Due to too much work, too little time, I haven't been able to update. Sorry about that. I do plan on changing somethings, so soon you might see those changes, but as of now, I am going to have to hang my blogging hat on the wall.
In other news, I have officially decided to release my entire blog, going back to the beginning and including my blogspot blog into the Public Domain. You can now use anything I post here for any reason, anywhere. I have decided this change due to reading one too many stories of abuse of the copyright system and have decided that the public domain is where all of my personal works from this point going forth will placed. Have fun!

Alt title: Open "Sores"
I own a Blackberry (ATT) for personal use. I also only use Linux at home. I have come across a problem. RIM doesn't have a Linux client (or even Mac) for their desktop manager program. That is bad, of course, but i was thinking. Why have it closed source?
Okay, RIM doesn't make any money off of Desktop Manager itself. They make money off of their hardware phones and software to run on it. So why is the Desktop Manager closed source? What could it possibly be hiding? Why is closed source the only solution for businesses? If i looked at a project, and saw that this project doesn't need to be closed and it being open would actually be a plus, I would choose open, or at least argue for it. It seems that all of the software world sees Microsoft's success and must mimick their business plan for no other reason than they have this misconception that closed source = more money. In the case of the Desktop Manager, it doesn't, and it actually hurts them.
Yes I know, I am biased toward open source, but that doesn't mean that open source is a paraih of the software world. I say pick the style that works best for your customers. Don't pick something because of some misconceived illusion of profit.
Anyway, in other, not astounding news: Google Chrome OS. Saw it coming, and have to say, the implications are kinda frightening. It is supposed to run on a Linux Kernel (yay), but it may not have the ability to install *nix software (boo). It is to be open source (yay), but may still be closed into a strict license (boo). Alot of my concerns is what will happen to the Linux community. Will people want all other Linux's to standardize on Google's ideals? We can't even standardize on the Linux Standard Base. I wish we would, but that is a topic for later. I won't know how I feel about Google OS until it is released. I am much more excited about Wave.
Firefox 3.5 came out. Running it, same as the last in my opinion, just some small changes. boring. Still crashes at work.
Let's see.... i think that is about all I care about this round.

Oh, buy wireless cards with Atheros chips. They support Linux! now maybe Broadcom can get off their lazy asses. I support Atheros 100%.

So. How does one go about starting a tea party? No, this is not against any kind of government tax, or anything. I just feel it is time for a tea party against the giants of the IT industry. Especially the one that force people into using specific products because they have closed door deals with the second corporation (*cough* Microsoft). I feel it is time for the consumers to start to wake and realize that they have lost power to the major corporations. When you buy an OS from Microsoft (for example) Section 8 of the Vista EULA states:
The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some right to use the software.
Excuse me? Only some rights to the software I bought and paid for? That is so nice. I'm glad my car manufacture didn't add that to their cars. It would be stupid to sell a car where you only have some rights to it. But we as consumers roll over and accept it from big corporations that sell software. Why?
We do it because we have always done it. We do it because the business types say we should. It is the only idea they understand. They don't understand that yes, you can get software that you own and can change. Instead of paying thousands of dollars on a useless product, you can take a free (as in speech) one and at least morph it to your own specifics. But because Microsoft does it this way, all software makers have decided (wrongly) that taking aways user's rights is the only way to make money.
I say we put our foot down and require more liberal terms of use. The GPL would be a good benchmark.
It's time for a tea party, my friends!

FAIL!: Microsoft to Charge DOUBLE in EU
Tea's served!

Alt Title: Boycott "Just Works"

Am I the only one on the planet who is tired of that saying? "I want it to 'Just Work'". That's great, buck-o. It is amazing people's reaction to computers. Just Works(TM). That is a load of BS. Windows doesn't "Just Work" 99% of the time, but people make excuses for it. Mac doesn't ever "Just Work" (zing :) ), for me at least. And guess, what? Linux doesn't "Just Work" a good bit either(more so than Windows, in my honest opinion, though). But becuaes people have this percived usability on Windows, so anything that doesn't "just work" like Windows scares the shit out of them. Just because you are used to it does not mean that it "just works". A monkey trained to climb a tree with a ladder doesn't mean that the ladder is the best way for it to climb the tree.
I, personally, don't want my computer to "just work". I want to fiddle, I want my computer to break so I fix it. I want to tinker and fiddle. And if you call yourself a computer geek, and you want everything to "just work", then you lose much respect in my eyes. The whole point of our existence is to fiddle and play. That is why we get jobs fixing other people's mistakes (remember, 99% of businesses are Windows only. They hire an army of techs to just support the platform. Yea, so much better than Linux[sarcasm]). I like fixing things, I like things to not "just work". I hate the "Just Works" argument, made by idiots and tech people who aren't much better.
So if you want your computer to "just work", try Linux. It does more often.


On a more not Linux related note, I think I am going to pick up the bass again. Maybe I won't suck as much this time (doubtful).

Stay free, stay Open Source.