Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available [LWN.net]

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 8, 2011 15:15 UTC (Tue) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955) [Link]

The talk has not been cut, but the sponsor logos in the background have been blanked.

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 8, 2011 18:46 UTC (Tue) by cabrilo (guest, #72372) [Link] (2 responses)

I really don't see what the fuss was all about. Yeah, he used grown-up language and some images (non explicit) to illustrate the severity of the problem he is talking about at one point of his presentation, but none of it seemed out of line or inappropriate for a crowd of adults. I guess some people make a habit out of being offended...

The good side of it is that this talk, which is good and interesting, will get some publicity.

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 8, 2011 20:29 UTC (Tue) by patrick_g (subscriber, #44470) [Link] (1 responses)

+1
I would like to thank Mark Pesce for this inspiring talk.

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 10, 2011 18:22 UTC (Thu) by zuki (subscriber, #41808) [Link]

+1

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 8, 2011 19:08 UTC (Tue) by b7j0c (guest, #27559) [Link] (1 responses)

YAWN. given the intro, i was expecting real controversy

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 9, 2011 3:51 UTC (Wed) by PaulWay (guest, #45600) [Link]

The controversy was about whether there was anything controversial. That was the problem.

I felt uncomfortable looking at some of those images. I didn't like some of his swearing. I think the whole thing's been blown out of proportion, but probably more so by all the people saying "this isn't a problem" than those that have problems with his content.

There's too much in this whole issue to unpack in a post like this.

Have fun,

Paul

Facebook as a place to spread FOSS?

Posted Mar 8, 2011 21:13 UTC (Tue) by dowdle (subscriber, #659) [Link]

I have to feel for the group of people who started computing post-Facebook... because many of them act as if Facebook *IS* the Internet. The CBS weekly magazine program that has been around forever... 60 Minutes... has done two segments on Facebook. I believe the most recent one was double length. One question that was asked of Zuckerberg was if his goal was to replace the Internet. At first I thought that was an ignorant question... but as time has passed... not so much.

I'm the head of my local LUG and a few of the newer members who are very pro-FSF (who isn't? Go FSF!)... and showing videos of recent RMS speeches... are sharing the videos on Facebook. Since I don't have a Facebook account, I can't access them. The very idea of me wanting an external link to the same content is just odd to them. What is odd to me is that they (currently) totally accept Facebook and don't question it... while at the same time caring about the freedoms provided by FOSS and trying to promote them. Oh the irony.

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 9, 2011 0:12 UTC (Wed) by MisterIO (guest, #36192) [Link]

This was a very interesting video! All those who complained about it are f°c*in id§o°s!

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 9, 2011 0:27 UTC (Wed) by flammon (guest, #807) [Link] (1 responses)

Great video. Is the controversy a strategic tool to promote it?

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 9, 2011 1:14 UTC (Wed) by mtaht (subscriber, #11087) [Link]

Actually I thought the controversy about the "obscene" content a complete distraction from the truly controversial content... almost weapons of mass distraction, unleashed, once again.

I mean, why did people not find objectionable the war images?

yes, it was a provocative talk and a GREAT presentation, and I'm glad that it finally made it out on the web, uncut. I've tweeted and facebooked it...

and I'm glad to hear the freedom box is going places from other sources.

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 9, 2011 0:37 UTC (Wed) by freemars (subscriber, #4235) [Link] (1 responses)

The movie rating code at the beginning was the right way to express it. I can see much more explicit stuff at any mainstream cinema. The one real example of human nudity was TSA stuff.

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 11, 2011 13:41 UTC (Fri) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

Hmm, I'm not sure the warning had any use.

What's the point? Is it to allow easily-offended people to leave the room? Does anyone really believe that people will see that warning and say "Oh, I might not like this" and leave?

I can't see that happening, and I don't think conference attendees should have to leave a presentation.

I think it's the presenter's responsibility to keep their content to what should be reasonably acceptable for the expected audience.

(I'm not saying this guy overstepped that line.)

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 9, 2011 4:23 UTC (Wed) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link] (1 responses)

I didn't find the imagery or language particularly bothersome, but it did seem unprofessional and completely unnecessary. It's clear that the author knew he was going to offend people, because he put the PG-13 rating at the front.

The talk was well done, and would have been *just* as effective without the PG-13 content; I don't think they added anything to the presentation whatsoever. He should've known well enough to just omit the offensive content, instead of warning about it.

Video of Mark Pesce's LCA keynote available

Posted Mar 15, 2011 2:37 UTC (Tue) by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164) [Link]

jokes as such don't add much to presentations. Nor do the kitty pictures I usually use. Actually, a presentation doesn't add much - give everyone a text to read!

IOW yes, it does add, makes things more interesting :D