LWN: GPLv3 is out
final version released. woot?
(tags: GPLv3 gnu gpl stallman)
Dennis Kucinich answers on PBS All-American Presidential Debate | Kucinich for President 2008
“It’s time for us to make every American know that they should have access. It is a basic right in a Democratic society. We should be able to fund all those diseases where [...]
GOOD COPY BAD COPY
finally got a moment to watch this. It’s a rough cut, but it’s worth watching.
(tags: copyright documentary culture media video)
Hans Reiser: Once a Linux Visionary, Now Accused of Murder
frijole pointed me at this. It’s the most interesting reporting I’ve read in awhile.
(tags: interview reiser murder)
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace
Many young soldiers’ profiles aren’t public so it’s not about making a bad public impression. That said, young soldiers tend to have reasonably large networks because they tend to accept friend requests of anyone that they knew back home which means that
(tags: facebook myspace culture sociology danahboyd)
Alli: The [...]
Looks like this applies. Graphics are a no-go (ie. install fails in distinctly unfriendly manner) under Ubuntu Feisty. Thank you so very much, ATI. The CCI folk, lenovo and ATI should all get an earful over this (but nicely, in the case of the CCI folk, at least).
YouTube - Weird Al Yankovic - Trapped In The Drive-Thru
classic
(tags: YouTube weirdal parody)
The kids picking up CCI ThinkPads this year are getting the T60p. That’s going to be the most popular option of three, anyway. Doug Whitfield and I managed to convince the director of the ITRC to loan us one of them so that we could try out Ubuntu on it and document the experience. I [...]
Backupninja riseup labs
centralized configuration of various backup tools in /etc/backup.d/
(tags: linux sysadmin backup)
Thomas Barnett draws a new map for peace
surprisingly funny, worth the time
(tags: war military iraq Powerpoint video thomasbarnett)
Pop!Casts
The TED talk was quick, punchy. This one is not, but it has follow-through. Powerful argument if you bought the TED talk.
(tags: thomasbarnett policy war economics sysadmin)
What is Marc Fleury doing?: When the GPL makes complete sense
a useful argument? To quote gxti: “20:04:13 < gxti> most. random. GPL. defense. ever.”
(tags: freedom opensource technology)
1956/1962 PLANNED PARENTHOOD COMIC BOOK ON BIRTH CONTROL
umm. wow. (via boingboing)
(tags: comics plannedparenthood contraception)
Nothing to see here. Move along.
