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Democracy Player Is Dead, Long Live Miro
MrSpin writes "Democracy Player has relaunched today as Miro. Developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation, Miro aims to make online video "as easy as watching TV", while at the same time ensuring that the new medium remains accessible to everyone, through its support for open standards. The open-source application combines a media player and library, content guide, video search engine, as well as podcast and BitTorrent clients. But why the name change? According to last100, who have published a full review and guide to Miro: "When Democracy Player launched back in February 2006, the feedback received was that the name evoked different, yet equally negative responses. For many Americans it conjured up an image of yet another left wing media project, and to the rest of the world it was, rather bizarrely, being associated with the policies of the Bush administration. In contrast, the new name is purposely abstract.""
I don't think people have a problem with "democracy", it's a problem with "Democracy". When it gets that capital letter it reminds people of the imposed 'democracy' that Bush is now (in)famous for forcing on other countries.
;) It's almost like "anyone can vote as long as they're not disqualified for being: insane, poor, a member of a union, or female" (Pratchett reference?)
"We have free and fair elections, as long as you vote for the people we like"
A republic would be 2 wolves and a sheep voting for who's going to decide what's for dinner.
Either way the sheep's hosed.
It is strange that there is a two sided street, in America, it was ignored as yet another left wing media thing. Maybe the term democracy was bastardized well before Bush came around.
I mean your comment only dealt with one of the reported reasons. Am I to assume that the other is acceptable to you? Or was this just an opportunity to talk bad about Bush?
Well, maybe if "democracy" immediately evokes "left wing", there are other conclusions that might follow that than "and therefore democracy is bad."
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I have Comcast. I also run only Linux. The two actually do work. Instead of activating my cable modem online, I just called Comcast and asked for them to activate my modem's MAC. They did so, and I was in. You don't have to use their portal or web activation services. Just call them.