Richard Mathew Stallman: Copyright vs Community (in 12 Parts)

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QUALITY RMS VIDS!

Richard Stallman giving speech about copyright vs community. That's the last part of the video! Hope you enjoyed RMS speech and learnt sumfin. Still if you wanna know more about him and the Free Software Movement jump onto:
http://www.gnu.org
http://www.fsf.org
http://www.sorbaioli.org/free-software
Oh and i forgot to mention another site during his speech:
http://defectivebydesign.org

Free Software Foundation

Richard Stallman's Personal Home Page

Richard Stallman

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Richard Stallman the creator of GNU and Free Software Movement giving a speech on copyright vs community and ethical issues about it. Just note there is silence for 34 seconds so plz wait!

While Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS for short) was interested on giving a speech about this topic, his main background was the development of the GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement. Now I won't be providing much detail as i don't have time. But links are provided to those who are interested:
http://www.gnu.org
http://www.fsf.org
http://www.fsfeurope.org
http://fsfla.org/svnwiki

RMS gives a speech on various other topics. "Copyright vs Community" is just one of them. I recommend you visit:
http://audio-video.gnu.org
http://www.youtube.com/user/bfb72

An article in Wikipedia defines further info on Free Software and has list of progs classed as Free software:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Sof...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Sof...
http://www.sorbaioli.org

And and one last thing in his speech he mentioned apart from the speech "Copyright vs Community" is the operating is called Linux (or GNU/Linux as RMS prefers to call it). It is just another operating system compared to a Mac or Windows, but the huge difference is that it is released as Free Software (as like the 4 Freedoms), which Microsoft or Mac OS don't offer. Linux (or GNU/Linux) comes with many different 'distros'. 'Distros' are just like different flavours of the GNU/Linux OS. Now there are literally thousands of distros which i can't possibly list all of it here but you can find it in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_... and http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#F... Many users who are new to Linux and fret "Oh no I'm gonna have to delete Windows before i try it out!", don't worry! Many distros come with a LiveCD version. LiveCD means you download GNU/Linux, burn it to a CD, reboot the the machine, and you'll be booting it without EVER having to install it in your hard drive. In other words you're booting from the CD and running it ENTIRELY on the CD. And when you're done, you remove the disc, reboot the machine, and you'll be booting to Windows unharmed! To anybody asking me which Linux i use, I use Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com) and PCLinuxOS (http://www.pclinuxos.com), coz it has heaps of drivers (many which are released under a proprietary licence sadly) and all my hardware works out-of-the box.

EDIT: athinasios has just uploaded the same video with Greek subtitles on his channel. Any Greeks having difficulty in understanding English can check it out at http://youtube.com/athinasios

Postgenderism: The Genetic Singularity

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Script:

My name is Hera. I'm told that I'm lucky to be one from of the last generations of naturally born humans. Genetic modifications were introduced to humanity for the greater good of all, for the elimination of imperfection, I'm told. But I do not feel lucky, because when I was born my mother died. The
complications that occured during my birth were too severe for the doctors to save her. I was forced to grow up without her, and the feelings of guilt continued to haunt me to this day. I did not want this same butden to befall my own future children, so I made a personal vow to never let such a thing happen.

The miracles of science have transformed maternity for the better. The artificial womb has made the violent way of giving birth a thing of the past. Our first child was recently born from a ResurTech Industries exowomb; A baby boy, Ganymedes. We are so fortunate to be living in the light of a new age.

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I wrote Hera's story as fiction, but the situation it illustrates is based in current scientific fact. It is now 2009, and the creation of artificial wombs is already at an advanced stage. The information that I've come across while working on the story is mind boggling, and it has lead me to understand why this subject is so ambiguous.

"So why has relatively little attention been paid to research that could lead to a major change in reproductive capacity? In fact, much work goes unpublished because of the uproar it might create among activists, politicians, and religious figures for its social implications." -Colleen Carlston, Harvard Science Review, Fall 2008

The fact that scientific progress has been downplayed on purpose is extremely disturbing. This very same article goes on to explain the driving force behind the development of artificial wombs and their broader implications for global society.

"Beyond imagining new world orders, there are also some pragmatic reasons for why artificial wombs might be employed." -Colleen Carlston, Harvard Science Review, Fall 2008

The new world order could revolve around a genetically reengineered human being. Artificial wombs could bring the birth of a new man. Creating "designer babies" would be far easier with artificial wombs. The transhumanist movement openly calls for a posthuman future in which ALL traits of human biology are subject to change, this includes gender.

The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, a subgroup of the World Transhumanist Association, recently published a white paper entitled "Postgenderism: Beyond the Gender Binary."

The title says it all, as the paper goes into detail about how a gender Singularity is not only possible, but also desirable.

"Postgenderists contend that dyadic gender roles and sexual dimorphisms are generally to the detriment of individuals and society. Assisted reproduction will make it possible for individuals of any sex to reproduce in any combinations they choose, with or without 'mothers' and 'fathers,' and artificial wombs will make biological wombs unnecessary for reproduction."

Postgenderism, transhumanism and some forms of radical feminism have much in common. This report mentions many radical feminists such as Shulamith Firestone, Donna Haraway, and Judith Butler whose views were labeled "cyberfeminism" and "technofeminism" as they advocated for the eventual use of cybernetics and artificials wombs. These things would supposedly bring women greater freedom by removing the pains of childbirth. Ultimately women would also be freed from the "burden" of raising their own children. This would allow them more time to succeed, and gain equality in the workforce.

The report goes on to say that men would also benefit from altering their gender traits. The genetic predisposition toward aggression could be altered to make males more placid, thus making them less prone to injury.

"If the Left program of social reform is to succeed, Singer argues, we must employ the new genetic and neurological sciences to identify and modify the aspects of human nature that cause conflict and competition."

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SCRIPT:

Changing genetics is not enough, creating the ultimate postgender human requires changing the brain itself. The gendered human brain could be rewired to fit a postgender blueprint.

"but only the blurring and erosion of biological sex, of the gendering of the brain, and of binary social roles by emerging technologies will enable individuals to access all human potentials and experiences regardless of their born sex or assumed gender."

Yes, the technological means to these bizarre ends are being developed. They have been in the works for a long time, and we are now confronted with material like this which illustrates the postgender goals which have fueled research from the very beginning. Transhumanism has taken old postgender ideas and built upon them with the description of far more advanced technologies.

"trans- or post-humans would at least be able to transcend the limitations of biological sex and would eventually be able to transcend the biological altogether into cybernetic or virtual form."

The fact that we already depend highly on virtual worlds, especially in terms of satisfying sexual desires is also mentioned. Virtual sex is touted as being safer, easier, and more customizable than traditional human relationships. The gender binary is slowly eroding as people blend their sexual identity with avatars of a different gender and often a different species. The ultimate revolution in virtual sex would occur when artificial intelligence could simulate the erotic response of a human, making virtual sex indistinguishable from the real thing.

"But the final liberation from dyadic, gendered, heteronormative relationships will likely come about through use of drugs that suppress pair-bonding impulses."

Why would anyone actually put such bold remarks down in writing? Why is the erosion of dualistic gender being sincerely explored by the scientific establishment? Is there a collective subconscious desire to merge the two sexes into one?

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Part 3



The Unified Universॐ - particleion

Question?
Should the Human race abandon it's dual sex?

We would also appreciate any feedback good or bad lets us know what you think.

www.TransAlchemy.com

Co-created By Aaron Franz (ADDTV)
http://youtube.com/addtv

Narrated by:

Melissa Karnaze
http://mindfulconstruct.com/

Postgenderism: Beyond the Gender Binary pdf
http://ieet.org/archive/IEET-03-PostG...

HAINIDES Concert Against State Violence Athens Greece 19.12.2008 - 9:56

http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2009/02/hainides-venceremos.html

Message from the HAINIDES:

"...Hi guys! Venceremos!

The violence of a stone or a molotov is not violence. Violence is drinking Coca-Cola.
Violence is being in upright villages, in apartment complexes. Violence is sitting on couches watching television. Violence is from nursery to post-graduate school, 30 years in institutions; institutionalization, when all mammals - small kittens, tiger cubs and puppies - are at their peak of activity and at their prime, that is violence.

Violence is heteronomy. If Texaco and Mobil want, they can have a war in the Aegean anytime. What democracy are we talking about? Bourgeois democracies are dead because they have an inbuilt contradiction. The contradiction is the following: on the one hand they praise and promote individuality and on the other they press everyone into a morass of conformity.

I believe all peoples and mankind are not judged by what they have, but by what they give. And if Greece has one value it is not an ancient past, it's that it is a crossroads.
A crossroads that can send a new signal.

The signal of self-organization, of autonomy, of self-regulation. Naturally we do not want a greater salary than anyone else. We do not want a 1,400-euro minimum wage. We want wage and income equality for all men and women.

We want a society that will be based on being childlike. Children have some characteristics that history has utilized. One characteristic is the ability to see clearly when reacting. It is exploring. And, mainly, it is immaturity. I stand on our immaturity and our childlikeness.

But, for all this to take place we need a radical restructuring. A restructuring even of our language code.

In other words, is it by chance that the language we use is itself authoritarian? For example: From the age of two tots are told by their mother 'My child, go quickly to the toilet to do your kaka!' So he will do. He will take a crap, clean himself, have fun, unburden himself.

That is where guilt becomes associated with our ass. Do you understand this? Guys, authority is not something nuclear that acts everywhere in ever expanding rays. It is a veil that constantly passes through us.

It is authority from father to son, from mother to daughter, from one friend to another. It requires a radical restructuring.

And I believe we can provide a thunderous example of self-organization and self-regulation. Guys, the whole world wil get the message. We only need to calm our nerves.

The streets are our schools. And the squares. And the buildings. Our cities need a partial explosion of course. We want organic produce, gentle forms of energy.
Tomorrow's society must be psychotherapeutic for whoever seeks authority. Whoever seeks authority must be gravely ill. That is how you must deal with him.

True society is everywhere. And the centuries-old stereotypes and divisions must be abolished. We are everything, all. We do not judge or determine anyone.

Guys, Venceremos! Guys, we all have a tiger within us! The only true uprising is the one that is everlasting. ..."

Alex Grey - 3:59

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David Dees - Jeso "Sheepsrage"

All sheep are equal but some are more equal...

watch david's illustrations and support the march...

The Art of David Dees

David Dees Illustration

John Lennon & Yoko Ono: WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) - 10,05 min.

December 8, 2007
I miss you, John. 27 years later, I still wish I could turn back the clock to the Summer of 1980. I remember everything - sharing our morning coffee, walking in the park together on a beautiful day, and seeing your hand stretched to mine - holding it, reassuring me that I shouldn't worry about anything because our life was good.

I had no idea that life was about to teach me the toughest lesson of all. I learned the intense pain of losing a loved one suddenly, without warning, and without having the time for a final hug and the chance to say, "I love you," for the last time. The pain and shock of that sudden loss is with me every moment of every day. When I touched John's side of our bed on the night of December 8th, 1980, I realized that it was still warm. That moment has haunted me for the past 27 years - and will stay with me forever.

Even harder for me is watching what was taken away from our beautiful boy, Sean.
He lives in silent anger over not having his Dad, whom he loved so much, around to share his life with. I know we are not alone. Our pain is one shared by many other families who are suffering as the victims of senseless violence. This pain has to stop.

Let's not waste the lives of those we have lost. Let's, together, make the world a place of love and joy and not a place of fear and anger. This day of John's passing has become more and more important for so many people around the world as the day to remember his message of Peace and Love and to do what each of us can to work on healing this planet we cherish.

Let's: Think Peace, Act Peace, and Spread Peace. John worked for it all his life.
He said, "there's no problem, only solutions." Remember, we are all together.
We can do it, we must. I love you!

Yoko Ono Lennon
8 December 2007

John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Chance - 2,20 min.

Footage from both Amsterdam & Montreal Bed-Ins, 1969. Give Peace A Chance at www.IMAGINEPEACE.com

Hun Nab Ku "The Galactic Butterfly" - 4,46min.

"Hun Nab Ku" is a powerful music video produced for The Butterfly Concert by Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace.
The music was written and arranged by Santa Cruz's own millenial shamanic troubador, Papadave Potter aka Whitehorse with band members Marey Bird and Monica McGuire. All
are members of Dreamseeker www.dreamseekerband.com, a musical tribal revival with joyful ancestral resonance.

"Hun Nab Ku", a powerful catalyst coaxing the birth of a New Age with heart wisdom and magic, contains cosmic images provided by Celestine Star of Golden Star Productions www.goldenstarproductions.us

It is dedicated to the spirit of the late Ian Lungold of Mayan Majix who
wrote the text that inspired
Whitehorse's lyrics.

According to the Mayans, the symbol of Hun Nab Ku is the Galactic Butterfly
at the center of the Milky Way. The late Ian Lungold wrote that it is said to represent all of the consciousness that has ever existed. This is all of our physical ancestors both human, animal, reptile, fish, shell fish, plants as well as the consciousness which organized all of the raw material from a whirling disk into stars then planets and solar systems. Big Meaning. So big that the original Maya had no symbol for this. In their civilization it was like having
no name for God. Just knowing the concept was good enough. Later this pattern was devised by Toltec or Zapatec weavers as a pattern for blankets and this is where Jose Arguelles came across it. The name Hunab Ku means the "one giver of movement and measure." The indigenous peoples call it "The Galactic
Butterfly." Butterflies are seen as ancestors returning for a visit to physicality. Wearing one of these symbols is very powerful as it broadcasts your reaching to actively join the consciousness of our galaxy.
You can see its image at www.mayanmajix.com/gb250.html

Waking Life - 98 Min

A boy has a dream that he can float, but unless he holds on, he will drift away into the sky. Even when he is grown up, this idea recurs. After a strange accident, he walks through what may be a dream, flowing in and out of scenarios and encountering various characters. People he meets discuss science, philosophy and the life of dreaming and waking, and the protagonist gradually becomes alarmed that he cannot awake from this confusing dream.

The Story of Stuff (21,08 min.)

www.storyofstuff.com

Introduction To Sacred Geometry (9,46 min.)

Charles Gilchrist - http://www.gilchristbnw.com/



A lively video featuring artist Charles Gilchrist and his creations in which he speaks about the ancient spiritual discipline known as Sacred Geometry.

Sacred Geometry (4,44 min.)



Sacred geometry is geometry used in the design of sacred architecture and sacred art. The basic belief is that geometry and mathematical ratios, harmonics and proportion are also found in music, light, cosmology. This value system is seen as widespread even in prehistory, a cultural universal of the human condition. It is considered foundational to building sacred structures such as temples, mosques, megaliths, monuments and churches; sacred spaces such as altars, temenoi and tabernacles; meeting places such as sacred groves, village greens and holy wells and the creation of religious art, iconography and using "divine" proportions. Alternatively, sacred geometry based arts may be ephemeral, such as visualization, sandpainting and medicine wheels.