itgtimes3.txt - tgtimes - The Gopher Times Err bitreich.org 70 hgit clone git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes URL:git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes bitreich.org 70 1Log /scm/tgtimes/log.gph bitreich.org 70 1Files /scm/tgtimes/files.gph bitreich.org 70 1Refs /scm/tgtimes/refs.gph bitreich.org 70 1Tags /scm/tgtimes/tag bitreich.org 70 1README /scm/tgtimes/file/README.md.gph bitreich.org 70 i--- Err bitreich.org 70 itgtimes3.txt (22835B) Err bitreich.org 70 i--- Err bitreich.org 70 i 1 Err bitreich.org 70 i 2 Err bitreich.org 70 i 3 Err bitreich.org 70 i 4 The Gopher Times Err bitreich.org 70 i 5 Err bitreich.org 70 i 6 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 7 Err bitreich.org 70 i 8 Opus 3 - Gopher news and more - Jan. 2022 Err bitreich.org 70 i 9 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 10 Err bitreich.org 70 i 11 Err bitreich.org 70 i 12 Err bitreich.org 70 i 13 Err bitreich.org 70 i 14 Heaven and computers tgtimes Err bitreich.org 70 i 15 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 16 Err bitreich.org 70 i 17 Before the era of smartphones, laptops, before Windows Err bitreich.org 70 i 18 and Apple, there were pioneers who took the fun of Err bitreich.org 70 i 19 computers from the hands of the few who could afford Err bitreich.org 70 i 20 computers, and shared them massively so that mere Err bitreich.org 70 i 21 individuals could afford it. 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The scripts were Err bitreich.org 70 i 40 bugged and outputted strange music. To change this, a Err bitreich.org 70 i 41 redesign was done. See Err bitreich.org 70 i 42 Err bitreich.org 70 i 43 gopher://bitreich.org/1/radio Err bitreich.org 70 i 44 Err bitreich.org 70 i 45 for the new gopherhole menu. Err bitreich.org 70 i 46 Err bitreich.org 70 i 47 When you listen to Err bitreich.org 70 i 48 Err bitreich.org 70 i 49 gopher://bitreich.org/9/radio/listen Err bitreich.org 70 i 50 Err bitreich.org 70 i 51 you will hear music auto-generated without any Err bitreich.org 70 i 52 copyright. It is relaxing music you can listen to in a Err bitreich.org 70 i 53 background, on a toilet, all for free and forever. Err bitreich.org 70 i 54 Err bitreich.org 70 i 55 The #bitreich-radio title display has been fixed too. Err bitreich.org 70 i 56 Err bitreich.org 70 i 57 I hope, this increases the listening experience. Err bitreich.org 70 i 58 Err bitreich.org 70 i 59 All recommendations, especially about more auto- Err bitreich.org 70 i 60 generated music, are welcome. We need to escape the Err bitreich.org 70 i 61 copyright mafia trap. Err bitreich.org 70 i 62 Err bitreich.org 70 i 63 Sincerely yours, Chief Music Manager (CMM) Err bitreich.org 70 i 64 Err bitreich.org 70 i 65 Err bitreich.org 70 i 66 Err bitreich.org 70 i 67 Err bitreich.org 70 i 68 Computer that lasts forever ploum Err bitreich.org 70 i 69 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 70 Err bitreich.org 70 i 71 More RAM, faster CPU, more cache size, lower latency. Err bitreich.org 70 i 72 Computer industry never sleeps while trying to raise Err bitreich.org 70 i 73 the bar over and over. It plays with the limit of Err bitreich.org 70 i 74 physics to keep the Moore's Law dream going. Err bitreich.org 70 i 75 Err bitreich.org 70 i 76 By Building faster computers, hardware engineers offer Err bitreich.org 70 i 77 more resources to software makers, allowing them to Err bitreich.org 70 i 78 build more ambitious projects. The computer Err bitreich.org 70 i 79 performance discipline sure has been worked up Err bitreich.org 70 i 80 thoroughly. Err bitreich.org 70 i 81 Err bitreich.org 70 i 82 If the software comsumes all the extra computing power Err bitreich.org 70 i 83 for its own goal, then we are conjointly building very Err bitreich.org 70 i 84 fast snails. Err bitreich.org 70 i 85 Err bitreich.org 70 i 86 This conquest for a better cost/performance balance is Err bitreich.org 70 i 87 one direction for the evolution of computers, but it Err bitreich.org 70 i 88 is also possible to imagine a race for better Err bitreich.org 70 i 89 reliability and durability instead. Err bitreich.org 70 i 90 Err bitreich.org 70 i 91 Ploum offers a vision of what computers are like when Err bitreich.org 70 i 92 maximizing durability of the hardware, but also the Err bitreich.org 70 i 93 software ecosystem, so that a computer built today Err bitreich.org 70 i 94 still be useful in 50 years, without upgrades (not Err bitreich.org 70 i 95 preventing upgrades to happen). Err bitreich.org 70 i 96 Err bitreich.org 70 i 97 An old knife is still a piece of metal that can be Err bitreich.org 70 i 98 sharpened over again to be able to cut long after it Err bitreich.org 70 i 99 was built. Could this also be true for computers? Err bitreich.org 70 i 100 Err bitreich.org 70 i 101 https://ploum.net/the-computer-built-to-last-50-years/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 102 Err bitreich.org 70 i 103 Err bitreich.org 70 i 104 Err bitreich.org 70 i 105 Year End Meeting 2021 Recordings Online 20h Err bitreich.org 70 i 106 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 107 Err bitreich.org 70 i 108 For everyone not able to join the 2021 year end Err bitreich.org 70 i 109 meeting, here are the recordings: Err bitreich.org 70 i 110 Err bitreich.org 70 i 111 gopher://bitreich.org/1/end-year-meeting/2021 Err bitreich.org 70 i 112 Err bitreich.org 70 i 113 Thanks to everyone who contributed to bitreich over Err bitreich.org 70 i 114 the last five years! Err bitreich.org 70 i 115 Err bitreich.org 70 i 116 Sincerely yours, Chief Community Manager (CCM) Err bitreich.org 70 i 117 Err bitreich.org 70 i 118 Err bitreich.org 70 i 119 Err bitreich.org 70 i 120 Err bitreich.org 70 i 121 100 years of radiodiffusion tgtimes Err bitreich.org 70 i 122 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 123 Err bitreich.org 70 i 124 The Internet existed forever: books and printed press Err bitreich.org 70 i 125 have always been around for communicating ideas and Err bitreich.org 70 i 126 information, and evolved progressively to become what Err bitreich.org 70 i 127 the Internet is today. Err bitreich.org 70 i 128 Err bitreich.org 70 i 129 Letters were carried by messengers riding horses, Err bitreich.org 70 i 130 postal train, or airplanes. Long-range communication Err bitreich.org 70 i 131 evolved slowly for a long time, but has accelerated Err bitreich.org 70 i 132 rapidly in recent years, until today extreme bandwidth Err bitreich.org 70 i 133 and latency. Err bitreich.org 70 i 134 Err bitreich.org 70 i 135 The common pattern: a new discovery in electronics Err bitreich.org 70 i 136 permits a new way to communicate information over a Err bitreich.org 70 i 137 long-distance, with a lightning-fast adoption all Err bitreich.org 70 i 138 around the world: Err bitreich.org 70 i 139 Err bitreich.org 70 i 140 1919 wireless telegraphy and music transmission in Err bitreich.org 70 i 141 Germany, Netherland and United-States Err bitreich.org 70 i 142 Err bitreich.org 70 i 143 1920 daily radio programmes in England, United-States Err bitreich.org 70 i 144 and USSR Err bitreich.org 70 i 145 Err bitreich.org 70 i 146 1921 radio broadcasting from Eiffel Tower with 900 W Err bitreich.org 70 i 147 power intensity Err bitreich.org 70 i 148 Err bitreich.org 70 i 149 1922 foundation of the BBC and arrival of 2000 W Err bitreich.org 70 i 150 broadcastings Err bitreich.org 70 i 151 Err bitreich.org 70 i 152 A few years before, the long-range communication tool Err bitreich.org 70 i 153 of choice was paper. Err bitreich.org 70 i 154 Err bitreich.org 70 i 155 A few years later, the telephone and television Err bitreich.org 70 i 156 started to develop. Err bitreich.org 70 i 157 Err bitreich.org 70 i 158 Err bitreich.org 70 i 159 Err bitreich.org 70 i 160 Bitreich University reaches 100% employment rate 20h Err bitreich.org 70 i 161 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 162 Err bitreich.org 70 i 163 The first students are leaving the MEME university Err bitreich.org 70 i 164 degree programme. We, the board of meme professors, Err bitreich.org 70 i 165 would like to thank all students who participated. Err bitreich.org 70 i 166 Err bitreich.org 70 i 167 All students found jobs in different careers: Err bitreich.org 70 i 168 Politics, News Reporters, Youtubers, Twitter Err bitreich.org 70 i 169 Conspiracy Trolls or Bakers. Just watch your local Err bitreich.org 70 i 170 news, radio, TV or anti-social network for them. Err bitreich.org 70 i 171 Err bitreich.org 70 i 172 This means, there is a 100% employment rate! Err bitreich.org 70 i 173 Err bitreich.org 70 i 174 We are so proud and hope for a new semester of Err bitreich.org 70 i 175 successful students. Err bitreich.org 70 i 176 Err bitreich.org 70 i 177 Sincerely yours, Chief Meme Caretaker (CMC) Err bitreich.org 70 i 178 Err bitreich.org 70 i 179 Err bitreich.org 70 i 180 Err bitreich.org 70 i 181 Err bitreich.org 70 i 182 A world of tiny creatures tgtimes Err bitreich.org 70 i 183 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 184 Err bitreich.org 70 i 185 Ants. Is that what we would look like to the eyes of a Err bitreich.org 70 i 186 giant? What if one of those giants had the curiosity Err bitreich.org 70 i 187 of looking down on our world, watching all our tiny Err bitreich.org 70 i 188 activities, our tiny trades, our tiny farming, our Err bitreich.org 70 i 189 tiny meals, our tiny families, our tiny lives? Err bitreich.org 70 i 190 Err bitreich.org 70 i 191 E.O. Wilson was one of these giants, looking at the Err bitreich.org 70 i 192 ants: the real ones, the insect ones: An entomologist, Err bitreich.org 70 i 193 someone dedicated to the study of insects. Err bitreich.org 70 i 194 Err bitreich.org 70 i 195 After 92 years of empassioned life, E.O. Wilson is Err bitreich.org 70 i 196 fading away, joining the soil, which he spent his life Err bitreich.org 70 i 197 observing. Closing his own book, while at the same Err bitreich.org 70 i 198 time inviting everyone to open their eyes, and look, Err bitreich.org 70 i 199 carefully, at this world of tiny creatures. Err bitreich.org 70 i 200 Err bitreich.org 70 i 201 Err bitreich.org 70 i 202 Err bitreich.org 70 i 203 Err bitreich.org 70 i 204 stagit and stagit-gopher 1.0 is released bob Err bitreich.org 70 i 205 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 206 Err bitreich.org 70 i 207 I want to thank all contributors for patches and other Err bitreich.org 70 i 208 feedback. Err bitreich.org 70 i 209 Err bitreich.org 70 i 210 You can find the releases on codemadness (primary) and Err bitreich.org 70 i 211 bitreich (mirror). Err bitreich.org 70 i 212 Err bitreich.org 70 i 213 gopher://codemadness.org/1/releases/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 214 https://codemadness.org/releases/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 215 gopher://bitreich.org/1/releases/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 216 Err bitreich.org 70 i 217 It has the following changes: Err bitreich.org 70 i 218 Err bitreich.org 70 i 219 stagit: Err bitreich.org 70 i 220 Err bitreich.org 70 i 221 - Print the number of remaining commits. Err bitreich.org 70 i 222 Err bitreich.org 70 i 223 - Ignore '\r' in writing diffs and file blobs. Err bitreich.org 70 i 224 Err bitreich.org 70 i 225 - Percent encode characters in path names, like '?' Err bitreich.org 70 i 226 and '#'. Err bitreich.org 70 i 227 Err bitreich.org 70 i 228 - Encode XML / HTML entities in the project name. Err bitreich.org 70 i 229 Err bitreich.org 70 i 230 - Add EXAMPLES section to the man pages. Err bitreich.org 70 i 231 Err bitreich.org 70 i 232 stagit-gopher: Err bitreich.org 70 i 233 Err bitreich.org 70 i 234 - Print the number of remaining commits. Err bitreich.org 70 i 235 Err bitreich.org 70 i 236 - Add EXAMPLES section to the man pages. Err bitreich.org 70 i 237 Err bitreich.org 70 i 238 Thanks to: Err bitreich.org 70 i 239 Err bitreich.org 70 i 240 - quinq: for the remaining commits patch. Err bitreich.org 70 i 241 Err bitreich.org 70 i 242 - srfsh: for suggesting to look into percent encoding Err bitreich.org 70 i 243 characters. Err bitreich.org 70 i 244 Err bitreich.org 70 i 245 (cl|g)it commander Bob Err bitreich.org 70 i 246 Err bitreich.org 70 i 247 Err bitreich.org 70 i 248 Err bitreich.org 70 i 249 Err bitreich.org 70 i 250 Uxn portable assembly language 100r.co Err bitreich.org 70 i 251 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 252 Err bitreich.org 70 i 253 The web is well-known for its drift toward platform Err bitreich.org 70 i 254 effect: reproducing the features of the underlying Err bitreich.org 70 i 255 operating system from one of its applications, in this Err bitreich.org 70 i 256 case, the web browser. This is largely made possible Err bitreich.org 70 i 257 through javascript, and the advent of WebAssembly can Err bitreich.org 70 i 258 only contribute more to this. Err bitreich.org 70 i 259 Err bitreich.org 70 i 260 But making an assembly language a standard for Err bitreich.org 70 i 261 shipping graphical applications needs not to rhime Err bitreich.org 70 i 262 with excess and abuse of a platform. A more Err bitreich.org 70 i 263 conventional approach would be standardising high- Err bitreich.org 70 i 264 level API and protocols, for which low-level drivers Err bitreich.org 70 i 265 would be written. Instead, Uxn standardises as low as Err bitreich.org 70 i 266 the assembly language itself. Err bitreich.org 70 i 267 Err bitreich.org 70 i 268 Yet, Uxn has nothing in common with Java: Err bitreich.org 70 i 269 Err bitreich.org 70 i 270 >> Features were weighted against the relative Err bitreich.org 70 i 271 difficulty they would add for programmers Err bitreich.org 70 i 272 implementing their own emulators. Err bitreich.org 70 i 273 Err bitreich.org 70 i 274 Say welcome to this rabbit hole, inviting you with a Err bitreich.org 70 i 275 fresh take on making computers work for end-users. Err bitreich.org 70 i 276 Err bitreich.org 70 i 277 Impressive acheivements were reached, such as Err bitreich.org 70 i 278 portability of this platform on things as small as a Err bitreich.org 70 i 279 32bit microcontroller: Err bitreich.org 70 i 280 Err bitreich.org 70 i 281 >> Currently, there are ports (not all are complete) Err bitreich.org 70 i 282 for GBA, Nintendo DS, Playdate, DOS, PS Vita, Err bitreich.org 70 i 283 Raspberry Pi Pico, Teletype, ESP32, iOS, STM32, Err bitreich.org 70 i 284 STM32, IBM PC, and many more. Err bitreich.org 70 i 285 Err bitreich.org 70 i 286 https://100r.co/site/uxn.html Err bitreich.org 70 i 287 Err bitreich.org 70 i 288 Err bitreich.org 70 i 289 Err bitreich.org 70 i 290 New Gopher Banner on bitreich.org 20h Err bitreich.org 70 i 291 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 292 Err bitreich.org 70 i 293 To support local gopher politics, we added a banner to Err bitreich.org 70 i 294 bitreich.org gopherhole. This is there to support Err bitreich.org 70 i 295 political movement into more gopher support all over Err bitreich.org 70 i 296 the world. Please support your local gopher charity, Err bitreich.org 70 i 297 if you can. Err bitreich.org 70 i 298 Err bitreich.org 70 i 299 Please do not block the banner in your gopher Err bitreich.org 70 i 300 adblocker! 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Err bitreich.org 70 i 309 Err bitreich.org 70 i 310 Err bitreich.org 70 i 311 Err bitreich.org 70 i 312 Err bitreich.org 70 i 313 The UNIX calendar(1) command tgtimes Err bitreich.org 70 i 314 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 315 Err bitreich.org 70 i 316 It is probably there sitting in /usr/bin, the Err bitreich.org 70 i 317 calendar(1) command can offer you a fair dose of Err bitreich.org 70 i 318 flexibility that web-based or smartphone-based Err bitreich.org 70 i 319 calendars lacks. Err bitreich.org 70 i 320 Err bitreich.org 70 i 321 By storing events in a single file of text edited by Err bitreich.org 70 i 322 hand, calendar(1) brings the comfort of your existing Err bitreich.org 70 i 323 text editor to manage events with a simple syntax: Err bitreich.org 70 i 324 Err bitreich.org 70 i 325 - one line per event: first a date, then a tab, then a Err bitreich.org 70 i 326 description. Err bitreich.org 70 i 327 Err bitreich.org 70 i 328 - A line starting with a tab implicitly has the same Err bitreich.org 70 i 329 date as the previous event. Err bitreich.org 70 i 330 Err bitreich.org 70 i 331 - Empty lines are ignored, and the C preprocessor Err bitreich.org 70 i 332 brings #include and /* comments */ as needed. Err bitreich.org 70 i 333 Err bitreich.org 70 i 334 No need to format everything right away: taking notes Err bitreich.org 70 i 335 at the bottom of the file, in the middle of a phone Err bitreich.org 70 i 336 call and formatting after hanging-up... It is it Err bitreich.org 70 i 337 trivial to manage a calendar file. Err bitreich.org 70 i 338 Err bitreich.org 70 i 339 While the calendar(1) command is run, events for today Err bitreich.org 70 i 340 and tomorrow are printed: as a digest of what is Err bitreich.org 70 i 341 upcoming. 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However, as someone who was born in the Err bitreich.org 70 i 403 South, I secretly believe that true progress is a Err bitreich.org 70 i 404 fantasy, and that I need to prepare for the end Err bitreich.org 70 i 405 times, and for the chickens coming home to roost, and Err bitreich.org 70 i 406 fast zombies, and slow zombies, and the polite Err bitreich.org 70 i 407 zombies who say "sir" and "ma'am" but then try to eat Err bitreich.org 70 i 408 your brain to acquire your skills. When the Err bitreich.org 70 i 409 revolution comes, I need to be prepared; thus, in the Err bitreich.org 70 i 410 quiet moments, when I'm not producing incredible Err bitreich.org 70 i 411 scientific breakthroughs, I think about what I'll do Err bitreich.org 70 i 412 when the weather forecast inevitably becomes RIVERS Err bitreich.org 70 i 413 OF BLOOD ALL DAY EVERY DAY. [...] Err bitreich.org 70 i 414 Err bitreich.org 70 i 415 If James Mickens looks like he is a highly trained Err bitreich.org 70 i 416 soldier killing zombies in the doomed lands of System Err bitreich.org 70 i 417 Programming, that is because James Mickens is a highly Err bitreich.org 70 i 418 trained soldier killing zombies in the doomed lands of Err bitreich.org 70 i 419 System Programming. Err bitreich.org 70 i 420 Err bitreich.org 70 i 421 https://usenix.org/system/files/1311_05-08_mickens.pdf Err bitreich.org 70 i 422 Err bitreich.org 70 i 423 Err bitreich.org 70 i 424 Err bitreich.org 70 i 425 Annna now on #gopherproject too 20h Err bitreich.org 70 i 426 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 427 Err bitreich.org 70 i 428 With the extension of annna for multi-server support, Err bitreich.org 70 i 429 she is now able to join irc.libera.chat/#gopherproject Err bitreich.org 70 i 430 and help our gopher comrades there. Err bitreich.org 70 i 431 Err bitreich.org 70 i 432 They will receive the bitreich news and have all the Err bitreich.org 70 i 433 pleasure of annna features, like memes, URI resolvers Err bitreich.org 70 i 434 etc. There is much to find out! Err bitreich.org 70 i 435 Err bitreich.org 70 i 436 If you want to dig deeper, look at the annna Err bitreich.org 70 i 437 internals: Err bitreich.org 70 i 438 Err bitreich.org 70 i 439 git://bitreich.org/annna Err bitreich.org 70 i 440 Err bitreich.org 70 i 441 I hope this brings an influx of new ideas for Err bitreich.org 70 i 442 gopher<>IRC. Err bitreich.org 70 i 443 Err bitreich.org 70 i 444 Sincerely yours, Chief IRC Officer (CIO) Err bitreich.org 70 i 445 Err bitreich.org 70 i 446 Err bitreich.org 70 i 447 Err bitreich.org 70 i 448 Err bitreich.org 70 i 449 Confessions of a thief chemla Err bitreich.org 70 i 450 ____________________________________________________________ Err bitreich.org 70 i 451 Err bitreich.org 70 i 452 >> Below is the beginning of "Confessions of a Thief" Err bitreich.org 70 i 453 from Laurent Chemla. He founded a major French DNS Err bitreich.org 70 i 454 registrar, but before that, was the first to commit Err bitreich.org 70 i 455 online piracy in France (from a Minitel), and worked Err bitreich.org 70 i 456 on development tools for Atari. The book is published Err bitreich.org 70 i 457 online in French and translated below. Err bitreich.org 70 i 458 Err bitreich.org 70 i 459 A thief. How else to name one of the first individual Err bitreich.org 70 i 460 in France to procure itself an Internet access? In Err bitreich.org 70 i 461 1994, borrowing the clothes of a telecommunication Err bitreich.org 70 i 462 expert, that I was not yet, I obtained from an IT Err bitreich.org 70 i 463 staff employee of a parisian University that he let me Err bitreich.org 70 i 464 an access to Internet. In exchange, I brought him help Err bitreich.org 70 i 465 - relatively - to the building of a network devoted to Err bitreich.org 70 i 466 let student work from home. Err bitreich.org 70 i 467 Err bitreich.org 70 i 468 I then stole, I confess, this first access to a Err bitreich.org 70 i 469 network that remained to me a mostly unexplored land Err bitreich.org 70 i 470 since my last visits in 1992, mediated by obscure Err bitreich.org 70 i 471 manoeuvres of a friend or through piracy. Err bitreich.org 70 i 472 Err bitreich.org 70 i 473 This theft benefited to me, I could learn to use a Err bitreich.org 70 i 474 tool long before the majority of the IT crowd, gaining Err bitreich.org 70 i 475 an advance that still persist today. Err bitreich.org 70 i 476 Err bitreich.org 70 i 477 I stole, but I plead good faith. At this epoch nobody Err bitreich.org 70 i 478 around me did understand what it was about. Would it Err bitreich.org 70 i 479 bit a thief to steal something nobody had interest in? Err bitreich.org 70 i 480 This access was to the reach of only a few testing Err bitreich.org 70 i 481 university students, this access that a small IT Err bitreich.org 70 i 482 company could not afford, I stole it, and I am not Err bitreich.org 70 i 483 ashamed. Err bitreich.org 70 i 484 Err bitreich.org 70 i 485 For my relatives, I am nontheless an "IT janitor". Err bitreich.org 70 i 486 Programmer to a tiny IT company, I always have been Err bitreich.org 70 i 487 passionated by telematic networks. A passion that Err bitreich.org 70 i 488 costed me, in 1986, to be the first to be guilty of Err bitreich.org 70 i 489 piracy in France, pirated from a Minitel, yes, but to Err bitreich.org 70 i 490 each his glory. As there was not yet any law against Err bitreich.org 70 i 491 IT piracy, I have been incriminated for stealing Err bitreich.org 70 i 492 electrical power. All that ended up in an acquittal, Err bitreich.org 70 i 493 but still, here is a decent start for a thief career! Err bitreich.org 70 i 494 Err bitreich.org 70 i 495 Indeed, how to name differently someone who Err bitreich.org 70 i 496 constituted its professional network by taking part to Err bitreich.org 70 i 497 associations? We have the impression to contribute Err bitreich.org 70 i 498 unpaid for the many, but we mostly get known and, time Err bitreich.org 70 i 499 after time, the clients get attracted by this Err bitreich.org 70 i 500 visibility. Of course anyone whose professional Err bitreich.org 70 i 501 occupation deals with voluntary sector end-up face to Err bitreich.org 70 i 502 its own consciousness. Not unlike, I suppose, a lawyer Err bitreich.org 70 i 503 who gain clients from the excluded folk that he help Err bitreich.org 70 i 504 graciously and daily. I ignore what its consciousness Err bitreich.org 70 i 505 would tell him, but I know mine is not at rest. Err bitreich.org 70 i 506 Err bitreich.org 70 i 507 Nowadays again, my activities continue to be lucrative Err bitreich.org 70 i 508 out of Internet, at the time of Nasdaq's fall. How can Err bitreich.org 70 i 509 one earn while everyone loose, if not by cheating? Err bitreich.org 70 i 510 Err bitreich.org 70 i 511 A thief is on that use to its profit else's good. To Err bitreich.org 70 i 512 me, Internet is a public good and, if serve as Err bitreich.org 70 i 513 commercial gallery for some, it must not limit itself Err bitreich.org 70 i 514 to such a deviation. Internet must first and foremost Err bitreich.org 70 i 515 be the tool that, for the first time in mankind, Err bitreich.org 70 i 516 permitted the freedom of speech, defined as a Err bitreich.org 70 i 517 fundamental human right. Err bitreich.org 70 i 518 Err bitreich.org 70 i 519 This right, in all its guarantee from our Err bitreich.org 70 i 520 constitutional state, has stayed hypothetical since Err bitreich.org 70 i 521 its proclamation. In France law protects freedom of Err bitreich.org 70 i 522 Speech of syndicates and journalists but no text that Err bitreich.org 70 i 523 permit to the simple citizen to undertake justice, to Err bitreich.org 70 i 524 reach its freedom. What else since, before Internet, Err bitreich.org 70 i 525 this freedom was to the reach of some privilegied? The Err bitreich.org 70 i 526 lawyer protected them because only them needed that Err bitreich.org 70 i 527 protection. Ten years ago, noone would have been able Err bitreich.org 70 i 528 to benefit an as simple, fast and affordable way to Err bitreich.org 70 i 529 expose works, arts or ideas but by vociferating in the Err bitreich.org 70 i 530 street or by climbing the social scale rung by rung to Err bitreich.org 70 i 531 the point of having media's attention. One had to be Err bitreich.org 70 i 532 represented by others with the expression right for Err bitreich.org 70 i 533 themself. Only ersatz. The only freedom that matters Err bitreich.org 70 i 534 is the one available to all and I dont give a damn Err bitreich.org 70 i 535 about those reserved to the mighty or their Err bitreich.org 70 i 536 representatives. Err bitreich.org 70 i 537 Err bitreich.org 70 i 538 Internet thereby permit to a growing number of citizen Err bitreich.org 70 i 539 to apply their fundamental right to take the parole on Err bitreich.org 70 i 540 the public place. From this point of view, it must be Err bitreich.org 70 i 541 protected such as any other necessary yet fragile Err bitreich.org 70 i 542 resource, such as water we drink everyday. It cannot Err bitreich.org 70 i 543 be reserved to anyone, neither be limited in its Err bitreich.org 70 i 544 usages if not by the common right. No exception Err bitreich.org 70 i 545 legislation must forbide the exercise of freedom of Err bitreich.org 70 i 546 speech and, as soon as possible, states must preserve Err bitreich.org 70 i 547 the common tool that became a public benefit. And as I Err bitreich.org 70 i 548 use a public good to lead my own fights, yet again, I Err bitreich.org 70 i 549 behave as a thief. Err bitreich.org 70 i 550 Err bitreich.org 70 i 551 I thereby knew the Internet some time before everybody Err bitreich.org 70 i 552 else, still at the age of the Far West, Eldorado, Err bitreich.org 70 i 553 Utopia. At this era, the network was backed by public Err bitreich.org 70 i 554 money (mostly from United States), the life was Err bitreich.org 70 i 555 happier and the electronic sky bluer. We worked all Err bitreich.org 70 i 556 along, among passionated, inventing new computer Err bitreich.org 70 i 557 objects that even Microsoft did ignore, like Linux or Err bitreich.org 70 i 558 the World Wide Web (you know, the three fastidious *w* Err bitreich.org 70 i 559 we have to type in the address of your favorite porn Err bitreich.org 70 i 560 website...) that did not yet exist and that today Err bitreich.org 70 i 561 everybody mistake for the network itself. 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Err bitreich.org 70 i 573 Err bitreich.org 70 i 574 I remember that at this epoch, when I was saying Err bitreich.org 70 i 575 "Internet", my friends looked at me as if coming from Err bitreich.org 70 i 576 another planet. When I transfered a file from a Err bitreich.org 70 i 577 computer from one end of of the world to my own Err bitreich.org 70 i 578 machine - by cabalistic commands typed by hand under Err bitreich.org 70 i 579 an interface working without a mouse pointer - the Err bitreich.org 70 i 580 seasoned IT engineers was assisting to the Err bitreich.org 70 i 581 demonstration as to a bad movie: finding a file was Err bitreich.org 70 i 582 taking hours, reading speeds was worth a sick snail Err bitreich.org 70 i 583 and the file often revealed to be unusable... But Err bitreich.org 70 i 584 while a pal entered in my office, I would show him how Err bitreich.org 70 i 585 by typing a single command line I could share, for a Err bitreich.org 70 i 586 ridiculous price, my work, my knowledge, my files or Err bitreich.org 70 i 587 my data with pure strangers and that could live at the Err bitreich.org 70 i 588 other side of the street as the other side of the Err bitreich.org 70 i 589 world. Err bitreich.org 70 i 590 Err bitreich.org 70 i 591 Besides from other passionated people, everybody was Err bitreich.org 70 i 592 laughing at me. I could tell them that this thingy Err bitreich.org 70 i 593 would be a revolution for human knowledge, they looked Err bitreich.org 70 i 594 at me in pity and went back to their work. Err bitreich.org 70 i 595 Err bitreich.org 70 i 596 In the best case, I was told with lucidity "It is a Err bitreich.org 70 i 597 pirate thing.". 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