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description: y 100,000 emergency personnel arriving > on the scene within three days of the storm's landfall.What just angered me to the point of popping a fuse was the blatant racism of the media. When it all was said and done, there was no "holocaust" in the Superdome or the Convention Center. It was all bulsh*t. Those black Americans behaved, in the main, as the good people they are, and the crime rate in those facilities matched a normal city of that size. All the fears of rape and murder and God knows what else, were straight out of the racist minds of the media... DC "Dedric Terry" <<a href="mailto:dterry@keyofd.net" ta
creator: JeffH
date: 2007-11-21T20:55:18-00:00

Is this any good?
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description: s on American soil ever in U.S. history."--Aaron Broussard, > president, > Jefferson Parish, La., Meet the Press, NBC, Sept. 4, 2005 > > REALITY: Bumbling by top disaster-management officials fueled a perception > of general inaction, one that was compounded by impassioned news anchors. > In fact, the response to Hurricane Kat
creator: dc[3]
date: 2007-11-21T20:56:46-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: rget="_blank">dterry@keyofd.net> wrote: >But Don - they didn't arrive 3 hours after. And if they did, they wouldn't >have arrived 3 minutes after, >and if they did, the coffee would have been too hot and people would have >burned their tongues and sued anyway. > >"DC" <dc@spamnersinhell.com> wrote in message news:47881cee$1@linux... >> >> Here's an example from the site; >> >> >> MYTH: "The aftermath of Katrina will go down as one of the worst >> abandonments >> of Americans on American soil ever in U.S. history.&qu
creator: Chris Ludwig
date: 2007-11-21T21:13:25-00:00

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description: rina was by far the largest--and > fastest-rescue > effort in U.S. history, with nearl
creator: dc[3]
date: 2007-11-21T21:28:18-00:00

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description: ot;--Aaron Broussard, >> president, >> Jefferson Parish, La., Meet the Press, NBC, Sept. 4, 2005 >&g
creator: dc[3]
date: 2007-11-21T22:23:04-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: t; >> REALITY: Bumbling by top disaster-management officials fueled a perception >> of general inaction, one that was compounded by impassioned news anchors. >> In fact, the response to Hurricane Katrina was by far the largest--and >> fastest-rescue >> effort in U.S. history, with nearly 100,000 emergency personnel arriving >> on the scene within three days of the storm's landfall. >I don't know who is planning to sue and for what. But we DID have a real national disaster down in Nawlins, at or near the top as disasters go for the USA, and the ball was dropped over and over again before, during and after. There is plenty of blame to go around at every step. Plenty of points of failure. Finding blame in one place won't excuse other places from blame. For example, you can't excuse the poor reaction of the federal government by blaming local government, nor can you excuse unprepared people by blaming the federal government. It's not so simple that you can wave a vague accusation in any one direction to make it all go away. I have no doubt there are legitimate lawsuits to be filed. I have no doubt frivolous lawsuits will also be filed. And for the latter, more blame is due. But any legit cases cannot be dismissed just because of the frivolous ones. Like the physical cleanup itself, the legal cleanup will be another complex mess that has to be picked through piece by piece. Cheers, -Jamie www.JamieKrutz.com Dedric Terry wrote: > Justice? 3 quad isn't justice, it's spiteful vengeance.<br
creator: Aaron Allen
date: 2007-11-22T00:13:53-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: never survive a real national disaster where the > whole economic, communications and/or transportation system collapsed. > > "mike r" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:47880f7f$1@linux... >> >> Ridiculous numbers, yeah, probably in some cases. And, yeah, lawyers must >> have swarmed to the occasion. And oh yeah, Katrina was one hell of an Act >> of God. However, while I don't have a strong set of data or facts to rely >> on, I think the debacles at the convention center and superdome are facts >> enough: lots of folks, state and federal, screwed up. Other than >> lawsuits, >> I'm not sure what other ways folks can pursue justice. >> MR >> >> Dedric Terry <dterry@keyofd.net> wrote: >>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_re_us/katrina_floo d_lawsuits >>> >>> The ultimate in lawsuit insanity. >>> >>> The people of the US should sue these individuals and their lawyers for >> the >>> cost of our tax dollars wasted in these ridiculous lawsuits. That >>> amount >>> alone could likely have built them all nice homes wherever they want to >>> live. >>> >> >I haven't researched it fully yet, but based on that article - that's the sum total of 247 plaintiffs filing for $1B, and one for $1 Quadrillion. There are 489,000 total lawsuits, but they will be marred by the 248 or so that are beyond reality. Legitimate cases may very well get lost in the noise of greed of these 248. The public outcry over the amounts will surely put the complete legal basis for the suits into question. Not really a smart move - jeopardizing 489,000 for the sake of 1 (plus 247). I am guessing they would have to prove that the actions, or inaction of government at the local level (if not a defendant) did nothing to hinder or delay the response of the federal government, and the federal government was in fact directly responsible for suffering of these people either by lack of enacting guaranteed services, or by knowingly causing harm - that's a hard sell in any court imho. Since the Army …
creator: dc[3]
date: 2007-11-22T06:43:13-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: amount of money, now the various authorities will have to protect themselves - same as McDonald's "Coffee may be hot" warning on a the side of a cup of coffee that one would be irate if it were not actually hot. Dedric On 1/11/08 9:07 PM, in article 47883db0@linux, "Jamie K" <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote: > > I don't know who is planning to sue and for what. But we DID have a real > national disaster down in Nawlins, at or near the top as disasters go > for the USA, and the ball was dropped over and over again before, during > and after. > > There is plenty of blame to go around at every step. Plenty of points of > failure. Finding blame in one place won't excuse other places from > blame. For example, you can't excuse the poor reaction of the federal > government by blaming local government, nor can you excuse unprepared > people by blaming the federal government. It's not so simple that you > can wave a vague accusation in any one direction to make it all go away. > > I have no doubt there are legitimate lawsuits to be filed. I have no > doubt frivolous lawsuits will also be filed. And for the latter, more > blame is due. But any legit cases cannot be dismissed just because of > the frivolous ones. > > Like the physical cleanup itself, the legal cleanup will be another > complex mess that has to be picked through piece by piece. > > Cheers, > -Jamie > www.JamieKrutz.com > > > > > Dedric Terry wrote: >> Justice? 3 quad isn't justice, it's spiteful vengeance. >> >> There is a lot that happens in life that isn't fair and no human being >> has any control over. >> We can't sue everytime there isn't someone there to make everything okay >> for us. Sure, there were bad situations, in New Orleans but there have >> been a lot of similar or worse situations in smaller scales that no one >> even blinks an eye at, or files a lawsuit for. >> People like this would never survive a real national disaster where the >> whole economic, communications and/or transportation system co…
creator: Aaron Allen
date: 2007-11-22T06:49:34-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: ) Date: 13 Jul 2006 22:02:56 +1000 From: "Kim W." Newsgroups: IDEA.EMUEnsoniqPARIS Hi, John. No sound card, as all slots are full. For any multimedia sound, I use the spdif out into my old Sony DAT recorder. The first two slots have the Nvidia Quadro dual heads. (Obviously the first slot being the AGP, and the PCI version is next to it.) The other four PCI slots (The K8NS ultra 939 has five), have my four EDS 1000 cards. As mentioned, I disabled SATA, as I don't use it, and also the parallel and game ports. Firewire is active, so if I need to I can hook up my Maudio Firewire Audiophile. (The K8NS has the Texas Instruments 1394 chipset, which is cool!). RAM is generic 768mb DDR in DDR slots 1&3. (Dual channel would be better ofcourse, but I used what I had in my old comp.) Drives are Western Digital 2500JB (boot) and whatever else I have in my removeable caddies (Mainly WD's), for audio. I use the boot drive as backup storage for works in progress. Nice and quick, as the two are on seperate IDE channels. One thing I did initially during windows install, was to use a single Nvidia MX400 geforce graphics card. After a flawless setup, I then installed both Quadras with drivers, then the EDS's. Yes, and I HAVE imaged every step of the way. (Haven't had to roll-back yet.) BTW John, In case you were referring to my actual Paris.cfg when you asked about my final config, here is a cut/paste: *************************** *** PARIS Configuration *** *************************** *** ENGINE configuration parameters *** * Cache Size in MB CacheSize=40 * Overview cache size in KB OvwCacheSize=8192 * I/O configuration IOSize=96 * SubMix Cache Size in KB SubMixCacheSize=256 ManualRecDelay=8192 RecXFadeLen=20 Use32BitWinMTC=0 DisableDirectX=0 MIDIPlayDisabled=1 MasterOutputCard=0 ScrubMaxRate=1 WheelSensitivity=20 WheelInertia=68 CSProVersion=EFGH VSTDirectory=C:\Program Files\E-MU\PARIS Pro\Vstplugins\Dedric Terry wrote: > I haven't researched it fully yet, but based on that article -…
creator: dc[3]
date: 2007-11-22T08:49:59-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: tion-crazed society, and that speaks to a lack of personal ethics, responsibility in general, simply confirmed at least in one case of a zeros-happy plaintiff. If these people win even far lesser awards, they will be far better off than they were. And the lesson here?....if life deals you a bad lemon, sue, and you could get a Rolls Royce in return. So why work hard, carry your own load, and help those around you? Just look for an excuse to take the easy road - the one through "the system". Not a good model for building a sense of community where we wouldn't even really need the government to step in and carry the load for disaster aid (but it is there, and more effective than it was, just in case) - in fact, usually volunteer agencies, Red Cross, etc do a significant portion of the aftermath aid in those situations. I've been on a few tornado cleanup crews back east - it's pretty amazing how high average people will rise to such an occasion, but that never makes the news, because it's the boring, basic, truth - no scandel, no hype, just people living like caring human beings. I vote for more of that and fewer lawsuits and news hype in general. > I vote for a new laptop for Jamie! :^) And it would be nice if NAMM > brings more MIDI/USB keyboard controller choices... I vote for that as well. ;-)) Regards, Dedric > > Cheers, > -Jamie > www.JamieKrutz.com > > >> DedricDedric Terry wrote: > > "Jamie K" <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote in message news:478936af@linux... >> No, what I mean is that people like you and me and everyone else who >> sits in armchair judgment of events like this will take what we hear >> and filter it through our own confirmation biases. > > But it's pretty easy to put 3 quadrillion and lawsuit together and reach > a rather > objective conclusion, and that was my whole point, not judging each of > the 489,000 > others. :-) OK. A number like that sounds to me like an attempt to get publicity. > And, you have to admit, we are a litigation-crazed societ…
creator: Erling
date: 2007-11-22T09:30:47-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: and honesty in general means better people in office too (it goes a little deeper than just those qualities, but that's enough for now). New Orleans and Louisiana would do well to consider the less than stellar performance of their own elected officials - just so we aren't laying blame anywhere in particular and considering both sides, without commit
creator: John [1]
date: 2007-11-22T12:35:35-00:00

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description: ting to either one.... ;-)) > > News hype is an interest
creator: John [1]
date: 2007-11-22T12:36:43-00:00

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description: ing topic in and of itself. Many of the same > people who complain about "the media" being biased actively seek out > blatantly non-objective sources of news and commentary to reassure their > own confirmation biases. It's ironic. > Sure, but how does that apply to our roles in this conversation? A generalization perhaps? But isn't that an assumption made without really knowing both sides of the equation, or any individual's thought process? The same concept applies as above - better ethics, responsibility, integrity, honesty, etc... there are people working in the news industry as well, most with at least some power to decide how to report a story. Dedric I'm guessing Korg might be building a new keyboard line on the M3 - since that's basically what some of their website lit says. Don't know if we'll see any derivatives at NAMM, but it's possible. > >>> I vote for a new laptop for Jamie! :^) And it would be nice if NAMM >>> brings more MIDI/USB keyboard controller choices... >> >> I vote for that as well. ;-)) > > Woo! :^) > > Cheers, > -Jamie > www.JamieKrutz.com > > >> Regards, >> Dedric >> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -Jamie >>> www.JamieKrutz.com >>> >>> >>>> Dedric >>Bill L <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote: >What changed in the US >school system that has caused the drastic reduction in results? > >Discuss please... Ummm... I entered said school system & singlehandedly brought the entire bell curve down? :DI'm guessing drugs had something to do with it. "Deej" <nowayjose@nada.net> wrote in message news:47891954$1@linux... > > Perhaps we should be paying attention to what has happened to our > educational > system relative to the rest of the world over the last 40 years? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U > >Dedric Terry wrote: > On 1/12/08 4:50 PM, in article 478952da$1@linux, "Jamie K" > <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote: > >> "Litigation crazed" - what's a normal level? >> > Ah, the devil's advocate argument - if there's an opinion, there's a > rebuttal eh? ;-)) …
creator: Bill L
date: 2007-11-22T13:09:35-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: oom, he shouted to me, 'What > setting do I use on the washing machine?' > > 'It depends,' I replied. 'What does it say on your shirt?' > > He yelled back, ' University of Oklahoma ..' > > And they say blondes are dumb... > > _____________________________________________________ > A couple is lying in bed. The man says, 'I am going to make you the > happiest > woman in the world.' > > The woman replies, 'I'll miss you...WHERE DID THE WHITE MAN GO WRONG? Indian Chief, "Two Eagles," was asked by a white government official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done." The Chief nodded in agreement. The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?" The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. "When white man find land, Indians running it. No taxes, No debt, Plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, Clean Water; women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex." Then the chief leaned back and smiled. "Only white man dumb enough think he improve system like that."Sarah is going to love this one. Why do SOME guys like women with big tits and tight pussys? Because some guys have big mouths and small dicks. "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote: >Well, predictably, that made me laugh pretty hard. Thanks dude. :) > >S > > >"Deej" <noway@jose.net> wrote in message news:47899c10$1@linux... >> >> ......from an email I received from my cousin's better half. >> >> Subject: >> The Whys of Men >> >> The Why's of Men >> 1. WHY DO MEN BECOME SMARTER DURING SEX? >> (because they are plugged into a genius) >> >> 2. WHY DON'T WOMEN BLINK DURING SEX? >> (they don't have enough time) >> >> 3. WHY DOES IT TAKE 1 MILLION SPERM TO FERTILIZE ONE EGG? >> (they don't stop to ask directions) >> >> 4. WHY DO MEN SNORE WHEN THEY LIE ON THEIR …
creator: dc[3]
date: 2007-11-22T19:11:42-00:00

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description: fieldwork in the 80's, all said schools went to hell with dresscode demise '64 or so and bussing outside of neighborhood & local accountabilities around '68. (early results) Much earlier, my mother had been fired as a Milwaukee Public School elementary teacher in 1948, for secretly continuing teaching phonic based reading in class and publicly renouncing whole language as reading instruction. Powerful interests at stake...no dissention tolerated. It is/was deeper than most folks realize. It was known back in the '50s that the results would not be realized during the proponent's lifetimes. A smart, long, view g -- "Deej" <noway@jose.net> wrote in message news:478a81f8$1@linux... > > Bill L <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote: > >Deej, when I get some time I will work on that. Which points exactly? > > > > Just some authoritative reference to the fact that this particular agenda > was actually endorsed at a meeting of the APA. I couldn't find anything at > all on this on Google or Snopes. Snopes it pretty good about investigating > stuff like this, and they are very aggressive about debunking sensationalist > allegations. This is pretty sensational, to my thinking. Since I find nothing > on Snopes about it, either they aren't aware of it (not likely if it has > been previously the subject of some major flamewar forum topics, which it > seems likely to be able to create)or they were aware of it and couldn't debunk > it. > > Thanks, > > Deej >Be aware that Kim W, Deej and myself have all had these boards fail on us... They work great... while they work. ;o) Cheers, Kim. "jim drago" <jamesd@prospectlk12.or.us> wrote: > >Thank you for your responses so far. I am now looking for a K8NS mobo. Next >? What is a good processor with this mobo? What is a good video card, I'll >be using 1 HP w2007 to start maybe add one l more later. Good PS. and good >rack mountable case. Sorry for so many ?'s JimOn 14/1/08 5:47 AM, in article 478a4e9f$1@linux, "Deej" <noway@jose.net> wrote: > > Bil…
creator: Kim
date: 2007-11-23T01:34:53-00:00

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description: t;Thanks! > > > Anyone?oh, and yes.. you will have to use the XP drivers. AA "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote in message news:478ae483$<a href="mailto:1@linux..." target=
creator: DC
date: 2007-11-23T20:23:20-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: art).You started complaining in the middle of Dedric's accurately labelled >> OT thread, and have again here when the subject clearly says RP. That's >> kinda rude man. >> >> However, I want to learn more about the people around here and maybe that's >> our difference in outlook? I think it's an interesting topic, even though >> I'm not participating.actively with this one. I don't understand your >> mindset, but if you feel it's necessary to leave then there's probably >> nothing more to say dude, and I'll miss your input. Come back when you can. >> >> AA >> >> "Martin Harrington" <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message >> news:C3B0E980.3514%lendan@bigpond.net.au... >>> On 14/1/08 5:47 AM, in article 478a4e9f$1@linux, "Deej" <noway@jose.net> >>> wrote: >> >>> Hay Guys/gals. >>> Is this an open free for all discussion group, (if you call US politics >>> free >>> for all,) or a dedicated audio related group? >>> If it's the former, I'm outa here. >>> >>> Martin Harrington >>> >> >> >Usually, the "Aussie based threads" have zero to do with politics, (well the >odd one or two), but our lifestyle, and that's OK, but wall to wall days of >US politics is too much, even for Americans, I would have thought. >Why not put it in a general discussion folder or something. >I don't want to leave, but I'm certainly not interested in "fringe", (to >outsiders), political aspirations. >Matin H >Now, settle down, Bill . . . don't go all Tom Cruise on us. "Battlefield Earth" was just a book and a movie . . . the psych-iatrists/ologists are not evil aliens from another galaxy . . . or ARE they? (dunt dunt duuunnnnn . . .. ) Psychs . . . Psychlos . . . hmmm. I admire that Scientology usually demands specifics and personal observation, but when it comes to psychiatry, it's all broad generalities. I know a fair number of psychs through my job, and if there's an evil conspiracy to ruin humanity, I think someone forgot to clue them in. Now, the pharmaceutical companies . . . that's another …
creator: Aaron Allen
date: 2007-11-24T04:39:41-00:00

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description: believe this as well. A bit of back story here. Delon Dotson was the CTO of MP3.com , while there developed MYMP3.com which later became known as Napster. He met with all the top record exec's at the time in a futile attempt to get them to understand the future. Simply put - folks would get their music by downloading. He was laughed out of all of their offices. When Michael Robertson , then CEO of MP3.com and Hothead - insisted they go ahead and launch the first P2P site called MYMP3.com . Delon , a Christian and former attorney took a firm stand and said they simply could not just do this - it was wrong and it would be Piracy. Delon said if you do this - I'm selling my shares in MP3.com and I'm outta here - that's precisely what happened. When I met Delon , He told me of his history and his Desire to Right the wrong so to speak. Delon had an idea for a security codec and an new approach a file format that would be a fraction of the size of an MP3 file and have way better Audio quality . That's when I introduced him to Elliot and the now known META Group consisting of all the top dogs from the Grammy Producer and Engineering wing. The Concept was to provide a secure way to sell " Intellectual Property " via the web. Along the way , the security codec portion eclipsed the actual value of the Audio Codec when it became clear to all involved that this had solved the identity theft problem. Delon was on the team that built the SSL encryption presently used by all online transactions etc... , the new security codec is a Quantum leap from that. I think this is going to be a very interesting year :) Morgan "steve the artguy" <artguy@somethingorother.net> wrote in message news:478c3fb6$1@linux... > > "Morgan" <morganp@ntplx.net> wrote: >>Greetings ! >>Some of you know of my involvement with: >>http://www.palmtreetechnology.com/ >> >>Palmtree Technology will be Speaking at the META session @ Namm >>introducing a revolutionary new CODEC ( Details on Palmtree site ) >> >>If an…
creator: dc[3]
date: 2007-11-24T20:05:21-00:00

Re: Is this any good?
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description: ernal DVDR out of my next MacBook Pro >>>>laptop and put in a second hard drive, that would be useful. And use the >>> >>>>external DVDR that was just announced today for few times I'd need it > >>>>with the laptop. Hmm. >>>> >>>>Cheers, >>>> -Jamie >>>> www.JamieKrutz.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>James McCloskey wrote: >>>>> And they left out FireWire. WTF are they thinking??? But hey it's >thin >>>enough >>>>> to slice bread. What a joke! >>>>> >>>>> "TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote: >>>>>> Never mind, I take it all back, it doesn't have ethernet. Nice job >Apple, >>>>>> leave out a ten cent part on an $1800 laptop so I can't use it in my >>>office >>>>>> to talk to my servers securely over a wire. >>>>>> >>>>>> TCB >>>>>> >>>>>> "TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Drive space isn't much of an issue, this would be mostly an office/travel >>>>>>> laptop, my music laptop is already tricked out with a 250GB drive. >>Also >>>>>> SSD >>>>>>> drives are just way to expensive now. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'll keep an eye on this. If they don't have any of the usual dying >>>batteries/cracking >>>>>>> cases problems that a lot of first gen Apple hardware has I'll give >>>one >>>>>> a >>>>>>> serious look. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TCB >>>>&gt
creator: Erling
date: 2007-11-25T09:36:34-00:00