February 2010 – Page 3

2010-02-11

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-11

♺ @jwildeboer: Read this BEFORE you buzz away http://is.gd/88EIm #privacy #fail #
♺ @PartidoPirataPT: RT @telecomix Parliament “withholds its consent to the conclusion of the [SWIFT] Agreement” http://bit.ly/9jijk6 #
@karsten it is indeed much cooler than a plain no 🙂 #
♺ @jzim: French Parliament approves Net censorship http://ur1.ca/m2ve #NetFiltering #NetNeutrality #Sarkozy (pls RT!) #
@jwildeboer slidesnare? bah #
@carlopiana where you fail at is that VC never let’s you keep control. Sooner or later you’ll have to do what they say. #
@carlopiana I think that it’s so much harder to do it in a way their lawyers won’t solve than not getting any. #
♺@JMF1957: Atenção: parece estar em curso uma tentativa de impedir saída da edição de amanhã dO Sol. Tensão/expectativa à porta da redacção. #
♺ @JMF1957: Mais informação: Providência cautelar tenta impedir publicação de mais escutas no semanário “Sol” http://is.gd/89PYD #
♺ @slashdot: Google Rejects Australian Censorship Proposal http://bit.ly/b87cTv #
Google suddenly finds balls. #
♺ @glynmoody: How Can The Music Industry Be Dead When More Music Is Being Produced And More Money Is Being Made? – http://bit.ly/dhxBsW #
♺ @kirschner: Valentine’s day for flower industry only? #ilovefs is for !freesoftware #
Este ET não é o nosso amigo de infância, é mais o It ♺ @slashdot: Anti-Piracy Windows 7 Update Phones Home Quarterly http://bit.ly/dfzMOZ #
“Grande C” – pelas entidades que querem ganhar uma fatia dos teus rendimentos obtidos com a tua arte. #
“Grande C” – pelas entidades que querem que vás preso por partilhares com os teus amigos a música que gostas de escutar. #
Já imaginaste a tua criatividade exposta para o mundo inteiro, sem intermediários? Se sim, não percas tempo com o “Grande C” #
Este é um caso onde se impõe desobediência civil ♺ @JNegocios: Pedro Silva Pereira: “Respeito as decisões da Justiça” http://xl.pt/r/aU1Eed #
#censumanif Quem alinha numa manif contra a censura em Portugal este Sábado às 16h nas praças principais? #
#censumanif às 16h em todo o país vamos berrar: não à censura (onde quer que estejamos) #
♺ @slashdot: European Credit and Debit Card Security Broken http://bit.ly/bdaY8F #
@zach #Caprica is supposed to be a “Dallas” set in BSG universe, not BSG. #

2010-02-10

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/ #

2010-02-09

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-09

♺ @glynmoody: Is OOXML standards used in Microsoft Office unsuitable for the public sector? – http://bit.ly/c0z76g Norwegian gov. site #
@jwildeboer just subscribed! #
@gbraad You know if there are arduinos which react to loud sounds? #
@support very, very likely… @osharoot is a #spammer… #
♺ @jwildeboer: EU parliament confirms new commission! Neelie can now push for #openstandards as promised. Yay! #
Awesome news #
Acho que o Ministério da Educação não leu o Art. 49º ponto 8 do Código das Compras Públicas. #
«É proibida a fixação de especificações técnicas que façam referência a um fabricante ou uma proveniência determinados, … » #
«marcas, patentes ou modelos e a uma dada origem ou produção,que tenha por efeito favorecer ou eliminar determinadas entidades ou … bens.» #
Isto em relação ao novo Magalhães… #
Código dos Contractos Públicos, isto é. #
Ponto 12 tb. E com isto se prova que preciso dormir… 🙂 #
E não, não existe “equivalente” ao Windows 7 (em relação ao ponto 13). #
Datas de ficheiros também curiosas: um foi criado muito antes do concurso publicado, gravado depois. O outro foi criado *depois*. #
Datas extraídas dos metadados dos formatos, e não dos metadados dos ficheiros. #
Não sei se isso é legítimo ou não, mas cheira a esturro. #

2010-02-08

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-08

@bugabundo bah, a Megan Fox é um elemento absorvente nessa relação. qqCoisa + Megan Fox = SEXY 😉 #
♺ @jwildeboer: A HOWTO on SWPAT to circumvent Bilski. At least they are open about this. http://is.gd/7WfoB #
@pietercolpaert I recommend against reading every message, just do so to a select few, rest consider like you just met them in the street. #
stuck just outside my house door. didn’t take my kets to #fosdem and wife’s not home yet. gotta train the cats to open it. #
s/kets/keys/ #
lucky me I have my olpc and the net is strong here. #
@zach oh just checked my dms. thanks man 🙂 #
@pietercolpaert meeting people IRl is loads of fun #
@kimus o processo de nuremberga teve bem mais testemunhas que isso, envolvia harmonizacao de leis de 5 paises. 1.5 anos? #

2010-02-07

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-07

@pietercolpaert not hang over, chocolate shopping lest I’m killed as I get home #
@gbraad cool, ,thanks #
@gbraad lol you really messed up with my name there 😉 #
@greve at this hour @webmink might still be sleeping #

2010-02-06

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-06

#fosdem evil on the internet, sponsored by Microsoft software 😉 #
#fosdem civicrm starting #
@floschi great talk #
@evan at what time are you calling a cab? is there room for one more ? I can and would also share … #
at the #identi.ca meetup, having #somebeer with very cool people. #
@bugabundo wanna send a msg to @evan? I’m like at <1m from him 😉 #
@bugabundo hug given, but evidence will have to wait for larger bandwidth #
going off line, battery life #

2010-02-05

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-05

@jwildeboer ended up talking with @kanarip up until 4am so I’m a bit wasted. You only introduce me to such great guys 🙂 #
@carlopiana I hope to finally meet you. Will you be at the fosdem event, fsfe ,meeting, both? 🙂 #
@carlopiana I’ll be with @karsten, mostly, today/night #
@carlopiana OFE as well? peachy! 🙂 #
@luisfcorreia you should have come too 🙂 #
@luisfcorreia depends on how long I can last today, was with @kanarip until 4am bxl time… >:) #
@zach ping? what’s up? #
of course it is, though, but of little usefullness #
@schestowitz is it Free Software when you can’t install and run it on the devices it was made to run on? #
(considering DRM and local laws forbidding modificatons and unlocking of phones which where made locked) #
“No you won’t be able to reprogram your phone.” from FAQ of “free software” symbian. #
@smaffulli no, check the FAQ 🙂 #
rt @lessig: Australia gets ISP rights right: http://ping.fm/agGgx #
So first it was the GIMP, and now it is OpenOffice… #
So first it was the GIMP, and now it is OpenOffice… !ubuntu what are you doing? http://ur1.ca/ljpz death wish? #
I think it’s time people start subscribing http://www.petitiononline.com/botgimp/petition.html no? !ubuntu #
@sbillaudelle yes, my sister in law uses it everyday. #
@bugabundo yes. current netbooks are more powerful than other computers Iused openoffice.org on, don’t drink kool-ais #
kool-aid #
@smaffulli @sbillaudelle show me the numbers that back you up #
@sbillaudelle @bugabundo you miss the point, new comers come with windows habits, they won’t thinkk/know of that. #
@sbillaudelle @smaffulli in all winxp on netbooks I see people using MS Office. #
you guys are simply throwing the pearls under the rug orto pigs. #
ran #
@sbillaudelle not pointing the gun to your own foot takes less time and less work and is smarter #
besides, I run OO.o whn I had a laptop with 512MB of ram, don’t give me bullshit 🙂 #
@bugabundo you’re just parroting bullshit, grow your own brain. #
@smaffulli I’m not talking about good choices, I’m talking that users want light laptops that can do all their work. #
so your’re arguments are just plain bullshit #
netbooks are now much more powerful than the computers they used a few years ago. #
2GB ram, 160GB disk is common now, on the shops #
grow a pair of balls #
🙂 #
@sbillaudelle more than enough. not for compiling, though, but desktop usage/ come on… #
CPU is way beyond our needs for a few years #
@sbillaudelle so you only do what others designed you to do? *disappointment* #
@sbillaudelle not really, you’ll miss over 95% of the users an the sample would be deviated/ #
@ssweeny will you stop parroting BS and think about it with your own brains andlooking at what people actually do? #
@bugabundo you know Ubuntu is actually making it harder to make derivatives, right? #
@bugabundo yeah, right. #
@bugabundo quem tem batalhado com isso a se’rioeem ambiente empresarial nao sou eu. #
You guys need to wake up, I’m the one who has an UMPC with 256MB of ram !olpc OOo is hell in *here* noton netbooks #
@sbillaudelle no1 reason for winxp on netbooks is running ms office, not windows #
people want netbooks because they’repowerful enough they’re light enough, and battery last more than traditional laptops #
@bugabundo actually, it only gives you the basement #
@sbillaudelle not when there was windows and GNU/Linux. now because it’s impossibleto getwithout windows #
@x11r5 actually, I use various GNU/Linuxes and OpenBSD. But just Linux, not really. #
rt @larusalka: @jamestait Interesting? Have you read Google Docs Additional Terms of Service? http://tr.im/LGBR Wrong move, IMHO. !Ubuntu NE #
@ssweeny sure you did #
@ssweeny !Ubuntu is making stupid decisions that hide the power of Free Software. Corruption from the insie, I wonder? #
And the worse is that you guys are just drinking kool-aid at a rate reminiscent of Apple fanboys. #
@mcielen so afraid of criticism you want to drive people away from !ubuntu? #
@ssweeny oh really? show me the numbers, please. otherwise, it’sjust kool-aid #
@mcielen yes, you’re whining about my criticism. #
@ssweeny you got the right to feel that way. each its own. But I suggest to look outside your window. #
@jwildeboer if I didn’t know better, I’d call you a weakling! c ya tomorrow. we’re waitig for @zoobab #
@webmink @carlopiana easier to speak by hear #

2010-02-04

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-04

At ASP1E1, for the Digital Rights in Europe Capacity Building event. Portuguese helpers are trying to get power plugs for everyone. Not easy #
Fortunately I brought a 3 way cord extension 🙂 #
Starting! #
For those who don’t know, ASP1E1 is at the European Parliament. #
RT @glynmoody Wikileaks finds cash to continue – http://bit.ly/dqMn6x – hurrah – now let’s not take them for granted, eh? #wikileaks #
I donated 50 EUR to #wikileaks did you donate anything? #
@glynmoody the council work is all done with instructions from national governments. so “you” id, actually. “Me” too. #
@glynmoody tell your COREPER firstly! #
@zoobab Ijust suggested to a couple MEPs to demand from EC the information about ACTA they should be freely given in 1st place. #
I voteed for #vote140 in the form! #
@zoobab I followed 1 MEP as she left the room for a train to suggest ECJ referral of the matter #
yay!@pietercolpaert: A friend spontaneously asked me about copyleft and creative commons because he saw «RIP: A remix manifesto» on TV !cc #
@carlopiana yes. in an OLPC it’s very hard to use #firefox. Using #midori right now. A bit better (but not much). #
rt @bugabundo: aha ♺ @heldertsantos: A definição de Rock dos responsáveis pelo rock in rio lisboa é muito diferente da minha #
Laurence Vandewalle is awesome, as usual 🙂 #
http://www.tekmote.nl/epages/61504599.sf sell leemotes in EU! #
@bugabundo don’t be a wuss! #
@support so @bugabundo won’t be a wuss and leave, could the char limit be a user config? I #vote140 by default #
@bugabundo lol #
@rhk for identica: type twitter, host identi.ca, url /api and use “faster” rather than secure unless you have curl with ssl working #
@rhk I will change that part to a list of supported sites #
@rhk rm -rf ~/.elmdentica/db* #
@jwildeboer expecting to be too tired for #havebeer with the cool people? #
@jwildeboer we’re waiting for you 🙂 #
@tonnerre @jwildeboer bru is ok as well, I see it all over town… #
@jwildeboer same time I did, sucks and one’s tired. see you tomorrow then 🙂 #
rd @glynmoody: #ACTA absurdity continues, may only get worse http://bit.ly/dCmNvZ (Washington Post) we need more such “mainstream” articles #
@jzim hi from across the room, behind an OLPC 🙂 #
@rhk url for twitter is simply / #
@rhk if you don’t want to erase, use sqlite to change your login data #
@jwildeboer it wouldn’t be polite to impose, and if you get delayed… I don’t know Max so he probably wouldn’t join a stranger 🙂 #
@rhk are you using !elmdentica from shr-u? I have and it works… #
pidgin is rocking for me, 1 app for identi.ca, xmpp,msn and irc (good for a low spec machine such as o=this olpc xo-1) #
rt @bugabundo: more pics of #IPad http://htxt.it/ThD6 #itampon #
@rhk good, but you may have hit a bug there, before. #
Good news on the SWIFT agreement, it appears to have been voted down in LIBRE (but it doesn’t stop there). #
@robbychen touchbook looks really nice, what about the graphics card? is it proprietary driven? !GNU !Linux #
Promising device, the touchbook. Much more than all this year’s CES crap #
Here’s the URL: https://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ #
rt @arstechnica: IE6 users to be evicted from Gmail, Google Calendar – http://arst.ch/ds9 #
Twitter people: I’m only on identi.ca only until monday so I won’t see your messages. #
@davide89y: good as in crappy fb, or fully accelerated 2d? !GNU !Linux #
@davide89y I’m looking to a replacement for my broken SmartQ7 but with it I can play movies in accelerated form #
@davide89y framebuffer is usually very slow and frequent artifacts… #
@rhk regarding your issue, you quickly do what you want by disabling the undesired accounts per message before sending. #
@rhk without editing the account, just uncheck the enable/disable account check #
perhaps too late but good news: rd @reality: Nokia open-sourcing symbian: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8496263.stm !gnu #
wrt nokia, the OS isn’t everything, what about the apps ? and drivers? again, too little to late 🙂 #
rt @glynmoody: From Open Source to Open Government – http://bit.ly/cXZj73 how companies can prepare for the open data deluge #ogov #opendata #
rt @adolflow: Alternativa libre a #iPad: #iFreeTablet: 160 GB, 3 USB y Card Reader, con !Debian !GNU/!Linux http://ur1.ca/lgqn !fsf !fsfe #
Justlearned that “journalists hardly ever” request documents to european comission. wonder why… #
funny but with food for thought rt @jwildeboer: New blog post: WRT FOSDEM Beer Event http://jan.wildeboer.net/2010/02/wrt-fosdem-beer-event/ #
rt @glynmoody: MPs’ expenses: who claimed what? The full list – http://bit.ly/aOvR9C *sortable* columns in Web page – v. impressive #
algo muito `a frente do que temos em Portugal… #
@webmink the news is that finally it’s coming out 🙂 #
rt @glynmoody: EU Official Caught in the #ACTA – http://bit.ly/blGI8j why it is still worth asking the questions they don’t want to answer #
@jzim if u haven’t yet, read this from @glynmoody: http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/02/eu-official-caught-in-acta.html #
@glynmoody the fucking scary part (pardon the jargon) is that ISPs technically initiate or modify many connections! #ACTA #
@glynmoody just think of (transparent) proxies, which are frequently used to optimize web traffic #
@glynmoody anyone considering that scenery a fantasy should study the effects of “as such” in the EU #swpat war #
@glynmoody *honoured* (and blushing) #
fantastic day thanks to EDRi, but I #needbeer 🙂 #
@rhk pidgin can actually do all but gps !freerunner but pidgin UI is not made for small screen #
@schestowitz I have pity of the one whohasto keep up withy our rhythm 🙂 good job! #
@rhk either through jabber bots or (what I’m using here) with purple-microblog #
@jwildeboer \o/ U arrived… C ya tmrw! #
@pietercolpaert weakling, I think the weaather is great 🙂 #
and I come from a mildly hot country #
@jwildeboer not yet, but if you’re up to it… #
@pietercolpaert pfff I love this kind of cold, if it where raining it wouldbe much, much worse #
even if a bit less colder. #
@jwildeboer kidding, I have to be at europarl before 9 #
@jwildeboer you’ll still take about an hour to get ready #
*sigh* after the current orval, off to bed… no longer #needbeer #
@jwildeboer just learned sachiko’s getting married tmrw #
@jwildeboer depending on the time, me neither. [robably will be with the !fsfe guys #
@jwildeboer that was quick #
@jwildeboer I think I’ll have to join you for a toast to sachiko, wouldn’t you say? #
@jwildeboer don’t know where they’ll be #
@jwildeboer tempted to, but I want to be at edri’s event for as much as I can, loving it so much #
@jwildeboer not hard to say no to bad ber, though #
over and out #
@jwildeboer meet you at the lobby or bar #

2010-02-03

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-02-03

Looks like it’s going to be a boy! #
♺ @gijs: http://www.osor.eu/news/two-thousand-open-source-applications-for-the-public-sector #
@albertovski @luisfcorreia @pedrorq @lrocha obrigado 🙂 #