So does this mean VA will be stepping up to bat for DeCSS?
I think you'll find VA being very careful about their actions regarding DeCSS. VA is getting bigger, more powerful. That means they are going to work hard, very hard to establish a reputation that is acceptable to the "general public". I truly hope that VA will make a stand on the side of DeCSS... I think they believe they have too much to lose, however. I hope circumstances prove me wrong.
Large companies lack warmth, and the larger they become the further they stray from the community. It becomes an issue of money-greed-power. I don't mean to bring up the negative points, but I cannot be entirely optimisitic either.
This is an interesting union to watch, however, I wish all parties concerned the best, but there will definately be rocky times and differences in opinion. Every action is important and will ultimately seal the fate of what is to be. It will be interesting to observe what direction they go in.
I listen to cds, I might sometimes burn a compilation of different songs to listen to on my portable cd player, I find that perfectly harmless. A technology like this would render this impossible (without a bit of cracking, which is not my area of expertise). I'm so sick of corporations trying to control what I can and can't do, I just want to maintain my freedom, this is silly.
I listen to cds, I might sometimes burn a compilation of different songs to listen to on my portable cd player, I find that perfectly harmless. A technology like this would render this impossible (without a bit of cracking, which is not my area of expertise). I'm so sick of corporations trying to control what I can and can't do, I just want to maintain my freedom, this is silly.
It's not the censorship of porn that bothers me, it's the potential for abusing the censorship capabilities. With power comes corruption, we've heard that song before, with power comes repression of ideas. What worries me is that they will begin to censor ideas that don't fit standards of ultramegacorporations. Or "pro-family" ideology and ultra right christian advocates. They'll knowingly or unknowingly censor websites on biology, censorship of anything gay related without knowing the site thinking it's porn, censor sex education sites which give knowledge on how to use protection which is valuab le information for all, etc. even if they are presented in an intellectual knowledge enhancing way. If things become too one sided and too much information is repressed, then there is no freedom. The way of censorship goes beyond just censoring porn, it builds.
So much news is kept from us because it's not in the best interest of the corporations, it's easy enough for corporations to sponsor the censorship software in ways that prevents access to certain companies websites or information which might incriminate the corporation. It would lower the cost of the software and the public wouldn't be the wiser, they'd just think they got a good deal.
Here's a newsflash -- children _ARE_ second class citizens, in a very real and biological sense. They are wired completely differently from adults. Children are wired to learn, absorb, and grow, part of which involves hormones that prioritize emotional reactions out of scale, and center the child's mind on himself. This is on purpose, by nature.
True as that may be, children also need to have positive rolemodels, if a child is in a healthy environment they will grow and prosper properly. Any kid can get access to a porn magazine to hide under his bed. If he really wants to access porn, he'll find a way. And it would be fine if they were just censoring porn, but I think it's going beyond censorship of porn. It's becoming censorship of ideas. Do we really want to live like this? Children learn from experience just as much as they learn from books, the internet etc.
And as far as having a bunch of "selfish sex-obsessed teenage boys running the world", as a woman I could say that is most men!
Software companies have no morals, they're out to get the money. They can't physically go through every site they censor, so it's easier for them to make profound censorship mistakes.
I find the spokeswoman's quote to be interesting, and misleading. She never said Windows 2000 was more secure than Linux or any other OS for that matter. She said that it's just the most secure operating system MS has shipped, which isn't saying much. From what she said, she really didn't seem like she knew much about win2000. Those MS PR people are full of bs and fud.
I think "modern" linux gui installations have already made a giant leap to being more user friendly, as long as one has a stable computer. KDE is so much like windows, it's almost sickening. I just think that there are many levels of Linux, many dimensions of use.
I've installed Caldera and Mandrake on my machine with less problems then my Windows (tm) install. I think that Linux should be an option for those seeking alternative, and if it's easier for people to get set up so they can use it as they please, so be it.
Without a doubt I agree that if there is going to be a GUI install program that there should be a text based install with the distribution as well. I want options and I want to be able to configure every aspect of it to my hearts content...
I realize that though Linux has gone far in the way of user friendlyness, it is still primarily a geek interface. Perhaps it always will be, but I want people to have options. There is freedom in Linux. I can make my Linux install anything I want it to be. It takes a lot of work, but for everything I do, I learn something new.
I do realize that Linux is sort of a "trend" these days, it has made the stockmarket explode and the evil empire think twice. If it lasts, it lasts, if the trend dies away and people go back to their limited windows desktop, so be it. I just want people to feel like they can switch, instead of intimidated by it. Ultimately a gui interface all the way makes them feel comfortable.
I feel that is a limited way of looking at the situation. It has already begun... Linux has hit the mainstream, and though the mainstream corrupts, some things are inevitable.
There will always be options for Open source users. There will be options as far as operating systems (Linux, FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD collection, etc.)... and distributions... Redhat, Caldera, Corel, etc for the User friendly atmosphere. And Debian, Slackware, etc. for the geeks/power users, etc. Right now Linux is being marketed as the "new" alternative to Windows (tm), when in reality Linux isn't new at all.
Windows (tm) converts want gui installs, they want things to be as easy as they are in Windows (tm). Some Windows (tm) converts I'm sure are also willing to learn the depths of Linux, others are not and simply want to do their word processing and check their e-mail (if they even know that much).
Old school Linux users will be skeptical, that's a fact, as it is with any issue of this nature.
I am not a Linux guru, I would never claim to be, but I am a participant and an open minded observer and I think that the Linux community shouldn't completely shun the inevitable, otherwise they are alienating themselves and people who are open to learning more about the power of Linux. Be a teacher instead of keeping your knowledge to yourself and not accepting those who aren't as well learned as yourself.
The reason I use linux is that I'm very inquisitive, I like to try new things, gain as much knowledge as possible, experiment, learn. So for me Linux is something to experience. I am a newbie, but a newbie who is learning more and more each day and digging into the foundation.
Alright, I'm finished rambling. Say what you will.
I've had difficulties with graphical installers as opposed to text based ones myself. For instance, my first recent install of Linux (in 3 years) was Mandrake 6.1, primarily text based. I found that it gave me more options in regards to configuring my partitions, lilo, X, etc. Then I picked up a cheap Caldera Open Linux cd and I didn't have nearly as many options. When configuring LILO a second time, it didn't recognize my other linux partition, thus I had to go back and recongfigure LILO manually, It also didn't give me the partitioning power I needed at the time. I'll likely stick with fips, fdisk and linuxconfig from now on. I may however decide to try the new mandrake install, as I am pleased with the 6.1 distribution. Just my $0.02.
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In viewing the paintings and symbolism in the paintings, I've chosen the places I'd be most and least interested in experiencing. Keep in mind, I'm writing this from an open stand point, not knowing a significant amount about any of these countries. Italy - Now that's a vision. It appears that Italians have an amazing sense of humour and appreciation of things abstract. I especially got a kick out of the fact that they dislike Elvis and the Power Rangers and all the hype regarding them. According to the most hated one they appear disinterested in entity's over capitalized in American culture. China seems very sorrowful. In my opinion, blue can be a tranquil serene colour, however if overused it appears very sorrowful. The lack of leaves on the tree represent a sort of emptiness in my view. I can't determine who the smaller picture within a painting is, but it's obviously a well known figure in China. Due to everything else in the picture, it looks like the person has created the universal sorrow. The animal looks content though, drinking the water with a little grass in it's vicinity to much on. According to the most liked painting of Denmark, people of Denmark seem to have great pride in their country and see themselves as being very powerful. The pride is represented by the man holding the flag and the dancers. To me the dancers also represent culture and the arts. The powerful is attributed by the red and orange in the clouds. I can't say much about Holland, though it does interest me that there are such deep colours in the most liked painting and such washed out colours in the most hated painting. The most disliked painting was dull simplistic and conservative, like something my grandma would like or someone really square would like. Holland seems to have an open minded culture and to me appears to be a welcoming place for the generally unwelcome based on the two paintings side by side. I don't have too much to say on Germany, other than I love the black cat and the paintins is very charming. The disliked painting is repulsive. I refuse to go in depth about the US painting mainly because I'm from the US and really don't have a good opinion of it. The painting like the country is dull, simple and lifeless IMHO. I realize I've left some countries out and some paintings out, I just really didn't have an opinion on them. Sorry this was so long. Ciao.
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So does this mean VA will be stepping up to bat for DeCSS?
I think you'll find VA being very careful about their actions regarding DeCSS. VA is getting bigger, more powerful. That means they are going to work hard, very hard to establish a reputation that is acceptable to the "general public". I truly hope that VA will make a stand on the side of DeCSS... I think they believe they have too much to lose, however. I hope circumstances prove me wrong.
Large companies lack warmth, and the larger they become the further they stray from the community. It becomes an issue of money-greed-power. I don't mean to bring up the negative points, but I cannot be entirely optimisitic either.
This is an interesting union to watch, however, I wish all parties concerned the best, but there will definately be rocky times and differences in opinion. Every action is important and will ultimately seal the fate of what is to be. It will be interesting to observe what direction they go in.
I listen to cds, I might sometimes burn a compilation of different songs to listen to on my portable cd player, I find that perfectly harmless. A technology like this would render this impossible (without a bit of cracking, which is not my area of expertise). I'm so sick of corporations trying to control what I can and can't do, I just want to maintain my freedom, this is silly.
I listen to cds, I might sometimes burn a compilation of different songs to listen to on my portable cd player, I find that perfectly harmless. A technology like this would render this impossible (without a bit of cracking, which is not my area of expertise). I'm so sick of corporations trying to control what I can and can't do, I just want to maintain my freedom, this is silly.
It's not the censorship of porn that bothers me, it's the potential for abusing the censorship capabilities. With power comes corruption, we've heard that song before, with power comes repression of ideas. What worries me is that they will begin to censor ideas that don't fit standards of ultramegacorporations. Or "pro-family" ideology and ultra right christian advocates. They'll knowingly or unknowingly censor websites on biology, censorship of anything gay related without knowing the site thinking it's porn, censor sex education sites which give knowledge on how to use protection which is valuab le information for all, etc. even if they are presented in an intellectual knowledge enhancing way. If things become too one sided and too much information is repressed, then there is no freedom. The way of censorship goes beyond just censoring porn, it builds.
So much news is kept from us because it's not in the best interest of the corporations, it's easy enough for corporations to sponsor the censorship software in ways that prevents access to certain companies websites or information which might incriminate the corporation. It would lower the cost of the software and the public wouldn't be the wiser, they'd just think they got a good deal.
Here's a newsflash -- children _ARE_ second class citizens, in a very real and biological sense. They are wired completely differently from adults. Children are wired to learn, absorb, and grow, part of which involves hormones that prioritize emotional reactions out of scale, and center the child's mind on himself. This is on purpose, by nature.
True as that may be, children also need to have positive rolemodels, if a child is in a healthy environment they will grow and prosper properly. Any kid can get access to a porn magazine to hide under his bed. If he really wants to access porn, he'll find a way. And it would be fine if they were just censoring porn, but I think it's going beyond censorship of porn. It's becoming censorship of ideas. Do we really want to live like this? Children learn from experience just as much as they learn from books, the internet etc.
And as far as having a bunch of "selfish sex-obsessed teenage boys running the world", as a woman I could say that is most men!
Software companies have no morals, they're out to get the money. They can't physically go through every site they censor, so it's easier for them to make profound censorship mistakes.
I find the spokeswoman's quote to be interesting, and misleading. She never said Windows 2000 was more secure than Linux or any other OS for that matter. She said that it's just the most secure operating system MS has shipped, which isn't saying much. From what she said, she really didn't seem like she knew much about win2000. Those MS PR people are full of bs and fud.
I think "modern" linux gui installations have already made a giant leap to being more user friendly, as long as one has a stable computer. KDE is so much like windows, it's almost sickening. I just think that there are many levels of Linux, many dimensions of use.
I've installed Caldera and Mandrake on my machine with less problems then my Windows (tm) install. I think that Linux should be an option for those seeking alternative, and if it's easier for people to get set up so they can use it as they please, so be it.
Without a doubt I agree that if there is going to be a GUI install program that there should be a text based install with the distribution as well. I want options and I want to be able to configure every aspect of it to my hearts content...
I realize that though Linux has gone far in the way of user friendlyness, it is still primarily a geek interface. Perhaps it always will be, but I want people to have options. There is freedom in Linux. I can make my Linux install anything I want it to be. It takes a lot of work, but for everything I do, I learn something new.
I do realize that Linux is sort of a "trend" these days, it has made the stockmarket explode and the evil empire think twice. If it lasts, it lasts, if the trend dies away and people go back to their limited windows desktop, so be it. I just want people to feel like they can switch, instead of intimidated by it. Ultimately a gui interface all the way makes them feel comfortable.
I feel that is a limited way of looking at the situation. It has already begun... Linux has hit the mainstream, and though the mainstream corrupts, some things are inevitable.
There will always be options for Open source users. There will be options as far as operating systems (Linux, FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD collection, etc.)... and distributions... Redhat, Caldera, Corel, etc for the User friendly atmosphere. And Debian, Slackware, etc. for the geeks/power users, etc. Right now Linux is being marketed as the "new" alternative to Windows (tm), when in reality Linux isn't new at all.
Windows (tm) converts want gui installs, they want things to be as easy as they are in Windows (tm). Some Windows (tm) converts I'm sure are also willing to learn the depths of Linux, others are not and simply want to do their word processing and check their e-mail (if they even know that much).
Old school Linux users will be skeptical, that's a fact, as it is with any issue of this nature.
I am not a Linux guru, I would never claim to be, but I am a participant and an open minded observer and I think that the Linux community shouldn't completely shun the inevitable, otherwise they are alienating themselves and people who are open to learning more about the power of Linux. Be a teacher instead of keeping your knowledge to yourself and not accepting those who aren't as well learned as yourself.
The reason I use linux is that I'm very inquisitive, I like to try new things, gain as much knowledge as possible, experiment, learn. So for me Linux is something to experience. I am a newbie, but a newbie who is learning more and more each day and digging into the foundation.
Alright, I'm finished rambling. Say what you will.
I've had difficulties with graphical installers as opposed to text based ones myself. For instance, my first recent install of Linux (in 3 years) was Mandrake 6.1, primarily text based. I found that it gave me more options in regards to configuring my partitions, lilo, X, etc. Then I picked up a cheap Caldera Open Linux cd and I didn't have nearly as many options. When configuring LILO a second time, it didn't recognize my other linux partition, thus I had to go back and recongfigure LILO manually, It also didn't give me the partitioning power I needed at the time. I'll likely stick with fips, fdisk and linuxconfig from now on. I may however decide to try the new mandrake install, as I am pleased with the 6.1 distribution. Just my $0.02.
In viewing the paintings and symbolism in the paintings, I've chosen the places I'd be most and least interested in experiencing. Keep in mind, I'm writing this from an open stand point, not knowing a significant amount about any of these countries. Italy - Now that's a vision. It appears that Italians have an amazing sense of humour and appreciation of things abstract. I especially got a kick out of the fact that they dislike Elvis and the Power Rangers and all the hype regarding them. According to the most hated one they appear disinterested in entity's over capitalized in American culture. China seems very sorrowful. In my opinion, blue can be a tranquil serene colour, however if overused it appears very sorrowful. The lack of leaves on the tree represent a sort of emptiness in my view. I can't determine who the smaller picture within a painting is, but it's obviously a well known figure in China. Due to everything else in the picture, it looks like the person has created the universal sorrow. The animal looks content though, drinking the water with a little grass in it's vicinity to much on. According to the most liked painting of Denmark, people of Denmark seem to have great pride in their country and see themselves as being very powerful. The pride is represented by the man holding the flag and the dancers. To me the dancers also represent culture and the arts. The powerful is attributed by the red and orange in the clouds. I can't say much about Holland, though it does interest me that there are such deep colours in the most liked painting and such washed out colours in the most hated painting. The most disliked painting was dull simplistic and conservative, like something my grandma would like or someone really square would like. Holland seems to have an open minded culture and to me appears to be a welcoming place for the generally unwelcome based on the two paintings side by side. I don't have too much to say on Germany, other than I love the black cat and the paintins is very charming. The disliked painting is repulsive. I refuse to go in depth about the US painting mainly because I'm from the US and really don't have a good opinion of it. The painting like the country is dull, simple and lifeless IMHO. I realize I've left some countries out and some paintings out, I just really didn't have an opinion on them. Sorry this was so long. Ciao.