[freenet-chat] War on Internet Freedom (was: About Me!)

2002-01-21 Thread Mark J Roberts
David McNab: > Interestingly, in the 90s, geekiness started to become quite hip Only on Slashdot. Next time you're at the supermarket, take a look at the fashion magazines by the checkout. See Linus Torvalds? See Richard Stallman? See Eric Raymond? Now I'll admit that power, wealth, and intellige

[freenet-chat] War on Internet Freedom (was: About Me!)

2002-01-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
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[freenet-chat] About Me!

2002-01-21 Thread kre...@juno.com
space aliens who occasionally drop > new gadgets from their UFOs and watch us modify our society to > conform to a new technological mold. That statement makes absolutely no sense at all. Are you just trolling again MJR?! :) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was sc

[freenet-chat] About Me!

2002-01-21 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 07:53:21 -0600 Mark J Roberts writes: > Kevin Atkinson: > > What does the Internet really mean? It means uncensored instant > > access to any sort of information. > > The Internet means no such thing. The notion that the development > of > technology will thwart censorship i

[freenet-chat] Does Content on Demand have a Future?

2002-01-21 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:44:42 -0600 Mark J Roberts writes: > Timm Murray: > > If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with > > Video4Linux and a big hard drive (40-80 GB). > > What's worth watching? Lots of things. Alias is GOOD!! And OMG I LOVE Dark Angel!!! :)

[freenet-chat] Does Content on Demand have a Future?

2002-01-21 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 18:37:25 GMT "Timm Murray" writes: > > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 krepta at juno.com wrote: > > > > > I think Content on Demand has a future. Thats what freenet is. > But TV, > > > hmmm, I dunno. Advertisers really want people to watch thier > stuff at > > > particular times of

[freenet-chat] Does Content on Demand have a Future?

2002-01-21 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:03:38 -0500 (EST) Kevin Atkinson writes: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 krepta at juno.com wrote: > > > I think Content on Demand has a future. Thats what freenet is. > But TV, > > hmmm, I dunno. Advertisers really want people to watch thier > stuff at > > particular times of

[freenet-chat] Does Content on Demand have a Future?

2002-01-21 Thread David McNab
TM> If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with Video4Linux and a big TM> hard drive (40-80 GB). Unless you find the right software, you wouldn't get the full range of features you'd get on a TiVo (like skipping commercials), but it'll record of the TV just fine. In TM> f

[freenet-chat] Does Content on Demand have a Future?

2002-01-21 Thread David McNab
>> > As I side note does anyone here believe that the Recording Industry does >> > *not* deserve to die. >> >> The music recording industry *as it currently exists* is a filthy cesspool >> of corruption. I'm not sure what the best remedy for this condition is. KA> Simple, let them die. We really

[freenet-chat] About Me!

2002-01-21 Thread Kevin Atkinson
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Mark J Roberts wrote: > Kevin Atkinson: > > What does the Internet really mean? It means uncensored instant > > access to any sort of information. > > The Internet means no such thing. The notion that the development of > technology will thwart censorship is nothing more than

[freenet-chat] About Me!

2002-01-21 Thread Mark J Roberts
Kevin Atkinson: > What does the Internet really mean? It means uncensored instant > access to any sort of information. The Internet means no such thing. The notion that the development of technology will thwart censorship is nothing more than a historical prophecy, and its proponents employ it to

[freenet-chat] About Me!

2002-01-21 Thread Kevin Atkinson
Since other people were describing themselves here is a dump of my home page which describes me pretty well. You can find it at http://kevin.atkinson.dhs.org. Kevin Atkinson's Home Page Email: kevin at atkinson dhs org Last Updated: Jan