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Fwd: Seminar: Richard Stallman - Copyright vs Community
by Peter Reutemann 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Hi there Below the official announcement of RMS' visit here at Waikato university. Note: Use the following link to search for block "L" (the seminar is taking place in room 01 on the ground floor): http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/ Cheers, Peter --------------------------------------------------- SEMINAR: Wednesday 20 August, 6 - 8pm in LG.01 ---------------------------------------------------- Title: Copyright vs Community Speaker: Richard Stallman Seminar Flyer: http://www.scms.waikato.ac.nz/docs/pdfs/Copyright_Lecture_DL_Flyer.pdf Abstract: Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright to promote progress, for the benefit of the public then we must make changes in the other direction. Biography: Richard Stallman is a free software activist and programmer, the founder of GNU Project, original author of the GNU/GPL, and Founder and President of the Free Software Foundation. He has received several awards and honorary doctorates for his work. -- Marieke Boleyn Academic Support Officer Department of Computer Science The University of Waikato Phone: 07 838 4911 Website: www.cs.waikato.ac.nz

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OpenOffice 2.4 review
by Ian McDonald 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/software/applications/soa/OpenOffice-org-2-… After last time commenting on OO I will refrain from it this time... -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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RMS in the press.
by Bruce Kingsbury 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/0064FE274A08BA2CCC25749A00383CB3 Richard Stallman will be speaking at Waikato University, 6pm Aug 20th. No idea where yet, but I've been told Marieke is onto it so hopefully I'll know soon. Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright -- to promote progress, for the benefit of the public -- then we must make changes in the other direction.

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NZCS Innovators Series Lunch: Rod Drury (Hamilton) - 11 August 2008
by David Hallett 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

The NZ Computer Society (NZCS) is proud to announce a new monthly series of events from August to December 2008 in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Hamilton, bringing some of the true "Innovators of ICT" to a city near you. Register at http://nzcs.org.nz/tools/events/event.asp?SECT=waikato_bop&ID=3131 First up on the 11th of August is the Society's newest Honorary Fellow (HFNZCS) and well known ICT entrepreneur Rod Drury, his presentation entitled: "Succeeding in NZ - What is Innovation, anyway?" Rod really needs no introduction. He exploded onto the ICT scene in New Zealand in 1995 when he founded Glazier Systems, which was subsequently bought by Advantage Group to become well-known ICT solutions company Intergen. He then created AfterMail, an Exchange product later sold to American company Quest Software for an 8-figure sum and judged the "Best Exchange Product" at TechEd 2006 in Boston. Not yet done, he then created well-known NZX-listed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) accounting company Xero which is changing the way small businesses do accounting in New Zealand Free for NZCS members and inexpensive for non-members. Light Lunch Included Date: 11 August 2008 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Venue: The Hub at Wintec, City Campus, Gate 5, Tristram Street, Hamilton REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL: http://nzcs.org.nz/tools/events/event.asp?SECT=waikato_bop&ID=3131 This event will sell out in most areas, hence registration is essential. Best Regards, David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS Pulsar Computer Solutions Ltd P.O. Box 15-516 Hamilton, New Zealand Phone: +64-7-210 5520 Mobile: +64-21-802 256 Email: david(a)pulsar.net.nz

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Theme deletion...
by Chakat Sandwalker 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Is it possible to delete appearance theme customisations (i.e. icons, controls, window border, etc.) that the user has installed manually (say, from www.gnome-look.org) but the Appearance applet refuses to delete? I've installed a number of themes/customisations that I can't delete because the 'Delete' button is greyed out. As a result I have a glut of entries to choose from, most of which I don't want any more. Sandy

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday August 2nd, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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Converting a hard drive from ext3 to fat32
by Ron Dean 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Is it possible to convert the above. I have already backed it up to another drive. After I format it in Partition Magic What commands do I issue to re mount it . -- Ron Dean 2 Shannon Place Nawton Hamilton Ph 8493904

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday August 2nd, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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KDE 4.1 released
by Ian McDonald 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Starting to look better. Have a look at: http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.1/ -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Fwd: Stallman stalling - do we give up?
by Bruce Kingsbury 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Anybody want to organise a carpool to Auckland? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Apperley <m.apperley(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz> Date: 2008/7/21 Subject: Re: Stallman stalling - do we give up? To: Steve Reeves <stever(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz>, Bruce Kingsbury < zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz>, Tony McGregor <tonym(a)waikato.ac.nz> I've notified Simon Bridge that we are unable to host a Stallman talk on the Saturday, as we would not be able to raise a credible audience. Disappointed fans will have to go to the Auckland talk. Mark ======================================================== Professor Mark Apperley m.apperley(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz Department of Computer Science University of Waikato phone: +64 7 838 4528 NEW ZEALAND fax: +64 7 838 4155 ======================================================== -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them.

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