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I politici italiani sono dei ladri senza vergogna

Pensate che sia un titolo ”un po’ forte”? Non avete ancora letto niente :-)

Che i nostri politici non siano degli stinchi-di-santo lo si sa. Che, nonostante un referendum abbia abolito i finanziamenti pubblici ai partiti e i cari ladruncoli li abbiano ripristinati cambiandogli nome in rimborsi, anche questo lo si conosce già. Si sa anche che i bricconcelli si alzano, di tanto in tanto, lo stipendio senza motivo (ah!, potessi darmi un aumento da solo anch’io…) e… bhe, diciamo che si sanno molte cose: solo le 3 scimmiette della foto sanno poco o nulla.

Però, con slancio di ottimismo, a volte pensi che siamo sul fondo del barile, e che peggio non potrebbero essere, e che “da qui possiamo solo risalire”… e invece no, non possiamo. Banale a dirsi, ma:

al peggio non c’è mai fine

Ebbene: i nostri politici ci regalano una chicca non indifferente.

Avete presente la manovra finanziaria approvata in tempi record proprio in questi giorni? …dai, quella da 48miliardidieuro che chiede (non esplicitamente) sacrifici, tagli, ticket, superbolli e quant’altro? Si, quella che la cosiddetta opposizione ha sentito il dovere civico e morale di approvare? Si, quella. Ascoltate questo spezzone da un minuto che ho avuto il piacere di ascoltare su Radio1 stamattina (19 Luglio 2011):

Radio Anch’Io – puntata del 19 Luglio 2011 – spezzone

Nella manovra finanziaria che ci chiede di tirare una cinghia già stretta, i nostri politici hanno avuto la faccia-da-culo di inserire  un aumento di stipendio. Da parte mia non può che levarsi un solo grido: “fate schifo!” e un solo pensiero: “andate a casa!” … e sono stato piuttosto educato.

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Dieci motivi per cui adoro essere utente GNU/Linux

Breve preambolo

Dopo essere stato utente di sistemi Microsoft dai tempi del Dos 3.30 e Windows 3.0 (installabile in 6 comodi floppy da 3.5 pollici), alla lunga mi sono parecchio stufato delle politiche di potere, di prezzi, di imposizione, di schiavitù e di ignoranza che tali sistemi mi hanno imposto.

Un paio d’anni fa, ho deciso di svoltare: dopo anni di dual boot, sull’ultimo computer acquistato ho installato esclusivamente GNU/Linux (una KUbuntu AMD64).

La lista

Vista la moda del momento, ho deciso anch’io di pubblicare la mia lista: contiene 10 vantaggi che il passaggio al Software Libero e a GNU/Linux mi ha portato:

  1. se qualcosa non funziona, so che ho comunque una qualche possibilità di renderla funzionante;
  2. ho installato programmi di grafica 3D, vettoriale, ritocco fotografico e painting, software per il montaggio video e per l’edit di file musicali e di effetti, software per il lavoro e per la programmazione e:
    • ho rispettato la legge
    • non ho copiato illegalmente nessun programma, quindi non ho paura di blocchi software o controlli
    • ho avuto costi di software pari a zero;
  3. quando do  il comando “Spegni computer“, posso alzarmi sicuro che il computer si spegnerà;
  4. nell’acquistare hardware sono più consapevole: controllo gli standard e le feature implementate, cerco il supporto dell’azienda per il mio sistema operativo, ricerco la disponibilità e la qualità dei driver liberi esistenti
  5. mia moglie può utilizzare il computer come vuole, e sono tranquillo e sicuro che non può causare danni irreparabili al sistema;
  6. il mio desktop e il look&feel è esattamente come l’ho configurato;
  7. non so cosa sia un antivirus nè un virus;
  8. se ad un mio amico si sbudella il suo sistema operativo e vuole recuperare i dati, arrivo con un CD e/o con la mia chiavetta USB con GNU/Linux installato e gli recupero tutto;
  9. imparando come funzionano certe cose in GNU/Linux, ho accresciuto la mia competenza informatica e professionale: posso rispendere  l’esperienza acquisita;
  10. se devo fare qualcosa con il computer, nel 95% dei casi esiste un software libero che fa per me.

Quali sforzi ha richiesto tutto ciò ?

  1. ho dovuto apprendere l’utilizzo dei nuovi software: ad esempio prima usavo Photoshop crakkato, ora uso Gimp; ho dovuto imparare ad usare Gimp bene come usavo Photoshop. Certo, non sono uguali, ma per quello che faccio io Gimp va più che bene;
  2. ho dovuto imparare a muovermi decentemente bene in GNU/Linux: ma con l’utilizzo di tutti i giorni e l’aiuto di qualche wiki e di forum (pieni zeppi di aiuti e suggerimenti utili), ho imparato pressoché tutto quello che mi serve sapere

Non tornerò indietro:
è troppo bello poter fare tutto ciò che si vuole con il proprio computer!

I love penguin

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    Quota 4000 visite… sono commosso

    Voglio ringraziare tutti voi lettori. Come potete vedere dalla foto del grafico, e come i più scaltri avranno intuito dal titolo :-) , in questo mese di Settembre 2010, ho superato le 4.000 visite.

    grazie

    statistiche accessi Settembre2010

    (fonte Site-Stats di WordPress)

    Queste che seguono, invece sono le pagine più accedute in assoluto. Dall’elenco ho escluso la home page e le pagine con un totale di visite inferiori a 500. Apprezzo molto il fatto che le visite siano distribuite un po’ su tutti gli argomenti: grafica, amministrazione di sistema, media center, internet, web, … Perciò credo che continuerò questo linea: di tutto, un po’.

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    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>2.043</td>
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    <td style=”padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>Come installare Piwik su WordPress – statistiche analitiche</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>608</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”><img style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”https://dashboard.wordpress.com/i/stats-icon.gif” alt=”Più statistiche” /></td>
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    <td style=”padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>Linux Media Center – fase 0</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>597</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”><img style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”https://dashboard.wordpress.com/i/stats-icon.gif” alt=”Più statistiche” /></td>
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    <tr style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f9f9; height: 22px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>
    <td style=”padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>Il nostro computer merita le migliori attenzioni</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>581</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”><img style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”https://dashboard.wordpress.com/i/stats-icon.gif” alt=”Più statistiche” /></td>
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    <tr style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; height: 22px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>
    <td style=”padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>Dokuwiki – il Wiki orientato alla documentazione</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>556</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”><img style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”https://dashboard.wordpress.com/i/stats-icon.gif” alt=”Più statistiche” /></td>
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    <tr style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f9f9; height: 22px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>
    <td style=”padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>Casella email temporanea: diamo una spallata allo SPAM !</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>531</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”><img style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”https://dashboard.wordpress.com/i/stats-icon.gif” alt=”Più statistiche” /></td>
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    <tr style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; height: 22px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>
    <td style=”padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>CMS Open</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>522</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”><img style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”https://dashboard.wordpress.com/i/stats-icon.gif” alt=”Più statistiche” /></td>
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    <tr style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f9f9; height: 22px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>
    <td style=”padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>Pubblicato il numero 8 di Blender Magazine Italia</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>517</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”><img style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”https://dashboard.wordpress.com/i/stats-icon.gif” alt=”Più statistiche” /></td>
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    <tr style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; height: 22px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>
    <td style=”padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>Primi passi con jQuery</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; width: 6em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”>500</td>
    <td style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;”><img style=”outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;” src=”https://dashboard.wordpress.com/i/stats-icon.gif” alt=”Più statistiche” /></td>
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    CMS Open 522
    Pubblicato il numero 8 di Blender Magazine Italia 517
    Primi passi con jQuery 500

    Che altro aggiungere: se avete un commento da fare, questo è il momento migliore…. non vi temo :forza, fatevi sotto ! :-)

    bubbakk

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    …so soddisfazioni !

    Ho appena fatto il quiz sui CSS di w3schools: mi sono piaciuto ;-) (ovviamente al 1° ed unico tentativo ! )

    2 minuti e 57 secondi per rispondere correttamente a tutte le domande: sapete fare di meglio ? … certo !

    w3schools - CSS quiz

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    Perché mi piace GNU/Linux ?

    Mi piace GNU/Linux perché:

    1. quando do il comando di spegnimento posso andare a letto tranquillo che si spegne e non rimango con il dubbio se il giorno dopo lo vedrò bloccato con una qualche stupidissima finestra che mi chiede “Vuoi salvare ?”.
    2. per aggiornare tutto sistema operativo e tutto il software alla versione successiva non devo scegliere se comprare un nuovo computer perché ho una licenza OEM o diventare un criminale copiando e installando copie pirata
    3. se un hardware non è supportato, non lo è davvero, e non perdo tempo con driver che sono compatibili un po’ si e un po’ no: così divento più attento a non comprare schifezze elettroniche
    4. c’è sempre qualcuno che ha scritto un programma che, guarda caso, fa proprio quello che mi serve
    5. c’è sempre qualcuno che ha avuto il mio stesso problema e che, guarda caso, ha condiviso la soluzione in un forum o scrivendo un HOWTO
    6. posso andare in giro con una chiavetta con tantissimi documenti di testo in formato ODT e, se per caso qualche sfortunato non riesce ad aprirli poco male, perché nella chiavetta ho anche l’installazione di OpenOffice e posso legalmente installarlo sul computer che mi serve
    7. se dovessi perdere dei dati o il mio sistema operativo non si riavviasse più, non dovrei imparare ad usare GNU/Linux per usare una distro di recovery perché già so usarlo
    8. con il passare del tempo è sempre più bello, rapido e performante invece che diventare polentone inusabile: così il mio computer dura almeno 6-7 anni
    9. fare grafica 2D, 3D e montaggio video è sempre meglio e più di qualità… ma anche tutti gli altri programmi migliorano, e posso installarli con 2 click
    10. se installo 200 programmi il mio computer fa l’avvio sempre in 12 secondi… e anche quando li cancello rimane veloce e non sono costretto a reinstallare o usare programmi strani per pulire registri strani
    11. ho sempre qualcosa di nuovo da scrivere: è una storia che si evolve con me e non a prescindere da me

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    Iniziativa di Beppe Grillo per il caro benzina… bufala o no ?

    Diversi amici e parenti mi hanno inviato la mail sulla sedicente proposta di Beppe Grillo su come combattere il caro benzina, chiedendomi cosa ne pensassi.

    Inizio col dire che ho già ricevuto diverse volte questa email: ne ricordo almeno 5, non tutte identiche ma molto simili. Da quanto ho potuto leggere “in giro” su Internet, circola ormai dal 2002 in diverse varianti e c’è chi ha realizzato un’apposita pagina informativa. In molti l’hanno pubblicata sul loro sito/blog personale come vera iniziativa, amplificandone l’effetto. Molti altri la fanno ancora girare per posta elettronica. Prosegui la lettura »

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    Spam a ondate

    Ogni periodo ha le sue peculiarità, come nella società, così anche nel mondo informatico.

    Non so voi, ma io l’ho notato anche per lo spam.

    Le prime mail di spam erano orientate a pubblicizzare siti porno.

    Poi c’è stata una migrazione al farmaco per il sesso, la fase del Viagra, accompagnato spesso da altro spam, del tipo “enlarge your penis”.

    La fase Viagra si è estesa ed evoluta a tutta una serie di farmaci come Cialis, Levitra, Propecia, Champix e altri nomi più o meno strani.

    Poi, stanchi di tanto “sesso”…. via ! Tutti a giocare ai Casinò on-line: slot casino di qua, poker win di là, …

    Ora, se non ho dimenticato passaggi importanti, siamo passati dallo spam al phishing: basta pubblicità ingannevoli… meglio ingannare e basta. Ora tutte le banche italiane mi stanno chiedendo di correggere password, riattivare conti correnti on-line disattivati non-si-sa-bene-perché, migliorare questo o quel servizio, ecc… Ovviamente, ormai spero lo sappiano tutti, sono tutte truffe o tentativi di truffa.

    Mi chiedo… la prossima fase evolutiva dello spam quale sarà ?

    Chi è pronto a scommetterci ?

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