Year: 2010

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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-10-30

  • RT @schestowitz Tim Berners-Lee: “Software Patents Are a Terrible Thing” http://ur1.ca/27t40 help end #swpats in #w3c //cc
    @mairin @timbl #
  • RT @jerezim RT @FelixTreguer: UN Special Rapporteur calls #ACTA danger to human rights http://bit.ly/c6xlKw #
  • RT @glynmoody Govts demonstrating leadership in openness with Creative Commons – http://bit.ly/c9Wg31 “all future ICT Qatar projects wil … #
  • RT @schestowitz There is an anti- !Linux blog (disguised as pro-Linux) at linuxpatents.blogspot.com active around same time as fosspaten … #
  • RT @zyth #unnamed usb-hub mod !freerunner !openmoko –>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/zyth/sets/72157625147375903/ #
  • RT @schestowitz #Apple is Suing !Linux Again, Increasingly Resembling #Microsoft http://ur1.ca/284a2 Droid X sued #swpats !android #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-10-29

  • RT @bkuhn !FaiFCast Episode 0x01 is finally out! http://ur1.ca/27mg6 Download it now and/or subscribe to the RSS Feed. #
  • Changed VM provider last night as slicehost was only getting slower and slower. #
  • RT @webmink Microsoft drops Silverlight, commits to HTML 5: http://zd.net/dctPsg #
  • RT @johnsu01 RD @fsf VLC dev takes a stand against DRM in #AppStore — http://fsf.org/sx-vlc001 — VLC is GPL. App Store contradicts fre … #
  • RT @csarven Browser tab one is the new email inbox zero. #
  • Found where twitter and tweet came from: 1961 scifi novel by Poul Anderson, 1st para, chapter 9, After Doomsday. ‘Tweeter-tweet’ no less. 😉 #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-10-27

  • ♺ @webmink: My essay on open source license compliance for end users is now available in the essay… http://bit.ly/ctbcDx #
  • Just like Portugal, illegal decisions ♺ @gijs: ‘Marseille’s desktop plans conflict with procurement rules’ http://ur1.ca/26vcp #
  • @karsten nice. My doubt regarding that article’s conclusion: is constant growth really good or desireable? Plateau maybe is balance point… #
  • ♺ @glynmoody: Here comes the patentpocolypse – http://bit.ly/cICXx1 good thoughts on the madness that is international patent law #patents #
  • ♺ @jerezim: 9 days left to answer the EU consultation on #e-Commerce http://ur1.ca/26y6l ⚠freedom of expression at risk⚠ #filtering #
  • ♺ @greve: This amounts to strong admission by Microsoft they can no longer compete on product, quality or service: http://is.gd/gm4YO | ACK #
  • @schestowitz dude, I strongly suggest using a client that respects the in_reply_to of statuses 🙂 #
  • ♺ @gijs: Portugese gvt ‘breaks procurement rules’ (also) http://ur1.ca/26yk5 #
  • ♺ @greve Software patenting fails the economic criteria for patenting defined by WIPO. So a economic rationale, not pro-monopoly dogma. #
  • @liotier thanks, will look into it! «Pligg might be the free Digg-like clone that you are looking for: http://www.pligg.com/about » #
  • @schestowitz no, of course not. my own EFL based client, elmdentica, uses it, and… I suppose, so does Pino. #
  • ♺ @jamie_love: 34 of 37 ACTA negotiating parties now worse in corruption perception index http://bit.ly/9TlWOc #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-10-26

  • ♺ @wikileaks: FOX news editorial calls for WikiLeaks staff to be assassinated | Rawstory http://bit.ly/dtfAY6 #
  • @fontana from technical PoV, RHN sucks for sysadmins of non-network accessible servers, you should give paying customers login to https site #
  • @fontana I mean a site one can use a standard mirror tool to get updates, not the current https site 🙂 #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-10-25

  • Waiting in a line for paying a parking fine and wondering if this delay won’t result in a new one. sigh #
  • @sandersch: fortunately nothing happened even though the meter did run out of money 🙂 #
  • Eating some sushi and sashimi while waiting for a repair on the car. Well, ate … these take away packs really are small. #
  • RT @jwildeboer “SSL/TLS is not computationally expensive any more.” http://is.gd/giGaY Let’s make https default. #webid #privacy #security #
  • @jwildeboer: eek! the deinstall part is surely a gross snafu! no longer supported, ok… that’s what was bought but deinstall? foot / bullet #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-10-24

  • Dear #lazyweb, can you advise on a simple “digg like” free software web app? Doesn’t need to be fancy, just logins, submissions, votes 🙂 #
  • @twitteling what, running everything in !ubuntu as root? Installing every single piece of crap from weird “anonymous” sites? #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-10-23

  • ♺ @schestowitz: Odd thing: Twitter has given up on its oauth-only approach… started about 30 hours ago. Old style login works fine. #
  • @schestowitz But doesn’t seem to work for me. #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-10-18

  • ♺ @reality: Identica – I came for the Freedom, stayed for the awesome. #
  • I thus take the opportunity to remind my followers in Twitter and Facebook that my account there is *write*only* so join me at identi.ca 🙂 #
  • ♺ @eightyeight: i seem to remember something about !ubuntu dropping !tor around 8.04. don’t recall the reason. another reason to use !debian #
  • @reality I crave me some fictional blood thirsty avenger 😉 #
  • ♺ @greve: Explains so much: “When Dilbert came to Nokia” (The Register) http://is.gd/g6zE5 Let’s hope they manage to turn the wheel around! #
  • Telefonaram da Zon para fazer uma fantástica promoção em que passava a pagar 59€ em vez dos actuais 46.5€. #
  • Respondi à senhora que devia era estar maluca e que não estava interessado em nada disso. #
  • @glynmoody same as the german subs Portugal bought, to make certain military folks happy for having career expectations to pursue 🙂 #