Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-09-02 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 12:30, HaywireMac wrote: On 31 Aug 2003 12:11:08 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: What exactly is going on with the European Union? Are they going to shut mplayer down or what? Who's trying to stop them, if anybody? Damn, I cannot lose mplayer.

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against EuropeanParliment

2003-09-02 Thread HaywireMac
On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:56:46 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: cabal appropos, I think, for politicians. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against EuropeanParliment

2003-09-02 Thread John Richard Smith
HaywireMac wrote: On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:56:46 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: cabal appropos, I think, for politicians. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against European Parliment

2003-09-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Here's a well-worded column from John C. Dvorak in PC Magazine : http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1236389,00.asp With a link to sign up for protest online. And I really think Americans, Aussies Asians etc. should participate too. Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-09-01 Thread Paul
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 01:36, rikona wrote: Hello Lyvim, Sunday, August 31, 2003, 11:46:16 AM, you wrote: LX What about representative government? Haven't they heard about LX people that vote? Yes, but people vote according to what they hear in the media. Money rules, because it is

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-09-01 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Sunday 31 August 2003 12:11, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: What exactly is going on with the European Union? Are they going to shut mplayer down or what? Who's trying to stop them, if anybody? Many sites are doing this right now as a protest. On September 1st, the plenary of the European

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-09-01 Thread John Wilson
On August 31, 2003 12:29 pm, HaywireMac wrote: On 31 Aug 2003 14:46:16 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: What about representative government? Dat be da point, mate, the government represents money, not people. I don't know too much about the Euro Parliament, but they are

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-09-01 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 22:33:48 +0100 Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: What kind of elections are you used to? I guess it's more a question of mandate; I wonder, as has already been asked, how accountable these people are once the election is over. I mean, hey, even in the former Soviet Union,

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-09-01 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:49:14 -0700 John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: The really scarey part is that this elistist system is what proponents of PR in Canada (the Greens, the NDP and some loopy Liberals) want to to impose on Canada. Vote for a party and get someone as your MP or MLA

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against EuropeanParliment

2003-09-01 Thread Aron Smith
Margot wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 9:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 06:46 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What about representative government? Haven't they heard about people that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a ruckus as of right now,

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against EuropeanParliment

2003-09-01 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:13:14 +0100 Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: At a risk of getting dangerously off topic. Can anyone name their European Member of Parliment? I certainly cannot. The 'Party List' system used in the UK (for Euro elections only) and in many other EU states

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-09-01 Thread Dan LaBine
Just a suggestion here, but why not move the MPlayer site and development group to another country? Aren't they working on the project from all over the world? Am I missing something here? I don't agree with what's being done, but if they win, we could turn their victory into a mot point by

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against EuropeanParliment

2003-09-01 Thread Margot
John Richard Smith wrote: Margot wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 9:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 06:46 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What about representative government? Haven't they heard about people that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against EuropeanParliment

2003-09-01 Thread Margot
Aron Smith wrote: Margot wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 9:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 06:46 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What about representative government? Haven't they heard about people that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a ruckus

Re[2]: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against European Parliment

2003-09-01 Thread rikona
Hello Margot, Monday, September 1, 2003, 7:35:08 AM, you wrote: M No mention of medical qualifications on her website, so I assume M she is PhD. In Political Science, perhaps? :-))) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-08-31 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 31 August 2003 04:11 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What exactly is going on with the European Union? Are they going to shut mplayer down or what? Who's trying to stop them, if anybody? Damn, I cannot lose mplayer. LX /snip Lyvim, tomorrow the European Parliament is about to

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-08-31 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 15:44, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 04:11 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What exactly is going on with the European Union? Are they going to shut mplayer down or what? Who's trying to stop them, if anybody? Damn, I cannot lose mplayer. LX

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-08-31 Thread Paul
On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 21:46, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 15:44, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 04:11 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What exactly is going on with the European Union? Are they going to shut mplayer down or what? Who's trying to stop

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-08-31 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 31 August 2003 06:46 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What about representative government? Haven't they heard about people that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a ruckus as of right now, outside their doors? There's got to be something that can be done, surely. (?) LX

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-08-31 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 31 August 2003 06:56 pm, Paul wrote: snip Hadn't you noticed, Kaj, that there's no such thing as 'representative government' any longer. The WTO makes all the rules now. Paul M /snip Yes Paul, I've certainly noticed. Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-08-31 Thread HaywireMac
On 31 Aug 2003 14:46:16 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: What about representative government? Dat be da point, mate, the government represents money, not people. I don't know too much about the Euro Parliament, but they are certainly not elected in any sense we are used to... --

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against European Parliment

2003-08-31 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 9:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 06:46 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What about representative government? Haven't they heard about people that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a ruckus as of right now, outside their doors? There's

Re[2]: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down?

2003-08-31 Thread rikona
Hello Lyvim, Sunday, August 31, 2003, 11:46:16 AM, you wrote: LX What about representative government? Haven't they heard about LX people that vote? Yes, but people vote according to what they hear in the media. Money rules, because it is expensive to get good media coverage. Perhaps European

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against EuropeanParliment

2003-08-31 Thread Margot
Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 9:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 06:46 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip What about representative government? Haven't they heard about people that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a ruckus as of right now, outside their