I call shenanigans. Double blind testing shows no perceptible difference between a good MP3 and the source material for most listeners most of the time. The real death of hi-fi is the fault of the record companies themselves, and the Loudness War. Who cares if an MP3 encoder drops a tiny amount of imperceptible data when the CD itself has been compressed and clipped to the point that you don't want to listen to it?
If I remember correctly, the snow and ice don't actually hit anybody, because CWRU tapes off the affected area of the sidewalk during the snowy season. (Which is fairly long in Cleveland.) But I agree that the building is an eyesore; I was there during the construction, and every year it became uglier. At least Peter B. Lewis won't be buying them any more eyesores.
Hot one-on-one chick action is already legal. There's no reason to believe that marriage would make it any hotter or more frequent. Probably the opposite.
1. Copy the original video stream to your hard drive. 2. Re-encode the video. There will be a small loss in quality, but the end result will be acceptable. The watermark will be altered or obliterated. 3. slashdot meme 4. Profit!
Some people are saying this is not, in fact, Ben Kenobi's cloak. It's just an expensive dressing gown. This site is one of the better sites for real-life Star Wars history, and one of the commentators in the linked thread is a prop collector. He's unimpressed, and so am I. (Although perhaps for different reasons.)
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I call shenanigans. Double blind testing shows no perceptible difference between a good MP3 and the source material for most listeners most of the time. The real death of hi-fi is the fault of the record companies themselves, and the Loudness War. Who cares if an MP3 encoder drops a tiny amount of imperceptible data when the CD itself has been compressed and clipped to the point that you don't want to listen to it?
If I remember correctly, the snow and ice don't actually hit anybody, because CWRU tapes off the affected area of the sidewalk during the snowy season. (Which is fairly long in Cleveland.) But I agree that the building is an eyesore; I was there during the construction, and every year it became uglier. At least Peter B. Lewis won't be buying them any more eyesores.
Hot one-on-one chick action is already legal. There's no reason to believe that marriage would make it any hotter or more frequent. Probably the opposite.
1. Copy the original video stream to your hard drive.
2. Re-encode the video. There will be a small loss in quality, but the end result will be acceptable. The watermark will be altered or obliterated.
3. slashdot meme
4. Profit!
Some people are saying this is not, in fact, Ben Kenobi's cloak. It's just an expensive dressing gown. This site is one of the better sites for real-life Star Wars history, and one of the commentators in the linked thread is a prop collector. He's unimpressed, and so am I. (Although perhaps for different reasons.)