OT: Way far OT: Cell phone emergency numbers
; > millions by the government and the people who live on the land and have no > > private property rights are just told to get the hell out of the way with no > > compensation offered at all. It's the same with PEMEX in Mexico and the > > national oil concerns in Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil. I've been there and > > seen how it works up close and personal. > > > > The scenario of nationalizing our mineral resources would be sort of like > > the reverse scenario of the Soviet bureaucratic apparatchik's taking over > > private enterprise there after the fall of the totalitarian > > government........the private enterprise specialists could take over the > > bureaucracy and could pay themselves whatever they want with *your* tax > > dollars, because, after all, it's *your* country. Hell.........people like > > me could even get someone else to pay my health insurance! ;o) > > > > The very specialized personnel at Schlumberger, Halliburton, Bechtel etc. > > who know how to recover oil, gas, etc.....would likely love this because > > they could tell the government exactly what they wanted in order to get this > > work done (much more than they can do now) and the government (you and I) > > would have to pay even more for it than we do now because they are the only > > ones who know how to keep the industry going. You'd likely have someone like > > Ken Lay in charge of the whole thing too. Now I guess we could subcontract > > our drilling operations out to the French, Russians, Venezuelans, Saudi's or > > Chinese. They would surely give us a break. > > > > I think this is definitely the way to go. > > > > http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=3942 > > > > Power to the people dude! > > > > I have lived in Mexico for extended stretches and have seen this debacle up > > close and personal...........but seriously........my point to this is that > > we would not have cheaper fuel by nationalizing. . I don't like getting > > hosed at the pump any more than anyone else.......and I apologize for my > > ascerbic tone. The more you know, the easier it is to get sarcastic about > > it. > > > > .........but in spite of what you may have read, Clinton lost us 8 years of > > domestic production. That's a fact. I was there ;o) > > > > "Dedric Terry" <dterry@keyofd.net> wrote in message > > news:C0B33FF7.1344%dterry@keyofd.net... > >> Doesn't sound good for GM,
Re: OT: Way far OT: Cell phone emergency numbers
ce=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>to=3D20 >pass the note data back out to my Roland samplers at = all. > Once the track has been recorded = it =3D >will play back=3D20 >fine though. Maybe the > Midi patchbay's routing is =3D >screwy. I have it=3D20 >sending output port #1 (controller) > to all 8 <FONT = face=3D3DArial=3D20 >size=3D3D2>inputs. > Tom ><BLOCKQUOTE=3D20 >style=3D3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = =3D >BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> > "EK Sound" <<A =3D >href=3D3D"mailto:askme@nospam.com">askme@nospam.com>=3D20 > wrote in message <A=3D20 > href=3D3D"news:448edc1d@linux">news:448edc1d@linux... Do = you =3D >have the=3D20 > little yellow speaker icon lit on the selected=3D20 > tracks? David. Tom Bruhl wrote: > I can't hear my = =3D >MIDI=3D20 > parts as I'm playing them when printing > in Cubase SX =3D >2.1. I have=3D20 > Midi thru On in Preferences. The > track plays back =3D >perfectly but=3D20 > never can be heard as I'm playing it. > I am outputing data to = =3D >the=3D20 > correct MIDI channel/port too. > > What settings am =3D >I=3D20 > missing? > Tom > > > I choose Polesoft =3D >Lockspam to=3D20 > fight spam, and you? > <A=3D20 > =3D = >href=3D3D"http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html">http://www.polesoft.com/re= fer=3D >.html > > ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01C68F34.C3B3CE10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> Neil, I had to set them up myself since most = of my=20 hardware wasn't listed. The odd thing is it plays back = fine.&nbsp; I just=20 can't hear the sounds while I'm playing them.&nbsp; Maybe it's =<br /