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Some time ago, someone here at Blogdial wrote about a dream with you in Akin, and I though "Well, aint that nerdy?" Okay, now I am a nerd. Akin, you were in my dream and dont even know what you look like, but you we there doing nothing, you were just there. Wierd. Could Irdial be the Al Qaeda in the musicindustry? And if so is Akin the Osama Bin Laden?
How pink! GO VEGAN WITH THE WIENER GEMUESE ORCHESTER  Tight control of information and the propagation of ignorance. It seems to me that the United States government is guilty of both at the moment. And, of course, not for the first time. A seperate matter: What evidence convinced you that UFOs exist? In particular, the excellent military radar visual cases that I have read, the strong photographic evidence that I have seen and the hundreds of witness statements that I have read. Anyone who has seen the evidence will be convinced that some UFOs are the space craft of non humans. Once one has looked at the evidence, and one thinks that UFOs are NOT what we think they are ("we" being the proponents of the ETH), it is up to that person to say what they are, if they think that they are not ET controlled craft. That link is to click on! Courtesy of Jason: http://www.lemonbovril.co.uk/bushspeech/ As a side-note, someone clever said "democracy is when three wolves and a sheep vote about whats for dinner." How do you know it's useless? Only by the measure of the (lack of) effectiveness of the other marches. What is 'of use'? Anything that will stop the war. Anything that will not directly stop the war is useless. Other than generating personal feelings of righteousness in participants.... I have no problem with that. Im just saying that if these protesters want to stop the war, they could do something more effective. Marching will, at least, allow 500,000 people to democratically vent their opposition to events being planned in their name. "Democracy" is very good at letting people vent while the bad stuff goes on ad-infinitum. Anyone who is thinking clearly knows that these demonstrations are simply pacifying the public, so that they dont do something really effective to stop their governments doing things they dont want them to do. Further, it will disseminate the anti-war message to anyone who sees the march on TV Always with a spin. And this will stop nothing. And there are better, more efficient ways to get the clear, un spun message to the millions, as I gave examples of. and, hopefully, spark a bit more of a debate on how the government is bypassing parliament and the people. Debate is meaningless. The result is the same again and again. It is clear that these debates are used only to pacify , and are not actually listened to. It is only when there is public revolt, (Poll Tax Riots) that governments sit up and pay attention. At most it might influence people, and maybe some MPs, to support the movement. but what does "supporting the movement" actually do? What actions are to be taken? If there is no action to that, other than march in the street and write letters, then I am afriaid its "bombs away" again. It could influence others to demonstrate, a demonstration to make more people demonstrate? persuade some kid to take up non-violent protest as a political tool and go on to become the Ghandi of his/her generation.... Im not up on my Ghandi history, but didnt he organize mass strikes? And was that not the reason they won? You never know. What else could you persuade 500,000 people to do that would be more productive? But we DO know! marching does nothing. Better that 5 million people went on strike for a week instead of 500,000 marching through a park on a SATURDAY. As far as that hoogerbrugge site is concerned, do check out the newest stuff, too: http://www.hoogerbrugge.com Wild, Akin. Last week I picked up a Träd, Gräs och Stenar record from 1971 called Djungelns Lag. I saw it in my local record store and bought in on a whim. The sounds gently took my skull for a ride, if I may. All the liner photographs are from shows that they played in parks, swedish heads grooving in the grass. They're still around. http://www.tgs.nu/ Yesterday at work I had a fine time listening to the sounds of the latest Pita record. You could do the same here: http://www.mego.at/mego049.html. But you may want to control how the page looks here first. To me, it is crystal clear that this is the case; participating in an action that we know to be useless is wrong, especially when we know that the consequence is that people are going to be killed and the remainder subjugated. How do you know it's useless? What is 'of use'? Other than generating personal feelings of righteousness in participants.... Marching will, at least, allow 500,000 people to democratically vent their opposition to events being planned in their name. Further, it will disseminate the anti-war message to anyone who sees the march on TV and, hopefully, spark a bit more of a debate on how the government is bypassing parliament and the people. At most it might influence people, and maybe some MPs, to support the movement. It might tip the balance (if the aftermath of opinion polls, media coverage etc increase their anti-war stance) even as high as Tony Blur to stick to the UN route. It could influence others to demonstrate, persuade some kid to take up non-violent protest as a political tool and go on to become the Ghandi of his/her generation.... You never know. What else could you persuade 500,000 people to do that would be more productive? A seperate matter: What evidence convinced you that UFOs exist? Thanks to a good friend, who we will call "K", I got to watch a documentary called "The secret", which is about UFOs. What was strking about this documentary, which was made very recently, is the attitude of the investigators towards secrecy which has changed markedly from their previous stance of "the public has an absolute right to know everything about UFOs". Now the message is UFO secrecy is not only necessary, but is for the good of everyone. This is undoubtedly a side effect of 911. They have realized that "out of control" people armed with UFO technology could potentially kill everyone on the earth, with consumate ease. For example; any garage hobbyist can, today, build a powerful rail gun, with simple parts at very small expense. It wouldnt take much to build the equivalent of a Phalanx system based on a rail gun that shoots top loaded ball bearings. Extrapolate this to a technology that is now unknown but what would subsequently become simple technology, provided in a trickle down fashion by the route reverse engineering. In the hands of maniacs (and you KNOW who I am talking about) such a set of basic principles and tools could be utterly devastating. As a documentary, its construction was pretty standard fare for this subject. The most surprising part was the sea change in attitude of these seasoned investigators, who frankly acted like they had suddenly woken up and were wary of the future. Astounding and saddening that a single act could change everyone everywhere, so profoundly. Life on an eggshell; you are living it. People like ta feel dey iz Doing Something. I can dig' dis here perfectly, but its an illusion, uh "feel good" action, dat don' affect anythin' at all. The "Stop da City" brigade gots partially realized dis here, which iz why dey often destroy da property o' da companies dat dey hate. Feeling pimp-tight about uh leaking sink wont fix da leak. Something has ta be done, in uh distributed way, dat will fix da problem. Marching will not do dis here, therefore, it iz sensible not ta march, an' instead, do somethin' else. To me, it iz crystal clear dat dis here iz da case; participating in an action dat we's know ta be useless iz wrong, especially when we's know dat da consequence iz dat peeps iz going ta be ganked an' da remainder subjugated. with muh beeotch Biznotch! It's so annoying that MP3s are blocked by the firewall at my work. I don't intend to sit all day downloading music, but the odd chance to hear something new would be nice. :( People like to feel they are Doing Something. I can understand this perfectly, but its an illusion, a "feel good" action, that doesnt affect anything at all. The "Stop the City" brigade have partially realized this, which is why they often destroy the property of the companies that they hate. Feeling good about a leaking sink wont fix the leak. Something has to be done, in a distributed way, that will fix the problem. Marching will not do this, therefore, it is sensible not to march, and instead, do something else. To me, it is crystal clear that this is the case; participating in an action that we know to be useless is wrong, especially when we know that the consequence is that people are going to be killed and the remainder subjugated. Perhaps it's asking a lot to expect America to act differently from all the other empires in history, but wasn't that the original idea? Some sad things today: These Records. I can't afford the property. The execution. Reasonable doubt? Humanity? Tearful. British secret service report into Iraq/Al Qaeda. Ignored, at least. Lied about. Additional: Jack Straw ignores his own secret reports shock. The bully is shouting again. On more affirmative action than the march: It's easier to get people to march for 4 hours in the cold than to give up 25 quid each. People like to feel they are Doing Something. I will be there, for what it's worth. If you see someone in a massive bright orange Schott duvet coat, it could be me. The coat makes me look like this:  , but it keeps me very warm.Steve Bell's cartoons have been excellent lately. Today's is no exception. Vive la difference indeed. Listened to Panasonic for the first time in ages. Superb! Have you heard Pärson Sound then?http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/parsontio.rm Trad Gras Och Stenar "Last Time" Mors Mors 1/2 Special Skivor & Trams CD recorded live 1972 2002 I just heard this; it RULED ME. When I got stuck in Mumbai airport about 7 years ago coming back from India. I spent a few days with 2 Iraqis that were studying in Bangalore university and they had to fly to Istambal and go overland to Bagdad. Im sure Mr Benn would have to do something similar. John Howard loses no-confidence vote from senate in Australia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2727551.stm (weird one going on with the non-closure of tags couple of posts down) the real you. the real you. THESE Records Mailing List Update February 4th 2003 ________________________________________________________________________ second mailout of the new year. NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS THESE Records SALE NOT a selection of clearance items (though to people in the so-called 'property ladder' that's exactly what it is). the Freehold on These Records premesis at 112 Brook Drive is up for sale by Auction. after being tenants of South London's Labour controlled Lambeth Council for over fifteeen years we have been given under a months notice that the building is up for sale on february the 18th (with us mentioned as tenants in the auction catalogue). the sign outside our door say "business not affected", which in real terms means the new owner will then be our new landlord. our legal position with regards to being able to stay in Brook Drive is not looking rosy to say the least. because of a 'mixed usage' loophole (while These Records business occupies the ground floor, the upper floors are registered as 'domestic' as a member of staff lives there) we were last year denied any rights through the 'right to buy' scheme (despite being council tenants for such a long period) as you don't qualify if you run a business from the premesis. the most likely future for 112, in keeping with the current trend of property development in London will be that a purchaser will buy the Freehold in order to: 1. kick us out 2. re-decorate the building very quickly, most likely turning it into several flats 3. sell the 'new' properties at the highest price possible while the vastly inflated property market still holds out. 4. count the money 5. repeat steps 1-4 somewhere else These Records is in no financial position to buy the property. the starting price which has been announced is £150,000. if anyone out there has any recourse to help, please get in touch, ideally if someone has the resources to purchase the property and wishes to become our landlord (which requires an ability to secure a mortgage) please let us know SOON (serious interest only please, as we have very little time left to do something about this). in the meantime, perhaps obviously we would say PLEASE buy something from the list, as we REALLY REALLY need the money right now. even if we can secure another premisis to move to, it will be a costly and disruptive business to re-locate. e-mail us at these@theserecords.com with any constructive ideas. watch this space... if 500,000 demonstrators each spent the 25 pounds that it would take to participate in this demonstration, and used it somehow to organize the dissemination of information world wide (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand POUNDS) Would that not be a better use of time and effort?? The news always underreports these protests, people get arrested, and waste a whole day doing precisely nothing. Lets say that they spend that 12,500,000 on buying airplane tickets to Baghdad. interestingly, its not possible to book a flight to Saddam International Airport (SDA): estination currently unavailable--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Expedia.com is unable to sell tickets to one or more of the destinations you have chosen. Please select a different destination. We apologize for the inconvenience. Whatever. ba.com: The following error has occurred with the submission: British Airways does not currently fly to Baghdad Also, whatever Lets say it costs 2000 for a return ticket (return?? heh) Thats Six Thousand, Two Hundred and fifty people that can be sent over as human(itarian) shields. For example. OR you could buy One Hundred and Twenty Five double page spreads in newspapers of the calibre of The New York Times. Any way that you want to slice it, marching in the streets is pointless. People need to think obliquely, and channel the enormous power of numbers that a well populated protest group can muster for a sensible, high impact world changing strategy. P.S. i wonder if by doing searches for flights to Iraq if you "ring a bell" somewhere....and for that matter, how did Wedgewood Benn get a flight to Saddam International Airport
Stop The War march gets go ahead for Hyde Park! After weeks of stupid politicians making stupid excuses. Poor things, worrying about those 500,000 demonstrators slipping on wet grass.  Free money for all! College Drinking Deadlines: Letter of intent, 14 March Full application 14th April 2003 The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism invites applications for its research partnerships awards for rapid response to college drinking problems. The purpose of these awards is to provide a mechanism for developing and conducting research which requires rapid funding to address unexpected and time-sensitive research opportunities to address drinking on college campuses. Applications are welcome from overseas. RFA-AA-03-08 Contact: Peggy Murray, Director International Research and Training Program, Office of Collaborative Research, NIAAA, Willco Building, Suite 302, 6000 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7003, Bethesda, MD 20892-7003, USA Tel 001 301 443 2594 email pmurray@mail.nih.gov. Web http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-03-08.html Alternative Medicine Deadline: letters of intent 15 March, full application 15 April 2003 The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine invites applications for developmental centers for research on complementary and alternative medicine. The purpose of these awards is: to increase the level and quality of complementary and alternative medicine research by assisting extramural CAM researchers and practitioners to develop and participate in high-quality research: to promote CAM research expertise and infrastructure development: to support enhanced communication and partnership building between CAM and conventional institutions NCCAM encourages a multi disciplinary approach to research. It is also expected that these awards will develop and sustain preliminary research studies that will lead to the submission of competitive RO1 grant application to conduct CAM research to NCCAM and other NIH institutes. Applications are welcome from profit and non-profit, domestic and foreign organisations. Contact Christine Goertz, Coordinator, Centers for Research on CAM Program, NCCAM, NIH, 6707, Democracy Blvd, Suite 401, Bethesda, MD 20892-5475, USA Tel 001 301 402 1030 Email Goertzc@mail.nih.gov Web http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-046.html "In RIAA vs. Verizon, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that anyone suspected of downloading so-called "infringing" files on the Internet -- usually an MP3 of a song -- could be sued. No evidence is required. An accuser fills out a form for a court clerk and the machinery is set in motion." wtf?? LA Times
The times are-a changinChildren can't sing nomore Nore can scouts DALnet dies? What about Brandon Vedas Read this and gasp as you watch DalNet die... What happened to the Irdial website? Also, can anyone recommend Harmonia Mundi CDs (any on the label)? Josh, I use winamp for MP3s and XMplay for OGG. I only use XMPlay as I installed it so I could play M03 files, which are totally amazing. They're modules (remember those from the Amiga?) but each sample is compressed with either OGG or MP3, so they're totally tiny. I'm toying with them in my own module choons at the moment. XMplay is a nice small player, and will do MP3 as well. Plus, it be free, so go and play! Homepage Not the first time, and not the last. Hopes fading for death row Briton "The [DNA] tests could conclusively prove his innocence, and yet they seem happy to let him die without finding out the truth. "Every indication is that the Americans are determined to kill this guy," he added. HOLY SHIT cnn is the most credible news source EVER. Who knew NASA was up to warp drive experiments?!! OMFG. As for mp3/ogg players I use iTunes (OS X, natch) for most of my things, merely because there is a lack of anything else solid. iTunes is solid but eats up lots of cpu time. I don't like much about it at all really, except the fact that it's solid and plays VBR perfectly (Audion has great trouble reading VBR files). Bush: "I want one a them bombs thar, hyuk!" It's a shame what music means. http://english.pravda.ru/world/2001/05/31/6419.html http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/zabibh.htm Saddam Hussains Novel  I wonder what MP3 and OGG players people use on this list. I currently use WinAmp, but would love a change. (The newest version is slow and displays file information horribly, although i do like the fade function. It makes me reach for version 2.75 all the more often. Though it doesn't play OGGs). Any suggestions? Someone clever said re ID cards: "But we need a way to identify people, and if you think that driver's licenses and social security numbers aren't already doing this, you're just closing your eyes to it. I always love this argument, regardless of what it's applied to. "They're already halfway up your ass, why not just push in all the way?" If our freedom was simply degenerating and we could never become more free than we are right now, those of us that weren't slaves or indentured servants would be regularly appearing in front of government panels to assert that we are not and never have been communist sympathizers." As a historical aside, the last UK ID cards were abandoned in 1953. At the time the Lord High Chief Justice stated that "it is obvious that the police now, as a matter of routine, demand the production of national registration identity cards whenever they stop or interrogate a motorist for any cause....This Act was passed for security purposes and not for the purposes for which, apparently it is now sought to be used...." Yes, Red Deer... been through it many times. It's about 1.5 hours directly south of where I am. Nice place, not too big, not too small. It's time for another week of school. Are *YOU* ready?! Hey, Barreh, I was looking at a map and saw a town called Red Deer in Alberta - have you ever been there? Sounds good. When I was in Washington State in the US last I drove through Beaver, which was brief if nothing else. "Under Microsoft's new program, governments may visit Microsoft's campus, see the millions of lines of source code that make up Windows, run analysis tools on the source code and build versions of Windows for themselves from the raw materials. Under the program, governments will be able to see source code for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and CE." news.com There are some problems with this. First of all, there arent enought people looking at the windoze source to properly assess the security issues. All the governments in the world who have signed up for this will not, even if they combined forces, have enough skilled programmers to audit the source of all the three current versions of windoze. Secondly, the errors that they might be able to find would give these governments an advantage over the millions of windoze users world wide. It could potentially give clandestine remote access to any windoze user by using undisclosed vulnerabilities discovered in the source. Those two might be mutually exclusive, but if either of them is true, its a bad thing. What no one seems to be asking is, why spend resources sending one dude to look at buggy windoze code when you can use free software that is audited by many thousands of developers for nothing? It doesnt make any centz! There was a cartoon in the newspaper yesterday. It had the protagonist asking Anders Fogh Rasmussen (our prime minister and all round argh) if he really grew up as a kid wanting to make government with the extreme right and help start a war. Anders sits for a bit, then hiccups. We're back. Hello again. :-) interesting......... http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2001061931&ct=2 |
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