Meeting 2007-11-14
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- Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
- Time: 8:30PM
- Place: Squires Yorktown
Attendance
Plan on attending:
Plan on skipping:
Goodies
- Popcorn from Beth
Game
News
Fedora 8 released
Free content resource offered for early readers
USA Today article Slashdot summary
Nigerian government blocks Microsoft's offer to install Windows on Nigerian laptops
OLPC G1G1 started
- Just bought mine. I get a new laptop, and a new hacker is born in some developing nation. --Yashton 07:22, 13 November 2007 (JST)
- I bought one too. The downside is that now I only have about $20 left. :( --Matt 09:03, 13 November 2007 (JST)
- I'm jealous. I hope they are horrible and you decide to give one and give one...to me. --Conley 11:41, 13 November 2007 (JST)
- Well if that is the case I hope that I make my money back selling the thing on eBay. --Matt 02:44, 14 November 2007 (JST)
Pseudo-random security loophole found in XP/Vista
- So much for security through obscurity. --Conley 02:16, 13 November 2007 (JST)
Walmart Everex PCs sell out online
- This makes me so happy. --Conley 12:10, 13 November 2007 (JST)
- I still don't like Wal-mart or gOS. --Matt 02:52, 14 November 2007 (JST)
- Me either. That's not the point. --Conley 02:53, 14 November 2007 (JST)
MIT releases the source code to Multics under the X11 License
- <-- If anyone cares. --Matt
Miro 1.0 released
Miro.
Chess Tactics released under CC license
Ward Farnsworth releases his tactics guide under a CC by-nc-nd 3.0 license.
Public domain federal case law archive opened
Comcast sued over bittorrent interference
Mapping party
A-frame
Did Conley, Ashton, and Sarah do this?
Free the Collegiate Times
What's the status?
Fighting the tablet PC requirement
Killing the tablet requirement
FC Assassin
Discussion
Is full copyright ever a good idea?
Show and tell
Several people: Free film from last week
We watched His Girl Friday. What did those who watched think?
- My favorite public domain movie ever. --Conley 23:44, 8 November 2007 (JST)
- Seconded, although to be fair I haven't seen that many public domain movies. --Matt 10:32, 9 November 2007 (JST)
Open floor
Conley is ticked off that Elaine didn't stab Jobs in XKCD today
Free Film
Check out a list of free films
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