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Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Posted Dec 6, 2005 1:18 UTC (Tue) by Baylink (guest, #755)
In reply to: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario by bk
Parent article: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Dmax has it right.

Free Speech doesn't mean a damn if you can't *exercise* it.

In this world, that means communications.

While I don't necessarily feel that there are people in big corporations rubbing their hands together and plotting the downfall of free speech (I like my tinfoil hat painted black, for minimum reflection, thanks :-), that does *not* mean that that isn't a likely end.

And, not to sound overly anti-republican or anything, but don't assume that large corporations aren't, more or less purposefully, operating at the behest of the government, more or less formally.

> the few rights it does grant have no enforcement mechanism (other than citizens taking up arms en masse and revolting).

Yup. I'm not fond of the Second American Revolution.

But I don't think it's impossible, either.

It's the only *real* brake on the whole thing, though, isn't it?

I'm frankly amazed the assassinations haven't started already. Oh, yeah; right: the Democrats are the ones who are pro-gun-"control".


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Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:30 UTC (Tue) by NightMonkey (subscriber, #23051) [Link] (4 responses)

I'm frankly amazed the assassinations haven't started already. Oh, yeah; right: the Democrats are the ones who are pro-gun-"control".

Um, lets keep talk of assasinations off of LWN, please? Thanks.

Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:41 UTC (Tue) by Baylink (guest, #755) [Link]

You're right, of course.

If an admin sees this, please feel free to clip it out.

Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Posted Dec 6, 2005 9:40 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (2 responses)

As opposed to killfiling people, which is of course still acceptable ;)

It's a shame that we can't killfile politicians, isn't it?

Posted Dec 7, 2005 4:11 UTC (Wed) by Baylink (guest, #755) [Link] (1 responses)

Though I think that's precisely the point jmorris was making above.

It's a shame that we can't killfile politicians, isn't it?

Posted Dec 8, 2005 11:04 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Sorry, I couldn't see a point in his rantings, which as far as I could understand them struck me as impractical at best; no man is an island and if you try to ban government from some sphere to keep it from growing overweeningly powerful you get overweeningly powerful private actors there instead. I consider them every bit as dangerous...

Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Posted Dec 7, 2005 5:58 UTC (Wed) by zblaxell (subscriber, #26385) [Link] (1 responses)

How does one tell if governments are operating at the behest of corporations, or the other way around?

Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

Posted Dec 9, 2005 3:54 UTC (Fri) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link]

They're both just pointers to the same object.


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