Emotions and Music, Linux and Employment, More Religious Madness

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Over the past several days I've been suffering headaches, sleeping badly, eating poorly and have generally been struck by a malaise. Appropriately however and in part inspired by missmalice's list, trayce's and slowlight's postings (among others) and 1phish2phish's recent polls, I am attempting to compose my favourite LPs of contemporary music. True to form I am discovering that my preferences lie with the "critically acclaimed but rarely popular"; meaning complex psychoacoustics, existential lyric poetry and narrative consistency within the LP. With this line of thinking I might end up writing something for Music Theory, if they'll have me.

Microsoft, taking a hammering evidently on the server market and worried about the desktop market, have started a standard FUD campaign claiming Linux violates over 200 patents. Groklaw thought the matter was trivial enough to ignore. Ballmer appears to be getting the patent study completely wrong according to the author. Seems that they have ended up with a lot of egg on their face over this one. Appropriately, after several months of sporadic work (self-imposed), I'll be starting various Ubuntu/Debian sysadmin tasks as Internet Vision Technologies on Monday.

From mrteufel: In a blog backing Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas we have an advocate who claims that Heliocentrism is an atheist doctrine and a lie. Via cardinal_sodom Fawell supporters sought to bomb protestors at the evangelist's funeral. On convert_me, I take the opportunity to pull apart a Creationist site.

Comments

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Having looked through the comments on the heliocentrism post, I'm pretty sure it's a parody, though a very well-done one.

[mozillafs.livejournal.com]

Wow, how about that heliocentrism post. Mother of Pearl! The guy has GOT to be joking... it ranks up there with Landover Baptist's "Creationist Science Fair" page. I think the "metric system is evil" bit is our best evidence for parody. Though, I'm almost afraid to say, right-wing fundies have argued against the metric system in the past.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/dunaway2.html

[montensem.livejournal.com]

>>True to form I am discovering that my preferences lie with the "critically acclaimed but rarely popular"; meaning complex psychoacoustics, existential lyric poetry and narrative consistency within the LP.


i'd really, really like to hear some of this. (please)! :)

[cluebyfour.livejournal.com]

I think in the end that MS's patent violation claims will prove to be just a bunch of saber-rattling. Considering they bankrolled (in part) SCO's tilting at legal windmills, you'd think they'd have learned something from that experience, even with their deep pockets. They have proved rather adept at FUD campaigns over the years, even if FOSS advocates laugh them off.

My advice to people who are still unsure whether to adopt FOSS is to simply stay the course and don't let the bastards scare you off.

[mikey-ob.livejournal.com]

I actually really appreaciate that you used the term "psychoacoustics" as your way to describe emotional reactions to complex changes in air pressure. Having worked with sound in the professional capacity for over 10 years it gives me a warm feeling to know that there are people out there who appreciate the impact sound has on affect.

[amphigori.livejournal.com]

Here's to better sleep, better food and a lack of malaise in your near-future.