Should we hold ourselves to a higher standard? Nah!
I'm glad that you feel OK about the fact that the "Land of the free," the US, has the highest rate of incarceration. I'll bet you also don't have much of a problem with privatized prisons.
If the judge will so easily see that GMOs are OK, then shouldn't the smaller mom-and-pop company have an easier time getting clearance for their GMO product in the first place?
Oh wait, they have nasty laws and regulations to contend with... I don't know, my friend. You really seemed to tie yourself in knots with this little parable, without arriving at a point of any consequence.
I know you're not an industry shill because you wouldn't last more than a day.
I don't see the harm in GMO products being labelled, so consumers can make an informed choice. If GMOs are a-OK, why did companies like Monsanto campaign against GMO labeling in California?
The argument that genetically modifying organisms is the same exact thing as selective breeding is flat-out wrong, and only serves to underscore a near-complete lack of comprehension about the issue.
Looking over this thead, there are surprisingly few misinformed militant anti-GMOers, and a disheartening amount of pro-GMO shills using strawman arguments. I suppose that's what money buys you these days... that, and triticale with octopus genes.
He is right though, it is alarming to see so many posts by people who are, let's say, openly white about this issue. C'est la Vie. Tribalism dies hard.
Yes, exactly. All the pro-Zimmerman posts (stretching from the top of the page all the way down) and now the anti-McNeil post make me wonder if Khipu is a member of Zimmerman's family.
So, you were saying Android users don't waste a lot of time talking about the iPhone? Oh wait, that was in conversation. My bad./Android user here//Still don't give a fuck
OK, you are right on the money. It is still worth pointing out that this abomination of a movie is not even trying to pretend to be environmentally aware in its associated marketing deals. Floor wax, etc. might be equallu environmentally unfriendly, but as you said, the shilling for an SUV gets the liberal "target audience" mad. There's nothing wrong with that, though. Advertisers and movie studios have become increasingly brazen, not even pretending to respect the ideas behind the intellectual properties they exploit. It is worthwhile to send them a message by posting about it on./ (?)
So Facebook provides all the necessary info for Law Enforcement, but doesn't engage in detailed logging, probably because it is too expensive and as the gentleman said, it doesn't yet fit in with FB's business model. Still, they provide peoples' names, emails, and IP addresses for Law Enforcement, so really they cooperate with the fuzz as much as is needed. Nice damage control, making themselves out to be standing up to Big Brother. Then again, IDNRTFA, and with the way sunmaries have been lately, this could be an article about My Little Pony, for all I know...
What I am saying is that if an artist or business falls on hard times - which happens quite often - their only means of income could be taken away from them.
Clearly, paying exorbitant fees does not allow for a level playing field; it will never cause problems for large corporations, but could easily cause problems for smaller ones and individuals.
I am not even in favor of copyright as it stands, but I think the rules should be the same for everyone, regardless of income.
Perhaps one way to do this would be to have a sliding scale incorporated with your idea - the fee for renewal could be a percentage of the copyright holder's income.
Great idea! It would make it even easier for large corporations to hold onto their copyrights, while making it harder for starving artists and less-fortunate companies. Money should be able to buy everything, since economic success is the only conceivable indicator of value!
GP may be disingenuously trying to square the circle by turning this story around on left-wingers, but you are wrong: one does not have to be ignorant to see that left-wingers restrict speech all the time. I am very left-wing and I am disgusted by the fact that left wingers try and succeed at restricting speech in the U.S. and abroad. To me, it flies in the face of what progressivism should be about.
What you are missing is that both left and right wing restrict speech in America, Saudi Arabia, Holland, etc. It is a phenomenon that occurs, regardless of ideology, when people get to a point where they see themselves as the sole judges of what is good and righteous, whether they are Mullahs or elected officials in a socialist country. Maybe given enough power, you could get frustrated enough to restrict GP's right to blame things on left wingers, or I could restrict your right to make gross generalizations about right wingers.
In the US, the left wing often tries to suppress speech through social means like shaming people and protesting un-P.C. speech. They try to tell people which words they can and cannot say. Worse, as mentioned above, many progressive European countries without our history of codified "free speech" have actual laws against denying the Holocaust.
Incidentally, if I were an adolescent growing up in Germany, the fact that it is illegal to deny the Holocaust - which is on its face a crazy opinion to have - would make me think that paradoxically there might be some truth to Holocaust denial. After all, why are they trying to stop discussion about it?
In America, we let idiots like Fred Phelps and company spew all the hatred they want, without fear of official reprisal. It makes it easier to keep tabs on them and to know what we are dealing with. In countries like Germany, forbidding people to speak openly about their history has arguably aided the resurgence of neo-naziism.
Moreover, restricting hate speech makes it harder to keep track of these hate groups and to know what their true goals are. The smarter/saner ones don't dare deny the Holocaust in public. Many of the most powerful neo Nazis are polite businessmen in suits and ties, hiding in plain sight like an antisemetic Gustavo Fring.
What is especially interesting here is that Megaupload was planning to go into the business of releasing original content. Many major artists supported Megaupload publicly in the video a few weeks back, and it is rumored that Swizz Beats is the CEO.
This is clearly the RIAA/MPAA trying to prevent a major new competitor from getting off the ground. It also has the welcome effect of discouraging any future Youtube-like startup companies.
Another interesting aspect of this is that Megaupload and Megavideo were fastidious about removing copyrighted material from their sites, much more so than their competitors. I would love to see them successfuly fight this.
Hi, Steve Jobs! Don't worry, you're not a sociopath. After all, "Like it or not but success is the most clear indicator for psychological health we have."
Boy, you sure do love the word "Technolust," don't you? I usually only use it three or four times an hour, myself... a little less during the holidays.
I know you want to preserve her memory for your kids... but there's only so much you can do, and apparently only a limited amount of time left.
If you spend too much of your time simply documenting her life, you may one day regret not spending more one-on-one time with her, unencumbered by things like worrying about videotaping and documenting every last second. No matter what, you will have regrets, but you should spend quality time with her while she is here, and not worry so much about documentation.
This is all part of life - it sounds like you may have already done enough documentation for the time being, and perhaps now you should allow yourself and your kids to actually experience her as she is. Memories become distorted but still there is no substitute for real experience.
According to an article on DevX, today Zappa would no doubt be using Linux and Ardour for most of his recording and composition.
...I would wager that Zappa's thirst for this kind of mixing would lead him to the industry standard: Pro Tools. I highly doubt a professional musician would stray from that but if Zappa dumped some cash into Ardour development and increased its support then maybe.
You highly doubt a professional musician would stray from Pro Tools? What about Logic Studio, Digital Performer, SONAR, and the reams of other Digital Audio Workstaitons? Many professionals use these as well, often integrated with Digidesign's high-end TDM hardware. Logic in particular destroys Pro Tools in terms of features and price and many are making the switch. Pro Tools' integration with Digidesign's proprietary hardware has become a handicap in the prosumer price range particularly, as Digidesign's hardware is trounced, in terms of features and sound quality, by other less expensive offerings.
But right now, audio recording on Linux isn't the greatest. Pro Tools is often augmented with dedicated hardware... I am unaware of how you would do this with Ardour. I also have had one hell of a time trying to get a dual core processor with plenty of ram to record in Linux and also play back what you're recording on top of several tracks without delay.
In my hobby projects, I have given up on audio recordings in Linux although I must say I was impressed with Ubuntu Studio when I was trying to layer guitar tracks a few years ago. It just seemed that the audio bus could not keep up when recording through my M-Audio USB input box...
That might be where your problem lies. M-Audio's hardware is worse than Digidesign's (although they are the same company) ! All kidding aside though, M-Audio driver support for Linux is sketchy. My M-Audio Delta 1010LT works beautifully under Linux with the ICE driver. It requires some configuration, but so does setting up a digital audio workstation in OSX or Windows - especially Windows. Also, latency and the like depends on the distro you're using. The reality is that Linux has tons of free audio software, and could easily be used to replace my Logic Pro setup, except for the lack of commercial plugins and sound libraries. As this is fixed, Linux will be more viable.
Like a lot of things in Linux it could have been a configuration error but I spent a lot of time on that. Unfortunately, all musicians are not computer savvy and they certainly do not like messing around with getting software working in the studio.
Good point. Once Linux is packaged well for musicians and audio professionals, I believe it could supersede Windows as the #2 platform for digital audio. Then again, in 10 years, maybe Haiku will be up there as well, with its BeOS underpinnings.
For a good example of what Ardour can do/be when combined with proprietary DSP, check out Harrison Mixbus. http://www.harrisonconsoles.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=42 It is under $100 (or was last time I checked) and features that Harrison sound combined with Ardour's power. It is OSX-only at the moment, but it will be available for Linux eventually. I've already used Mixbus to mix a few projects via Logic; once it is available for Linux it will replace Ardour as my main Linux DAW of choice.
Hmm, I want to sign up for this HIV support group on Facebook... who cares if everyone who googles my name sees it?
Very disingenuous - do you work for Facebook? The point that you conveniently ignore is that Facebook's privacy settings are labrynthine and constantly changing. They continually exploit more and more of their users' data in a manner which, "new Terms of Service" notwithstanding, the users did not agree to when they signed up and are largely not aware of.
While the article misses the mark with its suggestions, Facebook's interface is designed to fool users who are not tech-savvy or are just too busy to read the fine print; to dupe them into giving more information to marketers than ever before, and to share as much information about themselves as legally possible. Facebook is being duplicitous and greedy, and while it may be legal, and it may be done in degrees, their privacy policy is beyond the pale compared to previous market leaders.
Of course, you could avail yourself of the benefits of Facebook by opening an account with a fake name and fake info - but that is illegal and people have actually been subject to police action for it.
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Should we hold ourselves to a higher standard? Nah! I'm glad that you feel OK about the fact that the "Land of the free," the US, has the highest rate of incarceration. I'll bet you also don't have much of a problem with privatized prisons.
AC, you're overthinking this. They'll simply starve to death and the problem will take care of itself
If the judge will so easily see that GMOs are OK, then shouldn't the smaller mom-and-pop company have an easier time getting clearance for their GMO product in the first place? Oh wait, they have nasty laws and regulations to contend with... I don't know, my friend. You really seemed to tie yourself in knots with this little parable, without arriving at a point of any consequence. I know you're not an industry shill because you wouldn't last more than a day. I don't see the harm in GMO products being labelled, so consumers can make an informed choice. If GMOs are a-OK, why did companies like Monsanto campaign against GMO labeling in California? The argument that genetically modifying organisms is the same exact thing as selective breeding is flat-out wrong, and only serves to underscore a near-complete lack of comprehension about the issue. Looking over this thead, there are surprisingly few misinformed militant anti-GMOers, and a disheartening amount of pro-GMO shills using strawman arguments. I suppose that's what money buys you these days... that, and triticale with octopus genes.
I meant to moderate this +1 insightful, and I modded it -1 redundant! I am posting to undo the incorrect moderation.
He is right though, it is alarming to see so many posts by people who are, let's say, openly white about this issue. C'est la Vie. Tribalism dies hard.
Yes, exactly. All the pro-Zimmerman posts (stretching from the top of the page all the way down) and now the anti-McNeil post make me wonder if Khipu is a member of Zimmerman's family.
Correction: Someone has to be held accountable when a boy is killed. What better person to hold accountable than his killer?
So, you were saying Android users don't waste a lot of time talking about the iPhone? Oh wait, that was in conversation. My bad. /Android user here //Still don't give a fuck
This must be the most racist +4 modded post I have ever seen on /. Great job?
Wolves are returning????? Oh shit. Looks like I am turning in my environmentalist card; I don't need to be chased by wolves again!
OK, you are right on the money. It is still worth pointing out that this abomination of a movie is not even trying to pretend to be environmentally aware in its associated marketing deals. Floor wax, etc. might be equallu environmentally unfriendly, but as you said, the shilling for an SUV gets the liberal "target audience" mad. There's nothing wrong with that, though. Advertisers and movie studios have become increasingly brazen, not even pretending to respect the ideas behind the intellectual properties they exploit. It is worthwhile to send them a message by posting about it on ./ (?)
So Facebook provides all the necessary info for Law Enforcement, but doesn't engage in detailed logging, probably because it is too expensive and as the gentleman said, it doesn't yet fit in with FB's business model. Still, they provide peoples' names, emails, and IP addresses for Law Enforcement, so really they cooperate with the fuzz as much as is needed. Nice damage control, making themselves out to be standing up to Big Brother. Then again, IDNRTFA, and with the way sunmaries have been lately, this could be an article about My Little Pony, for all I know...
What I am saying is that if an artist or business falls on hard times - which happens quite often - their only means of income could be taken away from them. Clearly, paying exorbitant fees does not allow for a level playing field; it will never cause problems for large corporations, but could easily cause problems for smaller ones and individuals. I am not even in favor of copyright as it stands, but I think the rules should be the same for everyone, regardless of income. Perhaps one way to do this would be to have a sliding scale incorporated with your idea - the fee for renewal could be a percentage of the copyright holder's income.
Great idea! It would make it even easier for large corporations to hold onto their copyrights, while making it harder for starving artists and less-fortunate companies. Money should be able to buy everything, since economic success is the only conceivable indicator of value!
GP may be disingenuously trying to square the circle by turning this story around on left-wingers, but you are wrong: one does not have to be ignorant to see that left-wingers restrict speech all the time. I am very left-wing and I am disgusted by the fact that left wingers try and succeed at restricting speech in the U.S. and abroad. To me, it flies in the face of what progressivism should be about. What you are missing is that both left and right wing restrict speech in America, Saudi Arabia, Holland, etc. It is a phenomenon that occurs, regardless of ideology, when people get to a point where they see themselves as the sole judges of what is good and righteous, whether they are Mullahs or elected officials in a socialist country. Maybe given enough power, you could get frustrated enough to restrict GP's right to blame things on left wingers, or I could restrict your right to make gross generalizations about right wingers. In the US, the left wing often tries to suppress speech through social means like shaming people and protesting un-P.C. speech. They try to tell people which words they can and cannot say. Worse, as mentioned above, many progressive European countries without our history of codified "free speech" have actual laws against denying the Holocaust. Incidentally, if I were an adolescent growing up in Germany, the fact that it is illegal to deny the Holocaust - which is on its face a crazy opinion to have - would make me think that paradoxically there might be some truth to Holocaust denial. After all, why are they trying to stop discussion about it? In America, we let idiots like Fred Phelps and company spew all the hatred they want, without fear of official reprisal. It makes it easier to keep tabs on them and to know what we are dealing with. In countries like Germany, forbidding people to speak openly about their history has arguably aided the resurgence of neo-naziism. Moreover, restricting hate speech makes it harder to keep track of these hate groups and to know what their true goals are. The smarter/saner ones don't dare deny the Holocaust in public. Many of the most powerful neo Nazis are polite businessmen in suits and ties, hiding in plain sight like an antisemetic Gustavo Fring.
What is especially interesting here is that Megaupload was planning to go into the business of releasing original content. Many major artists supported Megaupload publicly in the video a few weeks back, and it is rumored that Swizz Beats is the CEO. This is clearly the RIAA/MPAA trying to prevent a major new competitor from getting off the ground. It also has the welcome effect of discouraging any future Youtube-like startup companies. Another interesting aspect of this is that Megaupload and Megavideo were fastidious about removing copyrighted material from their sites, much more so than their competitors. I would love to see them successfuly fight this.
Hi, Steve Jobs! Don't worry, you're not a sociopath. After all, "Like it or not but success is the most clear indicator for psychological health we have."
Boy, you sure do love the word "Technolust," don't you? I usually only use it three or four times an hour, myself... a little less during the holidays.
I know you want to preserve her memory for your kids... but there's only so much you can do, and apparently only a limited amount of time left. If you spend too much of your time simply documenting her life, you may one day regret not spending more one-on-one time with her, unencumbered by things like worrying about videotaping and documenting every last second. No matter what, you will have regrets, but you should spend quality time with her while she is here, and not worry so much about documentation. This is all part of life - it sounds like you may have already done enough documentation for the time being, and perhaps now you should allow yourself and your kids to actually experience her as she is. Memories become distorted but still there is no substitute for real experience.
According to an article on DevX, today Zappa would no doubt be using Linux and Ardour for most of his recording and composition.
...I would wager that Zappa's thirst for this kind of mixing would lead him to the industry standard: Pro Tools. I highly doubt a professional musician would stray from that but if Zappa dumped some cash into Ardour development and increased its support then maybe.
You highly doubt a professional musician would stray from Pro Tools? What about Logic Studio, Digital Performer, SONAR, and the reams of other Digital Audio Workstaitons? Many professionals use these as well, often integrated with Digidesign's high-end TDM hardware. Logic in particular destroys Pro Tools in terms of features and price and many are making the switch. Pro Tools' integration with Digidesign's proprietary hardware has become a handicap in the prosumer price range particularly, as Digidesign's hardware is trounced, in terms of features and sound quality, by other less expensive offerings.
But right now, audio recording on Linux isn't the greatest. Pro Tools is often augmented with dedicated hardware ... I am unaware of how you would do this with Ardour. I also have had one hell of a time trying to get a dual core processor with plenty of ram to record in Linux and also play back what you're recording on top of several tracks without delay.
In my hobby projects, I have given up on audio recordings in Linux although I must say I was impressed with Ubuntu Studio when I was trying to layer guitar tracks a few years ago. It just seemed that the audio bus could not keep up when recording through my M-Audio USB input box ...
That might be where your problem lies. M-Audio's hardware is worse than Digidesign's (although they are the same company) ! All kidding aside though, M-Audio driver support for Linux is sketchy. My M-Audio Delta 1010LT works beautifully under Linux with the ICE driver. It requires some configuration, but so does setting up a digital audio workstation in OSX or Windows - especially Windows. Also, latency and the like depends on the distro you're using. The reality is that Linux has tons of free audio software, and could easily be used to replace my Logic Pro setup, except for the lack of commercial plugins and sound libraries. As this is fixed, Linux will be more viable.
Like a lot of things in Linux it could have been a configuration error but I spent a lot of time on that. Unfortunately, all musicians are not computer savvy and they certainly do not like messing around with getting software working in the studio.
Good point. Once Linux is packaged well for musicians and audio professionals, I believe it could supersede Windows as the #2 platform for digital audio. Then again, in 10 years, maybe Haiku will be up there as well, with its BeOS underpinnings. For a good example of what Ardour can do/be when combined with proprietary DSP, check out Harrison Mixbus. http://www.harrisonconsoles.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=42 It is under $100 (or was last time I checked) and features that Harrison sound combined with Ardour's power. It is OSX-only at the moment, but it will be available for Linux eventually. I've already used Mixbus to mix a few projects via Logic; once it is available for Linux it will replace Ardour as my main Linux DAW of choice.
Hmm, I want to sign up for this HIV support group on Facebook... who cares if everyone who googles my name sees it? Very disingenuous - do you work for Facebook? The point that you conveniently ignore is that Facebook's privacy settings are labrynthine and constantly changing. They continually exploit more and more of their users' data in a manner which, "new Terms of Service" notwithstanding, the users did not agree to when they signed up and are largely not aware of. While the article misses the mark with its suggestions, Facebook's interface is designed to fool users who are not tech-savvy or are just too busy to read the fine print; to dupe them into giving more information to marketers than ever before, and to share as much information about themselves as legally possible. Facebook is being duplicitous and greedy, and while it may be legal, and it may be done in degrees, their privacy policy is beyond the pale compared to previous market leaders. Of course, you could avail yourself of the benefits of Facebook by opening an account with a fake name and fake info - but that is illegal and people have actually been subject to police action for it.
Don't forget that in Iraq and Afghanistan, we are supplying... that's right, universal healthcare!