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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: April 5th, 2010

cubezzzFedora bent over backwards making sure it didn't have any infringing codeApr 05 00:00
MinceRand so your "proof" consists of handwaving and saying "trust me, i know"Apr 05 00:00
MinceRthe only people who are going to accept that as "proof" are other m$ apologists.Apr 05 00:00
yuhongOK, thanks for teaching me a lesson.Apr 05 00:01
MinceRnpApr 05 00:01
schestowitzhttp://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/03/29/fbi-arrests-man-who-made-youtube-threat-against-cantorApr 05 00:01
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: FBI Arrests Man Who Made YouTube Threat Against Cantor  | WebProNews .::. Size~: 34.54 KBApr 05 00:01
yuhongI didn't keep saying "I don't go that far" after others provided evidence, which I believed.Apr 05 00:02
cubezzzMinceR, what was wrong with AmigaOS?Apr 05 00:02
yuhongI didn't keep saying "I don't go that far" after others provided evidence, many of which I believed.Apr 05 00:02
cubezzzjust curiousApr 05 00:02
yuhongI understand the logic behind the particular claim now.Apr 05 00:02
schestowitzAmigaOS didn't have enough amigos?Apr 05 00:02
yuhongI understand the logic behind the particular claim I was trying to rebuke now.Apr 05 00:02
MinceRcubezzz: iirc not much was _wrong_ with it, it's just that technology has progressed a lot since then.Apr 05 00:02
yuhongAnd I know what they were talking about.Apr 05 00:03
schestowitzAmigaOS is A mig in a world of f-xxApr 05 00:03
MinceRyuhong: if it stands up to your standards, it's probably easy to "understand"Apr 05 00:03
MinceRalong the lines of "trust me, i know"Apr 05 00:03
yuhongWhich they do.Apr 05 00:04
schestowitzMinceR: recipe for Darwin AwardApr 05 00:04
schestowitzFamous "last words"Apr 05 00:04
yuhongThe evidence they cited to rebunk my argument, many meet my standard.Apr 05 00:04
yuhongAnd I didn't rebuke them.Apr 05 00:04
MinceRschestowitz: m$ fanboys tend to evade natural selection thoughApr 05 00:04
yuhongThose that didn't, I asked them to provide details.Apr 05 00:05
yuhongLike this one:Apr 05 00:05
yuhonghttp://techrights.org/2010/04/03/windows-7-battery-issues-confirmed/#comment-87772Apr 05 00:05
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Error processing the URL:  .::. Size~: 0 KBApr 05 00:05
MinceRyuhong: of course you didn't "rebuke" them, as you've "rebuked" them (read: said "i would not go that far") already when they stated their views.Apr 05 00:05
yuhongYea, to be more precise, I was trying to ask to provide details to support the claim.Apr 05 00:07
yuhongWhich is not exactly rebuttal.Apr 05 00:07
yuhongBut could be the first step to doing so.Apr 05 00:07
MinceRcould be, if 1) you were right and 2) you were knowledgeable about the subjectApr 05 00:08
schestowitzWhoa. Big numbers there. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/04/01/does-twitter-have-over-100-million-users Twitter ain't dyingApr 05 00:09
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Does Twitter Have Over 100 Million Users? | WebProNews .::. Size~: 37.63 KBApr 05 00:09
schestowitzDisney is close to Jobs, so... http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/04/02/disney-offers-host-of-apps-for-ipadApr 05 00:09
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Disney Offers Host Of Apps For iPad | WebProNews .::. Size~: 34.06 KBApr 05 00:09
yuhongSo in summary I did say "I would not go that far", but didn't keep saying that after others provided evidence.Apr 05 00:10
yuhongMost of which I believed.Apr 05 00:10
MinceRyuhong: wow, you must be a real heroApr 05 00:10
schestowitzhttp://www.episodic.com/episodic-joins-google/Apr 05 00:10
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Episodic Joins Google | Episodic .::. Size~: 7.45 KBApr 05 00:10
schestowitzGoogle gobblesApr 05 00:10
yuhongI understand the logic behind the claim now.Apr 05 00:11
yuhongI understand the logic behind the claim now, thanks to the evidence they provided.Apr 05 00:11
yuhongGet it now?Apr 05 00:11
MinceRyuhong: so in summary your method of "rebuking" someone looks like this: RandomGuy says something a m$ apologist wouldn't like; <yuhong> i would not go that far; RandomGuy presents evidence that he's rightApr 05 00:12
MinceRand you consider that "debate" "won".Apr 05 00:12
yuhongSometimes.Apr 05 00:13
yuhongI sometimes use other methods too.Apr 05 00:13
MinceRare they similarly sound?Apr 05 00:13
yuhongNot sure.Apr 05 00:13
MinceRsay, using "you're wrong!" instead of "i would not go that far"?Apr 05 00:13
yuhongNope.Apr 05 00:13
MinceR(that would be a very clever "reasoning" indeed!)Apr 05 00:14
yuhonghttp://slashdot.org/~yuhong/Apr 05 00:14
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Slashdot - News for nerds, stuff that matters .::. Size~: 104.66 KBApr 05 00:14
yuhongLook at my slashdot comments.Apr 05 00:14
yuhongNotice some of the other methods I use.Apr 05 00:14
MinceRyes, i can see the "sounds like Alex Brown" argument tooApr 05 00:14
MinceRvery cleverApr 05 00:14
yuhongYes.Apr 05 00:15
MinceRlol, "MS would probably eventually reform"Apr 05 00:15
yuhongWhich I discussed before.Apr 05 00:15
yuhongI often say "probably" when I am not exactly sure, for example when I was discussing the census.Apr 05 00:16
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yuhongThe reason I said "probably" is that I could not find the actual census form, so I could not prove it.Apr 05 00:16
yuhongOthers responded, and I am OK with it.Apr 05 00:17
MinceRwow, out of the cases when you can't prove anything you actually realize you can't prove it?Apr 05 00:17
MinceRonce?Apr 05 00:17
yuhongYes.Apr 05 00:17
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ruiseabra] New blog post: OMNewRotate 0.5.7 is out! http://blog.1407.org/2010/04/04/omnewrotate-0-5-7-is-out/Apr 05 00:17
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[eduvid] Project to create a learning tool for Hindi Alphabats for OLPC and Edubuntu. http://post.ly/Xp8SApr 05 00:17
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: OMNewRotate 0.5.7 is out! « FU-BAR .::. Size~: 26.52 KBApr 05 00:17
yuhongAnd that is why I said the word "probably".Apr 05 00:17
phIRCe-BNcomTitle:         Project to create a learning tool for Hindi Alphabats for OLPC and Edubuntu. - LUG@IITD Community Blog     .::. Size~: 26.77 KBApr 05 00:17
MinceRyou shouldn't have said anythingApr 05 00:18
MinceRsince you didn't know anything (as usual)Apr 05 00:18
MinceRall you have is blind faith in m$Apr 05 00:18
yuhongNo, I don't.Apr 05 00:18
yuhongI know about the OOXML disasters, and notice I didn't try to defend OOXML.Apr 05 00:18
yuhongISO was corrupted by MS, and so was ECMA.Apr 05 00:19
MinceRand so were major OEMsApr 05 00:20
MinceRand many governmentsApr 05 00:20
yuhongAnd I am not defending that.Apr 05 00:21
yuhongI never did, I think it was truly bad and always made it clear that ODF was better.Apr 05 00:21
MinceRso you're only defending their useless (at least for the parts they didn't steal from others) "technology"?Apr 05 00:21
MinceRor are you also defending their business practices?Apr 05 00:21
yuhongI am not defending the business practices.Apr 05 00:22
yuhongThey were horrible.Apr 05 00:22
MinceRwere?Apr 05 00:22
MinceRare you implying they changed at some point?Apr 05 00:22
yuhongNo.Apr 05 00:22
yuhongI am not defending the MS-Novell deal either.Apr 05 00:22
yuhongIt was very shady.Apr 05 00:22
yuhongTook advantage of a loophole in the GPL.Apr 05 00:23
yuhongI pay very little attension to SUSE in fact.Apr 05 00:23
MinceRare you defending the "operating system" (if it even merits being called that) where failing to do something that every single other multitasking OS does properly was defended by saying "oh, that's oh so very difficult to do because you need to do multiple things at the same time!"?Apr 05 00:24
yuhongAre you talking about DOS?Apr 05 00:24
MinceRno, i'm talking about vistaApr 05 00:24
MinceRthe discussion that was linked many times about how horribly pathetic the audio system of vista isApr 05 00:25
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yuhongI know, and I am not defending that.Apr 05 00:25
MinceRbut yes, somehow even dos could manage audio without such skips even though it wasn't even a multitasking osApr 05 00:25
yuhongActually, I am.Apr 05 00:25
MinceRmakes vista look like something from the stone ageApr 05 00:25
yuhongActually, I am defending Vista's audio system, but only this part.Apr 05 00:26
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: depends on the bitrate and hardwareApr 05 00:26
MinceRonly the part that was shown to be horribly broken, even though pretty much everyone else managed to do it right?Apr 05 00:26
yuhongI know that the Vista audio system rewrite was troublesome, and I am not defending that.Apr 05 00:26
yuhongYea.Apr 05 00:26
yuhongAre you referring to the networking issue, or another issue with Vista's audio, just to clarify?Apr 05 00:27
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: the problem is also soundcard manufaturers writting poor drivers or lack of support altogether. That could be due to the audio stack.Apr 05 00:27
yuhongYea, I heard Sound Blaster Xi-Fi was troublesome.Apr 05 00:28
Ziodotmatrixyuhong: I read that too and Philips has no drivers that absolutely support it.Apr 05 00:28
yuhongWith creative suppressing driver hacks.Apr 05 00:29
yuhongVista 64's driver signing made me think of such hacks, BTW.Apr 05 00:30
MinceRyuhong: where your favorite OS slows down networking to make audio not suck because "waaaaaaah, it's so difficult to do, i wish i wasn't a code monkey!"Apr 05 00:30
MinceRmaybe they should have stolen the audio stack from freebsdApr 05 00:31
MinceRthey have plenty of experience of stealing code from freebsd anywayApr 05 00:31
yuhong"because "waaaaaaah, it's so difficult to do, i wish i wasn't a code monkey!"" Where in Larry Osterman's article did it say it was difficultApr 05 00:31
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: I thought that was Apple?Apr 05 00:31
yuhongI know.Apr 05 00:31
MinceRZiodotmatrix: m$ and crApple are more similar to each other than you'd thinkApr 05 00:31
yuhongNot exactly, but that is a different matter.Apr 05 00:32
MinceRZiodotmatrix: crApple realized earlier that they can't code their way out of a paper bag so they ripped more code out of freebsd already.Apr 05 00:32
yuhong" crApple realized earlier that they can't code their way out of a paper bag " Really?Apr 05 00:32
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: I thought Apple was all about being IP pirates while MS just suppressing stuff.Apr 05 00:32
yuhongBut anyway, it actually came from NeXT, I think.Apr 05 00:33
MinceRZiodotmatrix: they both steal code, they both try to suppress the competition instead of competingApr 05 00:33
MinceRyuhong: and guess where it got into next fromApr 05 00:33
yuhongMach.Apr 05 00:33
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: trueApr 05 00:33
yuhongAvie a Mach developer was hired into NeXT.Apr 05 00:34
MinceRyuhong: osterman's article tries to wash m$ by saying that it's difficult to doApr 05 00:34
yuhongBy Steve Jobs.Apr 05 00:34
MinceRyuhong: which equates to saying "waaaaaaah, it's so difficult to do, i wish i wasn't a code monkey!" where every competitor could do it right.Apr 05 00:34
yuhongAgree, no excuse.Apr 05 00:34
MinceRyuhong: yes, buying a single developer must be enoughApr 05 00:34
MinceRyuhong: i suppose he was also a freebsd developer?Apr 05 00:34
yuhongNope, I don't think so.Apr 05 00:35
yuhongIt was before FreeBSD even existed.Apr 05 00:35
MinceRright, their contributions don't matterApr 05 00:35
yuhongIn around late 1980s.Apr 05 00:35
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MinceRyet there's a lot of bsd code bolted on top of mach inside osxApr 05 00:35
yuhongYes.Apr 05 00:35
MinceR(while the marketroids keep saying it's a microkernel. ludicrous.)Apr 05 00:35
yuhongTrue.Apr 05 00:36
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: there is no mainstream OS with a microkernel.Apr 05 00:36
MinceRZiodotmatrix: indeed.Apr 05 00:36
yuhongTrue too, unfortunately.Apr 05 00:36
MinceRi hope someday GNU HURD will be.Apr 05 00:36
MinceRmainstream, that is.Apr 05 00:37
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: what would you consider the likes of WebOS and Android?Apr 05 00:37
MinceRZiodotmatrix: monolithic, since they're Linux-based.Apr 05 00:38
yuhongAgreed that just because it is difficult is not a good excuse.Apr 05 00:38
MinceRZiodotmatrix: and i'd say Android is mainstream alreadyApr 05 00:39
yuhongAnd they did mention more exactly the mistake that was made.Apr 05 00:39
yuhong"By Friday, we'd pretty much figured out what was going on and why different groups were seeing different results - it turns out that the issue was highly dependent on your network topology and the amount of data you were pumping through your network adapter - the reason I hadn't been able to reproduce it is that I only have a 100mbit Ethernet adapter in my office - you can get the problem...Apr 05 00:39
yuhong...to reproduce on 100mbit networks, but you've really got to work at it to make it visible. "Apr 05 00:39
yuhongBasically not testing on gigabit.Apr 05 00:40
MinceRbasically not testing.Apr 05 00:40
MinceRas usual.Apr 05 00:40
yuhongYes.Apr 05 00:40
MinceRsee also gates' earlier quoted remarks on what bugs he considers important enough to fix.Apr 05 00:40
MinceRm$'s corporate culture is incompatible with good engineering.Apr 05 00:41
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: there's another microkernel out that uses similar command lines of Linux, I forgot the name though. I think it start with a J.Apr 05 00:41
MinceRand it shows.Apr 05 00:41
yuhongYes, I have seen another such excuse too on another blog.Apr 05 00:41
MinceRZiodotmatrix: dunnoApr 05 00:41
MinceRZiodotmatrix: but there's L4Linux and QNXApr 05 00:41
MinceR(though my experiences with QNX were underwhelming to say the least.)Apr 05 00:42
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yuhongOK, I will do research.Apr 05 00:42
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ZiodotmatrixMinceR: hold on, I'll find itApr 05 00:42
MinceRokApr 05 00:42
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schestowitz[00:19] <yuhong> ISO was corrupted by MS, and so was ECMA.Apr 05 00:44
schestowitzACMA was corrupt beforeApr 05 00:44
schestowitzhttp://www.worldchanging.com/archives/011054.htmlApr 05 00:45
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Worldchanging: Bright Green: How Condoms Could Save the Forests .::. Size~: 48.21 KBApr 05 00:46
schestowitzWhy hasn't anyone invented purely decimal time system?Apr 05 00:46
schestowitzWe're still using Babylonian oneApr 05 00:46
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yuhongGuess what I found:Apr 05 00:46
schestowitza nickle?Apr 05 00:46
yuhonghttp://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/03/vista-2007-fire-leadership-now.html?showComment=1143069378163#c114306937816003665Apr 05 00:46
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Mini-Microsoft: Vista 2007. Fire the leadership now! .::. Size~: 86.16 KBApr 05 00:46
schestowitz*nickelApr 05 00:46
yuhongNote that SteveSi later took over Win7, and that is part of why Win7 was better than Vista.Apr 05 00:47
yuhongMinceR: http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/03/vista-2007-fire-leadership-now.html?showComment=1143069378163#c114306937816003665Apr 05 00:48
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Mini-Microsoft: Vista 2007. Fire the leadership now! .::. Size~: 86.16 KBApr 05 00:48
schestowitzhttp://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0402/bachmann-pelosi-incite-something/Apr 05 00:49
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Bachmann: Pelosi tried to incite something by walking through crowd |  Raw Story .::. Size~: 44.76 KBApr 05 00:49
MinceRyuhong: what's that?Apr 05 00:49
yuhongAn admission of MS's culture.Apr 05 00:49
MinceRicApr 05 00:49
schestowitzyuhong: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:boycottnovell.com+sinofsky&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B5GGGL_enGB315GB316&ie=UTF-8&hl=en-GBApr 05 00:49
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: site:boycottnovell.com sinofsky - Google Search .::. Size~: 26.31 KBApr 05 00:49
yuhongTake a look.Apr 05 00:49
MinceRwell, the Halloween Documents, the Comes letters and various public utterances already reveal m$'s culture, but i'll take a lookApr 05 00:50
MinceRi doubt their mission stated under "About" is possible anywayApr 05 00:50
schestowitz*LOL* watch this photo. http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0402/obama-calls-beck-limbaugh/Apr 05 00:51
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Obama calls out Beck, Limbaugh by name |  Raw Story .::. Size~: 44.67 KBApr 05 00:51
yuhonghttp://scobleizer.com/2006/03/22/windows-vista-delayed/#comment-9634977Apr 05 00:52
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Windows Vista delayed .::. Size~: 109.59 KBApr 05 00:53
yuhong"The quality of software is determined by management first and culture second. Microsoft suffers on both. "Apr 05 00:53
yuhongMinceR: http://scobleizer.com/2006/03/22/windows-vista-delayed/#comment-9634977Apr 05 00:53
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Windows Vista delayed .::. Size~: 109.59 KBApr 05 00:53
yuhong"i doubt their mission stated under "About" is possible anyway" I would not go that far, but it is a different topic.Apr 05 00:54
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: ddnt find it yet but there is this interesting mirokernel that looks to be a kind of update of Mach called KeyOSApr 05 00:54
yuhong"i doubt their mission stated under "About" is possible anyway" That is a different topic.Apr 05 00:54
MinceRZiodotmatrix: never heard of it :)Apr 05 00:54
MinceRyuhong: i think that m$ leadership's delusions of grandeur will pretty much ensure that m$ will collapse once their sales can no longer sustain them at the size they have now.Apr 05 00:55
MinceRyuhong: and the world will be better for it.Apr 05 00:55
yuhongWhich is why I was thinking about getting Steve Ballmer out.Apr 05 00:56
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: I wish I can paste it but this wIRC application on my Pre Plus lacks an Edit submenu in the toolbar above, arghApr 05 00:56
yuhonghttp://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1604884&cid=31714000Apr 05 00:56
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Slashdot Comments | Standards Expert &mdash; "Microsoft Fails the Standards Test" .::. Size~: 38.51 KBApr 05 00:56
MinceRyuhong: there are othersApr 05 00:56
MinceRyuhong: pals of gates and ballmerApr 05 00:57
yuhongYes, but getting the CEO out is the first step.Apr 05 00:57
yuhongWhen the new CEO comes in, he will be able to fix the rest.Apr 05 00:57
yuhongBoycott Novell had that as a predictionApr 05 00:58
MinceRjust like when gates was replaced with ballmer?Apr 05 00:58
MinceRoh wait, that was "more of the same"Apr 05 00:58
yuhongYes.Apr 05 00:58
yuhongI am suggesting talent hired from outside be the new CEO.Apr 05 00:59
schestowitzEverything you reference is Microsoft blogsApr 05 00:59
schestowitzAre you sure you're not stuck in echo chabers?Apr 05 00:59
yuhongNo.Apr 05 00:59
schestowitzI read many sites, inc. about Microsoft (a lot)Apr 05 01:00
yuhongI read a lot more than MS blogs.Apr 05 01:00
schestowitzYou ref Scoble, Mini, MSDN...Apr 05 01:00
schestowitzhttp://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/02/ipad.icade.games/index.htmlApr 05 01:00
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: How the fake 'iCade' could become real - CNN.com .::. Size~: 51.83 KBApr 05 01:00
schestowitzMehApr 05 01:00
MinceRschestowitz: he believes in m$ easier if he doesn't read anything reasonableApr 05 01:00
yuhongArs, TechCrunch, WSJ...Apr 05 01:00
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2009/lec/l-microkernel.html there it isApr 05 01:00
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: MIT CSAIL Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems .::. Size~: 5.5 KBApr 05 01:00
yuhongArs, TechCrunch, WSJ, and a lot more..Apr 05 01:01
schestowitz[00:59] <yuhong> I am suggesting talent hired from outside be the new CEO.Apr 05 01:01
schestowitz*cough* talentApr 05 01:01
schestowitzDa Costa?Apr 05 01:01
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: I knew this device had a paste command they just don't make it obviousApr 05 01:01
yuhongNope.Apr 05 01:01
MinceRZiodotmatrix: :)Apr 05 01:01
MinceRZiodotmatrix: how far has KeyKOS/KeyNIX progressed thus far?Apr 05 01:01
yuhongThere is a reason I say "hired from outside".Apr 05 01:01
MinceRschestowitz: de icaza?Apr 05 01:01
schestowitzZiodotmatrix: whereabouts are you using it?Apr 05 01:01
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: "Apr 05 01:02
schestowitzNo, Da CostaApr 05 01:02
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: the Pre? on VerizonApr 05 01:02
schestowitzhttp://boycottnovell.com/2010/04/03/windows-7-battery-issues-confirmed/Apr 05 01:02
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Vista 7 Does Have Battery Issues (Microsoft Lied) and Microsoft Gives “MVP” to Man Who Loves to Argue Against Linux Fanatics | Techrights .::. Size~: 103.98 KBApr 05 01:02
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] >@DarthNader I wonder what Pat Robertson's take is on the #earthquake that just hit. // Gawd's punishment for embracing #socialism! #gopApr 05 01:02
yuhongOn Mono, I think the real concern is GNOME being entirely dependent on Mono.Apr 05 01:02
schestowitzZiodotmatrix: I mean, outside home?Apr 05 01:03
yuhongReplacing a few apps is easy.Apr 05 01:03
schestowitzMany would notApr 05 01:03
schestowitzDefaults matterApr 05 01:03
yuhongBut I heard that GNOME 4.0 may be entirely dependent on Mono.Apr 05 01:03
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: no I'm using it at home while pacing about, I just got back from work and didn't feel like waiting for my PC to boot up. I also want to learn more about this device as I go along.Apr 05 01:04
schestowitzyuhong: noApr 05 01:04
schestowitzThat's from an old interview with Microsoft's "pet monkey" as Slated calls himApr 05 01:04
MinceRit would be funny of m$'s next CEO was de icazaApr 05 01:04
yuhongI hope not.Apr 05 01:05
schestowitzHe can'tApr 05 01:05
schestowitzSomeone like Ozzie mightApr 05 01:05
schestowitzBut we need BallmerApr 05 01:05
schestowitzhe makes Microsoft look badApr 05 01:05
schestowitzAs it deserves...Apr 05 01:05
MinceRm$ makes itself look bad, but indeed ballmer helpsApr 05 01:06
ZiodotmatrixI'm actually using over Wifi now, it's more battery efficient that wayApr 05 01:06
yuhong"But we need Ballmer" to be out.Apr 05 01:06
schestowitzhttp://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/04/explosive_breas.htmlApr 05 01:06
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schestowitzFox 'news'Apr 05 01:06
MinceRyuhong: yes, you m$ apologists doApr 05 01:06
yuhong"you m$ apologists do"Apr 05 01:07
schestowitzZiodotmatrix: yeah, also less pollutionApr 05 01:07
MinceRethernet is even more efficient :>Apr 05 01:07
schestowitzPre uses ARM IIRCApr 05 01:07
MinceRpalm spies on webOS usersApr 05 01:07
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] #NeXT owners/fans, check this out: http://www.nextcomputers.org/ huge files area. #retrocomputing #classiccmp #nextstepApr 05 01:07
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yuhong"you m$ apologists do" you mean getting me out?Apr 05 01:07
schestowitzNoApr 05 01:08
yuhongMinceR: "you m$ apologists do" you mean getting me out?Apr 05 01:08
schestowitzyuhong: you should know betterApr 05 01:08
schestowitzMicrosoft commits many ethical and practical crimesApr 05 01:08
MinceRyuhong: i mean you (like any m$ apologist) would want to get rid of ballmerApr 05 01:08
schestowitzI will post more tomorrowApr 05 01:08
schestowitzMany heavy finesApr 05 01:08
yuhongYes, I know.Apr 05 01:08
MinceRyuhong: and to get someone who's less of a clown as the new CEO of m$Apr 05 01:08
yuhongSo you mean even MS apologists agree?Apr 05 01:09
MinceRthe fines weren't nearly heavy enough for a company of m$'s sizeApr 05 01:09
MinceRyuhong: there certainly are things about which m$ apologists agreeApr 05 01:09
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: oddly enough Palm promotes it in their tutorial videos, maybe that's why carriers aren't readily accepting them. or it could be two things named the iPhone and Google.Apr 05 01:09
MinceRyuhong: but i guess there could be many who idolize ballmerApr 05 01:09
yuhongOf course.Apr 05 01:09
yuhong"Microsoft commits many ethical and practical crimes" And many of them I am certainly not defending.Apr 05 01:10
MinceRand many of them you are?Apr 05 01:10
yuhongNope.Apr 05 01:10
MinceRjust a few?Apr 05 01:11
yuhongNotice I never defended MS for it's tax dodge, for example.Apr 05 01:11
yuhongAARD I am not defending.Apr 05 01:11
yuhongAnd never did.Apr 05 01:11
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yuhongI know better than defending these.Apr 05 01:12
schestowitzhttp://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1598921/microsoft-patches-gaping-security-holeApr 05 01:12
phIRCe-BNcomTitle:                     Microsoft patches a gaping security hole - The Inquirer          .::. Size~: 65.31 KBApr 05 01:12
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: if you're interested in KeyOS's progress heres their official page: http://keyos.sourceforge.net/Apr 05 01:12
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Welcome! .::. Size~: 2.14 KBApr 05 01:12
MinceRZiodotmatrix: icApr 05 01:12
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: they still haven't reached ful POIX compliance which is their goal, but you can still download the current buildApr 05 01:13
yuhongI never did defend MS's business practices and shady deals.Apr 05 01:13
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MinceRgnApr 05 01:14
schestowitztessier_: server connectivity issue?Apr 05 01:15
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: how often do you scare users away with your staunch opinions regarding MS. vs FOSS? :-PApr 05 01:15
MinceRnot sure. often? :>Apr 05 01:18
MinceRbut i think yuhong is worth "scaring away" because he's just a useless m$ apologist/drive-by trollApr 05 01:18
MinceRhe has nothing to contributeApr 05 01:18
MinceRwell, except some mild amusement stemming from his delusions of his arguments being effective.Apr 05 01:18
MinceRunfortunately, he'll just come back.Apr 05 01:19
MinceRalso, it isn't just m$ vs. FOSS, it's m$ vs. the rest of the world (except a handful of companies that are flunkies of m$)Apr 05 01:19
MinceRfor example, m$'s constant push for software patents everywhere is a threat even to all small proprietary software companies that don't serve m$'s agendaApr 05 01:20
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: What about "do no evil" while we collect information and require our apps to keep cookies that leave your system vulnerable Google?Apr 05 01:20
MinceR(competitors, for example)Apr 05 01:20
MinceRgoogle is certainly evil and their propaganda of "do no evil" is a lieApr 05 01:21
MinceRbut they're less evil than m$, at least currentlyApr 05 01:21
MinceRthere's a lot of potential in google to do damage to everyone.Apr 05 01:21
MinceRsome of google's acts help FLOSS, some of their acts harm itApr 05 01:22
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: yea they make their dough by selling info to preffered advertisers, I guess they at least provide benefits and let you know you're compromising your privacy while using their apps.Apr 05 01:22
schestowitzhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/29/national/a065359D61.DTL&tsp=1Apr 05 01:23
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Man admits tossing stranger's chihuahua off bridge .::. Size~: 93.42 KBApr 05 01:23
schestowitztessier_: are you around? The server is not responding again, I'm not sure whyApr 05 01:24
MinceRZiodotmatrix: they're also collecting and retaining lots of private data and they could sell it to anyone and will certainly reveal it willingly to most governments that ask nicely.Apr 05 01:25
MinceRZiodotmatrix: their privacy policy (like most privacy policies) seem to contain loopholesApr 05 01:25
MinceR(also, there's always the excuse of "we're just following laws" for revealing data to authorities without court orders or anything)Apr 05 01:26
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: they sell whatever info you put in to advertisers, what kind of reasonable expectation of privacy do you or any other person you add to your contacts, buddylist and ect expect?Apr 05 01:27
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: at least they don't provide as many backdoors as FacebookApr 05 01:28
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MinceRfacebook seems to be allied with m$. it doesn't really get much worse than that.Apr 05 01:29
yuhongboycottnovell.com isn't working.Apr 05 01:29
MinceRthat's known already.Apr 05 01:29
yuhongAnyone know why?Apr 05 01:29
ZiodotmatrixMS. hackers!Apr 05 01:30
yuhongMinceR: Yea, I heard about Facebook and Microsoft.Apr 05 01:32
yuhongschestowitz: why Techrights (BN) is down?Apr 05 01:32
schestowitzI don't know yetApr 05 01:32
schestowitzWe had the same issue this morningApr 05 01:32
ZiodotmatrixMinceR: Btw I finally found that microkernel that starts with a J :-) : http://jarios.org/node/14Apr 05 01:33
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Download Jari OS | Jari OS .::. Size~: 7.5 KBApr 05 01:33
yuhongMinceR: The matter of me being an MS apologist was discussed before on IRC.Apr 05 01:33
yuhongSee old IRC logs.Apr 05 01:33
MinceRanother OS i haven't heard of before :)Apr 05 01:33
MinceRyuhong: i know, and you still are a m$ apologist.Apr 05 01:33
yuhongNot always.Apr 05 01:33
MinceRthat is not an intermittent condition.Apr 05 01:34
yuhongEvidence from before this?Apr 05 01:34
MinceRyour posts/messages speak for themselves.Apr 05 01:34
schestowitzSite backApr 05 01:34
yuhongI even helped Linux developers on LKML.Apr 05 01:34
yuhongA little.Apr 05 01:34
yuhong!google yuhong site:lkml.orgApr 05 01:35
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MinceRsee, now you killed the botApr 05 01:35
schestowitzIt seems possible that the server had some connection issue, I don't knowApr 05 01:35
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phIRCe-BNcomHello World!Apr 05 01:35
yuhongschestowitz: Do you agree with MinceR?Apr 05 01:35
yuhongschestowitz: Do you agree with MinceR?Apr 05 01:36
yuhongIf no, can you help defend?Apr 05 01:37
MinceRyuhong: no need to flood the channel with repeated lines.Apr 05 01:37
yuhongSorry, I sometime do this.Apr 05 01:37
schestowitzhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/us/01nsa.html?src=twt&twt=nytimesApr 05 01:38
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretaps Were Illegal - NYTimes.com .::. Size~: 77.93 KBApr 05 01:38
yuhongI know.Apr 05 01:38
schestowitzDaemonFOX does the same thingApr 05 01:38
yuhongWhat?Apr 05 01:38
MinceRthe site is up againApr 05 01:39
yuhongOk.Apr 05 01:40
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: it usually takes a federal judge with common sense and interest in truly upholding the law to point out the obvious to other branches.Apr 05 01:40
MinceR(not my doing, just noticed.)Apr 05 01:40
schestowitzDid KDE4 removes kate's ability to change undo stack size?Apr 05 01:41
schestowitzI can't seem to find some crucial optionsApr 05 01:41
schestowitzCarla from LT complained about Kate in 4.xApr 05 01:41
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: the only exception in which a federal judge wasn't responsible for helping in forgin great benefitial change or reversing tyranny was the Civil Rights Movement.Apr 05 01:41
yuhongDoes phIRCe support searching with site:? Anyone know?Apr 05 01:41
yuhongIt is definitely bad that it caused a crash.Apr 05 01:42
schestowitzhttp://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pabbeel/personal_robotics.htmlApr 05 01:42
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Robot folds laundry - Boing Boing .::. Size~: 83.78 KBApr 05 01:42
schestowitziSlaveApr 05 01:42
schestowitzyuhong: I fixed it before, but trmancode wrote some new code, so I lost my changesApr 05 01:43
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: I thought that's what iPad owners are called?Apr 05 01:43
schestowitzhypePad?Apr 05 01:43
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: correction, iPas leasors as they don't truly own anything on or downloaded into it from iTunesApr 05 01:44
schestowitziTooonsApr 05 01:44
schestowitz:-DApr 05 01:44
yuhongYep, I know.Apr 05 01:44
schestowitzFiReWiReApr 05 01:44
yuhongFunny.Apr 05 01:45
schestowitzIt's not so funny...Apr 05 01:45
schestowitzSteve Jobs had only a small 'i'Apr 05 01:45
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: firewire was actually very good for transferring videos and networking an array of storages for a whileApr 05 01:45
yuhongYea.Apr 05 01:45
schestowitzEsp. when he came back to Apple and established things called under his little iApr 05 01:45
schestowitzZiodotmatrix: yeah, fell behindApr 05 01:46
yuhongYea, Intel is another origin, i386, i486, ...Apr 05 01:46
schestowitzLike many other failed productsApr 05 01:46
schestowitzUSB 2.0 is fastApr 05 01:46
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: just like PowerPCApr 05 01:46
schestowitzApple also uses Intel nowApr 05 01:46
yuhongYes, I know about Firewire.Apr 05 01:46
schestowitznanoPadApr 05 01:46
yuhongAnd before Steve Jobs came back there were also 68k to PowerPC.Apr 05 01:47
schestowitzSo small you can hardly type in itApr 05 01:47
schestowitzBut it's got the Apple logo and it's whiteApr 05 01:47
Ziodotmatrixyuhong: 68k, you think that platform still had a chance to grow?Apr 05 01:47
yuhongThere was the 68060, but it was slower than PowerPC.Apr 05 01:48
schestowitzHeh. HypePad to tablets is what clitoris is to er... male... rooster?Apr 05 01:48
schestowitzyuhong: but Apple tries to make chips nowApr 05 01:49
schestowitzBad mistakeApr 05 01:49
schestowitzThey make a dependencyApr 05 01:49
schestowitzAnd rely on their chips succeedingApr 05 01:49
schestowitzHypePad received many bad reviewedApr 05 01:49
schestowitz*viedApr 05 01:49
schestowitz*>viesApr 05 01:49
yuhongPersonally I am no fan of these kinds of alternative names, notice I never used names like M$, Vista 7, etc...Apr 05 01:49
schestowitzAnd they even bribed Apple fans with beta versions to generate good and fake reviewedApr 05 01:50
schestowitz*reviewsApr 05 01:50
schestowitzI can't type that wordApr 05 01:50
yuhongNow, that is kind of borderlike, as you discussed before.Apr 05 01:50
schestowitzYes, it's not grotesqueApr 05 01:50
yuhongAnd yes I remember when they bought PA Semi.Apr 05 01:50
yuhongNow, that is kind of borderline, as you discussed before.Apr 05 01:51
schestowitzDid Microsoft ever ship you something?Apr 05 01:51
Ziodotmatrixyuhong: some folks are trying to continue it's work with project NATAMI which combines 68k with an FPGA: http://www.natami.net/Apr 05 01:51
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Natami Project Home Page .::. Size~: 3.44 KBApr 05 01:51
*MinceR never expected a m$ apologist to use names like "m$" or "vista7"Apr 05 01:51
schestowitzjono tried to send me a Ubuntu shirtApr 05 01:51
schestowitzI never got oneApr 05 01:51
yuhongMy parents tried to enroll me in DreamSpark, I said I didn't want to go there.Apr 05 01:51
schestowitzWhy not?Apr 05 01:51
schestowitzLook at the nameApr 05 01:52
yuhongI am no fan of gaming in general.Apr 05 01:52
schestowitzDreamApr 05 01:52
schestowitzSPARKApr 05 01:52
yuhongI know.Apr 05 01:52
schestowitzWhat's NOT to like?Apr 05 01:52
yuhongI didn't like it.Apr 05 01:52
schestowitznever mind, it was a jokeApr 05 01:52
schestowitzLike *Spark is a jokeApr 05 01:52
yuhongI remember receiving an Xbox 360 game as part of it, which was useless as I don't have an Xbox.Apr 05 01:53
schestowitz[Biz|Website|Dream]SparkApr 05 01:53
schestowitzDieselSparkApr 05 01:53
schestowitzYes, pleaseApr 05 01:53
schestowitzyuhong: so go buy an XboxApr 05 01:53
yuhongAnd I mentioned this when mom tried to stick the game disc into the computer.Apr 05 01:53
schestowitzDonate a tire to children in Chad, tooApr 05 01:53
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: Apple bought PA Semi only because their founding engineers designed the original StrongARM CPU. They now designed the A4 SoC for the iPad and future iPhone then leased it to some Chinese company to fabricate. They're not going into the hardware business.Apr 05 01:54
yuhongGood thing schestowitz don't consider me an MS apologist.Apr 05 01:54
schestowitzZiodotmatrix: but they sell hardwareApr 05 01:54
schestowitzIt's made in China and rebrandedApr 05 01:54
schestowitzLike Dell'sApr 05 01:54
schestowitzyuhong: /s/don't consider/doesn't call/Apr 05 01:55
yuhongYea, my mom thought they could use software emulation, and I told him buying an Xbox was the only option.Apr 05 01:55
yuhongOk.Apr 05 01:55
Ziodotmatrixschestowitz: they sell hardware, but for the entire ecosystem package. They are not becoming another Intel, AMD, but maybe Sonyy.Apr 05 01:55
schestowitzIt's like donating tires to people without a carApr 05 01:55
schestowitzOnly it's cheaper to make CDsApr 05 01:56
yuhongYep.Apr 05 01:56
schestowitzTires actually contain materialApr 05 01:56
schestowitzhttp://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.htmlApr 05 01:56
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yuhongI won't.Apr 05 01:56
schestowitzThe text in this page is upside downApr 05 01:56
schestowitz:-pApr 05 01:56
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOyg1GUY18UApr 05 01:57
yuhongI'm no fan of the iPhone or the iPad, BTW.Apr 05 01:57
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schestowitzhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/unix-copyrights/Apr 05 01:59
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schestowitzyuhong had a core dump...Apr 05 01:59
schestowitzah wel..Apr 05 01:59
schestowitzhttp://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/04/star-wars-sound-effe.htmlApr 05 02:00
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schestowitzHeh. Darth.Apr 05 02:00
schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/30/kebab_robot/Apr 05 02:02
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schestowitzhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/02/us_jobs_report_mar2010/Apr 05 02:11
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DaemonFC"The immediate problem of this town is the garbage mounds. The next 3 week no trash pickup, we should all pitch in and rent a gigantic truck ourself, go around and pack as many bags of stinking, rotting filth as we can into them, and go dump all of it onto Updike's front lawn." :)Apr 05 02:18
schestowitzhttp://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/040310-geminoid-f-hiroshi-ishiguro-unveils-new-smiling-female-androidApr 05 02:19
schestowitzThey probably want these in the sex industryApr 05 02:19
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: IEEE Spectrum: Geminoid F: Hiroshi Ishiguro Unveils New Smiling Female Android .::. Size~: 73.58 KBApr 05 02:19
schestowitzDaemonFC: Updike looks scaryApr 05 02:19
schestowitzAfter some GIMP touchesApr 05 02:19
DaemonFChe looks goofy and inept as he isApr 05 02:20
DaemonFCthat's already scaryApr 05 02:20
DaemonFCI suggested jsut dumping our trash into his lawn in protestApr 05 02:20
schestowitzhttp://blog.songbirdnest.com/2010/04/02/songbird-singing-a-new-tune/Apr 05 02:20
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schestowitzYou use themApr 05 02:20
Diablo-D3[09:07:04] <schestowitz> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/040310-geminoid-f-hiroshi-ishiguro-unveils-new-smiling-female-androidApr 05 02:20
schestowitzIn UbuntuApr 05 02:21
Diablo-D3as a reminderApr 05 02:21
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: IEEE Spectrum: Geminoid F: Hiroshi Ishiguro Unveils New Smiling Female Android .::. Size~: 73.58 KBApr 05 02:21
Diablo-D3dont fist the androidApr 05 02:21
schestowitz*LOL*Apr 05 02:21
schestowitzWhy would anyone do that?Apr 05 02:21
Diablo-D3/m/ actually has a poster for thatApr 05 02:21
Diablo-D3then again, its /m/Apr 05 02:21
schestowitzSome people might concentrate on the details on the feetApr 05 02:21
Diablo-D3we like giant robots, we also like smaller loli-shaped robots.Apr 05 02:21
schestowitzFisting is disgusting anywayApr 05 02:22
schestowitzUnless a baby gets delivered or something, in which case it's a wholly another subjectApr 05 02:22
DaemonFCMost projects with cross platform software let the Linux version go to hellApr 05 02:22
DaemonFCeventuallyApr 05 02:22
schestowitzNoApr 05 02:23
DaemonFCOpera, Mozilla, now SongbirdApr 05 02:23
schestowitzBut Firefox is not a great exampleApr 05 02:23
schestowitzUse KDE for exampleApr 05 02:23
schestowitzBest in LinuxApr 05 02:23
schestowitzSome in WindowsApr 05 02:23
DaemonFCid's engines run better on WindowsApr 05 02:23
schestowitzMac negelctedApr 05 02:23
DaemonFCrun Doom 3 or Quake 4 on Windows and Linux on the same hardwareApr 05 02:23
DaemonFCit's not even really an ATI or Nvidia issueApr 05 02:24
DaemonFC"We care about Linux, that's why we're making you lag 3-6 months behind Windows waiting for a stable release"Apr 05 02:24
DaemonFCthat would be Opera's latest policyApr 05 02:25
DaemonFCthere's unstable builds that are maintained for Linux, but the only way to use a "stable" 10.5x is on WindowsApr 05 02:26
DaemonFCdid they release a Mac version yet?Apr 05 02:26
DaemonFCI know that was getting delayed tooApr 05 02:26
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cubezzzfirst person shooters are boringApr 05 02:26
schestowitzgnApr 05 02:27
yuhongSo what I can do to stop being an MS apologist?Apr 05 02:27
cubezzzI prefer games like Lands of LoreApr 05 02:27
DaemonFCit is a fair enough defense that 90% of their users are on Windows I guessApr 05 02:27
yuhongSo what I can do to stop being an MS apologist?Apr 05 02:27
DaemonFCbut this basically admits they don't really have the resources to maintain Mac and Linux versions of the same qualityApr 05 02:27
cubezzzdude, you need to switch to Amiga right awayApr 05 02:28
cubezzzit's the only way to atoneApr 05 02:28
DaemonFCthere's three major reasons Windows is in useApr 05 02:28
cubezzz1) people are stupidApr 05 02:29
yuhongSo what I can do to stop being considered an MS apologist?Apr 05 02:29
DaemonFCbad drivers for Linux, no drivers for Linux, or an application they want has no way to run on LinuxApr 05 02:29
yuhongMinceR: So what I can do to stop being considered an MS apologist?Apr 05 02:29
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DaemonFCmost Linux drivers crash your PC if they're proprietary and take 5 years to develop if they're open sourceApr 05 02:30
DaemonFCby which time the hardware in question isn't even in useApr 05 02:30
cubezzzwrongApr 05 02:30
cubezzzmy PC is 12 years oldApr 05 02:30
DaemonFCthe ATI situation is pitifulApr 05 02:30
cubezzzI'm using it right now Apr 05 02:30
DaemonFCand the Nvidia proprietary driver is all you can useApr 05 02:30
cubezzzyou know we used to write codeApr 05 02:31
cubezzzthen everyone got stupid and lazyApr 05 02:31
cubezzzand whineyApr 05 02:31
DaemonFCGPU drivers on Linux are a game of aggravationApr 05 02:32
DaemonFCthey historically have been worse, but they're still not goodApr 05 02:32
cubezzzand part of all this is manufacturers not giving out docs, the real reason why things are as bad as they areApr 05 02:32
DaemonFCspray and prayApr 05 02:33
DaemonFCspray the documentation around, all 5,000 pagesApr 05 02:33
DaemonFCpray that someone writes your driver for you, at their expenseApr 05 02:33
cubezzzwhat did Amiga do?Apr 05 02:34
cubezzzthey gave out all the specs and the docsApr 05 02:34
cubezzzthe result?Apr 05 02:34
DaemonFCand where are they now?Apr 05 02:34
cubezzztons of software was producedApr 05 02:34
DaemonFCand where are they now?Apr 05 02:34
cubezzzCommodore was mismanaged and they diedApr 05 02:34
DaemonFCmmhmApr 05 02:34
DaemonFCNvidia is mismanaged, but they're not going underApr 05 02:35
cubezzzEscom took over for a whileApr 05 02:35
DaemonFCdelays and cost overruns on "Fermi" are hurting them nowApr 05 02:35
DaemonFCATI has had DirectX 11/OpenGL 4 GPUs out since last yearApr 05 02:35
DaemonFCNvidia won't have one until "pending"Apr 05 02:36
Diablo-D3opengl 4? more like opengl 9001Apr 05 02:36
cubezzzif you have docs then someone somewhere will write codeApr 05 02:37
cubezzzin the Amiga days we swapped out the entire OS and directly programmed the hardwareApr 05 02:41
cubezzzof course, you had the docs for all the chipsApr 05 02:42
cubezzznot so nowadaysApr 05 02:43
cubezzzin many ways the death of commodore was the death of programming for the fun of itApr 05 02:43
cubezzzwelcome to the new age of winmodems and winscannersApr 05 02:44
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cubezzzCommodore really messed upApr 05 02:45
DaemonFChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Day_(Church_of_the_SubGenius)Apr 05 02:45
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cubezzzwe didn't have this win-only crap when Commodore was still aliveApr 05 02:46
cubezzzsome people would never learn down to the register level thoughApr 05 02:47
cubezzzso is the US economy getting better?Apr 05 02:53
-BNi/#boycottnovell-[sagarun/@sagarun] There is nothing wrong in minister's remarks : http://tinyurl.com/y96rt6p Here comes Christian shiv sena #failApr 05 02:58
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cubezzzhttp://unixconsole.blogspot.com/2009/03/death-of-sparc-workstations.htmlApr 05 02:58
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cubezzzso Sparc really is deadApr 05 03:02
DaemonFCcubezzz: fragileApr 05 03:10
DaemonFCseems to be bottoming out for nowApr 05 03:10
DaemonFCuntil the UN figures out a new bottom to order us to go toApr 05 03:11
DaemonFC"Gee, wouldn't it be great if we could get the US to start bloodletting to prop up third world countries?"Apr 05 03:12
DaemonFCdecades later, those countries are still disease-ridden and third worldApr 05 03:12
DaemonFCbut there are a few very rich Carlos Slim types rolling around in each one of themApr 05 03:13
Ziodotmatrixcubezzz: SPARC isn't dead yet as Oracle intends to keep it around long enough to be a cost effective solution for gigantic databases.Apr 05 03:13
DaemonFCcubezzz: How much do you figure I could get a Stryker for?Apr 05 03:15
DaemonFCone up all those fake Hummer assholesApr 05 03:15
DaemonFC:)Apr 05 03:15
cubezzzhonestly, I don't know Apr 05 03:15
DaemonFChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StrykerApr 05 03:15
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DaemonFCB-)Apr 05 03:15
cubezzzrather than have the expense of a car I use cabs and busesApr 05 03:16
cubezzzor walk evenApr 05 03:16
cubezzzhahaApr 05 03:17
DaemonFCcubezzz: Electric bicycle seems to be what I'm leaningtowardsApr 05 03:17
DaemonFCinterim solutionApr 05 03:17
cubezzzDaemonFC, I'd say the Stryker is overkill :)Apr 05 03:17
DaemonFCmy mom is suing my former step dadApr 05 03:17
DaemonFCI'll probably be driving his Dodge RAM by FallApr 05 03:18
cubezzzhow much for an electric bike?Apr 05 03:18
DaemonFC$399 + $120 for extra batteryApr 05 03:18
DaemonFCeach battery is good for 15 miles at 15 miles per hourApr 05 03:18
cubezzzhmmm, is that used or new price?Apr 05 03:18
DaemonFCnewApr 05 03:18
cubezzzI used to ride a bike all the timeApr 05 03:19
DaemonFCcubezzz: 30 miles is a good rangeApr 05 03:19
DaemonFC15 each way with no peddling or 30 one way and stop for 6 hours wherever I go to recharge themApr 05 03:19
DaemonFCand if I run out, I can peddle a few miles if needs beApr 05 03:20
DaemonFCgood solution, I thinkApr 05 03:20
cubezzzyes I agreeApr 05 03:20
DaemonFCor I can save battery power and use the motor as an assist for hillsApr 05 03:21
DaemonFCthere's a bigass hill between here and almost anywhere in town I tend to goApr 05 03:21
DaemonFCso letting the motor do all the work sounds niceApr 05 03:21
DaemonFCright now I have to hop off and walk it upApr 05 03:22
DaemonFCvery steepApr 05 03:22
DaemonFCalso, secondary battery will be nice if I have extra weight on the bike, like I go to the store and fill the basket with stuffApr 05 03:23
DaemonFCthe battery will drain faster obviouslyApr 05 03:23
cubezzzwhen you are pedalling does that help the battery recharge?Apr 05 03:23
DaemonFCnopeApr 05 03:23
DaemonFCthere's $2,000 models that probably have thatApr 05 03:24
DaemonFC:)Apr 05 03:24
DaemonFCcubezzz: I think the best thing I can do is keep the  weight down wherever  IcanApr 05 03:25
DaemonFClike detach the basket when I'm not going to the storeApr 05 03:25
cubezzzyes it sounds like a good idea... I'll have to look into thatApr 05 03:25
DaemonFCthe less weight, the further each battery will get meApr 05 03:26
DaemonFCthe basket weighs maybe 8-9 poundsApr 05 03:26
DaemonFCthe battery could conceivably drain 1-2% faster even with an empty basketApr 05 03:26
DaemonFC:)Apr 05 03:26
DaemonFClittle things here and there to save weightApr 05 03:27
DaemonFCthat's why it has an aluminum frameApr 05 03:27
DaemonFCcubezzz: I was looking for compatible lithium ion cellsApr 05 03:28
DaemonFCcan't find anyApr 05 03:28
DaemonFCnone come in that shape of battery caseApr 05 03:28
DaemonFCwith a lithium ion battery pack, I could probably get 20 miles or more on each packApr 05 03:29
DaemonFCbut it may just be cheaper to get a third lead acid if I really need the rangeApr 05 03:29
DaemonFCreally, this is just a lower power version of the sealed lead acid batteries I used in the forklifts I used to driveApr 05 03:30
DaemonFCthose batteries weighed well over 500 pounds thoughApr 05 03:31
DaemonFCif it came off the charger track and landed on your foot, you'd be in the hospital with a broken foot :)Apr 05 03:31
DaemonFCthese things for the bicycles only weigh about 4-5 poundsApr 05 03:31
DaemonFCI actually had to pull one of those batteries off a guy's foot onceApr 05 03:32
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[qu1j0t3] #osx #cli best kept secrets: sips ; check out: man sips ; #unix #ftwApr 05 03:32
DaemonFChe broke his foot and couldn't move because the bettery had him pinned downApr 05 03:33
DaemonFCso I had to back one of my forks under the battery and lift it up so they could pull him out of there before it decided to fall over on his leg B-)Apr 05 03:33
DaemonFCthose are some real sons of bitchesApr 05 03:33
DaemonFCusually the temps just ran into something and got firedApr 05 03:34
DaemonFCthis guy went for the gold medal of stupidityApr 05 03:34
DaemonFCcubezzz: even if I do get Gonad The Barbarian's truck, I still don't want to drive it more than needs beApr 05 03:36
DaemonFC6 liter V8 doesn't exactly sip gasApr 05 03:36
DaemonFCso the bike is a good investment either wayApr 05 03:36
DaemonFCI'll probably end up putting stabil in the tank and leaving it sit there for months out of the yearApr 05 03:37
cubezzzprobably would be better to drive it once a weekApr 05 03:38
DaemonFCprobablyApr 05 03:38
DaemonFCIt's not what I want, but I'll sure as hell take it for freeApr 05 03:38
DaemonFC8 miles per gallon is awful thoughApr 05 03:38
cubezzzyou could sell itApr 05 03:38
DaemonFCthat's worse than a HumveeApr 05 03:38
DaemonFCcubezzz: He's like the anti-hippieApr 05 03:39
DaemonFCyou know how hippies are always bragging that their Prius gets 50 mpg?Apr 05 03:39
DaemonFCHe was bragging that his big truck got 8 mpgApr 05 03:39
DaemonFCthat's not something to brag about cause it's not cheap to drive itApr 05 03:40
DaemonFCit's bragging that you have a white elephantApr 05 03:40
cubezzzwell in the 70's it was like thatApr 05 03:40
DaemonFCoil embargo?Apr 05 03:41
DaemonFCgas rationingApr 05 03:41
DaemonFC3 cylinder imports with no shocks or AC appear from nowhereApr 05 03:41
cubezzzthey had the v8, it was more common back thenApr 05 03:41
DaemonFCthat what you meant?Apr 05 03:41
DaemonFCyes, I've driven an old Buick with a big block V8Apr 05 03:42
cubezzzlook up Land Yacht :)Apr 05 03:42
DaemonFCand they are FASTApr 05 03:42
DaemonFCyou run into a train and you tell everyone to wait hereApr 05 03:43
DaemonFClet you see what you did to the trainApr 05 03:43
DaemonFC:DApr 05 03:43
DaemonFCI had to pour lead into the gasApr 05 03:44
DaemonFCfunApr 05 03:44
DaemonFCthat adds $4 a tankApr 05 03:45
DaemonFCeven though it only gets single digit gas mileage to begin withApr 05 03:45
Ziodotmatrixmore food serving robots of Eurasia: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/04/robot-waiters-serve-food-and-dance-moves-in-thailand-secretly-p/Apr 05 03:59
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DaemonFCcubezzz: My cousin has an ipod touchApr 05 05:08
DaemonFCthe touch screen fucking sucksApr 05 05:09
DaemonFCyou make so many typing errors that a standard keyboard would be twice as fastApr 05 05:09
Diablo-D3dudeApr 05 05:10
WireWulfhehApr 05 05:10
Diablo-D3using your mind would be even fasterApr 05 05:10
WireWulftouch screens will never replace my kbApr 05 05:10
DaemonFCI was trying to type on the onscreen keyboard it has and every other character was a typoApr 05 05:10
DaemonFCI was like "This keyboard sucks" out loudApr 05 05:11
WireWulflolApr 05 05:11
DaemonFCI could tell she was hurt that I insulted the gimmicky ipod thingApr 05 05:11
WireWulfi hate to say it my zune is a fairly nice mp3 playerApr 05 05:12
WireWulfbut i miss my ZENApr 05 05:12
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DaemonFChttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8603073.stmApr 05 06:12
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phIRCe-BNcomTitle: BBC NEWS | News Front Page .::. Size~: 86.6 KBApr 05 06:12
cubezzzhummm, LOTR on bluray soonApr 05 06:30
cubezzznothing in #amiga, nothing in #sparc and nothing in #zaurusApr 05 06:45
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shreddarHey guy's.Apr 05 07:06
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DaemonFCThere's a guy that owns a German half-track on TVApr 05 07:21
DaemonFCI'd like to drive that around :)Apr 05 07:21
WireWulfi would notApr 05 07:24
DaemonFChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Xl_Zx9m5Y&feature=relatedApr 05 07:33
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] RT @drascus #gnuzilla #ubuntu #trisquel #gnewsense #fsf my blog post on why we should use IceCat over Firefox http://wp.me/pEvZO-TApr 05 08:31
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Im confirmed I will be at OGGCamp this year. Hope to meet some of the visitors to my site... #ogg #foss #gnu #linuxApr 05 08:35
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schestowitzhttp://immi.is/?l=enApr 05 08:55
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schestowitzhttp://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#5%20April%202010%20%28Anat%20Kam%20case%20blacked%20out%20in%20Israel%29Apr 05 08:58
schestowitz"An Israeli whistleblower/journalist faces a trial for treason, which the media are forbidden to report on, while another journalist has fled into exile. These journalists revealed how the army carried out assassinations in defiance of a court order. The Israeli government, rather than prosecuting the perpetrators of these crimes, seeks to crush the people who revealed them."Apr 05 08:58
schestowitz"Consider also the case of the Japanese Greenpeace activists, who face prosecution in Japan because they intercepted stolen whale meat and handed it in to the authorities."Apr 05 08:58
schestowitzhttp://democracyctr.org/blog/2010/03/usbolivia-drug-show.htmlApr 05 08:59
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[eduvid] Now playing - Copying Is Not Theft http://questioncopyright.org/minute_memes/copying_is_not_theft #copyright #songApr 05 09:04
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schestowitzhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1259030/Tony-Blairs-secret-dealings-South-Korean-oil-firm-UI-Energy-Corp.htmlApr 05 09:08
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Tony Blair's secret dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corp  | Mail Online .::. Size~: 39.26 KBApr 05 09:08
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Although Robotron has not returned yet we do have a "convenient new" poster. Check out the "polite" poster who likes to guess what I think.Apr 05 09:17
schestowitzhttp://www.opendemocracy.net/olliver-bullough/why-are-chechens-so-angryApr 05 09:19
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_goblinhi allApr 05 09:22
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[eduvid] Copying is not theft - hindi srt http://post.ly/XudNApr 05 09:31
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] A close friend or partner may stir up trouble today by accusin... More for Aquarius http://twittascope.com/?sign=11Apr 05 09:59
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Eruaranhttp://picasaweb.google.com/farrance.jeremy/Techrights#5456577528120411730Apr 05 10:20
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Picasa Web Albums - farrance.jeremy - Techrights .::. Size~: 31.27 KBApr 05 10:20
EruaranMade real quick... kind of like it thoughApr 05 10:22
DaemonFC"You ever notice how people who dispute evolution look really unevolved?..." "God made me in six days!!!" "Yep, looks like it was a rush job!"Apr 05 10:34
DaemonFC:DApr 05 10:34
schestowitzIt looks like Word macros stuffApr 05 10:34
DaemonFCBill HicksApr 05 10:34
schestowitzPeople can see the pattern is familiar.Apr 05 10:35
schestowitzMarbleApr 05 10:35
schestowitzIt also needs to have transparent backgroundApr 05 10:35
schestowitzDamn. I can't find an old script. Going by filenames is so hardApr 05 10:36
DaemonFCof course I use those Gideons bibles as fire startersApr 05 10:36
schestowitzAh, found it, finally.Apr 05 10:36
DaemonFCI hope there's no God after all the marshmallows and allApr 05 10:37
DaemonFCThe fire will flame up one evening and my first words to God will be "Hot dog?"Apr 05 10:39
DaemonFC"Would offer you a beer but my cooler's kind of down there with my corpse and panicking neighbors..."Apr 05 10:40
DaemonFC:DApr 05 10:41
DaemonFCschestowitz: What does Marmite taste like?Apr 05 10:47
DaemonFCI'm watching an old Mr. Bean episode and he's trying to make party snacks with pieces of tree limb dipped in Marmite cause he's out of foodApr 05 10:48
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] #ubuntu now has phone contact sync in Ubuntu One. http://bit.ly/daD29F http://bit.ly/a30mfMApr 05 10:53
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: [Ubuntuone-users] Announcing contacts mobile phone sync,public alpha .::. Size~: 7.13 KBApr 05 10:54
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EruaranNo problem, it was just one thought, an accident really...Apr 05 11:03
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] Hugging VLC and http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asxApr 05 11:12
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] and @ciemon :)Apr 05 11:12
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Not a web page! Aborting video/x-ms-asf type .::. Size~: 0 KBApr 05 11:12
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] Watching NasaTV on one screen BBC News Live via flash on the other. Forgotten the issues that we had in the past with sound.Apr 05 11:20
MinceRj0Apr 05 11:24
DaemonFChttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303450704575160151167429076.html?mod=googlenews_wsjApr 05 11:25
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Republicans Worry About Being Undercounted in Census - WSJ.com .::. Size~: 90.75 KBApr 05 11:25
DaemonFCGoes along with what I said earlierApr 05 11:25
DaemonFCthe Republicans are the ones that lose if the southern states get an undercountApr 05 11:26
DaemonFC(which they encouraged when they urged right wingers to boycott the census)Apr 05 11:26
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] Why is the BBC news coverage of the shuttle launch always two minutes ahead of Nasa TV?Apr 05 11:32
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[thistleweb] noticed the identica client Pino is in the getdeb reposApr 05 11:51
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[zoobab] Nor MvixBox or any Synology or Qnap devices has or can have this features as all patented by our company: http://ur1.ca/tfbuApr 05 12:20
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schestowitzHeh. http://schestowitz.com/Research/Resources/Scans/2006/IEEE_TMI_2006/Apr 05 12:22
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schestowitzI can't believe it's still around. My site's a messApr 05 12:23
schestowitzDaemonFC: order them at a dinerApr 05 12:23
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] BAH! Ubuntu Phone Sync requires funambol which a) isnt in the market b) only for android 2.x. Faileroony for me & my HTC HeroApr 05 12:24
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edakiriDoesn't the ODF icon belong under the "We support" section?Apr 05 12:32
DaemonFCschestowitz?Apr 05 12:32
DaemonFCThey don't sell that hereApr 05 12:32
DaemonFCI found it on a few specialty websites, expensiveApr 05 12:33
DaemonFCschestowitz: They're at it againApr 05 12:36
DaemonFC"Office Starter"Apr 05 12:36
DaemonFCI'm a little underwhelmed by a version of MS Office that turns off most of the features and expects me to swipe my card to get a serial that lets it do something importantApr 05 12:39
DaemonFC:)Apr 05 12:39
DaemonFChttp://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49305387,00.htmApr 05 12:40
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Crave - UK Gadget and Technology Blog from CNET UK .::. Size~: 78.82 KBApr 05 12:40
DaemonFC"Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's from the future"Apr 05 12:40
DaemonFClolApr 05 12:40
oiaohmhttp://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-April/006859.html  Ok you don't see this too often.Apr 05 12:40
DaemonFC"Mr Cole was taken to a secure mental health facility in Geneva but later disappeared from his cell. Police are baffled, but not that bothered."Apr 05 12:43
DaemonFCuhhhm, okApr 05 12:44
MinceRi'm a little underwhelmed by all versions of m$ officeApr 05 12:44
Diablo-D3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7mQhSZRgMApr 05 12:44
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DaemonFCThey aren't worried that a mental patient who wants to stop the LHC and claims to be from the future escaped from his cell?Apr 05 12:45
DaemonFCand wouldn't the agency that sent him from the future worry about the Grandfather Paradox or many other things?Apr 05 12:45
DaemonFCit would be very easy for him to set forth a chain of events that altered the entire timelineApr 05 12:46
DaemonFCwere he really from the future he would have had a cyanide capsule to bite down on to prevent thatApr 05 12:46
DaemonFCor at least not said anythingApr 05 12:47
oiaohmOk DaemonFC read dateApr 05 12:50
oiaohmBeside it depends if you believe in multi verse or not.   If there is any chain event risk.Apr 05 12:52
DaemonFCahhhApr 05 12:53
DaemonFCit would be one of the more bizarre universes then :)Apr 05 12:53
DaemonFCcommunists that give everyone free kit-kat barsApr 05 12:53
DaemonFCMinceR: The Communists in our universe don't do that, do they?Apr 05 12:54
DaemonFCmust be one of those "subtle differences"Apr 05 12:54
DaemonFC:PApr 05 12:54
oiaohmBy the theory of multi verse you could go back in time kill you self and take yourselfs place in the other timeline.Apr 05 12:54
oiaohmNo problems.Apr 05 12:54
oiaohmOnly one problem from mutli-verse you can better one of your selfs out there is a serial killer.Apr 05 12:55
oiaohmBasically personally I hope if multi-verse exists we never find time travel.  Or things could get messy.Apr 05 12:56
DaemonFCexcept that I wouldn't know all of what my double knew?Apr 05 12:56
DaemonFCI would look just like himApr 05 12:56
DaemonFCthat's about itApr 05 12:56
oiaohmDepends if you jumped back to when your current verse split off from his.Apr 05 12:56
oiaohmThen you would know everything he did.Apr 05 12:57
DaemonFCbut I would be 26Apr 05 12:57
DaemonFCwhat age would he have been?Apr 05 12:57
DaemonFCI don't think I could pass for 12 :DApr 05 12:57
oiaohmYou could be like a day older.Apr 05 12:57
schestowitzedakiri: not exactlyApr 05 12:58
DaemonFCwell, if the deviation only happened yesterday, I don't think his life would be drastically different from mineApr 05 12:58
schestowitzIt's just an old page with links, provided by one readerApr 05 12:58
DaemonFChence, no point in killing him and taking over his spot thereApr 05 12:58
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ruiseabra] Alguém sabe como funciona a publicade institucional na RTP? Estou a ter alguma dificuldade em obter informação...Apr 05 12:58
oiaohmRemember if something like your wife died or something in that 24 hour time.  Ie you would have a chance to change something.Apr 05 12:59
DaemonFCI mean, don't get me wrong, I'd love the chance to kill myself and take all my money and fameApr 05 12:59
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DaemonFCI was such a bastard and had it coming you knowApr 05 12:59
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oiaohmI don't think trying to win the loto doing it would work.Apr 05 13:00
oiaohmHeck if it did it would be tempting. DaemonFCApr 05 13:00
DaemonFCno, but what if there is a double of me out there who is rich?Apr 05 13:00
DaemonFCI could kill him and he wouldn't go missingApr 05 13:00
DaemonFC:DApr 05 13:00
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oiaohmMost likely there is.Apr 05 13:01
oiaohmProblem is most likely you would not know enough to pass your self off as them.Apr 05 13:01
oiaohmYes bugger.Apr 05 13:01
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DaemonFCstrap him up and interrogate him firstApr 05 13:01
DaemonFC:DApr 05 13:01
oiaohmEven in the current earth there are most likely someone else who looks close enough to be your double.Apr 05 13:02
oiaohmI know of 8 people that look like me.Apr 05 13:02
DaemonFCyes, but I would be a perfect match for meApr 05 13:02
DaemonFCright down to DNA levelApr 05 13:02
DaemonFCI could always just claim to be suffering from amnesiaApr 05 13:02
DaemonFC:PApr 05 13:02
oiaohmLarge money.Apr 05 13:03
oiaohmThere is always someone out to get it.Apr 05 13:03
oiaohmamnesia system will not help you protect the money.Apr 05 13:03
DaemonFCyeah, cause then it's easier for people to sue me Apr 05 13:03
DaemonFCblock me from getting at the moneyApr 05 13:03
DaemonFCinterrogation it is thenApr 05 13:04
DaemonFC:PApr 05 13:04
oiaohmNow interrogate does not work eitherApr 05 13:04
oiaohmCould you trust yourself to tell you the truth.Apr 05 13:05
oiaohmOr at least to constanty lie.Apr 05 13:05
oiaohmMyself I would be screwed with it.Apr 05 13:05
oiaohmI know myself sometimes I would lie sometimes I would tell the truth.Apr 05 13:05
MinceRDaemonFC: they aren't really communistsApr 05 13:07
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edakirischestowitz.  Would you elaborate?Apr 05 13:30
edakirii see what you wrote, "provided by 1 reader'Apr 05 13:31
edakirinevermind.  i can understand the organisationApr 05 13:32
schestowitzIt's an old pageApr 05 13:38
schestowitzIt's not accessed much, I need to reorg the siteApr 05 13:38
schestowitzI'm also waiting for tessier to help migrating to the new domain nameApr 05 13:38
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schestowitzok, back...Apr 05 15:47
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[omar_s_hafez] Codename for #Ubuntu 10.10: Maverick Meerkat.Apr 05 16:01
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D62Wn9AVqGEApr 05 16:06
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: YouTube- Fedora 12 (Constantine) - first look .::. Size~: 82.54 KBApr 05 16:06
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-797a32_DYApr 05 16:07
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: YouTube- My Fedora 10 (KDE 4.1.3) .::. Size~: 73.75 KBApr 05 16:07
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] Ubuntu notifications are annoying me now. Gpodder telling me certain podcasts cant download. Not on screen long enough.Apr 05 16:19
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gill_I'll steal all of your MONEIES (money)Apr 05 16:27
gill_Gill Bates won't surrender!!!Apr 05 16:27
gill_well, gotta goApr 05 16:28
gill_GNU/Linux FTW!!!Apr 05 16:28
gill_kill M$ ;)Apr 05 16:28
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schestowitzhttp://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Apple-May-Build-a-Search-Engine-to-Shield-iPhone-Data-From-Google-705980/Apr 05 16:46
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Apple May Build a Search Engine to Shield iPhone Data from Google - Search Engines from eWeek .::. Size~: 115.93 KBApr 05 16:46
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[popey] Yay! Buttons have moved (a bit) on http://havethebuttonsmovedbackyet.com/Apr 05 16:46
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Have the buttons moved back yet? .::. Size~: 0.19 KBApr 05 16:46
Omar87Hi all.Apr 05 16:56
Omar87Microsoft is desperately trying to revive MS Office. It's not giving it away.. :PApr 05 16:56
Omar87http://tinyurl.com/ykycugnApr 05 16:57
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Microsoft's big gamble with free Office | Beyond Binary - CNET News .::. Size~: 239.42 KBApr 05 16:57
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[eduvid] call for paper #foss #conference , 3 day left - http://mukt.in/cfp #mukt2010Apr 05 17:03
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Call for papers | www.mukt.in .::. Size~: 6.84 KBApr 05 17:03
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[omar_s_hafez] RT @wikileaks: LEAK: Cover-up of murder of civilians and journalists through US forces in Iraq.Video online at: http://collateralmurder.com/Apr 05 17:04
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Collateral Murder .::. Size~: 4.97 KBApr 05 17:04
schestowitzOmar87: yeahApr 05 17:06
schestowitzOmar87: my brother still dual boot and this morning he went bonkers with officeApr 05 17:07
schestowitzThey gave them free betasApr 05 17:07
schestowitzAnd it wired and mail and stuffApr 05 17:07
Omar87Correction: "It's giving it away."Apr 05 17:07
schestowitzTaking minutes to just type a subject line, confusing gui, etc.Apr 05 17:07
schestowitzHe HATES itApr 05 17:07
Omar87schestowitz, yeah. Just like Gates once said: "If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."Apr 05 17:08
Omar87schestowitz, J. Wildeboer is in Saudi Arabia! :)Apr 05 17:13
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] .@Wikileaks video of attacks on journalists & civilians http://bit.ly/c1Y7vi Transcript: http://bit.ly/amCWeQ -- GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY.Apr 05 17:38
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: YouTube- Broadcast Yourself. .::. Size~: 6.49 KBApr 05 17:38
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Collateral Murder .::. Size~: 45.26 KBApr 05 17:38
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] Next step in the filesharing evolutionary arms race: distributed BitTorrent tracking http://is.gd/bfKhiApr 05 17:40
phIRCe-BNcomTitle:    Tribler Evolves Its Decentralized BitTorrent Ecosystem | TorrentFreak   .::. Size~: 46.44 KBApr 05 17:40
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[thistleweb] I do find it funny when peeps join the army, then complain when sent to a warzone, WTF did they expect they were gonna do? Go camping?Apr 05 18:00
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[thistleweb] one thing you can always guarantee in all wars, the civillians on all sides always come off worstApr 05 18:03
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[eduvid] My experience = what need to be done for GNU/Linux in India http://post.ly/Y0C4Apr 05 18:04
phIRCe-BNcomTitle:         My experience = what need to be done for GNU/Linux in India - LUG@IITD Community Blog     .::. Size~: 28.85 KBApr 05 18:04
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Great site warning about scammers et al....http://www.keepsafeonthenet.co.uk/Apr 05 18:10
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Scammers and Phishers .::. Size~: 78.03 KBApr 05 18:10
schestowitzThis is so funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afsa5gkvmlUApr 05 18:12
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MidlandHHey Roy, you there?Apr 05 18:21
schestowitzheyApr 05 18:22
schestowitzI found some funny Eddie Izzard  skitsApr 05 18:22
MidlandHDo you have to pay to get the skeptoid podcasts?Apr 05 18:22
MidlandHi just went on the site and it would not let me download the mp3'sApr 05 18:23
MidlandHjust the text versionsApr 05 18:23
schestowitzYou don't need to payApr 05 18:23
schestowitzNo, you can get everythingApr 05 18:23
MidlandHwell when i click on 'listen' it wont let me access the siteApr 05 18:24
MidlandHread works ok though, it coulod be my internet security settings, wait , i will check.....Apr 05 18:24
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] Gosh, it's good the Vatican isn't covering for child raping priests in the present. Oh, wait: http://is.gd/bfNvq YOUR DONATIONS AT WORKApr 05 18:25
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Priest accused of US abuse still working in India - Yahoo! News .::. Size~: 140.71 KBApr 05 18:25
schestowitzUse this page: http://skeptoid.com/episode_guide.phpApr 05 18:26
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Skeptoid Episode Guide .::. Size~: 92.03 KBApr 05 18:26
schestowitzWorks OKApr 05 18:26
MidlandHCharged not convictedApr 05 18:27
schestowitzWorks from here, just checkedApr 05 18:27
MidlandHnot working here , internet explorer cannot display webpageApr 05 18:27
MidlandHdo i need to 'subscribe or something or join, not sureApr 05 18:29
schestowitzNoApr 05 18:31
schestowitzMaybe a browser thingApr 05 18:31
schestowitzOr maybe your ISP thinks MP3 are 'illegal'Apr 05 18:31
schestowitzMP3s are just mediaApr 05 18:31
MidlandHdoes this address work for you roy---------------  http://c4.libsyn.com/media/17974/skeptoid-3021.mp3?nvb=20100405171359&nva=20100406172359&t=0fe9afe544686f4bf9a2dApr 05 18:36
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Not a web page! Aborting audio/mpeg type .::. Size~: 0 KBApr 05 18:36
schestowitzyeah, it worksApr 05 18:38
schestowitzMust be your ISPApr 05 18:38
schestowitzBLocking you maybeApr 05 18:38
Omar87schestowitz, I'm starting to love Wikileaks.org.Apr 05 18:39
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7gecOSVK68Apr 05 18:39
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: YouTube- Why anti-science politics is bad for America .::. Size~: 82.99 KBApr 05 18:39
schestowitzOmar87: what's the latest from it?Apr 05 18:40
Omar87schestowitz,  LEAK: Cover-up of murder of civilians and journalists through US forces in Iraq.Video online at: http://collateralmurder.com/Apr 05 18:41
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Collateral Murder .::. Size~: 5 KBApr 05 18:42
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Great news! Robotron has returned with more on what they think I have said or my opinion, its proving a good draw for the site.Apr 05 18:50
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Robotron claims to have been banned from another site, I can see why...Robotron has a little difficulty with telling the truth.Apr 05 18:51
MidlandHGot it Roy, just right clicked then save target as-listening to the guidestones and Zeitgeist commentaryApr 05 18:52
Omar87MidlandH, "Save target as"? :DApr 05 18:57
schestowitzMidlandH: ahaApr 05 18:57
schestowitzI think I went through this episode last weekApr 05 18:58
schestowitzWe spoke about it in your car yesterdayApr 05 18:58
schestowitzOmar87: oh, *that*Apr 05 18:58
schestowitzOmar87:  the US secret services have harassed them a lot recentlyApr 05 18:59
Omar87schestowitz, Harassed who? Wikileaks?Apr 05 18:59
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Sorry Robotron, I bet you were expecting to get a cheeky little comment in that would stay unchallenged for hours..Im afraid since I found..Apr 05 18:59
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Android (unlike Winmob) is actually functional, I'm mobile computing! Your sly little comments won't go unnoticed now...Sorry...Apr 05 19:00
schestowitzOmar87: in RMS' blog I read something similar this morningApr 05 19:01
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[omar_s_hafez] @_Goblin Sorry, but who's Robotron?Apr 05 19:01
schestowitzSome lady journalist from Israel exposed murder of Palestinians and then they put her in house arrestApr 05 19:01
schestowitzInstead of arresting the murderersApr 05 19:01
schestowitzOmar87: yes, they sit hard on WikileaksApr 05 19:02
schestowitzNot just the US govt.Apr 05 19:02
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schestowitzThe UK MoD had it manual leaked tooApr 05 19:02
Omar87schestowitz, arresting the murderers will lead to a scandal, obviously.Apr 05 19:02
schestowitzWhich make _goblin pissed off, obviouslyApr 05 19:02
Omar87schestowitz, she should've published her findings on Wikileaks, imho. -_-Apr 05 19:03
_goblin?Apr 05 19:03
_goblinsorry missed the conversation.Apr 05 19:03
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] @Omar_S_Hafez He's a "new" reader on my site...being trying to counter my posts...very badly I hasten to add.Apr 05 19:03
schestowitzOmar87: I didn't read the articleApr 05 19:03
schestowitzJust RMS' summaryApr 05 19:03
Omar87schestowitz, I see.Apr 05 19:03
schestowitz_goblin: we talk about Wikileaks on IraqApr 05 19:03
schestowitzOmar87: is this the stuff they have been teasing about for a month?Apr 05 19:04
_goblinah..Apr 05 19:04
schestowitzThe 'major' leak?Apr 05 19:04
schestowitzFor Easter Monday///Apr 05 19:04
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[omar_s_hafez] @_Goblin A troll? :PApr 05 19:04
Omar87schestowitz, perhaps. Not sure.Apr 05 19:04
Omar87schestowitz, oh my God! Just heard one of them spokespeople of the US government mentioning Wikileaks, and their new video about Iraq, on Al-Jazeera Live.Apr 05 19:09
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Omar87He said: "There's a website called Wikileaks, they published a video about the victims [in Iraq]. I have no information about them or about that video."Apr 05 19:11
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Listening to a crack track.....takes me back... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4Apr 05 19:12
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: YouTube- Godsmack - Voodoo .::. Size~: 78.09 KBApr 05 19:12
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] Now if you can tell me which wrestler had this as a theme tune, I'll be impressed.Apr 05 19:13
schestowitzOmar87: video??Apr 05 19:15
Omar87schestowitz, yeah, the one published by Wikileaks.Apr 05 19:16
Omar87showing the murder of the civilians and journalists.Apr 05 19:16
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] @_goblin odd videoApr 05 19:18
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx9yypsIW_QApr 05 19:18
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: YouTube- Tha Dogg Pound - Let's Play House 1995 .::. Size~: 83.1 KBApr 05 19:18
schestowitzClassicApr 05 19:18
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] @Omar_S_Hafez I wouldn't say troll because he does try to debate...shame he can't stay truthful....Apr 05 19:20
_goblinOmar87: If you've got the bandwidth check out the track "voodoo" from the band Godsmack.....it was Batista's theme tune when he was in OVW before his WWE days.Apr 05 19:23
Omar87_goblin, Thanks.Apr 05 19:24
_goblinoh and Batista used to be called LeviathonApr 05 19:24
Omar87_goblin, Batista proved he's a joke after he was defeated by Cena in WM despite all the beating to he served to him.Apr 05 19:26
_goblinmmm....but then he did break Cena's neck a year or so agoApr 05 19:27
_goblinI see Great Khali is taking some time off.Apr 05 19:27
_goblinexpect him on a title run when he returns.Apr 05 19:27
_goblinHugely popular character is KhaliApr 05 19:28
Omar87_goblin, but is Khali really stronger than Batista?Apr 05 19:28
_goblinI would say on height alone he has the advantage.Apr 05 19:29
Omar87How come Mysterio was able to defeat Batista, but he's wasn't able to pinch Khali.Apr 05 19:30
_goblinIt just the way the current storyline plays out....Apr 05 19:31
_goblinin some ways its why I prefer ROH or NOAH....the WWE can be a little silly with some of its gimmicks.Apr 05 19:31
Omar87_goblin, Storyline?Apr 05 19:32
_goblinyeah, the work....the theme....Apr 05 19:32
_goblinreality doesn't get in the way in wrestling.Apr 05 19:33
Omar87_goblin, So basically, all these savages we keep watching are merely actors?Apr 05 19:33
_goblinin the real world....Khali could probably defeat everyone.....however in wrestling if the current storyline fits then even Rey can beat KhaliApr 05 19:33
_goblinomar87: You jest?Apr 05 19:33
_goblinyou do know wrestling is fake?Apr 05 19:34
_goblinI think you are teasing me.Apr 05 19:34
_goblin;)Apr 05 19:34
Omar87_goblin, nope, I'm not.Apr 05 19:34
_goblinah....Apr 05 19:35
_goblinwe'll yes its fixed.....storylines/results etcApr 05 19:35
_goblinand that applies for TNA and all others too.Apr 05 19:35
Omar87_goblin, Actually, I've known for a long time that these people are actors, but then, how the hell to they perform all these deadly moves? Apr 05 19:35
_goblinthats the appeal......how they do it......Apr 05 19:36
_goblinsort of like watching an action movie but instead of the actors being allowed multiple takes, these guys have to do it live, first time.Apr 05 19:36
_goblinHaving said that, some of the moves do hurt....Apr 05 19:36
_goblinand some of them go wrong.Apr 05 19:36
_goblinWhich is why the Montreal screw job is so interesting.....that was when Bret Hart was told he would win the match, only for Vince to make HBK win without Hart knowing until it was too lateApr 05 19:37
_goblinVince got the ref to ring the bell and declare Hart gave up...infront of a live audience and PPV, Hart spat in Vince's face and backstage punched Vince in the face, giving Vince a blackeye for about 2 weeks.....that was certainly real.Apr 05 19:38
Omar87_goblin, plus, if wrestling is merely acting, why do some wrestlers dying of heart attacks (e.g: Guerrero) or even suicides (E.g: Benoit).Apr 05 19:39
Omar87?Apr 05 19:39
Omar87die*Apr 05 19:39
_goblinBecause thats life....its a sport in the sense that it requies phsical exertion and just like actors, wrestlers abuse drugs or commit suicide.Apr 05 19:40
Omar87_goblin, I see.Apr 05 19:40
Omar87_goblin, but honestly, if the results are fixed, I fail to see how this is a sport. :-)Apr 05 19:41
Omar87It's more like a savage parade. :PApr 05 19:41
_goblinyou could look at it like show jumping or skating....Apr 05 19:41
_goblinand also alot of the time when I predict who will win, I get it wrong.Apr 05 19:42
_goblinits entertaining like a movie and talented like a sportApr 05 19:42
_goblinits "Sports Entertainment"Apr 05 19:42
Omar87_goblin, yeah, that's why I like it.Apr 05 19:43
_goblinwhen you look at boxing matches, you can usually be spot on with who will win....Apr 05 19:43
_goblinWrestling can and does keep you guessing so in that respect to us the viewers its not fixed because we don't know who will win.Apr 05 19:43
Omar87_goblin, that's right.Apr 05 19:44
_goblinIve watched it since 1982Apr 05 19:44
_goblinInfact probably before that....but I can't really remember anything before the first Wrestlemania.Apr 05 19:44
Omar87_goblin, I don't think Khali is invincible just 'coz he's very tall, btw.Apr 05 19:45
_goblinHe's great though.....I really like him.Apr 05 19:45
Omar87For example, he won't stand a chance in front of a Kong Fu master. :PApr 05 19:45
_goblinand even though he doesn't speak English he has loads of character.....Apr 05 19:45
_goblinI predict Mr Anderson will be the next breakout star....in the same way the Rock was.Apr 05 19:46
_goblinI also think we will see some great things from Kofi Kingston this year.Apr 05 19:46
Omar87_goblin, I really enjoyed reading how Hart humiliated Mcmahon.Apr 05 19:47
_goblinYeah...although I thought they would have let Hart beat McMahon by himself....Apr 05 19:48
_goblinI take it you saw Wrestlemania 26?Apr 05 19:48
Omar87So, when will the NXT guys become Smackdown or Raw characters?Apr 05 19:48
Omar87_goblin, no, I didn't see it.Apr 05 19:49
_goblinI think about 5 weeks.....Bryan Daniels will be the star out of that....Ive been watching him for years in ROH....its rather insulting that the WWE treats him as a "rookie" when he's been going longer than the Miz and has more tallent than many of the WWE roster.Apr 05 19:49
Omar87I read what happened on a website.Apr 05 19:50
_goblinwhich website?Apr 05 19:50
_goblinthere's a good one called TPWWApr 05 19:50
_goblinthats where I get all my news.Apr 05 19:50
_goblinIt has an RSS feed that I have hooked into my phone.Apr 05 19:51
Omar87http://www.infoclickz.com/Apr 05 19:51
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Omar87http://infoclickz.com/wrestlemania-26-results-bret-hart-vs-mr-mcmahon-winner-bret-hart/Apr 05 19:51
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Wrestlemania 26 Results : Bret Hart Vs Mr. McMahon  Winner : Bret Hart | InfoClickZ .::. Size~: 48.49 KBApr 05 19:51
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[omar_s_hafez] RT @lessig no video has ever depressed me more. thanks, #wikileaks: http://huff.to/9pOgDDApr 05 19:59
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_goblinOmar87: If you've got the time.....Batista as you have never seen him before (In OVW)Apr 05 20:09
_goblinhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwuHR4bW4S8&feature=relatedApr 05 20:09
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schestowitzAw crap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFjXeDIcK3o context http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vq4ci-7BuQApr 05 20:16
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-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_the_mad_hatter] More News From The United Kingdom On Davenport Lyons, ACS Law, and Tilly Bailey & Irvine http://bit.ly/c74dBvApr 05 20:33
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: More News From The United Kingdom On Davenport Lyons, ACS Law, and Tilly Bailey & Irvine «  Through the Looking Glass .::. Size~: 84.62 KBApr 05 20:33
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] More stories on ACS: Law , TBI and others, this time from The Mad Hatter : http://tinyurl.com/yzj3rqp check it out...great post. #tpbApr 05 20:48
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: More News From The United Kingdom On Davenport Lyons, ACS Law, and Tilly Bailey & Irvine «  Through the Looking Glass .::. Size~: 84.62 KBApr 05 20:48
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[_goblin] @_the_mad_hatter You about? Could you come over to BN for a private chat...?Apr 05 20:53
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_goblinI hope mad hatter turns up....got something of breaking news for him and his article.....Apr 05 20:57
_goblinProbably my best piece of investigative journalism Ive ever done and I can't post it on my blog....Apr 05 20:58
cubezzzwhy not?Apr 05 20:58
_goblinnot appropriate....although I keep my work life separate, I should not be the one who breaks this.....Apr 05 20:59
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DaemonFCMr. Farmer, Apr 05 21:05
DaemonFCThank you for speaking with me the other day.  I just wanted to let you know that I mailed the UPS shipping label out today.Apr 05 21:05
DaemonFCYour friend from Newegg,Apr 05 21:05
DaemonFCJoshua KeyApr 05 21:05
DaemonFChehApr 05 21:05
DaemonFCschestowitz: I think I'll use the refund to help put together my electric bicycleApr 05 21:06
DaemonFCthe GPU I have runs most games just fine anyway :PApr 05 21:06
_goblinCubezzz: Did you get all that?  What do you think?Apr 05 21:06
DaemonFCthe 5670 was an impulse buyApr 05 21:06
schestowitzNewegg. Ha!Apr 05 21:07
schestowitzIs it just in the US?Apr 05 21:07
schestowitzThey suck up to youApr 05 21:07
schestowitzPRApr 05 21:07
DaemonFCschestowitz: Canada, China, and Taiwan too I believeApr 05 21:07
DaemonFCAmerica's Hat, the Commie Bastards, and their "Renegade Province" :PApr 05 21:09
DaemonFChttp://www.bustedtees.com/canadaamericashatApr 05 21:10
DaemonFClolApr 05 21:10
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: BustedTees - Canada: America's Hat .::. Size~: 48.06 KBApr 05 21:10
DaemonFCAs a rule, Ann Coulter is an idiot, but she also has th unintended role of comedianApr 05 21:11
DaemonFCand I think that was the funniest thing I've heard her sayApr 05 21:11
DaemonFC"Canada is America's Hat, they're lucky we don't just roll over and crush them by mistake."Apr 05 21:11
DaemonFC:PApr 05 21:11
DaemonFCschestowitz: Never trust a woman with an adams appleApr 05 21:12
DaemonFC:)Apr 05 21:12
_goblinhas cubezzz gone?Apr 05 21:13
cubezzzI'm hereApr 05 21:13
DaemonFCpossiblyApr 05 21:13
cubezzzsorry was on another screenApr 05 21:13
cubezzzyou don't understand CoulterApr 05 21:15
DaemonFCsure I doApr 05 21:15
cubezzzshe says ridiculous things on purpose to help sell her booksApr 05 21:15
cubezzzsimpleApr 05 21:15
DaemonFCit's Rush Limbaugh in a dressApr 05 21:15
cubezzzthe idea is to sell more books :)Apr 05 21:16
cubezzzshe probably doesn't even believe what she saysApr 05 21:16
cubezzzand it works, she makes money, people get outraged and the publicity machine goes onApr 05 21:17
_goblinCubezzz: Did you get the text I sent you in private chat?Apr 05 21:18
cubezzzah, just noticed :)Apr 05 21:18
cubezzzreading it nowApr 05 21:18
_goblinyou may laughApr 05 21:18
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[eduvid] Mohit just said - Mile Code Mera Tumhara, Toh Software Bane Hamara ;)Apr 05 21:20
_goblinwaiting for the verdict of Cubezzz.....Apr 05 21:22
cubezzzyeah basically I agree with what you saidApr 05 21:22
_goblinlol...Apr 05 21:22
_goblinyou think they are one and the same?Apr 05 21:22
cubezzzi buy music cards btwApr 05 21:22
cubezzzummmApr 05 21:22
_goblinIt seems a big coincidence if they are not since that link hit that specific article.Apr 05 21:23
cubezzzwhat country are we dealing with?Apr 05 21:23
_goblinUKApr 05 21:23
cubezzzokApr 05 21:23
cubezzzwell i don't know what's happening, are p2p people getting in trouble in the uk?Apr 05 21:24
_goblinIf Im right...it may make big news....I don't want that type of mass exposure...(no pun intended)Apr 05 21:24
_goblinapparently that person goes after sharers of adult material.Apr 05 21:24
cubezzzah I seeApr 05 21:24
cubezzzI would have thought those people would have turned to DRMApr 05 21:25
_goblinIve emailed a big site which deals with such issues....they can look at it further......Apr 05 21:25
_goblin(no pun intended)Apr 05 21:26
DaemonFC /me called one of the local politicians an "Aryan Nations jackass"Apr 05 21:27
DaemonFClet the fur fly :)Apr 05 21:27
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #Microsoft General Manager Quits After Two Decades, More Product Delays http://ur1.ca/tiq0 #sql #cozi #jumpshipApr 05 21:27
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Microsoft General Manager Quits After Two Decades, More Product Delays | Techrights .::. Size~: 79.43 KBApr 05 21:27
DaemonFCschestowitz: Quit or retired?Apr 05 21:27
cubezzzMicrosoft's glory days are over Apr 05 21:28
cubezzzway overApr 05 21:28
DaemonFCcubezzz: To borrow a term from Marc Maron.......Apr 05 21:28
cubezzzOrcale will be the next bigwigApr 05 21:28
DaemonFCAfter 30, it's all about "decay management"Apr 05 21:28
DaemonFC:DApr 05 21:28
cubezzzI'm curious what will happen to SparcApr 05 21:29
cubezzzthe main Linux Sparc guy seems to think Sparc is deadApr 05 21:29
DaemonFCit'll die offApr 05 21:29
DaemonFCthe only future SPARC might have is "We'll support our existing paid contracts"Apr 05 21:30
schestowitzDaemonFC: quitApr 05 21:30
DaemonFCPowerPC has a healthier outlookApr 05 21:30
DaemonFCAs I remember, it's all about x86, ppc is an also-ran, and everything else shares the last 2% or soApr 05 21:32
DaemonFCon Fedora's stats anywayApr 05 21:32
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DaemonFCthey do have unofficial platform support for other architectures, which do report in to SMOLTApr 05 21:32
cubezzzI don't think x86 is all that greatApr 05 21:33
cubezzzI liked the simplicity of 6502Apr 05 21:33
DaemonFCit's not, but it's what's out thereApr 05 21:33
scientesARMApr 05 21:33
cubezzzyeah I have zaurus :)Apr 05 21:33
cubezzzI can get a C1000 for under $200, which is temptingApr 05 21:33
DaemonFCx86 is hack on top of hack on top of hackApr 05 21:33
scientesc1000?Apr 05 21:34
cubezzzSL series, yeahApr 05 21:34
DaemonFCusing x86 and power efficient in the same sentence would have people laughing you out of the room if they're saneApr 05 21:34
cubezzzyou can find them on ebay used now and thenApr 05 21:34
DaemonFCfor some reason, Red Hat talks about it a lot and people take them seriousApr 05 21:34
cubezzzwell I'm sure the bulk of Linux development is x86Apr 05 21:35
cubezzzLGP switched to all x86Apr 05 21:35
DaemonFCyesApr 05 21:35
DaemonFCx86 penetration is extensiveApr 05 21:35
DaemonFCall Windows users, all Macs soldApr 05 21:36
scientesbut it is well portable and portedApr 05 21:36
DaemonFCthat alone gives you 97% of the hardware marketApr 05 21:36
DaemonFCyeah, it seems that enough of Linux is suitably generic that it becomes feasible to port it quickly with limited resources spentApr 05 21:37
DaemonFCso obscure architecture support opens upApr 05 21:37
cubezzzI can port to ARM no problemApr 05 21:37
cubezzzI'd really like to get a SD wifi card for the ZApr 05 21:39
cubezzzbut no idea what's compatible... and sharp isn't helpingApr 05 21:39
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davidgerardah, i see we're still on the old nameApr 05 21:44
DaemonFCIt DOES exist!Apr 05 21:45
*DaemonFC passes outApr 05 21:45
davidgerardhehApr 05 21:45
davidgerardnew name is goodApr 05 21:45
cubezzzyeah my idea of diemicrosoftdie didn't catch onApr 05 21:46
davidgerardlolApr 05 21:47
scientesis this channel going to change to #techrights or something?Apr 05 21:47
davidgerardah, this is why i keep getting redirected back tot he old name:Apr 05 21:47
davidgerard<link rel='canonical' href='http://boycottnovell.com/2010/04/05/larry-engel-says-goodbye/' />Apr 05 21:47
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Error processing the URL: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found .::. Size~: 0 KBApr 05 21:47
davidgerardo_0Apr 05 21:47
davidgerardthe rel=canonical there is a useful thing wordpress does so that google doesn't penalise yr site for having multiple namesApr 05 21:47
davidgerard(I have newstechnica .com, .org, .net and .co.uk, but .com is canonical)Apr 05 21:48
davidgerardoh, the new wiki front page is good too. rights, choices, wrongs.Apr 05 21:52
cubezzztechrights is a better nameApr 05 21:52
davidgerardand of course the "Dr" on Roy's name :-DApr 05 21:52
*davidgerard has doctorate envy - of an age where my friends have their doctorates and I don't even have a degree *hand-staple-forehead*Apr 05 21:52
davidgerardit's a better name because it's a positive, not a negativeApr 05 21:53
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schestowitzHey, davidgerardApr 05 21:56
schestowitzJust got distracted there for a moment. I have soooo many posts I wanna doApr 05 21:56
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] BoycottNovell has a new name: http://techrights.org/ - the same free software activism, but with a better nameApr 05 21:56
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Error processing the URL:  .::. Size~: 0 KBApr 05 21:56
schestowitzBeen messing about during the holiday, lost trackApr 05 21:56
*davidgerard thinks the bot isn't much good at loading urlsApr 05 21:56
davidgerard:-)Apr 05 21:57
davidgerardit's a holiday, it's for messing aroundApr 05 21:57
*davidgerard keeps not getting around to newstechnica ideasApr 05 21:57
schestowitzWe get your postings hereApr 05 21:57
_goblinI agree Techrights is a better name....Im not sure about "Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of our adversaries" - makes us sound like tin foil hat wearing people....Apr 05 21:57
davidgerardi have one composed in my head about alex brown and ooxml, but the moment has passed, it woulda been funny two days agoApr 05 21:57
schestowitzThe bot picks them up when you tweet them, bot parses titleApr 05 21:58
davidgerardyesApr 05 21:58
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davidgerardbut then, weasels getting betrayed in turn is an eternal theme, I could probably write it and plug new names in laterApr 05 21:58
*DaemonFC hates having to watch things on Chinese websitesApr 05 21:59
DaemonFCbufferingApr 05 21:59
DaemonFC:PApr 05 21:59
_goblinI won't ask.Apr 05 21:59
DaemonFCget your head out of the gutter!Apr 05 21:59
DaemonFC:PApr 05 21:59
_goblindidn't mean that....Apr 05 22:00
davidgerard"Steve Ballmer's left my heart still broken," said Brown. "... My arse is still pretty sore too."Apr 05 22:00
_goblinI was thinking you were going to go off on a rant about censorship........I think its your head in the gutter... ;)Apr 05 22:00
DaemonFCno, actually in this case, it's censorship imposed by the US, Canada, UK, etc. legal systems :)Apr 05 22:01
_goblinlol....Apr 05 22:01
_goblinso I was half rightApr 05 22:01
_goblinshame on you daemonfc for thinking I was meaning something else.Apr 05 22:01
DaemonFCkind ofApr 05 22:01
DaemonFCChina doesn't care about "international copyrights"Apr 05 22:01
_goblinneither do TPBApr 05 22:01
DaemonFConly about suppressing "subversive" informationApr 05 22:02
_goblinor the most unsecret of secret societies.....Apr 05 22:02
_goblinwait for it.....Apr 05 22:02
_goblinDarkside_RGApr 05 22:02
scientesfalun gongApr 05 22:02
DaemonFCI don't think that watching an old episode of Mr. Bean threatens the future of the Chinese Communist PartyApr 05 22:02
schestowitzI'm waiting for tessier_ to come backApr 05 22:02
DaemonFC:)Apr 05 22:02
_goblindaemonfc: I would disagree....ever see Bean the movie?  Did you see what he did to a national treasure?Apr 05 22:03
DaemonFCbeen a whileApr 05 22:03
DaemonFCdon't really remember itApr 05 22:03
scienteshttp://w3.cultdeadcow.com/cms/2008/03/cult-of-the-dea.htmlApr 05 22:04
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: CULT OF THE DEAD COW: CULT OF THE DEAD COW CATCHES THE COMMIES PUBLISHING PORNOGRAPHY ON THEIR WEBSERVERS .::. Size~: 59.38 KBApr 05 22:04
DaemonFCI remember Mr. Bean's Holiday betterApr 05 22:04
DaemonFC_goblin: The part in that episode where he pulled out a handgun and shot out the light in his bedroom was hystericalApr 05 22:04
DaemonFCthen he counted sheep on his calculator :DApr 05 22:04
_goblinah.....then you need to see Mr Bean trying to restore a national treasure that he has destroyed:Apr 05 22:05
_goblinhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrepmPAmEWYApr 05 22:05
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: YouTube- Mr. Bean in the museum .::. Size~: 72.36 KBApr 05 22:05
DaemonFC_goblin: Didn't he replace it with a poster from the gift shop? :)Apr 05 22:08
DaemonFCThink I remember this nowApr 05 22:08
_goblinyeah....Apr 05 22:09
_goblinI like the smiley face he drew on the picture to try and get away with it.Apr 05 22:09
DaemonFCthe face melting off from the thinner :DApr 05 22:10
DaemonFCniceApr 05 22:10
DaemonFCI would have just found the exit after sneezing on the thingApr 05 22:11
_goblin"oh god oh god, oh jesus..jesus of nazareth....."Apr 05 22:11
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #Microsoft Still Pretends to be “Open” for and to #Government Contracts http://ur1.ca/tizf #odata #fda #prApr 05 22:12
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Microsoft Still Pretends to be “Open” for and to Government Contracts | Techrights .::. Size~: 82.48 KBApr 05 22:12
_goblinclassic stuff....I don't think a movie has ever made me laugh so hard as I did when the museum curator has his moment with Mr Beans picture.Apr 05 22:12
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[eduvid] now following master ;) #js @slicknetApr 05 22:13
DaemonFChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQevyIy8hzs&feature=relatedApr 05 22:14
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: YouTube- Mr Bean vs Whistler's Mother Part 1 .::. Size~: 72.95 KBApr 05 22:14
DaemonFCbetterApr 05 22:14
DaemonFC_goblin: You remember that Simpsons episode where Homer mistakes Tony Blair for Mr. Bean? :)Apr 05 22:15
_goblinNo....never saw that.Apr 05 22:15
DaemonFChttp://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1231-05.htmApr 05 22:16
DaemonFCTONY Blair refused to appear in The Simpsons alongside a cartoon dog because he feared being called "America's poodle".Apr 05 22:16
DaemonFChmmmmApr 05 22:16
schestowitzHmmmmmmm.. weird... Google starts indexing dupes, we need to merge the sites fast, but I need tessier_'s helpApr 05 22:18
DaemonFChe was a good poodleApr 05 22:19
DaemonFCschestowitz: What did we give the poodle for a treat?Apr 05 22:19
DaemonFCMy favorite Bushism was "You forgot Poland"Apr 05 22:20
DaemonFC:DApr 05 22:20
DaemonFCcause he couldn't name anyone other than the UK who helped with the invasion of Iraq, other than PolandApr 05 22:21
DaemonFCB-)Apr 05 22:21
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davidgerardwith the rel=canonical, the blog is fine having multiple urls point to itApr 05 22:22
davidgerardthe wiki, i dunnoApr 05 22:22
davidgerardask on mediawiki-lApr 05 22:23
davidgerardhere's a useful thing: a visual reference to git http://marklodato.github.com/visual-git-guide/index.htmlApr 05 22:28
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: A Visual Git Reference .::. Size~: 14.96 KBApr 05 22:28
davidgerardwe use a proprietary central-repository vcs at workApr 05 22:28
davidgerardwe keep a subversion installation around just to scare themApr 05 22:28
MinceR:>Apr 05 22:28
davidgerardbut distributed would actually be a good ideaApr 05 22:28
davidgerardprobably hg not git, our dev setup is unfortunately highly tuned to windowsApr 05 22:29
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sebsebsebHiApr 05 22:29
davidgerardi have the only ubuntu installation in the office, but lots of others are installing it on their netbooks they bring in ;-)Apr 05 22:29
davidgerardthey say 10.04 is very nice indeedApr 05 22:29
sebsebsebdavidgerard: uhmmApr 05 22:30
davidgerardthese are ubuntu's target audience, i.e. reasonably advanced geeks who currently use windows and don't give two hoots about software freedom, only about functionalityApr 05 22:30
sebsebsebdavidgerard: loads of other distros out there as well, which are better than Ubuntu for most  Desktop Linux users,  just most people still think Linux = Ubuntu basicalleyApr 05 22:31
davidgerardyes, i know thatApr 05 22:31
sebsebseband I just joined hereApr 05 22:31
davidgerardbut ubuntu is a vast improvement on windowsApr 05 22:31
sebsebsebreasonably advanced geeks? heh hehApr 05 22:31
davidgerardthey can start playing distro roulette at their leisure, just get them not using windows ;-)Apr 05 22:31
davidgerardjava programmers, pretty good onesApr 05 22:31
sebsebsebUbuntu is the big noobs distro at the momentApr 05 22:31
sebsebsebUbuntu has many fan boys as wellApr 05 22:31
davidgerardi use ubuntu 9.10 - i'm a unix sysadmin, but it gets out of my way and doesn't annoy meApr 05 22:31
davidgerardi.e. i hardly ever have to *administer* it as suchApr 05 22:32
sebsebsebgo to a site such as http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk to see what I meanApr 05 22:32
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: OMG! Ubuntu! .::. Size~: 109.67 KBApr 05 22:32
davidgerardi'll go 10.04 when it's released (i'd do it early but this is my work machine after all)Apr 05 22:32
davidgerardyes :-)Apr 05 22:32
davidgerardi found it interesting to see the reactions of windows users who are using it on their personal machinesApr 05 22:32
davidgerardand liking itApr 05 22:32
davidgerardand not liking bitsApr 05 22:32
sebsebsebwell it's always been like thatApr 05 22:33
davidgerardit's always interesting to see the reactions of people who don't already agree with youApr 05 22:33
sebsebsebI guessApr 05 22:33
sebsebsebit's not perfectApr 05 22:33
sebsebsebfar from perfect in factApr 05 22:33
davidgerardthe thing is, they're liking the important thing about unixApr 05 22:33
davidgerardi.e. Apr 05 22:33
sebsebsebso they can't make Windows users 100% happy with it at the momentApr 05 22:33
davidgerardunix was written as a programming frameworkApr 05 22:33
davidgerardbrbApr 05 22:33
sebsebsebalso there's a good article out thereApr 05 22:33
sebsebsebLinux is not WindowsApr 05 22:33
sebsebseband loads of people are trying to replace Windows with Ubuntu, but then find they can't 100%Apr 05 22:33
sebsebsebas for the bit about freedom, indeed at that,  most Ubuntu users don't know about it, or  the ones that do, don't really care about itApr 05 22:34
sebsebsebmost of themApr 05 22:34
davidgerardthese are programmers and they're really quite impressed by itApr 05 22:45
davidgerardbecause they're realising that unix, and linux, were written by programmers for programmersApr 05 22:45
davidgerardso the tools are rather good!Apr 05 22:45
sebsebsebmaybe soApr 05 22:45
davidgerardin the 1970s, unix was basically the first IDEApr 05 22:45
sebsebseb,but Ubuntu wasn't made for proggrammersApr 05 22:45
sebsebsebby proggrammersApr 05 22:45
davidgerardall command lineApr 05 22:45
sebsebsebfor exampleApr 05 22:45
davidgerardno Apr 05 22:45
davidgerardbut it *is* debian with a lot of the rough edges removed, which is usefulApr 05 22:46
MinceRuntil it becomes debian with a lot of the rough edges removed and a couple traps addedApr 05 22:46
davidgerardwell, yesApr 05 22:47
DaemonFCDebian has traditionally had a more restrictive packaging policyApr 05 22:47
DaemonFCthough they ignored it for some thingsApr 05 22:47
davidgerardthe guy i'm thinking of was very impressed with the range of softwareApr 05 22:47
davidgerardbecause most or all of debian is in the multiverse repositoryApr 05 22:48
davidgerardif open source software exists it's almost certainly been packaged for debian and hence ubuntuApr 05 22:48
davidgerardhe was able to set up eclipse and sun java with no problems so he's happy ;-)Apr 05 22:48
davidgerardand his pc is twice as fast as it was under xp, because ... no antivirus!Apr 05 22:49
davidgerardif he can get office 2000 working under wine (for his open university stuff) he'll leave windows behind entirelyApr 05 22:49
MinceRwhy the m$ office dependency?Apr 05 22:49
davidgerard(he has lots of office 2000 templates etc set up, so OOo is not a very easy move)Apr 05 22:50
davidgerardopen university are pretty much bound to it, apparentlyApr 05 22:50
MinceRyet they dare call it "open"?Apr 05 22:50
davidgerardthey're open compared to other universitiesApr 05 22:50
davidgerardi.e. anyone can study there if they pay for the courseApr 05 22:50
davidgerardwww.open.ac.ukApr 05 22:50
davidgerardthe degrees are highly respected, because it's a real university you have to actually work to get the degree from, and pretty much everyone studying there is doing so while working a day jobApr 05 22:51
davidgerardi.e. just getting the degree shows admirable persistence and ability to work at somethingApr 05 22:51
DaemonFChmmmmApr 05 22:52
DaemonFCthe guy on the tech support line for that bike says it's for up to a 32" inseamApr 05 22:52
DaemonFCI'm a 34" inseamApr 05 22:52
DaemonFCthinking maybe I could squeak by with this model....Apr 05 22:52
davidgerardOH NO! Microsoft is withdrawing support for Itanium! http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2010/04/02/windows-server-2008-r2-to-phase-out-itanium.aspxApr 05 22:52
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DaemonFCI don't really want to pay another $100 for the next bigger modelApr 05 22:52
davidgerardjust think of all those Itanium users left out in the coldApr 05 22:53
MinceRoh noes, they'll have to run some real OS on those machines nowApr 05 22:53
DaemonFCItanicApr 05 22:53
DaemonFChttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/05/microsoft_pulls_plug_itanium/Apr 05 22:53
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Microsoft pulls plug on Intel's Itanic • The Register .::. Size~: 25.54 KBApr 05 22:53
DaemonFC"Microsoft made the change because of the growing ability of x86 64-bit chips from AMD and Intel to provide the kinds of scalability and reliability that Microsoft is targeting with its servers."Apr 05 22:54
DaemonFCagreedApr 05 22:54
DaemonFCItanic is kind of pointlessApr 05 22:54
MinceRm$ isn't targeting scalability nor reliability with its "servers", only with its marketingApr 05 22:54
DaemonFCYou know that with no Microsoft support, Itanium is now a dead architectureApr 05 22:54
DaemonFCthey're not going to make another modelApr 05 22:55
MinceRdoes it matter if a server-oriented architecture has winblows support or not?Apr 05 22:55
davidgerarditanium was only 5% windows anywayApr 05 22:55
davidgerardbut keep in mind: we're talking about *thousands* of machines, not *millions*Apr 05 22:55
MinceRat least it will teach those clients to not rely on m$ in the futureApr 05 22:55
davidgerardso for windows we're talking about *hundreds* if even that manyApr 05 22:55
MinceRif they have brains, at leastApr 05 22:55
DaemonFCThe chip had a small profit marginApr 05 22:55
DaemonFCthe only win would be possible with volumeApr 05 22:56
davidgerardyes, and masses of money lost in its developmentApr 05 22:56
DaemonFCMicrosoft was their best chance at volumeApr 05 22:56
MinceRintel blew the volume partApr 05 22:56
MinceRthey chose poorlyApr 05 22:56
DaemonFCthey lost that chance well before Server 2008 was outApr 05 22:56
davidgerardif it was any good it would have found a nicheApr 05 22:56
davidgerardthe closest it had was number crunchingApr 05 22:56
davidgerardbut amd64 outdoes it even for that these daysApr 05 22:56
DaemonFCit was their abysmal x86 app supportApr 05 22:56
DaemonFCSloooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwApr 05 22:56
DaemonFCMicrosoft recycled WOW64 for X86-64 use anywayApr 05 22:57
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DaemonFCand since that arch is backward compatible natively with 32-bit x86, it gave the people what they wanted :)Apr 05 22:57
DaemonFCnew arch with lots of memory support, and native execution speed of legacy appsApr 05 22:58
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[ruiseabra] interesting, #elementary bubbles work well with statusnet but NOT with twitter... wonder what's the difference?Apr 05 22:58
DaemonFCwhich is what the whole point of X86-64 was anywayApr 05 22:58
DaemonFCAMD was more pragmaticApr 05 22:58
MinceREPIC had promise, but intel blew itApr 05 22:59
davidgerardyou mean "EPIC had promise, but the computer science to write compilers to take sufficient advantage of it didn't actually exist as yet"Apr 05 22:59
MinceRno, i mean "intel's decision to only target servers with it meant low volume and thus high cost, dooming the architecture"Apr 05 23:01
davidgerardnope, intel tried doing workstations with itApr 05 23:01
davidgerardi think it was hp that sold 11 of them totalApr 05 23:02
MinceRlolApr 05 23:02
davidgerardno, that was dell and itanium serversApr 05 23:02
davidgerardi mean, it's fast at vector math, maybe they could reuse it in a graphics chipApr 05 23:02
-BNi/#boycottnovell-[diablod3/@diablod3] Dear Obama, this isn't the change I was looking for http://ur1.ca/tj8t #douchebagsApr 05 23:03
phIRCe-BNcomTitle: Iraq: Wikileaks video of US military killing journalists - Boing Boing .::. Size~: 140.68 KBApr 05 23:03
MinceRthey couldApr 05 23:03
MinceRbut they didn't even dare produce larrabeeApr 05 23:03
DaemonFCDiablo-D3: You tell me which guy has a rocket launcher and which guy has a camera from 100 yardsApr 05 23:05
DaemonFCnow I give you 5 seconds to shoot them or dieApr 05 23:05
DaemonFCwhat do you do?Apr 05 23:05
DaemonFCif it could be either and *I* want to live to go home, I'd shoot themApr 05 23:06
davidgerardDaemonFC: also, it wasn't the priests' fault, it was the kids' fault for being so damn sexyApr 05 23:07
-BNi/#boycottnovell-[diablod3/@diablod3] Mainstream media refuses to cover journalist murders http://ur1.ca/tj95 #douchebagsApr 05 23:08
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DaemonFCnot really a good comparisonApr 05 23:08
DaemonFCthere's no justification for what the priests didApr 05 23:08
davidgerardi've heard people defending the utterly indefensible in that video, and it's the comparison that springs to mindApr 05 23:08
MinceRit's the kids fault for being in the way of... yeah.Apr 05 23:08
DaemonFCif a camera is mistaken for a weapon, I wouldn't be surprised of the person holding it got shotApr 05 23:08
DaemonFCdon't go into a war zone expecting to come out in one pieceApr 05 23:09
MinceRand it's those people's fault for getting in the way of the bullets and missilesApr 05 23:09
DaemonFCthey should have known the riskApr 05 23:09
davidgerardoh, the iraqis didn't have to go into the war zoneApr 05 23:09
davidgerardamerica brought the war zone to themApr 05 23:09
MinceRyeah, they should have known the risk, considering that usian armed forces are known for even shooting at each other :>Apr 05 23:09
davidgerardbut you're right, it's their own fault for living in iraqApr 05 23:09
MinceRdavidgerard: In Soviet Iraq, war zone comes to YOU!!Apr 05 23:09
davidgerardtherefore they should, per the soundtrack, be treated as video game spritesApr 05 23:09
DaemonFCmost Iraqis killed are killed by MuslimsApr 05 23:09
davidgerarduh, most iraqis *are* muslims. Apr 05 23:10
DaemonFCthe more extreme MuslimsApr 05 23:10
davidgerardyou're doing great convincing me, do please continueApr 05 23:10
MinceRthere's always a more extreme muslim?Apr 05 23:10
MinceR(there's always a bigger fish)Apr 05 23:10
MinceRgnApr 05 23:10
DaemonFCbut people gloss over Muslim bombing attacks that kill hundreds of people for no reasonApr 05 23:10
davidgerardyou mean, most iraqi video game sprites are killed by other video game sprites, so the video, the killing, the soundtrack and the coverup are only to be expected?Apr 05 23:10
davidgerardyour logic is unassailableApr 05 23:11
DaemonFCand bitch whenever a news camera is mistaken for a weapon and the guy gets shotApr 05 23:11
DaemonFCdavidgerard: You're an apologistApr 05 23:11
DaemonFCWhere's your outcry at the Muslim extremists bombing the Iraqis?Apr 05 23:11
davidgerarder, no, you're the one being an apologist for the act of murder in that videoApr 05 23:11
DaemonFCnone at all? not a shockApr 05 23:11
DaemonFCyou're a liberalApr 05 23:11
davidgerardyeah, well, you use windowsApr 05 23:12
DaemonFCwhen it's Iraqis killing 90% of the Iraqis who are dying thereApr 05 23:12
DaemonFClets gloss it overApr 05 23:12
davidgerardthis appears to be something happening mostly in your head, spilling over into irc. it would hardly matter who you were talking to.Apr 05 23:12
DaemonFCI don't know exactly what point the Muslim extremists are making in murdering IraqisApr 05 23:13
DaemonFCit's fear and intimidationApr 05 23:13
DaemonFCdon't vote or we'll cut your hand offApr 05 23:13
DaemonFCdon't go to the grocery store or we'll blow you up with an IEDApr 05 23:13
DaemonFC:)Apr 05 23:13
DaemonFCbut to what end?Apr 05 23:13
davidgerardsee?Apr 05 23:13
DaemonFCdo they think they'll rally the people againt the Americans or the Muslim fanatics blowing them up and cutting their hands off?Apr 05 23:14
DaemonFCI know which one I'd think less ofApr 05 23:14
DaemonFCYou won't win hearts and minds by blowing the people up and cutting their hands off for having votedApr 05 23:15
-BNtwitter/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] #Microsoft Inside the US #Government Enables Tax Escapism http://boycottnovell.com/2010/04/05/greg-maffei-and-ross-hunter/Apr 05 23:15
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DaemonFCin fact, many civilians voting in their elections were defiant against the Muslim extremistsApr 05 23:15
DaemonFCnot usApr 05 23:15
DaemonFCknowing full well the threat of having their hands cut off for votingApr 05 23:16
DaemonFCor bombs going off all over BaghdadApr 05 23:16
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DaemonFCthey're tired of living that way and they're not exactly holding the occupation force to blame for thatApr 05 23:16
davidgerardyour topicality is so far on it defies believeApr 05 23:16
davidgerardbeliefApr 05 23:16
DaemonFCthey know full well that these guys were always thereApr 05 23:16
davidgerardbut do, please, continueApr 05 23:16
DaemonFCand that Saddam Hussein was suppressing themApr 05 23:16
DaemonFCno, I'd say this "If you're a Muslim extremist, and you want to meet Allah, I'll be happy to introduce you"Apr 05 23:18
DaemonFCthey think if they murder people, they'll be on this Allah fellows good side in their afterlife mythApr 05 23:18
DaemonFCthat's what defies beliefApr 05 23:19
davidgerardhttp://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/39/2010/04/500x_bigdick040510.jpgApr 05 23:22
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DaemonFCthat's why they wear turbans I guessApr 05 23:24
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davidgerardoh yeah? http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rms.jpgApr 05 23:25
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davidgerardhttp://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Bill_Clinton:_All_you_need_is_Ubuntu_LinuxApr 05 23:26
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DaemonFCthe guy with the camera was also acting suspiciouslyApr 05 23:27
DaemonFCducking around the corner and pointing it at the helicopterApr 05 23:28
DaemonFCmade it look like he had an RPG and was trying to get a clear shotApr 05 23:28
DaemonFCI'd say this was more than likely an honest mistakeApr 05 23:28
davidgerardyou can tell from the soundtrack commentaryApr 05 23:29
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DaemonFCThat they thought the guys were armed with AK-47s and that one had an RPG and was trying to get a shot at the helicopterApr 05 23:29
DaemonFClooks like a reasonable assumptionApr 05 23:29
davidgerardpat on head, dear.Apr 05 23:30
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DaemonFCbut one of them mentioned that there was shooting going on down thereApr 05 23:30
davidgerardi expect to see you still ranting tomorrow, but anywayApr 05 23:30
davidgerardnite allApr 05 23:30
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