If you're talking about keeping the government and business out of people's lives, then I'd say its libertarian. It used to be conservative when Goldwater was around, but they buried that idea with him.
Have you talked to your parents and grandparents about the race? I've put 25,000 miles down in the last 18 months and people are receptive to my message. Slashdot seems to write this off as "fixing copyright" which one reason I got in, but certainly not what I preach to the masses. Talking about bringing accountability, fiscal responsibility, and participatory democracy to government is what people want across the political spectrum, and I have a plan that I am demonstrating how to do it.
By and large they both suck, are technologically incompetent, and totally bought and sold to their masters (be it Hollywood, BSA, RIAA, etc). I don't think you can call one position "Democrat", or "Republican", or "Conservative", or "Liberal".
If nothing else, I hope to inspire other tech savvy people to step up. We desperately need leadership in Congress that understands more about technology than where the power button is.
Why not demonstrate a system to change it? I remember years ago it cost $25M to make movies, then Spike Lee made "She's Gotta Have It". You used to not be able to get music distribution without a music contract, but that isn't the case any more is it? International business and communication also used to be difficult too, but is it any more?
The status quo will remain status quo unless people work to change it.
You never gave an effective argument as to how the average American voter could ever hope to understand it. Voting is already pretty simple, and we're lucky to get a 25%. You want to enforce a system that most people can't pronounce, let alone understand?
I got tired last January of battling the Red Keyboard Brigade from putting TubGirl all over my pages and had to go to registered accounts with email requests. Quoting from the front page:
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1962 - "We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
So if the government can't stop crime on the phones they already have the ability to monitor, what is the use in expanding their domain to eavesdrop on?
More punishment for Americans who obey the law. As if a criminal would be stupid enough to not use private encryption or alternate communication channels that the government didn't have a listening ear to. Why don't they go all the way and pass an amendment to the constitution that prevents citizens from protecting themselves from government monitoring? Isn't that what they really want?
This is why we need people who understand technology to run for office. This is one reason I am running and I hope you either run yourself or support a candidate who does have a clue. Don't leave these decisions to the people who think the Internet is a "series of tubes".
Of course placement has nothing to do with the fact that the issues on the wiki are in alphabetical order.
Nevertheless, I'm campaigning not only against the elected Republican but the Democrats' inability to lead with vision. The whole of Washington has a very shakey grip on technology which is more than just the "Internets", its the underpinning of our lives.
Cdparanoia is a ripper, not an encoder. All it does is take the digital stream off the CD. You need another program to use cdparanoia in conjunction with an encoder. I know you said Mac or Windows, but since you mentioned simultaneous flac/mp3 creation, I had to put in another plug for abcde. I use it for simultaneous flac/mp3 creation, flac to archive, mp3 for my iPod and portability. I've done over 1500+ of my own CDs with this setup. Its well worth a Linux install. However it appears that abcde works with OSX now, I can't vouch for that setup.
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If you're talking about keeping the government and business out of people's lives, then I'd say its libertarian. It used to be conservative when Goldwater was around, but they buried that idea with him.
There are other photos from other photographers on the site. If you'd like, I can send you a signed copy whatever one you like the best.
Which is why the gubernatorial Democratic candidate got 42% of the vote in 2004.
guess again, dean didnt put him up to this, dean didnt pay him to do this, hes doing it because it should be done. DNC paid zip to this campaign
Actually Dean did do something. He shook my hand twice over the course of the past 18 months, then promptly forgot all about me.
Have you talked to your parents and grandparents about the race? I've put 25,000 miles down in the last 18 months and people are receptive to my message. Slashdot seems to write this off as "fixing copyright" which one reason I got in, but certainly not what I preach to the masses. Talking about bringing accountability, fiscal responsibility, and participatory democracy to government is what people want across the political spectrum, and I have a plan that I am demonstrating how to do it.
At least he didn't call me Ashcroft. It has happened out on the trail and I just gotta smile.
Taken any college level science curriculum lately?
Did you bother to read my issues before passing judgement? How about watching the debates? Reading the interviews?
By and large they both suck, are technologically incompetent, and totally bought and sold to their masters (be it Hollywood, BSA, RIAA, etc). I don't think you can call one position "Democrat", or "Republican", or "Conservative", or "Liberal".
You can call them all ignorant.
Terrorists too.
How many ads did ebay, Google, or Yahoo! run before they hit one million users? How about MySpace and YouTube? The world is changing.
If nothing else, I hope to inspire other tech savvy people to step up. We desperately need leadership in Congress that understands more about technology than where the power button is.
Why do you think I had to go to registration in the first place? This isn't the first Slashdotting.
Why not demonstrate a system to change it? I remember years ago it cost $25M to make movies, then Spike Lee made "She's Gotta Have It". You used to not be able to get music distribution without a music contract, but that isn't the case any more is it? International business and communication also used to be difficult too, but is it any more?
The status quo will remain status quo unless people work to change it.
You never gave an effective argument as to how the average American voter could ever hope to understand it. Voting is already pretty simple, and we're lucky to get a 25%. You want to enforce a system that most people can't pronounce, let alone understand?
I got tired last January of battling the Red Keyboard Brigade from putting TubGirl all over my pages and had to go to registered accounts with email requests. Quoting from the front page:
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The irony of this thread is making my head explode.
Pete Ashdown for U.S. Senate
Any of the "olds" around here will remember that it was Maxwell Smart who said it long before Monkey Island.
1962 - "We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
2006 - "Its too hard and too expensive."
So if the government can't stop crime on the phones they already have the ability to monitor, what is the use in expanding their domain to eavesdrop on?
More punishment for Americans who obey the law. As if a criminal would be stupid enough to not use private encryption or alternate communication channels that the government didn't have a listening ear to. Why don't they go all the way and pass an amendment to the constitution that prevents citizens from protecting themselves from government monitoring? Isn't that what they really want?
This is why we need people who understand technology to run for office. This is one reason I am running and I hope you either run yourself or support a candidate who does have a clue. Don't leave these decisions to the people who think the Internet is a "series of tubes".
Of course placement has nothing to do with the fact that the issues on the wiki are in alphabetical order.
Nevertheless, I'm campaigning not only against the elected Republican but the Democrats' inability to lead with vision. The whole of Washington has a very shakey grip on technology which is more than just the "Internets", its the underpinning of our lives.
You're right, except for the fact that this politico is embracing the idea.
Cdparanoia is a ripper, not an encoder. All it does is take the digital stream off the CD. You need another program to use cdparanoia in conjunction with an encoder. I know you said Mac or Windows, but since you mentioned simultaneous flac/mp3 creation, I had to put in another plug for abcde. I use it for simultaneous flac/mp3 creation, flac to archive, mp3 for my iPod and portability. I've done over 1500+ of my own CDs with this setup. Its well worth a Linux install. However it appears that abcde works with OSX now, I can't vouch for that setup.