Re: [videoblogging] NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers
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]
[videoblogging] Re: Which WP theme? ufo'splode? show in a box?
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 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?
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 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] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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]quirk%40wreckandsalvage.com/+1 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) On Feb 8, 2008 3:47 PM, David Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED]meade.dave%40gmail.com 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]taoofdavid%40gmail.com 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 videoblogging%40yahoogroups.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.comvideoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman 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 andrew@ 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
Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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 videoblogging%40yahoogroups.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 be able to film me filming them filming the protest ... somehow I'm pretty sure that ends with me being tied
Re: [videoblogging] NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers
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]andycarvin%40yahoo.com 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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] -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers
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]andycarvin%40yahoo.com 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers
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]andycarvin%40yahoo.com 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] 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers
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] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers
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: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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
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? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, Craic and Cocktails www.jchtv.com - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] ripping video from the web
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
[videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers
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] Birthday
Today is the Steve Gardfield's birthday : http://tinyurl.com/2sknw2 Loiez D. http://www.loiez.org skype:ultimcodex
Re: [videoblogging] Birthday
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] ripping video from the web
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] ripping video from the web
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
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]
Re: [videoblogging] ripping video from the web
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] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_religion 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
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] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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 business. I dont know much about their program, the wikipedia entry makes interesting reading. My favorite religious drug rehab story was
Re: [videoblogging] Birthday
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?
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/
Re: [videoblogging] How Long Should a Web season Be?
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/ -- ___ 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
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
[videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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, 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. http://jaydedman.com ___ 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]
Re: [videoblogging] Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use
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
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
[videoblogging] Re: Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use
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]
Re: [videoblogging] Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use
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. http://jaydedman.com ___ 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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Comcast officially admits to throttling bandwidth use
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 think we should try to look at from their point of view so that we
[videoblogging] Re: NPR's Weekend Edition looking for political vloggers
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
[videoblogging] Re: National Protests of Scientology by Anonymous this Sunday
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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
