Posts by Craig Ranapia
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Hard News: Polls: news you can own, in reply to Russell Brown,
Is there any part of his maths you question? Because that post is really just maths.
No, because that kind of maths is well above my pay grade. But, yeah, I would like pollsters commenting on political polling (and how they are reported) to be more forthcoming about any potential or actual conflicts of interest they may have in their client lists. If it's a good enough bar for David Farrar, it's good enough for everyone else.
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If you haven’t already, it’s worth reading UMR’s Gavin White in the historical accuracy of the major political polls.
I'm not picking on UMR in particular, but one thing I'd like to see more of in pollsters commenting on polls and their reporting is full disclosure of their political/media clients. And, frankly, FUCK "COMMERCIAL SENSITIVITY". You're been presented as expert opinion, you don't get to pretend you're a disinterested party in how your industry is perceived.
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Muse: Those Racist Casting Call Blues, in reply to JacksonP,
I followed your instruction, and it seems to have taken. For the time being. Thanks, Jackson. Yet again, the PAS Massive keep levelling up the awesome.
I remember seeing Take 3 when it came out. But where; as a short in a film festival, perhaps?
Almost certainly -- one of the less remarked upon glories of the Film Festival is how many short films (foreign and domestic) get shown. And bloody oath that, as you say, it's as relevant as ever.
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Anyway, fixed it for you. Hopefully that's Ok. :-)
It would be churlish to say otherwise, but I'm going to have to go away and practice shifting for myself. Can't expect you (or Russell or a lovely Cactus Chap) to keep covering my Luddite arse.
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Well, I think this should work --
And you can watch Take 3 here (Thanks NZ on Screen)!
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OK, am I the only one who's getting embed code instead of the videos? If someone could e-mail be instructions on how to fix, I'd be profoundly thankful.
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Slightly off topic -- thanks everyone for making this a post where a "don't read the comments" warning isn't necessary. The direct opposite is the case, in fact. Keeping it classy is winning.
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Muse: Guilt By Association Copy, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
*Again: the weird and creepy bit for me is the autograph, although if someone made a habit of collecting works by genocidal dictators in general, and wasn’t making an academic study of them (or possibly even if they were) I would find that creepy, yep.
Fair enough - I still get squicked out at the thought that the repatriation of mokomokai still isn't done and dusted, and we shouldn't forget the obscene and ugly trade they're a grotesque reminder of.
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Muse: Guilt By Association Copy, in reply to Keir Leslie,
Yeah. I reckon it’s like deciding you want to own the Wannsee Conference house or whatever. It’s part of the architecture of the most disgusting crime in history – which is the attraction, of course.
Fun factoid, after the War the house became the property of the Berlin city government and had a rather interesting history until it finally became a Museum and Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference. YMMV on how "creepy" it is that for over thirty years it was a hostel for school children.
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Muse: Guilt By Association Copy, in reply to TracyMac,
But Dotcom is a collector, and also about the bling-bling. It makes complete sense to me that someone with those traits would totally go for the MOST expensive and MOST rare instance of what he was interested in, if the opportunity arose. No ulterior motive – like a Hitler-shrine in the games room – required.
Well, yes - that's the appeal of book collecting in general and seriously high end association copies. If I had $3.85 million going spare, I probably wouldn't be spending it on this -- even though every penny went to a very good cause. Amazon obviously felt differently, and it certainly wasn't better publicity that a simple donation to Rowling's charity.