1 Charles Johnson  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:23:40pm

I've been in total nerd mode today - experimenting with different ways of supporting HTML5 audio and video at LGF. Doing my small part to help get rid of Adobe Flash Player once and for all.

Tried three different jQuery plugins, and finally settled on mediaelement.js as the most flexible.

2 Targetpractice  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:31:43pm

Kinda hard to imagine a day without Flash on the intertubes.

3 Varek Raith  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:33:25pm

DIE FLASH, DIEEEE!!!
:)

4 Kragar  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:37:02pm

re: #3 Varek Raith

DIE FLASH, DIEEE!!!
:)

Oh, you're German.

5 Charles Johnson  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:39:22pm

Flash Player on Mac computers is a giant headache. Always crashing, uses WAY too much processor time, and needs security updates every couple of weeks.

There are all these devices out there like iPads and iPhones, not to mention desktop computers, that have great video support built-in. It doesn't make sense any more to use an add-on that runs in a browser, especially when it's a slow resource hog like Flash Player. Flash Player is ugly and it wants to die.

6 Alexzander  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:41:39pm

I've seen Radiohead four times. Love them.

7 Charles Johnson  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:55:29pm

John Derbyshire, in his new home at VDARE, comfortable among the racialists, is finally free to admit he's pretty OK with being labeled a "White Supremacist."

VDARE.com occupies a corner of the non-Conservatism Inc. spectrum, though, and publishes commentary from other corners thereof, and it would be nice to have a definitive name for the whole shebang—something a little less defined-by-exclusion than "non-Conservatism Inc."

"Alternative Right" has been snaffled by Richard Spencer, all good luck to him. "Paleoconservative" has come to have a whiff of incense and cassocks about it, at least to me. I have tried to float "Oppositional Right," but it's a bit of a mouthful.

The enemies of conservatism are eager to supply their own nomenclature. "White Supremacist" seems to be their current favorite. It is meant maliciously, of course, to bring up images of fire-hoses, attack dogs, pick handles, and segregated lunch counters—to imply that conservatives, especially non-mainstream conservatives, are cruel people with dark thoughts.

Leaving aside the intended malice, I actually think "White Supremacist" is not bad semantically. White supremacy, in the sense of a society in which key decisions are made by white Europeans, is one of the better arrangements History has come up with. There have of course been some blots on the record, but I don't see how it can be denied that net-net, white Europeans have made a better job of running fair and stable societies than has any other group.

8 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:56:42pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Flash Player is ugly and it wantsneeds to die.

FTFY.

9 jamesfirecat  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:58:00pm

Since you are speaking of flash and ipadsIphones I am now sure what is causing this, but when I browse the sight using my iPad, it'd does not show how many new comments have been added to the thread prior to me hitting the comments button at the bottom of the page....

10 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, May 12, 2012 5:58:04pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Yuck.

Actually, John, the arrangement by which white European males made all the decisions was favored by...white European males.

Everyone else wasn't particularly happy.

11 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:00:03pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

John Derbyshire, in his new home at VDARE, comfortable among the racialists, is finally free to admit he's pretty OK with being labeled a "White Supremacist."

Ergo, VDARE welcomes white supremacists. Which of course has been a known fact all along. People have the wrong idea about what it takes to be a white supremacists or white nationalist. They have a stereotypical view that they're always something long the lines of working class or "trailer trash" type individuals. This is not always the case.

12 Charles Johnson  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:00:52pm

re: #9 jamesfirecat

Yup, that feature's disabled on mobile devices.

13 jamesfirecat  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:01:15pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

John Derbyshire, in his new home at VDARE, comfortable among the racialists, is finally free to admit he's pretty OK with being labeled a "White Supremacist."

Just begging to be godwinned.... Please can I?

14 jamesfirecat  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:01:56pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Yup, that feature's disabled on mobile devices.

Okay, was not sure if it was just me or just the way things are, glad to have an answer.....

15 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:01:57pm

re: #13 jamesfirecat

Just begging to be godwinned... Please can I?

You can't godwin someone that just godwinned himself.

16 Charles Johnson  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:03:16pm

re: #14 jamesfirecat

It requires a lot of Internet access (polling at 5-sec intervals), and was too unreliable in testing.

17 b_sharp  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:07:08pm

re: #16 Charles Johnson

It requires a lot of Internet access (polling at 5-sec intervals), and was too unreliable in testing.

It works fine on my Android tablet, as long as I'm signed in.

What annoys me is the need to log in each time I change from computer to computer.

18 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:11:16pm

I love it. Newt Gingirch who is on wife number three is campaigning for Mitt "Traditional Marriage Zealot" Romney. Newt and Mitt. What's up with that?

19 Targetpractice  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:16:13pm

re: #18 Gus

I love it. Newt Gingirch who is on wife number three is campaigning for Mitt "Traditional Marriage Zealot" Romney. Newt and Mitt. What's up with that?

Two words: "Campaign debt."

20 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:17:29pm

Your guide to Mitt Romney.

21 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:20:15pm

re: #20 Gus

Your guide to Mitt Romney.

I'm not sure I understand entirely what Tom Tomorrow is trying to say (It's clear who drew that, TT's style is distinctive).

22 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:21:52pm

re: #21 Dark_Falcon

I'm not sure I understand entirely what Tom Tomorrow is trying to say (It's clear who drew that, TT's style is distinctive).

I don't know. Mitt Romney: maybe yes or maybe no; maybe an apple or maybe an orange.

23 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:22:13pm

re: #19 Targetpractice

Two words: "Campaign debt."

That's what Mitt does, or used to do: Provide capital infusions to help turn around sinking enterprises. But Newt is perhaps an enterprise best left to sink.

25 TedStriker  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:29:31pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

John Derbyshire, in his new home at VDARE, comfortable among the racialists, is finally free to admit he's pretty OK with being labeled a "White Supremacist."

What a racist prick.

I could imagine that had Derbyshire had been born a couple of decades earlier, he'd could have been a muckety-muck in the White Citizens' Council (the uptown Klan).

Let it all hang out, John...

26 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:29:52pm

re: #22 Gus

I don't know. Mitt Romney: maybe yes or maybe no; maybe an apple or maybe an orange.

Well, what I think it is, after further reflection, is the way Mitt seems always caught trying to straddle the fence, and has some trouble getting into a groove because he had to spend so much time worrying about keeping the party base happy but still not getting pulled too far right to win.

27 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:30:18pm
28 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:31:05pm

re: #25 ArthurSlugworth

What a racist prick.

I could imagine that had Derbyshire had been born a couple of decades earlier, he'd been a Grand Kleagle in the Klan.

Let it all hang out, John...

He has the requisite hatred of black people, but the KKK would not take him, since he was born in England.

29 TedStriker  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:31:46pm

re: #28 Dark_Falcon

He has the requisite hatred of black people, but the KKK would not take him, since he was born in England.

Edited my post; Derbyshire's more WCC material.

30 Decatur Deb  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:32:00pm

re: #24 Killgore Trout

Snippets from the Italian Scene
L'Arte di Arrangiarsi, The Art of Getting By

True enough. Italians think of it as defensive counter-corruption. Unfortunately most efforts to clean up have either been fake, fascistic, or both (Lega Nord). The Navy at Naples devised a way for Americans to include the cost of bribes/protection money in their off-base housing claims submission.

31 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:35:18pm

Erroneous post deleted.

32 Interesting Times  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:35:38pm
33 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:37:39pm

re: #32 Interesting Times

[Embedded content]

My reply:

@womnsrightswrtr No, but national defense is job #1.

34 Targetpractice  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:39:34pm

re: #33 Dark_Falcon

My reply:

@womnsrightswrtr No, but national defense is job #1.

So giving the Pentagon money it says it does not need is a good thing?

35 Decatur Deb  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:40:11pm

re: #28 Dark_Falcon

He has the requisite hatred of black people, but the KKK would not take him, since he was born in England.

John just wants to take up the White Man's Derp.

36 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:40:55pm

re: #35 Decatur Deb

John just wants to take up the White Man's Derp.

True that.

37 Interesting Times  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:42:22pm

re: #33 Dark_Falcon

My reply:

@womnsrightswrtr No, but national defense is job #1.

Do you realize high food prices were one of the biggest driving forces behind the Arab Spring? What good does "national defense" do when a nation is crumbling from within?

38 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:42:38pm

re: #34 Targetpractice

So giving the Pentagon money it says it does not need is a good thing?

This money is actually intended to avoid the defense sequester stemming from the failure of the super-committee last fall. The Pentagon has made clear that they do need that money.

39 Interesting Times  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:44:28pm

re: #38 Dark_Falcon

This money is actually intended to avoid the defense sequester stemming from the failure of the super-committee last fall. The Pentagon has made clear that they do need that money.

Then let rich private defense contractors pay for it through tax rates returned to what they were during the Reagan era.

40 Targetpractice  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:45:06pm

re: #38 Dark_Falcon

This money is actually intended to avoid the defense sequester stemming from the failure of the super-committee last fall. The Pentagon has made clear that they do need that money.

Tough shit, perhaps they should have held the GOP's feet to the fire.

41 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:45:17pm

re: #33 Dark_Falcon

My reply:

@womnsrightswrtr No, but national defense is job #1.

Job number one doesn't mean wasting money for unneeded or doomed programs. Right now we have one serious hangar queen called the F-22 that will likely never see any combat in its lifetime -- AF generals won't allow it. The F-35 is and remains a development nightmare with cost overruns up the wazoo -- this includes a single engine profile for naval air. The Osprey which another general's dream. The list goes on and on and that doesn't include highly questionable foreign policy decisions.

42 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:49:22pm

re: #39 Interesting Times

Then let rich private defense contractors pay for it through tax rates returned to what they were during the Reagan era.

People don't get rich through defense contracts!

//

43 TedStriker  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:54:24pm

re: #33 Dark_Falcon

My reply:

@womnsrightswrtr No, but national defense is job #1.

National defense is very important, but to the exclusion of most everything else?

That dog don't hunt, Dark...

44 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:54:54pm

re: #41 Gus

Job number one doesn't mean wasting money for unneeded or doomed programs. Right now we have one serious hangar queen called the F-22 that will likely never see any combat in its lifetime -- AF generals won't allow it. The F-35 is and remains a development nightmare with cost overruns up the wazoo -- this includes a single engine profile for naval air. The Osprey which another general's dream. The list goes on and on and that doesn't include highly questionable foreign policy decisions.

The Osprey actually works now, and works well. And some of these cost and quality problems would be reduced if Congress did it's job on oversight instead of posturing. But that would also require the public to grow up and spend more time reading instead of watching the news.

46 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:55:51pm

re: #44 Dark_Falcon

The Osprey actually works now, and works well. And some of these cost and quality problems would be reduced if Congress did it's job on oversight instead of posturing. But that would also require the public to grow up and spend more time reading instead of watching the news.

That's pretty funny DF.

47 TedStriker  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:56:40pm

re: #45 Interesting Times

Know what other country says "screw you" to feeding its citizens in favor of defense spending?

Ooooh, burn!

///

48 TedStriker  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:57:17pm

re: #44 Dark_Falcon

The Osprey actually works now, and works well. And some of these cost and quality problems would be reduced if Congress did it's job on oversight instead of posturing. But that would also require the public to grow up and spend more time reading instead of watching the news.

O RLY?

49 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:57:32pm

Yeah. Read the bullshit press releases from Lockheed and Boeing. Give me a break. The press releases are tied in with their marketing and legal departments. They're also given a hand by the entrenched and highly political officers that work within the Pentagon. Many of the same people at the Pentagon are also a part of a huge revolving door. General today; industry lobbyist or spokesman tomorrow. Yeah, read.

50 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 6:58:11pm

re: #43 ArthurSlugworth

National defense is very important, but to the exclusion of most everything else?

That dog don't hunt, Dark...

I don't think
Paul Ryan expect this budget provision to pass. But he has to lay out a starting point for negotiations, and its best to do that from a somewhat extreme standpoint, to force the other side to bargain you down and give you stuff in exchange for the final bargain.

51 Targetpractice  Sat, May 12, 2012 7:00:25pm

re: #50 Dark_Falcon

I don't think
Paul Ryan expect this budget provision to pass. But he has to lay out a starting point for negotiations, and its best to do that from a somewhat extreme standpoint, to force the other side to bargain you down and give you stuff in exchange for the final bargain.

Yeah, I heard that last year too, "This is just the starting point for negotiations." Except there were no negotiations, because the GOP dug their feet in and declared that any plan that deviated from theirs significantly (i.e. tax increases, closing tax loopholes, etc) were DOA.

52 Dark_Falcon  Sat, May 12, 2012 7:01:02pm

re: #48 ArthurSlugworth

O RLY?

Yes, really! It would require people to less willing to take congressional posturing as a substitute for action, and then demand much closer procurement oversight. The procurement system has serious problems and the best way to save money is to solve some of them.

53 Gus  Sat, May 12, 2012 7:01:50pm

Bottom line is that there really no need to maintain a two front war military budget anymore. The Iraq War is over. Once we adjust it will look like a major cut when in fact this only because there was major spike in spending because of the Iraq War. Enough already.

54 TedStriker  Sat, May 12, 2012 7:09:21pm

re: #53 Gus

Bottom line is that there really no need to maintain a two front war military budget anymore. The Iraq War is over. Once we adjust it will look like a major cut when in fact this only because there was major spike in spending because of the Iraq War. Enough already.

^This.

I'm all for giving the troops what they need, in the field and when they're back at home, but as Gus said, there are military programs/projects that are just wasteful, unneeded, and unwanted by those who know better.

It's way past time to trim some fat at the Pentagon.

55 jamesfirecat  Sat, May 12, 2012 7:15:59pm

re: #33 Dark_Falcon

My reply:

@womnsrightswrtr No, but national defense is job #1.

No, making a nation worth of defending is job 1!


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