Michael Lavorgna strikes back.......

[Ralf11]

8 hours ago, plissken said:

I received my B.S. in Karate @ Stanford

 

http://recreation.stanford.edu/smap/

 

 

[Ralf11]

8 hours ago, botrytis said:

We should just retire this topic. it is probably stroking ML's ego that we are spending so much time talking about him.

Let's move on.

 

 

but we aren't - it is all over the map (except for Porsche history)

 

or someone could collect the diverse topics here and post them with a different thread title...

[botrytis]

Call it ' Shit Port Galore' Or 'Stream of Consciousness' - Either would work

[skikirkwood]

17 hours ago, Archimago said:

 

Interesting thread deviation boys...

 

I live in Vancouver as well like Mr. Lobster. There are 3 Mary Jane dispensaries within 10 minutes walk from my house. Lots of options of course for your listening pleasure, mood state, and psychoactive intent. Looks like it'll be officially legal countrywide come summer.

 

Not that I frequent these establishments of course...

 

It's actually quite a complex topic - perhaps even more complexity and nuance than the virtues of MQA.  Just like there's a huge amount of options with pairing wine and food, the same would be true for weed and music.  

 

With dozens of music genres and hundreds of popular weed strains, the number of permutations to test is mind-boggling. But it sounds like Mr. Lobster is willing to take the lead on this with proper guidance!

[fas42]

Just to thank people for the mentions of APL - I only ever glanced at this in my computing years, but looked around now, and found J ... very nifty, suits where my brain is these days; a nice plaything ...

[Indydan]

Well today is the big day. Lavorgna's new website launches. When I try to access it, I get a virus warning and the page is blocked by my Sophos anti virus software. Hmmm...

 

www.twitteringmachines.com

[Rt66indierock]

1 hour ago, Indydan said:

Well today is the big day. Lavorgna's new website launches. When I try to access it, I get a virus warning and the page is blocked by my Sophos anti virus software. Hmmm...

 

www.twitteringmachines.com

 

Mine did the same thing.

[mansr]

2 hours ago, Indydan said:

Well today is the big day. Lavorgna's new website launches. When I try to access it, I get a virus warning and the page is blocked by my Sophos anti virus software. Hmmm...

So your anti-virus is working as intended.

[firedog]

I just accessed the site, no problem. Looks nice. I'm sure the haters will hate it, but it seems like a nice resource to me and he made some  equipment recommendations, including budget ones. That's a good thing that audiophile sites often ignore.

He also seems to have lined up some advertisers, so I think the site will be around for a while. 

[Evo-No-Revo]

The site worked fine for me.  I wish him all the luck! 

 

Michael gave me his home phone number before and was willing to take time and effort to talk and help me make some audio decisions.  I don't really care that he can be a dick now and then.  Some of my best friends (of course not me ?) have had that affliction as well at times. 

 

The social media penchant for ganging up on people is not my thing... I don't care how much I didn't like what someone said. 

 

Forgiveness is a much higher vibration than bitching with your friends how much you dislike this or that person. 

 

I will look forward to his reviews as always.

[Indydan]

15 hours ago, firedog said:

I just accessed the site, no problem. Looks nice. I'm sure the haters will hate it, but it seems like a nice resource to me and he made some  equipment recommendations, including budget ones. That's a good thing that audiophile sites often ignore.

He also seems to have lined up some advertisers, so I think the site will be around for a while. 

 

I can now access it as well. There will be moderated comments. 

[mansr]

4 minutes ago, Evo-No-Revo said:

I don't really care that he can be a dick now and then.

Everybody, myself included, can be a dick now and then. I've never seen ML not be one.

[mansr]

3 minutes ago, Indydan said:

There will be moderated comments. 

You know what that means.

[skikirkwood]

7 minutes ago, mansr said:

You know what that means.

This is what it means: twitteringmachines.com/letters-or-why-no-comments/

 

Comment Rules & Regulations

1. Please be courteous
2. Relevant comments will be posted
3. Irrelevant comments will be discarded

Meaning anything ML disagrees with will be discarded.

[The Computer Audiophile]

As long as people know that upfront, it’s all good. 

 

On a similar note, one of the reasons publishers went ape about our RSS feeds is because they didn’t want comments on their articles and comments they couldn’t control. 

[mansr]

Just now, skikirkwood said:

Meaning anything ML disagrees with will be discarded.

Exactly, and "anything ML disagrees with" can be approximated with "anything that is true."

[mansr]

2 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

On a similar note, one of the reasons publishers went ape about our RSS feeds is because they didn’t want comments on their articles and comments they couldn’t control. 

You mean their RSS feeds. This is the internet. There is always a way to comment. And that's a good thing.

[The Computer Audiophile]

18 minutes ago, mansr said:

You mean their RSS feeds. This is the internet. There is always a way to comment. And that's a good thing.

Agree 100%

[realhifi]

24 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

As long as people know that upfront, it’s all good. 

 

On a similar note, one of the reasons publishers went ape about our RSS feeds is because they didn’t want comments on their articles and comments they couldn’t control. 

Huge point. I agree with them 100%. If people want comments on THEIR website it’s a totally different thing. BUT.....let’s just put it as “comments on their articles” instead of “comments they couldn’t control”. If they wanted comments on their articles then they would provide those means on their own site. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, realhifi said:

Huge point. I agree with them 100%. If people want comments on THEIR website it’s a totally different thing. BUT.....let’s just put it as “comments on their articles” instead of “comments they couldn’t control”. If they wanted comments on their articles then they would provide those means on their own site. 

Very true. If the Chinese government wanted comments on its work, they’d allow it ?

[Ralf11]

All your comments are belong to us.

[mansr]

Just now, realhifi said:

Huge point. I agree with them 100%. If people want comments on THEIR website it’s a totally different thing. BUT.....let’s just put it as “comments on their articles” instead of “comments they couldn’t control”. If they wanted comments on their articles then they would provide those means on their own site. 

There's nothing to stop me registering tone-audio-comments.com right now. If you publish something, people are free to discuss it, with or without your approval. Deal with it.

[realhifi]

1 minute ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Very true. If the Chinese government wanted comments on its work, they’d allow it ?

Settle down. That’s ignorant if you’re comparing them to the Chinese government. The internet is showing it’s true colors in how it’s being manipulated to influence people. 

[realhifi]

3 minutes ago, mansr said:

There's nothing to stop me registering tone-audio-comments.com right now. If you publish something, people are free to discuss it, with or without your approval. Deal with it.

How often was Tone Audio commented on before Chris had them linked?

[The Computer Audiophile]

I always view comments as a way to keep honest people honest, among other things. In the days when print media reigned and letters to the editor were selectively published, there were no checks and balances. 

 

Plus, only a fool thinks he is smarter than a crowd of like minded people. There’s no way I could know everything about all these topics. I love when people comment with information that teaches me something. 

 

Sure comments can can be a double edged sword but I’d never let the 2% of bad apples control my business and ruin it for the other 98%. 

 

That’s just me.