Well done man, but the syringe portion gave me a chill. The syringe part is more than just evidence...what the cop did was both illegal and insanely dangerous. "Sharps" are considered hazardous medical waste and in every state MUST be disposed of in a proper labeled container (NOT a Coke bottle.) They must be given to a company licensed to dispose of hazardous or medical waste and destroyed, usually in these massive incinerators. (I was a med student once...)
Ironic as this sounds, what the cop did with those sharps (syringes) was more dangerous than your identity theft. Most likely, the manager chucked the bottle in the trash, and those needles are possibly now being reused by some dumpster diving junkie. Who knows what viruses, bacteria, whatnot those kids had lurking in their blood.
I'm insanely proud of your victory but I gently suggest calling the Red Lion, and TELL them that 'dirty needles' are somewhere in their trash. Two asshole identity theives in jail is small change compared to a trash collector or Red Lion employee getting Lyme, AIDS or septicemia, and spreading it to his family.
Also, those guys know who you are, are obvious heavy druggies and probably don't like you very much right now. They'll be out one day. Consider a pistol permit. I ALWAYS carry, and that's saved my life twice. Get some professional training , and practice every week, too. My close scrapes: Three guys went at me with crowbars (carjacking attempt in a parking lot...liked my M3) and their eyes got as large as frisbees when in under half a second they saw the business end of my Les Baer.45. Never had to fire a shot, but I was absolutely ready to drop all three of them and they knew it. The other time I just opened my vest to a knife wielding mugger, we both smiled and he ran off like Carl Lewis doing the 100. Protect yourself!
Scale for 15 minutes work? That's like $1.29 or some pocket change like that. The pardody is hilarios, but the production values are pretty bad, whichis ok because of the humor..
The original's camera work is pretty bad (they say it's a webcam) but the text is unbeleivebaly clear. Not an alias in any episode.
Rubbish, as it was when this silly nfo came out. Yes Rebecca Brandt is on the production team, and she happens to work or worked for Sony in PR....but exactly where is that leading? Any major busts lately? The show is free and without strings. The production team has no idea who is downloading it. It was done for FUN. Entertainment. Amusement...just like the parody (which is hilarious, and also open and free to download by anyone.)
Why not try Googling Joe Testa, a SAG member who is the real "Brian" instead of using mug shots off a website and assuming that it must be the case, no need for further investigation.
Jesus, whoever wrote that nfo better adjust his tinfoil hat, Don't you think after five or six months of making this show, something "bad" would have happened?
Nope, just fun.
Please tell us exactly in your wildest dreams what two funny shows could possibly do to the real scene? Especially when the producers and writer all use their real names and URLs.
Remember Fun? Or has it left the building to be replaced by eternal paranoia?
Nah, in 1992, I had already been on an HST 14.4 modem for a year (remember HST?) But you're right about the compression. 217k would have seemed enormous back then.
I mean, we had just been told by the ubergeek (ptui) that we didn't ever need more than 640k...use a third of that for one image? Nah.
Jeebus, we're talking about this like it was 50 years ago. B)
Some of the confusion here might be that a major instrument is being ignored: the Mellotron.
The Theremin was indeed the centerpiece of the Barrons' music for FP (one of my fave movies anyway) but when they go off into "eletronic tape" they are probably referring to the Mellotron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron) which was basically a keyboard, each key connected to a short length of magnetic tape. Basically, a very early sampler, similar to an early Emulator, but better, in that the Emu played one sound across multiple octaves, while the Mellotron could play dozens of sounds.
(I had the chance to play with a Mellotron and a real Theremin during my years producing at the Kinks' studio (Konk) in North London during the 90's. FUN stuff.)
Also, many instruments that came later that we call "analog" are really electronic. The Hammond B/C3? Needed a special rotating tweeter speaker (a Leslie)....that sure was electronic. How about an ARP 2600? As electronic as a PC.
One of my favorite early synths was the Hohner Clavinet, made famous by "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder. I had one, given to me by an old pal, and I would lend it out to anyone needing it. I waited for the invariable phone call, tinged with panic "WHERE DO YOU PLUG IT IN???" to which I would point out that it was powered by a 9v battery under a panel on the left side. Hah.
Anyway, I digress. The first electronic music? Dunno really, though I suspect FP or another film of that era was the first scored using all electronic instruments. But the first to use tape in a synth (and therefore combined analog and digital) was the Mellotron.
I bought a Cube (500mhz) the day they came out (waited five months, but oh well.)
It still sits on my wife's desk, working faithfully and silently, handling her little business and the house bills, along with her mail, browsing and Office stuff. It's 802.11b, and has never had a touch of trouble.
It still gets compliments and "what the heck is that?" comments, and still will get $550-$600 on ebay.
Nothing wrong with the Cube at all...people just wanted a better, more flexible desktop, satisfied with the G5 I'm typing on.
Um, my phone barely makes it through the day on its extended life battery. How the heck is it going to last all day if I use it as my music source as well?
I might be alone, but I really prefer a Sidekick (or Blackberry, I spose...) for my net, email and PDA functions and my cell for phone calls and little else. Other than the occasional game of Jeopardy, I rarely use my cell for much besides a mobile phone.
The reason there's few pictures of Armstrong is because THEY ONLY HAD THE ONE STILL CAMERA.
Rubbish. This is why I typically don't respond to ACs.
From the Apollo 11 Press kit:
"Still camera equipment carried on Apollo 11 consists of one 7Omm Hasselblad electric camera stowed aboard the command module, two Hasselblad 7Omm lunar surface superwide angle cameras stowed aboard the LM and a 35mm stereo close-up camera in the LM MESA.
For motion pictures, two Maurer 16mm data acquisition cameras (one in the CSM, one in the LM) with variable frame speed (1, 6, 12 and 24 frames per second) will be used. The cameras each weigh 2.8 pounds with a 130-foot film magazine attached. The command module 16mm camera will have lenses of 5, 18 and 75mm focal length available, while the LM camera will be fitted with the 18mm wideangle lens. Motion picture camera accessories include a right-angle mirror, a power cable and a command module boresight window bracket."
Rock star"? Neil certainly was not that. He was (and is) an exceptionally gifted engineer and pilot, and a man who did the job the best he could. He was also an humble man, as evidenced by his lack of visibility in the years after Apollo 11.
Neil was a brilliant man doing a tough, dangerous job. He did so cooly and with professionalism. That's why he was America's best civilian test pilot prior to his stint in NASA. That's also why he was the best choice to lead Apollo 11 into the rare air where the great explorers are.
Damn right! Neil is the only Apollo astronaut to basically remain humble, if not downright reclusive, while others such as Cernan and Buzz have been exploiting their 15 minutes for thirty years. Hey, nothing wrong with being proud of such massive acheivements as Gene and Buzz did, but to me, Neil always stood head and shoulders above the rest. He proved himself in that uncontrolled spin in Gemini...others might have died.
What an honor to have met him, I bet that is something you'll never forget. And you saw 11 liftoff? WHOA. I watched it all on tv from summer camp (I was about 12.)
With all the hoax talk, I thought I'd mention something actually concerning the missions.
I'm a bit of a 60's/70's space nut. I read all the books recently published (Gene Kranz's "Failure is not an Option", Chris Kraft's "Flight" and Gene Cernan's "Last Man on the Moon" are all incredible) and think the boxed "From the Earth to the Moon" DVD set might be the best thing HBO ever did.
Anyway.
Did you notice there are no (or very, very few) camera shots of Neil, but loads of Buzz? That's because Buzz was a bit of a PITA about the mission. He whined for months about not being the first out of the LEM, even after Deke Slayton told him the mission schedule. He tried to take it higher, using his deep religious feelings with politicians to try and be the first man out, but failed.
He did bring along a tiny Communion set and did indeed take Communion just after landing. But he was still pissed, and this was reflected in his refusal to use his camera much, if at all. The only shots of Neil were frame grabs off the LEM mounted 16mm cam.
Neil however, took loads of pics of Buzz, using the belly mounted Hasselblads they both had. So, Buzz became immortalized because there were simply more photos of him...saluting the flag, that classic closeup, etc.
Interesting that the attitudes of the astronauts weren't discussed much till decades later, NASA wishing to preserve the "rock star" image of the men.
I highly recommend reading at least one of the above books, probably this one which has a special if you buy it with Flight, Kraft's great book.
Both show just how amazing the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs were, and just how analog their equipment was.
Sadly the books will also give you a clue why a program like Apollo will never happen again in America, unless something radically changes.
The rule is as follows: anyone from any country can be knighted (also known as a KBE) and many have. This would enable you to be Cowboy Neal KBE, not Sir Cow.
To be called "Sir " you must be a British subject. So, Bill Gates is indeed a Knight of th British Empire (KBE), but no amount of money will allow him to be called Sir Bill, unless he renounces his US Citzenship and becomes a British subject. Even then, I'm not sure naturalized Brits get the "Sir' privilege.
Interestingly, for not a lot of green, you can buy a Lordship and be a real "Lord of the Manor." These are called Baronial Lordships and "Lord of the Manor" is about the equivalent of "homeowner" in the US.. Though bad etiquette, many Americans do buy Baronial Lordships and called themselves "Lord Finkelstein", though they are not true members of the peerage.
Good FAQ about all this complicated feudal stuff here.
He used a Flexifoil? Then the guy is simply an idiot.
I've been flying multi line kits for almost twenty years. A Flexi is a fast moving kite two-line with tons of pull. I have three ten footers, and even in a light wind ONE is enough to work my arms out. In 15 mph + it will drag me down the beach.
Flexifoils are commonly used in buggying and speed and pull are the reason they are used.
In light winds I've stacked the three ten footers and they literally lifted my 175 pounds right off the ground like a bug.
Kite cams are nothing new...we were doing kite photography in the 80's. But we would NEVER have used a Flexi for that, Kite cams are best on single line kites, perhaps a large delta.
I don't donate to people who use the wrong equipment for something that was done much better 15 years ago.
Seems a little loose for a/. story. Must be a light news day.
The only trouble with the Napster/Best Buy deal is that it is essentially still attached to the 1940's business model of "having media." That's almost impossible when the alternative is convenient, ubiquitous and free.
Sponsored music...that's the key! Steve Winwood music and video sponsored by NBC and AccessHollywood. We get free tunes and video, they get people seeing them support a new concept, and Winwood gets his music out there and sells concert tickets. Everyone wins, and the lawyers are back to doing wills and divorces.
Yeah it's not 50 Cent, but this is a way cool idea. Why not match products with artists? I'd listen to five seconds of product ID for a free tune, wouldn't you?
Oh the Winwood site has a contest to win an autographed Stratocaster for those guitar or memorabilia whores out there.
Laws differ from state to state. Here are some tidbits from CT.
I have several handguns, including a Glock 19 with an M-6 tac light and laser just for home protection. In my state, I must carry concealed. If someone threatens me outside my home (even on my property) I must attempt a retreat. If the other guy chases me into my home, I can fill him full of very large holes. It's happened here numerous times and the shooter walks away, eventually.
If you are carjacked by someone with a weapon (any weapon), you can pull out your handgun and if he does not immediately exit the vehicle, you can empty your clip into his face. My wife carries a Seecamp for this very reason.
If a robber breaks into my home for any reason I can shoot him, as long as I am damn sure he intended harm or burglary. There is no situation in this state where I have to "watch him walk off with my shit." I would hold him at gunpoint and call 911.
If a person threatens me with imminent, severe physical or deadly force outside my home (on or off my property) I can again, fill the motherfucker full of holes. This is the typical fender-bender scene where one guy gets out with a tire iron and starts running towards the other driver. Pull out your P7, assure him that he is five seconds from death, and he will suddenly calm down and get out his insurance info.
I often wonder what the soccer moms at Stop and Shop would think if they knew the guy comparing prices on ground beef next to them was carrying an H&K P7 loaded with +P+ copper jacketed hollow points.
When I took my safety course a while back, I was told a startling fact: 3 out of ten people on the street in some cities are packing. In 1989 in those same cities, 1 out of 20 was carrying a firearm.
The original Walkman had an ambient sound button and two little mikes at the front. The button was yellow and would allow you to hear whomever was trying to talk to you by simply pressing said yellow button. Usually they were saying "what the hell is that thing?"
I always wondered why they got rid of that feature.
I quit the dotcom consultancy business (such as it was) in 2000 and got hired by one of the aforementioned company's biggest clients to do work for them at home...still working for them so they must like me or something. I also run a startup for media distribution with two partners. My typical schedule is 10AM-6AM (with a break from 6PM to 9PM) . Every day. For years. Do a trip into the city once a fortnight for meetings and dope replenishment, but otherwise...stare at 6 big flatscreens all day, all night.
My sanity prescription.... You need analog to balance the digital.
My Analog side:
1) Spend at least an hour or two a day with wife/kids eating dinner, watching something on Tivo.
2) When I feel the stress building up to, say, Level 5, I go do the back roads by the reservoir at 130 mph in my M3. It's worth the payments, and gets rid of all that pesky adrenalin. (Take Bondurant or Skip Barber course first so you don't, like die doing this.)
3) Find a local gun range and buy a Glock or H&K 9mm. I'm not advocating carrying it: leave it at the range (almost all have lockers for rent, my guns are all at the range except for cleaning and I have no ammo at home), but nothing cures Level 8 Client Stress like 300 rounds down at the range. It's very Zen (you need total concentration on safety and breath control to get good at precision shooting) , and you will get very good, very quickly. It is really fun and totally de-stressing. Not expensive either, you'd be surprised how cheap it is to get a used 9mm or 22 and enough weekly ammo to suck all the adrenalin out of your blood.
Bonus big fun is interacting with all the gun guys at the range, and seeing how the other side thinks. I see guys there who carry 4-5 concealed weapons on themselves at all times (legal in my state, Connecticut.) I see guys teaching ten year old kids to shoot 22 rifles at Saddam and Osama targets telling them "go for the forehead!!!" You realize at that point how far you are from SCO discussions.
I promise, by the time you get back to your geeky home office, your mind will have been somewhere far away for hours.
4) Find a paintball field near you. Fit in an hour every month to go play. It's very analog and highly addictive.
5) Hey! You work for yourself: take two long vacations every year with your family. We do a beach trip (Caribbean usually) in April, and Disneyworld the week after Thanksgiving for 12 days..every year. Gives you something to look forward to, and ensures you will get to see your kids grow up.
I agreee with you...I wouldn't use Kazaa or most P2P services myself. Grab it off IRC or Usenet and save a lot of trouble.
Like you seem to be, I always challenge the concept of "having" media, versus "consuming" media. My feeling is that the two will eventually will merge, and actual ownership of the bits will be irrelevant.
I would suggest if you have a wife/gf, you are paying in inumerable ways. "Oh yes honey, I'd much rather go to the flower show than play video games and drink beer with my friends."
ROFLMAO.
Proof that currency can be ephemeral, but the accounting software sucks.
There's very, very few atheletes that's true for. It's only really going to happen for the top 1 or 2 athletes in any given sport.
Indeed true, but how difficult would it be to get at least the top 500 -1000 bands sponsored, lifting the subsidy off the labels' backs and maybe enabling them to do what they do well...find and market talent.
They havent had a chance to do that in ten years.
Hey I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's a pantload better than "we'll sue you motherfucker" don't you think?
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Well done man, but the syringe portion gave me a chill. The syringe part is more than just evidence...what the cop did was both illegal and insanely dangerous. "Sharps" are considered hazardous medical waste and in every state MUST be disposed of in a proper labeled container (NOT a Coke bottle.) They must be given to a company licensed to dispose of hazardous or medical waste and destroyed, usually in these massive incinerators. (I was a med student once...)
.45. Never had to fire a shot, but I was absolutely ready to drop all three of them and they knew it. The other time I just opened my vest to a knife wielding mugger, we both smiled and he ran off like Carl Lewis doing the 100. Protect yourself!
Ironic as this sounds, what the cop did with those sharps (syringes) was more dangerous than your identity theft. Most likely, the manager chucked the bottle in the trash, and those needles are possibly now being reused by some dumpster diving junkie. Who knows what viruses, bacteria, whatnot those kids had lurking in their blood.
I'm insanely proud of your victory but I gently suggest calling the Red Lion, and TELL them that 'dirty needles' are somewhere in their trash. Two asshole identity theives in jail is small change compared to a trash collector or Red Lion employee getting Lyme, AIDS or septicemia, and spreading it to his family.
Also, those guys know who you are, are obvious heavy druggies and probably don't like you very much right now. They'll be out one day. Consider a pistol permit. I ALWAYS carry, and that's saved my life twice. Get some professional training , and practice every week, too. My close scrapes: Three guys went at me with crowbars (carjacking attempt in a parking lot...liked my M3) and their eyes got as large as frisbees when in under half a second they saw the business end of my Les Baer
Scale for 15 minutes work? That's like $1.29 or some pocket change like that. The pardody is hilarios, but the production values are pretty bad, whichis ok because of the humor..
The original's camera work is pretty bad (they say it's a webcam) but the text is unbeleivebaly clear. Not an alias in any episode.
Wouldn't doubt it. According to my QT counter Ep 1 is 11 minutes 57 seconds long.
Bit of a rush to justice there, eh sparky? B)
Rubbish, as it was when this silly nfo came out. Yes Rebecca Brandt is on the production team, and she happens to work or worked for Sony in PR....but exactly where is that leading? Any major busts lately? The show is free and without strings. The production team has no idea who is downloading it. It was done for FUN. Entertainment. Amusement...just like the parody (which is hilarious, and also open and free to download by anyone.)
Why not try Googling Joe Testa, a SAG member who is the real "Brian" instead of using mug shots off a website and assuming that it must be the case, no need for further investigation.
Jesus, whoever wrote that nfo better adjust his tinfoil hat, Don't you think after five or six months of making this show, something "bad" would have happened?
Nope, just fun.
Please tell us exactly in your wildest dreams what two funny shows could possibly do to the real scene? Especially when the producers and writer all use their real names and URLs.
Remember Fun? Or has it left the building to be replaced by eternal paranoia?
Nah, in 1992, I had already been on an HST 14.4 modem for a year (remember HST?) But you're right about the compression. 217k would have seemed enormous back then.
I mean, we had just been told by the ubergeek (ptui) that we didn't ever need more than 640k...use a third of that for one image? Nah.
Jeebus, we're talking about this like it was 50 years ago. B)
"Luxury! When I was a lad we lived in a lake!"
Some of the confusion here might be that a major instrument is being ignored: the Mellotron.
The Theremin was indeed the centerpiece of the Barrons' music for FP (one of my fave movies anyway) but when they go off into "eletronic tape" they are probably referring to the Mellotron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron) which was basically a keyboard, each key connected to a short length of magnetic tape. Basically, a very early sampler, similar to an early Emulator, but better, in that the Emu played one sound across multiple octaves, while the Mellotron could play dozens of sounds.
(I had the chance to play with a Mellotron and a real Theremin during my years producing at the Kinks' studio (Konk) in North London during the 90's. FUN stuff.)
Also, many instruments that came later that we call "analog" are really electronic. The Hammond B/C3? Needed a special rotating tweeter speaker (a Leslie)....that sure was electronic. How about an ARP 2600? As electronic as a PC.
One of my favorite early synths was the Hohner Clavinet, made famous by "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder. I had one, given to me by an old pal, and I would lend it out to anyone needing it. I waited for the invariable phone call, tinged with panic "WHERE DO YOU PLUG IT IN???" to which I would point out that it was powered by a 9v battery under a panel on the left side. Hah.
Anyway, I digress. The first electronic music? Dunno really, though I suspect FP or another film of that era was the first scored using all electronic instruments. But the first to use tape in a synth (and therefore combined analog and digital) was the Mellotron.
(finally...we'll just forget about the Cube...)
I bought a Cube (500mhz) the day they came out (waited five months, but oh well.)
It still sits on my wife's desk, working faithfully and silently, handling her little business and the house bills, along with her mail, browsing and Office stuff. It's 802.11b, and has never had a touch of trouble.
It still gets compliments and "what the heck is that?" comments, and still will get $550-$600 on ebay.
Nothing wrong with the Cube at all...people just wanted a better, more flexible desktop, satisfied with the G5 I'm typing on.
Cubes rocked!
Um, my phone barely makes it through the day on its extended life battery. How the heck is it going to last all day if I use it as my music source as well?
I might be alone, but I really prefer a Sidekick (or Blackberry, I spose...) for my net, email and PDA functions and my cell for phone calls and little else. Other than the occasional game of Jeopardy, I rarely use my cell for much besides a mobile phone.
The reason there's few pictures of Armstrong is because THEY ONLY HAD THE ONE STILL CAMERA.
Rubbish. This is why I typically don't respond to ACs.
From the Apollo 11 Press kit:
"Still camera equipment carried on Apollo 11 consists of one 7Omm Hasselblad electric camera stowed aboard the command module, two Hasselblad 7Omm lunar surface superwide angle cameras stowed aboard the LM and a 35mm stereo close-up camera in the LM MESA.
For motion pictures, two Maurer 16mm data acquisition cameras (one in the CSM, one in the LM) with variable frame speed (1, 6, 12 and 24 frames per second) will be used. The cameras each weigh 2.8 pounds with a 130-foot film magazine attached. The command module 16mm camera will have lenses of 5, 18 and 75mm focal length available, while the LM camera will be fitted with the 18mm wideangle lens. Motion picture camera accessories include a right-angle mirror, a power cable and a command module boresight window bracket."
Rock star"? Neil certainly was not that. He was (and is) an exceptionally gifted engineer and pilot, and a man who did the job the best he could. He was also an humble man, as evidenced by his lack of visibility in the years after Apollo 11.
Neil was a brilliant man doing a tough, dangerous job. He did so cooly and with professionalism. That's why he was America's best civilian test pilot prior to his stint in NASA. That's also why he was the best choice to lead Apollo 11 into the rare air where the great explorers are.
Damn right! Neil is the only Apollo astronaut to basically remain humble, if not downright reclusive, while others such as Cernan and Buzz have been exploiting their 15 minutes for thirty years. Hey, nothing wrong with being proud of such massive acheivements as Gene and Buzz did, but to me, Neil always stood head and shoulders above the rest. He proved himself in that uncontrolled spin in Gemini...others might have died.
What an honor to have met him, I bet that is something you'll never forget. And you saw 11 liftoff? WHOA. I watched it all on tv from summer camp (I was about 12.)
I'm jealous. B)
With all the hoax talk, I thought I'd mention something actually concerning the missions.
I'm a bit of a 60's/70's space nut. I read all the books recently published (Gene Kranz's "Failure is not an Option", Chris Kraft's "Flight" and Gene Cernan's "Last Man on the Moon" are all incredible) and think the boxed "From the Earth to the Moon" DVD set might be the best thing HBO ever did.
Anyway.
Did you notice there are no (or very, very few) camera shots of Neil, but loads of Buzz? That's because Buzz was a bit of a PITA about the mission. He whined for months about not being the first out of the LEM, even after Deke Slayton told him the mission schedule. He tried to take it higher, using his deep religious feelings with politicians to try and be the first man out, but failed.
He did bring along a tiny Communion set and did indeed take Communion just after landing. But he was still pissed, and this was reflected in his refusal to use his camera much, if at all. The only shots of Neil were frame grabs off the LEM mounted 16mm cam.
Neil however, took loads of pics of Buzz, using the belly mounted Hasselblads they both had. So, Buzz became immortalized because there were simply more photos of him...saluting the flag, that classic closeup, etc.
Interesting that the attitudes of the astronauts weren't discussed much till decades later, NASA wishing to preserve the "rock star" image of the men.
I highly recommend reading at least one of the above books, probably this one which has a special if you buy it with Flight, Kraft's great book.
Both show just how amazing the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs were, and just how analog their equipment was.
Sadly the books will also give you a clue why a program like Apollo will never happen again in America, unless something radically changes.
The rule is as follows: anyone from any country can be knighted (also known as a KBE) and many have. This would enable you to be Cowboy Neal KBE, not Sir Cow.
To be called "Sir " you must be a British subject. So, Bill Gates is indeed a Knight of th British Empire (KBE), but no amount of money will allow him to be called Sir Bill, unless he renounces his US Citzenship and becomes a British subject. Even then, I'm not sure naturalized Brits get the "Sir' privilege.
Interestingly, for not a lot of green, you can buy a Lordship and be a real "Lord of the Manor." These are called Baronial Lordships and "Lord of the Manor" is about the equivalent of "homeowner" in the US.. Though bad etiquette, many Americans do buy Baronial Lordships and called themselves "Lord Finkelstein", though they are not true members of the peerage.
Good FAQ about all this complicated feudal stuff here.
I was going to say the same thing. That alone sent me back to the old one. It's the main reason I use Google instead of a real client.
Hey Google! SORT BY DATE LINK PLEASE!
He used a Flexifoil? Then the guy is simply an idiot.
/. story. Must be a light news day.
I've been flying multi line kits for almost twenty years. A Flexi is a fast moving kite two-line with tons of pull. I have three ten footers, and even in a light wind ONE is enough to work my arms out. In 15 mph + it will drag me down the beach.
Flexifoils are commonly used in buggying and speed and pull are the reason they are used.
In light winds I've stacked the three ten footers and they literally lifted my 175 pounds right off the ground like a bug.
Kite cams are nothing new...we were doing kite photography in the 80's. But we would NEVER have used a Flexi for that, Kite cams are best on single line kites, perhaps a large delta.
I don't donate to people who use the wrong equipment for something that was done much better 15 years ago.
Seems a little loose for a
Visit Steve Winwood's site for free music and video!
The only trouble with the Napster/Best Buy deal is that it is essentially still attached to the 1940's business model of "having media." That's almost impossible when the alternative is convenient, ubiquitous and free.
...that's the key! Steve Winwood music and video sponsored by NBC and AccessHollywood. We get free tunes and video, they get people seeing them support a new concept, and Winwood gets his music out there and sells concert tickets. Everyone wins, and the lawyers are back to doing wills and divorces.
Sponsored music
Yeah it's not 50 Cent, but this is a way cool idea. Why not match products with artists? I'd listen to five seconds of product ID for a free tune, wouldn't you?
Oh the Winwood site has a contest to win an autographed Stratocaster for those guitar or memorabilia whores out there.
Dunno, the stories on /. today are kinda boring.
B)
Wouldn't that more be like "receiving stolen goods?"
I watch too much Law and Order methinks. B)
I bought my 5gb iPod the day Jobs announced them. My only complaint was the poor quality of the buds.
Replaced them with Sony MDR-E888 the day after, which sound incredible.
I bought my iPod because I love music, not as a "fashion accessory."
Laws differ from state to state. Here are some tidbits from CT.
I have several handguns, including a Glock 19 with an M-6 tac light and laser just for home protection. In my state, I must carry concealed. If someone threatens me outside my home (even on my property) I must attempt a retreat. If the other guy chases me into my home, I can fill him full of very large holes. It's happened here numerous times and the shooter walks away, eventually.
If you are carjacked by someone with a weapon (any weapon), you can pull out your handgun and if he does not immediately exit the vehicle, you can empty your clip into his face. My wife carries a Seecamp for this very reason.
If a robber breaks into my home for any reason I can shoot him, as long as I am damn sure he intended harm or burglary. There is no situation in this state where I have to "watch him walk off with my shit." I would hold him at gunpoint and call 911.
If a person threatens me with imminent, severe physical or deadly force outside my home (on or off my property) I can again, fill the motherfucker full of holes. This is the typical fender-bender scene where one guy gets out with a tire iron and starts running towards the other driver. Pull out your P7, assure him that he is five seconds from death, and he will suddenly calm down and get out his insurance info.
I often wonder what the soccer moms at Stop and Shop would think if they knew the guy comparing prices on ground beef next to them was carrying an H&K P7 loaded with +P+ copper jacketed hollow points.
When I took my safety course a while back, I was told a startling fact: 3 out of ten people on the street in some cities are packing. In 1989 in those same cities, 1 out of 20 was carrying a firearm.
Yeah, Connecticut is a real liberal state. hehe
The original Walkman had an ambient sound button and two little mikes at the front. The button was yellow and would allow you to hear whomever was trying to talk to you by simply pressing said yellow button. Usually they were saying "what the hell is that thing?"
I always wondered why they got rid of that feature.
I kid you not.
I quit the dotcom consultancy business (such as it was) in 2000 and got hired by one of the aforementioned company's biggest clients to do work for them at home...still working for them so they must like me or something. I also run a startup for media distribution with two partners. My typical schedule is 10AM-6AM (with a break from 6PM to 9PM) . Every day. For years. Do a trip into the city once a fortnight for meetings and dope replenishment, but otherwise...stare at 6 big flatscreens all day, all night.
My sanity prescription.... You need analog to balance the digital.
My Analog side:
1) Spend at least an hour or two a day with wife/kids eating dinner, watching something on Tivo.
2) When I feel the stress building up to, say, Level 5, I go do the back roads by the reservoir at 130 mph in my M3. It's worth the payments, and gets rid of all that pesky adrenalin. (Take Bondurant or Skip Barber course first so you don't, like die doing this.)
3) Find a local gun range and buy a Glock or H&K 9mm. I'm not advocating carrying it: leave it at the range (almost all have lockers for rent, my guns are all at the range except for cleaning and I have no ammo at home), but nothing cures Level 8 Client Stress like 300 rounds down at the range. It's very Zen (you need total concentration on safety and breath control to get good at precision shooting) , and you will get very good, very quickly. It is really fun and totally de-stressing. Not expensive either, you'd be surprised how cheap it is to get a used 9mm or 22 and enough weekly ammo to suck all the adrenalin out of your blood.
Bonus big fun is interacting with all the gun guys at the range, and seeing how the other side thinks. I see guys there who carry 4-5 concealed weapons on themselves at all times (legal in my state, Connecticut.) I see guys teaching ten year old kids to shoot 22 rifles at Saddam and Osama targets telling them "go for the forehead!!!" You realize at that point how far you are from SCO discussions.
I promise, by the time you get back to your geeky home office, your mind will have been somewhere far away for hours.
4) Find a paintball field near you. Fit in an hour every month to go play. It's very analog and highly addictive.
5) Hey! You work for yourself: take two long vacations every year with your family. We do a beach trip (Caribbean usually) in April, and Disneyworld the week after Thanksgiving for 12 days..every year. Gives you something to look forward to, and ensures you will get to see your kids grow up.
Works for me! See if I'm working.
Try this then.
Free music from Candlebox (KMHW now) and the band gets royalties from sales of the product.
Now THAT'S a cool model. All 192kbps MP3 too.
I agreee with you...I wouldn't use Kazaa or most P2P services myself. Grab it off IRC or Usenet and save a lot of trouble.
Like you seem to be, I always challenge the concept of "having" media, versus "consuming" media. My feeling is that the two will eventually will merge, and actual ownership of the bits will be irrelevant.
I would suggest if you have a wife/gf, you are paying in inumerable ways. "Oh yes honey, I'd much rather go to the flower show than play video games and drink beer with my friends."
ROFLMAO.
Proof that currency can be ephemeral, but the accounting software sucks.
There's very, very few atheletes that's true for. It's only really going to happen for the top 1 or 2 athletes in any given sport.
Indeed true, but how difficult would it be to get at least the top 500 -1000 bands sponsored, lifting the subsidy off the labels' backs and maybe enabling them to do what they do well...find and market talent.
They havent had a chance to do that in ten years.
Hey I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's a pantload better than "we'll sue you motherfucker" don't you think?