Forum Overview :: Rants :: Richard Stallman: still completely obsessively insane

[quote name="The Happiness Engine"]<a href="https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-October/007647.html">https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-October/007647.html</a> [quote name="Richard Stallman"]If I am quite sleepy, I would like two cans or small bottles of non-diet Pepsi. (I dislike the taste of coke, and of all diet soda; also, there is an international boycott of the Coca Cola company for killing union organizers in Colombia and Guatemala; see killercoke.org.) However, if I am not very sleepy, I won't want Pepsi, because it is better if I don't drink so much sugar.[/quote][quote name="Richard Stallman"]Another method, which works very well in some places, is to allow people to attend gratis but charge for a certificate of attendance. If the certificate is given by an educational institution, many will find it useful for career advancement, while the others could enter gratis.[/quote][quote name="Richard Stallman"]If corporations sponsor my talk, I am willing to include a small tasteful note of thanks in announcements and brochures, but no more than that. There should be no descriptions of their products or services, and no banners with their names. If a would-be sponsor insists on more than that, we have to do without that sponsor.[/quote][quote name="Richard Stallman"]Avoiding errors in publicity: [<b>thirteen</b> paragraphs about "rightspeak" elided -Ed][/quote][quote name="Richard Stallman"]Please do not ever broadcast or publish my speeches in formats that are not good for free software. I will not speak to make a recording or broadcast that requires non-free software to be heard or viewed. Don't use RealPlayer format, or Quicktime, or Windows Media Player format, or a patented format such as MPEG2, MPEG4, or MP3.[/quote][quote name="Richard Stallman"]Please call the hotel and ask whether they will demand to see my passport, and whether they report all their guests to the police. If it has this policy, please join me in striking a blow against Big Brother, by looking for a place I can stay in that doesn't demand to see my passport, or report my visit to anyone. If the police want information about free software, they are welcome to come to my speech.[/quote][quote name="Richard Stallman"]Above 72 fahrenheit (22 centigrade) I find sleeping quite difficult. (If the air is dry, I can stand 23 degrees.) A little above that temperature, a strong electric fan blowing on me enables me to sleep. More than 3 degrees above that temperature, I need air conditioning to sleep.[/quote][quote name="Richard Stallman"]DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To acquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If you don't know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally scarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you buy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating practice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it. Meeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise.[/quote][/quote]