The 44.1 vs. 96 kHz difference is more subtle, requiring someone with top-notch hearing (very rare), headphones that can accurately reproduce frequencies above 20 kHz, and 96 kHz DAC hardware that does not have a bandpass filter starting at 16 kHz. If you fail to verify even one of those requirements, you would expect no one to be able to hear the difference, because there won't be any difference.
And that's really the heart of the matter, right there. I can hear the difference between uncompressed and compressed. No, really, I can. However, I do all my listening, these days, in conditions where 256 mp3 is just fine. Headphones at work, through my iMac at home, through the nice home stereo but while I'm doing stuff. For that, the tradeoff between space and quality makes uncompressed not worth the disk space.
They only submit it to production once they are sure it works reasonably well, and they can make a decent margin on it without killing existing product lines.
...Scalia used to occasionally vote with the liberals on civil liberties cases, but he doesn't any more and is now pretty much an elderly partisan crank.
As all these happened in the United States of America, why don't we go back all the way to the beginning of the United States of America - to what the founding fathers had in mind for their new country
You want a return of slavery, an end to women's suffrage, and no standing army?
Where evolution falls flat is trying to claim that...an ape evolved into a human. There is no solid evidence to show that a species can evolve into a different species...We see no evidence that a dog can evolve into something other than a dog.
Huh? No evidence that dogs can evolve into all the different types of dogs, in addition to wolves and coyotes? Really? Also, nobody but creationists claim apes evolved into humans. I'm guessing, though, that you also ignore evidence that apes are genetically very similar to humans? How do you eat with your head stuck in the sand all the time?
Competition (and by that, I mean *real* competition, none of this "we'll create health care exchanges that cut off private companies at the knees so the only thing left is the government option" bullshit) breeds innovation and lower costs.
Yes, because competition in health insurance worked so well...oh, what's the point?
b) As an engineer, if you're debugging in front of millions of people, you F'ed up! You design your system, prototype it, test it, scale it, then build it. If you're debugging on "go day," you are a colossal failure.
Yes because when you launch something, real-world usage always goes the way you've predicted.
Have you actually worked on projects that have been released?
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The 44.1 vs. 96 kHz difference is more subtle, requiring someone with top-notch hearing (very rare), headphones that can accurately reproduce frequencies above 20 kHz, and 96 kHz DAC hardware that does not have a bandpass filter starting at 16 kHz. If you fail to verify even one of those requirements, you would expect no one to be able to hear the difference, because there won't be any difference.
And that's really the heart of the matter, right there. I can hear the difference between uncompressed and compressed. No, really, I can. However, I do all my listening, these days, in conditions where 256 mp3 is just fine. Headphones at work, through my iMac at home, through the nice home stereo but while I'm doing stuff. For that, the tradeoff between space and quality makes uncompressed not worth the disk space.
The point isn't that Apple invented this or that. The point is that, as a market leader, others will follow their lead.
They only submit it to production once they are sure it works reasonably well, and they can make a decent margin on it without killing existing product lines.
You're an idiot. iPod sales are down since the launch of the iPhone. Apple doesn't care.
Yeah, Motörhead is the only band I had to put stuff in my ears for during a show. However, they already did the damaging a building thing in Cleveland back in 1984 (the very tour where my ears needed the aforementioned protection).
...Scalia used to occasionally vote with the liberals on civil liberties cases, but he doesn't any more and is now pretty much an elderly partisan crank.
Love that!
Verizon.
As all these happened in the United States of America, why don't we go back all the way to the beginning of the United States of America - to what the founding fathers had in mind for their new country
You want a return of slavery, an end to women's suffrage, and no standing army?
Huh? Apple was a tiny shadow of what it is now and the iPod originally only worked with Macs. Yeah, they were a big bad machine back then.
Have you really never heard of or used the column browser in iTunes?
I think you missed the word "insider".
Wolves are Canine correct? Coyotes are Canine correct?
Just like humans and chimpanzees are both primates, eh?
Where evolution falls flat is trying to claim that...an ape evolved into a human. There is no solid evidence to show that a species can evolve into a different species...We see no evidence that a dog can evolve into something other than a dog.
Huh? No evidence that dogs can evolve into all the different types of dogs, in addition to wolves and coyotes? Really? Also, nobody but creationists claim apes evolved into humans. I'm guessing, though, that you also ignore evidence that apes are genetically very similar to humans? How do you eat with your head stuck in the sand all the time?
What I find interesting is that most atheists are just like religious extremists. Their belief is right and no amount of facts will change their mind.
What facts do you have that should change their minds?
All political BS aside, without saturday delivery wont a lot of people just go over to FedEX or UPS?
I don't know about where you live but UPS doesn't deliver on Saturdays over here. I think FedEx will if you pay extra.
Competition (and by that, I mean *real* competition, none of this "we'll create health care exchanges that cut off private companies at the knees so the only thing left is the government option" bullshit) breeds innovation and lower costs.
Yes, because competition in health insurance worked so well...oh, what's the point?
b) As an engineer, if you're debugging in front of millions of people, you F'ed up! You design your system, prototype it, test it, scale it, then build it. If you're debugging on "go day," you are a colossal failure.
Yes because when you launch something, real-world usage always goes the way you've predicted.
Have you actually worked on projects that have been released?
Not quite as bad as projecting an image of Kim Kardashian onto Big Ben, eh?
Your post was a waste of time. Doesn't matter that it was your time, it was still a waste of time. So says I.
Get it?
You forgot to tell the kids to get off your lawn.
Never happened.
The civil war was actually started by the north.
-1 Southern Apologist Jerk
That's because they never managed to separate religion from politics.
Huh?
That's why they're criminals.
Can't.
So they'll have to start using a different gun. Boo hoo.