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  1. Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    In other words, there's no accounting for taste.

  2. Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    Huh? You say you're an audio engineer and prefer MP3? There is so much wrong with that.

  3. Meh. on Quick Boot Linux Hopes To Win Over Windows Users · · Score: 1

    It's been done- Damn Small Linux. Not as pretty but wicked fast.

  4. Re:Doesn't Sound so Bad on MS Critical Patch Fixes 8 Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Whew. Forgot about that.

  5. When the going gets idiodic... on How Do You Stay Upbeat Amidst the Idiocy? · · Score: 1

    ...the idiots go pro.

  6. My sig... on How Do You Stay Upbeat Amidst the Idiocy? · · Score: 1

    ...nuff said.

  7. Other pics here on Lenovo's New ThinkPad Has 2 LCD Screens, Weighs 11 Pounds · · Score: 2, Informative
  8. Just don't do it on Prevent Gmail From Emailing Under the Influence · · Score: 1

    I've drunk-dialed and drunk emailed too many times. So I quit drinking. If you need technology to tell you you're too messed up to be online, you might as well just give up and get an AOL account.

  9. Re:I am Winnie Cooper! on Winnie Wrote a Math Book · · Score: 1

    Sounds to me like you're just missing out on coffee.

  10. Re:Question about the process... on Giant Microwave Turns Plastic Back to Oil · · Score: 2, Informative

    I used to fix microwaves for a living, and spent a year working in the Carter-Hoffmann http://www.carter-hoffmann.com/ engineering department, and I learned a few things along the way. Another quality of 2.4gig is the depth at which it penetrates food- about an inch or so. This is good for most foods. GE made a model years ago that operated at 2.4 and also a lower frequency (switchable) to better handle more delicate foods like pastries. The lower setting penetrated food more deeply but had a lower energy per square inch so it was easier on delicate foods during the cooking process.

  11. Re:What makes a 'single' structure on Largest Object in the Universe Discovered · · Score: 1

    There is more to this than just gravity. Gravity as a force is actually the weakest force we can experience. Consider the electromagnetic force that keeps atoms intact. Gravity is but a weak player in this worls\d. We can fall down and not fall through the ground because of the electromagnetic force. Gravity is so weak it takes the entire earth to make us stick to its surface.

  12. Re:excuse me? on Largest Object in the Universe Discovered · · Score: 1

    It seems to this commentator to be related to a programming concept of objects. While I understand that, I just have a problem with describing such a large field as an object. There are too many things we just aren't sure about, such as dark matter, string theory and MOND. If we are to say that such an accretion of matter is to be defined as an abject, then who's to say that our "local system" is not an object unto itself?

  13. excuse me? on Largest Object in the Universe Discovered · · Score: 1

    This is an agglomeration of objects, not an "object" unto itself. I just don't get it. What's the big deal? If I'm missing something, please let me know.

  14. Re:That's a pretty bold statement... on Dark Energy May Be Changing · · Score: 1

    1 + 1 = 3, for large values of 1.

  15. archiving on How to Keep Music for Forty Years? · · Score: 1

    If it's really important, just save it to a wav and keep your hardware. Save it on a hard disk and keep the computer. You can always get the analog signal back that way, and all you have to do is hold on to the computer. Machines 20 years from now may not recognize the drive, so you'll need the original machine, and wav is lossless.

  16. uninformed users ruin it for everyone on 'Geek Speak' Confuses Net Users · · Score: 1

    There's a communication system that lots of people use and that has the potential to reach a great many people all over the world- it's not that complicated and it has been a hobby of many for years: ham radio. And it requires a lisence to be an operator. Question is: why can any fool with a computer get online without having to learn the basics first? Doesn't it make sense that to keep the online world safe and productive for everyone there should be an education and lisencing program? We need a lisence to drive, broadcast, own a gun, etc. Why not being online? It affects millions when so many users are ignorant of how to be responsible online, and the education we try to give does not seem to be working.

  17. Re:Lossless compression does exist.-not on Build High-End Audio System w/ Hard Drive Storage? · · Score: 1

    The very notion of "lossless copmression" is faulty. If you compress, you lose. I don't get lossless compression. How can you substitute one thing for another and then get it back the same way? Don't give me the math, I want to hear the difference. In fact, let me here the difference signal between a lossless compression file and the original wav. Of course, I am assuming there will be a difference signal, because there will, in fact, be one- not just residual noise, but an actual signal representing lost musical information.

    For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, what I mean is I want to hear one signal subtracted from another- take the original and subtract the "lossless" signal from it. See what you get. You will get something. It will be the lost information from the original track. I have heard it.

  18. ask Triode Electonics on What Can Be Done with a Tube Collection? · · Score: 1

    You could see if they will take the collection off your hands:

    http://www.triodeelectronics.com/

    I've dealt with them before and they are fair and wise in the ways of thermionics.

  19. Re:If we're very, very lucky... on Imagining Titan · · Score: 1

    Actually you would not be able to see Saturn through Titan's atmosphere. Apparently only one person knew that, Ron Miller:

    planetary.org/saturn/contest/ron_miller_1024.jpg

  20. Re:Damn on Last Manufacturer of Pro Analog Audio Tape Closes · · Score: 1

    >>Humans are also more willing to tolerate noise in video than in audio:

    Good point. Probably because hearing bandwidth is much larger than sight- 19,000 vs. about 340.

    (I know, sound and electromagnetism are apples and oranges, but how would you like it if you could only hear from 3,000hz to 3,340hz?)