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"Twitter joke" appeal granted
Authored by: jmc on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 10:27 AM EDT

The long-running case of the guy prosecuted and convicted of making a menacing message intended as a joke on Twitter has finally come to an end with his conviction reversed.

Link here.

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How to spot a pedantic programmer
Authored by: ailuromancy on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 11:26 AM EDT
Reuters [...] has asked the court to deny all the third-party motions...

The pedantic programmer in me screamed "this motion cannot be passed because if it were, it would have to be denied and it is a third-party motion". Reuters avoided the logic bomb by asking for various third-party motions to by denied - not all of them.

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Ubuntu not the darling anymore
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 11:59 AM EDT
On Distrowatch's highly unscientific Page Hit Counter, Ubuntu is currently 3rd
(and sliding) after years in the #1 spot.

www.distrowatch.com

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Gnome: "Staring into the Abyss"
Authored by: jplatt39 on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 03:34 PM EDT
Clicky

No comment but I do remember the first announcements of Gnome, sigh.

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Off Topic Here
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 04:20 PM EDT
Something just crossed my mind. Maybe it has been answered allready but I could
not find it.

First, how long are all these software patents valid?
Second, can that be extended?

Because, if all these companies are patenting just about anything now, that may
mean that the world is free of patents in a few (10 20 ?) years. Right?

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  • Off Topic Here - Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, July 28 2012 @ 11:59 AM EDT
Microsoft has ugly FAT
Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 05:15 PM EDT
German judge says Motorola infringes.

Why does Microsoft not attack Google directly in the U.S. ?

Perhaps because they know their lame patents are not worthy for their FUD/ extortion scheme and Google will not fold.

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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.

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Twitter double-fault or pwned?
Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 06:30 PM EDT
Suspect infiltration. Blackhole kit flying.


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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.

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Rich Guys Say: "GIVE US MORE MONEY ... NOW!"
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 10:15 PM EDT
Musicians need strong copyright laws to excel globally

Simon Cowell
Roger Daltrey

Professor Green
Sir Elton John
Lord Lloyd-Webber
Dr Brian May
Robert Plant
Roger Taylor
Tinie Tempah
Pete Townshend

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RIAA Knows (But Tried To Hide) That Most 'Unpaid' Music Acquisition Comes From Offline Swapping
Authored by: artp on Saturday, July 28 2012 @ 01:11 AM EDT

Another TechDirt article. The comment above on "Rich Guys say Give us more money..." reminded me of this.

This leads to a TorrentFreak article as its source.

Summary: 65% of music not purchased. Only 4% of total music acquisitions (legal and otherwise) are from "file lockers". That is an RIAA term, from a study that they commissioned. I'm betting that they wish that they hadn't uploaded it to a public ftp site. ;-)

Really enjoying the Johnathon Coulton album on the Humble Music Bundle.

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Microsoft’s Lost Decade?
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, July 28 2012 @ 12:59 PM EDT
link

"By the dawn of the millennium, the hallways at Microsoft were no longer home to barefoot programmers in Hawaiian shirts working through nights and weekends toward a common goal of excellence;"

Wha' ?

"That very moment at Microsoft’s headquarters .. a group of executives were developing a device .. that allowed customers to download digital versions of any written material .. The software had been designed to run on a pad with touch-screen technology, a feature later popularized with the iPhone"

Microsoft invented the iPhone ??

You look at the Windows Phone and you can’t help but wonder, How did Microsoft squander the lead they had with the Windows CE devices? .. They had a great lead, they were years ahead. And they completely blew it. And they completely blew it because of the bureaucracy”.

I can recall Microsoft partnering with the TRON consortium to bring a realtime operating system to the market, specifically designed for such mobile devices. That whole article is just so wrong .. and no mention of Mosaic or NCSA in the entire article ..

Tron aims at global standard, Oct 2003

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Chinese iPad suit not settled yet
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, July 28 2012 @ 07:36 PM EDT
Seems Proview's lawyers have sued to get paid. The Register .
More caustic comment from Business Insider .

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Music Labels Won’t Share Pirate Bay Loot With Artists
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, July 29 2012 @ 10:59 AM EDT
Earlier this year the sentences against the Pirate Bay defendants were made final. Aside from prison sentences, they will have to pay damages to the entertainment industries, including €550,000 to several major music labels. The court awarded the damages to compensate artists and rightsholders for their losses.

However, it now turns out that artists won’t see a penny of the money, as the labels have allocated it to IFPI to fund new anti-piracy campaigns.

Ernesto, TorrentFreak

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Astronaut Sally Ride's partner won't receive government death benefits.
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, July 29 2012 @ 03:44 PM EDT
Under federal law, Ride’s domestic partner of 27 years will not receive death benefits or Social Security payments. Is that any way to treat a hero?

[...]

In 1983, when Ride became the first American woman in space, if she had been openly gay or even discovered to be quietly in a relationship with a woman, she would have likely been denied security clearance and possibly fired.

[...]

Our government should not treat her partner like an alien.

Sally Kohn, Time

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