vote how you like, man. you downvoted, i didn't vote.
i don't know what i can say other than people have different policies on voting, and the real world is more important than this video and/or its vote total.

In reply to this comment by rembar:
It is very much irrelevant what percentage of this guy's total output this video happens to represent. We're judging the video, period, or do you think a downvote counts as a panning of somebody's entire career? It's VideoSift, not Person'sContributionToTheWorldSift.

The factual errors he made were directly relevant to the argument he was making, and weakened it beyond all reasonable expectation IMO. Again, arguments are made based off evidence. He got important parts of the evidence wrong, and so I think his argument was very poor.

*shrug*, I don't know what else I can say other than I thought it was a crap video, and so I downvoted it.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
this video is like 0.002% of this guy's output, not even the whole lecture, so already we're judging something totally out of context and not representative of his entire life.

add to that the fact that if there's 9 rotten apples and 1 good apple in a bowl, the good apple still tastes good.

i wouldn't say 'the whole bowl is fine by me'

90% wrong, therefore only 10% flies for me. In this case i found the 10% very important. the mistakes he made didn't negate the argument. correct what he said, and the 10% is still true.

i just have this ability to separate things.


In reply to this comment by rembar:
Arguments are based on fact, Mink, not the other way around. Sure, one or two bloopers here or there is ok. He made some doozies in there.

90% wrong and 10% right, and that'll fly for you? Wow.

this video is like 0.002% of this guy's output, not even the whole lecture, so already we're judging something totally out of context and not representative of his entire life.

add to that the fact that if there's 9 rotten apples and 1 good apple in a bowl, the good apple still tastes good.

i wouldn't say 'the whole bowl is fine by me'

90% wrong, therefore only 10% flies for me. In this case i found the 10% very important. the mistakes he made didn't negate the argument. correct what he said, and the 10% is still true.

i just have this ability to separate things.


In reply to this comment by rembar:
Arguments are based on fact, Mink, not the other way around. Sure, one or two bloopers here or there is ok. He made some doozies in there.

90% wrong and 10% right, and that'll fly for you? Wow.

Farhad, you seem to be making the mistake of thinking that they actually wanted to kill bin laden, which i doubt, seeing as they attacked from all directions except the pakistani border.

In reply to this comment by Farhad2000:
This is stupid. The US army keeps assuming that it can counter any force threat with enough technology. Network centric warfare, asymmetrical warfare, Future combat systems, don't mean shit when you are an occupational army. The enemy will adapt to counter your technology, MOABs slamming into all part of Tora Bora did not end the Taliban nor did they kill Osama Bin Laden.

glad you liked it man.. the paper thing is really cool.
if you find anything siftworthy, be my guest. i know the guy vaguely (booked him once and see him around town) so i guess it's a self link.

unfortunately the enormous buildups he does are worthless after youtube compression. the live effect is crazy, your brain doesn't know what to lock onto.

In reply to this comment by Farhad2000:
That was really cool. I liked how he sequenced a track using really common items.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
i think you would like this lithuanian guy:
http://www.myspace.com/tomasdobrovolskisthebrassglobe

he made an instrument out of a brass vase he dropped one day, the rest is history.
he uses loads of unconventional things, and a loop pedal, and his voice. he is obscure

unfortunately hard to find a well edited, well recorded video of him but worth searching.

i think you would like this lithuanian guy:
http://www.myspace.com/tomasdobrovolskisthebrassglobe

he made an instrument out of a brass vase he dropped one day, the rest is history.
he uses loads of unconventional things, and a loop pedal, and his voice. he is obscure

unfortunately hard to find a well edited, well recorded video of him but worth searching.

dude, i said that all along, it's their site, they can do what they like. personally i wish they would just get on with it instead of debating, because clearly they just want to get on with it anyway.
but since they asked...

In reply to this comment by rembar:
Mink, dude. Let it slide, man. All the arguing in the world ain't gonna gitcha nothin' for now. And I personally think it's unfair to wag a stick at Dag just yet. He's only doing what he thinks is best for the site. So we're not a democracy. Big whup.

I'm of the opinion that our community is solid enough that all the silly comment up-voting and comment down-voting a few months of trials could entail will not somehow drive us apart and bring us at each other's throats.

It's not worth fighting over, especially before the system's even been tried. Let it go, brah.

hey man, i just liked the look of the thumbnail, bookmarked it for later. Sometimes i just sweep the queue and bookmark anything that looks interesting, e.g. if i am somewhere i can't use sound. that bookmark is still showing in my bookmarks, even though discarded...

In reply to this comment by jonny:
Hey - I'm curious about your bookmark for Monster Island. I was surprised you did - didn't seem like your kind of stuff. I know different folks use them for different things, but I couldn't figure out any pattern with yours. I've been using them to quickly flag long vids to watch later, but just recently found out that doesn't work too well because discarded vids don't show up in bookmarks.

glad you liked the edith piaf, you seen the film?

lol you'll get me next time batman.

In reply to this comment by Deano:
Badly tagged? How dare you!

In reply to this comment by MINK:
ahhh found a badly tagged dupe
http://www.videosift.com/video/Girl-knocked-over-by-basketball-player

*discard

that's great man! lolz0rz to think you used a queue slot just for little me

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
Hey Minkers! Hope you don't mind a quick jab video about your user name. I found it and couldn't resist.

no.

In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
MINK do you tell the punchlines of jokes before someone is done?

word!
basically this post was the videosift equivalent of a "FIRST!"
i couldn't believe nobody else had archived such a momentous occasion


In reply to this comment by wazant:
I guess I should vote for this, since I've been looking forward to it for so long. Can't be bothered to listen to it though. At this point, all of his words beyond "I resign" are superfluous.

oh yeah, i know what you mean

In reply to your comment:
“a nice, healthy bit of propaganda always appreciated thanks.
after all I've got relatives living in Belarus. not exactly first-hand knowledge, but it's close. stories like those make me appreciate how lucky one is living in the EU instead of the C"I"S, of which Belarus might be the most favorable one, if not the most democratic one (if you know what I mean, *wink* *wink*)...

In reply to your comment:
“maybe you want some propaganda?
http://www.videosift.com/video/Belarus-Europes-last-dictatorship



In reply to your comment:
“I just love this. guess it's because I didn't glance at the description before watching it. a really nice vid.

oh, and btw I am from Latvia, MINK.”””

maybe you want some propaganda?
http://www.videosift.com/video/Belarus-Europes-last-dictatorship



In reply to your comment:
“I just love this. guess it's because I didn't glance at the description before watching it. a really nice vid.

oh, and btw I am from Latvia, MINK.”

well actually i'm a fairly germanic englishman, so i go for northern slavs

but lithuanians are not really slavs, you can get your ass kicked for suggesting that... so you know!

In reply to your comment:
“hmmmm, I could probably go along with all you said... but not with Meg Ryan.
I thought you northern slavs would rather get it on with the exotic fiery types - Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz etc.