"America's Army" is the most blatent piece of propaganda in support of military agression I have ever seen. And you all lap it up!
The USSR's propaganda was never so sophisticated.
Some honest questions to anyone who has played this "game": who are the "bay guys" in the game? Are any of them white? Do you actually see even a hint of the realities of the human costs of war represented in the game or is it just all stars 'n stripes and gratefull, smiling colonial populations?
...and it's another reason for us in the UK to back-off from the insane bearuocrats who run the EU.
if this goes ahead, where will it stop? a penny on each KByte of info downloaded? i suppose that it was only a matter of time before someone started making noises about taxing the web, but for us to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world in this way would be just insane.
I find myself agreeing with you on many things. This whole trend towards usage of "Open Source" rather than "Free Software" galls me because of it's emphasis on it being technically 'beter', rather than the freedom it gives us. However, I do see Open Source people's point that normal mortals will think of 'Free' in terms of 'zero money', rather than liberty.
I recently had an idea, and I've not seen it anywhere else: why not rename the FSF and Free Software to "Freedom Software Foundation" and "Freedom Software"? I know this would be awkward in some ways, but at least it would clear up a lot of doubts, fears and misunderstandings. The title of the sofware model and philosophy would then be clear to all.
The answer is pretty simple really: gathering together a kickass army of elves, ents, humans etc and trotting off to mount-doom to take on The Enemy directly would have been too risky. Sauron had become too powerfull and The Ring would have been captured and Suaron would win etc etc (and anyway, the Elves would never again ally with man - the last defeat of Sauron was the Last Alliance of Mena and Elves: but that's a whole other story). Now, the only option left was to get the Ring into Mordor by stealth. Hence the ligh-footed Hobbits. Gandalf knew much of Hobbit lore and knew that they were a hardy bunch and would putt up with much to acheive their goal.
For more info on this, read the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and/or TheOneRing.net
Please, oh please, oh please. Someone do this ASAP. My uni's stupid NT network has tonnes of luvly bandwidth, but NO QT 4!!! ARRGHH! AND they've set it up so that only those with administrator privillages can install it! ARRGGHH! Please, someone mpeg it. please, oh please. i must see this!!
Slashdot Mirror
"America's Army" is the most blatent piece of propaganda in support of military agression I have ever seen. And you all lap it up!
The USSR's propaganda was never so sophisticated.
Some honest questions to anyone who has played this "game": who are the "bay guys" in the game? Are any of them white? Do you actually see even a hint of the realities of the human costs of war represented in the game or is it just all stars 'n stripes and gratefull, smiling colonial populations?
...and it's another reason for us in the UK to back-off from the insane bearuocrats who run the EU.
if this goes ahead, where will it stop? a penny on each KByte of info downloaded? i suppose that it was only a matter of time before someone started making noises about taxing the web, but for us to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world in this way would be just insane.
that'swhatithinkanyway...
The Pincess Monomoke
Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind
My Neighour Totoro
Laputa
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
i.e. anything by the genius Myiazaki
also:
Neon Geneis Evangelion
Wings of Honnamise
Akira -is ok
tons of over stuff, but its late and i cant think
Mr Stallman,
I find myself agreeing with you on many things. This whole trend towards usage of "Open Source" rather than "Free Software" galls me because of it's emphasis on it being technically 'beter', rather than the freedom it gives us. However, I do see Open Source people's point that normal mortals will think of 'Free' in terms of 'zero money', rather than liberty.
I recently had an idea, and I've not seen it anywhere else: why not rename the FSF and Free Software to "Freedom Software Foundation" and "Freedom Software"? I know this would be awkward in some ways, but at least it would clear up a lot of doubts, fears and misunderstandings. The title of the sofware model and philosophy would then be clear to all.
What do you think?
Quix0te - Wales, UK
The answer is pretty simple really: gathering together a kickass army of elves, ents, humans etc and trotting off to mount-doom to take on The Enemy directly would have been too risky. Sauron had become too powerfull and The Ring would have been captured and Suaron would win etc etc (and anyway, the Elves would never again ally with man - the last defeat of Sauron was the Last Alliance of Mena and Elves: but that's a whole other story). Now, the only option left was to get the Ring into Mordor by stealth. Hence the ligh-footed Hobbits. Gandalf knew much of Hobbit lore and knew that they were a hardy bunch and would putt up with much to acheive their goal.
For more info on this, read the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and/or TheOneRing.net
Quix0te - Wales, UK
Please, oh please, oh please. Someone do this ASAP. My uni's stupid NT network has tonnes of luvly bandwidth, but NO QT 4!!! ARRGHH! AND they've set it up so that only those with administrator privillages can install it! ARRGGHH! Please, someone mpeg it. please, oh please. i must see this!!
Quix0te - Wales, UK
...and said goodbye to english rule quite a bit ago
yup. you said goodbye to our oppression, leaving you freee to oppress the natives...
Quix0te - Wales, UK