Gut guess is the page being used to help infected clients find their C&C server, like this - http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-hackers-turla-communicate-malware-britney-spears-instagram-comment-2017-6
first off, let me emphasize the importance of spending the larger part of your allotment on speakers- especially the front (main) speakers. Outside of the quality of the recording you're listening to, speakers have the most impact on sound, by far.
granted, the quality/configuration of your components will also have an influence, but trust me, the speakers are the most important part.
when i went shopping for speakers and a reciever a while ago, I listened to many, many, many speakers from $500/pair to $2500/pair. What I ended up with was a pair of definitive technology BP8 bi-polar speakers that were $800/pair. Bi-polar speakers have speakers on both sides of the speaker tower and boast incredible imaging- I have had some amazing experiences listening to these speakers and I would highly reccomend checking them out.
Of course, the main thing you need to do is go out and do what I did. Pick out a few cds and go out and listen to many, many, many speakers. Also go to more than one store, or at least talk to more than one person. Speaker choices are, to a large extent, a matter of taste, so don't put too much stock in what people say- While a lot of people rave about B&Ws, Dynaudios, Infinitys, Snells, etc, I thought the def tech bp8s were, by far, the best bang for the dollar. But you probably won't agree, which is fine, just make sure you let your ears decide for themselves.
Also, different music styles and different recordings sound different on different speakers- I bought my speakers because I tend to listen to a lot of fairly dense music, and they do a really good job of creating 'space'and separating different instruments. But they don't sound as good for straight-up rock, but since I think most rock albums are poorly recorded and i don't really listen to Don Caballero closely, so much as I listen to it LOUDLY, it doesn't much matter to me.
Anyway, go out and listen- And make sure you listen to some speakers out of your price range, so you have something to judge the others by.
Gamers are used to operating within and accepting a system of carefully crafted rules. Software is nothing, if not a set of rules. As complexity increases, not only in the rules but also in the devices, synapses are dedicated to adapting, not creating. Those who are trained to adapt are optimal device operators.
If gamers were the ones developing these new paradigms, I would be much more impressed, but the PS2 was the product of trained electrical engineers (among other professionals), very few of whom, I imagine, were making trips to the mall to buy 12 sided dice ten years ago. The kids in my classes who were really really smart, the kind of people who are media innovators, were bored by games. That's why they became innovators.
In my experience, gamers are largely responsible for highly derivative output, which is not necesarilly their fault- There are maybe five different types of games (when you really get down to it), and this is because this is what the market demand is. Wildly divergent games are not made. Those who would really challenge the gaming industry (and for that matter the music, or publishing industry) to create a more interesting product don't make up enough of the market to warrant it.
Basically, gamers (definitions vary, but just playing video games does not make you a gamer) are the future plumbers of tommorow- Only they'll be installing routers in people's houses and making sure port xxxx is open so Bob and Tammy can configure/inventory their fridge from work.
Here's what happenned to one local provider. I have several clients who are using their wireless solution, and they were having serious latency issues for a while that I could tell were occuring over the wireless link.
What I later found out, was that there was another wireless provider with equipment on the buildings roof and their frequency ranges were bleeding into one another or something like that. It sounds a little bit like the wild west, insofar as I'm not sure who's going to be there to regulate that stuff.
Also, note that in Louisville, where spring can bring some fairly ridiculous storms, foul weather is know to adversly affect the wireless link quality, as well. I think it's most due to the wireless equipment being tossed around.
At this point, I'm WAY more comfortable recommending traditional connectivity solutions.
Well, since somebody already asked the question about commercialization of Dune, I thought I'd go on and point out a Dune concept album that was recorded in 1997 and released in 1999, I think. You can't tell from the picture, but the album cover also features Pi to 100 digits.
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Gut guess is the page being used to help infected clients find their C&C server, like this - http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-hackers-turla-communicate-malware-britney-spears-instagram-comment-2017-6
first off, let me emphasize the importance of spending the larger part of your allotment on speakers- especially the front (main) speakers. Outside of the quality of the recording you're listening to, speakers have the most impact on sound, by far.
granted, the quality/configuration of your components will also have an influence, but trust me, the speakers are the most important part.
when i went shopping for speakers and a reciever a while ago, I listened to many, many, many speakers from $500/pair to $2500/pair. What I ended up with was a pair of definitive technology BP8 bi-polar speakers that were $800/pair. Bi-polar speakers have speakers on both sides of the speaker tower and boast incredible imaging- I have had some amazing experiences listening to these speakers and I would highly reccomend checking them out.
Of course, the main thing you need to do is go out and do what I did. Pick out a few cds and go out and listen to many, many, many speakers. Also go to more than one store, or at least talk to more than one person. Speaker choices are, to a large extent, a matter of taste, so don't put too much stock in what people say- While a lot of people rave about B&Ws, Dynaudios, Infinitys, Snells, etc, I thought the def tech bp8s were, by far, the best bang for the dollar. But you probably won't agree, which is fine, just make sure you let your ears decide for themselves.
Also, different music styles and different recordings sound different on different speakers- I bought my speakers because I tend to listen to a lot of fairly dense music, and they do a really good job of creating 'space'and separating different instruments. But they don't sound as good for straight-up rock, but since I think most rock albums are poorly recorded and i don't really listen to Don Caballero closely, so much as I listen to it LOUDLY, it doesn't much matter to me.
Anyway, go out and listen- And make sure you listen to some speakers out of your price range, so you have something to judge the others by.
Gamers are used to operating within and accepting a system of carefully crafted rules. Software is nothing, if not a set of rules. As complexity increases, not only in the rules but also in the devices, synapses are dedicated to adapting, not creating. Those who are trained to adapt are optimal device operators.
If gamers were the ones developing these new paradigms, I would be much more impressed, but the PS2 was the product of trained electrical engineers (among other professionals), very few of whom, I imagine, were making trips to the mall to buy 12 sided dice ten years ago. The kids in my classes who were really really smart, the kind of people who are media innovators, were bored by games. That's why they became innovators.
In my experience, gamers are largely responsible for highly derivative output, which is not necesarilly their fault- There are maybe five different types of games (when you really get down to it), and this is because this is what the market demand is. Wildly divergent games are not made. Those who would really challenge the gaming industry (and for that matter the music, or publishing industry) to create a more interesting product don't make up enough of the market to warrant it.
Basically, gamers (definitions vary, but just playing video games does not make you a gamer) are the future plumbers of tommorow- Only they'll be installing routers in people's houses and making sure port xxxx is open so Bob and Tammy can configure/inventory their fridge from work.
Here's what happenned to one local provider. I have several clients who are using their wireless solution, and they were having serious latency issues for a while that I could tell were occuring over the wireless link. What I later found out, was that there was another wireless provider with equipment on the buildings roof and their frequency ranges were bleeding into one another or something like that. It sounds a little bit like the wild west, insofar as I'm not sure who's going to be there to regulate that stuff. Also, note that in Louisville, where spring can bring some fairly ridiculous storms, foul weather is know to adversly affect the wireless link quality, as well. I think it's most due to the wireless equipment being tossed around. At this point, I'm WAY more comfortable recommending traditional connectivity solutions.
Well, since somebody already asked the question about commercialization of Dune, I thought I'd go on and point out a Dune concept album that was recorded in 1997 and released in 1999, I think. You can't tell from the picture, but the album cover also features Pi to 100 digits.