[videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Andrew Baron]

Just a reminder about 11am on Sunday around the world. Would love to  
see some footage from anyone who can make it out.

Ive been reading the forums and here in NYC it looks like its going  
to be huge, I cant believe how many people are participating.

Andrew

 > On Feb 7, 2008 7:42 PM, Andrew Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 > >
 > > This Sunday there will be an amazing protest of Scientology by the
 > > Anonymous group. If anyone in the US can make it out to capture  
some
 > > footage in your own locale and would be willing to sync up, please
 > > email me off-list.
 > >
 > > Thanks!
 > >
 > > Map of Protests around the country
 > > http://harbl.wetfish.net/cosplay/
 > >
 > > Anonymous makes it on to NPR:
 > >
 > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18764756
 > >
 > > The anti-Scientology group "Anonymous" told NBC11 Monday it  
expected
 > > more than 300,000 people to join protests worldwide on Feb. 10th at
 > > 11am.
 > >
 > > "The campaign is going amazingly -- swimmingly at the moment. We  
are
 > > in the organizational stages," a woman who would not give her name
 > > told NBC11. "We are having members of Anonymous from all over the
 > > world join the protest at their local church of Scientology at 11
 > > a.m. local time."
 > >
 > > Other people claiming to be members of Anonymous told NBC11 that  
the
 > > actual number of Scientology protesters worldwide will not reach
 > > 300,000. The actual number of people who show up for the rallies
 > > could be much less, they said.
 > >
 > > The group members said out of the 24 time zones, there are 17 that
 > > have Churches of Scientology.
 > >
 > > "Of the 24 time zones there are 17 that have a church located in  
them
 > > and we believe our protesting is happening in 15 of those 17," said
 > > the group member. "We have a map that people can log in to and say
 > > what protest they're going to at the current moment. At last  
count we
 > > expect 300,000 at all the protests. Everyone in the world is  
invited.
 > > We're trying to get support from local organizations."
 > >
 > > Anonymous claims the Church of Scientology forces members to have
 > > abortions as well as sign over their bank accounts.
 > >
 > > "We think it's wrong that they have tax exempt status," the member
 > > told NBC11. "We want to to see if we can get that looked into by  
the
 > > IRS -- who ever we can gain the ear of. Are they really a religious
 > > organization or a business?"
 > >
 > > The member of Anonymous said her organization is attempting to  
change
 > > its approach because it first gained attention as a group of
 > > "hackers" and "pranksters."
 > >
 > > The group said it now plans to engage in activities that fight
 > > against Scientology, but are not considered illegal by the U.S.
 > > government. The member told NBC11 that she is not an actual hacker
 > > herself, but rather someone providing other means of support to
 > > Anonymous.
 > >
 > > The member said Anonymous is planning to hold large monthly  
protests
 > > against Scientology at its churches each month until May.
 > >
 > > She said the group is drawing up plans for more protests after  
that.
 > >
 > > The group member said Anonymous would hold another large protest  
two
 > > days after church founder L. Ron Hubbard's birthday on March 15.
 > >
 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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[videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[Milt Lee]

Under 30??  How about if you are over 60?  Disgusting, but NPR has
always been under amazing pressure to be "fair and balanced"  When I
was a kid of about 45, I was invited to symposium on ethics in
journalism at the Poynter Institute.  At that I got into a huge fight
with Bill Bussenburg about objectivity in reporting.  My contention
was that there could never be objectivity since you as a reporter - by
the very act of choosing what you were going to include - who you were
going to talk to, and what words they said that you choose to include
in your story - by those acts you were already slanting the story to
your feeling or art. So why even pretend?  Do what you want - and be
honest about it.

The notion that a blogger "under 30" would be more in touch with
what's going on than a blogger over 30 is really nuts.  It's
insulting, and by the very act of asking for that type of person, it
denigrates the very process of reporting.

Milt "over the hill" Lee  

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use

[Ron Watson]

I disagree with Tim's allegory and your assessment, Steve.

These guys built their empire promising us exactly what we have  
today: "Every man a publisher. Every man a Netowork."

It was the bone they threw the public and elected officials to get  
relaxed regulation, re-regulation in their interests and support for  
their projects. Now they plan on delivering THEIR approved HD  
content, THEIR telephony and THEIR approved high speed data.

It's a classic bait and switch: Give me this and I'll give you that.  
We give them this and they renege.

This isn't about delivering content, it's about controlling access.  
This isn't about reducing or managing bandwidth, it's about  
controlling and restricting it.

They are going to price us out of the game and take money from big  
corporate media to deliver their HUGE bandwidth content which dwarfs  
ours.

It's as simple as that.

Instead of the government mandated grocery story:

Comcast asked for relaxed regulation, actually they paid lots of  
money to sponsor think tanks, politicians and legislation that gave  
them the power they have today. In return they'd give us cheaper and  
greater access and more freedom. That was their argument.

Comcast is busting into telephony as they strive to shut our ability  
to use VOIP.
They're going to use torrents to deliver THEIR HD Content as they  
shut down torrent users.
They're going to exponentially increase the throughput of information  
as they cry that they're all tapped out.

They're sick and tired of people like us sharing things, and working  
for peanuts in THEIR market. Information sharing and small time media  
creators are stealing their profit. We are wasting their market  
resources and costing them profit. Death by a thousand paper cuts.

If they wanted more bandwidth, they'd ask government to invest in  
their infrastructure. They'd ask for help. They don't want help, they  
don't want more bandwidth. They want control. Plain and simple.

This reality that we experience right now is exactly what they  
offered in the negotiation to get what they wanted. They are reneging  
on that right now.

Don't be fooled. This is a scam. They are dishonest brokers. They cry  
that they're being taken advantage of as they seek to take advantage  
of us...again.

Isn't $50 a month from hundreds of millions of customers enough?

Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com



On Feb 9, 2008, at 9:57 PM, Steve Watkins wrote:

> Well to me that grocery store example is not what this particular  
> issue is all about right
> now. It does represent one side of net neutrality fears, where  
> potential conflict of interest
> may exist if certain traffic is given priority, and the decider  
> also happens to own some of
> the destinations for that traffic.
>
> But for me the measures we see so far are more akin to a minority  
> of customers to your
> coffee shop, abusing a special 'all you can drink' offer, and  
> reducing the quality of service
> & coffee the majority receive. The coffe shop management must  
> choose whether to invest
> in more capacity to serve the overthirsty minority, change or scrap  
> the 'all you can drink'
> offer, or take other measures to limit the service.
>
> The devil is in the detail as far as Im concerned. There have  
> always been various
> bandwidth issues that have impeded some peoples ability to have the  
> internet they want.
> There are challenges to be met in the future. Too much greed from  
> either users or the
> companies that deliver the network, should be kept in check.
>
> Luckily I believe too much present and future economic hope rests  
> on the internet
> continuing to exist in its present form, though if it 'matures' as  
> other industries have, it
> could become the usual restrictive monopoly nightmare which wont  
> feel so much like the
> net of today. Still it could be argued that the internet of the  
> present already has a lot of
> giant near-monopolies both at the network delivery & infrastructure  
> level, and in terms of
> the sites people are visiting. Yet if there is anywhere the small  
> business or individual
> should be able to find space to survive, it should be the net, as  
> is currently the case?
>
> Or to put it another way, its in nobodies interests to make the  
> internet completely useless.
> We already live in a world where a lot of humans hardly have access  
> to the basics of life,
> let alone computers and the net, and I suggest that if those who  
> can currently afford to
> uploads videos to the net, face a future where they cannot, it will  
> be more likely due to
> mass economic woes in general, or problems with electricity supply,  
> than a few monopoly
> net providers pushing things way too far.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve Elbows
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I don't like that they are doing this. I'm against it but I th

Re: [videoblogging] Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use

[Ron Watson]

Thanks Richard,
You kept me from launching into a diatribe.

I agree wholeheartedly.

Cheers,
Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com



On Feb 9, 2008, at 8:00 PM, Richard H. Hall wrote:

> Jay,
>
> One thing I would clarify in your comments
>
> On Feb 9, 2008 6:21 PM, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > "somehow this argument makes the current FCC officers feel like  
> all is
> > right in america."
> >
>
> >
> >
> > 
> > ___
> >
>
> I
> Not all the FCC commissioners. I guarantee that the minority members
> (democrats) John Adelstein and Michael Copps, will fight this.
>
> ... Richard
>
> ---
> Richard
> http://richardhhall.org
> Shows
> http://richardshow.org
> http://inspiredhealing.tv
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> 



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[videoblogging] Re: Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use

[Steve Watkins]

Well to me that grocery store example is not what this particular issue is all 
about right 
now. It does represent one side of net neutrality fears, where potential 
conflict of interest 
may exist if certain traffic is given priority, and the decider also happens to 
own some of 
the destinations for that traffic.

But for me the measures we see so far are more akin to a minority of customers 
to your 
coffee shop, abusing a special 'all you can drink' offer, and reducing the 
quality of service 
& coffee the majority receive. The coffe shop management must choose whether to 
invest 
in more capacity to serve the overthirsty minority, change or scrap the 'all 
you can drink' 
offer, or take other measures to limit the service.

The devil is in the detail as far as Im concerned. There have always been 
various 
bandwidth issues that have impeded some peoples ability to have the internet 
they want. 
There are challenges to be met in the future. Too much greed from either users 
or the 
companies that deliver the network, should be kept in check. 

Luckily I believe too much present and future economic hope rests on the 
internet 
continuing to exist in its present form, though if it 'matures' as other 
industries have, it 
could become the usual restrictive monopoly nightmare which wont feel so much 
like the 
net of today. Still it could be argued that the internet of the present already 
has a lot of 
giant near-monopolies both at the network delivery & infrastructure level, and 
in terms of 
the sites people are visiting. Yet if there is anywhere the small business or 
individual 
should be able to find space to survive, it should be the net, as is currently 
the case?

Or to put it another way, its in nobodies interests to make the internet 
completely useless. 
We already live in a  world where a lot of humans hardly have access to the 
basics of life, 
let alone computers and the net, and I suggest that if those who can currently 
afford to 
uploads videos to the net, face a future where they cannot, it will be more 
likely due to 
mass economic woes in general, or problems with electricity supply, than a few 
monopoly 
net providers pushing things way too far.

Cheers

Steve Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I don't like that they are doing this. I'm against it but I think we  
> should try to look at from their point of view so that we can  
> understand where they are coming from and how we might put a stop to  
> this before none of us can afford to upload our shows anymore.
> 
> Imagine if you ran a Grocery Store and inside your grocery store you  
> had a coffee shop that was owned by an Independent Coffee Chain.
> 
> Then one day the Government said "Hey you have a Coffee Shop in your  
> grocery store. You need to let other coffee companies sell coffee in  
> your store for free."
> 
> So you let Starbucks, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf as well as Pete's  
> Coffee and Tully's sell coffee in your store and they didn't pay you  
> any money but they did create more traffic in your parking lot and  
> they made it hard for your costumers to get into your grocery store.
> 
> Maybe you might try and keep your parking lot free to only your  
> customers, unless the government told you that you needed to let  
> anyone park in your parking lot.
> 
> In a free and open society should a grocery store be forced to allow  
> other companies to sell products in their store without paying  
> something?
> 
> Tim Street
> Creator/Executive Producer
> French Maid TV
> Subscribe for FREE @
> http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes
> MyBlog
> http://1timstreet.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 9, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Jay dedman wrote:
> 
> > > This will be the a good real test of whether or not the FCC will  
> > follow up
> > > on their promise to enforce network neutrality, in terms of  
> > penalties for
> > > comcast. I'm not holding my breath.
> >
> > here's how they are spinning it.
> > We are a private company and our network is private. (even if our
> > network is run over public property)
> > We are telling you in our 10 page contract (with small, legalese,
> > ambiguous text) what we are allowed to do.
> > You make a choice to use us (even if we may be the only broadband
> > network in your area)
> > Regulation is slows down competition. (even if we are doing our best
> > to become a total monopoly)
> >
> > somehow this argument makes the current FCC officers feel like all is
> > right in america.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > -- 
> > http://jaydedman.com
> > 917 371 6790
> > Professional: http://ryanishungry.com
> > Personal: http://momentshowing.net
> > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/
> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman
> > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
> >
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[videoblogging] Re: ripping video from the web

[Bill Cammack]

Great tip, Brook! :D

Bill
http://BillCammack.com

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Brook Hinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 1. Install perian - it's an extension to quicktime. www.perian.com.
> This lets you open .flv files directly.
> 2. Use safari. For most sites without downloadable video, you'll be
> able to find the video file in the activity window, but it takes a
> little practice. Look for "flv" or for files with sizes in mb instead
> of kb. Click on the file and it will download.
> 3. Sometimes you have to rename the downloaded file, if it's flash,
> with an flv extension (esp. if its one that downloads a file an names
> it "get_video")
> 4. You can drag the file to quicktime to open it.
> 5. I prefer mpeg streamclip to quicktime for conversion to dv or
> whatever format you'll be editing in. Available free at
> www.squared5.com (and you HAVE to use the www for some reason). With
> either, be sure you export to quicktime movie using the DV codec, NOT
> to a DV Stream (assuming you're going to DV).
> 6. If you're staying at a small file size like 320x240, photojpeg at
> 85% or higher is a good alternatitve to DV as an editing codec.
> 
> Brook
> 
> 
> On 2/9/08, Kathryn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi guys...
> >
> >  looking for a free, mac compatible program that will let me rip
> >  videos from the web and re-edit them... i promise I am not doing
> >  anything dishonest, immoral, disrespectful or divisive!!!
> >
> >  thanks!
> >
> >  Kathryn
> >
> >  Kathryn Jones
> >  http://www.synchronis.tv
> >  
> 
> 
> -- 
> ___
> Brook Hinton
> film/video/audio art
> www.brookhinton.com
> studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
>

Re: [videoblogging] Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use

[Tim Street]

I don't like that they are doing this. I'm against it but I think we  
should try to look at from their point of view so that we can  
understand where they are coming from and how we might put a stop to  
this before none of us can afford to upload our shows anymore.

Imagine if you ran a Grocery Store and inside your grocery store you  
had a coffee shop that was owned by an Independent Coffee Chain.

Then one day the Government said "Hey you have a Coffee Shop in your  
grocery store. You need to let other coffee companies sell coffee in  
your store for free."

So you let Starbucks, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf as well as Pete's  
Coffee and Tully's sell coffee in your store and they didn't pay you  
any money but they did create more traffic in your parking lot and  
they made it hard for your costumers to get into your grocery store.

Maybe you might try and keep your parking lot free to only your  
customers, unless the government told you that you needed to let  
anyone park in your parking lot.

In a free and open society should a grocery store be forced to allow  
other companies to sell products in their store without paying  
something?

Tim Street
Creator/Executive Producer
French Maid TV
Subscribe for FREE @
http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes
MyBlog
http://1timstreet.com






On Feb 9, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Jay dedman wrote:

> > This will be the a good real test of whether or not the FCC will  
> follow up
> > on their promise to enforce network neutrality, in terms of  
> penalties for
> > comcast. I'm not holding my breath.
>
> here's how they are spinning it.
> We are a private company and our network is private. (even if our
> network is run over public property)
> We are telling you in our 10 page contract (with small, legalese,
> ambiguous text) what we are allowed to do.
> You make a choice to use us (even if we may be the only broadband
> network in your area)
> Regulation is slows down competition. (even if we are doing our best
> to become a total monopoly)
>
> somehow this argument makes the current FCC officers feel like all is
> right in america.
>
> Jay
>
> -- 
> http://jaydedman.com
> 917 371 6790
> Professional: http://ryanishungry.com
> Personal: http://momentshowing.net
> Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman
> RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
>
> 



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Re: [videoblogging] Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use

[Richard H. Hall]

Jay,

One thing I would clarify in your comments

On Feb 9, 2008 6:21 PM, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> "somehow this argument makes the current FCC officers feel like all is
> right in america."
>



>
>
> 
> ___
>


I
Not all the FCC commissioners. I guarantee that the minority members
(democrats) John Adelstein and Michael Copps, will fight this.

... Richard

---
Richard
http://richardhhall.org
Shows
http://richardshow.org
http://inspiredhealing.tv


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[videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Steve Garfield]

I interviewed two 'anonymous' guys in Boston today, who were handing out flyers 
on 
Newbury street.  Streamed it live via Qik.

Here's the blog post the archived video:

http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2008/02/anonymous-scientology-protest-
preview.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/2dsd9a

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This Sunday there will be an amazing protest of Scientology by the  
> Anonymous group.  If anyone in the US can make it out to capture some  
> footage in your own locale and would be willing to sync up, please  
> email me off-list.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Map of Protests around the country
> http://harbl.wetfish.net/cosplay/
> 
> Anonymous makes it on to NPR:
> 
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18764756
> 

Re: [videoblogging] Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use

[Jay dedman]

> This will be the a good real test of whether or not the FCC will follow up
>  on their promise to enforce network neutrality, in terms of penalties for
>  comcast. I'm not holding my breath.

here's how they are spinning it.
We are a private company and our network is private. (even if our
network is run over public property)
We are telling you in our 10 page contract (with small, legalese,
ambiguous text) what we are allowed to do.
You make a choice to use us (even if we may be the only broadband
network in your area)
Regulation is slows down competition.  (even if we are doing our best
to become a total monopoly)

somehow this argument makes the current FCC officers feel like all is
right in america.

Jay

-- 
http://jaydedman.com
917 371 6790
Professional: http://ryanishungry.com
Personal: http://momentshowing.net
Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman
RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9

Re: [videoblogging] How Long Should a Web "season" Be?

[Brook Hinton]

How long do you want it to be? Do you want to have one at all?

1. The ability to do what you want without fitting into the kind of
structures that limit, say, work for television is one of the very
reasons to use the web as a venue in the first place. Why seasons to
begin with?

2. Seasons, though, can be a convenient marking point, like chapters,
like volumes, like any other temporal punctuation. And they provide
you with a nice break between sets of work in a project.

3. Every piece or series or anything has its own correct length,
number of episodes, etc. It's whatever value results in the most
powerful communication of its subject.

Time slots and series packaging are part of what harms the quality of
what's on tv. It's the reason we have to suffer through 58 minute
documentaries on PBS that should be either 47 minutes, 105 minutes, or
52 minutes, or whatever. "Feature length" is part of what encourages
filmmakers to fall back on the same limited variations of Freytag's
pyramid to structure their narratives. Features are this long, plays
have one three or five acts, the opening act should play for 35
minutes... how can anyone know ahead of time the amount of time that's
actually needed? It's like asking painters to leave out the color red,
because it will be supplied in the needed saturation and tint by the
network later on. Time is the primary element of film, video and
sound. So take it back.

On the other hand limitations are liberating.

Just opinions from a ranting editor during a render of someone else's video,

Brook




On 2/9/08, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I don't know if everyone saw this on NewTeeVee...
>
> http://newteevee.com/2008/02/08/how-long-should-a-web-season-be/
>
>  I thought it was a really interesting article.
>
>  How long should a "season" be for a video blog and Internet TV show?
>
>  Does the concept of a "season" even make sense for every type of vlog out
> there?
>
>  --
>  Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
>  http://ChangeLog.ca/
>
>  Motorsport Videos
>  http://TireBiterZ.com/
>
>  Vlog Razor... Vlogging News... http://vlograzor.com/
>  


-- 
___
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film/video/audio art
www.brookhinton.com
studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab

Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[J. Rhett Aultman]

First off, it's a false binary to say "psychiatrists become the good 
guys" by anything I say.  This is, in fact, buying Scientology's 
argument.  They offer "true mental health" and oppose psychiatry; I 
oppose them, therefore I am pro-psychiatry.  It doesn't follow.  I could 
easily protest both sides for the faults they offer.  I'd also say that, 
if you're looking purely for a body count, psychiatry is way behind 
compared to a number of religions, even after you axe out two pieces of 
low hanging fruit.  That's historical ignorance, however, and it's 
irrelevant here, because as I've already mentioned, I am not pro-psychiatry.

I'd also say that this isn't about promoting some form of spiritual 
truth over another.  This is about an organization that trains its 
members in fraud and tactics designed to obstruct justice.  This is 
about things like Operation Snow White, which was a targeted, wide-scale 
attempt (with some success) at the infiltration of our government, for 
which Mary Sue Hubbard was convicted of a felony.  This is about 
attempting to frame the mayor of Clearwater for hit-and-run charges 
because he opposed the Church of Scientology.  This is about dead 
agenting and Avagrams.

Look...if people want to believe they're several trillion years old and 
that Jesus Christ is a reincarnation of Xenu, that's their call to 
make.  I'm hep with that.  I have been known to worship a mysterious 
clip art of a man smoking a pipe.  That's fine.  I can even marginally 
tolerate their pricing structure, although I have no love for TM, 
Kabbalah Center, Est, or any other pay-to-be-better structure.  
Scientology has, and continues, to go too far, however.  It does not 
play well with others, something that virtually every other religious 
organization in America has figured out how to do.

--
Rhett.

Richard H. Hall wrote:
> Steve and Rhett,
>
> First of all, when Psychiatrists become the good guys in any argument, I
> find myself tending to be on the other side. In fact, in my opinion, now
> that I think about it, the Psychiatric model of mental health,
> pharmaceuticals, and commerce has done a lot more damage in the world than
> Scientology, or any religion (besides maybe Christianity and Islam).
>
> Second, I'm 50 years old, and I've spent way too much time in my life trying
> to "find the truth", and, let me tell you, there are more versions of what
> you describe of the scientologists within the christian/other
> religion/spiritual/new age/whatever world that you can shake a stick at.
>
> Many people want to know the truth, and they prefer to find someone/thing
> that will tell them what it is so they don't have to think about it, and
> they will give anything to anyone to find "peace" in that way. Sounds fucked
> up, but I'm not sure if I begrudge them.
>
> I'm not saying what the Scientologists do is good, I'm just saying, that,
> it's not unusual, nor unusually evil, in this complex, really bad, really
> cool, and perfect world.
>
> ... Richard
>
> On Feb 8, 2008 4:38 PM, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>>   I reckon its because:
>>
>> Unlike other religions it has a more blatant business model involving
>> charging for access
>> to their version of the holy scriptures.
>>
>> It doesnt have the benefit of hundreds or thousands of years to obscure
>> the origins of the
>> texts. Having been a science fiction author does not help L Ron Hubbards
>> score on the
>> prophet credibility benchmark ;)
>>
>> They have a very aggressive policy towards those that are against their
>> faith, L Rons
>> paranoia influenced his creation rather a lot it seems. Still they are
>> more likely to send you
>> a threatening legal letter than tie you to a chair ;)
>>
>> They attack psychiatry in a very direct manner, and psychiatry is, along
>> with the
>> associated drugs, a large and protected industry in the US of A. If the
>> things about
>> Hubbard Ive read are even half true, it doesnt take long to see why he had
>> it in for
>> psychiatry, his personality reads like a long list of symptoms of mind
>> illness.
>>
>> There are not so many scientologists, or nations wedded to scientology, to
>> give them the
>> power that quite a few religions enjoy. If a presidential candidate
>> attacked them, he would
>> not lose his base. Kids arent indoctrinated about them in schools, arent
>> taught to tollerate
>> them, or to see their beliefs as less crazy and creepy, or more 'genuinely
>> spiritual',
>> whatever that means.
>>
>> They havent got the 'one god' thing going for them. I know sci-fi has gone
>> down well in
>> recent decades, boy how I dont miss the 90's alien conspiracy obsessions
>> for example, but
>> its not yet proven to be a sound foundation for a credible modern
>> religion.
>>
>> I dont know of any other religions that have questionnaires that ask
>> whether you speak
>> slowly.
>>
>> One thing they do have in common with other religions is being involved in
>> the drug rehab
>> bus

Re: [videoblogging] Birthday

[David Meade]

Happy Birthday, Steve!

On Feb 9, 2008 4:09 PM, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Happy Birthday Steve!
>
>
> --
> Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
> http://ChangeLog.ca/
>
> Motorsport Videos
> http://TireBiterZ.com/
>
> Vlog Razor... Vlogging News...  http://vlograzor.com/
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2008 1:01 PM, Loiez D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Today is the Steve Gardfield's birthday : http://tinyurl.com/2sknw2
> >
> >  Loiez D.
> >  http://www.loiez.org
> >  skype:ultimcodex
> >
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>



-- 
http://www.DavidMeade.com

[videoblogging] How Long Should a Web "season" Be?

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

I don't know if everyone saw this on NewTeeVee...

http://newteevee.com/2008/02/08/how-long-should-a-web-season-be/

I thought it was a really interesting article.

How long should a "season" be for a video blog and Internet TV show?

Does the concept of a "season" even make sense for every type of vlog out there?


-- 
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Motorsport Videos
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Re: [videoblogging] ripping video from the web

[Ron Watson]

Well it looks like it's fixed now.  1.1 is installed.
Move along... nothing to see here...
Cheers,
Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com



On Feb 9, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Ron Watson wrote:

> Perian won't update. Anyone know what's up with that? Any similar
> problem?
> Cheers,
> Ron Watson
> http://k9disc.blip.tv
> http://k9disc.com
> http://discdogradio.com
> http://pawsitivevybe.com
>
> On Feb 9, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Brook Hinton wrote:
>
> > 1. Install perian - it's an extension to quicktime. www.perian.com.
> > This lets you open .flv files directly.
> > 2. Use safari. For most sites without downloadable video, you'll be
> > able to find the video file in the activity window, but it takes a
> > little practice. Look for "flv" or for files with sizes in mb  
> instead
> > of kb. Click on the file and it will download.
> > 3. Sometimes you have to rename the downloaded file, if it's flash,
> > with an flv extension (esp. if its one that downloads a file an  
> names
> > it "get_video")
> > 4. You can drag the file to quicktime to open it.
> > 5. I prefer mpeg streamclip to quicktime for conversion to dv or
> > whatever format you'll be editing in. Available free at
> > www.squared5.com (and you HAVE to use the www for some reason). With
> > either, be sure you export to quicktime movie using the DV codec,  
> NOT
> > to a DV Stream (assuming you're going to DV).
> > 6. If you're staying at a small file size like 320x240, photojpeg at
> > 85% or higher is a good alternatitve to DV as an editing codec.
> >
> > Brook
> >
> > On 2/9/08, Kathryn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi guys...
> > >
> > > looking for a free, mac compatible program that will let me rip
> > > videos from the web and re-edit them... i promise I am not doing
> > > anything dishonest, immoral, disrespectful or divisive!!!
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > > Kathryn
> > >
> > > Kathryn Jones
> > > http://www.synchronis.tv
> > >
> >
> > --
> > ___
> > Brook Hinton
> > film/video/audio art
> > www.brookhinton.com
> > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> 



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [videoblogging] ripping video from the web

[Ron Watson]

Perian won't update. Anyone know what's up with that? Any similar  
problem?
Cheers,
Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com



On Feb 9, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Brook Hinton wrote:

> 1. Install perian - it's an extension to quicktime. www.perian.com.
> This lets you open .flv files directly.
> 2. Use safari. For most sites without downloadable video, you'll be
> able to find the video file in the activity window, but it takes a
> little practice. Look for "flv" or for files with sizes in mb instead
> of kb. Click on the file and it will download.
> 3. Sometimes you have to rename the downloaded file, if it's flash,
> with an flv extension (esp. if its one that downloads a file an names
> it "get_video")
> 4. You can drag the file to quicktime to open it.
> 5. I prefer mpeg streamclip to quicktime for conversion to dv or
> whatever format you'll be editing in. Available free at
> www.squared5.com (and you HAVE to use the www for some reason). With
> either, be sure you export to quicktime movie using the DV codec, NOT
> to a DV Stream (assuming you're going to DV).
> 6. If you're staying at a small file size like 320x240, photojpeg at
> 85% or higher is a good alternatitve to DV as an editing codec.
>
> Brook
>
> On 2/9/08, Kathryn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi guys...
> >
> > looking for a free, mac compatible program that will let me rip
> > videos from the web and re-edit them... i promise I am not doing
> > anything dishonest, immoral, disrespectful or divisive!!!
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > Kathryn
> >
> > Kathryn Jones
> > http://www.synchronis.tv
> >
>
> -- 
> ___
> Brook Hinton
> film/video/audio art
> www.brookhinton.com
> studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
>
> 



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Re: [videoblogging] ripping video from the web

[Brook Hinton]

whoops sorry bout that.

On 2/9/08, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
>  On Feb 9, 2008 1:08 PM, Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >
>  > 1. Install perian - it's an extension to quicktime. www.perian.com.
>  > This lets you open .flv files directly.
>
>  Just a correction to what Brook said... the domain is: http://perian.org/
>
>  (It's a .ORG not a .COM.)
>
>  --
>  Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
>  http://ChangeLog.ca/
>
>  Motorsport Videos
>  http://TireBiterZ.com/
>
>  Vlog Razor... Vlogging News... http://vlograzor.com/
>  


-- 
___
Brook Hinton
film/video/audio art
www.brookhinton.com
studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab

Re: [videoblogging] ripping video from the web

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

On Feb 9, 2008 1:08 PM, Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 1. Install perian - it's an extension to quicktime. www.perian.com.
>  This lets you open .flv files directly.

Just a correction to what Brook said... the domain is: http://perian.org/

(It's a .ORG not a .COM.)

-- 
Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
http://ChangeLog.ca/

Motorsport Videos
http://TireBiterZ.com/

Vlog Razor... Vlogging News...  http://vlograzor.com/

Re: [videoblogging] Birthday

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Happy Birthday Steve!


-- 
Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
http://ChangeLog.ca/

Motorsport Videos
http://TireBiterZ.com/

Vlog Razor... Vlogging News...  http://vlograzor.com/



On Feb 9, 2008 1:01 PM, Loiez D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Today is the Steve Gardfield's birthday : http://tinyurl.com/2sknw2
>
>  Loiez D.
>  http://www.loiez.org
>  skype:ultimcodex
>

Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Charles HOPE]

J. Rhett Aultman wrote:

> There are three problems I see with Scientology.  The first one is
> something Steve Fishman refers to as "spiritual informed consent".  The
> Catholic church is, for the most part, transparent.  It's easy to know
> what you'll be getting yourself into if you want to join their program. 
> The curricula for first mass are pretty easy to find, the theology is
> covered through a number of public documents, and the plan for your life
> is something the Catholic church encourages you to know.


Such graded revelation is common in the religions of Classical Antiquity.




> I think it's weird that so many people are up in arms over Scientology, when
> other religions have been practicing equally cult-like behavior for
> centuries.  

The devil you know...

Re: [videoblogging] ripping video from the web

[Brook Hinton]

1. Install perian - it's an extension to quicktime. www.perian.com.
This lets you open .flv files directly.
2. Use safari. For most sites without downloadable video, you'll be
able to find the video file in the activity window, but it takes a
little practice. Look for "flv" or for files with sizes in mb instead
of kb. Click on the file and it will download.
3. Sometimes you have to rename the downloaded file, if it's flash,
with an flv extension (esp. if its one that downloads a file an names
it "get_video")
4. You can drag the file to quicktime to open it.
5. I prefer mpeg streamclip to quicktime for conversion to dv or
whatever format you'll be editing in. Available free at
www.squared5.com (and you HAVE to use the www for some reason). With
either, be sure you export to quicktime movie using the DV codec, NOT
to a DV Stream (assuming you're going to DV).
6. If you're staying at a small file size like 320x240, photojpeg at
85% or higher is a good alternatitve to DV as an editing codec.

Brook


On 2/9/08, Kathryn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi guys...
>
>  looking for a free, mac compatible program that will let me rip
>  videos from the web and re-edit them... i promise I am not doing
>  anything dishonest, immoral, disrespectful or divisive!!!
>
>  thanks!
>
>  Kathryn
>
>  Kathryn Jones
>  http://www.synchronis.tv
>  


-- 
___
Brook Hinton
film/video/audio art
www.brookhinton.com
studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab

[videoblogging] Birthday

[Loiez D.]

Today is the Steve Gardfield's birthday : http://tinyurl.com/2sknw2

Loiez D.
http://www.loiez.org
skype:ultimcodex

Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

On Feb 9, 2008 7:53 AM, Richard H. Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Steve and Rhett,
>
>  First of all, when Psychiatrists become the good guys in any argument, I
>  find myself tending to be on the other side. In fact, in my opinion, now
>  that I think about it, the Psychiatric model of mental health,
>  pharmaceuticals, and commerce has done a lot more damage in the world than
>  Scientology, or any religion (besides maybe Christianity and Islam).

A complaint I have about Psychiatry is the concept of Forced "medical
treatment".

If I go to my family doctor and complain about a headache, and he says
I should take an aspirin or a tylenal or something like that.  I can
decide, "no"... "I don't want any of those".  I could say. "no"... "I
don't want any medicine".

If my family doctor tells me I should get a surgery on my knee, or
else I'll have trouble walking all my life... I can decide "no"... "I
don't want a surgery" "I'd rather just live with this".

But with Psychiatry... if they say you are deemed to be "sick" by a
Psychologist ... it's no different than a prison sentence.  (Actually
it's worse than that.)  They can make you disappear into buildings
with restricted access for years or the rest of your life.  They can
force medication into you.  They force surgeries on you.   And all
against your will!

Now, this isn't an argument for Scientology.

But despite anything you may think about Scientology... that doesn't
validate Psychiatry.

-- 
Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
http://ChangeLog.ca/

Motorsport Videos
http://TireBiterZ.com/

Vlog Razor... Vlogging News...  http://vlograzor.com/

[videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[Gena]

I was on the #217 bus going into Hollywood last night coming home from
the Vlogger Meet-up at Cantor's. Two giggly 20 something ladies were
reading the Bus Tv aka Transit TV news blurb about the election. 

(It is a Power Point type screen)

Giggler1 "Somebody dropped out."
Giggler 2 "Yeah?"
Giggler 1 "It must have been really sad."
Giggler 2 "Totally."

They then went back to texting their friends not on the bus.

You so need us old fogies to explain the distance between texting and
knowing. As for the lyrical question of who will record our various
and distinctive thoughts.

We will.  We don't need no stinking NPR to ignore us unless it is
pledge time.

Almost finishing plowing up the north 40 and heading into 5-0

Gena
http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The NPR radio show Weekend Edition Sunday is looking to pull
together a small group of vloggers and podcasters age 30 or under to
contribute stories about election 2008 to the show. We're planning to
set up a blog on the NPR website to feature all of their
contributions, with one per week being featured on air as well. I
don't know what the final headcount will be, but I'm guessing it would
be in the 6-8 range, and we'd want to have a good diversity balance in
terms of gender, ethnicity, political persuasion, etc.
> 
> For more info about the project and how to apply, go here:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/ywxery
> 
> thanks,
> andy
>  
> 
> Andy Carvin
> andycarvin at yahoo  com
> www.andycarvin.com
> www.pbs.org/learningnow
> 
>

[videoblogging] ripping video from the web

[Kathryn Jones]

Hi guys...

looking for a free, mac compatible program that will let me rip  
videos from the web and re-edit them... i promise I am not doing  
anything dishonest, immoral, disrespectful or divisive!!!

thanks!

Kathryn

Kathryn Jones
http://www.synchronis.tv

Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

On Feb 9, 2008 7:30 AM, Richard H. Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I must say, I agree with Adam on this. Fundamentalist Christian churchs
>  around here have been milking poor people for all the money they have, and
>  telling them how to vote, for a long time. Also, try going to a
>  transcendental meditation center some time. You'll find out that you need
> to
>  dish out a couple of thousand bucks to, basically, find our you official
>  mantra.

The one thing positive I have to say about this is... at least their
not taking the money by force!  (As far as I can tell, it's a
completely voluntary.)

(I.e., unlike taxes... you have a choice to pay or not to pay.)

See ya

-- 
Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
http://ChangeLog.ca/

Motorsport Videos
http://TireBiterZ.com/

Vlog Razor... Vlogging News...  http://vlograzor.com/

Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[John Coffey]

Steve Martin pays tribute to Scientology in his epic drama Bowfinger. Not to be 
missed!

Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  
On Feb 9, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Richard H. Hall wrote:

> On top of that, most of them don't generate nearly as entertaining 
> videos as
> the Tom Cruise thing.

got a link to his vlog?

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Re: [videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast?]

Jan McLaughlin wrote:
> So who's covering our demographic in the new media space?
> 

Heck, my podcast may not even be covering my age group ... I had to 
explain what The Greatest American Hero was to one of my co-hosts (who 
is 24) on the last WhatTheCast episode.

At 35, I think I'm on the edge of where most people think about "new 
media". I learned to edit video A/B roll on 3/4" tape and have actually 
produced radio spots by splicing reel-to-reel tape together, but 
everything I do today is digital. I know how to produce content for 
iTunes and the web, but have to make sure I save enough time in the week 
to see my wife and pay off the house.

But I don't live off of TV like a lot of people my age.

I guess the lesson is everybody eventually doesn't fit in somebody 
else's demographic.

-- 
Brian Richardson
  - http://siliconchef.com
  - http://dragoncontv.com
  - http://whatthecast.com
  - http://www.3chip.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast?]

I guess 36 going on 36 is a little old for NPR.

Well, I'll just to the kitchen, get some Quaker Oatmeal and tell those 
damn kids to get off my lawn.

Too bad, I was going to send them a few bucks ... I don't need that 
totebag anyway.

br

David Howell wrote:
> Ditto.
> 
> I guess our "old" people views, stories, opinions and ideas are unwanted by 
> NPR.
> 
> Never thought NPR would discriminate against us "senior citizens" like this.
> 
> David - 42 is apparently ready for the old folks home
> http://www.davidhowellstudios.com 
> 

-- 
Brian Richardson
  - http://siliconchef.com
  - http://dragoncontv.com
  - http://whatthecast.com
  - http://www.3chip.com

Re: [videoblogging] NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[Ron Watson]

Ha!
I thought 'Public Radio' would be a little less interested in  
marketing demographics.

Very sad.

Public radio is not what it used to be.

Cheers,

Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com



On Feb 9, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Richard H. Hall wrote:

> Jan,
>
> Yeah, for some reason I noticed that too :)
>
> ... Richard the old
>
> On Feb 9, 2008 4:48 AM, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ah. Diversity in everything but age.
> >
> > Interesting.
> >
> > Jan
> >
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2008 3:43 PM, Andy Carvin  
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > The NPR radio show Weekend Edition Sunday is looking to pull  
> together a
> > > small group of vloggers and podcasters age 30 or under to  
> contribute
> > stories
> > > about election 2008 to the show. We're planning to set up a  
> blog on the
> > NPR
> > > website to feature all of their contributions, with one per  
> week being
> > > featured on air as well. I don't know what the final headcount  
> will be,
> > but
> > > I'm guessing it would be in the 6-8 range, and we'd want to  
> have a good
> > > diversity balance in terms of gender, ethnicity, political  
> persuasion,
> > etc.
> > >
> > > For more info about the project and how to apply, go here:
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/ywxery
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > andy
> > >
> > > 
> > > Andy Carvin
> > > andycarvin at yahoo com
> > > www.andycarvin.com
> > > www.pbs.org/learningnow
> > > 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > The Faux Press - better than real
> > http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS
> > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com
> > aim=janofsound
> > air=862.571.5334
> > skype=janmclaughlin
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
> -- 
> Richard
> http://richardhhall.org
> Shows
> http://richardshow.org
> http://inspiredhealing.tv
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> 



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[Jan McLaughlin]

So who's covering our demographic in the new media space?

Jan

On Feb 9, 2008 12:21 PM, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Ditto.
>
> I guess our "old" people views, stories, opinions and ideas are unwanted
> by NPR.
>
> Never thought NPR would discriminate against us "senior citizens" like
> this.
>
> David - 42 is apparently ready for the old folks home
> http://www.davidhowellstudios.com
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard H. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Jan,
> >
> > Yeah, for some reason I noticed that too :)
> >
> > ... Richard the old
> >
> > On Feb 9, 2008 4:48 AM, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >   Ah. Diversity in everything but age.
> > >
> > > Interesting.
> > >
> > > Jan
> > >
> > >
> > > On Feb 7, 2008 3:43 PM, Andy Carvin
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > The NPR radio show Weekend Edition Sunday is looking to pull
> together a
> > > > small group of vloggers and podcasters age 30 or under to contribute
> > > stories
> > > > about election 2008 to the show. We're planning to set up a blog on
> the
> > > NPR
> > > > website to feature all of their contributions, with one per week
> being
> > > > featured on air as well. I don't know what the final headcount will
> be,
> > > but
> > > > I'm guessing it would be in the 6-8 range, and we'd want to have a
> good
> > > > diversity balance in terms of gender, ethnicity, political
> persuasion,
> > > etc.
> > > >
> > > > For more info about the project and how to apply, go here:
> > > >
> > > > http://tinyurl.com/ywxery
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > andy
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > Andy Carvin
> > > > andycarvin at yahoo com
> > > > www.andycarvin.com
> > > > www.pbs.org/learningnow
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
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[videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[David Howell]

Ditto.

I guess our "old" people views, stories, opinions and ideas are unwanted by NPR.

Never thought NPR would discriminate against us "senior citizens" like this.

David - 42 is apparently ready for the old folks home
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--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard H. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Jan,
> 
> Yeah, for some reason I noticed that too :)
> 
> ... Richard the old
> 
> On Feb 9, 2008 4:48 AM, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >   Ah. Diversity in everything but age.
> >
> > Interesting.
> >
> > Jan
> >
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2008 3:43 PM, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > The NPR radio show Weekend Edition Sunday is looking to pull together a
> > > small group of vloggers and podcasters age 30 or under to contribute
> > stories
> > > about election 2008 to the show. We're planning to set up a blog on the
> > NPR
> > > website to feature all of their contributions, with one per week being
> > > featured on air as well. I don't know what the final headcount will be,
> > but
> > > I'm guessing it would be in the 6-8 range, and we'd want to have a good
> > > diversity balance in terms of gender, ethnicity, political persuasion,
> > etc.
> > >
> > > For more info about the project and how to apply, go here:
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/ywxery
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > andy
> > >
> > > 
> > > Andy Carvin
> > > andycarvin at yahoo com
> > > www.andycarvin.com
> > > www.pbs.org/learningnow
> > > 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Richard H. Hall]

I was talking about this one ... inspiring :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0

On Feb 9, 2008 10:28 AM, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> On Feb 9, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Richard H. Hall wrote:
>
> > On top of that, most of them don't generate nearly as entertaining
> > videos as
> > the Tom Cruise thing.
>
> got a link to his vlog?
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>  
>



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Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Markus Sandy]

On Feb 9, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Richard H. Hall wrote:

> On top of that, most of them don't generate nearly as entertaining  
> videos as
> the Tom Cruise thing.

got a link to his vlog?

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Re: [videoblogging] NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[Richard H. Hall]

Jan,

Yeah, for some reason I noticed that too :)

... Richard the old

On Feb 9, 2008 4:48 AM, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Ah. Diversity in everything but age.
>
> Interesting.
>
> Jan
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2008 3:43 PM, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > The NPR radio show Weekend Edition Sunday is looking to pull together a
> > small group of vloggers and podcasters age 30 or under to contribute
> stories
> > about election 2008 to the show. We're planning to set up a blog on the
> NPR
> > website to feature all of their contributions, with one per week being
> > featured on air as well. I don't know what the final headcount will be,
> but
> > I'm guessing it would be in the 6-8 range, and we'd want to have a good
> > diversity balance in terms of gender, ethnicity, political persuasion,
> etc.
> >
> > For more info about the project and how to apply, go here:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/ywxery
> >
> > thanks,
> > andy
> >
> > 
> > Andy Carvin
> > andycarvin at yahoo com
> > www.andycarvin.com
> > www.pbs.org/learningnow
> > 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> The Faux Press - better than real
> http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS
> http://fauxpress.blogspot.com
> aim=janofsound
> air=862.571.5334
> skype=janmclaughlin
>
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>
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Richard H. Hall]

Steve and Rhett,

First of all, when Psychiatrists become the good guys in any argument, I
find myself tending to be on the other side. In fact, in my opinion, now
that I think about it, the Psychiatric model of mental health,
pharmaceuticals, and commerce has done a lot more damage in the world than
Scientology, or any religion (besides maybe Christianity and Islam).

Second, I'm 50 years old, and I've spent way too much time in my life trying
to "find the truth", and, let me tell you, there are more versions of what
you describe of the scientologists within the christian/other
religion/spiritual/new age/whatever world that you can shake a stick at.

Many people want to know the truth, and they prefer to find someone/thing
that will tell them what it is so they don't have to think about it, and
they will give anything to anyone to find "peace" in that way. Sounds fucked
up, but I'm not sure if I begrudge them.

I'm not saying what the Scientologists do is good, I'm just saying, that,
it's not unusual, nor unusually evil, in this complex, really bad, really
cool, and perfect world.

... Richard

On Feb 8, 2008 4:38 PM, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   I reckon its because:
>
> Unlike other religions it has a more blatant business model involving
> charging for access
> to their version of the holy scriptures.
>
> It doesnt have the benefit of hundreds or thousands of years to obscure
> the origins of the
> texts. Having been a science fiction author does not help L Ron Hubbards
> score on the
> prophet credibility benchmark ;)
>
> They have a very aggressive policy towards those that are against their
> faith, L Rons
> paranoia influenced his creation rather a lot it seems. Still they are
> more likely to send you
> a threatening legal letter than tie you to a chair ;)
>
> They attack psychiatry in a very direct manner, and psychiatry is, along
> with the
> associated drugs, a large and protected industry in the US of A. If the
> things about
> Hubbard Ive read are even half true, it doesnt take long to see why he had
> it in for
> psychiatry, his personality reads like a long list of symptoms of mind
> illness.
>
> There are not so many scientologists, or nations wedded to scientology, to
> give them the
> power that quite a few religions enjoy. If a presidential candidate
> attacked them, he would
> not lose his base. Kids arent indoctrinated about them in schools, arent
> taught to tollerate
> them, or to see their beliefs as less crazy and creepy, or more 'genuinely
> spiritual',
> whatever that means.
>
> They havent got the 'one god' thing going for them. I know sci-fi has gone
> down well in
> recent decades, boy how I dont miss the 90's alien conspiracy obsessions
> for example, but
> its not yet proven to be a sound foundation for a credible modern
> religion.
>
> I dont know of any other religions that have questionnaires that ask
> whether you speak
> slowly.
>
> One thing they do have in common with other religions is being involved in
> the drug rehab
> business. I dont know much about their program, the wikipedia entry makes
> interesting
> reading. My favorite religious drug rehab story was about some other, more
> established
> church that benefitted from Bush's Faith Based initiatives thing. They
> were supposed to
> be treating some people, and got busted because they were actually making
> them work as
> telesales callers promoting the faith.
>
> I got myself a satellite dish so I could look at all the religious
> channels that have emerged
> in recent years in the UK. Well, scientology aint the only religious
> business thats for sure.
> Mmm there are some good Frank Zappa songs about this sort of thing, Im off
> to listen to
> some.
>
> Just remember, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster will set you
> free.
> Pastafarianism, hehe.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve Elbows
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com ,
> "Adam Quirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I think it's weird that so many people are up in arms over Scientology,
> when
> > other religions have been practicing equally cult-like behavior for
> > centuries. And the fact that this 'anonymous' group is most concerned
> over
> > their tax-free status is hilarious. Look how much money the Catholic
> church
> > pulls in every year, tax-free. I'm not making a judgement call, just
> > stating the obvious here.
> >
> > Scientology is like any other successful business/religion. They found
> their
> > target audience, aggressively marketed to them, and are reaping the
> > benefits. Celebrities are already so full of themselves, how could a
> > religion that proclaims them to be God possibly fail to get their
> attention?
> >
> > --
> >
> > *Adam Quirk* / Producer, Wreck & Salvage LLC / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /+1
> > 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim)
> >
> >
> > On Feb 8, 2008 3:47 PM, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > There's some here in Indy ... but I dunno if I want the scary
> > > Scientology people to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday

[Richard H. Hall]

I must say, I agree with Adam on this. Fundamentalist Christian churchs
around here have been milking poor people for all the money they have, and
telling them how to vote, for a long time. Also, try going to a
transcendental meditation center some time. You'll find out that you need to
dish out a couple of thousand bucks to, basically, find our you official
mantra.

On top of that, most of them don't generate nearly as entertaining videos as
the Tom Cruise thing.

Now that I think about it, I'm starting a richardtologist church.

"Send money to Richard and you too, can become God."

... Richard (aka, God)

On Feb 8, 2008 2:55 PM, Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   I think it's weird that so many people are up in arms over Scientology,
> when
> other religions have been practicing equally cult-like behavior for
> centuries. And the fact that this 'anonymous' group is most concerned over
> their tax-free status is hilarious. Look how much money the Catholic
> church
> pulls in every year, tax-free. I'm not making a judgement call, just
> stating the obvious here.
>
> Scientology is like any other successful business/religion. They found
> their
> target audience, aggressively marketed to them, and are reaping the
> benefits. Celebrities are already so full of themselves, how could a
> religion that proclaims them to be God possibly fail to get their
> attention?
>
> --
>
> *Adam Quirk* / Producer, Wreck & Salvage LLC / [EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]/+1
> 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim)
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2008 3:47 PM, David Meade <[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > There's some here in Indy ... but I dunno if I want the scary
> > Scientology people to be able to film me filming them filming the
> > protest ... somehow I'm pretty sure that ends with me being tied to a
> > chair in over lit basement room being forced to confess my deepest
> > fears and flaws to an ash tray.
> >
> > - Dave
> >
> > --
> > http://www.DavidMeade.com
> >
> >
> > On Feb 8, 2008 2:03 PM, David Howell <[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > Oops. Nevermind. Just noticed that there arent Churches here. The red
> > markers on that
> > > COS map are Anonymous members. *duh*
> > >
> > > My bad.
> > >
> > > David
> > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com ,
> "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Whoa...there's going to be 2 protests here in Cedar Rapids!? I didnt
> > even know there was
> > > a
> > > > Scientology "Church" here.
> > > >
> > > > I'll be venturing out there Sunday to get this on video!
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com
> > > >
> > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com,
> "Jay dedman" 
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > wow. we'll be in LA sunday.
> > > > > id love to see what they pull off.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jay
> > > > >
> > > > > On Feb 7, 2008 7:42 PM, Andrew Baron  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This Sunday there will be an amazing protest of Scientology by
> the
> > > > > > Anonymous group. If anyone in the US can make it out to capture
> > some
> > > > > > footage in your own locale and would be willing to sync up,
> > please
> > > > > > email me off-list.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Map of Protests around the country
> > > > > > http://harbl.wetfish.net/cosplay/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anonymous makes it on to NPR:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18764756
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The anti-Scientology group "Anonymous" told NBC11 Monday it
> > expected
> > > > > > more than 300,000 people to join protests worldwide on Feb. 10th
> > at
> > > > > > 11am.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "The campaign is going amazingly -- swimmingly at the moment. We
> > are
> > > > > > in the organizational stages," a woman who would not give her
> > name
> > > > > > told NBC11. "We are having members of Anonymous from all over
> the
> > > > > > world join the protest at their local church of Scientology at
> 11
> > > > > > a.m. local time."
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Other people claiming to be members of Anonymous told NBC11 that
> > the
> > > > > > actual number of Scientology protesters worldwide will not reach
> > > > > > 300,000. The actual number of people who show up for the rallies
> > > > > > could be much less, they said.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The group members said out of the 24 time zones, there are 17
> > that
> > > > > > have Churches of Scientology.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Of the 24 time zones there are 17 that have a church located in
> > them
> > > > > > and we believe our protesting is happening in 15 of those 17,"
> > said
> > > > > > the group member. "We have a map that people can log in to and
> > say
> > > > > > what protest they're going to at the current moment. At last
> > count we
> > > > > > expect 300,000 at all the protests. Everyone in the world is
> > invited.
> > > > > > We're trying to get support from local organizations."
> > > 

[videoblogging] Re: Which WP theme? ufo'splode? show in a box?

[Cheryl]

All of them except for mine, I guess. Perhaps I'll take the little guy
over to the Apple store and ask WTF? Because I keep trying to update
it but it never takes those files.

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Brook Hinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yup, can't remember if its a software or firmware update, but
> basically the old video ipods magically become 640x480/1500k/h.264 (of
> a sort) happy once they are updated with it.
> 
> On 2/8/08, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > That's pretty odd. Have you ever updated the software on your iPod? I
> >  have that same model and mine can play the 640 x 480 videos exported
> >  with QuickTime Pro.
> >
> >  - Verdi
> >
> >  On Feb 8, 2008 7:02 PM, Cheryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > So far I have not found any settings I can export from
QuickTime that
> >  > play on my older iPod Video at 640x480, but I haven't tried
very hard.
> >  > I just keep making smaller versions. 320x240 or 365x205. One
day when
> >  > I have a whole afternoon to kill, I might experiment. But that day
> >  > isn't on the calendar for awhile. I'm lazily relying on the
expertise
> >  > of others at the moment. :D
> >  >
> >  > Cheryl
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" 
> > wrote:
> >  >
> >  > >
> >  > > this is a good point.
> >  > > It would be easier if we didnt need to transcode an iPod
version and
> >  > > an apple TV version. (and the iPhone?)
> >  > > I'd love to update/add to our compression links here:
> >  > > http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/#Compression
> >  > > Can we agree on one setting for all three devices?
> >  > >
> >  > > Jay
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >
> >  --
> >  http://michaelverdi.com
> >  http://freevlog.org
> >  http://nscape.tv
> >  
> 
> 
> -- 
> ___
> Brook Hinton
> film/video/audio art
> www.brookhinton.com
> studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
>

[videoblogging] Re: Which WP theme? ufo'splode? show in a box?

[Cheryl]

Yeah, I updated it until it said "no updates available" ... no go.

Cheryl

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Verdi"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That's pretty odd. Have you ever updated the software on your iPod? I
> have that same model and mine can play the 640 x 480 videos exported
> with QuickTime Pro.
> 
> - Verdi
> 
> On Feb 8, 2008 7:02 PM, Cheryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > So far I have not found any settings I can export from QuickTime that
> >  play on my older iPod Video at 640x480, but I haven't tried very
hard.
> >  I just keep making smaller versions. 320x240 or 365x205. One day when
> >  I have a whole afternoon to kill, I might experiment. But that day
> >  isn't on the calendar for awhile. I'm lazily relying on the expertise
> >  of others at the moment. :D
> >
> >  Cheryl
> >
> >
> >  --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" 
wrote:
> >
> >  >
> >  > this is a good point.
> >  > It would be easier if we didnt need to transcode an iPod
version and
> >  > an apple TV version. (and the iPhone?)
> >  > I'd love to update/add to our compression links here:
> >  > http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/#Compression
> >  > Can we agree on one setting for all three devices?
> >  >
> >  > Jay
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> http://michaelverdi.com
> http://freevlog.org
> http://nscape.tv
>

Re: [videoblogging] NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers

[Jan McLaughlin]

Ah. Diversity in everything but age.

Interesting.

Jan

On Feb 7, 2008 3:43 PM, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> The NPR radio show Weekend Edition Sunday is looking to pull together a
> small group of vloggers and podcasters age 30 or under to contribute stories
> about election 2008 to the show. We're planning to set up a blog on the NPR
> website to feature all of their contributions, with one per week being
> featured on air as well. I don't know what the final headcount will be, but
> I'm guessing it would be in the 6-8 range, and we'd want to have a good
> diversity balance in terms of gender, ethnicity, political persuasion, etc.
>
> For more info about the project and how to apply, go here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ywxery
>
> thanks,
> andy
>
> 
> Andy Carvin
> andycarvin at yahoo  com
> www.andycarvin.com
> www.pbs.org/learningnow
> 
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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