B.I.O.S. to lock out non-Windows code ?

[Peter L. Peres]

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, Keith Mastin wrote:

>
> <quote who="Peter L. Peres">
> >> No. I don't think you understood a single word he said. It has nothing
> >> whatsoever to do with Capitalism. Capital is no longer the primary means
> >> of production, therefore control of Capital is no longer an issue,
> >> control of information *is*. Yer still stuck in this whole Communist vs.
> >> Capitalist thang, that is sooooo ten years ago.

Wrong quote, the second. Watch those angle brackets. I did NOT write that.
Please attribute your quotations properly. This is apolitical discussion
and I do not care too much for being misquoted (several times) in the
archives.

> I can see that. Control of Information = Control of Capital and
> Populations. Dissemination of (censored) information in the form of
> distribution (esp. in previously un-exploited markets - the fact that the
> 3rd world is pretty big is handy) of advertising creates local false
> wealth and global recognition of control over populations. We were taught
> it would happen in school and here it is, all around us.
>
> The censorship is global. Some governments are outright blatent about it,
> others that pretend to 'grant' 'rights' and 'freedoms' are sneakier.
> Ultimately, the real power is in the hands of those who have control over
> deciding just what information to disseminate, which has been the press
> traditionally. We see how much the Internet challenges that fact, we have
> yet to see what the adjustments will be.
>
> The problem with communism is... who would police the whole damn thing?
> That's what I wanna know. :)

Now you're funny. We had jokes about there being 1:1 undercover political
secret police to normal people in some place. We did not think it was
funny at the time.

Did you hear the one about the spammer who used servers in China and
antispammers dropped a word with the Chinese police that they are
spreading anti-government propaganda ? The server site was shut down in 6
hours and they took away the computers and the operators ;-).

Peter
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