Tag Archives: trolls

From Now On Comments Are Closed

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Robert Pogson

I’m tired of dealing with #%$^##! like this in my blog: “your woeful little tricycle could plummet into a ravine, which would be “potential energy,” as unlikely and irrelevant as that event might be) is scalar. That “great detail” you feel … Continue reading →

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Humble Beginnings + Industry = Growth

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Robert Pogson

A few years ago, a relative donated a bowl of plums grown on a tree in her yard. I knew exactly what to do with them. I cut each one in half to remove the stone and made jam of … Continue reading →

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A Tale Of Two NAS Devices And Their Makers

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Robert Pogson

A recent failure of a router has been diagnosed as a NIC failure on the motherboard. I can install another NIC to solve the problem. Along the way, I considered converting the rackmount server to be a NAS device for … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia: Decline Or Maturity?

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Robert Pogson

My recent migration to Debian Jessie, which required fixing my local tweaks for web-applications ended with some examination of Wikipedia, of which I have a snapshot from 2004 or so. I have edited it a lot and customized it for … Continue reading →

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A Bunch Of Reasons Why I Use The GNU/Linux Operating System

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Robert Pogson

I just read a trollish/clickbaitish article, you know, one of those “umpteen reasons to use that other OS…” things. It was sickening. All the usual arguments evanglists of M$ use wrapped in a “user-friendliness” package with a ribbon were there. … Continue reading →

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Budapest District Loves FLOSS

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Robert Pogson

In spite of the trolls who proclaim that other OS and its “partners” are essential to IT, another city announces that it has been using a lot of FLOSS for everything for years. “Karay was one of the presenters at … Continue reading →

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Software Patent Thermogeddon

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Robert Pogson

M$ and “friends” are unleashing the Nortel patents against Google several ways. A recent barrage in court seeks to undermine Google’s whole business. Expect it to annoy the world for a decade. On of “The patents describe "an advertisement machine … Continue reading →

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BigBrother Stops Groklaw

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Robert Pogson

“My personal decision is to get off of the Internet to the degree it’s possible. I’m just an ordinary person. But I really know, after all my research and some serious thinking things through, that I can’t stay online personally … Continue reading →

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The Generations of Spam

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Robert Pogson

More than a decade ago when I used Hotmail, I was getting more spam than normal e-mail. I can’t remember the details. It was the shear weight… Now I get only rare spam via GMail but I have a blog … Continue reading →

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Status of Wireless N (802.11n draft)

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Robert Pogson

Some trolls claim wireless N does not work with GNU/Linux. That may seem plausible in that few drivers were available but ath9k is in Linux 2.6.27 at rc7 and working and some are using it in Ubuntu Intrepid which is … Continue reading →

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Myths Never Die.

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Robert Pogson

Some twit wrote an article recounting five myths about why one should not migrate to Ubuntu (read GNU/Linux). 73 comments and counting, he is blown away. The article is full of innuendo and half-truth and irrelevant information. Skip it and … Continue reading →

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Ban www.desktoplinux.com !

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Robert Pogson

In a thread entitled “What are the benefits of open source?”, started by amicus_curious, one of the trolls of the Internet, I wrote: “Fortunately Ziff-Davis has decided that OUR side of this debate is worth hearing.” That is the problem. … Continue reading →

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