MeFites are still neglecting to link when they bring something to MetaTalk.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:36 AM on April 4, 2007

MeTa. Not mine, R. Mutt's. Who unfortunately forgot to point it out here.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 6:33 PM on December 1, 2006

Try "one ring". The search won't always give the desired result, but you'll know it when you see it.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 1:46 AM on October 17, 2006

Double.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 1:28 PM on September 4, 2006

Double.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 8:02 PM on July 18, 2006

Liberman may be doomed against Lamont, but Lieberman isn't doing that bad.
Too bad this a double post.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 5:40 PM on July 5, 2006

*coughBipartisanoppositioncough*
Smedleyman - the bipartisan opposition noted in the article is to weakening the Voting Rights Act. It's not bipartisan opposition to the Voting Rights Act.
There is bipartisan support for renewing the Voting Rights Act, but according to all the links so far in this thread, only a subset of Congressional Republicans are opposing the renewal.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 12:57 PM on July 3, 2006

"Robin Lickley of Queen Margaret University College points out..." - where? It's not in the links.
"The reports that I have seen of this case state that Rob Blair said the word 'coon'. The actual recording suggests otherwise." - got a link to the actual recording of Blair?

You can hear the clip of Lenihan at 1 minute 15 seconds into this clip at NPR (MP3 file) (part of this podcast). And you can... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 5:00 AM on March 30, 2006

Apparently KTRS had the technology to keep Lenihan's tongue-slip from being broadcast, but someone screwed up:
"Station chief Tim Dorsey confirmed the station does broadcast on a seven-second delay, but the button used to delete questionable material was never activated. At KTRS, Dorsey said, it is the host's responsibility to alert a technician when he wants to use the delay device... Lenihan, who had been with the station a week and a half, said he was never told... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 1:26 PM on April 10, 2006

Frogan , your quotes are taken out of context, and are from incidents at three different precincts. The tester(s) go in and ask for complaint forms; they never say they actually have a complaint to file. You can read the transcripts of the police encounters if you scroll down; it might help to read along while listening to the video.

Officer: "You said my officers are acting in an inappropriate manner..."
The tester didn't say... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:52 PM on April 5, 2006

BeTa indeed.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 6:03 PM on March 22, 2006

"Too bad it closed yesterday, or the Dutch branch of the AEL could submit theirs."
No, they say they're only taking cartoons from Jews. ("we’ve asked for Jews joking about Jews", "this time drawn by Jews themselves!"). I thought I saw something else on their page saying so even more explicitly weeks ago, but maybe I was imagining it.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 11:30 AM on March 4, 2006

I know I'm a selfish bastard for saying so, but I hope there are at least a hundred pages of Parable of the Trickster lying around the house or hard drive waiting to published, no matter how unpolished and preliminary they are.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 9:55 PM on February 26, 2006

A post on Crooked Timber about race-based casting in films and TV led me to the story behind Ellison's story which led me to the phrase "Have you read all these books" in Ellison's story. Which gave me pause. The response Ellison's character gives is the same one he claims he gives.
onlyconnect, I don't think they're all law books; a lot of "classic" books used to have spines like those in the picture.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:05 PM on February 6, 2006

There are at least 2 different prominent Black Muslim groups in the area; and according to the San Francisco Chronicle:

"On Saturday, members of the Nation of Islam joined elected officials and a group representing Middle Eastern convenience store owners to condemn the vandalism."

posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 4:39 PM on November 28, 2005

Based on folks from the local NOI condemning this criminal behavior, and the folks from Yusuf Bey's group not doing so, this looks much more likely to be a story about a local "Black Muslim" group, not affiliated with the NOI, committing violence.
The story behind that group would've made a better post, and I'm suprised you didn't include some of it, ScottMorris, so as to head off a bunch of talk about the NOI:
"Nedir Bey stalked into the room.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 7:03 PM on November 28, 2005

mk1gti says: "Excuse me, but it's still an electronic voting machine. Who's to say what's printed on the receipt would not match what's talied on the machine?"
With a voter-verified paper trail, when the voter votes, they see the receipt before it's collected, and verify that it matches what they input on the voting machine. If multiple voters at a polling place see problems, you know there's a problem with the voting machines there, and act accordingly... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:20 PM on November 16, 2005

Civil_Disobedient: Electronic voting machines are a hammer in search of a nail. There's simply no need to add layers of technology on a problem that has such wide time constraints.

Unfortunately, there is a nail; that nail being the inaccuracy of non-electronic voting machines. You can argue that non-electronic voting machines currently in use are better than electronic ones currently in use, and thus we shouldn't be using electronic ones until... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 5:04 PM on November 16, 2005

Advantages of electronic voting
Problems with electronic voting

talitha_kumi, I'm not familiar with the UK voting system; but some quick online searches suggest it's in flux now, with experiments in evoting and voting by mail. If you've got sources worth looking at online that describe your system well, I'd appreciate 'em.
I can't find any definitive information online on how the paper and pencil ballots in the UK are tabulated; if a computer (or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:46 AM on November 17, 2005

If you're in the San Francisco area, it's also showing at Roxie Cinema in the Mission through July 28th (except for this Thursday), which is (again) in danger of going out of business. Months ago, they also showed Adam Curtis' Century of the Self, another documentary series well worth seeing.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 11:37 AM on July 13, 2005

MeTa.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 2:10 AM on July 11, 2005

So, how do we know these are "Legitimate MP3 Downloads"? I'm wondering because I don't see anything on http://www.chemicalbrothersremixed.com/ to indicate that the remixers got permission from the copyright holders; am I missing something somewhere?
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:49 PM on June 28, 2005

This is like the pro-lifer's demanding that every single person who is pro-choice personally goes and works in an abortion [clinic].
No, it's like pro-lifers going to a political gathering of Young Democrats and recruiting some of the pro-choice YDs - people who are writing letters/articles/blogs, going to rallies, or working for candidates in support of choice - to do volunteer work in understaffed abortion clinics. They'd get plenty of volunteers, enough to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 2:32 AM on June 24, 2005

mr_roboto said:
Notice that he also writes:
[quoting Bob] Senator McCain recently came out and requested that we put the detainees at Gitmo on trial....[end quote]
This is pretty much the view of the American center-left, isn't it?

The original posting did not mention McCain, or putting the "detainees" on trial; Bob edited his posting to make himself seem more reasonable.
Some pieces in his... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 5:52 PM on June 20, 2005

Just back from the bars (yes, I hit Metafilter after a night of drinking) and watching the ad... pretty funny.
Just back from the bars (yes, I hit Metafilter after a night of drinking - right after Daily Kos) and watching the ad... not the best of the web.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 1:58 AM on June 12, 2005

(Don't want to derail but...)
Didn't reverse opinion. The message was that the commercial seemed kind of funny to watch (leaving aside the context), but IMHO wasn't the best of the web.
In the same way that I can say a one-liner from movie X is funny, but it wasn't so good that it was worth bringing up to convince someone to see it.
(Didn't realize that DK was hip and edgy and worth name-dropping.)... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 12:38 PM on June 12, 2005

too late, mkultra:
make the other guy look like Prince Charming by comparison [15 MB QT vid]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 12:18 PM on June 7, 2005

Sorry davy but they've got to be fake: real ones are bigger.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 2:38 PM on June 1, 2005

Needs more cowbell.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 5:36 PM on May 7, 2005

Is this post about Fortas or the current tussle over filibusters? You don't need to go back to the 60s for an example of Senators filibustering against federal judicial appointments, or stopping the full Senate from just voting judges up or down. I thought it was common knowledge (among those who actually follow politics) that Republicans filibustered and blocked Clinton nominees in the 90s.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 12:17 AM on May 4, 2005

I wonder why they would stream it and not torrent it? Seems like a waste of bandwidth if you ask me. Anyway, it's public television, paid for with my tax dollars, so nobody should have any problems with me posting the torrent...
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:36 PM PST on April 25 [!]

I do contract work for these folks.
They stream it because it would be illegal for them (or you) to torrent it; a private university, Yale,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:03 PM on April 25, 2005

This [gauge popularity] can just as easily be done with BitTorrent. Moot.
Maybe BitTorrent could tell them that someone downloaded the full torrent of all FIA videos, but it wouldn't tell them how many people watched just the first video and gave up on French, and how many watched all of them; that's information that is good to have. With their registration system, they can also get information that their funders like to have, like how many (self-identified)... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:58 PM on April 25, 2005

The current system is a little unfair in the same way the U.S. economy is unfair; those with less resources have access to fewer useful things. Putting the videos online, where those with broadband - whether at home, at a cafe, at a library, at a community center, or at school - can access them makes things more fair. It would be great if they didn't have to worry about copyright, and redistribution, and such; but the way things work in the educational video funding world, they do. It would be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 1:27 AM on April 26, 2005

Truly alternative/liberal/leftist radio: Pacifica Radio. (With more professionalism and a little less craziness than IndyMedia.) There's a list of local Pacifica stations available at their site. One of the two I've listened to, WPFW, also happens to be the best jazz station in Washington, DC (and best jazz mix I've heard on the 'net, but I haven't looked hard...)

That being said, I also give money to my local NPR station, KALW; not because I like NPR-central programming,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 2:59 PM on April 6, 2005

Where can I get this on CD+G for karaoke night?
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 11:46 AM on April 5, 2005

This post could have used a lot more links, if you wanted it to be about the issues instead of about Chomsky.
(And chomsky.info could use a lot more links, if they want it to be about the issues instead of about Chomsky.)... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:33 PM on March 14, 2005

Obviously, Pretty_Generic forgot to read this comment on the green.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:19 PM on March 13, 2005

Good links, butternut.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 2:19 PM on March 10, 2005

They're all here - every standard model sold in the US - and a few that aren't (but no phones.)
No phones? People still buy PDAs without phone capabilities? Why?
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:43 PM on March 6, 2005

What Berek said. (That's Space 1999, of course. And I don't know if Berek is kidding, but I'm not.)
Hmm. I just saw a tie and collared shirt on some bureaucrat in the video. I take that as a bad sign.
On preview: even if the new series is perfect, bureau-tie not withstanding, it's not going to make me enjoy the original less.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 3:38 AM on February 24, 2005

I thought the greatest problem that Africa faced was debt incurred by previous bad leaders loaned money by bad lenders who knew the money would be effectively stolen.
Many of the loans which are being re-paid were made during the Cold War to repressive regimes and corrupt leaders, who used the money to strengthen their rule or to line their own pockets. Many more loans were made without attention to the viability of planned projects or to the capacity of the recipient country to make... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 6:32 PM on February 22, 2005

Wow.
Part of me is glad that it was never published, because it sounds so damned good on paper, the realization might ruin it. Another part thinks that Moore might be able to pull off another masterpiece along the lines of The Watchmen and V for Vendetta.
On preview: very nice Constantine bit, yes. Though you've got to wonder if the younger Constantine's final action is actually what the older intended.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 7:45 AM on January 7, 2005

It's hard to take this article seriously:
"... the actress Renée Zellweger, 35, has men fighting over her when she plays Bridget Jones but her real life is littered with failed relationships. Zellweger, who studied English at the University of Texas, parted last month from Jack White..."
Do the British have an unnaturally high respect for the intelligence of those who study English in U.S. schools?
Besides which,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 4:49 AM on January 3, 2005

You Should See: did one of the commercials involve a white man thinking he recognized a black man, and the black one saying "I'm not ------"? Saw that in a museum a coupla years ago.

Stranger: I'd call it art if he was clothed. Taking off his clothes doesn't make it less valid as art. I don't know if my perception of the nudity matches what he's trying to express - he might just like being naked in pictures - but the way I see it, if he was wearing combat... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 2:32 PM on December 18, 2004

SplashId does the "one master password to rule them all" trick well. Fairly user friendly, Blowfish encryption, with Palm, Mac, and Windows versions.
For those who insist on writing out their passwords without encrypting, I tell 'em to write all the following information down on the same paper or in the same file:
1 - name
2 - social security number
3 - date of birth
4 - mother's maiden name
5 - address and phone... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 4:11 PM on December 13, 2004