schestowitz | ThistleWeb: Grauniad is like that | Aug 28 00:00 |
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ThistleWeb | sometimes they're not so bad, that was 3 out of 3 stories that seemed to have an anti-google slant, less the 2nd one | Aug 28 00:01 |
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schestowitz | This is a good ownage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY2UFaXPBKs&NR=1&feature=fvwp | Aug 28 00:32 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[popey] Could someone on Ubuntu Karmic with dual-screen twinview nVidia setup pls look at and confirm bug 420225. http://bit.ly/jRkJq | Aug 28 00:33 | |
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ping.fm is fail right now | Aug 28 00:46 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] NotN: Row as Daniel Hannan praises Hitler http://bit.ly/zOXEM | Aug 28 01:01 | |
schestowitz | This is good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQxYPsIA_ZY&feature=channel | Aug 28 01:02 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] @schestowitz apple doesn't sell on feature lists. anyone can have better features than apple. they sell on working, and working well. | Aug 28 01:11 | |
Apple, like M$ and all other free software companies sells by exclusion. | Aug 28 01:11 | |
It's not so much that they have a good phone, it's that monopoly buddy ATT allows iPhone's limited and malicious feature set. | Aug 28 01:12 | |
It's not so much that they had a good music player as it is that they and M$ strangled the market place with DRM deals. | Aug 28 01:13 | |
these things have excluded free software, which obviously can work better for different people than the one or two "choices" people actually have. | Aug 28 01:14 | |
Different people have different needs and will always be better served by a customized interface. | Aug 28 01:15 | |
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Apple does have better phones, music players and computers than M$ and friends offer, but none of it is as useful, stable or flexible as the free devices people make for themselves. | Aug 28 01:16 | |
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I don't like the way these people define their markets. IBM and Google each already make much more money than this with free software. -> IDC forecasts that Linux revenue will pass the $1 billion mark in 2012) | Aug 28 01:19 | |
IBM makes their money with free software more directly than Google. | Aug 28 01:20 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Zune Management Abandons Still http://ping.fm/xjqwb | Aug 28 01:33 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] @ml2mst Hi Marti! Haven't spoken to you in a few days. Hope you are well | Aug 28 01:54 | |
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LOL -> CEO Michael Dell was pretty optimistic on the conference call. He said Dell believes customers will fall in love with PCs again and anticipates a "big refresh" through the balance of 2010 that will come from a new product cycle that includes Windows 7 and a new processor from Intel. | Aug 28 02:17 | |
I don't think so. | Aug 28 02:17 | |
Fraud street -> http://www.thestreet.com/story/10591468/1/fast-money-recap-dells-big-surprise.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN | Aug 28 02:17 | |
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stock market "surge" a company that used to be worth $55 gains 6% to end at $15.65!!!! Excellent! http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:DELL | Aug 28 02:19 | |
schestowitz | Hey, twitter | Aug 28 02:19 |
52 week low, $7.82 | Aug 28 02:19 | |
hi | Aug 28 02:19 | |
schestowitz | I have just posted a followup re FSF | Aug 28 02:19 |
cool | Aug 28 02:20 | |
schestowitz | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/27/fsf-campaign-feedback/ | Aug 28 02:20 |
I was just thinking of that, writing up a Business Week article in comments. | Aug 28 02:21 | |
schestowitz | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/chris_stephenson_zune_exec_quits/comments/ :-) | Aug 28 02:22 |
schestowitz | BusinessWeek even attacks linking | Aug 28 02:22 |
schestowitz | They are very, very vile | Aug 28 02:22 |
schestowitz | They can't make money from subscribing | Aug 28 02:22 |
schestowitz | They just 'sell space' | Aug 28 02:22 |
there was nothing subtle in Business Week's attack on the FSF. | Aug 28 02:23 | |
They described the effort as "silly" unlikely to convince, a waste of money and the people doing it as "carried away" by "evangelism" and hatred of Microsoft. | Aug 28 02:24 | |
It was as nasty as they could be without puerile word choices to match their logic. | Aug 28 02:25 | |
What's interesting is that the M$ people are having to take their crazy trolling mainstream. | Aug 28 02:26 | |
That means that Free Software is going mainstream, in other words, being understood and accepted by large numbers of ordinary people who have have nothing to do with computers as a business. | Aug 28 02:28 | |
schestowitz | "Hatred of Microsoft," eh? | Aug 28 02:29 |
schestowitz | Hypocrisy there | Aug 28 02:29 |
schestowitz | It's like saying those horrible British hated their invaders | Aug 28 02:30 |
schestowitz | That the Russians 'hated' the German | Aug 28 02:30 |
Yes, totally irrational hatred built on mountains of court evidence and years of software administration experience. Just blind bigotry. Unix bigots in free software disguise! | Aug 28 02:31 | |
schestowitz | And that those shiny Katrina victims 'hated' Bush | Aug 28 02:31 |
schestowitz | /shiny/whiny/ | Aug 28 02:31 |
schestowitz | Good article on the subject: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15198/1091/ (" Are Linux users really a feral bunch? ") | Aug 28 02:32 |
Anarchists! Communists! Smelly hippies! Cancer... | Aug 28 02:33 | |
Ha ha, Russell Kennedy described as a "troll" | Aug 28 02:34 | |
his "IQ is on par with the common cockroach," oh my. | Aug 28 02:38 | |
I can think of a couple of these -> so-called FOSS advocates who try to shut down discussion of an issue by complaining to people above you in the food chain and making false claims; and people on the fringes of the FOSS community who try every trick in the book to appear more important than they are - and get miffed when they are put in their place. | Aug 28 02:40 | |
One of them recently trolled this place extensively. The other is Bruce Byfield. | Aug 28 02:41 | |
"You forget that I'm a journalist" he once said. Most people would call that kind of forgetfulness generous and forgiving. | Aug 28 02:42 | |
:) | Aug 28 02:42 | |
It's funny how Kennedy, for all of his late criticism of Vista and early rants about Windows 7, has come out and advocated Windows 7 as the "Best Windows Yet" | Aug 28 02:43 | |
LOL -> Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks | Aug 28 02:45 | |
Some experts are more expert than others. Computer experts have been pointing out flaws in Windows forever. Only the most ignorant or well paid "expert" will now tell you that Windows can be secured. | Aug 28 02:46 | |
cubezzz | my 20+ year "expert" opinion is windows is crap | Aug 28 02:47 |
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cubezzz | I think VMS had the longest uptime | Aug 28 02:49 |
where to begin ? -> computer security experts from industry, academia and government joined forces in a highly unusual collaboration. They decoded the program and developed antivirus software that erased it from millions of the computers. | Aug 28 02:52 | |
academic cooperation is not unusual, it's how things are supposed to work. | Aug 28 02:52 | |
Conficker, I believe, politely responded when queried. I'm not sure what kind of massive effort was required to develop software to detect it. | Aug 28 02:53 | |
cubezzz | it seems netcraft doesn't report uptimes for BSD machines | Aug 28 02:56 |
Ah, now I see, Windoze is so sophizticated that only government action could possibly have developed Conficker. Ignore the hundreds of similar programs that have been around as long as people have hooked Windows to networks, the North Koreans are using your PC to design weapons of mass destruction! | Aug 28 02:56 | |
There is an insulting sub argument to the whole NYT piece. It's that ordinary users can not have or develop best of class software. | Aug 28 03:00 | |
If you do this, you must be some kind of Communist spy or terrorist. | Aug 28 03:01 | |
Ordinary sheep just use Winblows. Everything else is strange and scary to the author. | Aug 28 03:01 | |
cubezzz | I used a NextStep one time :) | Aug 28 03:02 |
cubezzz | It's only been winblows since the early 90's (the beginning of the dark ages to be sure) | Aug 28 03:03 |
cubezzz | I can remember _before_ the dark ages though | Aug 28 03:03 |
cubezzz | NextCube I should say, it was a long time ago | Aug 28 03:09 |
My computing dark ages began with M$ in the mid 80s and ended with GNU/Linux about 10 years ago. | Aug 28 03:15 | |
Toyota, the world's largest car maker, closes it's first factory ever. The factory is a 25 year old plant in California. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aJlxuxndoOsM | Aug 28 03:17 | |
outch! | Aug 28 03:17 | |
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ugh! Reverse engineering compared to counterfeiting currency. http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_10837 | Aug 28 03:45 | |
ha ha, a fraud by day and by night -> Talton had found work as a loan broker in California's booming real-estate market and was printing money after hours. "Things were just going great." | Aug 28 03:56 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Darl McBride Could Soon be Removed from Power http://ping.fm/J9K1Q | Aug 28 03:56 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Why is IDG News Service Attacking the GPL? http://ping.fm/phGbw | Aug 28 03:59 | |
funny thing about the counterfeit article, they used Genuine Expensive Software, Photoshop, for all their printing needs. | Aug 28 03:59 | |
schestowitz | gn | Aug 28 04:05 |
cubezzz | btw... | Aug 28 04:22 |
cubezzz | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakamaru | Aug 28 04:22 |
cubezzz | runs Linux :-0 | Aug 28 04:22 |
Yet another idiot article comparing Windows 7 to Mac. http://www.crn.com/software/219500343 | Aug 28 04:32 | |
Funny how they don't dare talk about GNU/Linux. | Aug 28 04:32 | |
Vista 7 hype log is updated. http://slashdot.org/~twitter/journal/216759 | Aug 28 04:33 | |
The list of shame is getting pretty long. I wonder how many "tech reporters" will spare themselves the indignity of praising Vista 7. | Aug 28 04:34 | |
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Wait a minute, Dell's profits declined but people thought that was good? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc20090827_810155.htm | Aug 28 05:01 | |
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-> Dell's profits fell 23% and sales declined 22% for its fiscal second quarter ended July 31. Sales of desktop PCs and laptops—Dell's mainstay businesses—fell 33% and 21%, respectively. But revenues from corporate server computers and disk storage machines increased 7%. The prices of consumer and business PCs are falling rapidly, vexing computer makers that have relied on the machines for hefty chunks of their sales. | Aug 28 05:02 | |
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Microsoft Death Watch is updated. http://slashdot.org/~twitter/journal/213707 | Aug 28 05:07 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] @d235j I'm not sure how to achieve the same functionality with another posting service | Aug 28 08:53 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Marti has written a very interesting piece on KDE: http://bit.ly/5YnSw #linux #kde #foss | Aug 28 09:31 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] #followfriday @shitmydadsays http://is.gd/2DBO7 "I'm 28. I live with my 73-year-old dad. He is awesome. I just write down shit that he says" | Aug 28 09:45 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[popey] just voted "Atheist! :D" on "Show Us Twitter's Religious Diversity." vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/LIJ8G | Aug 28 09:48 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Linux to Fill the Gap Left by Exploding iPhones and Overweight Sub-notebooks http://ping.fm/S5G7l | Aug 28 10:18 | |
schestowitz | Hey, _goblin | Aug 28 10:18 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] RT @_goblin Marti has written a very interesting piece on KDE: http://bit.ly/5YnSw #linux #kde #foss | Aug 28 10:19 | |
_goblin | Hi there! | Aug 28 10:20 |
_goblin | miles away | Aug 28 10:20 |
_goblin | day off today and tomorrow | Aug 28 10:20 |
schestowitz | Cool. It has just cleared up here (sunny now) | Aug 28 10:21 |
_goblin | windy and overcast here. | Aug 28 10:21 |
schestowitz | Was rainy just one hour ago | Aug 28 10:21 |
_goblin | which is good, if it gets out, Ill have to do jobs in the garden | Aug 28 10:21 |
_goblin | the wife has a list | Aug 28 10:21 |
_goblin | also been given a £50 voucher to spend on amazon ( a belated birthday present) | Aug 28 10:22 |
schestowitz | here's what it looks like here ATM: http://boycottnovell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pict001.jpg | Aug 28 10:25 |
schestowitz | Not a great idea to upload it to BN, but hey... | Aug 28 10:25 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[popey] Am I the only one who strips affiliate IDs from URLS? I realise ppl need to make money, but making money for doing nothing but a link..? | Aug 28 10:26 | |
_goblin | like the pic! | Aug 28 10:58 |
_goblin | standby....Ill make one of our back garden. | Aug 28 10:58 |
schestowitz | Mortimer Zuckerman's $200 Million Gamble http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/06/mort-zuckerman-daily-news-business-media-mort.html | Aug 28 10:59 |
schestowitz | _goblin: it's a crappy Webcam though | Aug 28 10:59 |
_goblin | upping on twitpic now | Aug 28 11:00 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] http://twitpic.com/fjwo1 - Boring photo of my back garden, for a conversation Im having...Luckily the weather is bad so I don't have to ... | Aug 28 11:03 | |
_goblin | if you notice string holding up plants, its because if I dont do that the wind will snap them. | Aug 28 11:04 |
_goblin | and I appologize about the state of the shed......I keep meaning to spruce it up a little! | Aug 28 11:05 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] The winner of Ukraine's Got Talent was an artist. You must watch this video: http://is.gd/2DJ4p | Aug 28 11:08 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] http://twitpic.com/fjx9z - Whilst I have a little down time, it maybe of interest (or not) for you to see one of the many PC alcoves aro ... | Aug 28 11:14 | |
schestowitz | _goblin: not a day for tanning, eh? | Aug 28 11:20 |
schestowitz | Actually, saying "crappy webcam" is like saying "bi elephant" | Aug 28 11:20 |
schestowitz | *big | Aug 28 11:20 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Patents Roundup: Microsoft and Linux http://ping.fm/VTP4Z | Aug 28 11:22 | |
_goblin | schestowitz: Nope! Thankfully.... | Aug 28 11:22 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] RT @davidgerard The winner of Ukraine's Got Talent was an artist. You must watch this video: http://is.gd/2DJ4p | Aug 28 11:25 | |
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Diablo-D3 | http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/RP15tjK4Yq8/FSF-Attacks-Windows-7s-Sins-In-New-Campaign | Aug 28 11:38 |
schestowitz | Here is Mac fanboi blessing his Messiah and trashing Nokia: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10317666-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad | Aug 28 11:41 |
schestowitz | So-called "open source" | Aug 28 11:41 |
schestowitz | Jason called it a pseudo-open source guy | Aug 28 11:41 |
schestowitz | Diablo-D3: old news, unless I'm missing s/t..? | Aug 28 11:46 |
*Diablo-D3 is reading old news | Aug 28 11:47 | |
schestowitz | It's AstroTurfed | Aug 28 11:47 |
schestowitz | in Slashdot I mean | Aug 28 11:47 |
schestowitz | So I've heard and I see it now for myself | Aug 28 11:47 |
schestowitz | Lots of anti-RMS ad hominem | Aug 28 11:48 |
schestowitz | Proprietary: http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home | Aug 28 11:49 |
schestowitz | For those who want OOo without the freedom | Aug 28 11:53 |
Diablo-D3 | http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/yv6_YBsiAAA/make-your-own-soda+can+sized-refrigerator | Aug 28 11:56 |
Diablo-D3 | bwhahahaa | Aug 28 11:56 |
schestowitz | Is this true? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OpenDocument&diff=310097606&oldid=prev | Aug 28 12:03 |
schestowitz | Microsoft does not support ODF properly | Aug 28 12:03 |
schestowitz | Microsoft press: "Overall, the FSF is arguing about the ills of capitalism, which is a big topic. " | Aug 28 12:08 |
schestowitz | http://rcpmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2009/08/sins-of-windows-7.aspx | Aug 28 12:08 |
schestowitz | Yeah, yeah.... "Microsoft is just capitalism..." | Aug 28 12:08 |
schestowitz | If capitalism means bribery and violation of the law, then yeah... I guess.. | Aug 28 12:08 |
Omar871 | Hi all. | Aug 28 12:10 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[omar_s_hafez] just voted "Muslim! :D" on "Show Us Twitter's Religious Diversity." vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/LIJ8G | Aug 28 12:14 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] just voted "Atheist! :D" on "Show Us Twitter's Religious Diversity." vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/LIJ8G | Aug 28 12:15 | |
schestowitz | "Atheist! :D 35% (2166 votes)" | Aug 28 12:15 |
schestowitz | :-) | Aug 28 12:15 |
schestowitz | Majority | Aug 28 12:15 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Turns out that I'm with the majority: http://bit.ly/Ss8TQ "Atheist! 35% (2166 votes)" | Aug 28 12:17 | |
schestowitz | Dell sees 'stability,' not growth < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/dell_q2_f2010_earnings/ > | Aug 28 12:19 |
Omar871 | schestowitz: And you feel proud about that? :) | Aug 28 12:19 |
schestowitz | Not really | Aug 28 12:20 |
schestowitz | Just interesting how populations vary across sites/walks of lfie | Aug 28 12:20 |
schestowitz | Canucks crack whip on Facebook privacy "Facebook has vowed to overhaul how personal information is shared with third-party applications after Canada's privacy Czar scolded the social website for its promiscuous policies. " | Aug 28 12:20 |
schestowitz | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/canadian_privacy_commissioner_facebook_changes/ | Aug 28 12:21 |
schestowitz | Google probed by Italy's anti-trust arm < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/google_italian_probe/ > | Aug 28 12:22 |
schestowitz | Hehe. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/paddy_power_ms_race_odds/ | Aug 28 12:25 |
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schestowitz | Hehe. | Aug 28 12:50 |
schestowitz | I'm seeing a new pattern in more places | Aug 28 12:50 |
schestowitz | FSF says Microsoft is corrupt | Aug 28 12:50 |
schestowitz | Microsoft press says FSF sayd capitalism is corrupt | Aug 28 12:51 |
schestowitz | That's the talking point of choice | Aug 28 12:51 |
schestowitz | Describing the FSF's criticism as so broad so as to make it look like anti-capitalist | Aug 28 12:51 |
oiaohm | Old MS defence shield. | Aug 28 12:51 |
oiaohm | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQ4Nw << Nice Vga Arbitration long side DRI 2 and KMS this is going to be nice. | Aug 28 12:53 |
schestowitz | Apple to explain why its phones explode http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1531784/apple-explain-phones-explode | Aug 28 13:04 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] "Oracle is likely to sell Sun's hardware business to HP" http://ping.fm/H0nJy | Aug 28 13:05 | |
oiaohm | Darn that is leap of faith. | Aug 28 13:07 |
MinceR | :D | Aug 28 13:07 |
schestowitz | "Today we began research on Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT).." http://in.sys-con.com/node/1086037/print sys-con junk | Aug 28 13:08 |
schestowitz | HP SPARC? | Aug 28 13:08 |
oiaohm | Orcale would be foolish to sell of the hardware side. | Aug 28 13:08 |
oiaohm | it will put them at the mercy of the hardware companies. | Aug 28 13:09 |
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schestowitz | I'm creating a new section for Daily Links, called "AstroTurf" | Aug 28 13:15 |
oiaohm | I really don't know how MS is going to cope as Multi seat on linux start becoming a mainline distribution feature | Aug 28 13:16 |
schestowitz | http://identi.ca/notice/8904481 "still being assaulted wit mental images of Boston - is it the stupid !fsf campaign? good [pick your deity] people, grow up and be positive!" | Aug 28 13:17 |
schestowitz | oiaohm: price. | Aug 28 13:17 |
oiaohm | 1 box 4 users. | Aug 28 13:18 |
oiaohm | Or more. | Aug 28 13:18 |
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schestowitz | Lad from Lagos makes YouTube pitch < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/youtube_419er/ > Hahaha. | Aug 28 13:24 |
schestowitz | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/home_office_data_loss/ "The Home Office has admitted to losing a quarter of a million more records than it originally thought." | Aug 28 13:27 |
schestowitz | WPA keys gone in 60 seconds < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/wpa_60sec/ > | Aug 28 13:29 |
oiaohm | Ok 60 seconds. | Aug 28 13:29 |
oiaohm | Lot fail in under 15 seconds or the rounter dies. | Aug 28 13:29 |
oiaohm | Either way attack wins. | Aug 28 13:30 |
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schestowitz | ChanServ: I found what you may have looked for | Aug 28 13:40 |
schestowitz | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6830/1/ | Aug 28 13:41 |
schestowitz | * cubezzz | Aug 28 13:41 |
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schestowitz | Vista is still so loathed. http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/news/D07D00659295F56DCC25761E00742221 | Aug 28 13:59 |
schestowitz | In New Zealand they are now 'upgrading' to an OS from 2001. What fools! They should look at modern OSes other than Windows | Aug 28 13:59 |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] Software Patent Troll in Sweden: http://is.gd/2DS1r | Aug 28 14:31 | |
no matter how old your windows crap is, "compatibility" is used as an excuse to go M$ Only. -> The system will have to integrate with Inland Revenue’s infrastructure and systems to support its business functions. | Aug 28 14:32 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] Goodit patent seems to be granted in Sweden: SE514733 Can't find it on the Swedish Patent Office website | Aug 28 14:33 | |
-> [NZ migration] may also include migrating systems from Novell Netware file, print and messaging services to the Windows environment. | Aug 28 14:33 | |
there's 9 years worth of experience to tell them why moving to XP is not a good idea | Aug 28 14:34 | |
schestowitz | Maybe they have "insider/fox" as Microsoft calls it | Aug 28 14:35 |
They should look at places like Munich. | Aug 28 14:35 | |
Chrysler, Lowes, etc. | Aug 28 14:35 | |
There are lots of successful gnu/linux migrations from NT, W2K. | Aug 28 14:36 | |
schestowitz | re: oracle and hardware from SUN: "HP is an MS shop. That would leave Fujitsu as the sole remaining, | Aug 28 14:37 |
schestowitz | mainstream SPARC vendor. It would be a stupid move by Oracle, they | Aug 28 14:37 |
schestowitz | could really leverage the hardware. The x86 stuff, like any x86 stuff, | Aug 28 14:37 |
schestowitz | is crap. But the SPARC architecture is really well-designed for server | Aug 28 14:37 |
schestowitz | activities like those that Oracle makes its money from..." | Aug 28 14:37 |
schestowitz | twitter: New Zealand is an English-speaking nation | Aug 28 14:37 |
schestowitz | This means that it's an easy prey for the Microsoft Movement(C0 | Aug 28 14:38 |
schestowitz | The only exception over the years has been SA, but they are diverse and took lessons from apartheid | Aug 28 14:38 |
Does M$ really have problems outside of the English language? | Aug 28 14:39 | |
or is it a US sphere of influence thing? | Aug 28 14:40 | |
all the news I've read about FCC "regulation" of US Wireless looks like a protection of the status quo. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125140008383364437.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/170950/fcc_to_probe_wireless_industry.html | Aug 28 14:40 | |
they talk of delays and act like regulating the iPhone app store would be an improvement for "consumers" | Aug 28 14:40 | |
what the FCC should really be up to is well documented here http://www.reed.com/OpenSpectrum/ | Aug 28 14:42 | |
schestowitz | ". That heresy is one reason for the theme of this convention: Ubuntu." http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11074 | Aug 28 14:46 |
schestowitz | From "Alabama bishop defends Episcopal Church statement in support of ordaining homosexuals" < http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11074 > | Aug 28 14:47 |
schestowitz | Yes, US-tied countries usually speak the same language. They are the slowest to adopt Free software. | Aug 28 14:47 |
schestowitz | Brazil and south America are opposite examples... having suffered military coups from the neighbours up north | Aug 28 14:48 |
schestowitz | cubezzz: http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-18763-NetWalker,+Sharp+latest+Ubuntu+Netbook,+are+the+Zaurus+back+%3F+%E2%80%93+Hands-On+!!!.html | Aug 28 14:51 |
schestowitz | Hand-sized | Aug 28 14:51 |
oiaohm | twitter: Non english Windows is known for funny typos in translations. | Aug 28 14:53 |
oiaohm | Also windows lack the linux means to change the language of the interface simply. | Aug 28 14:53 |
oiaohm | So it comes a problem in countries where people speek mult languages and need machines to change language simply so all users can do it. | Aug 28 14:54 |
Aondo | alot of weird translations in every program i think, even with foss! Atleast translated to norwegian hehe | Aug 28 14:54 |
oiaohm | Foss on adverage has a lower percentage of strange translations. | Aug 28 14:55 |
oiaohm | mostly because users feed back gets normally listerned to. | Aug 28 14:55 |
surely, ohm, M$ depends more on OEM and government manipulation than it does on it's laughable language skills. M$ is also known to have problems with English | Aug 28 14:55 | |
oiaohm | MS is reasonable with US english and britsh anything else its not right. | Aug 28 14:56 |
Aondo | i dont have any numbers, just what i have seen my self. but what i find that "hurt" the most is a mix with english and norwegian. some english here and some norwegian there. i guess i could translate that last bit my self tho :P | Aug 28 14:56 |
schestowitz | I look forward to those ARM computers. This device will hopefully be exported from Japan soon. It helps people obtain a wonderful computer that also escapes the monopoly (including patents) of two criminal organisations, with convictions in multiple continents. | Aug 28 14:56 |
Aondo | Yea the arm is a great step forward | Aug 28 14:57 |
schestowitz | Aondo: Ubuntu does .pm packages | Aug 28 14:57 |
schestowitz | Any polyglot can contribute | Aug 28 14:57 |
schestowitz | And it goes upstream AFAIK | Aug 28 14:57 |
Aondo | i know, i guess i dont becaus i like the english desktop the best anyway. | Aug 28 14:58 |
schestowitz | Linux has more language support ahn Microsoft | Aug 28 14:58 |
Diablo-D3 | lol you said polyglot | Aug 28 14:58 |
schestowitz | and Apple.. HAHA!!... Apple are only big in the US... and a little in west EU and Japan | Aug 28 14:58 |
schestowitz | Apple has very poor language support AFAIK... very narrow | Aug 28 14:58 |
schestowitz | Diablo-D3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglot | Aug 28 14:59 |
Diablo-D3 | yes I know what it means | Aug 28 15:00 |
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_Hicham_ | hola Don Schestowitz | Aug 28 15:04 |
Diablo-D3 | hes a mob boss now?! | Aug 28 15:05 |
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Here's an ARM computer that has won Chinese Communist approval. http://www.crn.com/mobile/219500427 | Aug 28 15:09 | |
Free at last! | Aug 28 15:10 | |
free to "chose" iPhone. | Aug 28 15:10 | |
schestowitz | MIPS is big in CHina | Aug 28 15:10 |
schestowitz | They avoid the patents from the USSA this way | Aug 28 15:11 |
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schestowitz | Let's see how ARM does there. They have their own chips that are far cheaper | Aug 28 15:11 |
schestowitz | $75 PCs | Aug 28 15:11 |
schestowitz | With Linux only, of course | Aug 28 15:11 |
MinceR | (flash) (video) (audio) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db7pKjUrNXQ | Aug 28 15:14 |
schestowitz | "Rant: Nokia’s [Windows]netbook dissapoints" http://www.intomobile.com/2009/08/27/rant-nokias-netbook-dissapoints.html | Aug 28 15:14 |
schestowitz | MinceR: maybe he did this with a defunct unit | Aug 28 15:15 |
MinceR | obviously | Aug 28 15:16 |
MinceR | all of them are. | Aug 28 15:16 |
schestowitz | Look at the iPhone | Aug 28 15:16 |
schestowitz | When it gets shot | Aug 28 15:16 |
schestowitz | It jumps like it's happy | Aug 28 15:16 |
oiaohm | If you remember costs of calculators you understand what is happening to the PC now. | Aug 28 15:16 |
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schestowitz | "This is just another Apple commercial in disguise. Nothing new here, move along people. " | Aug 28 15:18 |
schestowitz | Possible. | Aug 28 15:18 |
oiaohm | MS office on nokia OS had to come at a price. | Aug 28 15:18 |
Aondo | i would agree if the phone could stand that bullet :P | Aug 28 15:19 |
schestowitz | http://www.spartanburgspark.com/2009/08/your-weekend-should-you-choose-to-accept-it/ "This is just another Apple commercial in disguise. Nothing new here, move along people. " | Aug 28 15:20 |
people are busy liberating iPhone and iTouch http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=debian+itouch&aq=f&oq=&aqi= | Aug 28 15:24 | |
MinceR | will they also add a keyboard? :> | Aug 28 15:25 |
http://www.saurik.com/id/1 | Aug 28 15:28 | |
I'm not sure. Bluetooth keyboard should work. | Aug 28 15:28 | |
I'd prefer xstroke | Aug 28 15:28 | |
VGA over USB is possible for most ARM PDAs with expansion slots like CF and SD. | Aug 28 15:30 | |
Diablo-D3 | man | Aug 28 15:30 |
Diablo-D3 | they have those USB video... "cards" that can do 1920x1080 over USB | Aug 28 15:30 |
Diablo-D3 | its nuts | Aug 28 15:30 |
MinceR | Freedom says their BT keyboard doesn't work yet | Aug 28 15:30 |
MinceR | also, pre-2.1 BT is pretty insecure. | Aug 28 15:30 |
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MinceR | Stowaway disappeared somehow. | Aug 28 15:31 |
MinceR | also, external keyboards won't work if you don't have a surface to set them down on. | Aug 28 15:31 |
Diablo-D3 | MinceR: not true | Aug 28 15:31 |
MinceR | what | Aug 28 15:31 |
Diablo-D3 | magnetic levitation | Aug 28 15:31 |
MinceR | it would be physically possible to make a clip-on BT keyboard but afaik nobody cared enough to make one for a long time | Aug 28 15:32 |
Diablo-D3 | btw | Aug 28 15:32 |
Diablo-D3 | you technically could make a bt keyboard that was an ipod dock | Aug 28 15:33 |
Diablo-D3 | which largely scares the shit out of me | Aug 28 15:33 |
MinceR | if it's a dock, it's kind of superfluous to use BT | Aug 28 15:33 |
Diablo-D3 | not at all | Aug 28 15:33 |
Diablo-D3 | ipods cant do usb | Aug 28 15:33 |
Diablo-D3 | not that way anyways | Aug 28 15:33 |
MinceR | well, ipoos suck shit | Aug 28 15:33 |
MinceR | (where did the usb host capable pdas go anyway?) | Aug 28 15:34 |
Diablo-D3 | they're sitting next to the cure for cancer | Aug 28 15:34 |
MinceR | afaik they used to exist | Aug 28 15:35 |
Diablo-D3 | so did the cure for cancer | Aug 28 15:35 |
MinceR | huh? | Aug 28 15:35 |
Diablo-D3 | rich people made it cease to exist | Aug 28 15:35 |
Diablo-D3 | the irony is you're more likely to get cancer when you're rich | Aug 28 15:35 |
Diablo-D3 | lighting cigars with hundred dollar bills is more dangerous than the cigars by themselves | Aug 28 15:36 |
*Diablo-D3 runs | Aug 28 15:36 | |
MinceR | :) | Aug 28 15:36 |
MinceR | it seems kind of pointless anyway -- you still need something to light those $100 bills | Aug 28 15:37 |
MinceR | might as well light the cigar with it | Aug 28 15:37 |
MinceR | anyway, will a hypePod dock hold the hypePod securely if you're only holding the dock, turning it upside down, etc? | Aug 28 15:38 |
schestowitz | Linux to Remain in Older Model PS3s < http://www.gamekicker.com/Playstation-3/Linux-to-Remain-in-Older-Model-PS3s > | Aug 28 15:42 |
oiaohm | You will not find them lighting cigars with Australian 100 bills plastic don't burn too well. | Aug 28 15:44 |
MinceR | on the plus side, they're more harmful to their health :> | Aug 28 15:45 |
oiaohm | Funny enough cigars can be less harmful than cigerates. | Aug 28 15:46 |
oiaohm | Reason all the extra chemicels in the cigerates filler materials. | Aug 28 15:47 |
schestowitz | Any link on that? | Aug 28 15:50 |
schestowitz | But I bet cigar smoker also smoke less, unit-wise | Aug 28 15:50 |
oiaohm | High quality cigars don't have like wood chip filler. | Aug 28 15:51 |
oiaohm | Ie pure leaf vs leaf + some cheep crap. | Aug 28 15:51 |
schestowitz | Well, either one is harmful anyway | Aug 28 15:51 |
schestowitz | Those 'nicotine-masturbation' habits get to the cells sooner or later | Aug 28 15:52 |
schestowitz | I've seen everyone in my family who smoke get cancer | Aug 28 15:52 |
schestowitz | *ked | Aug 28 15:52 |
oiaohm | Also the problem is toboco companies researched the plant to increase its drug yeld so they could use less leaf and more filler in cigerates. | Aug 28 15:52 |
schestowitz | On the other hand, there are no smokers left now, soo... | Aug 28 15:52 |
schestowitz | oiaohm: same in Coca Cola IIRC | Aug 28 15:53 |
schestowitz | Let's look it up again | Aug 28 15:53 |
schestowitz | http://www.killercoke.org/ | Aug 28 15:53 |
oiaohm | There have been quite a few reports on it. | Aug 28 15:53 |
oiaohm | More filler the more different chemicals you body has to process. | Aug 28 15:54 |
schestowitz | http://www.killercoke.org/crimes.htm | Aug 28 15:54 |
schestowitz | First time I visit the site BTW | Aug 28 15:54 |
schestowitz | http://www.killercoke.org/cokeflyer1.pdf [PDF] | Aug 28 15:56 |
schestowitz | http://www.killercoke.org/cokeflyer2.pdf [PDF] | Aug 28 15:56 |
schestowitz | More to the point, here's on history | Aug 28 15:56 |
schestowitz | "1903 The composition of Coca-Cola is changed, caffeine replacing the cocaine it contained until this time. " http://www.trivia-library.com/a/history-of-legal-and-illegal-drugs-from-1900-to-1910-ad.htm | Aug 28 15:57 |
schestowitz | Could you liquidate tobacco and make it edible/drinkable? | Aug 28 15:57 |
schestowitz | And if so, will it have the same effect on cravings as when it travels through blood via the lungs? | Aug 28 15:58 |
MinceR | well, nicotine works in skin patches | Aug 28 15:58 |
schestowitz | Yeah, that's why I ask | Aug 28 15:58 |
MinceR | it could potentially work on ingestion | Aug 28 15:58 |
schestowitz | "And what will you have with you Coke?" is their new slogan here | Aug 28 15:58 |
schestowitz | Saw it 2 days ago | Aug 28 15:58 |
schestowitz | A marketing slogan | Aug 28 15:59 |
schestowitz | They have all those xmassy fancy-schmancy ads | Aug 28 15:59 |
schestowitz | People see them as something to do with sex appeal and unity, rather than what it really is | Aug 28 15:59 |
schestowitz | The obsession people have with Coke reminds me of blind-folded Apple fans | Aug 28 16:00 |
schestowitz | "What will yo..? COKE!" | Aug 28 16:00 |
schestowitz | "Would you like to ipod this tune?" | Aug 28 16:00 |
MinceR | maybe they're parts of the new "american dream" | Aug 28 16:00 |
schestowitz | "Google her..." | Aug 28 16:00 |
schestowitz | Couldv'e meant something else in the age of Googol. | Aug 28 16:00 |
schestowitz | MinceR: AmericanDream(R) is reaching exirationdate | Aug 28 16:01 |
schestowitz | http://www.usdebtclock.org/ | Aug 28 16:01 |
schestowitz | Liability of $200k per citizen | Aug 28 16:02 |
schestowitz | Including pensioners and kids... immigrants, villagers, whatever. | Aug 28 16:03 |
schestowitz | At $5/hour it may take a while to repay | Aug 28 16:03 |
oiaohm | drinkable yes. | Aug 28 16:03 |
oiaohm | But not edible. | Aug 28 16:04 |
schestowitz | AmericanDream(R) 2.0 = "Pay back debt" | Aug 28 16:04 |
MinceR | oiaohm: why? | Aug 28 16:04 |
oiaohm | acid in digestive track destroyes the drug. | Aug 28 16:04 |
schestowitz | AmericanDream(R) 1.0 = "Get more credit" | Aug 28 16:04 |
schestowitz | Buy SUV, etc. | Aug 28 16:04 |
MinceR | doesn't it destroy it in drink form then? | Aug 28 16:04 |
MinceR | also, you could soak something with the drink | Aug 28 16:04 |
oiaohm | It simply reacts with it MinceR | Aug 28 16:04 |
MinceR | or fill a capsule | Aug 28 16:04 |
schestowitz | Join the military, fight with John Rambo | Aug 28 16:04 |
oiaohm | Month. | Aug 28 16:04 |
oiaohm | Mouth and thoat can take the drug in. | Aug 28 16:05 |
schestowitz | Yeah | Aug 28 16:05 |
schestowitz | Same thing | Aug 28 16:05 |
MinceR | i thought AmericanDream 1.0 was "find out what you're good at, do it well, prosper" | Aug 28 16:05 |
schestowitz | Food is liquids | Aug 28 16:05 |
schestowitz | Mostly water | Aug 28 16:05 |
oiaohm | so entering blood stream before its destoryed by the acid. | Aug 28 16:05 |
schestowitz | And molecules are mostly hollow, too | Aug 28 16:05 |
oiaohm | capsule will not work. | Aug 28 16:05 |
MinceR | and AmericanDream 2.0 seems to be "get tons of money, preferably via immoral and unethical ways and be worshipped" | Aug 28 16:05 |
schestowitz | Like 99.999999% empty, at least in terms of weight | Aug 28 16:06 |
oiaohm | Becuase you are end up with the acid again MinceR | Aug 28 16:06 |
schestowitz | Nucleus is where the mass is | Aug 28 16:06 |
MinceR | oiaohm: ic | Aug 28 16:06 |
MinceR | 171333 < oiaohm> Mouth and thoat can take the drug in. | Aug 28 16:06 |
MinceR | ^ that's the key. :) | Aug 28 16:06 |
schestowitz | "<MinceR> i thought AmericanDream 1.0 was "find out what you're good at, do it well, prosper"" | Aug 28 16:06 |
schestowitz | MinceR: that;'s the talking point | Aug 28 16:06 |
schestowitz | The EPO has some too | Aug 28 16:07 |
schestowitz | "Become investor, make innovation, acquire patents, sue everyone, become billionaire like BIllG and famous like Stalin" | Aug 28 16:07 |
schestowitz | Reality: EPO is private | Aug 28 16:07 |
schestowitz | Like the Federal Reserve | Aug 28 16:07 |
schestowitz | *They* make the money | Aug 28 16:08 |
schestowitz | At the expense of fools who think their piece of paper with EPO sig is worth something | Aug 28 16:08 |
schestowitz | Novell UK is in a mess this summer | Aug 28 16:09 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[nickballard] Slack FTW! (Slackware 13.0 Released) http://bit.ly/1suNJT | Aug 28 16:09 | |
schestowitz | Newsworthy? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8226188.stm | Aug 28 16:09 |
schestowitz | LOL | Aug 28 16:15 |
schestowitz | See comments in http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-08-28-006-35-NW-MS-HU | Aug 28 16:16 |
oiaohm | The funny part is that the cancer damage with a drink could be worse than smoking ie happen faster. | Aug 28 16:17 |
schestowitz | First WEP, Now WPA Encryption Falls < http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3836556/First+WEP+Now+WPA+Encryption+Falls.htm > | Aug 28 16:17 |
schestowitz | Watch the comments here: http://www.junauza.com/2009/08/ubuntu-910-vs-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-vs.html People want the author to bring on the KDE4! :-) | Aug 28 16:20 |
schestowitz | They could at least customise GNOME better | Aug 28 16:20 |
schestowitz | GNOME looks good, but not in Ubuntu | Aug 28 16:20 |
schestowitz | Read this: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-08-28-006-35-NW-MS-HU-0003 | Aug 28 16:21 |
schestowitz | And then this: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-08-28-006-35-NW-MS-HU-0004 | Aug 28 16:21 |
schestowitz | "Mandelson!" again! | Aug 28 16:21 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[nickballard] just voted "Other Christian! :D " on "Show Us Twitter's Religious Diversity." vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/LIJ8G | Aug 28 16:24 | |
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schestowitz | "Goldman sued over AIG sublease deal" http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20090827/FREE/908279975 | Aug 28 17:17 |
schestowitz | http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Sharp-NetWalker-PCZ1-Mobile-Internet-Tool/?kc=rss | Aug 28 17:21 |
MinceR | the keyboard is too small :/ | Aug 28 17:22 |
MinceR | and so is the display | Aug 28 17:23 |
schestowitz | Shrink thyself | Aug 28 17:23 |
MinceR | i doubt that's a good idea | Aug 28 17:23 |
schestowitz | Update On Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Benchmarks < http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQ4Mg > Why even waste time on it? Let Apple spend time and money doing its benchwank | Aug 28 17:24 |
schestowitz | MinceR: no, it's OK. You can grow back afterwards. Remember the sequel to "Honey, I shrank the kids"? | Aug 28 17:25 |
MinceR | just to use a netbook/smartbook? | Aug 28 17:25 |
MinceR | the shrink/grow machine is unlikely to be portable | Aug 28 17:26 |
amarsh04 | schestowitz - recent transcript of a radio segment on children in Malawi absorbing 50 cigarettes/day worth of nicotine through the skin by harvesting tobacco | Aug 28 17:26 |
schestowitz | PTS Bardu Makes Its Alpha Debut < http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQ4NQ > Waste of time -- mac ports | Aug 28 17:26 |
amarsh04 | http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2009/s2667295.htm | Aug 28 17:27 |
schestowitz | amarsh04: so they get addicted to work? | Aug 28 17:27 |
amarsh04 | it makes them sick, coughing up blood etc | Aug 28 17:28 |
schestowitz | They sacrifice for the money... 2 cents/day | Aug 28 17:30 |
schestowitz | After 50 years they can purchase an iPod... if they survive | Aug 28 17:30 |
schestowitz | That's why I added it to daily links | Aug 28 17:31 |
schestowitz | I'm gonna add an 'AstroTurf' section | Aug 28 17:31 |
schestowitz | Ethics: the Linus kryptonite | Aug 28 17:31 |
amarsh04 | I think Carla Schroder had one recent linuxtoday.com article for links that weren't strictly on-topic | Aug 28 17:32 |
schestowitz | She did the MSBBC one | Aug 28 17:33 |
schestowitz | Funny she didn't add a warning that it was satire | Aug 28 17:33 |
amarsh04 | I should buy a copy of her book on audacity when it comes out | Aug 28 17:37 |
schestowitz | Carla covers some politics too | Aug 28 17:39 |
schestowitz | I'm surprised about Linus. His father was exceptionally politically active | Aug 28 17:39 |
schestowitz | "A spokesperson from the NSW department of Education and Training (DET) today confirmed that GeoGebra, Dia, Audacity, Freemind and MuseScore would all be included on the devices." | Aug 28 17:41 |
schestowitz | http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/316261/windows_7_enabled_netbooks_schools_include_open_source_software?fp=4&fpid=78268965 What a sham. They just try to appease the FS crowd, knowing that they did something bad. | Aug 28 17:42 |
amarsh04 | I felt particularly put off by one SA Department of Education head who was damning in her faint praise of me taking an interest in the software used in state high schools | Aug 28 17:43 |
amarsh04 | the microsoft platforms and applications to the exclusion of all others makes me sick | Aug 28 17:46 |
amarsh04 | still waiting on the reply card from the registered letter I sent regarding a local company's use of busybox in their adsl routers without meeting gpl obligations | Aug 28 17:48 |
cubezzz | I was talking to a phd student yesterday | Aug 28 17:50 |
cubezzz | he told me for one of his classes he had to use Microsoft Word 2007 | Aug 28 17:51 |
cubezzz | no other version was permissible | Aug 28 17:51 |
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schestowitz | He should abandon then or lobby to change this | Aug 28 18:06 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] MIT Puts GNU/Linux on Most Machines with Debathena http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N31/asksipb.html | Aug 28 18:18 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] GNU/Linux Desktops Deemed Suitable for Businesses and Schools http://ur1.ca/anh5 | Aug 28 18:20 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] New Beta of Skype for GNU/Linux http://bit.ly/rTvKV | Aug 28 18:25 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Linux 2.6.31 Reaches Eighth Release Candidate http://bit.ly/aptUv | Aug 28 18:32 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Fake Linus Torvalds Contest to Start http://bit.ly/wLc9t | Aug 28 18:37 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Slackware 13.0 is Released http://www.slackware.com/announce/13.0.php | Aug 28 18:49 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Slackware Derivative Vector Linux Reviewed http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/vector.html | Aug 28 18:50 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" is Glorious http://www.techiemoe.com/tech/linuxmint7.htm | Aug 28 18:51 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] New Features in Ubuntu 9.10 Shown Visually http://ur1.ca/an7j http://ur1.ca/anmg | Aug 28 18:57 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] GNU/Linux Remains on Existing PS3s http://bit.ly/14oOpV | Aug 28 19:03 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Android Spreads Further to More Companies, Devices http://ur1.ca/ann7 http://ur1.ca/ann8 | Aug 28 19:05 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Opinion: Linux Phones Should Be Made Free (Gratis, Initially) http://techdirt.com/articles/20090827/0404506022.shtml | Aug 28 19:07 | |
cubezzz | well at least MIT seems to be on the right track | Aug 28 19:09 |
cubezzz | probably due to Stallman's influence | Aug 28 19:09 |
schestowitz | They recently got Exchange poisoning | Aug 28 19:11 |
cubezzz | exchange poisoning? | Aug 28 19:14 |
cubezzz | oh, I see :) | Aug 28 19:15 |
cubezzz | well, I find that a lot of the younger ones use Microsoft everything | Aug 28 19:17 |
cubezzz | excluding most of the ones in here | Aug 28 19:17 |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 is Out http://bit.ly/12gdIG | Aug 28 19:18 | |
cubezzz | I think most of MIT's web server's are Linux | Aug 28 19:20 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Free Software Has Deep Impact on Telephones http://bit.ly/17MbDC | Aug 28 19:24 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Forks Can Make Free Software Stronger http://bit.ly/2OcpZ | Aug 28 19:25 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Open Waters to Study How Businesses and Government Can Turn Free Software to Gain http://openwaters.eventbrite.com/ | Aug 28 19:26 | |
schestowitz | cubezzz: yeah, MIT is mostly BSD and stuff, still | Aug 28 19:27 |
schestowitz | Although it's more west coast | Aug 28 19:27 |
schestowitz | Berkley | Aug 28 19:28 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] #b3ta challenge in progress: steampunk! http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/steampunk/ | Aug 28 19:29 | |
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_goblin | hello al! | Aug 28 19:36 |
_goblin | *all | Aug 28 19:36 |
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trmanco | http://blogs.apache.org/infra/entry/apache_org_downtime_initial_report | Aug 28 19:37 |
trmanco | wow | Aug 28 19:37 |
trmanco | it's been 8 years | Aug 28 19:37 |
trmanco | and it wasn't an apache problem | Aug 28 19:38 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Africa is Training People for Free Software http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/692378 | Aug 28 19:38 | |
schestowitz | Hey, _Goblin | Aug 28 19:39 |
trmanco | http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2009/08/28/apacheorg_compromised.html | Aug 28 19:40 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Push to Free Computers http://www.slate.com/id/2226279/pagenum/all/ | Aug 28 19:50 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] SD Card Association Poisoned by Abusive Monopoly, Microsoft http://bit.ly/12bl6z | Aug 28 19:59 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] 379 políticos têm pensão vitalícia->Custo anual ultrapassa os 8 milhões : http://is.gd/2EkZ9 || Crise?os pequenos k se f*dam, né? | Aug 28 19:59 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] Isto em Portugal está bom é para ser político... | Aug 28 20:00 | |
_Goblin | *** Please everyone ignore my next few lines of messages - I am testing out a theory *** | Aug 28 20:02 |
_Goblin | windows mono xp vista vista 7 microsoft novell | Aug 28 20:02 |
_Goblin | **END TEST** | Aug 28 20:03 |
_Goblin | sorry about that... | Aug 28 20:03 |
_Goblin | been given some info that one of the users here is a bot which notifies certain users when keywords are used... | Aug 28 20:04 |
_Goblin | just wanted to see if anyone joined as a result of those keywords. | Aug 28 20:04 |
_Goblin | thanks for leting me indulge..... duff information. | Aug 28 20:05 |
sounds like fun, Goblin. | Aug 28 20:06 | |
Microsoft Sucks. | Aug 28 20:06 | |
_Goblin | lol... | Aug 28 20:06 |
IE is a mess. | Aug 28 20:06 | |
_Goblin | when wasnt it? | Aug 28 20:06 |
Before M$ stole it from Spyglass? | Aug 28 20:06 | |
_Goblin | IE 6 - The browser that decides which search engine you will use... | Aug 28 20:07 |
I think that's an OS function. | Aug 28 20:07 | |
_Goblin | "stole" is such an nasty word ;) !! How about "Unlawful acquisition" | Aug 28 20:07 |
_Goblin | I should write PR for MS.... | Aug 28 20:08 |
You probably have to get a PhD in dishonesty from the CIA before they will look at your resume. | Aug 28 20:09 | |
_Goblin | I also think one in stupidity is required too. Would explain much in regards to the COLA trolls | Aug 28 20:11 |
it is always stupid to lie | Aug 28 20:11 | |
but the cola trolls are stupid on purpose, to waste time on the obvious | Aug 28 20:12 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] iPhone Gets a Lot of Publicity Because It's Exploding http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE57Q4ZE20090827 | Aug 28 20:12 | |
_Goblin | not good news about the Iphone...... | Aug 28 20:12 |
_Goblin | whatever people want to say about Apple, at least it was another alternative on the market. | Aug 28 20:13 |
_Goblin | rather that than WinMOB | Aug 28 20:14 |
cubezzz | possibly the battery? | Aug 28 20:15 |
schestowitz | cubezzz: yeah | Aug 28 20:19 |
schestowitz | Time for Apple to kill another Chinese factory worker | Aug 28 20:19 |
my last netbook write up http://slashdot.org/submission/1052857/M-Colludes-to-Limit-Netbooks-Again | Aug 28 20:20 | |
schestowitz | http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56L33Z20090722 | Aug 28 20:20 |
schestowitz | "But according to a report in the influential Nanfang Daily, Sun, a 25-year-old product manager, became frantic after discovering that one of 16 prototypes of Apple's fourth-generation N90 iPhone had gone missing. The iPhone is Apple's hottest-selling device and the latest version is a well-kept secret." | Aug 28 20:20 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] .@wikisignpost jimbo's role is PR and gently suggesing stuff. like a proper decorative monarch. also to bring us tourist income. #wikipedia | Aug 28 20:29 | |
my current netbook submission http://slashdot.org/submission/1063345/5-Netbooks-M-has-Killed | Aug 28 20:31 | |
five netbooks that M$ has killed | Aug 28 20:31 | |
FCC "regulation" of the cell phone market is a farce. The best they can do is to make Apple's app store nicer? Worthless! | Aug 28 20:33 | |
cubezzz | ok, given the exact same netbook, one with windows the other with Linux, is the price the same? | Aug 28 20:37 |
cubezzz | Since the Linux one should be cheaper right? | Aug 28 20:37 |
cubezzz | can't the manufacturer just offer both operating systems? | Aug 28 20:38 |
cubezzz | no need to "kill" anything | Aug 28 20:38 |
cubezzz | the other thing I don't understand is how is Microsoft even able to dicate terms to the manufacturers? | Aug 28 20:41 |
cubezzz | I guess it's all in the contracts :-/ | Aug 28 20:42 |
cubezzz | "cease production at Microsoft's request" | Aug 28 20:46 |
cubezzz | that's just not right | Aug 28 20:46 |
trmanco | http://9gag.com/photo/11183_540.jpg | Aug 28 20:50 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] Megan Fox loves kissing girls: http://is.gd/2Eszh | Aug 28 21:13 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] Megan Fox Likes It Rough: http://is.gd/2EsCO | Aug 28 21:13 | |
schestowitz | This show neglects to show evidence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSDJF7Iqdzc&feature=PlayList&p=F38E60018FF9772B&index=0 They say only once that it's a "controversial theory" | Aug 28 21:16 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] Can Bill Gates stop hurricanes? Scientists doubt it: http://is.gd/2EsX3 || Same man who said spam would be gone by this time... | Aug 28 21:18 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] RT @daily_finance Microsoft's secret 'screw Google' meetings in D.C. -- DailyFinance http://bit.ly/18wcWR | Aug 28 21:21 | |
schestowitz | http://www.skeptics.com.au/publications/articles/the-information-challenge/ | Aug 28 21:29 |
schestowitz | Trapped | Aug 28 21:29 |
schestowitz | trmanco: LawMedia Group | Aug 28 21:30 |
schestowitz | They should be put in prison | Aug 28 21:30 |
schestowitz | AstroTurf | Aug 28 21:30 |
trmanco | I've heard of them | Aug 28 21:30 |
trmanco | "Grrr! A popup blocker may be preventing Google Reader from opening the page. If you have a popup blocker, try disabling it to open the window." | Aug 28 21:33 |
trmanco | wow | Aug 28 21:33 |
trmanco | :D | Aug 28 21:33 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] Grrr! A popup blocker may be preventing Google Reader from opening the page. If you have a popup blocker, try disabling it to open the windo | Aug 28 21:34 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] OMEN http://bit.ly/csJXN | Aug 28 21:34 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] Sergey Brin and Wife Donate $500,000 to Creative Commons http://bit.ly/17HJex | Aug 28 21:37 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] Robot to solve a Rubik's cube, built from Lego http://is.gd/2Evje HT @antoinemusso | Aug 28 21:41 | |
trmanco | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Double-Cashback-Promotion-Discontinued-120416.shtml | Aug 28 21:42 |
trmanco | microsoft runs out of money | Aug 28 21:42 |
trmanco | before it was expected | Aug 28 21:43 |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] Bit.ly Partners with Google, yFrog, Typepad and CBS: http://is.gd/2EwaN | Aug 28 21:48 | |
schestowitz | trmanco: that's some stupid BillG PR | Aug 28 21:52 |
schestowitz | The whole "Billie will save the world" theme | Aug 28 21:52 |
trmanco | nah | Aug 28 21:52 |
schestowitz | Better to ignore it. It also comes from elite's press (CNN) | Aug 28 21:53 |
trmanco | billy will ruin it even more | Aug 28 21:53 |
trmanco | what if what they are thinking of doing has the opposite effect? | Aug 28 21:53 |
schestowitz | He already does | Aug 28 21:53 |
schestowitz | Remember he pollutes the world | Aug 28 21:53 |
schestowitz | He's investing in oil giants | Aug 28 21:53 |
schestowitz | Those who pollute knowingly even more, to save cost | Aug 28 21:53 |
schestowitz | They prevent burying the waste cause it's cheaper | Aug 28 21:54 |
schestowitz | They also kill many kids in Nigeria this way | Aug 28 21:54 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] How the Sun Influences Planetary Climate: http://is.gd/2EwSV | Aug 28 21:55 | |
schestowitz | Oracle ought the Sun and the Climate | Aug 28 21:57 |
trmanco | hehe | Aug 28 22:01 |
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schestowitz | Serdar Yegulalp takes on the FSF (no surprise here): http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/08/the_fsfs_deadly.html;jsessionid=ORD23Z45PPLMFQE1GHRSKH4ATMY32JVN | Aug 28 22:10 |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] Yahoo! loses spot at Britain's biggest ISP: http://is.gd/2EyiS | Aug 28 22:10 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] the best coverage yet of #wikipedia flagged revisions http://bit.ly/7gIhQ | Aug 28 22:10 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] Nobody expects the ... MOVEMENT FOR THE CONTAINMENT OF XMAS! http://is.gd/2Ezmm | Aug 28 22:21 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Judges Appointed in SCO Case http://bit.ly/Zsiqz | Aug 28 23:16 | |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[popey] Watching @daraobriain on MTW.. reminded of.. http://bit.ly/MeW36 | Aug 28 23:36 | |
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] NotN: Google repels Microsoft attack on London offices http://notnews.today.com/?p=625 | Aug 28 23:45 | |
Eruaran | Microsoft booster Steven Musil markets for Microsoft in "Apple Unleashes Snow Leopard" article: | Aug 28 23:47 |
Eruaran | http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10320085-92.html | Aug 28 23:48 |
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[d235j] Okay, so how do you *compress* a file with HFS+ compression? @eschaton | Aug 28 23:48 |
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