To say that cloud computing is trendy would be an understatement: the topic is almost inescapable in the world of computing these days. I’ve written about it from the viewpoint of open source several times, because there are a number of important issues arising out of clouds: much of their infrastructure is based on free [...]
Openness lies at the heart of the Internet, at every level. Indeed, the success of the Internet, and of the open services that run on top of it, was one of the first – and remains one of the most important – demonstrations of the benefits of adopting open architectures. Unfortunately, it’s an openness that [...]
Richard Stallman has always regarded free software as about freedom, and hence inherently political. And so it’s no surprise that many aspects of openness butt against highly-sensitive areas – secrecy, privacy, etc. But that from programming to politicals seems to be taking place beyond free software, too:
a new poll conducted by Swedish [...]
Sorry, it’s time to get those virtual quills out, and to ; here’s my letter:
I am writing to ask you to urge your colleagues, particularly those on the ITRE committee, to vote in favour of amendment 138/46 to the Telecoms Package, and not to allow it to be deleted or watered down in any way [...]
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(Zaid on
Apr 23, 2009 4:40 PM)
I still think the exchange between her and Ron Paul was the best one http://ugaliberal.blogspot.com/2009/04/funny-exchange-between-sec-clinton-and.html
(Zaid on
Apr 23, 2009 4:44 PM)
I wish someone would point out that Chavez has been elected in free and fair elections repeatedly that have been monitored by the carter center, [...]
In honor of Jaheem Herrera’s life, Beulah Missionary Baptist Church is holding an anti-bullying rally next Saturday – May 9th – at 2pm. It’s pathetic that it has taken the suicide of two eleven year old boys to wake some people up.
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(sPatrickC on
Apr 27, 2009 10:08 PM)
Great event, but this [...]
Do you like to travel with a dog but prefer to not “check it” to the barrel of a plane? Well, here’s your solution: Pet Airways.
h/t: David Sirota.
Why am I not surprised to learn that the swine flu outbreak may have a connection to Smithfield. Maybe we should give Paula Deen [...]
AJC is reporting that Cagle is “scheduled to undergo surgery Monday to correct a degenerative spine and neck condition.” So, there ya go.
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( on
Apr 27, 2009 9:59 AM)
Well that settles that, right?
(Zaid on
Apr 27, 2009 12:07 PM)
Didn’t stop Dick Cheney from doing all sorts of stuff. But then [...]
