I can't begin to imagine what intelligent person would be willing to risk the level of retribution and prosecution after getting caught in the middle of a internet warfare.
People who don't understand the internet, networks, computers? Like... (i'm generalazing and assuming here, and we all know how dangerous that is).... like.. most, if not all of the old, old-school world leaders? Especially those who don't bother to appoint "with-it" advisors.. or worse... fail to listen to advise?
Hell yeah I think a net war is far more likely than a shooting war. And thanks to IoT, one can lead to the other. Yay! Skynet!
I have a very nice Thorens turntable.. in storage, along with about 12 linear feet of LPs.
I have fountain pens, wind-up watches. THe watches see use weekly. The pens, not so much. Quick notes are better served by pencil, imo. I used fountain throughout the late 70's well into the 90's, when writing was replaced by computer writing.
I enjoy all that old tech tremendously and may return the tube stuff to service.... when I get around to fixing the power amp.
But there is no force on this earth that will get me back to tape. It was the most compromised, asinine, fragile format whose only saving grace was the ability to make my own mixtapes... the second I got into MP3 tape was over. First with a Diamond Rio, then an iRiver, and then just whatever phone I have on me.
Anyone remember seemingly miles of tapes strung from a random fence? Or a deck eating a tape? Or having to reset the azimuth because all your tapes sound like dreck?
I had cassette and reel to reel, and the second I got good results with MP3 all the tape machines I had hit ebay. Even the built-like-a-tank geek-gorgeous Pioneer RT707, and that thing was the source of much hypnosis, staring at the reels and meters while the music poured out of the speakers. Don't miss it.
I do miss the turntable, I need to get that back in operation. One day. Not a priority right now.
The real "magic" tape decks of the 50's - 90's were the ones that ran two-inch tape at 15 inches / second. And that was super expensive. I think $200 for ten minutes is the last I heard, and I think that was for Squirrel Nut Zipper's "Hot"
These new tape decks are 1/4 inch, which are really not made for studio recording, no matter what their looks try to portray.
The topic is too complex to be easily addressed in any kind of civilized manner, but I think the digital / analog debate can be summarized as such: Early digital capture, 44khz PCM is crap. Yet 44khz PCM playback is OK. Well-mastered, analog-born sound played back on CD sounds wonderful.
The real breakthrough was DSD. Capture it in DSD and the playback will sound as warm and rich as any two-inch Ampex machine from the past, especially if equal care is put into the mikes, the miking, etc.
Too complex to easily address here. It *will* de-evolve into flames, namecalling and tiny closed minds.
Wreck-It Ralph: 8 times. Brave: 7 times Cars 2: 2 times Rush (the one about F1 in 1976) 1 time Bridge of Spies, 1 time Force Awakens: 3 times Zootopia: 5 times
Speak for yourself. I know a few other peeps that binge Pixar (and the odd Disney) at the theaters. Because 50 foot screens is still a thing.
But yes, 99.9% of the stuff from the studios is still dreck, unfit for even one watching.
I've read that the fourth-generation Apple TV can do this.
It does. I have one. If I search using siri or global search (it CANNOT be the app's own search!) then the ATV will find any and all versions of what you're looking for, and give a choice of apps to open with.
It's *already* like this, and has been for fucking AGES. There's almost *always* a restaurant or six, and an arcade, and an ice-cream joint, and clothing stores and... I could go on 'til i VOMIT.
What else is there left to glob on to a movie night?
Maybe when they fully legalize weed* I'll pick up a few magic cookies at the concession stand before I go into the room. That way while the previews and ads play I get baaaaaaaaaaked, while supporting the moviehouse (That's what concessions are for, folks - they make no $ with the movie itself)
* It's coming. No one can stop it. Not Sessions, not anyone.
You work 16 hours a day? You think other people "only" work 12 hours a day? Do you live in a third-world country?
I average... one hour of "TV"* per day. I don't work in a 3-rd world country, I work in south florida (oh wait, that's kinda a 3-rd-world country, or at least, it feels so to me)
Let's see..
My "40 hours a week" tech job really maps to 50 hours, because of the typical IT bullshit. Y'all know what I'm on about here. Then there's the commute -- I spent an average of THREE hours a day trapped in my mini. I like driving, but this *isn't* driving, it's being trapped in south florida commute hell - Palmetto Expressway and into Calle 8. Fuck me with a chainsaw, I hate it so.
And it's been like this for years. 40 hours a week is a myth. I am trying my damnest to change it, to get closer to that.. but the phone just don't ring like it used to, y'knowwhatImean?
Probably not.
* Defined as one hour of a program of my choice, on my schedule, not what the broadcasters put out. Right now? I'm on a My Little Pony: FIM bend. That's my one hour a day.
"our bigger vision is to build a night at the movies," including by guiding users to a meal before or after seeing a film.
Um.. isn't that how movie night works already? I mean, when I was 7 and saw Star Wars in Plaza I in Plaza las Americas, PR, there was a nice dress-up restaurant called "Sancho Panza" right next to the theater. And a Baskin-Robbins to the other side. Dinner and a movie, done.
WHen I went to see Empire Strikes Back at the same theater 3 years later, Sancho Panza gave way to Burger King and Arby's. The Baskin Robbins was still there. Dinner and a move, done.
When I went to see Return of the Jedi 3 years after that, they had built 3 more theaters in the 3rd floor, right in "La Terraza" -- a food court. Dinner and a movie, done.
So.., what, exactly, is this goon on about?! I know I've forsaken the moviehouses for my own home theater, but the last few times I've been to a movie I've had dinner either before, or after, in close proximity to the moviehouse. Things have changed but they've not changed that drastically: In general, there's always food somewhere near the theater, usually walking distance.
Seriously, my phone. It goes where I go, and if I keep the list in apple notes, then it's cloudified and i can hit it from my PC or ipad or from any browser, really.
Alternatively, a... a.. *GASP* I can't say it in this day and age!
A... s small spiral-bound notebook, be it hinged at top or at the side, and a trusty old Pentel.5mm pencil. Like a really, really old one like the P225. I have at least half a dozen. Yeah. One of them dates to 1978 or so. That one has a place of honor on my piano, it's from 4th grade.
Hey, you asked. Sometimes the oldest of tools are still the best...
A pair of 1987 Klipsch Fortes in Oiled Walnut hooked up to a Panasonic XR-55 receiver, to which my PC is hooked up via tape loop. I can dump vinyl to MP3, I can order via Amazon, I can do many things.
Hosting yet another spy in my house isn't one of them. Sorry.
have any other countries/societies/cultures fallen so far, so quickly, due to their own stupidity, as suddenly as the US?
Na, our slide has been going on for quite a while now. See my sig.
Yes, that far ago.
Basically, after Apollo, it's been one long slide, only in the past 20 years has it been really accelerating and becoming quite apparent. And this guy now? The \ has turned into a |
And it ain't just us, bub. It's the UK, too. And Japan had their moment of "oh... shit.." what.. 20 years ago and are *still* recovering?
music listeners these days value convenience over quality and actually owning their music.
^^ That. People couldn't be bothered with proper turntable setup, so their mass-market "record changers" ruined the sound (and the records.) So Cassette took over. Then CD took over Cassette. And now "nothing" took over. I call it "nothing" because I can't hold it in my hand, I can't file in my shelves, it's here now gone tomorrow if you didn't make backups - or if the $STREAMER decides to pull it.
Convenience wins. Every time. No matter of the other way is the better way. People just can't be bothered.
There's that slim faction that *can* be bothered, and we're the ones lamenting the passing of the physical.
You can have my sheet music when you pry it off my cold dead fingers!
Seriously, I go there every now and then to buy the latest Pixar (or Disney, if it is worth it) Blu-Ray. Last one was Cars 3 a couple of months ago.
The shelves (all the shelves, not just media) are bare. Product is arranged in a manner reminiscent of a bad comb-over. You can tell at a glance it's a sick store. Has the same desperate air of death as the local R/C store before it died.
I get it, CD and Blu-Ray are not the primary method of content aqcuisition for Most People.
I wager those who read here are not Most People.
What does CD and Blu-Ray offer ME that the more hip / convenient formats don't?
Permanence. Presence. Some of us still like shelves well-stocked with books, CDs, dvd/blu-ray, records.
I'm fairly certain one day, not too far, the pendulum will swing back to physical.. especially when people start realizing what they like to watch / listen can be dropped by the $STREAMER at their whim.
Example: I LOOOOOOVE Animaniacs. I have the entire thing on DVD, right here in my shelves. I watched them on Netflix, or played 'em while I did other stuff. Then Netflix dropped them. I said "No biggie, they're all here right here. I can watch whenever" Then Hulu picked 'em up in January, and I watch 'em again. Convenience wins, but so does having a physical backup. The point I'm stressing is... the streamer can drop your favorites like a bad habit, and then what? Get on Facetwat and whine like a bitch, or just reach into your shelf and pop one into the player? Spend hours looking for the stuff to pir8, or just pop one into the player? To each their own, but I know what method I prefer.
And that is what will swing the pendulum back. It's *GOOD* to have that shelf full of cool stuff. Sucks when one has to move house, but looks awesome when lit by spotlights and frankly, has a comforting quality to it -- much like a library. Remember those? A building where one could go and read to one's heart's content? Lined wall to wall and floor to ceiling with books?
As for music, I buy CD, then rip to MP3 for the phone and the ipod in the car. Do I liste to the CD again? Sure! IF i have the time, I'll listen to a whole album, accompanied by some distilled spirit or by some other mood enhancer - by spinning the CD in a player.
What guarantee do I have that if I buy all 7 seasons of $SHOW or a complete collection of all $MOVIES by $DIRECTOR on a streaming service or itunes or similar.. what guarantee do I have that they'll be there 10 years from now?
Yes, to me, *that's* important. Permanence. Everything in my life has been too goddamn fleeting to have things which help my sanity become fleeting as well.
The one place I was at that allowed work from home saw me being much more productive. No cubicle drive-bys. No distractions. No ruckus from the surroundings.
A pox on those short-sighted employers who insist on chaining us to the stupid desks. Seriously. I hate it.
I wonder if google sells to more than just advertisers. Imagine this scenario
A prospective employer is interested in candidate Juan Pingalarga. Wouldnâ(TM)t it be nice if big data could tell the employer âoemr Pinagalarga frequents hentai websites, searches for my little pony, watches firearms vids on YouTube and reads anti-government propaganda. It is our AIâ(TM)s evaluation that mr pingalarga would be a liability to your company. Do not hire. âoe
No, what we've done is stuck our heads in the sand, (a metaphorical way of run to the hills) instead of dying in a flash of the blade, with our boots on.
We let the military-industrial complex rule our lives. We lost.
Every ad-writing person, ever: We did our job right!
Adverts work by either appeal or by being annoying. But eventually one does learn to tune them out.. either by applying the brain filter, or by adblocking before it gets to the brain.
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I can't begin to imagine what intelligent person would be willing to risk the level of retribution and prosecution after getting caught in the middle of a internet warfare.
People who don't understand the internet, networks, computers? Like... (i'm generalazing and assuming here, and we all know how dangerous that is) .... like.. most, if not all of the old, old-school world leaders? Especially those who don't bother to appoint "with-it" advisors.. or worse... fail to listen to advise?
Hell yeah I think a net war is far more likely than a shooting war. And thanks to IoT, one can lead to the other. Yay! Skynet!
I have vacuum tube hi-fi stuff, in storage.
I have a very nice Thorens turntable.. in storage, along with about 12 linear feet of LPs.
I have fountain pens, wind-up watches. THe watches see use weekly. The pens, not so much. Quick notes are better served by pencil, imo. I used fountain throughout the late 70's well into the 90's, when writing was replaced by computer writing.
I enjoy all that old tech tremendously and may return the tube stuff to service .... when I get around to fixing the power amp.
But there is no force on this earth that will get me back to tape. It was the most compromised, asinine, fragile format whose only saving grace was the ability to make my own mixtapes... the second I got into MP3 tape was over. First with a Diamond Rio, then an iRiver, and then just whatever phone I have on me.
Anyone remember seemingly miles of tapes strung from a random fence? Or a deck eating a tape? Or having to reset the azimuth because all your tapes sound like dreck?
I had cassette and reel to reel, and the second I got good results with MP3 all the tape machines I had hit ebay. Even the built-like-a-tank geek-gorgeous Pioneer RT707, and that thing was the source of much hypnosis, staring at the reels and meters while the music poured out of the speakers. Don't miss it.
I do miss the turntable, I need to get that back in operation. One day. Not a priority right now.
The real "magic" tape decks of the 50's - 90's were the ones that ran two-inch tape at 15 inches / second. And that was super expensive. I think $200 for ten minutes is the last I heard, and I think that was for Squirrel Nut Zipper's "Hot"
These new tape decks are 1/4 inch, which are really not made for studio recording, no matter what their looks try to portray.
The topic is too complex to be easily addressed in any kind of civilized manner, but I think the digital / analog debate can be summarized as such: Early digital capture, 44khz PCM is crap. Yet 44khz PCM playback is OK. Well-mastered, analog-born sound played back on CD sounds wonderful.
The real breakthrough was DSD. Capture it in DSD and the playback will sound as warm and rich as any two-inch Ampex machine from the past, especially if equal care is put into the mikes, the miking, etc.
Too complex to easily address here. It *will* de-evolve into flames, namecalling and tiny closed minds.
I don't even mess with the built-in "snipping" toy WIndows has, I just use Snagit.
I've written plenty of documentation and "THIS is how you do it!" emails with it, it's an IT nerd's best friend.
In Theaters:
Wreck-It Ralph: 8 times.
Brave: 7 times
Cars 2: 2 times
Rush (the one about F1 in 1976) 1 time
Bridge of Spies, 1 time
Force Awakens: 3 times
Zootopia: 5 times
Speak for yourself. I know a few other peeps that binge Pixar (and the odd Disney) at the theaters. Because 50 foot screens is still a thing.
But yes, 99.9% of the stuff from the studios is still dreck, unfit for even one watching.
so... every politician, ever?
I've read that the fourth-generation Apple TV can do this.
It does. I have one. If I search using siri or global search (it CANNOT be the app's own search!) then the ATV will find any and all versions of what you're looking for, and give a choice of apps to open with.
You must be a bot, or braindead. Governments and Corporations, in general, ignore the very rules they hold us to.
..you must think in Russian.
Think Russian.
*whooooosh*
Is it just me, or does this seem fairly petty and petulant?
Politics are petty and petulant. It's all about appearances.
Derrrrp, that's my point...... duuuude.
It's *already* like this, and has been for fucking AGES. There's almost *always* a restaurant or six, and an arcade, and an ice-cream joint, and clothing stores and ... I could go on 'til i VOMIT.
What else is there left to glob on to a movie night?
Maybe when they fully legalize weed* I'll pick up a few magic cookies at the concession stand before I go into the room. That way while the previews and ads play I get baaaaaaaaaaked, while supporting the moviehouse (That's what concessions are for, folks - they make no $ with the movie itself)
* It's coming. No one can stop it. Not Sessions, not anyone.
You work 16 hours a day? You think other people "only" work 12 hours a day? Do you live in a third-world country?
I average... one hour of "TV"* per day. I don't work in a 3-rd world country, I work in south florida (oh wait, that's kinda a 3-rd-world country, or at least, it feels so to me)
Let's see..
My "40 hours a week" tech job really maps to 50 hours, because of the typical IT bullshit. Y'all know what I'm on about here.
Then there's the commute -- I spent an average of THREE hours a day trapped in my mini. I like driving, but this *isn't* driving, it's being trapped in south florida commute hell - Palmetto Expressway and into Calle 8. Fuck me with a chainsaw, I hate it so.
And it's been like this for years. 40 hours a week is a myth. I am trying my damnest to change it, to get closer to that.. but the phone just don't ring like it used to, y'knowwhatImean?
Probably not.
* Defined as one hour of a program of my choice, on my schedule, not what the broadcasters put out. Right now? I'm on a My Little Pony: FIM bend. That's my one hour a day.
"our bigger vision is to build a night at the movies," including by guiding users to a meal before or after seeing a film.
Um.. isn't that how movie night works already? I mean, when I was 7 and saw Star Wars in Plaza I in Plaza las Americas, PR, there was a nice dress-up restaurant called "Sancho Panza" right next to the theater. And a Baskin-Robbins to the other side. Dinner and a movie, done.
WHen I went to see Empire Strikes Back at the same theater 3 years later, Sancho Panza gave way to Burger King and Arby's. The Baskin Robbins was still there. Dinner and a move, done.
When I went to see Return of the Jedi 3 years after that, they had built 3 more theaters in the 3rd floor, right in "La Terraza" -- a food court. Dinner and a movie, done.
So.., what, exactly, is this goon on about?! I know I've forsaken the moviehouses for my own home theater, but the last few times I've been to a movie I've had dinner either before, or after, in close proximity to the moviehouse. Things have changed but they've not changed that drastically: In general, there's always food somewhere near the theater, usually walking distance.
Seriously, my phone. It goes where I go, and if I keep the list in apple notes, then it's cloudified and i can hit it from my PC or ipad or from any browser, really.
Alternatively, a... a.. *GASP* I can't say it in this day and age!
A... s small spiral-bound notebook, be it hinged at top or at the side, and a trusty old Pentel .5mm pencil. Like a really, really old one like the P225. I have at least half a dozen. Yeah. One of them dates to 1978 or so. That one has a place of honor on my piano, it's from 4th grade.
Hey, you asked. Sometimes the oldest of tools are still the best...
Truth be told, I prefer paper and pencil..
How about a sliding cover for the Lightning port? Mine keeps getting clogged with pocket lint, even after periodical blowing out with canned air.
A pair of 1987 Klipsch Fortes in Oiled Walnut hooked up to a Panasonic XR-55 receiver, to which my PC is hooked up via tape loop. I can dump vinyl to MP3, I can order via Amazon, I can do many things.
Hosting yet another spy in my house isn't one of them. Sorry.
Is that you Pinkie Pie? Is this me?
have any other countries/societies/cultures fallen so far, so quickly, due to their own stupidity, as suddenly as the US?
Na, our slide has been going on for quite a while now. See my sig.
Yes, that far ago.
Basically, after Apollo, it's been one long slide, only in the past 20 years has it been really accelerating and becoming quite apparent. And this guy now? The \ has turned into a |
And it ain't just us, bub. It's the UK, too. And Japan had their moment of "oh... shit.." what.. 20 years ago and are *still* recovering?
music listeners these days value convenience over quality and actually owning their music.
^^ That. People couldn't be bothered with proper turntable setup, so their mass-market "record changers" ruined the sound (and the records.) So Cassette took over. Then CD took over Cassette. And now "nothing" took over. I call it "nothing" because I can't hold it in my hand, I can't file in my shelves, it's here now gone tomorrow if you didn't make backups - or if the $STREAMER decides to pull it.
Convenience wins. Every time. No matter of the other way is the better way. People just can't be bothered.
There's that slim faction that *can* be bothered, and we're the ones lamenting the passing of the physical.
You can have my sheet music when you pry it off my cold dead fingers!
Seriously, I go there every now and then to buy the latest Pixar (or Disney, if it is worth it) Blu-Ray. Last one was Cars 3 a couple of months ago.
The shelves (all the shelves, not just media) are bare. Product is arranged in a manner reminiscent of a bad comb-over. You can tell at a glance it's a sick store. Has the same desperate air of death as the local R/C store before it died.
I get it, CD and Blu-Ray are not the primary method of content aqcuisition for Most People.
I wager those who read here are not Most People.
What does CD and Blu-Ray offer ME that the more hip / convenient formats don't?
Permanence. Presence. Some of us still like shelves well-stocked with books, CDs, dvd/blu-ray, records.
I'm fairly certain one day, not too far, the pendulum will swing back to physical.. especially when people start realizing what they like to watch / listen can be dropped by the $STREAMER at their whim.
Example: I LOOOOOOVE Animaniacs. I have the entire thing on DVD, right here in my shelves. I watched them on Netflix, or played 'em while I did other stuff. Then Netflix dropped them. I said "No biggie, they're all here right here. I can watch whenever" Then Hulu picked 'em up in January, and I watch 'em again. Convenience wins, but so does having a physical backup. The point I'm stressing is... the streamer can drop your favorites like a bad habit, and then what? Get on Facetwat and whine like a bitch, or just reach into your shelf and pop one into the player? Spend hours looking for the stuff to pir8, or just pop one into the player? To each their own, but I know what method I prefer.
And that is what will swing the pendulum back. It's *GOOD* to have that shelf full of cool stuff. Sucks when one has to move house, but looks awesome when lit by spotlights and frankly, has a comforting quality to it -- much like a library. Remember those? A building where one could go and read to one's heart's content? Lined wall to wall and floor to ceiling with books?
As for music, I buy CD, then rip to MP3 for the phone and the ipod in the car. Do I liste to the CD again? Sure! IF i have the time, I'll listen to a whole album, accompanied by some distilled spirit or by some other mood enhancer - by spinning the CD in a player.
What guarantee do I have that if I buy all 7 seasons of $SHOW or a complete collection of all $MOVIES by $DIRECTOR on a streaming service or itunes or similar.. what guarantee do I have that they'll be there 10 years from now?
Yes, to me, *that's* important. Permanence. Everything in my life has been too goddamn fleeting to have things which help my sanity become fleeting as well.
The one place I was at that allowed work from home saw me being much more productive. No cubicle drive-bys. No distractions. No ruckus from the surroundings.
A pox on those short-sighted employers who insist on chaining us to the stupid desks. Seriously. I hate it.
I wonder if google sells to more than just advertisers. Imagine this scenario
A prospective employer is interested in candidate Juan Pingalarga. Wouldnâ(TM)t it be nice if big data could tell the employer âoemr Pinagalarga frequents hentai websites, searches for my little pony, watches firearms vids on YouTube and reads anti-government propaganda. It is our AIâ(TM)s evaluation that mr pingalarga would be a liability to your company. Do not hire. âoe
Far-fetched? Too cray cray to be plausible?
No, what we've done is stuck our heads in the sand, (a metaphorical way of run to the hills) instead of dying in a flash of the blade, with our boots on.
We let the military-industrial complex rule our lives. We lost.
Maybe if more people listened to and learned from Iron Maiden we would not be in this mess
Every ad-writing person, ever: We did our job right!
Adverts work by either appeal or by being annoying. But eventually one does learn to tune them out.. either by applying the brain filter, or by adblocking before it gets to the brain.