NationStates Jolt Archive

Hmm, I was reading Amerigo's thread about his college radio, I was bored with it so I read teh one about Taylor Behl and it inspired me. Perhaps we should have a NS radio? Yes, someone could be the disk jockey, possibly Sdaeriji, Fass, Pure Metal, or even Drunk Commies. They could rant and rave and take in calls. What an idea! Alas, it will never be...but what do you think?

Hmm, I was reading Amerigo's thread about his college radio, I was bored with it so I read teh one about Taylor Behl and it inspired me. Perhaps we should have a NS radio? Yes, someone could be the disk jockey, possibly Sdaeriji, Fass, Pure Metal, or even Drunk Commies. They could rant and rave and take in calls. What an idea! Alas, it will never be...but what do you think?
Just as long as I get to make a periodic program about the military. :p

And I get to syndicate my jazz show. We could also have topical discussion shows on issues like 'abortion', 'fetuses' or 'abortion'. And we could keep Gruenberg away from the comedy section.

Can I do a 4 AM Psychedelic Quagmire mix for all the tripping NSers?

I want the freaky sex chat show with people calling in and asking stuff, and I evangelise how they should just go gay already. Oh, and play the latest house from the backrooms* of Europe.

*A dark room designated for sex in clubs or bars.

Can I do a 4 AM Psychedelic Quagmire mix for all the tripping NSers?
I would pay to listen to that show.

Good idea...

I want the Czardas show, set for a prime time slot! I talk about why I'm so great, and people call in with questions about me, usually (I hope) along the lines of "Oh Czardas, how did you ever possibly manage to get this absolutely great show on air?" rather than usual questions like "Why are you so weird?".... You know.

Hmm, I was reading Amerigo's thread about his college radio, I was bored with it so I read teh one about Taylor Behl and it inspired me. Perhaps we should have a NS radio? Yes, someone could be the disk jockey, possibly Sdaeriji, Fass, Pure Metal, or even Drunk Commies. They could rant and rave and take in calls. What an idea! Alas, it will never be...but what do you think?

i think that it would be a fantastic idea...quite intertainng as well

Lunatic Goofballs must have a show.

"The How To Pronounce Sdaeriji Hour"

"Keruvalia's Mid-Day Polka and Politics Hour"

It'd be a call in show.

LG should have a show, yes. ;)

And then there should be a godmoding show hosted by Frisbeeteria.

"Stay tuned for our next event -- a war between Sephrioth and Hataria!" Frisbee says as gunfire sounds in the background.

LG should have a show, yes. ;)

And then there should be a godmoding show hosted by Frisbeeteria.

"Stay tuned for our next event -- a war between Sephrioth and Hataria!" Frisbee says as gunfire sounds in the background.

Bastard...I was just about to suggest that. Yeah, I definitely think TNNN updates would be an excellent feature.

Horrible idea. Besides no-one would listen to the venom that would be eventually generated by it except the ones who write it.

Suggestion: Download Shoutcast and Winamp and test the waters first.

Bastard...I was just about to suggest that. Yeah, I definitely think TNNN updates would be an excellent feature.
Frisbee: "The war starts out with Mynation nukes Yonation 'just coz i wuz bored'. Yonation returns fire with 100,000 ballistic nuclear-strength missiles against Mynation—and remember people, both of these are newbies with 6 million people—which explode all of his military bases and kill most of his citizens. Mynation brings his army, which somehow contains no fewer than 2 million people plus large numbers of tanks, planes, and 'lotsa other stuff that i wont tell u about but its raelly cool' into Yonation, destroying his army in a one-sided RP battle. About then, TJHairball steps in and locked the thread..."

<Claims the "Socialism is freedom" weekly program.>

<Claims the "Socialism is freedom" weekly program.>

They'd put you on Swedish radio. :D

They'd put you on Swedish radio. :D
Awesome. *Puts "Learn Swedish" on to-do list.* *Puts "Learn to speak English with a Swedish accent" on to-do back up list.* (in case learning Swedish doesn't work out.)

The Podcast thing isn't half bad really.

But, in all honesty, NationStates radio should have little to nothing to do with us, the babbling horde of General. A BBC style world news report that covers I.I. and the actual Nationstates forum, where the people who actually play the game would probably be more appropraite. General would just be part of the deluge of white noise that already fills up every nook and crany of media.

Not that I wouldn't gladly participate, but I likey media.

I already do "Radio H-L" for the Republic and the Iron Fist, it's a pretty decent show, if you care enough to have a listen, I could send you a few files.

Awesome. *Puts "Learn Swedish" on to-do list.* *Puts "Learn to speak English with a Swedish accent" on to-do back up list.* (in case learning Swedish doesn't work out.)

You wouldn't have to learn either. English is very lingua franca here.

I call the Super Happy Ravean Ninja Pirate Special.

I'll also be-box and free-style rap.

You wouldn't have to learn either. English is very lingua franca here.
Oh, that's good. And I do like the idea of having no sunlight 6 months out of the year, if I were to live above the Arctic Circle.

Oh, that's good. And I do like the idea of having no sunlight 6 months out of the year, if I were to live above the Arctic Circle.

Yeah, but then it's 6 months with the sun never setting. "The land of the midnight sun" is not just a crappy tourism slogan, it's true.

Yeah, but then it's 6 months with the sun never setting. "The land of the midnight sun" is not just a crappy tourism slogan, it's true.
Yeah, I forgot about that. <Grumbles.> But I suppose at least the weather can't get too hot, even in summer.

Yeah, I forgot about that. <Grumbles.> But I suppose at least the weather can't get too hot, even in summer.

Actually, we have very temperate summers with a mean temperature of around 25 Celsius in the summer. Not too shabby.

Actually, we have very temperate summers with a mean temperature of around 25 Celsius in the summer. Not too shabby.
I could live with that. It would be a lot nicer than the summers around here. I'd have to get used to using Celsius, though. And the metric system.

I could live with that. It would be a lot nicer than the summers around here. I'd have to get used to using Celsius, though. And the metric system.

It brings with it a sense of superiority, so you'd pick it up in no time.

It brings with it a sense of superiority, so you'd pick it up in no time.Lol. You're probably right. What I don't like about the metric system is that it's never been explained (to me) how they came up with the base measurements. Why is a meter the length it is? At least with a foot, it's 12 inches because some random king wanted it to be.

So do most Swedes have blonde hair, or is that just a stereotype?

Lol. You're probably right. What I don't like about the metric system is that it's never been explained (to me) how they came up with the base measurements. Why is a meter the length it is? At least with a foot, it's 12 inches because some random king wanted it to be.

Wikipedia has the answer, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre) but if you can't be arsed to read it, the short version is that the French invented it and defined it as one ten-millionth of the length of the earth's meridian along a quadrant (one-fourth the polar circumference of the earth).

They weren't precise enough the first time, so in the 19th century they got together and defined the "International Prototype Metre" as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of ninety percent platinum and ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.

That lasted until the 1960s, when it was more accurately redefined as equal to 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red emission line in the electromagnetic spectrum of the krypton-86 atom in a vacuum. In the 80s they finally settled on it being the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.

Interestingly enough, your "inch" is defined in centimeters nowadays.

So do most Swedes have blonde hair, or is that just a stereotype?

Hmmm, stereotype with basis in reality I'd say.

Or you could move to the Hanover NH area and listen to MY show!

I think that should be an option in the poll.

I'd vote it.

Also if this second episode of my show gets recorded I may find someway to post it.

I could live with that. It would be a lot nicer than the summers around here. I'd have to get used to using Celsius, though. And the metric system.

Bah! Be a rebel! Stick with the arbitrary! It got us to the Moon, after all. :p

Wikipedia has the answer, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre) but if you can't be arsed to read it, the short version is that the French invented it and defined it as one ten-millionth of the length of the earth's meridian along a quadrant (one-fourth the polar circumference of the earth).

They weren't precise enough the first time, so in the 19th century they got together and defined the "International Prototype Metre" as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of ninety percent platinum and ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.

That lasted until the 1960s, when it was more accurately redefined as equal to 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red emission line in the electromagnetic spectrum of the krypton-86 atom in a vacuum. In the 80s they finally settled on it being the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.

Interestingly enough, your "inch" is defined in centimeters nowadays.Wow, it's even more arbitrary than I thought.



Hmmm, stereotype with basis in reality I'd say.Ah, I guess I'd also have to get used to liking blondes.

Wow, it's even more arbitrary than I thought.

Wasn't that just a good thing?

Ah, I guess I'd also have to get used to liking blondes.

It's true what they say about us*.

*I had white hair until I was like five, then I had blonde hair until puberty, when it turned a sort of light shade of brown.

"The How To Pronounce Sdaeriji Hour"
I'm all over that!

Wasn't that just a good thing?It's certainly better than nothing, so yes.


It's true what they say about us*.

*I had white hair until I was like five, then I had blonde hair until puberty, when it turned a sort of light shade of brown.Oh, cool. I wish I had three hair colors. :(

Who would host it?

I thought it had to do with how much volume a given amount of water occupies - no, wait... uhh, it was a long time ago...

Thing is, I was taught in Metric measurement - but on graduating, found that most people in my fields of expertise still work in Imperial. It's not like it's become strange through lack of use - it's just become harder to visualize in Metric. Temperature is rock-solid Celsius for me. Now that does make better sense. But I think it's ludicrous to measure, say... a person's height in the hundreds of centimetres when there's perfectly good decimetres to measure with. Saying someone is 185 centimetres tall just doesn't work as well as 18.5 decimetres, somehow. So why do we only seem to stick with cm, m, and km? Up dm!

This doesn't have a lot to do with radio, though. I'm listening to my Launchcast radio station right now. Anybody have a Launchcast station besides me? (Mine is called qarlo6, btw)

So why do we only seem to stick with cm, m, and km? Up dm!

Oh, we use decimetres all the time in day to day applications, but we stick to meters when saying how tall we are, for instance "Jag är en och åtta (åttio) = I'm one and eight (eighty)," being 1m and 8 dm (80 cm). I think it's a cultural thing. I've noticed decimetres being rarer in southern Europe.

Oh, we use decimetres all the time in day to day applications, but we stick to meters when saying how tall we are, for instance "Jag är en och åtta (åttio) = I'm one and eight (eighty)," being 1m and 8 dm (80 cm). I think it's a cultural thing. I've noticed decimetres being rarer in southern Europe.
Ooh Swedes use umlauts and some other punctuation mark above their "A"s. What's that mark called?

There's already a radio run by The West Pacific right now. TG's even a DJ there. :D But a Jolt radio would be quite interesting. :)

Ooh Swedes use umlauts and some other punctuation mark above their "A"s. What's that mark called?

The little ring above the "a" in "å" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85)? It's simply called a "ring" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_%28diacritic%29) in English.

The little ring above the "a" in "å" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85)? It's simply called a "ring" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_%28diacritic%29) in English.
Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks. :)

There's already a radio run by The West Pacific right now. TG's even a DJ there. :D But a Jolt radio would be quite interesting. :)
The West Pacific has always been my favourite Pacific. :)

Oooo, ooooo, I want a show.

Can I be on a shock-jock morning show?

Can I be on a shock-jock morning show?
Yes, we need a Howard Stern-like character.

Yes, we need a Howard Stern-like character.
No, I won't be like Howard Stern. I don't agree with keeping black women in aquariums.

I was thinking more along the lines of Opie and Anthony. Good wholesome entertainment like putting bikini clad women in 55 gallon drums and pouring disgusting things onto them to see who can stand it the longest and win a prize.

No, I won't be like Howard Stern. I don't agree with keeping black women in aquariums.

I was thinking more along the lines of Opie and Anthony. Good wholesome entertainment like putting bikini clad women in 55 gallon drums and pouring disgusting things onto them to see who can stand it the longest and win a prize.
Oh, go for it. You'd have to be very descriptive though.

My campus radio station just turned me down for a DJ spot because I wanted to play classic rock. They claim they don't want to compete with the local classic rock station, which is a load of BS. I suspect the real reason is because the annoying little goth girl that is the program director doesn't want to play anything but what she likes. :mad:

This is a cool idea if anyone would actually do something to get it started...

This is a cool idea if anyone would actually do something to get it started...
Such as?

Such as?

Uh, gee. Maybe setting up a server (Winamp shoutcast) and doing a show.

Uh, gee. Maybe setting up a server (Winamp shoutcast) and doing a show.
Good idea. Unfortunately, I haven't the space or equipment for it.

There's already a radio run by The West Pacific right now. TG's even a DJ there. :D But a Jolt radio would be quite interesting. :)
Yep, NS internet radio has already been done, and I'm doing my nightly show as I type. Only a bunch of NS World Gameplay (invaders, defenders, etc) do it really. West Pacific and ADN crew 4 teh w1n.

Yep, NS internet radio has already been done, and I'm doing my nightly show as I type. Only a bunch of NS World Gameplay (invaders, defenders, etc) do it really. West Pacific and ADN crew 4 teh w1n.
And a wonderful show it was. (except for the Nightwish ;))

heh, DJ PM... i like it :D
though i'm too slow-witted in RL to engage in any on-air debates :P

This is a cool idea if anyone would actually do something to get it started...
peer to peer radio, no server or anything of the sort needed - i had a whole bunch of applicable programs somewhere round here :)