"If you're being asked to be the techie, how much math do you know? Do you know Fourier analysis? Sampling theory? Wavelet transforms?"
AAHAHAAHHAAAAHAHAAHAAHAHAAAHAHAHHAAAAA!
Why would you need to know all that to be able to mix music and have a "good ear"?
Whew. That was a good laugh. While I don't discount the fact that intelligence can be handy in the music world, it definitely isn't the be-all end-all.
I used to get really mad about having so many CD's in my car. When I bought a new car, I decided to get a new CD player for it. Since I like a lot of different bands, I had a lot of cd's lying around.
I bought an in dash MP3 cd player. I probably get anywhere from 8-12 albums on each CD, I can use CD-RW's if I want to change it up a little (for instance, if I get a new album of a certain band, I can add it to that RW).
It is awesome to have only 7 discs in the car, instead of close to 50.... I encode the mp3's myself, and on the whole the system sounds rather good to my ears. My only real annoyance with the unit? No gapless playback. It's like the player forgets about the next song it has to play, and all of a sudden has to buffer the beginning of the song after the previous one ends.... mildly annoying, but the benefits outweigh that con.
We actually use repeaters for our pagers. I don't know if the Cell Phone companies would have a "repeater" for the cell phones, but I would imagine they're just a tad more expensive.
We also have a record on file with the FCC that needs renewed every year. I can imagine the license costs for a cell repeater are enormous.....
Yea, that's right. No one would ever want wireless. Heck, I'm gonna take this card out of my laptop 'cause it is so much quicker browsing slashdot through a big fat fucking copper pipe (ffcp)...
Regardless, though, you have a good point for where wires/fiber can be run easily, however, in a smaller town where you may be able to put an antenna up HIGH without worrying about local restrictions, you may be able to service the people better than laying physical wire...
"P.S. You take a greater risk of death every time you step in a car than you run a risk of being sued when you upload a file in Kazaa."
Yes, but you're talking about 2 entirely different things.... Stepping in a car is a requirement for many people to get things done on a day to day basis. People take this risk because the benefits outweigh the costs. On the other hand, most people can get by without sharing files on Kazaa (therefore allowing upload,) hence they can reduce their chances of being sued to ZERO.
Unfortunately, I don't have any real insight to how to solve your problem, but I have researched these cd/mp3/atrac players before.
As a side note, I bought a MiniDisc player/recorder a few years back. Now, when I use it to record from computer, the last few tracks on any disc don't work properly -- so I don't know that I'll be buying a new md player anytime soon.....
But I have looked into CDR/mp3/etc players at the stores. Some of them look pretty cheap (and rather bulky -- as in thick...) I thought about buying a Sony mp3 cd player, but was uncertain as to whether it would play mp3's.... or if you had to convert it to ATRAC (obviously using their software to do so...)
I know that Sony has extensive patents on ATRAC, and any of their products that allow you to record to an mp3-like format probably use this format. To this day, I am unaware of any other software to actually create ATRAC files, but I think that the popularity of mp3 files has overshadowed the attempts to reverse engineer it... That being said, does your model do MP3's as well?
2 different GM dealerships replaced the pinion seal -- which, for those of you who don't know, is the seal where the driveshaft enters the rear axle.
This seal was replaced 3 times, and the rear end kept throwing it's oil all over my exhaust. I became really sensitive to the smell of that burnt oil, and decided to sell the car.
I've had other fun stories with GM as well, with the same car. Now I'm trying Fords.... we'll see how they fare.
Plus, if you're using a bunch of hair dryers, you can also test the air handling system to see if it will keep up with the heat disbursement at the same time!
I have a problem with a friend who, whenever I call him and he's busy, he keeps on working (after hours) and basically ignores me. I spend 5 minutes on the phone (because I'm not patient, but I'm trying to respect the fact that we're still on the phone) because he doesn't pay enough attention to me to actually say "I'm busy, callya back.."
I would think it'd be better to have something with a little more "ooomph", which would probably be a battery -- unless you wanna ride that bike the entire time the radio is on.
But, the parent actually said a hand crank battery replacement... oops. I would think that a battery would be a better choice in this situation in order to "make the charge last". A typical cap isn't going to do much to keep something running if you step off the bike, right?
I have thought about this with Projectors, Laptops, you name it.
Why not make it so that if someone IS that determined, it actually breaks said device so it cannot be used...?
Always thought that would be cool. I've had people break into my car to steal cheap stereos before, and always thought it would be neat do set the stereo up so that it was effectively "dead" if the person tried to use it.
On the other hand, they'd probably just try to sell it to a pawn shop anyways.
Well, I actually was wanting to draw a conclusion to someone near and dear to me -- my parents.
They're pretty well versed about cars (as far as routine maintenance, not necessarily working on them themselves.) I gave them a computer a few years back for christmas, and just did an upgrade a few weekends ago.
I got a call last week saying the internet wasn't working, and the machine is freezing up on startup about 1/3 of the time. Now, they're running 98se and not too keen on the "don't install crapola you don't need".... and they definitely need full time training on "proper" pc use. But I don't have that kind of time.
So, I get called on for support. 4 hours away. Someone uninstalled PCAnywhere. VNC won't listen when the ISP is dialed up... ugh... It's just a pain when what I think is "simple knowledge" about computers isn't known by my parents, or even neighbors on my street.
So I guess I'm just a little touchy when it comes to this. I wish everyone knew a little about everything, but some people just want stuff to work and unfortunately don't understand why stuff from time to time breaks.
Oh yes, in addition. I like microsoft from a usability standpoint, but supporting them blows. Guess that's why I don't do that for a living anymore.
It's high probability because you don't fit the profile of a majority of computer users out there.
Just like me changing out exhausts, oil, intakes, etc on my car doesn't mean that everyone else out there has the time, experience, or desire to do it. In fact, judging by this a majority of cars I see on a day to day basis are falling apart due to neglect.
Same thing in the PC world. Computers that aren't fed properly will bite back at the most inconvenient time.
Agreed that it's a bad idea, but as far as being stranded goes, it really doesn't matter much if the hood won't open.
I've been "stranded" four times so far. 1 flat tire (no need to get under the hood), a loss of a freeze plug, a broken radiator return hose, and a dead fuel pump.
Actually, the fuel pump thing has happened to me twice (2 different cars.) From my experience, if the engine dies and it's not a carbureted (sp?) engine, then there's nothing you can really do in a crunch situation like this but wait for help.
Of course, like everyone else, I'll open the hood an try to see what is wrong, but in each of the situations I've been in, there's nothing I could do at the time. Staring under the hood really didn't help much, and the gauges in the "low rad fluid" section pretty much told me I was out of radiator fluid.
I live in Columbus Ohio. On the off chance that I need gas, it's a given that the price will be anywhere from 1.89/gal to 1.99/gal (for the 87 octane style...)
Now, on the days I DON'T need gas, the price has been as low as 1.59/gal. Why is there such variation? Also, if I go about 20 minutes out of town (to the truck stops) it's pretty steady at about 1.59/gal. What gives with the ups and downs?
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"If you're being asked to be the techie, how much math do you know? Do you know Fourier analysis? Sampling theory? Wavelet transforms?"
AAHAHAAHHAAAAHAHAAHAAHAHAAAHAHAHHAAAAA!
Why would you need to know all that to be able to mix music and have a "good ear"?
Whew. That was a good laugh. While I don't discount the fact that intelligence can be handy in the music world, it definitely isn't the be-all end-all.
I used to get really mad about having so many CD's in my car. When I bought a new car, I decided to get a new CD player for it. Since I like a lot of different bands, I had a lot of cd's lying around.
I bought an in dash MP3 cd player. I probably get anywhere from 8-12 albums on each CD, I can use CD-RW's if I want to change it up a little (for instance, if I get a new album of a certain band, I can add it to that RW).
It is awesome to have only 7 discs in the car, instead of close to 50.... I encode the mp3's myself, and on the whole the system sounds rather good to my ears. My only real annoyance with the unit? No gapless playback. It's like the player forgets about the next song it has to play, and all of a sudden has to buffer the beginning of the song after the previous one ends.... mildly annoying, but the benefits outweigh that con.
Plain old CDs play gapless, though...
We actually use repeaters for our pagers. I don't know if the Cell Phone companies would have a "repeater" for the cell phones, but I would imagine they're just a tad more expensive.
We also have a record on file with the FCC that needs renewed every year. I can imagine the license costs for a cell repeater are enormous.....
There's nothing like seeing George Carlin playing a Catholic priest, attempting to encourage "younger" parishoners with an icon called "Buddy Christ".
That was probably one of the funniest moments in the movie.
Yea, that's right. No one would ever want wireless. Heck, I'm gonna take this card out of my laptop 'cause it is so much quicker browsing slashdot through a big fat fucking copper pipe (ffcp)...
Regardless, though, you have a good point for where wires/fiber can be run easily, however, in a smaller town where you may be able to put an antenna up HIGH without worrying about local restrictions, you may be able to service the people better than laying physical wire...
"P.S. You take a greater risk of death every time you step in a car than you run a risk of being sued when you upload a file in Kazaa."
Yes, but you're talking about 2 entirely different things.... Stepping in a car is a requirement for many people to get things done on a day to day basis. People take this risk because the benefits outweigh the costs. On the other hand, most people can get by without sharing files on Kazaa (therefore allowing upload,) hence they can reduce their chances of being sued to ZERO.
Unfortunately, I don't have any real insight to how to solve your problem, but I have researched these cd/mp3/atrac players before.
As a side note, I bought a MiniDisc player/recorder a few years back. Now, when I use it to record from computer, the last few tracks on any disc don't work properly -- so I don't know that I'll be buying a new md player anytime soon.....
But I have looked into CDR/mp3/etc players at the stores. Some of them look pretty cheap (and rather bulky -- as in thick...) I thought about buying a Sony mp3 cd player, but was uncertain as to whether it would play mp3's.... or if you had to convert it to ATRAC (obviously using their software to do so...)
I know that Sony has extensive patents on ATRAC, and any of their products that allow you to record to an mp3-like format probably use this format. To this day, I am unaware of any other software to actually create ATRAC files, but I think that the popularity of mp3 files has overshadowed the attempts to reverse engineer it... That being said, does your model do MP3's as well?
I owned a 95 Z28. I really liked that car.
2 different GM dealerships replaced the pinion seal -- which, for those of you who don't know, is the seal where the driveshaft enters the rear axle.
This seal was replaced 3 times, and the rear end kept throwing it's oil all over my exhaust. I became really sensitive to the smell of that burnt oil, and decided to sell the car.
I've had other fun stories with GM as well, with the same car. Now I'm trying Fords.... we'll see how they fare.
How about limiting the input on said menu to only allowing you to choose one of the above?
Given, it'd be kind of silly, but it'd also be kind of funny. "See, we're giving you the option..... ummmm..."
Plus, if you're using a bunch of hair dryers, you can also test the air handling system to see if it will keep up with the heat disbursement at the same time!
Wow, that's funny.
I have a friend on Dish Networks. He's got a TIVO from them.
Digital TIVO.
And I am looking into getting Dish. They've got a 2 tuner model TIVO available as well.
I may look into Directv as well because of this whole mess, but Dish seems to have all of the things DirecTV has...
Small wall?
:(
Man, my house must be really small. I don't think I have a single wall in my house that's 15'x10' that doesn't have a window onit.....
You're going to need some sort of storage -- you really want to just leak the hell out of any "excess" output you make on the bike?
I'm not that crazy. I'd rather put the excess energy back into storage so I could enjoy it while I was off of the bike.
Capicitors will assist in smoothing, yes. But I would bet you could put out much more energy than even the cap could supress. Use that excess smartly!
I have a problem with a friend who, whenever I call him and he's busy, he keeps on working (after hours) and basically ignores me. I spend 5 minutes on the phone (because I'm not patient, but I'm trying to respect the fact that we're still on the phone) because he doesn't pay enough attention to me to actually say "I'm busy, callya back.."
That's annoying.
I would think it'd be better to have something with a little more "ooomph", which would probably be a battery -- unless you wanna ride that bike the entire time the radio is on.
But, the parent actually said a hand crank battery replacement... oops. I would think that a battery would be a better choice in this situation in order to "make the charge last". A typical cap isn't going to do much to keep something running if you step off the bike, right?
Take it out for more than 30 seconds.
Then the printer will report it "full". Read your owners manual for more information.
Most epsons I've used do not interface with the cartridge whatsoever -- at least the older ones.
I have thought about this with Projectors, Laptops, you name it.
Why not make it so that if someone IS that determined, it actually breaks said device so it cannot be used...?
Always thought that would be cool. I've had people break into my car to steal cheap stereos before, and always thought it would be neat do set the stereo up so that it was effectively "dead" if the person tried to use it.
On the other hand, they'd probably just try to sell it to a pawn shop anyways.
This is going on your "permanent record".
Just so you know.
Well, I actually was wanting to draw a conclusion to someone near and dear to me -- my parents.
They're pretty well versed about cars (as far as routine maintenance, not necessarily working on them themselves.) I gave them a computer a few years back for christmas, and just did an upgrade a few weekends ago.
I got a call last week saying the internet wasn't working, and the machine is freezing up on startup about 1/3 of the time. Now, they're running 98se and not too keen on the "don't install crapola you don't need".... and they definitely need full time training on "proper" pc use. But I don't have that kind of time.
So, I get called on for support. 4 hours away. Someone uninstalled PCAnywhere. VNC won't listen when the ISP is dialed up... ugh... It's just a pain when what I think is "simple knowledge" about computers isn't known by my parents, or even neighbors on my street.
So I guess I'm just a little touchy when it comes to this. I wish everyone knew a little about everything, but some people just want stuff to work and unfortunately don't understand why stuff from time to time breaks.
Oh yes, in addition. I like microsoft from a usability standpoint, but supporting them blows. Guess that's why I don't do that for a living anymore.
It's high probability because you don't fit the profile of a majority of computer users out there.
Just like me changing out exhausts, oil, intakes, etc on my car doesn't mean that everyone else out there has the time, experience, or desire to do it. In fact, judging by this a majority of cars I see on a day to day basis are falling apart due to neglect.
Same thing in the PC world. Computers that aren't fed properly will bite back at the most inconvenient time.
Agreed that it's a bad idea, but as far as being stranded goes, it really doesn't matter much if the hood won't open.
I've been "stranded" four times so far. 1 flat tire (no need to get under the hood), a loss of a freeze plug, a broken radiator return hose, and a dead fuel pump.
Actually, the fuel pump thing has happened to me twice (2 different cars.) From my experience, if the engine dies and it's not a carbureted (sp?) engine, then there's nothing you can really do in a crunch situation like this but wait for help.
Of course, like everyone else, I'll open the hood an try to see what is wrong, but in each of the situations I've been in, there's nothing I could do at the time. Staring under the hood really didn't help much, and the gauges in the "low rad fluid" section pretty much told me I was out of radiator fluid.
Family Guy quote:
"No...Hot..."
Of course, I'm at work and took your comment literally (got "burned")..
nevermind. I need more sleep.
Speaking of gas prices,
I live in Columbus Ohio. On the off chance that I need gas, it's a given that the price will be anywhere from 1.89/gal to 1.99/gal (for the 87 octane style...)
Now, on the days I DON'T need gas, the price has been as low as 1.59/gal. Why is there such variation? Also, if I go about 20 minutes out of town (to the truck stops) it's pretty steady at about 1.59/gal. What gives with the ups and downs?
Yup, that could be used to tell the tale of this whole ordeal.
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Your sig ties into your comment so well! :)