B. U. G. S.

I’m still working on FTWR 2. Been distracted by my prior project of extracting Horus’ “Gems” about “White Rabbit Psychology & Ecology”. There is another well known personality in the “WN Cult” who is preparing to write a book on this topic, and I wanted to get a lot of FTWR “Ideas” about that topic in front of him before it’s too late.

I just cannot see any book or article about “White Rabbit Psychology & Ecology” being useful to us unless these quasi-‘mysterious’ aspects of what we are are taken into account. I don’t mean the “Nazi Int’l” stuff, I mean the stuff about White Rabbits being the CRAZY rabbits that behave like no other rabbit on earth. I’ll probably get this off my desk in a week. FYI

Here’s a question I’m sure has been asked but let me go for it anyway:
Has anyone tried breaking down FTWR into SHORT little pieces by (important) topic? That’s one thing I was planing on doing. Then more experienced rabbits could use them to to hone their skills where and as needed. For example: I believe 17 contains demoralizing tactics for A) WWII generation B) SHW(a) babies, and C) “Chads in Iowa” (i.e. baby-boomer’s kids). Each of those could be its own mp3.

If someone hasn’t already done that, I would be more than willing to do so. My only issue would be how to get them to people. I could upload them to youtube, make them semi-private (where you’d need a link), and post it on here. …but it would be nice if someone else could put them up on a site as mp3s. If so, I could send people the mp3s via skype or something else. A lot of times audio files are too big to send over email.

I won’t be able to do any work on this until after the semester is over though. It’s cram time and I’ve got ungodly amounts of work to do. In roughly 3 weeks I should just be working and will have time to work on this.

(I’m going to post this as another thread too, hope no one minds).

Note to all interested in the Transcription Project — I’m tending to think that editing/repairing the machine-based audio-text transcriptions might be more work than just straight transcriptions. The latter would have spacing/spelling/etc. errors processed by our BRAINS rather than a machine, and if you’re reading this, you probably have a brain capable of doing this!

OK, I did some searches yesterday for transcription software which would mimic the old mechanical tape kind, with foot-pedals, etc. I used to have one of those, by Olympus. I was shocked to see prices of $200 to $300, and most had features not needed for our project, and were designed for PCs, and not Macs.

I use Macs, so I did another search and found FREE software!!! It’s here:

http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html

There may also be PC versions of this, but since I don’t use PC, I didn’t even look. I’ve now got the software installed and am fiddling with it, in particular with “hotkeys” and “backstop” setting. Hotkeys can be configured to take the place of the foot pedal, and backstops are a setting which make the recording go back up to 6 seconds BEFORE where you paused, while typing.

Again, going through a machine transcribed file and FIXING it is looking like more work than straight listen-type transcriptions … at least for me. Since using the machine-translated texts blackbyte has provided STILL requires close listening, while at the same time reading the rtf texts, I think that’s MORE work than just listen-type. Of course, I can type fairly well, and have done transcription work before for a book project. This is my opinion, results may vary.

The main point here is that there is free software available that will expedite this job, and now Mac users have a link to it. If someone finds a PC version of this, I’m sure PC folk will be glad to know about it.

Thanks, Frank! I use Mac too and will download and test that software after finals. I imagine that program makes even editing the computer generated text easier to fix.

I will try to do a second pass on #3 after finals are done, blackbyte. I will need to make sure not to reuse the same graphics too often by checking the first two.

Is there a webpage with all of the images associated with FTWR/BUGS? I know we will be using a lot of outside images but knowing where those are could be helpful too.

Regarding insertion of “images”: imho, maybe we should focus on how to break the text out and arrange that before worrying about pretty pictures.

I don’t think any pics of Bob or Horus would add any effectiveness to these texts.

I DO think applying techniques like BOLDFACE and italics, as well as Type Size will add depth, and remove any “blocky-ness”. I think Pull-Quotes would also help.

But none of the above formatting, including pictures, should be worried about until there is mutual clarity regarding HOW MUCH TO CUT out of the direct transcriptions. As it is, it doesn’t read well. Transcriptions of casual verbal speech, especially the way Horus does it (you know, ummmm, well …) don’t ever work as text without massive editing-out.

I actually started reading FTWR 1 today because I am considering sending it to someone who doesn’t have access to the podcasts but is very interested in learning more from what I’ve told him.

I really shouldn’t even be touching this because I have work and studying to do for finals coming up this week, but I have a tendency to get distracted with this kind of thing. Anyway, after actually reading a portion of it for content (seeing what, if at all, I would leave out in what I will send my friend), I caught quite a few errors. I also noticed for myself just how repetitive Horus can be and how certain things he says just don’t sound good or make sense in text.

If I’ve learned anything from all the writing I’ve done in school, it’s that editing, editing, editing, and more editing is what makes any piece of text good. It’s just like the mantra or using talking points: you can have the greatest idea or most profound/obvious truth in the world, but if you don’t articulate it the right way, people won’t listen to you.

Now, I’m a pretty conservative guy when it comes to translating or transcribing what someone else says. I don’t want to put words in people’s mouths. That being said, my suggestion would be to not worry about what Horus says word for word and really just focus on the message he’s trying to get across. Otherwise people are going to be A) bored, and B) frustrated reading it because it sounds so awkward in text. We want people to be drawn in–to not be able to stop reading–not to be thinking how strange something sounds, how hard it is to follow, or how he just repeated the same sentence about five times.

I started editing FTWR 1. You all don’t have to use it, but if you want, I will send it to someone when I am done with it (hopefully sometime soon after finals). If not, that’s fine, I will do it anyways for myself. I am actually planning on making versions that take out anything that could be perceived as anti-Christian as well. I’d rather have someone who’s a Christian first and a White person second repeating the Mantra than the same individual not repeating it. First, though, I am just going to edit what Horus actually says.

A few changes I’ve made so far are:
-italicizing foreign words and terms
-italicizing and/or making bold words/phrases that are emphasized
-correcting spelling, grammar, and punctuation
-using more effective verbs
-breaking paragraphs up even more

I also think I will delete certain sentences that don’t add anything of substance. I realize repetition is important, and I will maintain a good amount in the version I edit but some things are too repetitive and only distract from the message.

One example of a change I’ve made is that I’ve given the appropriate accent mark and italicized vis-à-vis (viz-sa-vee).

Another thing I did was give a better English transcription of how the Russian phrase for “Active Measures” is pronounced (Amara Kanacha changed to Amara Prenacha). If someone has a better transcription, let me know. I was unable to find anything in our alphabet (I included the Russian word using the cryllic alphabet once). I also think that saying “Activity Amara Prenacha” is basically saying “Activity Active Measures,” but am not sure. If I am right, “Activity” should be deleted.

Mostly, though, I just edited sentences for better grammar, fixing plural/singular issues, etc. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found grammatical errors in text I’ve edited 5+ times already. It’s just so easy to miss, especially when you know the content well.

I also noticed from listening to the podcast and looking at the text just how much editing work has already been done. You guys took it a long way and made some great decisions on what to cut and how to reword sentences. Again, I tend to be conservative and analyze things too much. I don’t know how long I would spend on each little detail, but I know it would have been too much, so I can really appreciate the editing work that’s been done. It sure saved me quite a bit of headaches and indecision!

I make a lot of the same mistakes I assume Horus would make if he wrote. I tend to write like I speak. It’s taken me a long time to start fixing that and I STILL do it by default and am still learning how to correct it. So I am very familiar with a lot of the issues we come into contact with in the FTWR transcriptions.

I look forward to working with you all more this summer. I welcome any corrections, criticisms or disagreements (this is how we learn). This isn’t about ego, it’s about the message. But you all probably know that better than I do.

Runner,

Thanks for the compliment. I think I am a decent writer. I’ve had a bit of training writing but I’m no expert. I’m still an undergrad. Still learning A LOT.

I’m not sure what you mean exactly by press releases about the mantra or white genocide. I’ve seen mention of it and I saw something that was sent to RT but I would need more information on what exactly we’re trying to do with it and how it should be done. I have no experience with press releases. I would be open to trying my hand at it though. That’s the only way you learn anything after all.

Finals are over for me now, so I will hopefully have more time when I’m not at work. I will get to editing FTWR 1 more soon.