[ilugd] microsoft educates children on copyright 'respect'. time for freed.in
dear all, microsoft's clever new project to teach children about copyright, since some study shows them children respect it when told about the threat of jail-term. the story's here: http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206503467 and the clever new project is here: http://www.mybytes.com/ all the more reason for all of you to come hoppin' and skippin' to http://freed.in and breathe some free air while it lasts. microsoft's initiative is a whole new twist the message of freed.in into a new context: knowledge shall set you free implying ignorance of the law shall get you jail-term. i'd love to discuss this vs free as in muft and mukt knowledge, at freed.in. among several other subjects. please register at freed.in and get started. -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Creative Capitalism
b) he's taking the most measured approach yet in recorded history, to bring principles of capitalism to charity. I have been thinking seriously about such issues, and feel that one could make a convincing case that Bill Gates, through the work of his foundation has done more tangible good than the free software movement. [snip] this is true. sometimes i feel the historians of the future may just label him the robin hood of the software industry, since history does tend to gloss and distort facts over time. in any case, the facts speak for themselves. the incredible wealth he amassed is being distributed by his own hands into, and i repeat, the most measured approached yet in recorded history, of capitalism for sustainable development. While I do not at all accept Microsoft's predatory policies, nor the attempts of institutions like Microsoft India to claim that somehow the charity of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation means that governments should buy more Windows desktops, ... oh! i'd love citations and references on this point. for a lot of other stuff i tend to study. do you have any? c) gautam buddha, mahavir, and a few saints who thought hard about the inequality of wealth always found an easy way to equality: donate wealth and become poor themselves. alas, all the wealth given away through thousands of years by hundreds of wealthy people has not eradicated poverty. yet. it has only made the wealthy poor by their own choice, and helped quite a few assuage their 'money guilt' perhaps because, as mario puzo once said 'behind every fortune there is a crime.' Double bah! Anybody who hides behind any kind of -ism, or resorts to invoking the names of great people, has already abdicated any personal responsibility. not true. i mention *only* buddha and mahavir, as these were very very rich and wealthy kings. buddha was like the billgates of his kingdom. not only did he donate his wealth, he actually walked his own kingdom as a beggar living in turn completely on the charity of his own former people. that *is* awe-inspiring. buddha did not donate what he could spare, he donated everything. the other reason why i mention these two, is because in my personal dignity and perspective of life, i find inspiration in the life and works of enlightened people, just like you may find with the works of richard stallman and gora. each to their own. we call it freedom, eh? finally, inspiration does not mean we necessarily abdicate personal responsibility, but i do understand that there could be cases where this happens. let me clarify, not in my case. i cite them for their approach to wealth and charity, to study and draw our conclusions. It does not matter whether it is Hinduism, Buddhism, capitalism, Marxism, or even Gora-ism. Not that there weren't great people that did great things. However, the world is a living, breathing, dynamic, thing, and at every moment poses unique challenges. If your response is driven by any kind of ideology, it is bound to be inadequate. Gautam Buddha never had to contend with the Internet, though I would have liked to see his response to the ubiquitous availability of pr0n. great question. the answer is simple. the approach of buddhism, especially zen, is 'yes to everything'. i presume buddha would have said if you find a problem with poPcORN on the internet, then obviously the problem is not with the internet, it is with you. use this as an opportunity to wake yourself up. or words to that effect. Find Nirvana in poPcorn over the web. so Zen! ok, we're so way off-topic, but gosh! this topic is fun. so those interested to discuss this further, we should meet offline over chai and coffee, and also touch on a topic that i find equally fascinating: what would have been the response of enlightened people to the world of free software, copyrights, and DRM? this especially because such individuals have almost always given birth to the publishing and dissemination of scriptures and techniques and even medicine. so, if buddha was alive today and contending with the internet, i'd ask him to point his Inner Browser to http://freed.in, and submit a talk. Regards, Gora regards niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Call For Volunteers Freed.in 2008
hi buddy i m sorry but where i m supposed to send my information regarding registration. i mean there shoul be some email id or i have to send this to the mailing list waiting for your response On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 7:51 PM, tirveni yadav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Call For Volunteers Freed.in http://freed.in/ 2008 Freed.in http://freed.in/ is back and it craving for hard working individuals. It seeks volunteers who are ready to sweat out in the chilly days of February 2008 with undying enthusiasm. If you willing to live and breathe freed.in, smile at participants who abuse you,smile even wider at organisers who shout and abuse you, be treated like dirt and not even get to attend the talks then please send your details to: volunteers at freed.in . And what do you get out of it? Just: - Being part of the FLOSS community in India - Hobnobbing with all the star speakers on a one-to-one basis - T-Shirt - Food - Your name [and photo?] up on the conference web site - The undying gratitude (lasts approximately few moments after the conference is over) of the community, ILUGD, the organisers, the speakers and the participants. If all this sounds exciting, send your details quick! We need your: - Name - Full address - Mobile/contact number - E-mail ID - Affiliation - Location - Occupation - Availability in February Mail me if you need any clarifications. See you at freed.in 2008 . -- Regards, Tirveni Yadav Freed.in/2008 http://freed.in/2008 22 - 24 February 2008, JNU , New Delhi knowledge shall set you free ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Open Source India Week reach Delhi!
Rahul Chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:[Commercial] Open Source India Week, earlier known as LinuxAsia, starts off tomorrow at Pragati Maidaan (Hall 5) with a keynote by Brian Behlendorf! How ironic! The fiasco with Micro$oft last time has probably led EFY to rebrand LinuxAsia as OSI Week. Wonder if I would still like to attend... With Warm Regards, Shivkumar linux user no: 450769 blog: outbackwifi.blogspot.com profile: www.linkedin.com/in/shivjags - Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Call For Volunteers Freed.in 2008
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 4:41 PM, yogesh singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi buddy i m sorry but where i m supposed to send my information regarding registration. i mean there shoul be some email id or i have to send this to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Tirveni Yadav Freed.in 2008 Knowledge Shall Set You Free 22 - 24 February 2008, JNU , New Delhi http://freed.in Freedom in Technology Software ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Save web page to image
आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ,--[ On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 07:42:44AM +, pj wrote: [snipped] Within x I'd maybe mangle together xwd with -nobdrs,throwing in xwininfo (applied to firefox) to extract firefox's window id from it followed by convert I'll be glad if you post how to figure out, Firefox's web UI's window id using xwininfo, and obviously programatically :) . Yeah, xlsclients -l -a is what I really meant. Though that doesn't list the id of the window we want either. So beats me how you'd do it neatly this relatively lightweight way. Though you can certainly copy the entire display (with the -screen option of xwd), and crop the bits you want in a rather lameass fashion. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
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