Category Archives: Cooperatives

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Forthcoming Attractions: Software Cooperative Events for Late 2008

2008-08-27 by mjr

Some interesting events that I’ve heard about recently, with a bit of a focus on software, cooperatives and the South-West:- Bristol Knowledge Unconference: Friday 5th September 2008 * Tour of Britain, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, Tuesday 9th September – other UK locations … Continue reading →

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Solved but Why? Belkin F5D7630 to Realtek 8139 Drop-outs

2008-08-26 by mjr

I’d been having problems connecting my laptop to my router to the Phone Coop using a new network cable that I laid under the floor just after the new heating system was installed. It’s a 1970s building – cat-5 wasn’t … Continue reading →

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USB Charging: Greener or Not?

2008-08-22 by mjr

I’ve ordered some USB charging leads for various portable devices, mainly because I’ve already got mains-USB and car-USB power adapters (they came with a bluetooth headset that charges from USB) and I agree with things like this: “management of an … Continue reading →

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Would a Real Free Software Developer Group Bite Apple Like FSF Did?

2008-08-20 by mjr

I’ve been installing free software for library cataloguing onto Apples recently. It’s not been great (GNU/Linux is still easier and faster, in my opinion) but it has worked much better than older Macs. As well as making servers that are … Continue reading →

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Gov.UK Consults on Forced ISP Snooping: Please Say NO

2008-08-15 by mjr

Argh! Our beloved leaders have just started a consultation on making it mandatory for internet service providers to keep email and web logs for a year and deliver them to local councils and police on request. Large ISPs have already … Continue reading →

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Is Yahoo Now Even Worse On Spam?

2008-08-08 by mjr

When working on mailservers, I’ve noticed that Yahoo’s mailservers seem to “punish” others by sending code 421 (service not available) for a few minutes for a first report of spam that originated from there, longer for a second report and … Continue reading →

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Batting Against Three Strikes through the Back Door

2008-07-17 by mjr

One of the reasons that I didn’t post much last week was that I was contacting some of my MEPs as part of the Telecom Packet Action in order to help defend cooperative software distribution and use. This is a … Continue reading →

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