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Post by Dr. Kobb on Mar 8, 2023 17:22:08 GMT -5
I just learned that Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame was once a member of Jethro Tull, way back in 1968.  |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Mar 9, 2023 19:19:56 GMT -5
I just learned about a thing called "No Mow March". My sister explained that people do it for the environment (like letting insects grow and plants bloom). It was gratifying, because that's what I'm already purposefully doing this month. Having been here 7 years, I've been able to of observe the general timing of these things. It'll be even easier to now that I'll be at home much of the time.
Come to think of it, should start seeing those tiny crickets (that grow into the middle-finger length monsters by October) soon.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Mar 10, 2023 14:45:54 GMT -5
The Anti-Defamation League just announced that my home state is 4th in the nation for white supremacist propaganda production.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Mar 10, 2023 15:50:24 GMT -5
The Anti-Defamation League just announced that my home state is 4th in the nation for white supremacist propaganda production. Where did FL rank? |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Mar 10, 2023 18:44:14 GMT -5
The Anti-Defamation League just announced that my home state is 4th in the nation for white supremacist propaganda production. Where did FL rank? The guy who posted it online didn't provide a link...try the ADL site? |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Mar 13, 2023 14:06:23 GMT -5
The guy who posted it online didn't provide a link...try the ADL site? I don't really want to find out the answer.
But I did figure out how to turn FLAC files into MP3's, which is huge. Most of the audio files being uploaded to the newsgroups these days are in FLAC. I could listen to them on my desktop, but my CD-R burning program wouldn't recognize FLAC. It'll be a satisfying enough workaround for my primitive ass.
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Mar 13, 2023 16:46:21 GMT -5
The guy who posted it online didn't provide a link...try the ADL site? I don't really want to find out the answer.
But I did figure out how to turn FLAC files into MP3's, which is huge. Most of the audio files being uploaded to the newsgroups these days are in FLAC. I could listen to them on my desktop, but my CD-R burning program wouldn't recognize FLAC. It'll be a satisfying enough workaround for my primitive ass.
Meanwhile, over here, I'm ripping FLAC files like there's no tomorrow... |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Mar 13, 2023 16:53:37 GMT -5
I don't really want to find out the answer.
But I did figure out how to turn FLAC files into MP3's, which is huge. Most of the audio files being uploaded to the newsgroups these days are in FLAC. I could listen to them on my desktop, but my CD-R burning program wouldn't recognize FLAC. It'll be a satisfying enough workaround for my primitive ass.
Meanwhile, over here, I'm ripping FLAC files like there's no tomorrow... Yeah, I love Roxio, but this is a pretty old version that I'm running. Probably just need an upgrade. |
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Mar 13, 2023 17:40:39 GMT -5
Meanwhile, over here, I'm ripping FLAC files like there's no tomorrow... Yeah, I love Roxio, but this is a pretty old version that I'm running. Probably just need an upgrade. I'm getting a digital streaming box set up for the house. Could just dump everything as a wav or aif file but might have to get to some rooms over wifi. Tricksy...very tricksy the bandwidth is, my Precioussss... |
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Post by Deeky on Mar 13, 2023 20:39:39 GMT -5
I'm running a Plex server and it's hinkey as fuck. Ugh.
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Mar 13, 2023 22:45:58 GMT -5
I'm running a Plex server and it's hinkey as fuck. Ugh. Noted. Still poking around at various solutions. Shame if Plex actually sucks (not in a fun way). |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on May 10, 2023 16:51:15 GMT -5
I'm having to transcribe this Billy Anderson style...
In ancient Rome, long before the advent of the Christian Bible, Romans would swear to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" by placing their right hand on their testicles. It is from this ritual that we derived the terms "testimony" and "testify".
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Post by Deeky on May 10, 2023 18:34:59 GMT -5
This is 100% Billy.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on May 10, 2023 18:41:30 GMT -5
When in Rome...
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Post by Killer Goldfish on May 11, 2023 12:43:58 GMT -5
...assess the truthfulness of the speaker based on where he is grabbing himself? Wait, what about the women? |
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Post by El Santo on May 11, 2023 12:49:06 GMT -5
...assess the truthfulness of the speaker based on where he is grabbing himself? Wait, what about the women? As I understand it, women weren't normally allowed to give testimony in trials; under Roman law, they were basically livestock. |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on May 11, 2023 21:04:35 GMT -5
...assess the truthfulness of the speaker based on where he is grabbing himself? Wait, what about the women? As I understand it, women weren't normally allowed to give testimony in trials; under Roman law, they were basically livestock. Well in this case it's all to the good. No use serving as a witness if you have to do to yourself what Godzilla did to Hedorah that time. |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on May 13, 2023 9:47:20 GMT -5
Information is everywhere!
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Post by Deeky on May 28, 2023 11:46:27 GMT -5
Bonus Small Entertainment and Stuff What I Learned features: The Plugz (one of the first bands to incorporate a Chicano element into punk rock) won a Best Song Award at the 1986 AFAA (Adult Film Association Awards) for the following track having been featured in New Wave Hookers, a flick with some degree of scandal attached to it. (As someone who inherited a VHS copy of New Wave Hookers 2 from the store I worked at, I can tell you, they used 'Electrify Me' in that one too.) They also scored Repo Man, too. |
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Post by Marxo Grouch on May 29, 2023 6:20:57 GMT -5
Bonus Small Entertainment and Stuff What I Learned features: The Plugz (one of the first bands to incorporate a Chicano element into punk rock) won a Best Song Award at the 1986 AFAA (Adult Film Association Awards) for the following track having been featured in New Wave Hookers, a flick with some degree of scandal attached to it. (As someone who inherited a VHS copy of New Wave Hookers 2 from the store I worked at, I can tell you, they used 'Electrify Me' in that one too.) They also scored Repo Man, too. An invaluable contribution to that film's success, especially the finale. |
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