<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Kenneth Peiruza <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenneth@contralaguerra.org">kenneth@contralaguerra.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
I do also like Turing's birthday, as he was so terribly treated and<br>
he made amazing progress in computing and on defeating the Nazis,<br>
however, I would personally prefer to honor the man who invented the<br>
first machine/way for massive culture and knowledge distribution:<br>
<br>
Johannes Gutenberg ---> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg</a><br>
<br>
UN choosen Catalan's book day (St. George's, 23rd of April) to make<br>
the world book day, so, Gutenberg has no big day for such an amazing<br>
contribution to mankind!<br></blockquote><div><br>I like it man !!! <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
Sadly, birth date is unknown, however death date is 3rd of February.<br>
<br>
Points in favor:<br>
<br>
- Not linked to any kind of disrupting background: he even used the<br>
cash of the bible's project to print a lot of other books, he got sued<br>
for this reason and lost all his money for that.<br>
- That day has no big event around (as far as I could check it,<br>
please correct me if I'm wrong) - His invention made it possible<br>
knowledge/culture/leisure/ideas distribution like never before (also<br>
novels could not exist without printers!). Probably the biggest<br>
contributor in such aspects in whole history (appart from that who<br>
invented scripture, but we don't know about he/she)<br>
- Not linked to IT (so easier to widespread)<br>
<br>
Points against it:<br>
<br>
- Only for this year: that day is already passed!<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
What do you think?<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers!<br>
<br>
Kenneth Peiruza<br>
Partido Pirata (.es)<br>
<br>
En/na W Tovey ha escrit:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> Ships have been around for something like 10,000 years. Naval pirates<br>
> seem to have been around (and documented) since at least the 13th<br>
> century BC. Anyway, if St Columba's day isn't appropriate, how about<br>
> Alan Turing's birthday - although I don't think we should emphasise<br>
> the computer aspect too much - we're not a computer movement.<br>
><br>
> -Will<br>
><br>
> On 02/05/2010 14:27, Alex wrote:<br>
>> i don't think they had ships in 597 :-)<br>
>><br>
>> i suggest may 19 - birthday of Gary Kildall<br>
>> or july 11 - his death date.<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Angel Vazquez Hernandez<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:anvazher@gmail.com">anvazher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Sorry, I can't log in the wiki. So I must to use this list to my<br>
>>> proposal: 9<br>
>>> june, the Saint Columba death day.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Saint Columba was the first pirate. Read about Saint Columba in<br>
>>> Wikipedia:<br>
>>> Saint Columba was born on 7 December 521 and died on 9 June 597, he<br>
>>> was the<br>
>>> first person who was judged for a not authorized book copy.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Saint Columba was a monk, a warrior (read about Battle of Cúl<br>
>>> Dreimhne in<br>
>>> 561), a man of letters (having written several hymns and being<br>
>>> credited with<br>
>>> having transcribed 300 books) and a mythological person (he stopped<br>
>>> Loch<br>
>>> Ness monster, and he knew ¿king? Artorius). He is, also, the patron<br>
>>> saint of<br>
>>> the poets and the bookbinders.<br>
>>><br>
>>> In Middle Age european culture was in the monastic settlements<br>
>>> founded by<br>
>>> Saint Columba descendants. He was a pirate that made Europe as we know.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> 2010/5/2 Bogomil "Bogo" Shopov<<a href="mailto:bogo@piratskapartia.bg">bogo@piratskapartia.bg</a>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> So, there are more ideas here:<br>
>>>> <a href="http://int.piratenpartei.de/User:Bogomil/Projects/IntPPD" target="_blank">http://int.piratenpartei.de/User:Bogomil/Projects/IntPPD</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> If you don't know how to use wiki, feel free to send proposals here.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Please propose a date and/or add more details. I will give a beer for<br>
>>>> every contribution :)))<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thanks,<br>
>>>> Bogo<br>
>>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Angel Vázquez Hernández<br>
>>> <a href="http://anvazher.nireblog.com/" target="_blank">http://anvazher.nireblog.com/</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Coordinador del Comité Sectorial de Sociedad de la Información<br>
>>> PARTIDO PIRATA<br>
>>><br>
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