Month: February 2010

• Many thanks to batden, Giorgos Koutsikos and Massimo Maiurana for translating !elmdentica into fr, el and it, respectively 🙂 #
• #Spartacus: Blood and Sand Can it get any better? 🙂 #
• Getting a weird coredump with libcurl and an https url in !fedora, backtrace points at libcurl, rpm -V seems fine, suggestions? #
• I got a feeling my libcurl problem in !fedora 12 is related to #nspr4 #
• Thunderstorm in Lisboa… #
• @gbraad I see we have a common problem (somewhat frequent headaches). Best recoveries! #
• @support new #spamreport @tweepstyle is a #spammer #
• ♺ @redarrow: RD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djVaJN0f0VQ !Debian !GNU !Radiognu !windows7sins !edusol #CopiarNoEsRobar #
• @mind_booster: transparency is a strong issue but NOT the worse issue. the content is the issue #ACTA #

• wow terramoto de 8,8 com direito a tsunami com onda a 800 km por hora. aquilo com que uma pessoa acorda… #
• .had a great time last night watching Cohen brother’s ‘a serious man’. not their best but definitely not a waste of time and money. #
• ♺ @glynmoody:Labour contempt innocence http://bit.ly/9Ow4Ao Un-convicted people are just people who haven’t been convicte. unbelievable #dna #
• same in Portugal ♺ @mjray: can’t find a uk high st seller of linux netbooks. Is there one? #
• Quantas das minhas 5xN janelas de firefox x tabs poderão dar artigos para o blog do Software Livre? Bom, vamos lá a ver 🙂 #
• @stephwer I was pissed previously, now I’m bored beyond pissing 🙂 #
• @pvilela para mim o pior é que terem posto um pinpad para login tornou muito mais fácil alguém atrás de mim saber as minhas credenciais u/p. #
• Nice! Step 1: integrate !elmdentica into #enlightenment ‘s svn. Step 2: remember to do svn update and find out that translations were added #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: RT @agnes_europe La Commission #eu défavorable à la transparence de l’#ACTA ? http://bit.ly/9SDFGT #
• Já dizia o meu avô! ♺ @pvilela: Hoje em dia instalar sw é mto mais fácil em Linux que em windows ♺ @jfborges: http://ow.ly/1bTEn #

• ♺ @slashdot: Aussie Internet Censorship Minister Censors Self http://bit.ly/8Yb9Dy #
• ♺ @PartidoPirataPT: @tnw_socialmedia Facebook Just Patented The Feed – What Does This Mean For Everyone That Uses Th.. http://tnw.to/15k8J #
• @paulopedroso: o segredo de justica e’ pidesco. so deveria existir em casos muito especiais. #
• Off to (boring) work. #
• @csarven @davidc I’d actually say non-free is to free software what religion is to atheism. #
• @csarven @davidc better even: what religio is to laicisim. #
• @stephwer Each time less Free Software, you bet it’s getting more and more boring. #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: RT @EFF Epic Fail in Congress: USA PATRIOT Act Renewed Without Any New Civil Liberties Protections http://eff.org/n/9623 #
• Impressive and *really* cool. Like a true GPS guided missile^Wdrone: http://www.google.pt/search?q=hexakopter #

• Entidades d’usura ♺ @JNegocios: Seguradoras não vão cobrir a maioria dos prejuízos causados pela catástrofe na Madeira http://xl.pt/r/bqPTrz #
• Aplica-se cá? ♺ @bkuhn: OTOH, I do not think one person should be able to silence others on a whim. That would be autocracy, not community. #
• @vegyraupe your presentation from FOSDEM is not available unless you get a slidsnare account! could you put the pdf/odp in Qi’s site? #
• ♺ @webmink: The Mink is Moving – please adjust your feeds: http://bit.ly/aVKuQM #
• @jwildeboer look at it from the bright side, at least now we know their policies for sotring data on their services 😉 #
• ♺ @celso: ROTFL. Fucking great RT @fightingmachine: Ooo-err, etc: http://www.fucking-windows.com. (via @armandoalves) #
• #DRBD now native in #Linux ♺ @glynmoody: What’s new in Linux 2.6.33 – http://bit.ly/97oJ29 #
• @support one more !spamreport: @kakabe looks awfully like a spammer. #
• ♺ @zoobab: ACTA video of the European Parliament’s discussion yesterday in INTA (In an open format OGG): http://i5.be/aw2 #
• E começa com o Vital Moreira a falar… #
• @jwildeboer Is Dennmark 80% happy with the lack of transparency in #ACTA? 🙂 #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: RT @perusio According to this http://ur1.ca/niil Portugal is one the countries supporting the secrecy in #ACTA #
• Please tell your british friends/family to support this petition for #ACTA details to be made public – http://bit.ly/b0a4Bj (via @glynmoody) #
• E Portugal também: ♺ @BoingBoing: ACTA leak: Now we know who is against transparency – USA, Korea, Singapore, Denmark http://bit.ly/cFkrKm #
• In USA, InternationalIntellectualPropertyAlliance demands Government to punish countries that make use of Free Software http://ur1.ca/nizi #
• In USA, International Intellectual Property Alliance demands Government to punish countries that make use of Free Software ttp://ur1.ca/nizi #
• ♺ @webmink: Contact Your MEP! A very important issue is now open in the European Parliament. As former MEP David Hamme. http://bit.ly/bjaxfD #

• ♺ @dandart: We don’t want companies controlling our own devices! Please share and sign! http://ur1.ca/kw3t !fsf !gnu #ibad #ipay #
• @rejon ok, no problem. I was going to suggest you, if you where available. #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: “deeply concerned by the secrecy surrounding international negotiations”: MPs sign #ACTA motion: http://bit.ly/bt3I7J #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: #ACTA: #EU Council partially declassifies EU draft negotiation document—but the content remains hidden http://tr.im/Pxqm #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: ████ the EU C██████! #
• @gbraad haha, that’s nothing. One day, I was walking around and in opposite direction came a couple. Girl closer to me. Suddenly she jumps.. #
• @gbraad …to the other side of the boyfriend. As I was looking at them a bit startled, she begs her pardon, thought I was her ex-bf 🙂 #
• http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/serious-threat-to-web-in-italy.html #
• @gbraad depends on how she’d jump… it *could* be interesting 😉 #
• @stephwer young mom? congratulations! #
• ♺ @zoobab: counter-campaign: abolish patenting altogether, denounc idea of a patent as monopolistic retrogressive absurd: http://i5.be/awp #
• @stephwer ah, I didn’t know 🙂 ok 🙂 #
• ♺ @leplaid: Using open source makes you an enemy of the state http://bit.ly/cQ4j0z !foss !gnu !terrorist #
• ♺ @zoobab: FFII Founder says the fight against software patents is its 3rd round now: http://i5.be/awr #
• ♺ @zoobab:Would y giv’up yr right t sue othrs fr patent infringement in exchange fr immunity from all patent lawsuits? 84%Y http://i5.be/awu #
• If #Oracle intends to shutdown #Solaris, would they please free it all under the “GPLv2 or later” so the good things can be reused? #
• Good news! ♺ @pvilela: @RuiSeabra Oracle does not intend to shutdown Solaris #
• Oops, I mean… of course, the Open #Solaris (on both my previous messages)! #
• @stephwer nobody would say that you’re not ‘thaaat young anymore’ from looking at you, I swear! 🙂 (don’t hit me Jan) #
• ♺ @carlopiana: ♺ @janhusar: EuroISPA: Leaked #ACTA text shows treaty would threaten fundamental rights. http://bit.ly/aC9kAF #freedom #
• @stephwer of course, but like my wife you look a lot younger 🙂 #
• @jwildeboer it’s not an official statement, but he’s a s/Sun/Oracle/ friend. #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: RT @j_zim IMPORTANT! Help the European Parliament oppose #ACTA! http://ur1.ca/ndqr Urge MEPs to sign the written declaration #
• ♺ @jzim: @michaelgeist have you seen the European Parliament against #ACTA? http://ur1.ca/ndqr Every EU citizen can participate and help! #
• ♺ @webmink: .Oracle has NOT annc’d EOL of OpenSolaris. Page you ref is an old page detailing lifecycles. Fully discussed on list. #
• RT @arc @bkuhn yep, including their relationships. we’re almost living in a corporate-communist state. #
• Downloading 7GB of English Wikipedia to tryout Evopedia on my !freerunner #
• @rejon @vegyraupe can I present #Qi’s Ben Nanonote at SHIFT? http://2010.shift.pt/ ? Can you send me material for presentation if so? #
• @gbraad sure! #
• @gbraad but I’m thinking more on the line of “digital” material to present there, not a device 🙂 #
• @tuxbrain that’s great! 🙂 can you send me anything you have (digital) that I can present? I’ll still have to propose, of course. #
• @tuxbrain no Skype for me, that’s a tool from the devil 😉 #
• @tuxbrain cool, there’s sources… #
• @rejon your’s and @vegyraupe’s presentations would be really nice to have, I like the title of your talk and would reuse it #
• @tuxbrain I’ve got ekiga but I don’t know where my mike and headphone are. Without them no talko 🙂 will have to search. #
• Just submitted a talk proposal for #shift2010 about #Qi’s Nanonote and copyleft hardware. #
• ♺ @zoobab: Sarkozy asked for secrecy of ACTA negotiations, was afraid of the European Parliament’s views: http://i5.be/awK #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: RT @newsbrooke Reading: Why freedom of information means we can all be journalists: http://bit.ly/dlsIqf #
• ♺ @blizzard: Lessig. In person or broadcast. Tomorrow. http://bit.ly/bOLXth #

• ♺ @greve: If you don’t find truth in Dilbert, you haven’t been in business long enough, me thinks… http://ur1.ca/n71o #
• Rename, rename… ♺ @techdirt: Did The UK Gov’t Back Down On Three Strikes… Or Did It Just Change What It Called It? http://dlvr.it/2TVW #
• @rejon that would be *so*cool* #
• One more reason not to buy a #Amazon ‘s #Kindle (if DRM wasn’t enough): don’t pay #Microsoft Tax on Innovation #swpat http://bit.ly/cHcftv #
• http://www.PORDATA.pt alega respeitar WAI-A WCAG 1.0 mas exige Flash para as coisas interessantes. #fail #
• ♺ @celso: Wikimedia Portugal http://2hdt.sl.pt #
• ♺ @lxoliva: ASL.org/BROffice.org bloqueiam venda subsidiada de drogas fatais a professores http://migre.me/l2wW http://migre.me/kPRl Valeu! #
• @rejon want to come to Portugal by April 16th representing !CC? CAn you suggest someone? It’s a Wikimedia related event 🙂 #
• @rejon pardon me, Russia? 😀 #
• ♺ @blizzard: Mozilla is looking for a technical documentation Ninja! Please help by telling friends: http://bit.ly/abrcv8 #
• ♺ @techdirt: MagicJack Tries To Silence Boing Boing; Loses And Has To Pay $50,000 http://dlvr.it/2XZf #
• ♺ @zoobab: Conference in Starsbourg on the UPLS central patent court and software patents via the backdoor: http://i5.be/awe #

• #ACTA wants to criminalize Free Software users who view DVD’s with CSS. #
• #ACTA recomenda o corte do acesso à internet à lá “3 ofensas” francesa. #
• Não admira que testejam a esconder o texto ou a mentir sobre ele, a disseminação pública dele incentiva a revolta dos cidadãos.. #
• @jzim worse, that commissioner lied to the audience in the EP… #
• @jzim sorry, not a commissioner: Verraes. Didn’t he say EU law wouldn’t be changed? #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the current #ACTA negotiations: http://is.gd/8VFeO #
• ♺ @jzim: #ACTA : menace et incompatibilité avec la législation européenne confirmées http://ur1.ca/n3q4 #HADOPI #CopyrightMafia #
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s “Let’s Go Fucking Mental” has a nice rythm for wor. #
• work #
• ♺ @jzim: European privacy protection authority condemns #ACTA http://ur1.ca/n442 A serious blow to the negotiators! #ThreeStrikes #
• ♺ @BoingBoing: EU Data Protection czar comes out against ACTA; EU analysis of leaked ACTA chapter http://bit.ly/cyEou9 #
• #dfd2010 Document Freedom Day is approaching! #
• @gbraad software’s still a big issue if one doesn’t care about software freedom (it’s still immature), but we’re slowly getting there w/!SHR #
• Humming “Happy birthday dear @gbraad, happy birthday, to you!” lowly at his workplace while a few coworkers look strangely at him. #
• d@evan would like to know more about sysadmin gig before applying (salary, fringe and whether my wife would have to blame Canada 😉 ) #
• @stephwer not humming that loud 🙂 #
• @stephwer oh, just last Friday I fell down my chair intentionally to make a pun with something a collegue had just said. Was worth it! 🙂 #
• I hate it when Deja-Vu means a couple of good friends gets apart *again*. #

• @tyll that’s not what I need: there’s a dir with the svn of a project. point and shoot #
• ♺ @glynmoody: Criminalise Exotic Pets, not File Sharing – http://bit.ly/d6E2cj exposing the Great Lie of governments #filesharing #acta #
• @tyll remember me saying I know how to make dist? 🙂 #
• @tyll Guess I’ll give it a try. #
• @tyll no problem 🙂 what I wanted to know was if there was already some script to point at autotools repo’s and cut some slack. #
• Yesterday I saw a N900. It’s so impressive it makes me a bit jealous. Too bad it’s so proprietary. Good thing is: I don’t waste money on it. #
• @pietercolpaert indeed. I guess the real problem will be when/if my !freerunner stops working for some reason. #
• @playya #mer (from my tries with a SmartQ7) seemed very un-ready. Probably worse than SHR for the Freerunner. #
• @gbraad 600€ without any real incentive (too proprietary and no real need for a new phone while my !freerunner works) is too much for me 🙂 #
• @playya Besides, the phone part, battery, graphics, etc… don’t look that open to me (quite the opposite). #
• @playya sorry, what do you mean by milestone? #
• @playya get me free drivers! 😀 #
• @playya ah… didn’t know… but what I’m a bit jealous of is that the N900 is impressive and looks really nice (UI-wise). #
• @jacerdeira: android only looks mature to java pundits. such a limited platform … #
• Yay, found the correct set of fixes to ecore.spec.in for getting !enlightenment on !fedora 12 #
• make distclean ; ./autogen.sh && make dist-gzip && mv *.tar.* /tmp/ && sudo su – makerpm -c — “rpmbuild -tb /tmp/esmart*tar.gz” still here. #
• ♺ @jmcesteves: RT @BoingBoing #ACTA “internet enforcement” chapter leaks http://bit.ly/bpuq7p #
• Dear lazyweb, I need a couple of pictures from Andalucia and Extremadura’s GNU/Linux schools. #
• ♺ @ANSOL: New blog post: Mais evoluída do mundo, qui-ça de Portugal! http://ur1.ca/n1h0 #
• ♺ @michaelgeist #ACTA Internet chapter leaks: reveals USTR deceptive claims on 3 strikes. It IS model policy for ISPs http://bit.ly/9krV4M #

• Learning how to mock packages up so I can start buildin some e17 rpms #
• “No to SWIFT agreement” makes news on Portuguese “SIC Notícias” tv channel. BE, PCP, PS and PSD were against it, great! Sadly PP in favour. #
• I know how to make rpms and cause a make dist to happen, I just want to know if someone has already written a small script to offload work. #
• Dear !fedora are there any tools to automate fetching the source from path with autotools without polluting the devel environment? #
• Manuel Alegre diz que há liberdade de expressão em Portugal. Não leu a constituição. #fail. #
• Há mais que antes de 1974. Certo. Mas muito menos que, por exemplo, nos EUA. #
• rt @albanrampon: Packages on !Fedora build sytem for !ARM http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/ #
• #Pidgin is really an awesome program to concentrate IM, mu-blog anad irc on low resource machines with a bigger screen #

• ♺ @zoobab: Axel Horns on the United Patent Litigation System (UPLS), or European Patent Law outsourced outside of the EU: http://i5.be/auS #
• ♺ @luisvidigal: Num pais de carencia de valores candidaturas como a de Fernando Nobre sao messianicas #