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MakerBot Introduces Printable Vinyl Records
An anonymous reader points out great news for
audiophiles
soundsnobs
musicians
zombies
, hackers, and anybody who's tired of having to pay for physical music media. MakerBot Industries has now demonstrated the capability of the MakerBot to print out listen-able vinyl records of your favorite tunes. With a
microphone
webcam
pacemaker
PDF
attachment, it can even record new audio in real-time. "Using the MakerBot Generation 4 Electronics microstepping capacity, the AudioNozzle modulates the amount of plastic deposited
too
to
two
tu
create a high-fidelity waveform. The results often surpass the dynamic range of
24
48
96
pi
-bit recordings and can contain frequencies up to 57khz — even higher than the
Nyquil
Nyquist
Dayquil
Triamenic
frequency for 96khz digital recording."
oh, yes, that is funny too. keep them coming. Actually don't.
It would be more clever if there were just one fake article.
On Slashdot, Apr 1 is the day to find another source of interesting news.
Get off my lawn.
Is there no actual new for today?
Please end the April fools jokes. Please?
First pony!
If there's one thing I know about vinylphiles, it's that they HATE paying for records. Well, anything more than $1 apiece, anyway. But they love, love, love paying as much as possible for the system they play it on.
Here's your new for today.
Man is the animal that laughs.
And occasionally whores for Karma.
Even if they did post serious news today, I couldn't take it seriously with those drop down things all over the place.
- Anon
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Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
posted at 1:55pm so that would be AFTER 12-noon.
Come on guys this could be huge. HUGE!
Wake me up when they invent one that can print listen-able audio CDs.
Can't wait until midnight for this to be over.
Or do I actually enjoy this and this post is a parody of my true feelings. Today, who can tell?
- For the complete works of Shakespeare: cat
And instead of just ignoring it, you have to post paragraphs of lipsum to every article today. That shows dedication to being a douchebag.
*ONE* day of the year?
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
You know, when I saw this story, my first thought was, "That's a great idea!" Then I realized it was a joke and I was disappointed.
"I'm too busy to research this and form an educated opinion, but I do have time to tell everyone my uninformed opinion."
really. I find the stories to be amusing. The only think the confuses me is why the hell people who don't like it come here and whine about it.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
I already bought 10
Though it's April 1st it doesn't mean every piece of news has to be complete twoddle. It's no news that sound quality of vinyl is far superior to anything that has or is currently on the market. If this is serious, and there is no reason this could be technologically impossible, this would be a massive treat for anybody who appreciates the quality sound of music. Now, I'm not an audiophile to the extent that can spot the difference in quality between AAC and MP3 (though not WMW, admittedly) - the first time I heard contemporary vinyl records spin back in 2004 I was completely blown away!
Take note, young scuts - vinyl is going to stick around yet - even if not in tabletop-recorder factor just this month...
I've made a point of saying this every year. If you want to go wild with fake news stories on April 1, that's fine...but don't expect anyone to take you seriously the other 364 days of the year. The fake stuff doesn't go away you know...do I really have to tell people this? It's out there FOREVER..you will FOREVER be attached to FAKE news stories, even on days when it's not April 1st.
Grow up...or don't...but don't complain when people want mature sources and go elsewhere.
"If you don't have a sense of humor, don't try to be funny."
- Pope David Meyer, Church of the SubGenius
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Prisencolinensinainciusol. Ol Rait!
The rest of the year it's still good for wrapping fish.
If you drink enough Nyquil even 4-bit sounds good...
Is it pink?
However, the articles have more content and worth than your comments. Nice to see you get modded down over today; that brings your karma closer to an appropriate level.
That was largely my thought, the drop boxes make the summaries hard to read and the gag itself isn't really funny to begin with.
I am so sick of this ... I vote april fools be banned
Also (2nd bite at the apple I know - apologies): this kind of gag is a lot funnier if the product actually works.
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Prisencolinensinainciusol. Ol Rait!
I thought I read an article a while back about a company or some researcher or someone who did non-intrusive laser scans on vinyl record albums and processed the resulting scans to re-create the sound? The intent was to record the sound without harming the physical vinyl.
A quick Google search returns an article about this as well as a "touchless" laser turntable.
Anyone else remember this?
My mom always said, "Jim, you're 1 in a million." Given the current population, there are 7000 of me. God help us all!
TELDEC Germany actually created a mechanical device to create the small holes in a compact disc.
This to be able to create small series of CD''s.. But.. Only a few years later the CD-R was a reality..;-)
And.. They were only able to get a good result for about 10-15 minuts in the beginning of the disc..
...and become the target of what remains of the RIAA.
(LP's, or do the youngun's call 'em "vinyls" thesedays?)
Tag lost or not installed.
How are those Anjou cables from Pear working out for you?
If someone is passing you on the right, you are an asshole for driving in the wrong lane.
Love the Dropdown boxes. it's like playing AdLibs when I was a kid.
How could you NOT put "pedophiles" in the audophiles tweak? "Good news for pedophiles" isn't said in the news enough.
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... some $500 Monster Cables.
The articles on every other day of the year are so bad because the /. authors are hard at work coming up with this shit.
I have been working with this technology for quite some time. Anything from Nirvana causes the bats to collide into a bloody mass over the cornfield.
Tisha Hayes
what would be the point? doesn't all that so-called warm analog goodness go right out the wind once it is digitized (in any step of the process)? most people would be using sources containing those digital jaggies, thus mooting the entire point.
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This is a tech news site. If you have to hear about the Debian 4.3.2.4.0001 release tomorrow instead of today, I'm pretty sure you'll live. Slashdot isn't about breaking news, or anything you need to act on right this minute. Tech changes fast, but not that fast.
This site is fundamentally about entertainment. Your job does not depend on it. It's what you do to take a break from the code. Today, you do it a little differently than yesterday. Don't worry, all the breaking news will be back tomorrow, and you'll find that you didn't really miss anything.