August 2012
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Aug 31st
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How Microsoft Beats GNU/Linux In Schools
“Ever wonder why schools still use Windows? Boycott Novell has extracted the details from 2002 Microsoft email presented in the Comes vrs Microsoft case and other leaks. What emerges is Microsoft’s desperate battle to ‘never lose to Linux.’ At stake for Microsoft is more than a billion dollars of annual revenue, vital user conditioning and governmental lock in that excludes...
Aug 30th
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Aug 28th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
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“You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they...”
– ascribed to JK Rowling
Aug 26th
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“Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.”
– Bertrand Russell
Aug 23rd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 21st
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Aug 21st
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The Hobbit will premiere in Finland two days...
Aug 21st
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Aug 19th
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Aug 18th
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“Whenever a political regime or religious establishment refuses to tolerate...”
– Mark Knopfler in statement on Russia convictions
Aug 18th
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Aug 18th
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Aug 18th
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“But such arguments overlooked the possibility that modern finance had itself...”
– Tarek El Diwany Rich & unhappy vs poor & happy
Aug 16th
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Entropy Wins: Civilisations Decline: Serious Spike... →
wotfigo: FAO Food Price Index up 6 percent – ‘Severe deterioration of U.S. maize crop’ wotfigo; Persistent high food prices are a sign that supply cannot keep up with demand. Food is our most basic requirement & the world is close to reaching its limits on producing more food for the still… Food prices go upwards, again
Aug 16th
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Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat from Songs The Brothers Warner Taught Me by Megan Lynch
Aug 16th
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Aug 16th
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Aug 16th
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Aug 14th
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Aug 14th
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“Thanks, you have successfully opted out of Klout. You will be removed from...”
– Bye Klout
Aug 14th
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Aug 12th
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Aug 12th
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Aug 12th
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Entropy Wins: Civilisations Decline: Only 24.6... →
wotfigo: wotfigo; The once wealthy & productive middle class is gradually being turned into coffee baristas, check out operators, shop assistants, waiters, hotel support staff & day labourers. And when the hollow economy dries up even further, these jobs will disappear too. How many trendy coffee… Trash jobs for middle class
Aug 12th
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Aug 11th
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Aug 10th
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Aug 10th
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Aug 10th
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Aug 10th
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Aug 10th
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Aug 9th
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Aug 9th
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Aug 8th
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Aug 8th
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“The key principle to wise resource use is the principle of “enough”. Today’s...”
– ascribed to Bill Mollison
Aug 8th
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Aug 8th
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Aug 6th
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“Using open source in business is sort of like hiring an employee who owns his or...”
– Don Marti  - Who’s pocketing open source wealth?
Aug 6th
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Aug 2nd
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Aug 2nd
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