Category Archives: Society

Hackers and Vatican

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

It all started with the article by Father Spadaro reviewed here. Then came the Slashdot discussion. Then ESR commented on it. If anything, it suggests that a certain kind of atheism is an intolerant religion by itself. Even ESR seems … Continue reading →

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Talking in Brussels

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

Estonian MEP Indrek Tarand showed up at one of the EITC LUG events at the beginning of the year. He seemed to have liked what he heard – anyway, after some weeks we learned that he had been an important … Continue reading →

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English or not English

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Quite an interesting article at the Chronicle – pointing out that heading towards English as an universal language of academy in Europe will definitely bring along some problems as well.  Language skill shortage both on teachers’ and students’ side, having … Continue reading →

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Protect the authors… from themselves

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

The story was so absurd that it made it to the  TV evening news (which typically do not bother on similar blunders) yesterday. Two popular Estonian musicians teamed up and jammed some. Wrote a song, wrote its lyrics, recorded the … Continue reading →

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Joining the resistance

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

I recently joined the Estonian Internet Community , a non-profit entity created as a public reaction to the infamous Estonian Internet domain reform. It’s probably  already covered  by other bloggers, but here’s a brief account about what has been brewing … Continue reading →

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20 years ago

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

… terrible things happened in Vilnius, Lithuania.  Tomas Jermalavicius offers an extremely touching account. I was a little older than him, but I wasn’t there either when some time later the KGB forces surrounded Tallinn TV tower, defended by a … Continue reading →

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Creativecommons.ee

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

The Estonian localisation of CC licenses is finally completed. It was quite a rough ride – the initial enthusiasts who started the process had to step aside, after a while the process was picked up by the Estonian Information Technology … Continue reading →

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Brief thoughts on Wikileaks

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Julian Assange has been caught. The Evil Four of the Pirate Bay likewise. Everyone can sleep in peace now. Not likely. Neither Wikileaks nor the Pirate Bay will disappear. And if, by any chance, someone could manage to obliterate them, … Continue reading →

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Aww, crap

Posted on November 25, 2010 by

This article in the Chronicle of Higher Education is quite an eye-opener (for those who have been happily clueless, that is). The problem seems to be more and more rampant here in Estonia as well (received the link from a … Continue reading →

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Hackers vs ITNs

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

About a month ago, we had the EITC curriculum council meeting that featured a number of serious IT guys from different state institutions and companies as guests – in order to better grasp the ideas and requirements of the enterprise. … Continue reading →

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