Tuesday, 04 January 2011 15:53 |
As you probably already know all the prestigious TIME magazine honored as Man of the Year Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's creator. But the Free Software Foundation (FSF), as it was easy to imagine, disagrees with this decision.
The reasons are explained in an article on the FSF website, here: http://www.fsf.org/facebook/mark-zuckerberg-is-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-wheres-the-dislike -button
In short, the arguments FSF are:
* Code is not free up available * Facebook is a serious threat to the privacy of any person having complete control over the information * According to the FSF, including the "I Like", which is integrated in different portals can be used to collect information even about those who do not have or do not use Facebook.
Finally, the FSF believes that we can prevent up to connect freely with our friends.
FSF also provides two images to show that you do not agree with Zuckerberg's nomination as Man of the Year 2010, they are: and What do you think? You or the FSF's Time?
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Monday, 03 January 2011 11:35 |
The discovery of a Mayan calendar, whose timing is off in 2012 led to the outline of a theory with a large number of followers, according to which the world will end on 21 December 2012. Apocalypse Fever has generated a large-scale business, valued at billions of dollars worldwide, reports dcnews. Apocalyptic psychosis after she brought a flourishing industry. The first winner of survival and adaptation are manual and, in general, books that talk about the end of the world, reaching record sales. Another example is the movie "2012", which Dutu calls it an "interesting production techniques used in handling, but overshadowed by coarse commercial interest." Profitable businesses have proved to bunkers and things necessary or appropriate in case of disaster. For example, a California company sells underground shelters worth 200 million dollars to save 3,000 people. Among the countries most affected by possible Revelation is France, where, for example, it is rumored that a small village with only 200 inhabitants, Bugarach, and several parcels in the Pyrenees will be spared the calamity. Information circulated on the Internet quickly and village was under assault, and the houses began to sell at a price greater than four times the real one. Besides all this, we are witnessing a large advertising campaign, supported by sales of shirts, video games, colored pens or hats, which seem to promote the launch of Hollywood blockbusters. Apocalyptic predictions were correlated with several major events, whose probability is relatively frequently evoked production. They should be alignment between Earth, Sun and the center of our galaxy, the ordering on the same axis of all the planets in our solar system, Earth's magnetic poles reverse, very intense activity of the Sun and the collision of Nibiru and Planet Earth. Man will disappear someday, sooner or later. But nobody can tell us when! unimedia.md
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Sunday, 02 January 2011 10:29 |
Eight police in Spain have come out of uniform and went to the other side of the barricade. Loot jewelry, cars and last but not least, wring his head men. It's a challenging schedule made some bold crime in the Catalan town of Lerida, a first in Spain. The eight women playing the criminals they are not crime. The photos are evidence of robberies. Poliştele break the bank, stealing jewelry and not afraid to use the armament. Men say they can not punish criminals ... so provocative. Hoaţele were left still attached, but only obiectuvul of the camera. The eight police did not want to put calendar on sale. It was just a gift for police colleagues at the New Year. From too much discretion poliţistelor colleagues have public calendar and so it came to the attention of the press in Spain. This was a premiere in Spain among the challenging schedules. antena3.ro
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Sunday, 02 January 2011 10:08 |
Saturday Estonians began to use their new currency, the euro, adopted at midnight, when they said goodbye to the crown, a symbol of their country's success after separation from the USSR, almost 20 years ago. Even if the Estonian crown will remain a symbol of independence, the majority supported the changeover, despite the difficulties he meets euro crisis in Greece and Ireland. People see the euro in the first place one less obstacle for foreign travel. There are, however, and Estonia who were against adopting the single currency. "Estonia is like a passenger who took the last ticket on the Titanic," says one of them. Moreover, even Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said that Estonia is now the poorest member of the Eurogroup and have made further efforts to meet requirements. Authorities deployed a vast campaign about the euro, so there's no problems with the transition from the single European currency Estonian crown. Even before the end of the year was an increased inflow from banks, people greeted the changeover calm, there were no queues at ATMs, preferring to pay by card. Estonian crowns will be able to exchange for euros free of charge, until 30 June at a rate of 15.64 crowns to one euro. Finnish neighbors glad that Estonians have gone to the euro, but I know from experience that this will lead to increased prices. Estonia is the 17th nation to adopt the euro. "Estonia's entry will mean that over 330 million Europeans will have the euro coins and notes pockets," said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. "It is a strong signal of stability and attractiveness of the euro brings European Union Member States," said EC President, in a time when some have begun to doubt the viability of the euro. "The single currency will provide a stable framework for the Estonian economy, which, together with fiscal and macroeconimice will create the basis for economic prosperity," he said Friday, and Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs. gandul.info
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Thursday, 30 December 2010 13:36 |
National Democratic Party's Political Council decided to form a center-right coalition. The 228 members attending the meeting, 201 voted for the restoration of the Alliance for European Integration. "Statement was made by the President of the Democratic Party, Marian Lupu, released after a few minutes after the party's Political Council meeting he leads." They put issue three options: 1) forming a center-left coalition with the Communists 2) forming a center-right coalition with the LDP-LP 3) do not form any coalition for the moment. Most voted for option two, "said Democratic leader." We shall see whether the agreement signing and the Formation of Alliance with LDP and LP. Final decisions will be taken at the meeting of Parliament, Marian Lupu concluded some time ago. UNIMEDIA notes that today held its 13th and final round of negotiations between the LDP-LP-PD. Parliament is sitting at 16.00. It will be broadcast live by UNIMEDIA.
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