machine-envy http://www.machine-envy.com/blog Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Links for January 12th through March 7th http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2008/03/08/links-for-january-12th-through-march-7th/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2008/03/08/links-for-january-12th-through-march-7th/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:27:06 +0000 James Casbon http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2008/03/08/links-for-january-12th-through-march-7th/ Insteresting stuff for January 12th through March 7th:

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]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2008/01/12/links-for-january-4th-through-january-11th/feed/ Links for December 31st through January 3rd http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2008/01/04/links-for-december-31st-through-january-3rd/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2008/01/04/links-for-december-31st-through-january-3rd/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:34:54 +0000 James Casbon http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2008/01/04/links-for-december-31st-through-january-3rd/ Insteresting stuff for December 31st through January 3rd:

]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2008/01/04/links-for-december-31st-through-january-3rd/feed/ Links for December 21st through December 30th http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/31/links-for-december-21st-through-december-30th/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/31/links-for-december-21st-through-december-30th/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:11:26 +0000 James Casbon http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/31/links-for-december-21st-through-december-30th/ These are my links for December 21st through December 30th:

]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/31/links-for-december-21st-through-december-30th/feed/ Egyptians to extend copyright term by ~4,000 years http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/30/egyptians-to-extend-copyright-term-by-4000-years/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/30/egyptians-to-extend-copyright-term-by-4000-years/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:46:24 +0000 Becky Hogge http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/30/egyptians-to-extend-copyright-term-by-4000-years/ Over Christmas, this story broke, and it made me laugh so hard I couldn’t let it pass without commenting. From the Guardian:

Egypt is planning to pass a law that would exact royalty payments from anyone found making copies of the country’s ancient monuments or museum pieces, including the pyramids.

Although the story is clearly barmy, it’s fun to imagine a bunch of developing world delegates getting together during a comfort break at WIPO and asking themselves the question: why is copyright term roughly the same length of time as the history of the Hollywood film industry?

]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/30/egyptians-to-extend-copyright-term-by-4000-years/feed/ WTO allows piracy in Antigua http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/23/wto-allows-piracy-in-antigua/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/23/wto-allows-piracy-in-antigua/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:53:18 +0000 James Casbon http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/23/wto-allows-piracy-in-antigua/ In an extraordinary move the WTO has ruled with Antigua that it was illegal for the US to block online gambling. What makes this extra bizzare is that the compensation is to be claimed by allowing Antigua to violate American intellectual property.

The reaction of the US is to rewrite the rules: “In May, the United States said it was rewriting its trade rules to remove gambling from the jurisdiction of the W.T.O.” It seems to me a little odd to have a trade organisation where members pick and choose rules, but that never stopped the UK doing so with the EU.

]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/23/wto-allows-piracy-in-antigua/feed/ Krugman on the subprime thing http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/22/krugman/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/22/krugman/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:31:12 +0000 James Casbon http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/22/krugman/ Worth watching

]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/22/krugman/feed/ Drowning in spam http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/22/drowning-in-spam/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/22/drowning-in-spam/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:57:24 +0000 James Casbon http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/22/drowning-in-spam/ This blog was drowning in spam, so some action was needed.  Lets hope the new versions of akismet and spam karma can manage the best they can offer.  I will leave the comments open on this post, so come on casino and pharmacy owners - give it your best shot!

]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/12/22/drowning-in-spam/feed/ Tenori On - I want http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/09/23/tenori-on-i-want/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/09/23/tenori-on-i-want/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:05:09 +0000 James Casbon http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/09/23/tenori-on-i-want/ As seen on the excellent music thing

]]> http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/09/23/tenori-on-i-want/feed/ Finally: a simple tool capable of producing debs, rpms, etc. http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/09/23/finally-a-simple-tool-capable-of-producing-debs-rpms-etc/ http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/09/23/finally-a-simple-tool-capable-of-producing-debs-rpms-etc/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:57:23 +0000 James Casbon http://www.machine-envy.com/blog/2007/09/23/finally-a-simple-tool-capable-of-producing-debs-rpms-etc/ I’ve no idea why it has taken so long to find it, but have a look at esp package manager. It’s simple and it works. An example configuration file to show you what I mean:

## Metadata

%product Foo
%copyright 2000-2007 by Foowhizzer.
%vendor Foocom
%license COPYING
%readme README
%description Foo server.
%version 2.2.2 1

## Filelist

$prefix=/usr/local

f 755 root sys ${prefix}/bin/foo foo
i 755 root sys fooinit fooinit

## Scripts

%preinstall << EOF
echo “doing pre install, enter your name:”
read name
echo “oh hai, $$name, thx for installing”
EOF

%postinstall << END_OF_POSTINSTALL
echo “doing postinstall”
END_OF_POSTINSTALL

And thats it. Run epm and get a deb, rpm, tgz, pkg or whatever.

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