Published by manu on 23 February 2010 at 3:31 PM
Categories: GNU-Linux consumeriste

After many discussions with many people over many years concerning the Open Source "problem", things are becoming clearer. Some have said that it will just die off as there is no way of making any money out of it and hence no way of surviving in today's economic system.

About a week ago Symbian has switched to Open Source, they have about 50% of the mobile market according to this article but I'm sure they have started to lose some points to i-phone and maybe a bit

Published by manu on 23 February 2010 at 1:21 AM
Category: consumeriste

I always thought of CDs and DVDs as an unpractical medium for storage and use, so I avoid using them as much as possible. They are fragile:

• you mustn't touch 50% of the object
• it can break or scratch very very easily
• to hot or to cold and it can break
• it's extremely voluminous (compared to hard drive, SD cards, etc)

Today I was reminded something that I had completely forgotten as I so rarely get to watch DVDs, (I own 2 DVDs, one bought in 2000, and one gift still plasti-wrapped).

I am glad I haven't spent money on anything like this be... .. .

Published by manu on 18 January 2010 at 6:44 PM
Categories: GNU-Linux consumeriste global warning

Icky on the inside ?

I noticed chrome is available for Debian/GNU Linux among others.. They have also been putting up ads around town that are impossible to miss. Some people think this is good, probably because Google is already their start page for many people, some even type the URL of the page they want to see on Google !

Some have told me to stop seeing evil everywhere and just bend over and. ... well, while I do think that the Google search engine is unquestionably good I don't think that I want to see one entity have so much control over the Internet, because the Internet belongs to everyone.. .well, things are ... .. .

Published by manu on 06 December 2009 at 4:51 PM
Categories: WTF consumeriste

Sometimes you take things apart so many times that one day you realize that when you really do need to take that pc apart to really fix it that a screw is screwed... On my little innocent "netbook" (i dislike that word) I waited a while before I decided it was time to bring out the big tools and sort this one out once and for all.

Basically I took the drill to the screw, using 2 and 3mm shanks I drilled "carefully", the goal being just to drill out the ring part of the head. To my surprise the screw came out on it's own before I was done...

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Published by manu on 26 October 2009 at 11:34 PM
Categories: WTF consumeriste

Geocities is closing, you can however "upgrade" to something that will cost you money... I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that people tend to prefer having a facebook lol profile with zillions of real fake friends than publishing pages with actual "content" (ouch, the "C" word).... oh wait, why is geocities gone ?.

we have decided to focus on helping our customers explore and build relationships online in other ways.

.. .. so basically you either upgrade or go your own way.. .. OR, you can s... .. .

Published by manu on 16 October 2009 at 1:40 AM
Categories: WTF GNU-Linux consumeriste

I don't really like Microsofts system but i admire their sense of humour.. :]

i found a few things on this subject:

Published by manu on 28 September 2009 at 1:28 AM
Category: consumeriste

in the "computer" world a driver is a software that "drives" hardware, if you want to take your mouse to the left you tell it to do so and it does so. it's like a human driver, you instruct the driver to make the car go places, the driver is the one who knows how to do it and actually does it.

now, you do pay the driver right ..? so why not pay for your software driver ? i mean it runs around those circuits and stuff, making lefts and rights on demand and this without flinching.. .

i didn't think this was possible, maybe i'm living in software communism, but i have never heard of paying for drivers... .. .

Published by manu on 28 April 2009 at 6:08 PM
Categories: WTF consumeriste

and the thing is they use modified shopping carts specially designed so that you know it's not your shopping cart...

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Published by manu on 24 April 2009 at 12:46 AM
Categories: WTF consumeriste

Building an ecosystem around a shopping car is an interesting concept.. . : ]

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Published by manu on 26 February 2009 at 12:10 AM
Categories: consumeriste global warning ... .. .