I know many friends who have used higher compression on their FLAC files and, with my gear, I can clearly hear the artifacts. I realize most people won't but I've got mostly high end stuff, and I always burn in both my audio and network cables before using them and mark them with directional arrows (only with pvc-free tape and audio-grade markers) so that the don't get installed backwards after they've been burned in.
I'm amazed at how many people can't seem to grasp the fine points of lossless compression for audio work. I find most non-audiophiles expect that lossless means that what you put in exactly matches what you put out. I can tell you first hand, though, that when you spend as much money on gear as I have, you recognize that perfection comes from not just the bits, but the purity in which the bits are delivered. They may be the same ones and zeros, but a discerning ear can always tell the difference in the various lossless formats when listening to the color and soundstage of the reproduced performance.
10' interface works exceptionally well. Ask any TiVo user. Simple, intuitive, complete. Thing is, for $170 a year, most consumers expect more content than guide data and software updates, or at least access to your shows and recorded data. The industry hated the concept of TiVo and killed the real content (no cable or sat for you!), the users hated the restrictions that kept them from the content they'd recorded and limitations on what could be played from their own network. TiVo puts everything else to shame when it comes to controls and useful simplicity. Really, any TV control box that I can plug in, hand my wife the remote and manual, and walk away is an absolute winner.
The interface already exists, but it will be under patent lock and key for another decade.
HD was Steve Jobs fault. He was afraid that nobody would design an app for his 1024x768 screen when they had just redesigned the app for the iPhone's 960x640 screen. So what does he do? He locks out the 960x640 versions on the iPad, forcing a pixel doubled 480x320 screen even when the higher resolution version existed.
I wanted to throw a chair at him for that bit of assholishness.
Hope it works better than it did mid-2011, since the client turned out to be DOA with the box I bought. I gave up after a month and sold it. I use a JB appleTV now, though since we all have iDevices, we could have just used the plex client and streamed. (Oh, why doesn't apple open up the TV to apps?)
Um, no. High velocity objects in a pressure vessel at 35,000 feet surrounded by several thousand pounds of jet fuel is a bad idea no matter how you stack it up.
Keeping the weapons to small blades and blunt objects is reasonable. The only reason 9/11 went off with utility knives was that until that day, if you sat down and stayed quiet, the worst that would happen is that you might land in a spot different from your destination and it might take you a couple extra hours to disembark. Now that we all know the rules have changed, the passive hijacking is not an option in the US.
Actually, Texas is pretty closet to break-even, receiving 95c back from the feds for every dollar in taxes paid, so it would matter, but not that much.
That sounds like a good idea. Can we add a couple of new programs: No Child Permitted to Word and No Child Permitted to PowerPoint? I think that would go a long way to fixing the schools!
Take the iPad out of China; sell it in all the surrounding countries. Anybody know what the sales number is for iPads in mainland China? Apple can take the Chinese strategy of just "wait them out." It's not like the iPad market is going to live or die on Chinese sales, and they're already worried about meeting demand for iPads every time a new one pops up.
Meanwhile, get an agent to pursue purchase of the assets of the nearly defunct ProView.
They are the worlds worst police at this. I have a friend with at least 4 alter-egos (all with foolish names and celebrity profile pics) that uses them to help him out in facebook gaming. I think there are a couple he doesn't use anymore, but they're all still out there and active.
There are so many things an employee can screw up online, I though most of the corporate and government employers would prefer you not be on a social network.
As for the question - who cares? Business accounts are business accounts. You can blog and facebook and plus all you want for the company with a company account. Just to let your business and personal life (accounts) mix. What's so hard about that?
Talk about a bad fucking shot. If I were the man behind the trigger I would never show my face again. The copter was several times the size of a clay pigeon, moving very slowly, and it took - what - 6 shots to nick the thing. Now it sounded like he was using a rifle, not a shotgun, which makes it a bit more challenging (why did you bring a rifle to a shotgun fight anyway?). Piss poor marksmanship, imho.
You'd think they'd be better shots - that thing wasn't moving nearly as fast as a clay pigeon.
Of course, I was quite disappointed in the video - they really needed to keep a better zoom/focus on the copter. Also, with the camera on board, I would have expected some video of the shooter's position. Overall a lackluster confrontation.
FTFS "individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording."
What part of recording (presumably production) did Mr. Jobs specifically pioneer? He was the CEO of a company who convinced the labels it was a good thing to sell songs a la carte over the internet, but that has nothing to do with the production of music - it's simply part of the retail chain. And, even then, is Jobs the right recipient? Should we give the grammy for an album to the CEO of the record label who signed the year's top artist? They were, after all, the guiding vision that found the talent and promoted it.
Yeah, but Apple already gave everyone a free bumper who wanted one. The problem is that it solves the antenna issue, but causes the phone to be the wrong size for every docking connector made for the phone, including all "compatible" and official Apple accessories when installed. I just hold mine differently (really, it almost feels like someone else is holding it). Seems like a lawsuit that should never have been dismissed early based on Apple's official response.
Interesting. I use grapefruit seed oil in a nasal irrigator, but switched to an antibiotic ointment last time and it worked just as well (but without the bitter aftertaste). The logic makes sense, though I'm surprised there's enough of anything in the steam of the linked article to actually do anything.
If it's a real, bacterial sinus infection, I hope that you got a combo amox+clavulanic acid - Augmentin is one of the common brand names.
Take this with the same weight you take random people giving you suggestions on the internet:
Use a nasal rinse (neti pot or irrigation bottle - I always use the latter, as it helps when you need a bit more than gravity to clear)
use it 4-5 times a day, in addition to and in place of blowing your nose. Your nose will thank you.
if you are adventurous, put in a dab of neosporin (I know, ointment - it won't want to emulsify; shake it well) or grapefruit seed oil (weird, an bitter, but mildly anti-bacterial)
***use a good thermometer heat your water to 101-102F before putting it in the bottle, adding the salt (and antibac) - you want that water just a hair over body temp when you squirt it into your nose. It's the difference between very little sensation and remembering the last time you got water up your nose at a swimming pool.
If your sinuses are filling up at night, ask the doc for Ipratropium Bromide (Atrovent, a spray). No, it's not really meant for drying up sinuses, but it works like nothing you've ever seen. Use it after the last nasal rinse at night, and again after a nasal rinse about 1-2am. Half the normal dosing is typically enough.
Wanna keep the juices flowing and expel as much as possible during the day? Mucinex/guiafenisen.
I have problems with sinusitis (get it following even the most minor colds), and it used to put me out of commission for up to 3 weeks, then about a week with Augmentin. Now they are annoying, and I'm at half power for a day or two (or three), but I don't need antibiotics to kick it any more.
I find that an isotonic rinse (i prefer the squeeze bottle) it not terrifically effective at eliminating my sinusitis when it happens, but in combination with a topical antibiotic does tend to work.
After several years of increasingly frequent sinusitis, and going to larger (and more expensive) doses of Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid, I decided to take the advice of one of my friends goofy mothers and get a bottle of grapefruit seed oil. I figured it couldn't hurt, why not? It took abuot 2 years to get the routine down: Well, I managed to kick one with a combo of ipratropium bromide (a prescription nasal spray which really dries out the sinuses) at night when I couldn't effectively clear my sinuses regularly and guiafenisen during the day when I could, plus ~4-5 rinses a day. I skipped the grapefruit treatment once - the stuff is bitter as all hell - and it was no joy. Added it back and the infection went away. Tried the no-grapefruit option the next time - again no relief. It got so bad I went to the doctor and got a prescription for 875/125 Amox/Clav, but in talking with him about it, he suggested trying some neosporin* ointment in the rinse. Yup...worked in 2 days and I skipped the Amox treatment.
It sounds weird, but the logic works - keep the growth media out of the sinuses (reduce flow at night, increase and expel during the day), apply a "topical" antibiotic to the affected area, and flush the area clean regularly. The IpBromide is like $12 without health insurance coverage, and lasts me probably 3-4 treatment courses. I just wish I could find an aqueous suspension of anti-bacterial to use in the rinse, as the ointment is hard to emulsify in 100F water and it leaves a bit of a film in the irrigation bottle.
*I've used neosporin many times to help heal a bloody nose due to maceration of the tissue on my septum from blowing my nose too much, at the recommendation of a doctor, so it's not surprising that small amounts are not really a concern for the mucous membranes in your sinuses.
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I know many friends who have used higher compression on their FLAC files and, with my gear, I can clearly hear the artifacts. I realize most people won't but I've got mostly high end stuff, and I always burn in both my audio and network cables before using them and mark them with directional arrows (only with pvc-free tape and audio-grade markers) so that the don't get installed backwards after they've been burned in.
I'm amazed at how many people can't seem to grasp the fine points of lossless compression for audio work. I find most non-audiophiles expect that lossless means that what you put in exactly matches what you put out. I can tell you first hand, though, that when you spend as much money on gear as I have, you recognize that perfection comes from not just the bits, but the purity in which the bits are delivered. They may be the same ones and zeros, but a discerning ear can always tell the difference in the various lossless formats when listening to the color and soundstage of the reproduced performance.
Perhaps at release, but in just 3 months the iP4 came out, and yet the higher res was still blocked. It's still blocked today. Why?
10' interface works exceptionally well. Ask any TiVo user. Simple, intuitive, complete. Thing is, for $170 a year, most consumers expect more content than guide data and software updates, or at least access to your shows and recorded data. The industry hated the concept of TiVo and killed the real content (no cable or sat for you!), the users hated the restrictions that kept them from the content they'd recorded and limitations on what could be played from their own network. TiVo puts everything else to shame when it comes to controls and useful simplicity. Really, any TV control box that I can plug in, hand my wife the remote and manual, and walk away is an absolute winner.
The interface already exists, but it will be under patent lock and key for another decade.
What do you call a small, disabled/inert object flowing through your circulatory system? A stroke waiting to happen.
HD was Steve Jobs fault. He was afraid that nobody would design an app for his 1024x768 screen when they had just redesigned the app for the iPhone's 960x640 screen. So what does he do? He locks out the 960x640 versions on the iPad, forcing a pixel doubled 480x320 screen even when the higher resolution version existed.
I wanted to throw a chair at him for that bit of assholishness.
Of course you can remain silent. You just have to write the password down in that case.
Hope it works better than it did mid-2011, since the client turned out to be DOA with the box I bought. I gave up after a month and sold it. I use a JB appleTV now, though since we all have iDevices, we could have just used the plex client and streamed. (Oh, why doesn't apple open up the TV to apps?)
Um, no. High velocity objects in a pressure vessel at 35,000 feet surrounded by several thousand pounds of jet fuel is a bad idea no matter how you stack it up.
Keeping the weapons to small blades and blunt objects is reasonable. The only reason 9/11 went off with utility knives was that until that day, if you sat down and stayed quiet, the worst that would happen is that you might land in a spot different from your destination and it might take you a couple extra hours to disembark. Now that we all know the rules have changed, the passive hijacking is not an option in the US.
Why does every Republican except Dick Cheney hate gays? Simple - Cheney's daughter is gay, so it's personal to him.
Most people have a very hard time with empathy, and politicians seem to be some of the worst.
Actually, Texas is pretty closet to break-even, receiving 95c back from the feds for every dollar in taxes paid, so it would matter, but not that much.
That sounds like a good idea. Can we add a couple of new programs: No Child Permitted to Word and No Child Permitted to PowerPoint? I think that would go a long way to fixing the schools!
Buzzkill.
We prefer the term long pork, thankyouverymuch.
Take the iPad out of China; sell it in all the surrounding countries. Anybody know what the sales number is for iPads in mainland China? Apple can take the Chinese strategy of just "wait them out." It's not like the iPad market is going to live or die on Chinese sales, and they're already worried about meeting demand for iPads every time a new one pops up.
Meanwhile, get an agent to pursue purchase of the assets of the nearly defunct ProView.
Well, at least someone from Kansas City was here on slashdot to confirm your rant.
They are the worlds worst police at this. I have a friend with at least 4 alter-egos (all with foolish names and celebrity profile pics) that uses them to help him out in facebook gaming. I think there are a couple he doesn't use anymore, but they're all still out there and active.
There are so many things an employee can screw up online, I though most of the corporate and government employers would prefer you not be on a social network.
As for the question - who cares? Business accounts are business accounts. You can blog and facebook and plus all you want for the company with a company account. Just to let your business and personal life (accounts) mix. What's so hard about that?
Talk about a bad fucking shot. If I were the man behind the trigger I would never show my face again. The copter was several times the size of a clay pigeon, moving very slowly, and it took - what - 6 shots to nick the thing. Now it sounded like he was using a rifle, not a shotgun, which makes it a bit more challenging (why did you bring a rifle to a shotgun fight anyway?). Piss poor marksmanship, imho.
You'd think they'd be better shots - that thing wasn't moving nearly as fast as a clay pigeon.
Of course, I was quite disappointed in the video - they really needed to keep a better zoom/focus on the copter. Also, with the camera on board, I would have expected some video of the shooter's position. Overall a lackluster confrontation.
FTFS "individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording."
What part of recording (presumably production) did Mr. Jobs specifically pioneer? He was the CEO of a company who convinced the labels it was a good thing to sell songs a la carte over the internet, but that has nothing to do with the production of music - it's simply part of the retail chain. And, even then, is Jobs the right recipient? Should we give the grammy for an album to the CEO of the record label who signed the year's top artist? They were, after all, the guiding vision that found the talent and promoted it.
Yeah, but Apple already gave everyone a free bumper who wanted one. The problem is that it solves the antenna issue, but causes the phone to be the wrong size for every docking connector made for the phone, including all "compatible" and official Apple accessories when installed. I just hold mine differently (really, it almost feels like someone else is holding it). Seems like a lawsuit that should never have been dismissed early based on Apple's official response.
Most of his supporters are still being paid using them.
*ducks*
Interesting. I use grapefruit seed oil in a nasal irrigator, but switched to an antibiotic ointment last time and it worked just as well (but without the bitter aftertaste). The logic makes sense, though I'm surprised there's enough of anything in the steam of the linked article to actually do anything.
If it's a real, bacterial sinus infection, I hope that you got a combo amox+clavulanic acid - Augmentin is one of the common brand names.
Take this with the same weight you take random people giving you suggestions on the internet:
Use a nasal rinse (neti pot or irrigation bottle - I always use the latter, as it helps when you need a bit more than gravity to clear)
use it 4-5 times a day, in addition to and in place of blowing your nose. Your nose will thank you.
if you are adventurous, put in a dab of neosporin (I know, ointment - it won't want to emulsify; shake it well) or grapefruit seed oil (weird, an bitter, but mildly anti-bacterial)
***use a good thermometer heat your water to 101-102F before putting it in the bottle, adding the salt (and antibac) - you want that water just a hair over body temp when you squirt it into your nose. It's the difference between very little sensation and remembering the last time you got water up your nose at a swimming pool.
If your sinuses are filling up at night, ask the doc for Ipratropium Bromide (Atrovent, a spray). No, it's not really meant for drying up sinuses, but it works like nothing you've ever seen. Use it after the last nasal rinse at night, and again after a nasal rinse about 1-2am. Half the normal dosing is typically enough.
Wanna keep the juices flowing and expel as much as possible during the day? Mucinex/guiafenisen.
I have problems with sinusitis (get it following even the most minor colds), and it used to put me out of commission for up to 3 weeks, then about a week with Augmentin. Now they are annoying, and I'm at half power for a day or two (or three), but I don't need antibiotics to kick it any more.
YMMV
I find that an isotonic rinse (i prefer the squeeze bottle) it not terrifically effective at eliminating my sinusitis when it happens, but in combination with a topical antibiotic does tend to work.
After several years of increasingly frequent sinusitis, and going to larger (and more expensive) doses of Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid, I decided to take the advice of one of my friends goofy mothers and get a bottle of grapefruit seed oil. I figured it couldn't hurt, why not? It took abuot 2 years to get the routine down: Well, I managed to kick one with a combo of ipratropium bromide (a prescription nasal spray which really dries out the sinuses) at night when I couldn't effectively clear my sinuses regularly and guiafenisen during the day when I could, plus ~4-5 rinses a day. I skipped the grapefruit treatment once - the stuff is bitter as all hell - and it was no joy. Added it back and the infection went away. Tried the no-grapefruit option the next time - again no relief. It got so bad I went to the doctor and got a prescription for 875/125 Amox/Clav, but in talking with him about it, he suggested trying some neosporin* ointment in the rinse. Yup...worked in 2 days and I skipped the Amox treatment.
It sounds weird, but the logic works - keep the growth media out of the sinuses (reduce flow at night, increase and expel during the day), apply a "topical" antibiotic to the affected area, and flush the area clean regularly. The IpBromide is like $12 without health insurance coverage, and lasts me probably 3-4 treatment courses. I just wish I could find an aqueous suspension of anti-bacterial to use in the rinse, as the ointment is hard to emulsify in 100F water and it leaves a bit of a film in the irrigation bottle.
*I've used neosporin many times to help heal a bloody nose due to maceration of the tissue on my septum from blowing my nose too much, at the recommendation of a doctor, so it's not surprising that small amounts are not really a concern for the mucous membranes in your sinuses.