__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 16:17 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:51:08 +0000
> <1300577.BvVRVbcQaS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Linux Graffiti Spotted in Toronto Subway Station
>>
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>> | Regardless of what the general population may think of this, I have
>> | to say that as a Linux user, it gave me a good laugh.
>> `----
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>> http://www.loconet.ca/?p=64
>
> Wow. Talk about mixed messages.
>
> On the one hand, someone's defaced a legally-enabled
> advertising system designed to give revenue to the subways.
> Presumably, this is a criminal act, though prosecution
> thereof can be controversial. I'm not familiar with
> Toronto law, though http://www.toronto.ca/ might have
> something. Somewhere.
Have a look at this, also from Toronto and just days old:
Operation Cold Comfort Successful
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| Throughout the exchange with the police, they mentioned something
| about "stealing [Microsoft's] thunder," given that they paid for
| their advertising and we clearly did not. Hmm.. one of these days,
| I'll have to look up the law for competitive advertising. I'm pretty
| sure it doesn't say anything about stealing thunder.
|
| [...]
|
| Our presence also attracted one of the Ice House employees. He
| crossed the street, fully clad in Windows Vista sweater and hat,
| and approached me. "Hey, are you guys promoting Linux?" he asked.
| I nodded, smiling. "Can I get a CD? I'm curious, I'd like to try
| it," he continued. Trying not to laugh at the irony of it all, I
| gladly handed him a CD. He thanked me, and quickly ran back to the
| Ice House before anyone saw him with the Linux people.
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http://dave-sullivan.com/entries/5/
Then, look at this:
http://www.crncanada.ca/content/software/opinion-this-publicity-li.shtml
Ouch. Still, better than peeing (*ahem*... spelling out) the word "Linux" in
some pile of snow, right? An ex girlfriend told me the other day that it's
minus 40 degress (centigrade) over there.
> Of course there was that little stunt about a week ago
> back in Boston, which was even less destructive though it
> was probably more expensive ($2M was mentioned in one news
> report as a fine for Turner Broadcasting): a magnet with
> some electronics attached to various metal structures,
> which might go blink if the lighting's right. But the
> authorities got wind of it (after a few weeks!) and thought
> it might be a bomb. Paint doesn't explode, at least.
Heard of the letter bomb that exploded in a financial firm in England? The
woman who opened it went frantic and promptly got relocated to a hospital
bed. Let's hope it's not Unabomber all over again. It's hard to blame the
deliverer as the criminals work through proxies... very much like the issue
with Windows zombies. You can't blame the person whose PC was hijacked (at
least 100-150 million such people) and it's hard to find the puppetmaster,
who could be anywhere in the world. The system, be it a government or
Microsoft's shoddy software, can take part of the blame. It could at least
use some prodding.
> On the other hand, it's a statement about the little OS
> that could (and does), making the big OS that couldn't
> look rather silly.
>
> And of course they'll have to find the tagger/artist first.
> If they're lucky, they will...and then the real fun starts.
I'm sure they won't treat it using severe measure. It's just a friendly
penguin, not a swastika.
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