Comment Re:Unfortunately (Score 1) 392
That is indeed unfortunate. A foor is the architectural equivalent of a spork. They are REALLY handy and economical- you don't have to have floors AND doors all over the place.
Comment Re:Anti-White Racism in the Afro Community (Score 1) 3709
"...I'm quoting what 2 people said."
Exactly. That's all you are doing. And we appreciate you sharing that anecdote. As a follow up, I would encourage you now to ponder what it is about John McCain that leaves him weak in connecting with these demographic groups you mention. 18-29 year olds? Do you realize John McCain was 18-29 in 1954-1965?? Rock music wasn't even invented yet when McCain was working hard toward finishing at the bottom of his naval academy class. Black people? McCain is a 72 year old white guy and you are wondering why southern blacks don't feel a strong connection to him? Really? Really?
And to calm your nerves, I'd encourage you to look into the colloquial connotation of the phrase "He's my nigga"- it's much more innocuous than you think; more akin to "That's my Man!" than it is to "I will give this person my vote based solely on the fact that he's black." Matter o' fact, when your presumed interpretation is actually verbalized, it sounds almost silly, doesn't it? Trust me, it's more an off-the-cuff expression of enthusiasm than it is a statement of philosophical underpinnings. I hope you can rest easier now.
Elude Your ISP's BitTorrent Blockade 308
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Submission + - OSS options for Radio Station Automation software? (alverno.edu)
jbuck writes: "I am an instructor in the Professional Communication department at a small liberal arts college in Milwaukee. I am in the process of putting together an online radio station for the college. Aside from all the curricular and political issues we are dealing with, I am determining the hardware and software that will be used to make this station operate. Cost, functionality, ease-of-use, real world transferability and cost are all considerations in choosing the Radio station automation software we will ultimately use. Yes, I'm aware that "cost" is in the list twice- necessarily so. The radio automation software must be able to schedule programming, station ID breaks, pre-recorded sponsor acknowledgments, et cetera. I would like to have rather sophisticated music scheduling options as the station won't always be staffed. I would also like the option of remote management and the option to connect remotely to stream live content. I've looked at Campcaster, DRS2006, OpenFM and a few other packages to schedule and originate programming which (as of right now) I will stream to a Shoutcast server to serve on-campus listeners and the Shoutcast server will send the program to Live365 where it will be available for listeners in the rest of the world. I'll have a dual screen Mac in the station running Ableton Live and Sony Acid for audio editing. I have several older i386 boxes for the station automation software. I would like to use Windows as the OS on these simply because the campus tech support people will support it. If I use Linux as the OS, then I'll get all the calls and I don't really have time for that. However, if the benefit justifies running Linux, I'd consider it. I'll have students auditioning software packages this summer and hopefully we'll be able to select a package by summer's end. What have other radio stations used as station automation software? Are there notable OSS radio software packages that I need to take a look at? How about (inexpensive) closed source packages? Does anyone have experience with Live365? How are people facilitating remote broadcasts? What am I forgetting?"
