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  1. Re:I knew this article was gonna be BS on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 1

    So many fallacies! It's too beautiful!

  2. Re:Depends on your ear... on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Uncommonly for Slashdot, the psychological aspect has been *completely* ignored. It's *obvious* that a great deal of neural training takes place in musicians and other folks working in the field, and this is being broadly dissed, largely due to ignorance, with a bit of prejudice added for good measure.

  3. Re:Any good studies? on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 1

    I have downloaded tracks *meant* to be FLAC, listened to them and gone "NAH", then run them in Audition only to see tell-tale dynamic bandwidth limiting endemic in MP3s.

    Now .. if you think it is a subtle effect, you might disbelieve me. But if you have even entry-level studio monitors, it's as clear as day. The staging is more focussed, high frequencies better represented, and reverb tails last as long as they should. I can just about tell the difference in my car (staging), but I don't care so much.

  4. Yes. Next Question. on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 1

    All you need is entry-level prosumer monitors, like KRK's RP6 G2. The difference in staging and bandwidth is obvious, even if - like me - you're over 40.

  5. Re:"operating system" on University of Cambridge Offers Free Online Raspberry Pi Course · · Score: 1

    Not to mention a large proportion of undergrads will be polymaths. I came across a few in my time - superbly gifted - whose only problem was "what subject do I drop?"

  6. Re:And this is why Apple sucks... on Apple Loses Bid For Emergency Ban On HTC Phone Imports · · Score: 1

    Bad car analogy - "I steal your car" is a fact that doesn't need proving in court, because you have my car while I don't. You go to court because we sure don't trust the police all the way.

  7. Re:Get a better cyclist? on Gamera II Team Smashes Previous Best Human-Powered Helicopter Flight Time · · Score: 2

    Agreed - 50 seconds is a sprint that strongly suggests a training limit. I guess the point of a competition like this is the design of an efficient vehicle, so how about publishing the power requirements (wattage)?

  8. Xone XD-40 $30 at Amazon on Ask Slashdot: Best Headphones, Earbuds, Earphones? · · Score: 1

    I was recently looking for something with about the same requirements. The XD-40 cost me GBP 70 but as luck would have it you can get them for $30 at Amazon which is a fantastic price.

    They are DJ / Studio headphones so good isolation, robust, and will go LOUD. Great sound quality as far as I can tell; no obvious colouration and good bass extension. Good staging, too.

    Xone are by Allen and Heath and have a great rep in the DJ market.

    Unlike a lot of supra-aurals they are not a tight fit, but will not fall off. Circum-aurals offer better comfort but these are good enough for me.

    Also they fold, which together with the isolation makes them great for travel.

  9. Tantalum Microphony on Dolby's TrueHD 96K Upsampling To Improve Sound On Blu-Rays · · Score: 1

    I've seen it when the cap was biassed at a few volts, and this was in a cheap measurement instrument using PIC with a 10 bit ADC. I sorted it by designing out the bias, as the product was low cost.

  10. It's the coverup on Police Charge News of the World Editor Over Voicemail Hacking · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is the attempted coverup they are being charged for, not the crime of phone hacking. That's what "perverting the course of justice" means here in the UK. It's a common law offence that usually carries a prison sentence, which can be up to life.

  11. And when you've done all that on Ask Slashdot: How To Secure My Life-In-A-Briefcase? · · Score: 1

    Accept that life is insecure, and there is more to it than stuff. Seriously, I can't read your post without thinking of Fight Club, so get over it.

  12. Someone dropped a bollock on Raspberry Pi Gets a Red-Tape Delay; Awaits CE Certificate · · Score: 1

    What if it needs board mods to meet ESD - what'll they do with 10000 units? Muppets.

    Yeah and maybe Farnell are being stupid just because CE marking covers safety too.

  13. DC Fields on 'Antimagnet' Cloak Hides Objects From Magnetic Fields · · Score: 1

    I was going to say what about DC fields then I remembered - there's no such thing as DC, it's just very slow AC.

  14. Terrible summary on Lawsuit Claims NASA Specialist Was Fired Over Intelligent Design Belief · · Score: 1

    Evolution requires life as a pre-requisite because it depends on reproduction. It cannot explain the origin of life.

  15. Apps on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    I'm a firmware developer relying on a few dozen tools to get my work done. I suppose I might be able to find 10-25% of them for Linux or Mac, but it would take some time and presumably money. And the other 75-90% would need a second machine or VM ... seriously why bother? Windows is good enough.

    In fact Win7 is better than that (I finally upgraded from XP this summer). Sure there are wrinkles with network setup and NTFS permissions still suck, but these are known knowns, you know?

  16. Re:Could the article be more wrong? on Jaguar Recalls 18,000 Cars Over Major Software Fault · · Score: 1

    If you lose the ability to steer, I'd call that loss of control. Suppose the driver is not as strong as you?

    Vacuum assist requires the engine to be running (especially in diesels). Suppose as well as switching off, the driver panics and pushes the clutch pedal, as if doing an emergency stop? Again, suppose the driver is not as strong as you?

    You only have to review the various Toyota stories to know how serious this is.

  17. Branding on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1

    This is not a technology issue but one of branding. Apple needs to sell high-end pro tools to maintain brand attractiveness towards consumers - unless they're planning on total re-branding of Apple as merely a fashion label. (Some might say this has already happened.)

    For this reason the pro end cannot be sold off or left to wither. It must be kept in-house, but run with pros in mind. Digital media workflow is crystallizing, and if Apple won't provide tools, someone else will. Pros want device support, power, and innovation - in that order. That may mean sucking it up and accepting it as part of a grown-up tech business, something Apple don't seem to want to be as long as they can fleece the kids with this quarter's new shiny toy.

  18. By Cost or Units? on After a Decade, Mac Sales Again Top 10% · · Score: 1

    Because, with Apple products being so freakishly expensive here in the UK, it matters.

  19. Re:Now what portable recorder? on Sony Announces End For MiniDisc Walkman · · Score: 1

    The Zoom H1 is a good fit. It's a significant upgrade from MD while being very affordable.

  20. Oh, great. on Michael Moore Posts Julian Assange's Bail · · Score: 1

    There is one serial-attention-seeking never-has-been too many. We could cope with Lasagne as an unknown quantity, but Moore will put off a lot of potential supporters. He undeniably colours anything he weighs into. Here in the UK we have the Guardian (a left-wing arts rag that pretends to be a newspaper), and the BBC (online and TV version of the Guardian). They'll love this. Shame.

  21. Re:To think about it another way on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 1

    I don't back everything Wikileaks have released, but I do back the principle on which they release. (On this topic, there has been a chain of disclosures - and therefore "blame", if that's what you seek - some intended, some not. Your analogy does not fully correspond to the case being discussed.)

    It all comes down to two words comprising the root of the power struggle between government and media in a free society: Public Interest.

    I was on the fence till they released info about plausible terror targets, which I consider irresponsible and I don't quite know what to make of it besides noting that their ethics differ somewhat from the journalistic norm.

  22. Pedantic correction on Homemade Robotic Xylophone Plays Holiday Melodies · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's a glockenspiel. A Xylophone has wooden bars. I know because as a kid I assumed it would be the other way round.

  23. Re:Charity is Unpatriotic on Passenger Avoids Delay By Fixing Plane Himself · · Score: 1

    Unions are about getting money for people at the expense of the business, not saving the business money.

    More specifically, unions place the interests of their members above the company's customers.

  24. Uber Sarcasm on Sarcasm Useful For Detecting Dementia · · Score: 1

    "Patients under the age of 65 suffering from frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common form of dementia, cannot detect when someone is being sarcastic."

    Also known as ignorance. The best sarcasm is only marginally detectable. It's not wit, it's snobbery.

  25. Re:Assembly on Best Introduction To Programming For Bright 11-14-Year-Olds? · · Score: 1

    Age 12 I had a ZX81. I started with the built-in BASIC and moved quickly to machine code, since I didn't possess an assembler. I didn't always understand what I was doing but I did progress and had a lot of fun. Writing out the machine code was fun in itself.

    Z80 isn't a bad place to start but it was real important that I could read the keypad and poke characters to the screen. Naturally when I got access to a BBC B (someone else's, of course) I would focus on visual stuff. If it had been headless box I don't think I would have done anything at all; I would have lost interest very early on. At that age, if you can't impress your mates (or yourself) you're not going to bother.