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Monthly Archives: December 2008

How to survive a coffee cup – guide for laptop (and cat) owners

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Yesterday my cat spilled a full cup of hot coffee on my 2k$+ laptop. Today, there is no trace of the incident and the laptop is working perfectly again. This is partially thanks to luck, partially to Dell laptop engineering and partially to my instinctive actions within first 10 seconds of the incident. I will [...]

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Voting on emails?

Sunday, December 21, 2008

What does it sound like when a commission is reinventing a wheel? Much like this. Guys, the technology you are looking for is called (*gasp*) a forum, with moderators and poster carma and such … It would not be too hard to implement a gateway that would receive emails posted to any list and republish [...]

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Censorship is unacceptable

Sunday, December 7, 2008

UK ISPs erect “Great Firewall of Britain” to censor Wikipedia I used to use Eclipse in UK and recommended it to others, but they are now involved in this censorship scandal. Unacceptable.

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iPhone review from a free software guy

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

I got an iPhone on the very first day it was available officially in my country. I have used it every day since then and am now ready to decide how good it really is. Summary: it is a great piece of technology and the only tradeback is the locked down platform. I have abandoned [...]

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Copyright infringement is like walking into a concert without a ticket

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

In light of Ted’s post on copyright, it is clear that we are bogged down by a hostile terminology. Copyright infringement is not piracy – gunmen on seas killing people, looting ships and holding hostages is piracy. Copyright infringement is not theft. When my bike was stolen, I no longer had it. Stealing a bicycle [...]

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