Comments for blog no wiki http://blog.ngowiki.net stuff about international development and technology Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Bill Gates may be gone, but its prison remain by Andy Parkes http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/07/04/bill-gates-may-be-gone-but-its-prison-remain/#comment-2918 Andy Parkes Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:39:37 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/07/04/bill-gates-may-be-gone-but-its-prison-remain/#comment-2918 Hi David My point about the standards was not to do with HOW they obtained the standard..it was the fact they have pushed one standard as much as other people have pushed theirs. If they have used underhand tactics to push the standard through then definitely shame on Microsoft I disagree with your definition of piracy A 17-old using someone else's work without paying for it is still piracy Hi David

My point about the standards was not to do with HOW they obtained the standard..it was the fact they have pushed one standard as much as other people have pushed theirs.
If they have used underhand tactics to push the standard through then definitely shame on Microsoft

I disagree with your definition of piracy

A 17-old using someone else’s work without paying for it is still piracy

]]> Comment on Bill Gates may be gone, but its prison remain by david http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/07/04/bill-gates-may-be-gone-but-its-prison-remain/#comment-2917 david Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:54:54 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/07/04/bill-gates-may-be-gone-but-its-prison-remain/#comment-2917 Please don't be sorry to say what you think. My point was to transport what RMS said about the end of the Bill Gates era. Since everybody is being apologetic I don't work for free, but I wish to, I wish money wasn't the reason I work but something really better. I need to eat and thus have to work for money. That's a very personal thing I believe in. I don't think it's possible to apply it. I won't go point by point, but there was corruption in the process of choosing the OOXML. MS and other use poor and corrupt countries to actually create a web of sympathetic vote : http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/04/03/your-document-is-corrupted-ii/ Corruption is a strong word, like piracy is a strong word. Did MS pay to have people vote on their side, probably not, is the 17 years old kid a pirate because he shares music through P2P. It's not piracy it's just "copying" Now as overall, does MS merit all that respect, does a company that has been convicted several times of abusing of its monopolist position be the repository of our work, our information. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." Lord Acton 1887. So goes Bill Gates Please don’t be sorry to say what you think. My point was to transport what RMS said about the end of the Bill Gates era. Since everybody is being apologetic

I don’t work for free, but I wish to, I wish money wasn’t the reason I work but something really better. I need to eat and thus have to work for money. That’s a very personal thing I believe in. I don’t think it’s possible to apply it.

I won’t go point by point, but there was corruption in the process of choosing the OOXML. MS and other use poor and corrupt countries to actually create a web of sympathetic vote : http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/04/03/your-document-is-corrupted-ii/

Corruption is a strong word, like piracy is a strong word. Did MS pay to have people vote on their side, probably not, is the 17 years old kid a pirate because he shares music through P2P. It’s not piracy it’s just “copying”

Now as overall, does MS merit all that respect, does a company that has been convicted several times of abusing of its monopolist position be the repository of our work, our information.

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Lord Acton 1887.

So goes Bill Gates

]]> Comment on Bill Gates may be gone, but its prison remain by Andy Parkes http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/07/04/bill-gates-may-be-gone-but-its-prison-remain/#comment-2916 Andy Parkes Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:27:10 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/07/04/bill-gates-may-be-gone-but-its-prison-remain/#comment-2916 Sorry i've got disagree with you here People create software and it's up to them to decide if they get money for it Do you work for free? Microsoft tax? Yeah i agree that this is a bit wrong but if you complain enough to your computer dealer you can decline to use Windows and get your money back DRM? YOUR files, that YOU create, are YOURS to do with as you please. Music & Video you buy elsewhere are not YOUR files which is why DRM exists...this isn't Microsoft's fault Gratuitous incompatibilities - how so? If i've got Office 2003 they is a FREE download that lets me work with Office 2007...no-one is forcing me to upgrade Standard Corruption? Maybe/maybe not - they have pushed ONE standard...then again so have IBM - does that make them corrupt? Whatever the foundation is or isn't doing wrong...it's not the Microsoft foundation - it's the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation I think you need to be a bit more open minded instead of bashing other companies for the sake of it Sorry i’ve got disagree with you here

People create software and it’s up to them to decide if they get money for it

Do you work for free?

Microsoft tax? Yeah i agree that this is a bit wrong but if you complain enough to your computer dealer you can decline to use Windows and get your money back

DRM? YOUR files, that YOU create, are YOURS to do with as you please. Music & Video you buy elsewhere are not YOUR files which is why DRM exists…this isn’t Microsoft’s fault

Gratuitous incompatibilities - how so? If i’ve got Office 2003 they is a FREE download that lets me work with Office 2007…no-one is forcing me to upgrade

Standard Corruption? Maybe/maybe not - they have pushed ONE standard…then again so have IBM - does that make them corrupt?

Whatever the foundation is or isn’t doing wrong…it’s not the Microsoft foundation - it’s the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

I think you need to be a bit more open minded instead of bashing other companies for the sake of it

]]> Comment on Save time on the internet and use RSS - in plain english by david http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/06/10/save-time-on-the-internet-and-use-rss-in-plain-english/#comment-2856 david Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:29:23 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/06/10/save-time-on-the-internet-and-use-rss-in-plain-english/#comment-2856 I just want to give a thank to Klaikong who gave me the link to this video presentation I just want to give a thank to Klaikong who gave me the link to this video presentation

]]> Comment on Food supply crisis and riots by blog no wiki - Food crisis : The problem is the biofuels. http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/05/01/food-supply-crisis-and-riots/#comment-2852 blog no wiki - Food crisis : The problem is the biofuels. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:35:40 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/05/01/food-supply-crisis-and-riots/#comment-2852 [...] richer they can afford to pay more for the food while other on the planet are telling us they can’t follow. The world need more food then we have to TRANSPORT it. So some bright people come up with the idea [...] […] richer they can afford to pay more for the food while other on the planet are telling us they can’t follow. The world need more food then we have to TRANSPORT it. So some bright people come up with the idea […]

]]> Comment on Food supply crisis and riots by david http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/05/01/food-supply-crisis-and-riots/#comment-2829 david Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:58 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/05/01/food-supply-crisis-and-riots/#comment-2829 Well I have to admit that has nothing to do with technology, it's also use big "shocking" rhetorical metaphors however I still think it's well crafted Well I have to admit that has nothing to do with technology, it’s also use big “shocking” rhetorical metaphors however I still think it’s well crafted

]]> Comment on Complaining about Vietnam ISP by david http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/02/15/complaining-about-vietnam-isp/#comment-2792 david Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:39:07 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/02/15/complaining-about-vietnam-isp/#comment-2792 FPT would be the best choice however I would try it before because I always find out that accessing websites in China is slow, whatever the ISP. If you need to have a server outside of Vietnam, then go to Hong Kong, it's always the shortest in hop from Vietnam (at least Hanoi). People from HCMC may say Singapore. Hope it helps FPT would be the best choice however I would try it before because I always find out that accessing websites in China is slow, whatever the ISP.
If you need to have a server outside of Vietnam, then go to Hong Kong, it’s always the shortest in hop from Vietnam (at least Hanoi). People from HCMC may say Singapore.
Hope it helps

]]> Comment on Complaining about Vietnam ISP by Lawrence http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/02/15/complaining-about-vietnam-isp/#comment-2791 Lawrence Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:26:32 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/02/15/complaining-about-vietnam-isp/#comment-2791 my company is launched its office in Vietnam and I have a hard time to locate a good ISP there, which ISP is good for oversea accessing? (mail server at china)...pls suggest my company is launched its office in Vietnam and I have a hard time to locate a good ISP there, which ISP is good for oversea accessing? (mail server at china)…pls suggest

]]> Comment on Your document is corrupted … Do civil society organisation cares ? by blog no wiki - Your document is corrupted II http://blog.ngowiki.net/2007/09/23/your-document-is-corrupted-do-civil-society-organisation-cares/#comment-2786 blog no wiki - Your document is corrupted II Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:03:08 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2007/09/23/your-document-is-corrupted-do-civil-society-organisation-cares/#comment-2786 [...] For an overview of similar story in September read the following [...] […] For an overview of similar story in September read the following […]

]]> Comment on Do something practical ! by Kevin http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/03/30/do-something-practical/#comment-2784 Kevin Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:39:11 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/03/30/do-something-practical/#comment-2784 Great piece. Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint have the easiest power management I have seen to date. After about 10 minutes, my monitor powers off. After a couple hours, it normally shuts off. In Vietnam, one way to save power in the homes is to turn off the circuits in parts of the house you do not use. The inefficient wiring sucks a lot of electricity. I figured I save between 5-8 kw each day by turning them off. A lot of electricity here is wasted this way unfortunately. People with electric bikes think they are saving electricity as well but it turns out that it may not be the case. Yeah, it saves pollution here but it just creates it somewhere else. Great piece. Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint have the easiest power management I have seen to date. After about 10 minutes, my monitor powers off. After a couple hours, it normally shuts off.

In Vietnam, one way to save power in the homes is to turn off the circuits in parts of the house you do not use. The inefficient wiring sucks a lot of electricity. I figured I save between 5-8 kw each day by turning them off.

A lot of electricity here is wasted this way unfortunately. People with electric bikes think they are saving electricity as well but it turns out that it may not be the case. Yeah, it saves pollution here but it just creates it somewhere else.

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