Month: June 2010

• @lefty: I think that matters little compared to other dynamics at the operator level. !freesoftware goes against the interest of many. #
• @lefty: only with proprietary drivers, though. 🙁 you know if moorestown will be any better in that regard? #
• Fuck! ♺ @JMF1957: RT @Jerusalem_Post: Barak off to US for Iran talks: American, Israeli warships reportedly cross Suez. http://bit.ly/badkNx #
• @lefty: incremental better than nothing. But if u never complain about other half u’ll never get it. Glad some remind us we’re not there yet #
• @lefty: that has not been the pattern so far. exceptions here and there, but overall we have improved, so I don’t buy your pessimism. #
• @jmcesteves: are you saying, then, that it is a normal action ? #
• ♺ @mvalente: Aparentemente ninguém grama as vuvuzelas. Mas então "apitam" sozinhas ou há uma sociedade secreta de apita-vuvuzelas? #
• @lefty: I don’t see GNOME fits those devices, maybe I’m stoopid or missed some sikrit. #
• @lefty: that’s a matter of money and alliances. #
• @lefty: I know about them, I just don’t think they got what it takes and I don’t see them getting it. #
• @lxoliva: hehe thanks 🙂 #
• @lefty: and still you don’t see the missing money link ? #
• #chipespiaop4amimnao ♺ @Publico: CDS-PP junta-se à oposição e vai propor a revogação dos chips automóveis no Parlamento http://is.gd/cWdNa #
• Acho admiravel como alguns ficam tao ofendidos por Saramago ter ‘cuspido’ em Portugal. Isso e’ nacionalismo bacoco. Critique-se a obra! #
• Goste-se ou nao, faz mais sentido dizer-se porque nao se gostou do q refugiar a ignorancia na ofensa barata! #
• Mesma classeo, sim♺ @joaomiranda: @RuiSeabra É o mesmo nacionalismo bacoco que deu origem a um Panteão Nacional onde querem meter o Saramago #
• ALRA recomenda Gov Reg Açores «ADOPÇÃO DE MEDIDAS QUE FACILITEM A INTRODUÇÃO DE SISTEMAS E APLICAÇÕES DE SOFTWARE LIVRE» http://is.gd/cWw3E #
• Azores parliament recommends regional government to facilitate adoption of Free Software http://is.gd/cWw3E #
• @GabrielfSilva: o problema e q e’ ingenuidade pensar q consegue aproveitar as poucas vantagens sem a bagagem toda das mas,e muitas perigosas #
• ♺ @olpc: Uruguay’s Plan Ceibal orders 90,000 #OLPC XO notebooks with bigger keyboard for secondary school student sized hands. ur1.ca/0a9fi #

• @brubaker: wtf ? you compare an excellent adaptation with two junk movies ? in the same class? #
• ♺ @brubaker: History of Violence was a great film. But then, it’s Cronenberg, so it has an advantage. Also, a great script. #
• ♺ @zoobab: Consensus-Oriented Specification System, by Pieter Hintjens, mentions patents and OOXML fraud: http://ur1.ca/09wtp #
• As expected ♺ @bigbrovar: powerful comment from a member of the #maemo community. someone who should know http://is.gd/cVIvB Nokia missteps #
• @jdub: not really, unless made by truly unbiased people, as recognized by both parties, who understand the issue. Else, it’s self serving. #
• @jdub: a really whiny and truly biased one was made up by @lefty some time ago. Not a good example, and a bridge burner. Mind what you wish. #
• @schestowitz: meego and freedom? not really… #
• @schestowitz: I compare android and meego with !openmoko WRT freedom.Both the formers are quite in the ‘lacking’ category. #
• @jdub: Perhaps I do. But then… I don’t like injustice and react to it. Not enough cold blood in the veins? Maybe. #
• But then… I try to walk the talk. Been posting from !elmdentica in !openmoko !freerunner running !shrproject with gprs. Main phone, too! #
• @crispassinato: who are you ? #
• @lefty: Like talking about yourself in the third person a little bit too much, dude. #
• @RuiSeabra: any chance you could replace the graphic card? Years ago I destroyed an nvidia graphics card I bought, in protest. Replaced it. #
• @lefty: Sure, and I’m glad I, at least, make you laugh, dude. #
• @lefty: That’s more of a problem with gtk and current hw, I think. E17 works much better with low resources hw. #

• ♺ @mind_booster: Liked "IMPORTANT: twitter is postponing the OAuth switch over to august 16, 2010 http://ff.im/mfSrk #
• @mind_booster: #oauth is worse than worthless for client apps. basic auth should be kept under https. Do you hear me, @raffi? #fail #
• @hub: That and the hugely expensive price tag. #
• @hub: my !freerunner works. some big hw issues but still my main phone. #
• @rlafuente Há um bug não 100% identificado que causa um lock-up daquilo, já está no ar. #
• @jzb most I’ve seen complaining couldn’t care less for people’s software freedom and only wish to discuss technical merit. Not !fsf mission. #
• @rlafuente not yet mas vão haver… #
• @rlafuente estilo hackdays tens o @codebits 🙂 #
• Pena 🙁 ♺ @presidencia: Presidente da República enviou condolências pela morte do escritor José Saramago http://bit.ly/bV8sly #
• ♺ @glynmoody: EU’s Standard Failure on Standards – http://bit.ly/dbAhvL disgraceful bias against #opensource #standards #eu #
• Damn #worldcup not over yet? Sigh… #
• 20 milhões de Euros em Tinteiros? E a crise, pá? http://www.base.gov.pt/_layouts/ccp/AjusteDirecto/Detail.aspx?idAjusteDirecto=149751 #
• 10.6 Milhões de Eur em impressoras, respectivos acessórios, consumíveis e assistência? E a crise, pá? http://is.gd/cUrbD #
• 8 milhões de Eur para passear num navio? Mais 16 Milhões 1 mês depois? E a crise, pá? http://is.gd/cUrgG http://is.gd/cUrh6 #
• quase 5 Milhões de Eur em Licenças Microsoft só para os Correios? E a crise, pá? http://is.gd/cUt6E #

• @openinformation upgrade to latest release and dare him to try it out for a month 🙂 !ubuntu #
• ♺ @jneves: Hoje, encontro Ubuntu-PT em Lisboa, 18h30: http://3dho.sl.pt #
• LoL near perfect hyperbole of Apple fanboys… ♺ (from too many) The Oatmeal: What it’s like to own an Apple product – http://is.gd/cSxWE #
• WTF? Dia not in !fedora 13 repo?? #
• @rahulsundaram yum search dia doesn’t show it anywhere! #
• @rahulsundaram output is sorted, no dia #
• @rahulsundaram no time to solve this mistery now, already compiled from scratch 🙁 info also shows it, but yum search doesn’t. 🙁 #
• ♺ @fontana: #Bilski is only remaining #SCOTUS case to be decided from November 2009 sitting. Next day for opinions’s Monday 21 June. #swpats #
• At a nice meeting with @lopo and other fine people. #
• Noticing an increase in spam/vírus emails targeted to !freesoftware developers (for now, emails talking about “changelog” — which aren’t). #
• @rahulsundaram yeah, yum clean all fixed it, though, dia in !fedora repo for me now as well. #
• Now with whitewash alert! ♺ @anassahmed: Dell removed “safer than Microsoft Windows” from their #Ubuntu Top Ten list: http://dell.com/ubuntu #
• @bkuhn bad link! #

• Tou? Tou xim? ♺ @JNegocios: PSD propõe possibilidade de acumular salário com parte do subsídio de desemprego http://xl.pt/r/cTFZXm #
• Outro "acidente"? ♺ @JNegocios: Inscritos nos centros de emprego sofreram maior descida em mais de três anos http://xl.pt/r/cOcXqP #
• ♺ @wikileaks IMMI has passed! The Icelandic government unanimously supports press freedoms and will put IMMI into law! More soon #
• ♺ @bjunior: EU’s president talks about the risk of ‘democracy collapse’ in GR, PT and SP. perfect timing #worldcup http://goo.gl/TBGB #irony #
• @carlopiana: #gwibber should use the keyring! #
• ♺ @glynmoody: What will Iceland’s new media laws mean for journalists? – http://bit.ly/aPI2ou useful first analysis #iceland #journalism #
• ♺ @dmaphy: ♺ @robmyers: RT @mattl Sign the FSF petition against ACTA — Freedom, not compromise — http://ur1.ca/0819e !fsf !gnu !lp !dbd #
• Damn, sorry for the group spam, even if for a good cause… #

• @stephwho: is that per capita ? and still bad ? #
• @rahulsundaram: but from the end of June onwards Pino will have to implement bullshit security #oauth in order to work with twitter. #
• @rahulsundaram: well, I plan to drop support for twitter then, in !elmdentica, as they drop support for client applications w’out #oauth. #
• @rahulsundaram: and I refuse to use any client application that implements #oauth to get to twitter. Bad protocol, deserves no support. #
• @stephwho: ouch. but still a bit more than the average in Portugal. Perhaps more than fifty per cent higher, not sure of the value. #
• @glynmoody: techdirt as well. Twitter is going down the drain. #
• ♺ @jerezim: @FFII backs Parliament Written Declaration 12/2010 on ACTA http://ur1.ca/07ntb Call n0W! #ACTA #wd12 #
• @ whoeveriscallingme: At a boring all-day meeting, will call you back when I can, you can send me email… #
• There must be… someway out of here… #
• May $DEITY bless nearby power plugs and 3G data cards… sad I forgot my development disk at home… 🙁 #
• @sandersch 🙂 #
• Hasn’t it yet? ♺ @glynmoody: Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason – http://bit.ly/cCHVU5 not new, but shocking: is America going bonkers? #
• OMG… how I hate being in here… #
• ♺ @glynmoody: EU Written declaration 2010/29 is “extending Data Retention Directive cover search engines” fight it – http://bit.ly/c1c68U #
• @rlafuente depende das datas 🙂 #
• @rlafuente pois, mas “sábado” != disponível para 600km de viagem #
• @rlafuente eu sei 😐 #
• In an extremely foul mood, decided to be as rude as possible replying to stupid people who keep confusing someone’s gmail with mine. #
• @rahulsundaram you’re not reading @bkuhn’s message: «any org that puts acquisition of wealth above all other imperatives» #
• @rahulsundaram which is the definition of a commercial org that has shareholders, at least in the USA, for instance. #
• @rahulsundaram I’m not wearing blinders, I’m pointing out that you’re missing a big point and as such unnecessary confusion and argument. #
• @rahulsundaram but it is indeed safe to assume that for profit companies work and react like lizzards, centered on food (profit) and danger. #
• @rahulsundaram where danger is “competition” #
• @rahulsundaram where danger is anything that reduces food and safety (like competition). Profit quickly escalates to profit at any cost. #
• @carlg I don’t know about Canada, but a company with shareholders has the legal obligation to increase their profit, in the USA. #
• @rahulsundaram you are right, however the relation is not one of equivalency. NPO doesn’t mean more trustworthy, but PO makes it less so. #
• In Prolog (lest I forgot too much of it) PO(A) :- less_trustworthy(A). NPO(A) :- !,trustworthy(A). NPO(A) :- less_trustworthy(A). #
• I agree ♺ @rahulsundaram: pointing that Fedora’s played that role more effectively than OSI and if list was OSI’s primary objective, failed #
• Sorry for the contraption of text, @rahulsundaram 🙁 #
• @rahulsundaram I think that’s on the #tasklist of @webmink, somehow 🙂 #
• @jwildeboer Listening to Janis Joplin? 😉 #
• ♺ @pvilela: Lançada edição 12 Revista BrOffice.org (OpenOffice.org n Brasil) http://broffice.org/revista entrevista Rui Fernandes do OOoPT #
• Any recommendation on a C library for json parsing that’s widely available in !GNU !Linux distributions, specially !openembedded ? #
• @bruce89 thanks, will check json-glib out. why would you doubt GObject could be acceptable? Any particular reason? #
• @brandonrunyon thanks, will check it out and probably compare with json-glib #
• json-c seems more promising for bringing less bagage… #
• json-c it is, it carries a lot less baggage than glib-json and was quite quick to get the gist of the api. #
• I like, but it’s perhaps too erudite for masses ♺ @smaffulli: Do you like the new sticker from Defective by Design? http://is.gd/cQEMy !dbd #
• ♺ @glynmoody: Assassinate a Pop Star By Illegally Downloading #Music – http://bit.ly/at3O79 don’t they realise this is rather fun? #piracy #
• Bye bye #libxml in !elmdentica, welcome json-c (much, much simpler). #

• @GabrielfSilva: sera um dia de festa. oposicao contra em bloco pode fazer acontecer! #chipespiaoparamimnao #
• lol ♺ @glynmoody: Music industry lobbyist calls for death penalty for #piracy – http://bit.ly/cjztF3 give them enough rope.. #
• this means she’s in favour of #swpat ♺ @zoobab Neelie Kroes not against software patents in standards: http://ur1.ca/06nxm #
• Concordo! ♺ @GabrielfSilva: @RuiSeabra o site do parlamento é uma grande confusão, não encontro os projectos de lei de revogação anunciados #
• @bkuhn: yeah when I speak about !freesoftware I usually explain that it’s not the immaterial bits that need freedom it’s you,’audience’ #
• @bkuhn all that’s at supremecourt.gov right now won’t be appended anymore today? #
• ♺ @mind_booster: New sticker contest winning design | DefectiveByDesign.org http://ff.im/m2Gav #
• WRT calling just Linux to a GNU+Linux I just wish defenders of the former to be consistent and say Mach rather than MacOS. And less rabid. #

• @glynmoody: twitter is world wide. As such, any hour could be a peak hour in some timezone. #
• @pietercolpaert: good luck, hope they go well! #
• Bored, want to go home … #
• @gbraad: One of my key points when talking about Free Software when kids are involved is how sharing is such an important value to incentive #
• @dhraak: what you said makes no sense. difference is only PoV !freesoftware !opensource the same. focus on rights vs capabilities. #
• @dhraak: #swpat hurts all. like a mine field. #
• @31daSarrafada: ja estao habituados a isso… #
• ♺ @moryan: #GameofThrones trailer debuts Sunday night before #TrueBlood on @HBO. What I’ve heard about the clip: http://bit.ly/aNTUZ6 #
• @schestowitz in one of those critical reviews of !Ubuntu !GNU/!Linux a security feature is idiotically criticized. No exec bit on downloads. #
• freshmeat to close down? I haven’t visited it in years, but I remember the day I had time for a daily check on what’s new http://is.gd/cO33s #
• @bkuhn: I felt that way at the end of a fantastic #fosdem 2010 😐 #

• @bruce89 yes, talking from heart. only checked it a long time ago when @lxoliva brought it up on fedora-devel. #
• Em Alcongosta… #
• @rysiek: I view those kinds of deals as shameful surrender to #swpat #
• @joseluis: they work for me, in a gprs connection in #Portugal !gnu !fsf #
• @rysiek: it was very good that Mark gave Microsoft the middle finger 😉 #swpat #
• @rysiek: it’s a deal, but not necessarily with Microsoft. Wonder if they’re not painting a target on themselves for MPEG-LA gangsters… #
• Restaurante Mario, perto do Fundao: nao se comeu nada de especialmente bem feito e ainda nos tentaram levar 15 EUR em entradas q nem vieram. #
• A friend of mine has had is first born this morning at 10:38 Lisbon time. Congratulations, friend 🙂 #
• To all my followers on Twitter, due to the end of https basic auth in June 30, my Twitter participation will be exclusively write only. #
• If you want to interact with me, please follow-me on http://identi.ca/ which is a Free (as in Freedom) Software twitter-like service. #
• It is also where the really cool people are… 🙂 #
• @brunomiguel Vão tornar obrigatório oauth/xauth para todas as aplicações e acabar com http basic auth o que é uma treta. #
• @brunomiguel read my analysis here: http://blog.1407.org/2010/06/11/twitter-is-wrong-should-not-drop-https-basic-auth/ #
• @brunomiguel São bastante broncos. oauth funciona bem para web-apps (estilo twitpic e afins) mas para aplicações clientes é treta completa. #
• @brunomiguel exactamente, quem utilizar uma aplicação não web que suporte oauth/xauth pode de repente ver mensagens suas a espalhar spam… #
• @spot will never happen because upstream does not see it as a problem. Firmware separation will have to start downstream. #
• @brunomiguel neste momento devias conseguir editar…. #
• ♺ @webmink: Just when you thought it was safe to use IRC: http://icio.us/f3qvek #
• @homembit: espero q a vossa nos de uma cabazada! ; #
• @homembit: lol nao ligo muito a football mas nestas alturas fica um inferno por aqui quando ha vitoria… #
• ♺ @brunomiguel: mostrei o tuxracer a uns miúdos e eles ficaram fascinados. ainda vão usar caixa mágica em full-time no magalhães #
• @mairin @jjnova the problem with Ubuntu WRT software freedom is that they hide it more and more. pt_PT locale talked about “gratis software” #
• @mairin @jjnova (at least ’till recently). More: adding clearly proprietary software to official channels, not just merely #swpat encumbered #
• @mairin @jjnova but OTOH their huge usability efforts were a big platform towards popularity of a (mostly) Free Software distribution. #

• @mjnalmeida: eu pus o OpenVPN a autenticar-se com "tu sabes o que" 😉 #
• #xauth solves none of the real problems with #oauth. snce «you still use your [oauth] authorised tokens to interact with the API» #bullshit #
• #xauth, just as #oauth, is bullshit security for client applications. #
• ♺ @StopActaNow "The Pirate Bay has stolen about 46 times more $ than actually exist on Earth" – #RIAA http://is.gd/ckYxH #
• @bkuhn It’s good to set goals, I see no problem in #Red_Hat setting it at $5 billion. What one could see a problem with is how it is reached #
• @schestowitz you’ll possibly like my comments there… #
• @support I think I found the behaviour that may be causing unecessary flags. I just accidently flagged @zach. #
• @zach I accidentally flagged you while I was browsing your previous messages in http://identi.ca/zach #
• @zach as I was about to press the “previous messages” button, the page finished loading and javascript focused on the text entry area. #
• @zach as a consequence of the page jumping up, guess what button is now *just*under* the mouse pointer? Yes.. flag… #
• ♺ @mjray: @ruiseabra @support that javascript auto-focus SUCKS and had me too! Either focus when the field appears or not at all, please. #
• If it wasn’t unethical, I’d just discretionally block the world cup from the company proxy. Unethical colleagues screaming about it. Grrr #
• ♺ @karsten: Proprietary technology is a waste of money, says Kroes http://ur1.ca/06whd My take on Kroes speech at #OFESummit !fsfe #
• ♺ @glynmoody: The Rise And Fall Of The RIAA – http://bit.ly/9fLIDE just the facts (and graphs) #music #
• ♺ @JMF1957: Um despacho que vale a pena ler, o do procurador de Aveiro. http://is.gd/cLTjG Finalmente tornado público. #
• @jmcesteves: are you Deep Thought 2.0? #
• @brunomiguel: Obrigado 🙂 podes ir compondo uma lista de blogs a convidar? #
• @brunomiguel: wiki! #
• @brunomiguel: mudaste de user? #
• ♺ @mjvalente: Iceland passes gay marriage law in unanimous vote | Reuters → http://drp.ly/1aZNc9 #
• @mairin: to be honest, !fedora already does compromise quite a bit but certainly less so than !ubuntu room for improvement on both of them! #
• @brunomiguel se puderes tentar agora 🙂 #
• Perto de Alcongosta para a Festa da Cereja… viva as pens 3G #
• @gbraad One easy package that comes to mind is Linux (rpm -ql kernel does show some blobs…) but much better than ubuntu in this regard. #
• @gbraad yes, but it’s waste of valuable developer time not having linux-libre as an alternative kernel in !fedora repos. A foreign repo too. #
• @gbraad bugs should be filed 🙂 #