On Cts, 2012-09-01 at 01:50 -0800, Christopher Howard wrote: > Slavery is always preferable to freedom. Who cares who is pulling the > strings, so long as I don't have to think about it what to do next, > right? Who cares where the food comes from, so long as they drop me the > occasional morsel? Whats a few chains, so long as they paint the cell a > nice color and don't beat me more than once a week? > > Our lives are filled with computers, from the microprocessors in our > radios, televisions, hearing aids, alarm clocks, and so forth, to the > high end CPUs in our Desktop PCs, servers, and cell phones. At the end > of the day: Who do you want to be in control of all that hardware you > own? Yourself? Or a handful of programmers 2000 miles away, working for > a CEO who is more than glad to use whatever technological or legal > measures are necessary to ensure that you have to use his product and > services forever? (Locked down iPhone anyone? Or perhaps a bricked > Playstation?) And doesn't mind turning control or personal information > over to scary government organizations, so long as the company comes out > on top...? (E.g., Microsoft/NSA collaboration[1]). Let's not even get > started on DRM technology, which uses malware to restrict your ability > to control and manage your own data on your own hardware. (Anyone > remember the Sony fiasco?) DRM only works, of course, if your software > and hardware is a black box that you don't understand and don't have the > ability to study or modify (or you are sufficiently intimidated not to > attempt it). > > It's your hardware, right? Shouldn't you have the unrestricted ability > to study how it works, run what you like on it, and change what you > don't like? > > Oh, but who really cares about that? Just pass me a beer, a box of > pizza, and the next Crysis DVD, and I'll be happy. > > [1] http://youtu.be/v6nWpaPNZTk
Unfortunately, not just mere happy, unobtrusive slaves. There are some among them who seem to be ready to die, so to speak, defending or advocating the slave master's cause which is really sad. Ahmet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
