"I think more people know Richard Stallman and his work and thus, news of his death may be more meaningful to a larger group of people."
Yes, but there is no news of Stallman's death, so your argument has no point. What you're really saying is that the news that Richard got out of the car in Paris is more important than the news of the fatal accident.
The best feature of Google News was the link to "News Resources" which was simply a list of various international news outlets. If slashdot had ever made that list, it would have replaced my home page:-)
I suspect that page may still be there someplace, but I can't find it.
"I mean, it's not like we haven't already seen these paintings before.."
I never really appreciated Van Gogh until I was in the same room with one of his paintings. There is an important dimension which is lost in any reproduction.
"Id like to hear a SANE response as to why it shouldnt."
It's specified that way in the Constitution, making it part of the most fundamental basis of the Republic.
If you don't like it, persuade your Congress (who *ARE* elected on majority vote!) to pass a Constitutional Amendment to alter the way presidents are elected.
Personally, I would rather push for having State Legislatures elect the presidential electors directly, while working to ensure that the Legislatures are elected cleanly, in fair and accountable at-large elections.
You're joking, of course, but consider that the Boston Massacre, one of the key events that defined the colonial uprising as a revolution, involved only *five*.
>Why act like this is the end of the world? Just >stop 'consuming' the 'product' if you do not like >the 'terms' the 'product' is offering.
They cannot admit that they are addicted to it. Quitting television is *very* difficult, and takes effort and sacrifice. For many, the very idea is inconceivable, they laugh at the mere suggestion that they could do without television, or even, at the idea that they could reduce the number of hours spent in front of the tube.
No, but are you in a position to DO anything about it? I helped make sure my state will not change its voting system this year. My precinct has had 4 elections this year so far, and every time I make sure to get confirmation from the people at the polling place that they will be using this system (paper ballots) for the general election in November. They know what I'm talking about and are adamant when they say "yes."
I keep hearing this, but I haven't heard a credible explanation of how he would do this without suspending several State Constitutions, and without starting a genunine revolution.
>Why is mr. Kerry's message is so horribly >unfocused?
Have you actually read any of the campaign material or speech transcripts from the Kerry campaign?
Have you attended any of the events with Kerry or Edwards?
It sounds to me you are basing your opinion on things the Republicans constantly repeat, for instance, that Kerry always, only, talks about Vietnam. The truth is, he used this in the keynote of his acceptance speech, and it was ALL THEY HEARD, because they stopped listening.
It's the Republican opposition to Kerry that constantly mentions Vietnam. They talk about it a LOT more than he does.
They never mention anything about the actual Democrat platform, because it is inconvenient to them. They would rather lie about Vietnam and gun control and accuse the Democrats of changing their positions on a daily basis.
The Democratic platform has not changed once. The main issues are and always have been National Security, the Economy and Job Creation, Health Care, and Energy Independence. The party has actual plans for progress on these items, but of course, the execution of those plans would not sit well with the right wing folks.
Unable to address the issues, the Republican campaign has chosen instead to consist of one giant ad-hominem attack on John Kerry himself. Some of the mud seems to have stuck, and people are starting to believe some of the lies.
Another one I hear repeatedly, is how Senator Kerry never penned a single piece of legislation. Except for his 50-odd bills, that's true.
>Bush's plans may be horribly wrong, but at least >his message is clear - "fuck the poor, but not as >badly as to cause a revolution".
I think he underestimates the danger of people who feel they have nothing to lose.
Hey that's cool (PenDragon). I'd buy one right now if I could confirm that both the storage and the Wi-Fi part work with Linux. That is, if I could find a domestic mail-order vendor for it also.
Most of the time, though, I just record the two-channel output from my mixer. I'd recommend a Behringer Eurorack if you're just starting out.
I play and record flute, piano, guitar, and synthesizers, and I'm very happy with using Minidisc for work that I consider "draft", which is almost all of it. If I get serious on anything, well, that's what the 24-bit soundcard on the PC is for. I find tracks recorded on minidisc or dat to be very usable though.
Minidisc didn't fail in the US. You can buy the media *everywhere*, and the recorders are available in surprising places. I used to record my music practice sessions on DAT, but once MD was available, it became *much* more cost-effective, for nearly the same quality, and throw in portability and battery life, and you've got a winner.
I know more people with MD's than any other type of recorder. It doesn't look like a failure to me.
>Does it have to be a Betamax-style failure? What >about a Minidisk-style failure? Or a >Memory-Stick-style failure? Or an Attrac3-style >failure?
Those are all really successful formats.
Minidisc is alive and well, as is Sony DAT with ATRAC. Memory stick is doing no worse than any other single memory format. Beta was *THE* pro vidio standard for more than a decade.
You seem to be measuring failure by what is popular in the consumer world, but you conveniently ignore the pro world when you do that.
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"I think more people know Richard Stallman and his work and thus, news of his death may be more meaningful to a larger group of people."
Yes, but there is no news of Stallman's death, so your argument has no point. What you're really saying is that the news that Richard got out of the car in Paris is more important than the news of the fatal accident.
Awesome, thanks!
:-)
Slashdot still doesn't make the cut
The best feature of Google News was the link to "News Resources" which was simply a list of various international news outlets. If slashdot had ever made that list, it would have replaced my home page :-)
I suspect that page may still be there someplace, but I can't find it.
"I mean, it's not like we haven't already seen these paintings before.."
I never really appreciated Van Gogh until I was in the same room with one of his paintings. There is an important dimension which is lost in any reproduction.
"So how does one determine the strength of a third-party candidate?"
By measuring the breadth of their appeal.
>This is completely legit.
Until you can pay federal taxes and fines with it, it's no more "legit" than any other barter system.
Why not just buy gold and use that? (You probably *could* use it to pay public debts, then.)
"Id like to hear a SANE response as to why it shouldnt."
It's specified that way in the Constitution, making it part of the most fundamental basis of the Republic.
If you don't like it, persuade your Congress (who *ARE* elected on majority vote!) to pass a Constitutional Amendment to alter the way presidents are elected.
Personally, I would rather push for having State Legislatures elect the presidential electors directly, while working to ensure that the Legislatures are elected cleanly, in fair and accountable at-large elections.
The Constitution allows the states to do that.
>Four people = revolution
You're joking, of course, but consider that the Boston Massacre, one of the key events that defined the colonial uprising as a revolution, involved only *five*.
>Why act like this is the end of the world? Just
>stop 'consuming' the 'product' if you do not like
>the 'terms' the 'product' is offering.
They cannot admit that they are addicted to it. Quitting television is *very* difficult, and takes effort and sacrifice. For many, the very idea is inconceivable, they laugh at the mere suggestion that they could do without television, or even, at the idea that they could reduce the number of hours spent in front of the tube.
> Am I the only one
No, but are you in a position to DO anything about it? I helped make sure my state will not change its voting system this year. My precinct has had 4 elections this year so far, and every time I make sure to get confirmation from the people at the polling place that they will be using this system (paper ballots) for the general election in November. They know what I'm talking about and are adamant when they say "yes."
>Judging by the fact that most people with the time >to volunteer
You only need to take one day off work to do it.
What's your real excuse? It's not your age, it's the fact that you really aren't interested.
>Bush will delay the elections
I keep hearing this, but I haven't heard a credible explanation of how he would do this without suspending several State Constitutions, and without starting a genunine revolution.
>Why is mr. Kerry's message is so horribly
>unfocused?
Have you actually read any of the campaign material or speech transcripts from the Kerry campaign?
Have you attended any of the events with Kerry or Edwards?
It sounds to me you are basing your opinion on things the Republicans constantly repeat, for instance, that Kerry always, only, talks about Vietnam. The truth is, he used this in the keynote of his acceptance speech, and it was ALL THEY HEARD, because they stopped listening.
It's the Republican opposition to Kerry that constantly mentions Vietnam. They talk about it a LOT more than he does.
They never mention anything about the actual Democrat platform, because it is inconvenient to them. They would rather lie about Vietnam and gun control and accuse the Democrats of changing their positions on a daily basis.
The Democratic platform has not changed once. The main issues are and always have been National Security, the Economy and Job Creation, Health Care, and Energy Independence. The party has actual plans for progress on these items, but of course, the execution of those plans would not sit well with the right wing folks.
Unable to address the issues, the Republican campaign has chosen instead to consist of one giant ad-hominem attack on John Kerry himself.
Some of the mud seems to have stuck, and people are starting to believe some of the lies.
Another one I hear repeatedly, is how Senator Kerry never penned a single piece of legislation.
Except for his 50-odd bills, that's true.
>Bush's plans may be horribly wrong, but at least
>his message is clear - "fuck the poor, but not as
>badly as to cause a revolution".
I think he underestimates the danger of people who feel they have nothing to lose.
Hey that's cool (PenDragon).
I'd buy one right now if I could confirm that both the storage and the Wi-Fi part work with Linux. That is, if I could find a domestic mail-order vendor for it also.
The articles don't tell me which devices will work if I need to use them on Mac, Windows, and Linux machines.
"Wasn't Sony the box of genius that made the marketing decisions that led to the utter dominance of the Sony Betamax videotape format some years ago?"
Beta formats did dominate the professional market, thoroughly, and for a very long time.
"I wonder what medicine and aviation would be like if their devices were allowed to be built like Diebold builds their machines."
You slept in yesterday.
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/21/
"This stuff never even got a mention in a newspaper which reported instead how well the voting went."
You didn't call the newspaper, and neither did anyone else.
"How much is listing it on eBay for $150,000 going to cost him in fees if no one buys it?"
$100 for the reserve, $4.80 for the listing, and 25 cents each for the photos, I think.
"No, what purpose would that serve?"
If you are thinking in terms of purpose, reason, and logic, you have NOT put yourself in the shoes of the person in the hypothetical question.
To record voice or acoustic instruments in portable situations, I use one of these:
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http://www.midiman.com/products/en_us/AudioBudd
With either a pair of these (for flute, piano, and everything else):
http://www.mxlmics.com/condencer_mic/mxl603s/mx
Or one of these (for voice):
http://www.mxlmics.com/condencer_mic/mxl2003/mx
Most of the time, though, I just record the two-channel output from my mixer. I'd recommend a Behringer Eurorack if you're just starting out.
I play and record flute, piano, guitar, and synthesizers, and I'm very happy with using Minidisc for work that I consider "draft", which is almost all of it. If I get serious on anything, well, that's what the 24-bit soundcard on the PC is for. I find tracks recorded on minidisc or dat to be very usable though.
>AND FINALLY data storage capabilities.
What MD's do this? Are there any portables that can turn off SCMS? Can you take the ATRAC data straight of discs?
>you can't replace it with a standard RCA type phono
> plug
Hey, don't tell me what I can and can't do! If I can't do it with a dremel, I have a blacksmith on call.
Minidisc didn't fail in the US. You can buy the media *everywhere*, and the recorders are available in surprising places. I used to record my music practice sessions on DAT, but once MD was available, it became *much* more cost-effective, for nearly the same quality, and throw in portability and battery life, and you've got a winner.
I know more people with MD's than any other type of recorder. It doesn't look like a failure to me.
>Does it have to be a Betamax-style failure? What
>about a Minidisk-style failure? Or a
>Memory-Stick-style failure? Or an Attrac3-style
>failure?
Those are all really successful formats.
Minidisc is alive and well, as is Sony DAT with ATRAC. Memory stick is doing no worse than any other single memory format. Beta was *THE* pro vidio standard for more than a decade.
You seem to be measuring failure by what is popular in the consumer world, but you conveniently ignore the pro world when you do that.