On Friday 24 November 2006 20:59, Craig White wrote: >On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 18:05 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Friday 24 November 2006 09:45, Craig White wrote: >> >Protest the Microsoft-Novell Patent Agreement >> > >> >self explanatory >> > >> >http://techp.org/petition/show/1 >> > >> >Craig >> >> Been there, done that, didn't add my name. Having to make an account >> with enough data to double the incoming spam if it should be >> sold/stolen, I backed out. >> >> Frankly, there are tools that can identify the os and browser, at >> least as what the user has them set for. If they want my signature on >> any of that stuff, they can jolly well quit collecting data on me just >> for the priviledge of typing my name. Knowing with a reasonable >> certainty that I'm running linux should be sufficient, and one of >> those gfx icons we have to decode to prove we ain't a web crawler by >> reading and entering whats in the picture should be enough. If it >> isn't - tough. >> >> Novell is convinced they are pissing downwind, but my money is that >> the fan giving them a sense of security will be turned off. > >---- >suit yourself, I didn't post this because it warranted debate. > >I gather that you don't know who Bruce Perens is and to solve that, you >could go to wikipedia.org or simply Google the name. If you knew who he >was and still wanted to spout the above paranoia, I would be surprised. I'm well aware of who Bruce Parens is, and what he is to linux. What I smell is tantamount to an ID theft operation masqurading as something we'd all sign onto because of our anti M$ bias/religion. Also, I detest using the same passwords for all these 'signup' things just so I can remember, and I'm sure not gonna print them all out and hang them on the wall either. >Sometimes, if you want to be counted, you have to give up a little bit >of your anonymity, but again, sign on or don't sign on, it's your >choice. > >Craig So I made #1689. Is everybody happy? :-) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
