Re-imagining

[gord campbell]

You're just not that interesting Ralph, you have nothing to fear.
[smile]

Since Canonical is doing business with China, the political implications
might be considered on-topic for this list.

I've spent time in China. I wandered all over the city (Wuhan) with my
camera, and never felt restricted. I browsed web sites from the homes of
regular Chinese citizens, and never had one blocked. There's a lot of
hysteria about China which is undeserved.

Yes, the government is working on ways to use the Internet as a weapon.
So are the Chinese. [smile] I'm sure there is some truth to "the great
firewall" and monitoring of citizens, but, really, all governments are
doing those things. While text chats are easy to monitor, I think video
is a lot more difficult.

Also thanks to Darcy for the mention of QQ under Wine. I have tried to
follow that development; it's my (perhaps outdated) understanding that
video doesn't work. When my wife chats with her grandson, video is kind
of the point of the whole thing.



>For what it is worth, QQ is called by some as "a giant trojan horse" as
>reported in
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/14/china_enemy_internet_blue_coat_skype/
>
>So just to be on the safe side, if ever using one of such products, I
>would safely
>sandbox it in a way that it has no access to anything on my computer,
>and use it 
>only for things that are public anyway or I have no concerns if they
>would become public.
>
>Just saying,
>
>Ralph