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| schestowitz | > Hi, | Nov 24 07:15 |
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| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > I just noticed your article on Linux Mint / Canonical issue. I found | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > some inaccuracies so wanted to point out: | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > 1: "Some people want us to believe that Canonical uses FUD to discourage | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > exploration of Mint as an alternative to Ubuntu (which Mint is a | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > derivative of)" | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > Do you mean we want to make other believe so? | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > 2. Mint founder [7] (he is also unhappy about the source of the drama, | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > namely /Muktware/ [8,9], which led to more such coverage [10,11,12]). | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > - I would love to be the 'source' of something which may improve things, | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > but NO we are not the source of any 'drama'. Coverage 10 is from 17th | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > Nov whereas we posted on 18th (as most of our reporters are based out of | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > India so they get stories late). Coverage 11 is mere aggregation. And | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > coverage 12 has specifically credited OMG! Ubuntu. | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > Now our first story done by Monika _did not draw any conclusion_ or did | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > not use any implications. It simply reported what a Canonical developer | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > wrote on an official Debian mailing list (it was NOT on a personal blog | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > as you have written). It was an important story as it raised issues | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > about security of Linux Mint. If a Canonical developer is saying he | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > won't use Linux Mint for banking as it's not safe enough do you think we | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > should not raise the issue? At the same time the tone and approach of | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > the post was very to-the-point and simply pointing to what developer said. | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > The second post was made by Robin who looked at LM logs and in a way | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > defended Linux Mint. | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > I really don't understand why we are being accused of creating any drama? | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > It was Softpedia or OMG! like sites which exaggerated the issue - and | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > they covered it before us. Softpedia wrote - "*Ubuntu developers have | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > stated in the official mailing list of the distribution that Linux Mint | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > is a vulnerable system and people shouldn't do online banking on it.*" | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Developers-Say-that-Linux-Mint-Is-a-Vulnerable-System-401007.shtml | Nov 24 07:15 |
| TechrightsBN | news.softpedia.com | Ubuntu Developers Say That Linux Mint Is a Vulnerable System [ http://ur1.ca/g396k ] | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > It was OMG which stated that "*Users of the popular Ubuntu-based | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > operating system Linux Mint should not use it for online banking, a | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Canonical engineer has advised. | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2013-November/014770.html>*" | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| TechrightsBN | lists.ubuntu.com | Planning to create a new distro of Ubuntu [ http://ur1.ca/g396l ] | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > OMG! tried to bait users by stating *After seeing Ubuntu given a long | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > and sustained kicking about its own (largely theoretical) privacy | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > issues, it will be interesting to see if, now the boot is placed firmly | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > on the other foot, the vehement concern for users’ wellbeing will extend | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > to other distributions. | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > What did we write? "**Ubuntu developer Oliver Grawert does not prefer to | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > do online banking with Linux Mint. The reason being its unsecure | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > handling of packaging upgrades that could leave the system vulnerable to | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > attacks." | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Here we are simply saying the he won't us it as he doesn't think its | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > safe enough whereas other said that 'he is asking other to not use it. | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > So I think our coverage was quite balanced and we really did not create | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > the drama. Interestingly Clem also ended by saying that *"Oliver Grawert | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > seems “more opinionated than knowledgeable and the press blew what he | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > said out of proportion.” | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Just wanted to let you know what I think about the whole thing. Touching | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Ubuntu is becoming a very bad thing lately, I stopped covering Ubuntu | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > and if friends like you also start to think we are anti-Ubuntu...then | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > it's really sad. | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Just as RMS told me - why should Ubuntu get any special treatment? But I | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > think it's better to not touch Ubuntu at all, I get more brick-bats by | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > exposing Canonical's wrong doing than exposing that of Microsoft. | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | >======================= | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Would you like me to set the record straight by appending your response? | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | >============= | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Hi, | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > I really don’t care about what others think - and I can’t go on and | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > change everyone’s opinion but there are a few people about whom I care, | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > you RMS, Will…are among those users and if any of you doubt my | Nov 24 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > intentions then it’s really very very bad. So, I don’t want to go public | Nov 24 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > on this…but just wanted to let you know of the situation and also wanted | Nov 24 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > to know if you do think that I am trying to make people believe that | Nov 24 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > Canonical uses FUD to discourage | Nov 24 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > exploration of Mint. Because we never did any such stories. | Nov 24 07:17 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3326080 | Nov 24 18:47 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: ### This #bitcoin #transaction is worth $150 million ... | Nov 24 18:47 |
| TechrightsBN | -> blockchain.info | Bitcoin Transaction 1c12443203a48f42cdf7b1acee5b4b1c1fedc144cb909a3bf5edbffafb0cd204 [ http://ur1.ca/g2w9e ] | Nov 24 18:47 |
| schestowitz | "Just paying my my cell phone bill." | Nov 24 18:48 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3331328 | Nov 24 18:48 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: The future is now | Nov 24 18:48 |
| schestowitz | "Those legs make like 80% of fun here ... I mean - come on - wtf is that?" | Nov 24 18:48 |
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| schestowitz | >> OK, I saw there was a backup script for the DB (maybe homedir also), so | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | >> I hope there's a recent backup just in case. I recently made a copy of | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | >> /var/www/apache just for testing... but never the DB. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | Hi Susan, I know your time is limited, so I'll keep it concise. From what I can gather, about 8 GB in homedir is not essential in any way to the site (I will back it up offline), the stuff in /var/www is about 2 GB of hosted staff and several gigs of apache backup (maybe 6 GB). Is that correct? Or am I missing something. I also need to restore stuff like cron jobs, I can see what they're linked to. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > Yes, there are several backups, I think it runs every 6 hours or something. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > But I don't keep too many around. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | That's good. As long as backups are detached (external drive), maybe some are outside the house (maybe a relative's computer in case of fire). :-) | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > Why don't you pull one (or more) of those backups down somewhere and just for | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > shits and grins, see if you can import it into a testbed and see if they work. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > But with drupal, we really need to set everything as close to default as | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > possible, then put it in maintenence mode, and make a clean dump. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | Yes, I plan to try it next week on Sunday, maybe when rianne is out at church. That's a quiet time when I typically experiment with migrations or IRC logs... | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > Last night was a warning that something hardware is going in the server. I | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > just waited for it to cool off and it started back up. I do have a spare mobo | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > and ps for it, which is the two main suspects.... But I'd go ahead and get my | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > data if it was me. I do have a couple last questions: | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > can you keep the images around for all the articles I've written and stored | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > the pix on tm? I suppose I need to make other arrangements from now on tho? | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | Yes, I assume they're all under /var/www/apache* and nothing is off-site like fixed IP address or AWS? I will need to keep an eye on error_log to see if something linked is returning 404... don't worry, I will do testing and staging for weeks before making it final. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > And one other... I may need to adjust the ad dates a time or two before it's | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > all said and done. I don't anyone to get shorted. but most are fixing to run | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > out. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | I am leaving all the ads in tact until you tell me otherwise. :-) | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | Nov 25 16:17 | |
| schestowitz | > Oh, hey, could you please continue to link to my stuff at ostatic (unless | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > you've already posted of my news already or something...)? | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | Yes, I am hooked on OStatic via RSS. Will you also do DW guest articles? I don't have their Monday newsletter on RSS... | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > But you have drupal experience right? You can probably handle the move on | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > your own. I usually take screenshots to document how I have the site setup | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > before the dump, especially of the block and module administrations. But let | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > me know if you need help or something and keep me posted I guess. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | I want to take screenshots before upgrades, at least for historical records. I kept Techrights with the same theme for over 7 years... much like Groklaw. They're visual identities, not smart to replace. If I upgrade to Drupal 7/8 I will try to replicate the theme to the extent possible. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | Since we have two servers, the "before" and "after", comparing new and old can be done easily, even in tandem. I'll need to research blocks and extensions too. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | I don't have a lot of Drupal experience, I mostly come from the WordPress camp. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > Hi, Roy, | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > Did RMS visit this weekend? How did it go? I hope you all had an | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > enjoyable visit. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | I am meeting him this Friday. We also have 3 lunches before that this week.. buffet. I am still recovering from today's.... never suffered so much after a meal. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | Nov 25 17:16 | |
| schestowitz | > Nothing new here. The sun was up for ~30 minutes yesterday but I think | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > that will be it until spring. Talking to more neighbors, lynx have been | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > seen about 300-400m down the road from our house in either direction. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > My girlfriend even saw the footprints in the sand. Given the timing and | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > location, one may have gotten our cat that disappeared this summer. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | The cat would have been adopted by someone if you don't have abundance of them (straying in the streets). My dad's dog is a lost dog. They found him without a tag. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > How is the Tuxmachines migration going? | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | Slowly, maybe too slowly, but at least there is a plan now. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > There's another one now: | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/vaclav-smil-wired/ | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > I won't be recommending any articles from Wired anywhere at all for a | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > while. If they keep it up, it will be completely off my reading list. | Nov 25 17:17 |
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| schestowitz | " | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > I found the link to Maya exploring a Wikipedia article on Nepal because I knew very little about that country. | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > David, my grandson is a believer in Buddhism and does meditation. I started to read about their beliefs and was surprised at what I found. If Buddhism, which is not really a religion, replaced all existing religions, the world would be a better place. I am not a Buddhist, but merely an outsider having a look at the inside. | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > I guess I must have mentioned David's interest, as how else would you know about it? | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > Best of luck with all your enterprises and with Rianne at your side...you guys are surely a winning team. | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > Harvey | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | How about Julie following her son's path to find happiness? | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/schestowitz/status/405382797319495680 | Nov 26 17:38 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz: Killing the Poor With Climate http://t.co/vFDtKlNiIH #climate #energy | Nov 26 17:38 |
| TechrightsBN | -> techrights.org | Killing the Poor With Climate | Techrights | Nov 26 17:38 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3338877 | Nov 26 17:45 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Mark Zuckerberg counsels US government on snooping http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2309080/mark-zuckerberg-counsels-us-government-on-snooping http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-24/zuckerberg-says-u-s-really-blew-it-on-surveillance.html DATA HOARDER #FACEBOOK | Nov 26 17:45 |
| schestowitz | "Well if Zuckerberg thinks you're being too sneaky..." | Nov 26 17:45 |
| TechrightsBN | -> www.theinquirer.net | Mark Zuckerberg counsels US government on snooping- The Inquirer [ http://ur1.ca/g3lp3 ] | Nov 26 17:45 |
| TechrightsBN | -> www.bloomberg.com | Zuckerberg Says U.S. ‘Really Blew It’ on Surveillance - Bloomberg [ http://ur1.ca/g3lpn ] | Nov 26 17:45 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3336775 | Nov 26 17:46 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Interesting suggestion: calling the act if installing malware and spyware like #Microsoft #Windows on someone's computer "trespassing'. | Nov 26 17:46 |
| schestowitz | "When individuals or spammers do it, it's a crime. Microsoft does it with state support. We should fix the state because we can't fix non free software. ;-}" | Nov 26 17:46 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3335184 | Nov 26 19:42 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Crackdown on activism http://boingboing.net/2004/08/29/rnc-protests-bikes-a.html | Nov 26 19:42 |
| TechrightsBN | -> boingboing.net | NO TITLE [ http://ur1.ca/g3fln ] | Nov 26 19:42 |
| schestowitz | "Oh, I agree, that is annoying. If you remove the where and when, the story is basically entertainment." | Nov 26 19:42 |
| schestowitz | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlATOHGj9EY | Nov 26 22:55 |
| TechrightsBN | www.youtube.com | German Language Compared to other Languages - YouTube [ http://ur1.ca/g3q0a ] | Nov 26 22:55 |
| MinceR | if it's the one i've seen, it's inaccurate | Nov 26 22:55 |
| MinceR | any language would sound harsh if they pronounced it like that | Nov 26 22:55 |
| schestowitz | https://cabinetofficetechnology.blog.gov.uk/2013/11/13/technology-at-least-as-good-as-people-have-at-home/ | Nov 26 22:56 |
| TechrightsBN | cabinetofficetechnology.blog.gov.uk | Technology at least as good as people have at home | Cabinet Office technology [ http://ur1.ca/g3q0k ] | Nov 26 22:56 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: yeah | Nov 26 22:56 |
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| schestowitz | Arranging for RMS to meet: | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > Is it already known when the train arrives and where/when I can | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > meet you guys? | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | > I think I'd like to take a train around midday-ish. Could you two | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | > work it out and suggest a train to me that doesn't make me get up | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | > early but does give enough time? Maybe we could have a late lunch. | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | I have just booked my tickets, so I shall arrive at Lincoln Central at | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | 12:07 (leaving on a train from Sheffield at 10:35). | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Richard, if you travel from London Euston (EUS) to Lincoln Central | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | (LCN), then here are some train times: | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Leaving at: | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 10:10 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 11:10 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 11:28 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 12:10 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 13:10 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Arriving at (respectively): | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 12:36 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 13:30 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 14:07 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 15:05 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 15:55 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | The second one, which arrives at 1:30PM, is the fastest one, taking 2h | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | 20m. | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3343178 | Nov 27 18:08 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: NSA Shows Why We Should Abandon All Proprietary Software and Verify Trust | Nov 27 18:08 |
| schestowitz | "To me the question is this: Given what we now know about the complicity of the proprietary software producers with the NSA , why would anyone who has the even smallest respect for their own online privacy choose to run closed (untrusted) software?"" | Nov 27 18:08 |
| TechrightsBN | -> techrights.org | NSA Shows Why We Should Abandon All Proprietary Software and Verify Trust | Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/g3vr4 ] | Nov 27 18:08 |
| schestowitz | "Because it's easy. Easy to buy. Easy to fit in. Easy to get support. Easy to justify." | Nov 27 18:08 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3341850 | Nov 27 18:09 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: If You Don't Care About The NSA Because You 'Haven't Done Anything Wrong,' You're Wrong http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131126/01352025373/if-you-dont-care-about-nsa-because-you-havent-done-anything-wrong-youre-wrong.shtml #nsa | Nov 27 18:09 |
| TechrightsBN | -> www.techdirt.com | If You Don't Care About The NSA Because You 'Haven't Done Anything Wrong,' You're Wrong | Techdirt [ http://ur1.ca/g3vra ] | Nov 27 18:09 |
| schestowitz | "Cardinal Richelieu's line is my profile motto on the Plus (which I'm in the process of extricating myself from).' | Nov 27 18:09 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3341745 | Nov 27 18:10 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Is it Jim Lynch that's suddenly so provocative (he's not), or are the editors at #IDG trying so gard to make #GNU #Linux look bad? | Nov 27 18:10 |
| schestowitz | "Context?" | Nov 27 18:10 |
| schestowitz | Something about abandoning Linux | Nov 27 18:10 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3341858 | Nov 27 19:10 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "$52.6 billion “black budget” that funds the NSA" http://www.forbes.com/sites/runasandvik/2013/11/26/illuminating-the-united-states-billion-dollar-intelligence-budget-project-spylighter-documents-surveillance-technology-used-by-the-nsa/ | Nov 27 19:10 |
| TechrightsBN | -> www.forbes.com | Illuminating The Billion Dollar U.S. Intelligence Budget: Project SpyLighter Documents NSA Surveillance Technology - Forbes | Nov 27 19:10 |
| schestowitz | "Forbes, we can be sure, minimizes the problem." | Nov 27 19:10 |
| schestowitz | RMS: | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > I hope they will have food I like. That can't be taken for granted. | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > Here are the things I particularly dislike: | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > avocado | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > eggplant, usually (there are occasional exceptions) | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > hot pepper | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > olives | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > liver (even in trace quantities) | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > stomach and intestine; other organ meats | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > cooked tuna | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > oysters | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > egg yolk, if the taste is noticeable, except when boiled completely hard | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > many strong cheeses, especially those with green fungus | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > desserts that contain fruit or liqueur flavors | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > sour fruits, such as grapefruit and many oranges | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > If you could make sure that little of the menu has these things, | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > I will probably like most of it. | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | ' | Nov 27 21:37 |
| schestowitz | The Cypriot economy has diversified and become prosperous in recent years.[95] However, in 2012 it became affected by the Eurozone financial and banking crisis. In June 2012, the Cypriot government announced it would need €1.8 billion of foreign aid to support the Cyprus Popular Bank, and this was followed by Fitch downgrading Cyprus's credit rating to junk status.[96] Fitch said Cyprus would need an additional €4 billion to | Nov 27 22:27 |
| schestowitz | support its banks and the downgrade was mainly due to the exposure of Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank and Hellenic Bank, Cyprus's three largest banks, to the Greek financial crisis"7" | Nov 27 22:27 |
| schestowitz | The Cypriot economy has diversified and become prosperous in recent years.[95] However, in 2012 it became affected by the Eurozone financial and banking crisis. In June 2012, the Cypriot government announced it would need €1.8 billion of foreign aid to support the Cyprus Popular Bank, and this was followed by Fitch downgrading Cyprus's credit rating to junk status.[96] Fitch said Cyprus would need an additional €4 billion to | Nov 27 22:27 |
| schestowitz | support its banks and the downgrade was mainly due to the exposure of Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank and Hellenic Bank, Cyprus's three largest banks, to the Greek financial crisis | Nov 27 22:27 |
| schestowitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus#Economy | Nov 27 22:27 |
| TechrightsBN | en.wikipedia.org | Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [ http://ur1.ca/g3x2k ] | Nov 27 22:27 |
| schestowitz | "The 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis led to an agreement with the Eurogroup in March 2013 to split the country's second largest bank, the Cyprus Popular Bank (also known as Laiki Bank), into a "bad" bank which would be wound down over time and a "good" bank which would be absorbed by the Bank of Cyprus. In return for a €10 billion bailout from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary | Nov 27 22:28 |
| schestowitz | Fund, the Cypriot government would be required to impose a significant haircut on uninsured deposits, a large proportion of which were held by wealthy Russians who used Cyprus as a tax haven. Insured deposits of €100,000 or less would not be affected" | Nov 27 22:28 |
| schestowitz | BS | Nov 27 22:28 |
| schestowitz | just an excuse | Nov 27 22:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 22:29 |
| schestowitz | Turkey, which does not recognize the border agreements of Cyprus with its neighbours,[106] threatened to mobilize its naval forces in the event that Cyprus would proceed with plans to begin drilling at Block 12.[107] Cyprus' drilling efforts have the support of the US, EU, and UN, and on 19 September 2011 drilling in Block 12 began without any incidents being reported.[108] | Nov 27 22:29 |
| schestowitz | The island has witnessed a massive growth in tourism over the years and as such the property rental market in Cyprus has grown. Added to this is the capital growth in property that has been created from the demand of incoming investors and property buyers to the island | Nov 27 22:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 22:29 |
| schestowitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cranes_Limassol_Harbour_20110703.jpg | Nov 27 22:30 |
| TechrightsBN | en.wikipedia.org | File:Cranes Limassol Harbour 20110703.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [ http://ur1.ca/g3x37 ] | Nov 27 22:30 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3346922 | Nov 29 10:01 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: More Questions for Richard Stallman | Nov 29 10:01 |
| TechrightsBN | -> techrights.org | More Questions for Richard Stallman | Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/g478s ] | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | "Awesome, Roy! could you please ask Richard what he thinks about Google? is it evil? is it lesser evil, just like in RMS's example of lending a copy of software to your friend, even though this copy should not be copied? PS do you think there's any chance to have RMS say whatever he might want to say through your site more often? you both have the same purpose and same goal of broadening people's knowledge about FLOSS. I love to | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | watch his talks, but it's actually quite hard to find any recent one." | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | I will ask him | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3347425] | Nov 29 10:01 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "what happens when passive data collection from sensors can be shared –sometimes without your knowledge?" http://gigaom.com/2013/11/27/forget-about-the-nsa-for-a-minute-the-internet-of-things-could-kill-the-little-white-lie/ | Nov 29 10:01 |
| TechrightsBN | -> gigaom.com | Forget about the NSA for a minute: The internet of things could kill the little white lie — Tech News and Analysis [ http://ur1.ca/g478x ] | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | "treacherous devices" | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/33470954 | Nov 29 10:02 |
| TechrightsBN | Not a Diaspora post? | Nov 29 10:02 |
| schestowitz | Exactly, Roy! I see it this way, too. I'd call that "triangulation", because we - as "targets" - are being targeted in order to get our location, IP and personal data. Using two devices instead of just one makes this data more accurate. They can get confirmation, etc"777" | Nov 29 10:02 |
| schestowitz | It's not clear is it practically aids security; I wonder what Schneier would say. It may improve the perception of security, but boys will be boys and inside threats won't be stopped by this. | Nov 29 10:03 |
| schestowitz | "i agree both with post and comment, never used it nor will" | Nov 29 10:04 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3348973 | Nov 29 10:04 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #RaspberryPi Represents the Rise of Freedom-Respecting Embedded GNU/Linux http://techrights.org/2013/11/28/raspberry-pi/ #gnu #linux | Nov 29 10:04 |
| TechrightsBN | -> techrights.org | Raspberry Pi Represents the Rise of Freedom-Respecting Embedded GNU/Linux | Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/g479l ] | Nov 29 10:05 |
| schestowitz | Doesn't the Pi require a binary blob for the GPU?""77' | Nov 29 10:05 |
| schestowitz | I remember reading about it; never heard them tackling this issue... | Nov 29 10:05 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3349899 | Nov 30 03:24 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The #nsa is killing free #wifi http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/11/29/0246234/european-parliament-culls-public-wi-fi-access-after-email-hack?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=twitter | Nov 30 03:24 |
| TechrightsBN | -> it.slashdot.org | European Parliament Culls Public Wi-Fi Access After Email Hack - Slashdot [ http://ur1.ca/g4bu1 ] | Nov 30 03:24 |
| schestowitz | "Didn't exactly work like that for DPR. But yes. Tor's still preferred. You can get more places." | Nov 30 03:24 |
| schestowitz | Hi Richard, | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for making yourself available this Friday. It was really great to see you again; I feel very comfortable around you. | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | I apologise for leaving your talk a little earlier than the talk's end; the last train to Manchester (connection at 10pm in Sheffield) was nearly leaving and I was on work duty 1-9am that same night, so I *really* had to return that same night and it was my last chance (arriving at Manchester after 11pm, before service stops). I literally *ran* to the rail station. | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | You have asked me to send information/contacts of freedom-respecting routers -- a subject that came up in the news just days ago. Free Router Project would be a suitable name, but they call it "Open". Here are two new articles: | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | Open router project launched to improve network privacy | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | http://www.zdnet.com/open-router-project-launched-to-improve-network-privacy-7000023622/ | Nov 30 05:22 |
| schestowitz | But could the push back against the NSA’s comprehensive surveillance with new privacy-enhancing technology be jeopardised by community reluctance for large-scale collaboration? | Nov 30 05:22 |
| TechrightsBN | www.zdnet.com | Open router project launched to improve network privacy | ZDNet [ http://ur1.ca/g4cbs ] | Nov 30 05:22 |
| schestowitz | Brisbane devs design open source router to beat NSA snooping | Nov 30 05:22 |
| schestowitz | http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/365515,brisbane-devs-design-open-source-router-to-beat-nsa-snooping.aspx | Nov 30 05:22 |
| schestowitz | Four Brisbane security researchers are fighting back against government surveillance by building a router based on open source components designed to make security and privacy verifiable and more accessible to users. | Nov 30 05:22 |
| TechrightsBN | www.scmagazine.com.au | Brisbane devs design open source router to beat NSA snooping - Applications - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence [ http://ur1.ca/g4cbu ] | Nov 30 05:22 |
| schestowitz | The Open Router Project (ORP-1) router would be built on open source hardware and software to allow users to check that the unit was free of vulnerabilities and backdoors. | Nov 30 05:22 |
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| schestowitz | (06:47:17) .: hehe... truth is I just got back from a house party and am now going to sleep | Nov 30 06:50 |
| schestowitz | (06:48:16) Dr. Roy Schestowitz: Ah, good that you're finding time for it. For me it was little sleep on the train and then work. RMS and I spoke for 2.5 hours, it was worthwhile. | Nov 30 06:50 |
| schestowitz | (06:48:49) .: great! very pleased you had a good conversation | Nov 30 06:50 |
| schestowitz | (06:49:56) Dr. Roy Schestowitz: he's acting like I'm a trusted friend now, it's quite an unusual thing considering how suspicious he is of others. | Nov 30 06:50 |
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| schestowitz | > Hi, | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > I just noticed your article on Linux Mint / Canonical issue. I found | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > some inaccuracies so wanted to point out: | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > 1: "Some people want us to believe that Canonical uses FUD to discourage | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > exploration of Mint as an alternative to Ubuntu (which Mint is a | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > derivative of)" | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > Do you mean we want to make other believe so? | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > 2. Mint founder [7] (he is also unhappy about the source of the drama, | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > namely /Muktware/ [8,9], which led to more such coverage [10,11,12]). | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > - I would love to be the 'source' of something which may improve things, | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > but NO we are not the source of any 'drama'. Coverage 10 is from 17th | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > Nov whereas we posted on 18th (as most of our reporters are based out of | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > India so they get stories late). Coverage 11 is mere aggregation. And | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > coverage 12 has specifically credited OMG! Ubuntu. | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > Now our first story done by Monika _did not draw any conclusion_ or did | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > not use any implications. It simply reported what a Canonical developer | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > wrote on an official Debian mailing list (it was NOT on a personal blog | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > as you have written). It was an important story as it raised issues | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > about security of Linux Mint. If a Canonical developer is saying he | Nov 24 07:14 |
| schestowitz | > won't use Linux Mint for banking as it's not safe enough do you think we | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > should not raise the issue? At the same time the tone and approach of | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > the post was very to-the-point and simply pointing to what developer said. | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > The second post was made by Robin who looked at LM logs and in a way | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > defended Linux Mint. | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > I really don't understand why we are being accused of creating any drama? | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > It was Softpedia or OMG! like sites which exaggerated the issue - and | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > they covered it before us. Softpedia wrote - "*Ubuntu developers have | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > stated in the official mailing list of the distribution that Linux Mint | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > is a vulnerable system and people shouldn't do online banking on it.*" | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Developers-Say-that-Linux-Mint-Is-a-Vulnerable-System-401007.shtml | Nov 24 07:15 |
| TechrightsBN | news.softpedia.com | Ubuntu Developers Say That Linux Mint Is a Vulnerable System [ http://ur1.ca/g396k ] | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > It was OMG which stated that "*Users of the popular Ubuntu-based | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > operating system Linux Mint should not use it for online banking, a | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > Canonical engineer has advised. | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2013-November/014770.html>*" | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| TechrightsBN | lists.ubuntu.com | Planning to create a new distro of Ubuntu [ http://ur1.ca/g396l ] | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > OMG! tried to bait users by stating *After seeing Ubuntu given a long | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > and sustained kicking about its own (largely theoretical) privacy | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > issues, it will be interesting to see if, now the boot is placed firmly | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > on the other foot, the vehement concern for users’ wellbeing will extend | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > to other distributions. | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > What did we write? "**Ubuntu developer Oliver Grawert does not prefer to | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > do online banking with Linux Mint. The reason being its unsecure | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > handling of packaging upgrades that could leave the system vulnerable to | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > attacks." | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > Here we are simply saying the he won't us it as he doesn't think its | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > safe enough whereas other said that 'he is asking other to not use it. | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > So I think our coverage was quite balanced and we really did not create | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > the drama. Interestingly Clem also ended by saying that *"Oliver Grawert | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > seems “more opinionated than knowledgeable and the press blew what he | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > said out of proportion.” | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:15 |
| schestowitz | > Just wanted to let you know what I think about the whole thing. Touching | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Ubuntu is becoming a very bad thing lately, I stopped covering Ubuntu | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > and if friends like you also start to think we are anti-Ubuntu...then | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > it's really sad. | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Just as RMS told me - why should Ubuntu get any special treatment? But I | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > think it's better to not touch Ubuntu at all, I get more brick-bats by | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > exposing Canonical's wrong doing than exposing that of Microsoft. | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | >======================= | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Would you like me to set the record straight by appending your response? | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | >============= | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Hi, | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > I really don’t care about what others think - and I can’t go on and | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > change everyone’s opinion but there are a few people about whom I care, | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > you RMS, Will…are among those users and if any of you doubt my | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > intentions then it’s really very very bad. So, I don’t want to go public | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > on this…but just wanted to let you know of the situation and also wanted | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > to know if you do think that I am trying to make people believe that | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Canonical uses FUD to discourage | Nov 24 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > exploration of Mint. Because we never did any such stories. | Nov 24 07:16 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3326080 | Nov 24 18:47 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: ### This #bitcoin #transaction is worth $150 million ... | Nov 24 18:47 |
| TechrightsBN | -> blockchain.info | Bitcoin Transaction 1c12443203a48f42cdf7b1acee5b4b1c1fedc144cb909a3bf5edbffafb0cd204 [ http://ur1.ca/g2w9e ] | Nov 24 18:47 |
| schestowitz | "Just paying my my cell phone bill." | Nov 24 18:47 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3331328 | Nov 24 18:47 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: The future is now | Nov 24 18:47 |
| schestowitz | "Those legs make like 80% of fun here ... I mean - come on - wtf is that?" | Nov 24 18:47 |
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| schestowitz | >> OK, I saw there was a backup script for the DB (maybe homedir also), so | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | >> I hope there's a recent backup just in case. I recently made a copy of | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | >> /var/www/apache just for testing... but never the DB. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | Hi Susan, I know your time is limited, so I'll keep it concise. From what I can gather, about 8 GB in homedir is not essential in any way to the site (I will back it up offline), the stuff in /var/www is about 2 GB of hosted staff and several gigs of apache backup (maybe 6 GB). Is that correct? Or am I missing something. I also need to restore stuff like cron jobs, I can see what they're linked to. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > Yes, there are several backups, I think it runs every 6 hours or something. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > But I don't keep too many around. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | That's good. As long as backups are detached (external drive), maybe some are outside the house (maybe a relative's computer in case of fire). :-) | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > Why don't you pull one (or more) of those backups down somewhere and just for | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > shits and grins, see if you can import it into a testbed and see if they work. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > But with drupal, we really need to set everything as close to default as | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > possible, then put it in maintenence mode, and make a clean dump. | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | Yes, I plan to try it next week on Sunday, maybe when rianne is out at church. That's a quiet time when I typically experiment with migrations or IRC logs... | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > Last night was a warning that something hardware is going in the server. I | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > just waited for it to cool off and it started back up. I do have a spare mobo | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > and ps for it, which is the two main suspects.... But I'd go ahead and get my | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > data if it was me. I do have a couple last questions: | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > can you keep the images around for all the articles I've written and stored | Nov 25 16:16 |
| schestowitz | > the pix on tm? I suppose I need to make other arrangements from now on tho? | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | Yes, I assume they're all under /var/www/apache* and nothing is off-site like fixed IP address or AWS? I will need to keep an eye on error_log to see if something linked is returning 404... don't worry, I will do testing and staging for weeks before making it final. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > And one other... I may need to adjust the ad dates a time or two before it's | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > all said and done. I don't anyone to get shorted. but most are fixing to run | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > out. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | I am leaving all the ads in tact until you tell me otherwise. :-) | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | Nov 25 16:17 | |
| schestowitz | > Oh, hey, could you please continue to link to my stuff at ostatic (unless | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > you've already posted of my news already or something...)? | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | Yes, I am hooked on OStatic via RSS. Will you also do DW guest articles? I don't have their Monday newsletter on RSS... | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > But you have drupal experience right? You can probably handle the move on | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > your own. I usually take screenshots to document how I have the site setup | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > before the dump, especially of the block and module administrations. But let | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > me know if you need help or something and keep me posted I guess. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | I want to take screenshots before upgrades, at least for historical records. I kept Techrights with the same theme for over 7 years... much like Groklaw. They're visual identities, not smart to replace. If I upgrade to Drupal 7/8 I will try to replicate the theme to the extent possible. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | Since we have two servers, the "before" and "after", comparing new and old can be done easily, even in tandem. I'll need to research blocks and extensions too. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | I don't have a lot of Drupal experience, I mostly come from the WordPress camp. | Nov 25 16:17 |
| schestowitz | > Hi, Roy, | Nov 25 17:15 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 25 17:15 |
| schestowitz | > Did RMS visit this weekend? How did it go? I hope you all had an | Nov 25 17:15 |
| schestowitz | > enjoyable visit. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | I am meeting him this Friday. We also have 3 lunches before that this week.. buffet. I am still recovering from today's.... never suffered so much after a meal. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | Nov 25 17:16 | |
| schestowitz | > Nothing new here. The sun was up for ~30 minutes yesterday but I think | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > that will be it until spring. Talking to more neighbors, lynx have been | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > seen about 300-400m down the road from our house in either direction. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > My girlfriend even saw the footprints in the sand. Given the timing and | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > location, one may have gotten our cat that disappeared this summer. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | The cat would have been adopted by someone if you don't have abundance of them (straying in the streets). My dad's dog is a lost dog. They found him without a tag. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > How is the Tuxmachines migration going? | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | Slowly, maybe too slowly, but at least there is a plan now. | Nov 25 17:16 |
| schestowitz | > There's another one now: | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/vaclav-smil-wired/ | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > I won't be recommending any articles from Wired anywhere at all for a | Nov 25 17:17 |
| schestowitz | > while. If they keep it up, it will be completely off my reading list. | Nov 25 17:17 |
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| schestowitz | " | Nov 26 15:55 |
| schestowitz | > I found the link to Maya exploring a Wikipedia article on Nepal because I knew very little about that country. | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > David, my grandson is a believer in Buddhism and does meditation. I started to read about their beliefs and was surprised at what I found. If Buddhism, which is not really a religion, replaced all existing religions, the world would be a better place. I am not a Buddhist, but merely an outsider having a look at the inside. | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > I guess I must have mentioned David's interest, as how else would you know about it? | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > Best of luck with all your enterprises and with Rianne at your side...you guys are surely a winning team. | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | > Harvey | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | How about Julie following her son's path to find happiness? | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 26 15:56 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/schestowitz/status/405382797319495680 | Nov 26 17:37 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz: Killing the Poor With Climate http://t.co/vFDtKlNiIH #climate #energy | Nov 26 17:37 |
| TechrightsBN | -> techrights.org | Killing the Poor With Climate | Techrights | Nov 26 17:37 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3338877 | Nov 26 17:45 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Mark Zuckerberg counsels US government on snooping http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2309080/mark-zuckerberg-counsels-us-government-on-snooping http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-24/zuckerberg-says-u-s-really-blew-it-on-surveillance.html DATA HOARDER #FACEBOOK | Nov 26 17:45 |
| schestowitz | "Well if Zuckerberg thinks you're being too sneaky..." | Nov 26 17:45 |
| TechrightsBN | -> www.theinquirer.net | Mark Zuckerberg counsels US government on snooping- The Inquirer [ http://ur1.ca/g3lp3 ] | Nov 26 17:45 |
| TechrightsBN | -> www.bloomberg.com | Zuckerberg Says U.S. ‘Really Blew It’ on Surveillance - Bloomberg [ http://ur1.ca/g3lpn ] | Nov 26 17:45 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3336775 | Nov 26 17:45 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Interesting suggestion: calling the act if installing malware and spyware like #Microsoft #Windows on someone's computer "trespassing'. | Nov 26 17:46 |
| schestowitz | "When individuals or spammers do it, it's a crime. Microsoft does it with state support. We should fix the state because we can't fix non free software. ;-}" | Nov 26 17:46 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3335184 | Nov 26 19:42 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Crackdown on activism http://boingboing.net/2004/08/29/rnc-protests-bikes-a.html | Nov 26 19:42 |
| TechrightsBN | -> boingboing.net | NO TITLE [ http://ur1.ca/g3fln ] | Nov 26 19:42 |
| schestowitz | "Oh, I agree, that is annoying. If you remove the where and when, the story is basically entertainment." | Nov 26 19:42 |
| schestowitz | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlATOHGj9EY | Nov 26 22:55 |
| TechrightsBN | www.youtube.com | German Language Compared to other Languages - YouTube [ http://ur1.ca/g3q0a ] | Nov 26 22:55 |
| MinceR | if it's the one i've seen, it's inaccurate | Nov 26 22:55 |
| MinceR | any language would sound harsh if they pronounced it like that | Nov 26 22:55 |
| schestowitz | https://cabinetofficetechnology.blog.gov.uk/2013/11/13/technology-at-least-as-good-as-people-have-at-home/ | Nov 26 22:56 |
| TechrightsBN | cabinetofficetechnology.blog.gov.uk | Technology at least as good as people have at home | Cabinet Office technology [ http://ur1.ca/g3q0k ] | Nov 26 22:56 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: yeah | Nov 26 22:56 |
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| schestowitz | Arranging for RMS to meet: | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > Is it already known when the train arrives and where/when I can | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > meet you guys? | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > I think I'd like to take a train around midday-ish. Could you two | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > work it out and suggest a train to me that doesn't make me get up | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | > early but does give enough time? Maybe we could have a late lunch. | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | I have just booked my tickets, so I shall arrive at Lincoln Central at | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | 12:07 (leaving on a train from Sheffield at 10:35). | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | Richard, if you travel from London Euston (EUS) to Lincoln Central | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | (LCN), then here are some train times: | Nov 27 10:35 |
| schestowitz | Leaving at: | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 10:10 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 11:10 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 11:28 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 12:10 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | EUS 13:10 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | Arriving at (respectively): | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 12:36 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 13:30 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 14:07 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 15:05 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | LCN 15:55 | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | The second one, which arrives at 1:30PM, is the fastest one, taking 2h | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | 20m. | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 10:36 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3343178 | Nov 27 18:07 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: NSA Shows Why We Should Abandon All Proprietary Software and Verify Trust | Nov 27 18:07 |
| schestowitz | "To me the question is this: Given what we now know about the complicity of the proprietary software producers with the NSA , why would anyone who has the even smallest respect for their own online privacy choose to run closed (untrusted) software?"" | Nov 27 18:07 |
| TechrightsBN | -> techrights.org | NSA Shows Why We Should Abandon All Proprietary Software and Verify Trust | Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/g3vr4 ] | Nov 27 18:07 |
| schestowitz | "Because it's easy. Easy to buy. Easy to fit in. Easy to get support. Easy to justify." | Nov 27 18:08 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3341850 | Nov 27 18:09 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: If You Don't Care About The NSA Because You 'Haven't Done Anything Wrong,' You're Wrong http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131126/01352025373/if-you-dont-care-about-nsa-because-you-havent-done-anything-wrong-youre-wrong.shtml #nsa | Nov 27 18:09 |
| TechrightsBN | -> www.techdirt.com | If You Don't Care About The NSA Because You 'Haven't Done Anything Wrong,' You're Wrong | Techdirt [ http://ur1.ca/g3vra ] | Nov 27 18:09 |
| schestowitz | "Cardinal Richelieu's line is my profile motto on the Plus (which I'm in the process of extricating myself from).' | Nov 27 18:09 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3341745 | Nov 27 18:10 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Is it Jim Lynch that's suddenly so provocative (he's not), or are the editors at #IDG trying so gard to make #GNU #Linux look bad? | Nov 27 18:10 |
| schestowitz | "Context?" | Nov 27 18:10 |
| schestowitz | Something about abandoning Linux | Nov 27 18:10 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3341858 | Nov 27 19:10 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "$52.6 billion “black budget” that funds the NSA" http://www.forbes.com/sites/runasandvik/2013/11/26/illuminating-the-united-states-billion-dollar-intelligence-budget-project-spylighter-documents-surveillance-technology-used-by-the-nsa/ | Nov 27 19:10 |
| TechrightsBN | -> www.forbes.com | Illuminating The Billion Dollar U.S. Intelligence Budget: Project SpyLighter Documents NSA Surveillance Technology - Forbes | Nov 27 19:10 |
| schestowitz | "Forbes, we can be sure, minimizes the problem." | Nov 27 19:10 |
| schestowitz | RMS: | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > I hope they will have food I like. That can't be taken for granted. | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > Here are the things I particularly dislike: | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > avocado | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > eggplant, usually (there are occasional exceptions) | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > hot pepper | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > olives | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > liver (even in trace quantities) | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > stomach and intestine; other organ meats | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > cooked tuna | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > oysters | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > egg yolk, if the taste is noticeable, except when boiled completely hard | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > many strong cheeses, especially those with green fungus | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > desserts that contain fruit or liqueur flavors | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > sour fruits, such as grapefruit and many oranges | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > If you could make sure that little of the menu has these things, | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | > I will probably like most of it. | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | ' | Nov 27 21:36 |
| schestowitz | The Cypriot economy has diversified and become prosperous in recent years.[95] However, in 2012 it became affected by the Eurozone financial and banking crisis. In June 2012, the Cypriot government announced it would need €1.8 billion of foreign aid to support the Cyprus Popular Bank, and this was followed by Fitch downgrading Cyprus's credit rating to junk status.[96] Fitch said Cyprus would need an additional €4 billion to | Nov 27 22:26 |
| schestowitz | support its banks and the downgrade was mainly due to the exposure of Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank and Hellenic Bank, Cyprus's three largest banks, to the Greek financial crisis"7" | Nov 27 22:26 |
| schestowitz | The Cypriot economy has diversified and become prosperous in recent years.[95] However, in 2012 it became affected by the Eurozone financial and banking crisis. In June 2012, the Cypriot government announced it would need €1.8 billion of foreign aid to support the Cyprus Popular Bank, and this was followed by Fitch downgrading Cyprus's credit rating to junk status.[96] Fitch said Cyprus would need an additional €4 billion to | Nov 27 22:26 |
| schestowitz | support its banks and the downgrade was mainly due to the exposure of Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank and Hellenic Bank, Cyprus's three largest banks, to the Greek financial crisis | Nov 27 22:26 |
| schestowitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus#Economy | Nov 27 22:27 |
| TechrightsBN | en.wikipedia.org | Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [ http://ur1.ca/g3x2k ] | Nov 27 22:27 |
| schestowitz | "The 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis led to an agreement with the Eurogroup in March 2013 to split the country's second largest bank, the Cyprus Popular Bank (also known as Laiki Bank), into a "bad" bank which would be wound down over time and a "good" bank which would be absorbed by the Bank of Cyprus. In return for a €10 billion bailout from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary | Nov 27 22:28 |
| schestowitz | Fund, the Cypriot government would be required to impose a significant haircut on uninsured deposits, a large proportion of which were held by wealthy Russians who used Cyprus as a tax haven. Insured deposits of €100,000 or less would not be affected" | Nov 27 22:28 |
| schestowitz | BS | Nov 27 22:28 |
| schestowitz | just an excuse | Nov 27 22:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 22:29 |
| schestowitz | Turkey, which does not recognize the border agreements of Cyprus with its neighbours,[106] threatened to mobilize its naval forces in the event that Cyprus would proceed with plans to begin drilling at Block 12.[107] Cyprus' drilling efforts have the support of the US, EU, and UN, and on 19 September 2011 drilling in Block 12 began without any incidents being reported.[108] | Nov 27 22:29 |
| schestowitz | The island has witnessed a massive growth in tourism over the years and as such the property rental market in Cyprus has grown. Added to this is the capital growth in property that has been created from the demand of incoming investors and property buyers to the island | Nov 27 22:29 |
| schestowitz | " | Nov 27 22:29 |
| schestowitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cranes_Limassol_Harbour_20110703.jpg | Nov 27 22:29 |
| TechrightsBN | en.wikipedia.org | File:Cranes Limassol Harbour 20110703.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [ http://ur1.ca/g3x37 ] | Nov 27 22:30 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3346922 | Nov 29 10:00 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: More Questions for Richard Stallman | Nov 29 10:00 |
| TechrightsBN | -> techrights.org | More Questions for Richard Stallman | Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/g478s ] | Nov 29 10:00 |
| schestowitz | "Awesome, Roy! could you please ask Richard what he thinks about Google? is it evil? is it lesser evil, just like in RMS's example of lending a copy of software to your friend, even though this copy should not be copied? PS do you think there's any chance to have RMS say whatever he might want to say through your site more often? you both have the same purpose and same goal of broadening people's knowledge about FLOSS. I love to | Nov 29 10:00 |
| schestowitz | watch his talks, but it's actually quite hard to find any recent one." | Nov 29 10:00 |
| schestowitz | I will ask him | Nov 29 10:00 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3347425] | Nov 29 10:01 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "what happens when passive data collection from sensors can be shared –sometimes without your knowledge?" http://gigaom.com/2013/11/27/forget-about-the-nsa-for-a-minute-the-internet-of-things-could-kill-the-little-white-lie/ | Nov 29 10:01 |
| TechrightsBN | -> gigaom.com | Forget about the NSA for a minute: The internet of things could kill the little white lie — Tech News and Analysis [ http://ur1.ca/g478x ] | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | "treacherous devices" | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/33470954 | Nov 29 10:01 |
| TechrightsBN | Not a Diaspora post? | Nov 29 10:01 |
| schestowitz | Exactly, Roy! I see it this way, too. I'd call that "triangulation", because we - as "targets" - are being targeted in order to get our location, IP and personal data. Using two devices instead of just one makes this data more accurate. They can get confirmation, etc"777" | Nov 29 10:02 |
| schestowitz | It's not clear is it practically aids security; I wonder what Schneier would say. It may improve the perception of security, but boys will be boys and inside threats won't be stopped by this. | Nov 29 10:03 |
| schestowitz | "i agree both with post and comment, never used it nor will" | Nov 29 10:03 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3348973 | Nov 29 10:04 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #RaspberryPi Represents the Rise of Freedom-Respecting Embedded GNU/Linux http://techrights.org/2013/11/28/raspberry-pi/ #gnu #linux | Nov 29 10:04 |
| TechrightsBN | -> techrights.org | Raspberry Pi Represents the Rise of Freedom-Respecting Embedded GNU/Linux | Techrights [ http://ur1.ca/g479l ] | Nov 29 10:04 |
| schestowitz | Doesn't the Pi require a binary blob for the GPU?""77' | Nov 29 10:04 |
| schestowitz | I remember reading about it; never heard them tackling this issue... | Nov 29 10:05 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3349899 | Nov 30 03:24 |
| TechrightsBN | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The #nsa is killing free #wifi http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/11/29/0246234/european-parliament-culls-public-wi-fi-access-after-email-hack?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=twitter | Nov 30 03:24 |
| TechrightsBN | -> it.slashdot.org | European Parliament Culls Public Wi-Fi Access After Email Hack - Slashdot [ http://ur1.ca/g4bu1 ] | Nov 30 03:24 |
| schestowitz | "Didn't exactly work like that for DPR. But yes. Tor's still preferred. You can get more places." | Nov 30 03:24 |
| schestowitz | Hi Richard, | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for making yourself available this Friday. It was really great to see you again; I feel very comfortable around you. | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | I apologise for leaving your talk a little earlier than the talk's end; the last train to Manchester (connection at 10pm in Sheffield) was nearly leaving and I was on work duty 1-9am that same night, so I *really* had to return that same night and it was my last chance (arriving at Manchester after 11pm, before service stops). I literally *ran* to the rail station. | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | You have asked me to send information/contacts of freedom-respecting routers -- a subject that came up in the news just days ago. Free Router Project would be a suitable name, but they call it "Open". Here are two new articles: | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | Open router project launched to improve network privacy | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | http://www.zdnet.com/open-router-project-launched-to-improve-network-privacy-7000023622/ | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | But could the push back against the NSA’s comprehensive surveillance with new privacy-enhancing technology be jeopardised by community reluctance for large-scale collaboration? | Nov 30 05:21 |
| TechrightsBN | www.zdnet.com | Open router project launched to improve network privacy | ZDNet [ http://ur1.ca/g4cbs ] | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | Brisbane devs design open source router to beat NSA snooping | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/365515,brisbane-devs-design-open-source-router-to-beat-nsa-snooping.aspx | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | Four Brisbane security researchers are fighting back against government surveillance by building a router based on open source components designed to make security and privacy verifiable and more accessible to users. | Nov 30 05:21 |
| TechrightsBN | www.scmagazine.com.au | Brisbane devs design open source router to beat NSA snooping - Applications - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence [ http://ur1.ca/g4cbu ] | Nov 30 05:21 |
| schestowitz | The Open Router Project (ORP-1) router would be built on open source hardware and software to allow users to check that the unit was free of vulnerabilities and backdoors. | Nov 30 05:21 |
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| schestowitz | (06:47:17) .: hehe... truth is I just got back from a house party and am now going to sleep | Nov 30 06:50 |
| schestowitz | (06:48:16) Dr. Roy Schestowitz: Ah, good that you're finding time for it. For me it was little sleep on the train and then work. RMS and I spoke for 2.5 hours, it was worthwhile. | Nov 30 06:50 |
| schestowitz | (06:48:49) .: great! very pleased you had a good conversation | Nov 30 06:50 |
| schestowitz | (06:49:56) Dr. Roy Schestowitz: he's acting like I'm a trusted friend now, it's quite an unusual thing considering how suspicious he is of others. | Nov 30 06:50 |
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