I'll just piggy-back off the first post, so I get noticed and address a bunch of comments. Thanks for all the good comments posted along with the personal emails. It's mostly useful.
I'm burning to a cd so I can post the photos on route without dealing with trying to put drivers on internet cafe computers. A friend of mine will fiddle with 'em so they load fast if I can't do that from the internet cafe computers.
It's a Ducati, being purposely built for the trip by Phil at Road & Race in Sydney Australia. Phil's updating the electronics to 12-volt so the headlight should be decent and it'll be running electronic ignition, not points. Old bikes are built tough, and besides, breaking down is part of the adventure. And duh, it's a 250cc. I'm not planning on riding down the autobahn on it. I figure it'll take me about 3 years to ride round the world.
Christ, I should've looked into a camera that burns cds. Didn't realize they existed, and I bought a Canon A70 last week. Damn. I'll reckon I should sell it and buy a Sony Mavica. Thanks, ivanandre.
For places to stay: I'll be camping and I'll meet people. Most punk rockers don't mind putting visitors up. I do it, although being in Sacramento means no one wants to visit. When I lived in San Francisco there were always someone from another country in the apartment, sometimes there'd be 10 of 'em. It works to a lesser degree with motorcycle types.
I called. It rang once and went silent. Tried calling again, some guy answered. I asked if they'd gotten tons of calls, and he said nope. But he's "looking forward to it because that's what we do". Not sure what he meant, I suppose I should try calling again.
Hey, I have a very busy day today. I can't just spend my Sundays sitting on my ass reading slashdot. All these "funny" stories are really cutting into my sitting on my ass watching teevee time.
Man, modded off topic but it's kinda related. Won't have access to a laptop, it'll be going onto cd for internet cafe access. So Nero is no good. Just straight from the camera to publishing without using a computer.
The Kanguru was one of the ones I was looking at, but I haven't seen a review of one. Have you? Might want to post as Anon Coward so as not to burn up your karma by some chucklehead moderating you as off-topic.
Now's my chance to ask. I'm looking for something that'll burn pictures straight from the flashcard to a cd. I've read some reviews, but haven't picked one up yet. I need something super reliable, and I can't burn something onto an iPod, it needs to be straight to cd. If anyone has used one, let me know how it worked for you.
Geez, and this is slashdot and no one mentioned Pepsi ripping off the guy who "won" the Harrier.
Pepsi offered the Harriet as a joke for 7 million Pepsi Points. Some guy bought $700,000 (US dollars) worth of points which is equal to 7 million in Pepsi currency. Pepsi told him to piss up a rope.
It went through court and the guy lost. Oh the humanity of it all.
I went through a Toyota based car geek program at the local junior college. This was when the Prius was just coming out, so they brought one by.
The Toyota instructor showed us the heavy duty gloves they wear to turn off the power. Even in Toyota shops, you had to have special training to work on the Prius.
The instructor said as far as he could remember (he was only in his 40s), only one mechanic had been electrocuted to death working on an electric car. Some sort of Subaru he thought.
As opposed to Stovokor, the Klingon metal band from Portland. No web site yet. Featured in the upcoming Trekkies 2 (straight to dvd on August 31st). Along with other geeky nerdy punk rock Star Trek bands like:
No Kill I No Kill I: The Next Generation No Kill I: Deep Space 9
I love being in a Star Trek band, and I love that 2 other bands used our name to name their bands with.
I'm not scared of daylight though. In October I start to ride a Ducati 250cc motorcycle round the world.
Bush is in office, so it's now mandatory that the Earth was created by God 6,000 years ago. Abortion is only done by and for terrorists. Stem cell research is all but banned. Condoms are removed from government medical sites. The Food Pyramid has candy on it. The Clean Air Act has been harpooned. Lead paint and mercury are now good for you.
Yes, great idea there. mp3 never paid my band the money they owed us and they wouldn't answer email's asking about the money. At first it was "We'll answer within 5-10 business days" and months later it became "You need to pay us to answer your email".
Will it be the same thing at garageband? Why should I pay them money so they can make money selling my songs? I was signing up with garageband and said, "ah screw this". Dang kids these days.
As Sykes said in Wild Bunch, "Caught you didn't they? Tied a tin can to your tail. Led you in and waltzed you out again. Oh my what a bunch. Big tough ones huh? Here you are with a hand full of holes, a thumb up your ass, and a big grin to pass the time of day with."
I've put the songs on my server with a donation box (not that I'm expecting donations). So if you're looking for free generic punk rock Star Trek songs....
Sorry, that's based on you saying "Why not force their artists to sell ALL their songs ONLY for 99 cents a song?"
It was the "artist" part I was pointing out. You should've said "the label" not the artists, and that was what I meant to be saying. The artists aren't chosing to raise the prices. And even if they did, most artists still aren't going to see any of the money. Labels (major and a lot of smaller labels) are really good at ripping off the artists.
I don't want to deal with a major label (not that a major label has asked us to be on one). Although I'm not sure if we are or aren't on a major. There's something weird going on with Trekkies 2 and I've heard some subsidiary of Paramount put out a soundtrack album. But that's just completely off topic, and I'm a loudmouth about things that bother me. If we are on a major label without being asked that'll bug me.
You're going to make my band increase prices instead of giving away songs for free? Right now, the songs we recorded are free on our site. Not that there's a Big Demand for Star Trek punk rock, but still.
No, but seriously, artists aren't the ones deciding on the price of songs. 99 cents is too much for most music. Artists rarely decide anything. Steve Albini wrote a great article about how much major labels suck for Maximum Rock n Roll.
Wow, I was thinking you were trolling before and now I think you're a dittohead. I don't know which is worse. At least you're a step above a goatse guy or GNAA.
It's eery how history repeats itself now with the Muslims.
Don't you mean "the Christians"? Christianity has killed more people than any other religion. Both Nazi Germany and the Good Ol' USA had God on fighting for them.
German Cross. German Cross. Oh yeah, I get it, a German Cross.
I believe they are lying or they've changed how they work because I've changed lights with the high beams. Although defending it sounds like "if I hold my breath long enough, the light will change to green".
That or someone flashed their highbeams at the red light in front of them. In lots of towns, that mimics the device used for emergency vehicles. You can do it and make lights switch to green. I've never been caught while doing it, but I've heard it makes cops unhappy.
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I'll just piggy-back off the first post, so I get noticed and address a bunch of comments. Thanks for all the good comments posted along with the personal emails. It's mostly useful.
I'm burning to a cd so I can post the photos on route without dealing with trying to put drivers on internet cafe computers. A friend of mine will fiddle with 'em so they load fast if I can't do that from the internet cafe computers.
It's a Ducati, being purposely built for the trip by Phil at Road & Race in Sydney Australia. Phil's updating the electronics to 12-volt so the headlight should be decent and it'll be running electronic ignition, not points. Old bikes are built tough, and besides, breaking down is part of the adventure. And duh, it's a 250cc. I'm not planning on riding down the autobahn on it. I figure it'll take me about 3 years to ride round the world.
Christ, I should've looked into a camera that burns cds. Didn't realize they existed, and I bought a Canon A70 last week. Damn. I'll reckon I should sell it and buy a Sony Mavica. Thanks, ivanandre.
For places to stay: I'll be camping and I'll meet people. Most punk rockers don't mind putting visitors up. I do it, although being in Sacramento means no one wants to visit. When I lived in San Francisco there were always someone from another country in the apartment, sometimes there'd be 10 of 'em. It works to a lesser degree with motorcycle types.
--Dave
I called. It rang once and went silent. Tried calling again, some guy answered. I asked if they'd gotten tons of calls, and he said nope. But he's "looking forward to it because that's what we do". Not sure what he meant, I suppose I should try calling again.
Hey, I have a very busy day today. I can't just spend my Sundays sitting on my ass reading slashdot. All these "funny" stories are really cutting into my sitting on my ass watching teevee time.
Man, modded off topic but it's kinda related. Won't have access to a laptop, it'll be going onto cd for internet cafe access. So Nero is no good. Just straight from the camera to publishing without using a computer.
The Kanguru was one of the ones I was looking at, but I haven't seen a review of one. Have you? Might want to post as Anon Coward so as not to burn up your karma by some chucklehead moderating you as off-topic.
Now's my chance to ask. I'm looking for something that'll burn pictures straight from the flashcard to a cd. I've read some reviews, but haven't picked one up yet. I need something super reliable, and I can't burn something onto an iPod, it needs to be straight to cd. If anyone has used one, let me know how it worked for you.
Geez, and this is slashdot and no one mentioned Pepsi ripping off the guy who "won" the Harrier.
Pepsi offered the Harriet as a joke for 7 million Pepsi Points. Some guy bought $700,000 (US dollars) worth of points which is equal to 7 million in Pepsi currency. Pepsi told him to piss up a rope.
It went through court and the guy lost. Oh the humanity of it all.
I went through a Toyota based car geek program at the local junior college. This was when the Prius was just coming out, so they brought one by.
The Toyota instructor showed us the heavy duty gloves they wear to turn off the power. Even in Toyota shops, you had to have special training to work on the Prius.
The instructor said as far as he could remember (he was only in his 40s), only one mechanic had been electrocuted to death working on an electric car. Some sort of Subaru he thought.
Thanks trentblase. It's now asdf
I just use "password" for all my passwords.
Can't you just run a script to look through referrer tracking grouping suspicious referrals?
Hey pal, we've got a girl and a half in the band. Well, one real girl and one cross-dresser.
On a tiny 38 year old Italian motorcycle. Doomed, I tells ya.
As opposed to Stovokor, the Klingon metal band from Portland. No web site yet. Featured in the upcoming Trekkies 2 (straight to dvd on August 31st). Along with other geeky nerdy punk rock Star Trek bands like:
No Kill I
No Kill I: The Next Generation
No Kill I: Deep Space 9
I love being in a Star Trek band, and I love that 2 other bands used our name to name their bands with.
I'm not scared of daylight though. In October I start to ride a Ducati 250cc motorcycle round the world.
Ah, so you're being the straight guy, eh?
Bush is in office, so it's now mandatory that the Earth was created by God 6,000 years ago. Abortion is only done by and for terrorists. Stem cell research is all but banned. Condoms are removed from government medical sites. The Food Pyramid has candy on it. The Clean Air Act has been harpooned. Lead paint and mercury are now good for you.
There's plenty more here: Restoring Scientific Integrity
Yes, great idea there. mp3 never paid my band the money they owed us and they wouldn't answer email's asking about the money. At first it was "We'll answer within 5-10 business days" and months later it became "You need to pay us to answer your email".
Will it be the same thing at garageband? Why should I pay them money so they can make money selling my songs? I was signing up with garageband and said, "ah screw this". Dang kids these days.
As Sykes said in Wild Bunch, "Caught you didn't they? Tied a tin can to your tail. Led you in and waltzed you out again. Oh my what a bunch. Big tough ones huh? Here you are with a hand full of holes, a thumb up your ass, and a big grin to pass the time of day with."
I've put the songs on my server with a donation box (not that I'm expecting donations). So if you're looking for free generic punk rock Star Trek songs....
Man, I missed this when it showed up (been working some 12 hour days). I got married 4/17 at a Peep Off wearing a tin foil hat.
But now this post has been up for days and only even geekier guys than me would be reading it.
Wait, you're saying the cops knew that Internal Affairs were setting them up all along?
Sorry, that's based on you saying "Why not force their artists to sell ALL their songs ONLY for 99 cents a song?"
It was the "artist" part I was pointing out. You should've said "the label" not the artists, and that was what I meant to be saying. The artists aren't chosing to raise the prices. And even if they did, most artists still aren't going to see any of the money. Labels (major and a lot of smaller labels) are really good at ripping off the artists.
I don't want to deal with a major label (not that a major label has asked us to be on one). Although I'm not sure if we are or aren't on a major. There's something weird going on with Trekkies 2 and I've heard some subsidiary of Paramount put out a soundtrack album. But that's just completely off topic, and I'm a loudmouth about things that bother me. If we are on a major label without being asked that'll bug me.
You're going to make my band increase prices instead of giving away songs for free? Right now, the songs we recorded are free on our site. Not that there's a Big Demand for Star Trek punk rock, but still.
No, but seriously, artists aren't the ones deciding on the price of songs. 99 cents is too much for most music. Artists rarely decide anything. Steve Albini wrote a great article about how much major labels suck for Maximum Rock n Roll.
Wow, I was thinking you were trolling before and now I think you're a dittohead. I don't know which is worse. At least you're a step above a goatse guy or GNAA.
It's eery how history repeats itself now with the Muslims.
Don't you mean "the Christians"? Christianity has killed more people than any other religion. Both Nazi Germany and the Good Ol' USA had God on fighting for them.
German Cross. German Cross. Oh yeah, I get it, a German Cross.
It's probably all been hashed over from the 1st time this story showed up on /.
And I shouldn't have been rated "interesting". Probably "smart-ass" would be better.
Does it come with a CD Multiplayer? And any guesses what they'll fill it with?
mark my words
Slashdotters are laughing now, but just wait until the RIAA/MPAA take a cue from AOL and start liquidating pirates assets...
I'd continue the cutting & pasting of +5 mods, but I'm far too lazy. Thanks Claws Of Doom and WormholeFiend for me stealing the first +5 comments.
I believe they are lying or they've changed how they work because I've changed lights with the high beams. Although defending it sounds like "if I hold my breath long enough, the light will change to green".
That or someone flashed their highbeams at the red light in front of them. In lots of towns, that mimics the device used for emergency vehicles. You can do it and make lights switch to green. I've never been caught while doing it, but I've heard it makes cops unhappy.