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On Mondays
Monday n. In Christian countries, the day after the baseball game. (Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary)
Very nearly fifty years ago this month, Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving did what millions of people have done for millennia -- they got married. However, they were breaking the law by doing so, and they knew it, because in Virginia in 1958, ( Read more... ) -
Google Talk, almost!
For the past month or so, hints and clues about Google Talk opening up have been flying back and forth. People spotted DNS SRV records for the gmail xmpp servers and there's been a lot of frenzied speculation about what and when Google is planning. (You may recall I discussed this previously)
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On Google Talk, I apparently talk a lot
(Updated 29-Nov-2006 -- I replaced all references to my old domain, slacker.com, with my new domain, macnugget.org)I've been quite a chore to be around today and the root cause of my anxiety is Google's recent announcement of their Google Talk service. Everyone in my geek circle of friends seems to be all lathered up in excitement over Google's ( Read more... ) -
Letter to FSF on Red Hat GPL compliance:
(Followup: the total of my correspondence with the FSF can be seen
here. The FSF continually demonstrates that they aren't even familiar with the Red Hat EULA, and finally RMS gives me a brushoff because he lacks the energy to read the license.
Today I sent a letter to the FSF asking for their opinion on an apparant discrepancy I've noticed in the ( Read more... )
