The dark ages are a-coming again.

It was inevitable, either a gun or a blade, or a house or clothing or, when we can just poor some organic paste, food.

In terms of IT, hardware and software wise, we must first finish the dark ages before entering illuminism.

Right now, they’re gathering the tools for the witch hunting.

DMCA, EUCD, DRM, IPRED, ACTA,  PIPA, SOPA, CISPA, Patriot Act, cyber crime convention, etc. All laws designed to control magicians.

Creating the mental global acceptance that these IT age magicians must be put to the fire.

We can do little than to fight against that as much as we can, but not, IMHO, by blaming the people behind 3d printed guns, like Cody Wilson, as much as we disagree with the concept of weapons (and I do).

They’re just an excuse that, if not spontaneous, would eventually be fabricated. They’d give a 3d printer and enough incentive to a militia through an infiltrated agent, or some other method.

We need to fix this by changing society, but that takes generations.

Ao que isto chegou!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=InQZRp5NFks#!

Com esta sucessão de desrespeitos atrozes à nossa constituição, junto a minha às vozes que apelam pela queda do governo.

Se não gostam das regras do jogo, ou negoceiam regras novas ou vão comer tremoços para o jardim da Estela.

Mas fazer das pessoas parvas desta maneira começa a ultrapassar o tolerável em nome dos apoios externos.

Preferia a Merkel a governar, pelo menos era mais honesta.

Oops, the touchscreen broke

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How ridiculous this feels.
An android tablet, Google Nexus 7, with a mini male to normal female USB adapter connected to an USB hub, where I connected a mouse and keyboard (because typing with the mouse is an even worse experience than typing with your finger, even with slide typing).

Today, from one hour into the other, I don’t know how but the screen broke in two cracks, it’s then three pieces and only the smallest one has touch, which I deduce it’s where it connects with the PCB.

At least this setup allowed me to make a last second full backup before wiping to factory defaults and send to insurance.

I hope it doesn’t last long before I get it back, I’m already with shivers due to abstinence…

Bom Jesus, Braga

Saudades… Pelo menos deu para apanhar esta vista sobre o lago, as fotos não fazem jus ao ar de reino mágico que parecia estar presente no ar.

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Microsoft’s Most Profitable Mobile Operating System: Android

puddingebola writes “Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has a piece of commentary discussing Microsoft’s profit from their patent claims on Android. From the article, ‘To some, Windows 8 is a marketplace failure. But its flop has been nothing compared to Microsoft’s problems in getting anyone to use its Windows Phone operating systems. You don’t need to worry about Microsoft’s bottom line though. Thanks to its Android patent agreements, Microsoft may be making as much as $8 per Android device. This could give Microsoft as much as $3.4 billion in 2013 from Android sales.'”

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Microsoft's Most Profitable Mobile Operating System: Android

puddingebola writes “Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has a piece of commentary discussing Microsoft’s profit from their patent claims on Android. From the article, ‘To some, Windows 8 is a marketplace failure. But its flop has been nothing compared to Microsoft’s problems in getting anyone to use its Windows Phone operating systems. You don’t need to worry about Microsoft’s bottom line though. Thanks to its Android patent agreements, Microsoft may be making as much as $8 per Android device. This could give Microsoft as much as $3.4 billion in 2013 from Android sales.'”

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New Zealand Set To Prohibit Software Patents

Article note: Wow, if this is true, then it is freaking awesome! I wish more countries would do so. :-)

Drishmung writes “The New Zealand Commerce Minister Craig Foss today (9 May 2013) announced a significant change to the Patents Bill currently before parliament, replacing the earlier amendment with far clearer law and re-affirming that software really will be unpatentable in New Zealand. An article on the Institute of IT Professionals web site by IT Lawyer Guy Burgess looks at the the bill and what it means, with reference to the law in other parts of the world such as the USA, Europe and Britain (which is slightly different from the EU situation).”

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New Zealand Set To Prohibit Software Patents

Article note: Wow, if this is true, then it is freaking awesome! I wish more countries would do so. :-)

Drishmung writes “The New Zealand Commerce Minister Craig Foss today (9 May 2013) announced a significant change to the Patents Bill currently before parliament, replacing the earlier amendment with far clearer law and re-affirming that software really will be unpatentable in New Zealand. An article on the Institute of IT Professionals web site by IT Lawyer Guy Burgess looks at the the bill and what it means, with reference to the law in other parts of the world such as the USA, Europe and Britain (which is slightly different from the EU situation).”

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I don’t intend to take ownership of the articles. I clearly am not the author, butt Feedwordpress can’t make that transparent, sorry.