That's right, the tree huggers killed him! Tragedies like this are yet another reason we need to listen to the Pavers(tm). One Asphalt , One People(tm)
THE CREED (tm) of the PAVERS (traditional version)
We believe in a completely Paved Earth.
Earth is cursed with trees, shrubs, grass,
and scurrying creatures. With every breath
We act to right this terrible wrong.
We believe in The Plan (tm).
The Plan (tm) is the final word; it brings us
the knowledge of the twin pleasures:
Speed and Convenience.
We believe food should be enjoyed.
"Nutrition" is an aberration of human nature.
The juicy Burger and hearty Beer are Our sacrament.
We believe in the Depletion of scarce natural resources.
Some see the vessel as half full; others see it as
half empty; We pour it out on the floor and laugh.
We believe in a sky roiling with Smog.
The color blue should appear nowhere but the paint
on Our Hypercars (tm).
It would be interesting to see how many of the 3D TV sales were "entry level" 3D. My guess is that the major reason they have 2% market share is because virtually all of the high end models have 3D these days. That would also explain why less than 100% of owners purchased glasses.
The fact that they are politicians should be enough. I want to see sponsors logos on their suits like race car drivers. So we can see who they really work for.
That's a fantastic idea! Too bad anyone who would want to implement this would never have the funding to get into office to propose it.
Can we get an "R" and "D" next to each candidates name? That way I'll know if I should be up in arms at this vile abuse of the DMCA or giddy with excitement that it was wielded this way.;-)
No kidding - thats why I RTFA in the first place! Almost skipped it entirely because I saw the word Virginia - they dont make much good whiskey or beer there so why should I care what happens there? *shrug*
Nope, but Virginia has produced some damn good presidents. Regrettably good whiskey and beer have been more important for some time now.
To this end, a non-profit space research corporation Astronauts4Hire will begin testing an Australian brew created to be enjoyed in microgravity. From the article: "In the past, NASA has also sponsored studies on space beer, and whether or not the popular beverage can be brewed in space.
Why does that make me feel that we're getting closer to this?:
"Clevon is lucky to be alive. He attempted to jump a jet ski from a lake into a swimming pool and impaled his crotch on an iron gate. But thanks to advances in stem cell research and the fine work of Doctors Krinsky and Altschuler, he should regain full reproductive function again."
At around $250 you can get a stylus that will go up to 50kHz.
Which is completely useless, as there isn't the slightest bit of evidence humans can hear ultrasonics.
[Citation needed]
Even if they could, most speakers can't reproduce them (and certainly not with any accuracy),
If by "most speakers" you mean ones you find a Walmart, sure. But most mid grade speakers usually have no problem hitting 25kHz or more +/-3db.
assuming they weren't deliberately filtered out somewhere during the recording and mastering process, as they almost certainly would have been. Any ultrasonic signal loud enough to even potentially be audible could cause all sorts of problems with a host of electronic circuits, tape decks and other devices in the recording / mixing / mastering loop.
Not to mention the fact most of the ultrasonics picked up by any stylus are probably harmonics and noise - all of it pure distortion - much of it caused by the needle ringing like a little bell as it's struck by the walls of the groove. Or they're harmonics and distortion and noise coming from the microphones, preamps, mixing decks, tape decks, equalizers, compressors or the mastering equipment itself. In other words, a bunch of power-robbing crap that only serves to distort the signal below 20kHz that actually is audible to humans.
You seem a bit confused about how digital and analog recording work and are ham-handedly mixing all kinds of issues up.
There are no cases where vinyl "sounds better" due to any properties of the format.
Citation needed.
The vinyl master may have been better equalized or better compressed, but the format itself is pure unadulterated junk, and has been for 50 years.
What compression? Again, you are talking out of you ass. Compression is a relatively recent occurrence,or at least in the way it is being applied these days. Regardless, it the vinyl format is better equalized then it sounds better. It's irrelevant if one format is better than the other, you put garbage in, you get garbage out.
Vinyl was obsolete by the 1960's, and should have and probably would have been replaced by something better if the American electronics firms of the time weren't being run by halfwits and incompetents. I've always been surprised RCA didn't attempt to roll out their capacitance disk as an audio format first before trying to deploy it as a video format, but it was stuck in development hell for well over a decade and I suppose it's a miracle it ever made it to market at all with that bunch of clowns running the place.
The Dutch and Japanese finally got around to doing something about it by the late 1970's. Well, somebody had to. Vinyl sucks.
What format was available to the consumer in the late 1960's or 1970's that was so much better? reel-to-reel was a good format for it's day, but had limitations. Plus it was hard to find albums in that format. Or are you trying to tell me that 8-track and cassette was better?
Human hearing range maxes out in extreme cases at 22khz.
Few people can hear beyond 20. Most people are at 16-19khz.
It's been some time since I've had my hearing checked but I "maxed out" at 23kHz, or rather. Which is a double edged sword. It's can be rather annoying when you can hear things that no one else can. This was especially fun in grade school.
I know that my hearing is still better than most as I had a echo-cardiogram recently and could hear some of the pulses which the tech could not. I can only guess that they were reflections or something as the standard frequencies should be well above what is audible for humans.
millions of indie and electronic singles still get pressed. From a DJ's perspective, the vinyl market has been growing immensely over the past 3-5 years (although it never really died to begin with).
This, of course, sucks since Technics is no longer manufacturing the 1200s in the way that it used it up until a couple years ago, without argument the best turntables ever to grace the planet.
From a DJ perspective the 1200 was the best. But direct drive is going add audible rumble to non club music. Any model VPI is going to be a better home turntable.
And the vinyl is limited by the fact that a record player is made with real physical bits that can only vibrate so fast and such.
Yes, and a $80 to $200 stylus can be had that is capable of exceeding 22kHz You can easily hit 25kHz in that price range. At around $250 you can get a stylus that will go up to 50kHz. Here's a Grado that has a frequency response of 10 Hz to 60 kHz.
I'm not saying that Vinyl is better in all aspects compared to a CD, because it's not. But there are cases where vinyl does sound better.
Of course you could also have solar panels or other means of producing electricity as well. I'll make sure to contact you if I ever start a news letter.;-)
Downloading over my connection would take... 19 hours, less than a day. There's no reason for me to lose even 15 minutes going to the store instead of 15 seconds setting up the download in my computer.
You must have one hell of a connection. In theory (Comcast) I could download 50GB that fast too, but in practice not so much. I'd also have to question the ability of a company to be able to even come close to the bandwidth needed to upload a hugely popular game in the first couple of weeks of it's release, let alone a blockbuster movie. Avatar supposedly sold 4 million copies on the first day. Granted may were not Bluray, but still, does anyone have that kind of upload bandwidth?
I won't. I can redownload it whenever I want.
And 19 hours later (at best) you can install your game or watch you HD movie.
Downloading IS the instant gratification. Bluray disappears with high speed download which, aparently you don't have but lots of people have already.
Blueray will only live for those who live with five year old technology, which is fine and reasonable, for five years.
I would guess that 750K DSL is still considered high speed and probably faster than what most in the US have. Regardless, I don't see how downloading is instant gratification. You're going to wait much longer for a HD movie or any modern game even at the best residential speeds currently available. You do realize that five year old (or older) tech is not always worse than the newest shiny one don't you? I'm guessing Bluray will have a higher quality product than down-loadable content for some time.
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That's right, the tree huggers killed him! Tragedies like this are yet another reason we need to listen to the Pavers(tm). One Asphalt , One People(tm)
THE CREED (tm) of the PAVERS (traditional version)
We believe in a completely Paved Earth.
Earth is cursed with trees, shrubs, grass,
and scurrying creatures. With every breath
We act to right this terrible wrong.
We believe in The Plan (tm).
The Plan (tm) is the final word; it brings us
the knowledge of the twin pleasures:
Speed and Convenience.
We believe food should be enjoyed.
"Nutrition" is an aberration of human nature.
The juicy Burger and hearty Beer are Our sacrament.
We believe in the Depletion of scarce natural resources.
Some see the vessel as half full; others see it as
half empty; We pour it out on the floor and laugh.
We believe in a sky roiling with Smog.
The color blue should appear nowhere but the paint
on Our Hypercars (tm).
...if they can rebuild him?
I saw that movie, it doesn't work out so well for the non-cyborg zombies.
Aren't iPads made at Foxconn? Maybe China should stop making these locked down products. Just sayin'.
It would be interesting to see how many of the 3D TV sales were "entry level" 3D. My guess is that the major reason they have 2% market share is because virtually all of the high end models have 3D these days. That would also explain why less than 100% of owners purchased glasses.
That's a hell of a campaign slogan, "I'll vote against things that suck!"
You got my vote.
The fact that they are politicians should be enough. I want to see sponsors logos on their suits like race car drivers. So we can see who they really work for.
That's a fantastic idea! Too bad anyone who would want to implement this would never have the funding to get into office to propose it.
a rich brown flavor. Clover honey has this green taste
I really not trying to be a smart-ass, but what does "brown" and "green" taste like?
Can we get an "R" and "D" next to each candidates name? That way I'll know if I should be up in arms at this vile abuse of the DMCA or giddy with excitement that it was wielded this way. ;-)
No kidding - thats why I RTFA in the first place! Almost skipped it entirely because I saw the word Virginia - they dont make much good whiskey or beer there so why should I care what happens there? *shrug*
Nope, but Virginia has produced some damn good presidents. Regrettably good whiskey and beer have been more important for some time now.
Why would anyone want a ruler that was only 10 inches long?
Have you never heard of the metric system?
Good summaries do not offer commentary. Save the commentary for the comments.
This is Slashdot dammit. A good summary is to cut and paste the first paragraph or two from the link.
To this end, a non-profit space research corporation Astronauts4Hire will begin testing an Australian brew created to be enjoyed in microgravity. From the article: "In the past, NASA has also sponsored studies on space beer, and whether or not the popular beverage can be brewed in space.
Why does that make me feel that we're getting closer to this?:
"Clevon is lucky to be alive. He attempted to jump a jet ski from a lake into a swimming pool and impaled his crotch on an iron gate. But thanks to advances in stem cell research and the fine work of Doctors Krinsky and Altschuler, he should regain full reproductive function again."
Alan Panezic, is making it clear that that's not want RIM is looking for.
Want the fuck does that mean?
They need this app.
At around $250 you can get a stylus that will go up to 50kHz.
Which is completely useless, as there isn't the slightest bit of evidence humans can hear ultrasonics.
[Citation needed]
Even if they could, most speakers can't reproduce them (and certainly not with any accuracy),
If by "most speakers" you mean ones you find a Walmart, sure. But most mid grade speakers usually have no problem hitting 25kHz or more +/-3db.
assuming they weren't deliberately filtered out somewhere during the recording and mastering process, as they almost certainly would have been. Any ultrasonic signal loud enough to even potentially be audible could cause all sorts of problems with a host of electronic circuits, tape decks and other devices in the recording / mixing / mastering loop.
Not to mention the fact most of the ultrasonics picked up by any stylus are probably harmonics and noise - all of it pure distortion - much of it caused by the needle ringing like a little bell as it's struck by the walls of the groove. Or they're harmonics and distortion and noise coming from the microphones, preamps, mixing decks, tape decks, equalizers, compressors or the mastering equipment itself. In other words, a bunch of power-robbing crap that only serves to distort the signal below 20kHz that actually is audible to humans.
You seem a bit confused about how digital and analog recording work and are ham-handedly mixing all kinds of issues up.
There are no cases where vinyl "sounds better" due to any properties of the format.
Citation needed.
The vinyl master may have been better equalized or better compressed, but the format itself is pure unadulterated junk, and has been for 50 years.
What compression? Again, you are talking out of you ass. Compression is a relatively recent occurrence,or at least in the way it is being applied these days. Regardless, it the vinyl format is better equalized then it sounds better. It's irrelevant if one format is better than the other, you put garbage in, you get garbage out.
Vinyl was obsolete by the 1960's, and should have and probably would have been replaced by something better if the American electronics firms of the time weren't being run by halfwits and incompetents. I've always been surprised RCA didn't attempt to roll out their capacitance disk as an audio format first before trying to deploy it as a video format, but it was stuck in development hell for well over a decade and I suppose it's a miracle it ever made it to market at all with that bunch of clowns running the place.
The Dutch and Japanese finally got around to doing something about it by the late 1970's. Well, somebody had to. Vinyl sucks.
What format was available to the consumer in the late 1960's or 1970's that was so much better? reel-to-reel was a good format for it's day, but had limitations. Plus it was hard to find albums in that format. Or are you trying to tell me that 8-track and cassette was better?
Human hearing range maxes out in extreme cases at 22khz.
Few people can hear beyond 20. Most people are at 16-19khz.
It's been some time since I've had my hearing checked but I "maxed out" at 23kHz, or rather. Which is a double edged sword. It's can be rather annoying when you can hear things that no one else can. This was especially fun in grade school.
I know that my hearing is still better than most as I had a echo-cardiogram recently and could hear some of the pulses which the tech could not. I can only guess that they were reflections or something as the standard frequencies should be well above what is audible for humans.
millions of indie and electronic singles still get pressed. From a DJ's perspective, the vinyl market has been growing immensely over the past 3-5 years (although it never really died to begin with).
This, of course, sucks since Technics is no longer manufacturing the 1200s in the way that it used it up until a couple years ago, without argument the best turntables ever to grace the planet.
From a DJ perspective the 1200 was the best. But direct drive is going add audible rumble to non club music. Any model VPI is going to be a better home turntable.
And the vinyl is limited by the fact that a record player is made with real physical bits that can only vibrate so fast and such.
Yes, and a $80 to $200 stylus can be had that is capable of exceeding 22kHz You can easily hit 25kHz in that price range. At around $250 you can get a stylus that will go up to 50kHz. Here's a Grado that has a frequency response of 10 Hz to 60 kHz.
I'm not saying that Vinyl is better in all aspects compared to a CD, because it's not. But there are cases where vinyl does sound better.
...which start at about 15 grand. At that point, buy the DVD-A.
No, they start at $12K: http://www.elpj.com/purchase/index.html
Or you can pick one up on ebay for $10K: http://cgi.ebay.com/ELP-Laser-Turntable-Play-records-w-laser-Last-one-left-/170538526748?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b4e3681c
If you've got a way to receive and watch over the air media during a power outage, I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.
These usually get you by for short periods: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=234&name=UPS%20Battery%20Backup%20700VA%20and%20more
These work well for a interim solution or if you are in a suburbant area: http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/style/gasoline-generators.php?source=goog&keyword=gas%20generator&gclid=CLr-oNanoaQCFVVx5Qod-Ce27Q
And these for areas where you need to worry about extended periods: http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/stories/38-How-to-Pick-the-Perfect-Whole-House-Generator.html
Of course you could also have solar panels or other means of producing electricity as well. I'll make sure to contact you if I ever start a news letter. ;-)
Sears' appliances have always been rebranded units from the major mfrs, i.e. whirlpool, GE, etc., so their quality decline is due to the other brands.
Their customer service went into a severe nosedive about 2-3 years ago.
That's about the time K-Mart bought them.
While in the UK I was rather shocked to see the speed limits are still in mile per hour.
Downloading over my connection would take... 19 hours, less than a day. There's no reason for me to lose even 15 minutes going to the store instead of 15 seconds setting up the download in my computer.
You must have one hell of a connection. In theory (Comcast) I could download 50GB that fast too, but in practice not so much. I'd also have to question the ability of a company to be able to even come close to the bandwidth needed to upload a hugely popular game in the first couple of weeks of it's release, let alone a blockbuster movie. Avatar supposedly sold 4 million copies on the first day. Granted may were not Bluray, but still, does anyone have that kind of upload bandwidth?
I won't. I can redownload it whenever I want.
And 19 hours later (at best) you can install your game or watch you HD movie.
Downloading IS the instant gratification. Bluray disappears with high speed download which, aparently you don't have but lots of people have already.
Blueray will only live for those who live with five year old technology, which is fine and reasonable, for five years.
I would guess that 750K DSL is still considered high speed and probably faster than what most in the US have. Regardless, I don't see how downloading is instant gratification. You're going to wait much longer for a HD movie or any modern game even at the best residential speeds currently available. You do realize that five year old (or older) tech is not always worse than the newest shiny one don't you? I'm guessing Bluray will have a higher quality product than down-loadable content for some time.
You know what really happens when you throw a frog in a cauldron with boiling water?
You season it just right and have frog legs for dinner?
There wasn't really a boy who cried "Wolf" either. But it's a useful parable to describe a situation.
Never use the same lie more than two times?