pterjan's diary http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/ pterjan Copyright 2010 pterjan <pterjan chez linuxfr.org>, copyright of comments by respective authors http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c12 2010-01-20T09:42:39+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[12] (Palin) Palin Pascal: my girlfriend went to high school in Paris and you have no idea on how deep is bureaucracy here in Italy, how deep is rooted ciminality (did we mention our PM?). France nowadays seems to me like the last century America... http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c11 2010-01-20T09:38:25+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[11] (gabriele vidali) gabriele vidali is iptv working good in france ? ]]> http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c10 2010-01-20T00:20:31+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[10] (i heart fascism) i heart fascism the story is the same in every country. authoritarian government is growing. they cannot control us, but with FEAR. do not be afraid, do not obey, and help others see what is happening!
they cannot control us, but with FEAR. do not be afraid, do not obey, and help others see what is happening!]]> http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100118#c11 2010-01-19T22:20:14+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-18[11] (peder) peder I have to agree that this is a *huge* security problem that GNOME has to get rid of immediately. http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c09 2010-01-19T21:30:21+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[9] (Andrea) Andrea the worst thing is that they created such a law intentionally...they are so afraid of the web...because it's the only thing they cannot manipulate (yet)!! http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c08 2010-01-19T17:20:28+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[8] (davide) davide i agree with andrea, we need a lot of help in italy!!! which is the stupidest thing: the law OR a country (italy) with a prime minister owning 90% of media? our president is 84 yo, our prime minister is 74 yo, deputees mean age is maybe 60/65... do you think they can imagine a better law? which is the stupidest thing: the law OR a country (italy) with a prime minister owning 90% of media? our president is 84 yo, our prime minister is 74 yo, deputees mean age is maybe 60/65... do you think they can imagine a better law?]]> http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c07 2010-01-19T16:48:15+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[7] (Andrea) Andrea you can understand the real meaning of that law by watching this movie: http://bit.ly/KFgw4 we need help in italy :( http://bit.ly/KFgw4
we need help in italy :(]]> http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c05 2010-01-19T15:53:28+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[5] (Pascal) Pascal Well France is not going in the right direction currently, I think Italian government is one of the models for ours http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c04 2010-01-19T15:50:58+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[4] (Palin) Palin Yes, it passed using a strange mechanism in which if you vote against, the government is overthrown (it's called "fiducia" which means "trust"). Please France send Napoleon again and conquer us... :( Please France send Napoleon again and conquer us... :(]]> http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c03 2010-01-19T15:33:08+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[3] (Flo) Flo At least there is one stupid Italian law which wouldn't get through the Austrian Council. We normally compare the brain-damaged Italian government with the Austrian one.
We normally compare the brain-damaged Italian government with the Austrian one.]]> http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c02 2010-01-19T15:19:23+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[2] (Pascal) Pascal Well then all articles are wrong as they state things like "A new law passed by Berlusconi's government on December 17 and set to go into effect on January 27" http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#c01 2010-01-19T15:13:53+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-19[1] (Not a law) Not a law it is merely a proposal, and I doubt it'll go very far.... http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100118#c10 2010-01-19T15:10:58+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-18[10] (Stoffe) Stoffe Another fantastic thing about that popup is that it's not supposed to come up for the regular login as it is tied to the account, but if you set your desktop to login automatically so you don't have to type a password, boom comes this password prompt instead. Facepalm and exit left. http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100119#p01 2010-01-19T14:19:55+01:00 Crazy Italian law pterjan Several articles on the web mention a new Italian law giving to people uploading videos on the Web the status of TV broadcaster, needing a license! To quote one of them, Article 4 of the decree specifies that the dissemination over the Internet "of moving pictures, whether or not accompanied by sound," requires ministerial authorization., so it seems to include animated gif or Flash animations... I can understand that Berlusconi fears the competition of Web for its TV channels but how such a s.. Several articles on the web mention a new Italian law giving to people uploading videos on the Web the status of TV broadcaster, needing a license!

To quote one of them, Article 4 of the decree specifies that the dissemination over the Internet "of moving pictures, whether or not accompanied by sound," requires ministerial authorization., so it seems to include animated gif or Flash animations...

I can understand that Berlusconi fears the competition of Web for its TV channels but how such a stupid law can be written?

The positive side of this law is that Italian websites may become nicer to visit, without Flash ads or menus :)

]]> http://fasmz.org/~pterjan/blog/?date=20100118#c09 2010-01-19T10:56:07+01:00 TSUKKOMI to 2010-01-18[9] (Stefan Kost) Stefan Kost I wish the dialog would at least tell which application ask for it. Also having some shortcuts to help to get the setup working to unlock it at startup, would be nice.