Um, with all due respect, you're way off. It's like the old joke says, "Why is it women are smiling so much on their wedding day? Because they'll never have to give a blowjob again"
This article makes me feel good. Despite my wifes inability (her story) or unwillingness (makes sense to me) to have sex every single night, I still have no desire to cheat on her. I always thought that it made me a sucker, but it turns out I have the sucker.... er, monogamy gene.
Just remember, married man myth number 1: Once you're married, you'll never have to masturbate again. Oh ho! That's, um, not true by a long shot.
It's designed by Microsoft to answer user complaints of "System Idle Processes" using up so much CPU. This can almost guarantee to lower the resource hog that is "System Idle Processes".
Yeah. I had a similar experience. I once got se baked and flew a transatlantic flight from New York to London without time compression in MSFS. When I was done, I ended up turning my hard drive into a bong.
For some reason, this reminds me of the DARE education I received in jr/sr high school. At the time, I didn't do drugs (nor did any of my friends . . . we were all nerds). But I had this overwhelming feeling that what they were telling me was bullshit (at least parts of it).
"Marijuana is a gateway drug. If you smoke pot you'll be using heroin within a few weeks" Really? Those stoners who got high before school don't do heroin, and actually manage better grades than we do.
"If you share files you'll go to jail and your life will be ruined." Really? 2/3rds of my high school class illegally download music, and yet they haven't been harassed by the cops.
All stuff like this does is make kids mistrust authority. If they were honest--"Pot is okay in moderation, but heroin is really, really bad", or "having a few mp3s on your computer is not a big deal, but selling bootleg DVDs on the street corner is bad"--they'd probably be a little more effective.
As someone recently diagnosed with a neurological condition, given drugs to treat it, given drugs to deal with the side effects, and now am on drugs to treat my psychological reaction to it, I've seen first hand how certain drugs can alter your mood and even change your perspective.
One drug they have me on makes it impossible for me to get upset about anything. If we could isolate what it is that makes the brain do that, put it into an airborne form and spray it over an enemy, then we could simply march in and say "We are taking your land, your government and your freedom", and their response would be (in a semi-zombie state) "Oh. Okay. I hope you enjoy it".
I've wished for a "dynamics compression" module so I could watch a movie where the music wasn't thundering while the speech is berely audible.
Many modern receivers have something called "dark mode", which corrects that to a certain extent. It's designed to make it easier to watch movies at night while people are sleeping, so that the thunderous music and special effects sounds are toned down so you can still hear the dialogue, all at acceptable volume levels.
Agreed. This guy should be held up as an online hero. For playing on our home computers, the format he's encoding at is fine. If he didn't do it, we wouldn't have it.
FLAC is great. But it still can't capture the nuances of vinyl, and for most of his targeted audience, it's kind of pointless. MP3 is easy and will fit the needs of most people's ears.
I use FLAC to encode CDs onto my HTPC for my home stereo. As far as I can tell, it's indistinguishable from the CD. But the CD itself isn't that great of a format. SACD or DVDA is better (much better), but I've still a love for the common record.
(Marantz Turntable, Marantz receiver, Paradigm studio 80 loudspeakers = joy)
It should be noted that what this guy is trying to do is bring a lot of the more obscure music into the modern age. While a 128kbps mp3 doesn't provide the best sound quality, at least it's listenable.
If you're that worried about sound quality, run down to your local used record shop and pick up the 78s yourself.
The record is not necessarily a lossy format. While pure digital (mp3s encoded at 320+) gives you a lot of good sound, it still can't compete with the warmth and depth of old fashioned vinyl. I realize a lot of people will disagree with this, but most of those people haven't listened to a record on a high quality turntable through a good amplifier playing on really good speakers.
The difference is highly noticeable.
Sadly, you'll find more folks listening through the speakers that came with their fancy new Dell claiming the difference can't be heard.
Imagine the spam. "Free oil additives that make you feel younger and more virile. Just drive to 110 148th street without your owner. Make sure you bring your keys for a bonus offer"
It's far less, depending on the maneuver. A few years back, I fired up MSFS to see how long it would take from takeoff until I hit a big building. For example, taking off from KLAX and immediately heading towards the First Interstate building . . . less than 90 seconds in a B747.
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Um, with all due respect, you're way off. It's like the old joke says, "Why is it women are smiling so much on their wedding day? Because they'll never have to give a blowjob again"
This article makes me feel good. Despite my wifes inability (her story) or unwillingness (makes sense to me) to have sex every single night, I still have no desire to cheat on her. I always thought that it made me a sucker, but it turns out I have the sucker.... er, monogamy gene.
Just remember, married man myth number 1: Once you're married, you'll never have to masturbate again. Oh ho! That's, um, not true by a long shot.
It's designed by Microsoft to answer user complaints of "System Idle Processes" using up so much CPU. This can almost guarantee to lower the resource hog that is "System Idle Processes".
So, Sen Obama's entire science policy can be summed up by "Error establishing a database connection"?
Interesting.
Yeah. I had a similar experience. I once got se baked and flew a transatlantic flight from New York to London without time compression in MSFS. When I was done, I ended up turning my hard drive into a bong.
I made this, and it's public domain. Use as you will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNXg-02aA_w
For some reason, this reminds me of the DARE education I received in jr/sr high school. At the time, I didn't do drugs (nor did any of my friends . . . we were all nerds). But I had this overwhelming feeling that what they were telling me was bullshit (at least parts of it).
"Marijuana is a gateway drug. If you smoke pot you'll be using heroin within a few weeks" Really? Those stoners who got high before school don't do heroin, and actually manage better grades than we do.
"If you share files you'll go to jail and your life will be ruined." Really? 2/3rds of my high school class illegally download music, and yet they haven't been harassed by the cops.
All stuff like this does is make kids mistrust authority. If they were honest--"Pot is okay in moderation, but heroin is really, really bad", or "having a few mp3s on your computer is not a big deal, but selling bootleg DVDs on the street corner is bad"--they'd probably be a little more effective.
I don't see how "care", or simply hugging children implies a spiritual civilization.
However, a very old, primitive society implies spiritualism.
As someone recently diagnosed with a neurological condition, given drugs to treat it, given drugs to deal with the side effects, and now am on drugs to treat my psychological reaction to it, I've seen first hand how certain drugs can alter your mood and even change your perspective.
One drug they have me on makes it impossible for me to get upset about anything. If we could isolate what it is that makes the brain do that, put it into an airborne form and spray it over an enemy, then we could simply march in and say "We are taking your land, your government and your freedom", and their response would be (in a semi-zombie state) "Oh. Okay. I hope you enjoy it".
All without firing a shot.
Yes. Once we've gotten their minds, it's their sweet, delicious human hearts that we'll be after.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
I've wished for a "dynamics compression" module so I could watch a movie where the music wasn't thundering while the speech is berely audible.
Many modern receivers have something called "dark mode", which corrects that to a certain extent. It's designed to make it easier to watch movies at night while people are sleeping, so that the thunderous music and special effects sounds are toned down so you can still hear the dialogue, all at acceptable volume levels.
Yes, but without the up-modding of the post, would we really know how fucking awesome it really is?
They aren't really purists. They are audio snobs. There's a difference.
Agreed. This guy should be held up as an online hero. For playing on our home computers, the format he's encoding at is fine. If he didn't do it, we wouldn't have it.
FLAC is great. But it still can't capture the nuances of vinyl, and for most of his targeted audience, it's kind of pointless. MP3 is easy and will fit the needs of most people's ears.
I use FLAC to encode CDs onto my HTPC for my home stereo. As far as I can tell, it's indistinguishable from the CD. But the CD itself isn't that great of a format. SACD or DVDA is better (much better), but I've still a love for the common record.
(Marantz Turntable, Marantz receiver, Paradigm studio 80 loudspeakers = joy)
Because Apple hates you and wants you to suffer.
It should be noted that what this guy is trying to do is bring a lot of the more obscure music into the modern age. While a 128kbps mp3 doesn't provide the best sound quality, at least it's listenable.
If you're that worried about sound quality, run down to your local used record shop and pick up the 78s yourself.
The record is not necessarily a lossy format. While pure digital (mp3s encoded at 320+) gives you a lot of good sound, it still can't compete with the warmth and depth of old fashioned vinyl. I realize a lot of people will disagree with this, but most of those people haven't listened to a record on a high quality turntable through a good amplifier playing on really good speakers.
The difference is highly noticeable.
Sadly, you'll find more folks listening through the speakers that came with their fancy new Dell claiming the difference can't be heard.
Oooh! A stale lollipop and a handgun. Thanks HAL!
and will only drive to places on Apple's white list.
So, in other words, will only drive to Starbucks?
Robot cars? Glowing red headlamps?
Sounds like we're on the verge of the werecar.
Imagine the spam. "Free oil additives that make you feel younger and more virile. Just drive to 110 148th street without your owner. Make sure you bring your keys for a bonus offer"
Oh, if only Linux cost money. Then the Chinese would feel more inclined to pirate it, and there wouldn't be this sort of mistake.
So, we're to assume that the IOC owns the copywrite on tortured monks? Wow. They're more powerful than I thought.
Did you prove her right?
It's far less, depending on the maneuver. A few years back, I fired up MSFS to see how long it would take from takeoff until I hit a big building. For example, taking off from KLAX and immediately heading towards the First Interstate building . . . less than 90 seconds in a B747.