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I started keeping these materials here because I got sick and tired of the unreliable TFFB (guess what the extra F is for?) Posted Items function. I am sick of the non-functional Javascripts, and I am sick of TFFB cutting me off without warning. So, here I create my static heaven. At least here I know that what I type will be read by those who care.
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01:52 Sat.
Jul. 26, 2008
Foxconn ‘sabotages’ BIOS to stop Linux runningJul. 26, 2008
ACPI support automatically broken when Linux is detected on G33M-S motherboard, alleges Ubuntu forums poster
... a little bit late in coming, but better late than never.
You can find the link to the Ubuntu forum thread either in the article itself or on my enemy list.
07:02 Tue.
Jul. 22, 2008
Question CopyrightJul. 22, 2008
There is one group of people not shocked by the record industry's policy of suing randomly chosen file sharers: historians of copyright. They already know what everyone else is slowly finding out: that copyright was never about paying artists for their work, and that far from being designed to support creators, copyright was designed by and for distributors — that is, publishers, which today includes record companies....
To read the full article whose first few sentences are quoted above, click here. Otherwise, I encourage you to look around the site, and give this question a serious thought: "In today's society, do we still need (if we ever did!) copyright?"
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