
*PetoKraus has quit ("Leaving")Dec 05 22:44
*PetoKraus (n=pk@cpc3-broo2-0-0-cust711.renf.cable.ntl.com) has joined #boycottnovellDec 05 22:46
schestowitzYou should read this, PetoKraus: Radeon Driver Gets Tear-Free X-Video < http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?... >Dec 05 22:55
schestowitzGlamorizing criminal behaviour? Did Patent Hawk Violate Contracts In Suing Microsoft? < http://techdirt.com/articles/2008... >Dec 05 23:10

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