…c API, and _did_ change between * various releases. This created chaos for many users: when they upgraded the * FreeType library on their system, they couldn&39;t run Gnome anymore since * Pango refused to link. * Very fortunately, it&39;s possible to completely avoid this proble…

…Child" pornography is being used as an excuse to threaten all American internet users' privacy . The term "child pornography" is dishonest . The censorship of it puts young lovers in direct danger of prosecution . Many published works are disgusting, but censorship is more so. In…

…Child" pornography is being used as an excuse to threaten all American internet users' privacy . The term "child pornography" is dishonest . The censorship of it puts young lovers in direct danger of prosecution . Many published works are disgusting, but censorship is more so. In…

…s a giant give-away to the investors . 10 February 2014 ( The way most Internet users use the net is bad ) If you are like most Internet users, the way you use the net is bad for you directly , in addition to snooping on you. 09 February 2014 ( Law Must Be Free and Accessible to …

…ontrolling and unjust than ever before . He designed them to refuse even to let users install their own choice of applications — and installing free (freedom-respecting) applications is entirely forbidden. He even tried to make it illegal to install software not approved by Apple…

…location data ) Mobile phone companies are now marketing data about where phone users live and where they go . Count me out. (The word "monetize" properly means "to put something into use as money". Using to mean "profit from" is disgusting, and deserves our condemnation too.) 21…

…ere, transport infrastructure, plans, and policies have favored private vehicle users. 195 Upwards of 95 percent of road space is typically allocated to cars and trucks (including on-street parking). 196 More and more private vehicles are clogging streets—with few, if any, contro…

… over coming decades it will become millions. 29 June 2014 ( Repression of drug users ) Russia imprisons drug users without medical care . The US has repressed drug users, but it is starting to soften a little. 28 June 2014 ( Urgent: Clean Water Act ) US citizens: call on your se…

… over coming decades it will become millions. 29 June 2014 ( Repression of drug users ) Russia imprisons drug users without medical care . The US has repressed drug users, but it is starting to soften a little. 28 June 2014 ( Urgent: Clean Water Act ) US citizens: call on your se…

…formation Retrieval, and 1st Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users (BIR/IR4U2 2024), Glasgow, Scotland, March 24th, 2024. Edited by: Ingo Frommholz, Philipp Mayr, Guillaume Cabanac, Suzan Verberne, Maria Soledad Pera, Federica Cena, Theo Huibers, Monica Landoni…

…formation Retrieval, and 1st Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users (BIR/IR4U2 2024), Glasgow, Scotland, March 24th, 2024. Edited by: Ingo Frommholz, Philipp Mayr, Guillaume Cabanac, Suzan Verberne, Maria Soledad Pera, Federica Cena, Theo Huibers, Monica Landoni…

…13 ( Spying by "rent to own" computers ) "Rent to own" computers spied on their users . With proprietary software, spying is only to be expected. 28 October 2013 ( Obama's chance to show due attention to danger of global heating ) Obama has one more chance to show due attention t…

…that demanded a cutoff of service to clients accused of sharing. Irish internet users should boycott Eircomm and deal with UPC. In addition, they need to organize now against the predictable effort of the music factories to pass a law requiring punishment of sharers. 14 October 2…

…neDrive, has been caught inserting modifications into code in some of the files users store there. Although this has not been reported about any other remote storage disservice, any of them could start doing this, which means you would be a fool to trust them with anything other …

…an his "Le Smoking" look of the mid-1960s. That was an exercise to show that trousers on women could be sexy, not just Sapphic. The safari suit was a masterstroke, taking one of the most butch, overtly macho garments in the sartorial pantheon and commandeering it as the uniform f…