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Marcel Gagné

Writer and Free Thinker at Large: Musings on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Linux, FOSS, Science & Technology, Religion, Politics, Consciousness, Philosophy, VR, Gaming, and Whatever Else Comes to Mind!

Author: Marcel Gagné

Ruggedly handsome science, Linux, & technology geek. Writer and Free Thinker at Large. The "Cooking With Linux" guy. Occasionally opinionated. Always confused. Loves wine, food, music, and the occasional single malt Scotch. Long time columnist for Linux Journal, LinuxPro Magazine, Ubuntu User Magazine, SysAdmin, and others. Author of six books including "Linux System Administration: A User's Guide" and the "Moving to Linux" series of books. Promoter, advocate, and evangelist for Free and Open Source Software on radio, television, and YouTube.

We will restore science to its rightful place . . .

Posted onJanuary 21, 2009Leave a comment

Allow me to once more use that word, historic. Yesterday was indeed an historic day as Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America. Watching from Canada, where there was never much love for Dubya and his Read More …

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Satan In The Mirror

Posted onNovember 28, 2008Leave a comment

This is a story about the devil. You know. Satan. The guy with the pitchfork, horns, bad breath, and the red underwear. Oh, and it's about me, too. When I was just a small child, my parents, good Catholics that Read More …

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Avril Lavigne is too sexy . . . for Malaysia

Posted onAugust 19, 2008Leave a comment

Commenting on this story in the Globe and Mail, I feel like it's just too easy to make fun of some people. You know, fish-in-a-barrel easy. Apparently, the Canadian pop superstar was to perform in a concert in Malaysia later Read More …

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Open Source Licences Are Legally Enforceable

Posted onAugust 15, 2008Leave a comment

The legal power of open source licencing has won a major victory, upheld by the United States Court of Appeals. I hope you will read the whole thing over at InformationWeek, but the following quote is particularly interesting: The lower Read More …

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CNN Can’t Count

Posted onAugust 14, 2008Leave a comment

Last time I checked, the number 10 was a higher number than the number 8. While that might seem terribly obvious to those of us who managed to make it past elementary school, this is a bit tough for CNN Read More …

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When you have to run Windows but don’t want to . . .

Posted onAugust 7, 2008Leave a comment

A reader writes in with a dilemma. He wants to run Linux desktops in his office, but still needs access to one or more Windows applications. What he wants (and needs) is a solution that does not require him to Read More …

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U.S. Border Agents can take and copy your laptop, for no good reason.

Posted onAugust 5, 2008Leave a comment

This story is one that is both a bit frightening, if you happen to travel to and from the United States, and incredibly stupid on so many fronts, it’s downright laughable. Let’s start with frightening . . . Michael Willems, Read More …

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Font Conference

Posted onJuly 30, 2008Leave a comment

Maybe it’s because I’m a writer and perhaps writers are the only ones who are going to find this funny, but I seriously thought this was hilarious. Seriously. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. If you aren’t Read More …

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Font Conference

Posted onJuly 30, 2008Leave a comment

Maybe it’s because I’m a writer and perhaps writers are the only ones who are going to find this funny, but I seriously thought this was hilarious. Seriously. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. If you aren’t Read More …

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Scripting for Interactive Sessions: expect

Posted onJuly 24, 2008Leave a comment

At first glance, it would seem that you are out of luck if what you want to automate requires human intervention. There are things that need someone to pick from menu options, enter passwords, or make decisions based on the Read More …

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