On March 24, 2014, Eich was promoted to CEO of Mozilla Corporation.[11] His appointment sparked controversy over a $1,000 political donation Eich had made in 2008 to the campaign for California Proposition 8, which sought to establish that, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." [12] This had been noted publicly two years prior, in March 2012, and provoked some criticism at the time in social media, particularly Twitter.[12] After his appointment to CEO, the controversy reemerged. In the ensuing public debate, OKCupid and two gay application developers called for a boycott of the company.[13][14] A number of Mozilla employees asked him to step down, while others spoke out on their blogs in his favor.[15][16] Three of Mozilla Corporation's six directors resigned following Eich's appointment,[17][18] which the Mozilla Foundation attributed to "a variety of reasons. Two of the board members had been planning to leave for some time, one since January and one explicitly at the end of the CEO search, regardless of the person selected."[19] On April 3, 2014, Eich stepped down as CEO and resigned from working at Mozilla.[20][21] In his personal blog, Eich posted that "under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader."[22][23] Following Eich's resignation, the National Organization for Marriage called for its own boycott of Mozilla.[24][25]
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Anonymous2014-06-19 18:22
I'd just like to remind everyone how prophetic this song by "10 Years After" is. It was written ca. 1971, but it is 100% about today's world.
Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?
This is about today's rampaging LGBT, feminists and similar mindless faggots.
Tax the rich Feed the poor Till there are no rich no more
This is about today's socialism which has polluted half the world by breeding poverty.
Population keeps on breeding Nation bleeding Still more feeding
This is about today's world overpopulation and the corresponding mass hunger.
Life is funny, skies are sunny Bees make honey Who needs money? Monopoly
Today's financial system is a consequence of "free market" turning into the hegemony of transnational monoponlies.
World pollution There's no solution Institution, electrocution
Today's irreversible destruction of ecology and mass pollution.
Kid just wants to rebel. During socialism they whine about holodomor, and during capitalism they rebel against McDonalds. One word - plebs.
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Anonymous2014-06-21 6:59
>>8 OK. But what does that have to do with me? Kids don't listen to good 70s music. And only an oblivious idiot wouldn't notice that capitalism and socialism both have turned the contemporary world into a shitty, ineffective dumpster full of suffering.
Capitalism always boils down to monopolism and oligarchy, because one of the fundamental properties of capitalism is that the biggest market players get bigger while the othercompanies either get acquired or go out of business. Capitapistic countries try to fight that by establishing anti-monopoly organs, but it's a fight that's always lost in the long run. Capitalism is defective by design.
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Anonymous2014-06-21 8:13
Using figures from Forbes magazine’s latest list of billionaires, the study also warns that the UK’s wealthiest 0.1 per cent have seen their income grow nearly four times faster than the least well-off 90 per cent of the population.
That's capitalism for ya. And they dare talk about "equal opportunities" and "social lifts". What a joke.
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Anonymous2014-06-21 8:15
>>12 Those people would not have their PC if the capitalists didn't take initiative to make the PC a commodity.
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Anonymous2014-06-21 8:22
>>14 Those people would not have their PC if the capitalists didn't exploit near-slave-cheap labor in third-world countries. The Chinese factory worker who builds computer components makes 1 or 2 dollars a day. Also, those capitalists are proceeding to control all PCs with DRM and locked-down OSs. And, in the spirit of capitalism, there will be no alternatives, because once the free market turns to an Apple&Microsoft market, freedom is over. And they always turn. Capitalism does anything but promote competition and innovation, in fact, it stifles them.
Yeah. Soviet Union had computers, but they were used mostly for military and gosplan purposes. Socialist government had no plans making them a commodity or funding video games production. Most soviet movies were propaganda, having little entertainment value. Speaking of Islamic countries (Islam is a form of socialism) - they don't have anything at all.
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Anonymous2014-06-21 9:08
>>16 As if today's Hollywood movies aren't all propaganda. Also, socialism is obviously shit too, but there are more alternatives if your thinking isn't limited by the Cold War (which has ended over 20 years ago, by the way).
As if today's Hollywood movies aren't all propaganda.
How Pacific Rim and Batman are propaganda?
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Anonymous2014-06-21 9:17
>>18 All Hollywood movies are propaganda of a set of values: relationships, creating families, having kids, democracy, nigger tolerance.
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Anonymous2014-06-21 10:03
OK I'll throw in a simple thesis that I want your discussion about:
world's money distribution should be put under centralized, automated, transparent control.
Why? Because money acquisition is a positive-feedback loop that promotes crime and suffering. Positive-feedback: gaining more money lets you gain money even faster (through financial markets, business investments, marketing investments, research investments, gambling, etc). Does gaining a car give you the ability to gain more cars? Does stealing someone's weed give you access to even more weed? Generally it doesn't. But with money, it's a direct self-strengthening link. Money is more like weapons, where you gaining weapons allows you to rob an armory and gain even more weapons. Except that weapons are under heavy control in most countries.
promotes crime and suffering: this one is rather self-explanatory. Bribes, murders, personal armies, inhumane labor exploitation, legislation lobbying, starting wars and lying about it all through the media that you own - the contemporary American reality is an illustration of this principle.
All Hollywood movies are propaganda of a set of values: relationships, creating families, having kids, democracy, nigger tolerance.
Wut? Batman has no family (besides the old Butler) and there is not a single nigger in the movie, besides Schwarzenegger, not even among criminals. Batman is one of the most racist movies ever, because it implies that African-Americans got completely cleansed.
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Anonymous2014-06-21 13:12
>>21 He has a relationship with Vicky. It's nearly impossible to find a Hollywood movie that doesn't have a relationship between a guy and a 3D pig as an important part of the plot. It's like anyone who doesn't have a girlfriend or a wife is an incomplete person by Hollywood standards.