Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-10

♺ @glynmoody: #ACTA Is Called An ‘Executive Agreement’ To Change The Law With Less Hassle Than A Treaty – http://bit.ly/dawqEx quite #
@coolgoose you mean !ubuntu hiding the GIMP and OpenOffice.org and moving to Bing as default search has nothing to do with who they employ? #
@coolgoose no, GIMP is not hard to use. That’s plain BS. And OO.o removal from NBR is just another way to show ubuntu NBR is less than Win7 #
@coolgoose you totally miss the point. OO.o and GIMP are excellent showcases of the power of Free Software, and are being hidden away. #
@coolgoose basic stuff is *NOT* hard to do on the GIMP, it’s actually quite trivial. #
@coolgoose what is hard to do in GIMP is hard because of the nature of what is being done. #
@coolgoose I’m not a graphics guru or anything similar, my usage is very basic. #
♺@doctorow: Copyfighters don’t want the right to build on earlier works b/c info wants to be free, it’s b/c that’s how all creativity starts #
@coolgoose those are not basic usages. Sorry. #
@coolgoose Besides, you’re confusing the scope of GIMP vs the scope of photo viewing with pre-defined (and fixed) set of manipulations. #
@coolgoose One is complementary to the other, but one can do all, and the other quite definitely not. #
@kimus using Mac? #fail 🙂 #
@coolgoose select tools, copy & paste #
@coolgoose choosing a paint tool & colour, drawing something. #
@coolgoose a 5 y old can do that with gimp. So maybe your users are under 5 years old? #
Waiting for a friend, for #sushi while talking about interesting stuff. #
Malta, o @czorrinho vai com o nosso PM e o Sec. Est. Econ. e Inovação ao Conselho de Ministros da UE. Sugiro que lhe digam já: não às #swpat #
@czorrinho Não queremos redução de empregos nas TIC, que é uma consequência natural das patentes de software. Por favor defenda isso! 🙂 #
@czorrinho a verdadeira inovação nas TIC vem das PME, e estas são quem mais tem a perder com as #swpat #
@czorrinho a UPLS/UPLA é fortemente defendida pelo lobby pró-#swpat porque as introduz pela porta do cavalo! #
@czorrinho as #swpat são uma interferência governamental na livre concorrência, por favor não defenda monopólios artificiais. #
Tomorrow: meeting at the European Council that will have some focus on “competition” and “innovation” from 2010 to 2020. #
Ask your government to stop #swpat as it will reduce employment opportunities for innovators. #
♺ @webmink: Dell physically preventing use of hard disks not purchased from them on their servers: http://bit.ly/bytmUl #
Full body scanner. Not an invasion of privacy? Well… http://www.flickr.com/photos/publius_ovidius/4346518306/ #