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Iran is the most stable country in the world
…or so President Ahmadinejad claims. How could it not be when the government shoots and kills people in the street? This is not acceptable.
Subscribe to the Peer to Patent RSS Feed
It’s been on the back of my mind for ages to check if the Peer to Patent project has an RSS feed for new patents added to the system. Today I actually noticed I’d written it on a TODO list … Continue reading
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Guerrilla gardening
Boingboing’s linked an LATimes article on the subject of Guerrilla Gardening. Individual property rights are always bumping up against the good of the collective society. There usually aren’t many people standing up for the latter and those that do aren’t … Continue reading
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Verizon may have some intelligence after all
Last I knew Verizon was still a fan of a tiered-internet. On the other hand they’re now saying at least when it comes to blocking copyrighted materials they wont tier things. Their VP of PR specifically has said, “We generally … Continue reading
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Tigard City Council election
This summer I went to a Tigard city council meeting to voice some concern about how the city was annexing properties in my area. It was interesting to get a little glimpse into our local government and also a little … Continue reading
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A fun twist on tiered internet, or, is Microsoft paying for this?
It’s coming to light that Comcast appears to be interfering with Lotus Notes traffic, in addition to other packet types. This isn’t surprising and is perfectly in line with a company that wants a tiered internet so people “don’t get … Continue reading
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AT&T Demonstrates The Value of Net-Neutrality
This weekend the geek press is all over new terms of service AT&T has rolled out which basically say they will cancel your connectivity if you use it to do anything on the net which they deem disparages their company. … Continue reading
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Fair use supports the economy
Arguably from the Department of You Can Fund A Study To Prove Whatever You Want, but there is now a study claiming that fair use not just adds economic value, but actually adds more to the economy than copyright! Maybe … Continue reading
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Oracle, Microsoft and Linux
I was inclined to think Oracle’s support of RedHat linux was just Larry being bent out of shape about loosing Jboss. Comments from an aquaintance at Oracle didn’t do much to disprove that. They’re not likely to make any money … Continue reading
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Ron Saxton (OR governor candidate) visits us at work
Oregon governor candidate Ron Saxton held a short “session” today at my site of employment. I guess for reasons related to that it wasn’t an implicit campaign stop, but I’m not sure what else it really would have been. He … Continue reading
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