Hey Guitar Player - chambered guitars != solidbody guitars.

Guys like this miss the point.

"So, from a perspective of tone, is there something inherently “wrong” with adding air space to a guitar that would otherwise pass as a traditional solidbody?"

Duh - yes. If you've ever played a classic Gibson Les Paul from before 2005 and compared it to say one of their more recent 'weight-relieved' models, apart from the latter being very expensive, the tone is noticeably thinner.

And more importantly it's not - nor should it be advertised as - a solidbody guitar.

If Gibson or any other guitar manufacturer wants to drill holes into what is advertised or implied as a solidbody guitar, that's their decision - However they should do the honest thing and call that out in their brochures and ads and not call it a solid body guitar, so a customer can know that before they plunk down their hard-earned cash that they'll literally buying quantities of space and air.

I never saw the American Right as different configurations, entities and indeed different versions.

That is, until I read this -

http://consortiumnews.com/2013/09/28/the-four-eras-of-the-american-right/

1. the pre-Confederate period from 1787 to 1860 when slave owners first opposed and then sought to constrain the Constitution, viewing it as a threat to slavery; 
2. the actual Confederacy from 1861 to 1865 when the South took up arms against the Constitution in defense of slavery; 
3. the post-Confederate era from 1866 to the 1960s when white racists violently thwarted constitutional protections for blacks; 
4. and the neo-Confederate era from 1969 to today when these racists jumped to the Republican Party in an attempt to extend white supremacy behind various code words and subterfuges.

It seems so obvious - and yet it's almost never discussed in society at pretty much any and every level.

Also note the connection between the American Right and the Global Confederation - the connection between the political ideology and the need to control resources to benefit the few were long established here -

"Because of political mistakes by the Federalists and Jefferson’s success in portraying himself as an advocate of simple farmers (when he was really the avatar for the plantation owners), Jefferson and his Democratic-Republicans prevailed in the election of 1800, clearing the way for a more constrained interpretation of the Constitution and a 24-year Virginia Dynasty over the White House with Jefferson, Madison and James Monroe, all slaveholders.

By the time the Virginia Dynasty ended, slavery had spread to newer states to the west and was more deeply entrenched than ever before. Indeed, not only was Virginia’s agriculture tied to the institution of slavery but after the Constitution banned the importation of slaves in 1808, Virginia developed a new industry, the breeding of slaves for sale to new states in the west."

Captured assholery on camera

Yes these smokers are in the bus depot polluting the air for everyone else. Against some ordinance I'm sure.

On the other hand, gotta love technology ... when it works.

Go Senator Merkley!

Let's not let this die in some committee consisting of senators bought and owned by Monsanto -

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/25/senate-democrats-move-to-end-monsanto-protection-act/

"The House Republican’s government funding bill, which passed in the House last week, contains a three-month extension of the Monsanto Protection Act, which shields companies like Monsanto and Dow Chemical from legal action resulting from Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) crops. The Act also places the authority of whether or not GMO crops can be grown and sold domestically into the hands of Federal Department of Agriculture rather than with the courts or public referendum. The Democratically-controlled Senate is making no plans to work to keep the rider active beyond its current expiration date."

Quote of the day - 09-25-2013.

"Only the collective ability to understand and act as a whole will save the planet and our species from our own eventual extinction."

That's my response to below ...

Context - From this marketing for Psychological Medicine study masquerading as an AP news story ...

http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/09/religious-believers-more-depressed-than-atheists-study.html

"The study, published in the October issue of Psychological Medicine but online now, followed more than 8,000 people in rural and urban areas in seven countries for one year. During the research, they were each examined at six- and 12-month intervals.

In those time frames, 10.3 per cent of religious participants became depressed, compared with 7.0 per cent for atheists and 10.5 per cent for those with a "spiritual understanding of life," the study found. "

I tend to think regardless of what they may believe happens after death - people are discovering that their beliefs won't really help them in this life - or future generations for that matter. I think what we're ultimately seeing is a very human and emotional reaction to the looming economic and ecological disaster global warming will bring; and it's slowly but surely being felt in peoples' lives.

And, the realization that their belief system doesn't provide any real answer for it.

Seriously - someone finally articulates what's wrong with Microsoft's 'device and services' mantra.

No, not exactly the author of this article, but rather a commenter named 'danbi'  -

"The current computing trend is all data centered and this is why it is so successful with users."

Another mobile post test

Let us see if this works.