I propose submitting Carnivore through official diplomatic channels to the French government for independent evaluation by the testing body of their choice.
Analysis by the French intelligence community would result in an exhaustive critique of the software and clear delineation of its merits and pitfalls.
The French are more highly qualified for this task than any other authoritative group on earth.
The merger of USADR and LDR to form iBiquity Digital Corporation doesn't portend more choice for American listeners. It portends less.
While the rest of the world rushes to embrace the Eureka 147 digital audio broadcast (DAB) standard, America has floundered for years to develop its own digital system. Why this departure? Greed.
The Eureka system uses a single transmitter facility that is used by all broadcasters in a geographical area. Each of the participants in the system also share a common coverage area. Everyone competes on the basis of the quality of the programming they offer and not the signal available to listeners.
By contrast, powerful, entrenched American broadcasters detest the idea of fair competition. The huge corporate multi-station operators (MSO's) that own hundreds of local radio stations each, have oligopoly power and intend to keep it. They own the big, powerful stations in each market, and dominate the airwaves.
Small stations, which don't have the broadcast reach of their MSO competitors, are left marginalized by the current scheme. Thus, the choices available to the listening public are limited by technical constraints. It matters not whether the smaller broadcaster offers superior programming.
The iBiquity system is designed to perpetuate this order. All it does is piggyback a digital audio signal on the existing analog one. The result is the degradation of the analog signal. This is done so that a digital signal that is vastly technically inferior to Eukeka can be delivered in a coverage pattern that duplicates the existing one.
Add to this the deregulation of US media ownership and the result is a concentration of media power that only worsens by the day.
I am just getting caught up on two-day-old stories as I write this and see that no one who posted a highly rated response knew about the NIC (www.thinknic.com.)
It has ethernet and sells for under $400 delivered, complete with monitor and speakers. It even runs Linux.
Of course, the Slashdot train has long since moved on, so no one who wants the information will ever see this.
There's a nascent Linux appliance market that MS can't afford to ignore. This platform is the basis for the penetration of the mass consumer market. We're talking about a multiple of today's existing installed base of PCs.
If MS fails to acknowledge the "Linux on the desktop" freight train, they only stand to lose marketshare and mindshare for their proprietary technologies.
We can expect, however, for Linux implementations to be inferior to those for Windows. Witness the deliberate incompatabilities between IE for Mac and Windows.
This is another shrewd play for MS. My concern, though, is that it's a Trojan Horse.
After WWII, chemical manufacturers seized control of food production through the agricultural universities. They control the politicians--who control the federal grants--and they control the research agenda. As a result, they ultimately control the curriculum. Thus, they control an ag-industry that favors monoculture corporate farming, which is entirely dependent on what they produce, and to hell with family farms and YOUR health.
This insideous propagandizing begins at an early age. As someone who is known to have a knowledge of nutrition, I was asked by a registered nurse who knew absolutely nothing of the subject, to help her sixth-grade son with a homework assignment on nutrition. The curriculum was provided by Monsanto. These are the people who brought you the powerful neurotoxin known as Nutrasweet. Naturally, the lesson spoke glowingly of the same chemical that is treated by the FAA as a banned substance for commercial airline pilots.
The utter fiendishness of the pharmaceutical industry is the worst example. There are over six hundred known curative treatments for cancer. All of the most effective ones are banned in the United States. Here too, the research agenda is controlled by whore politicians who have sold their souls to the drug pushers. Worse yet, the public charities that purport to work to cure dread disease, instead vigorously suppress effective treatments. The charter of the American Cancer Society, for example, explicitly states that when a cure is found for cancer, the organization must dissolve. A six-figure income and lavish lifestyle is too much of a temptation for the weak of character to care about such things as the horrible suffering and dying of others.
I'm afraid all this is not new. It's just that it is just now becoming evident in the information technology arena.
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One year programming required at $19.99/mo, but--hey--Dish Network beats DirecTV anyway.
What would be the best way for them to go about getting a green card, especially if any possible corporate sponsorship is in doubt?
1. Find blonde.
2. Kiss blonde's ass.
3. Marry blonde.
When I met Jim Collier four years ago, he was a healthy young man. Today, both he and his brother Ken are dead.
Why?
They published a book in 1992 entitled Votescam: The Stealing of America.
You can find out more about how the American political system is rigged at www.votescam.com.
Bravo!
And politicians. Don't forget politicians!
When I met Jim Collier four years ago, he was a healthy young man. Now both he and his brother Ken are dead. But, their expose` survives them.
Anyone who thinks their vote counts is a damned fool.
Anyone who confronts The Corporate Republic is a martyr.
Analysis by the French intelligence community would result in an exhaustive critique of the software and clear delineation of its merits and pitfalls.
The French are more highly qualified for this task than any other authoritative group on earth.
My old case is busting at the seams to hold all that pron, anyway.
While the rest of the world rushes to embrace the Eureka 147 digital audio broadcast (DAB) standard, America has floundered for years to develop its own digital system. Why this departure? Greed.
The Eureka system uses a single transmitter facility that is used by all broadcasters in a geographical area. Each of the participants in the system also share a common coverage area. Everyone competes on the basis of the quality of the programming they offer and not the signal available to listeners.
By contrast, powerful, entrenched American broadcasters detest the idea of fair competition. The huge corporate multi-station operators (MSO's) that own hundreds of local radio stations each, have oligopoly power and intend to keep it. They own the big, powerful stations in each market, and dominate the airwaves.
Small stations, which don't have the broadcast reach of their MSO competitors, are left marginalized by the current scheme. Thus, the choices available to the listening public are limited by technical constraints. It matters not whether the smaller broadcaster offers superior programming.
The iBiquity system is designed to perpetuate this order. All it does is piggyback a digital audio signal on the existing analog one. The result is the degradation of the analog signal. This is done so that a digital signal that is vastly technically inferior to Eukeka can be delivered in a coverage pattern that duplicates the existing one.
Add to this the deregulation of US media ownership and the result is a concentration of media power that only worsens by the day.
It's already been done, and extremely well at that. It's called Indrema. It even runs on Linux.
An undergrad degree in comp sci would be necessary, just to provide perspective.
Beyond that, a masters degree in library science would be required in order to assure a working knowledge of the vast field of information science.
This matriculation path would provide the credentials to become a research librian in the field, researcher, author, or historian.
I am just getting caught up on two-day-old stories as I write this and see that no one who posted a highly rated response knew about the NIC (www.thinknic.com.)
It has ethernet and sells for under $400 delivered, complete with monitor and speakers. It even runs Linux.
Of course, the Slashdot train has long since moved on, so no one who wants the information will ever see this.
There must be a better way.
If MS fails to acknowledge the "Linux on the desktop" freight train, they only stand to lose marketshare and mindshare for their proprietary technologies.
We can expect, however, for Linux implementations to be inferior to those for Windows. Witness the deliberate incompatabilities between IE for Mac and Windows.
This is another shrewd play for MS. My concern, though, is that it's a Trojan Horse.
We already have hybrid creatures. The Democrats just nominated one.
This insideous propagandizing begins at an early age. As someone who is known to have a knowledge of nutrition, I was asked by a registered nurse who knew absolutely nothing of the subject, to help her sixth-grade son with a homework assignment on nutrition. The curriculum was provided by Monsanto. These are the people who brought you the powerful neurotoxin known as Nutrasweet. Naturally, the lesson spoke glowingly of the same chemical that is treated by the FAA as a banned substance for commercial airline pilots.
The utter fiendishness of the pharmaceutical industry is the worst example. There are over six hundred known curative treatments for cancer. All of the most effective ones are banned in the United States. Here too, the research agenda is controlled by whore politicians who have sold their souls to the drug pushers. Worse yet, the public charities that purport to work to cure dread disease, instead vigorously suppress effective treatments. The charter of the American Cancer Society, for example, explicitly states that when a cure is found for cancer, the organization must dissolve. A six-figure income and lavish lifestyle is too much of a temptation for the weak of character to care about such things as the horrible suffering and dying of others.
I'm afraid all this is not new. It's just that it is just now becoming evident in the information technology arena.