March 2012
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Supreme Court to decide if corporations can be... →
sarahlee310:
The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly litigation.
The high court on Tuesday will consider the reach of a 1789 U.S. law that had been largely dormant until 1980, when human rights lawyers ...
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February 2012
34 posts
vision and routine
randomamberstars:
i have been trying to find the balance between creating and living. it reminded me of an article that i read. i am pretty sure that article is what follows. the nice thing about it is that the simple phrase is all one needs to remember. vision and routine.
All human activity can be viewed as an interplay between two contrary but equally essential factors — vision and...
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Rep. John Boehner explains the 2012 GOP
cognitivedissonance:
In December 2010, Rep. John Boehner sat down with Leslie Stahl of 60 Minutes to discuss his new speakership and the future of the GOP. Then Stahl asked about compromise. The following exchange occurred:
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER: We have to govern, that’s what we were elected to do.
LESLEY STAHL: But governing means compromising.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER: It means...
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RIAA: “Misinformation May Be a Dirty Trick, But It... →
For years the RIAA has tried to convince the world that piracy is killing musicians.
Supported by bogus statistics and mistruths, they lobby politicians to pass draconian anti-piracy laws including SOPA and PIPA.
Until a few weeks ago the music group thought it had Congress it its pockets. But this changed when the Internet started to revolt, led by major sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit.
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Cooking For Assholes →
Featuring dishes like “blumpkin pie”.
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brephophagist.: re: Question for the techies →
jamestelfordmusic:
Wow! Thanks very much. I’ve got the free version of Renoise and have been messing around and getting a good idea of what you mean. It does basically come down to the speed thing; I can see a way of doing it with Ableton, but that way would take months, whereas Funk says he makes each track within a couple of days (unless he’s trolling us all, which I wouldn’t put past him).
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re: Question for the techies
jamestelfordmusic:
Has anybody made any fairly hardcore drill ‘n’ bass/breakcore beats that glitch, a la venetian snares etc. on Ableton? I’ve been trying for days now, messing around with beat repeaters and so on, but I can’t seem to get it to work at all. I emphasise the Ableton point cos I don’t really have the money to spend on a tracker like Renoise, and all the forums have to say on the...
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