Better than technics? look at the brand name. Numark?? you have to be kidding. there is a damn good reason they haven't changed much in 10 years, because they are damn solid. Numark is what you buy your little brother to mess around on because you don't want him to touch your Technics.
It seems as thought the trend in dj equiptment lately is to replace lack of skills with better (ie. features that replace skills) equiptment. I know people who cannot mix on regular old tech 1200s and a 2 chan. mixer, they need the latest vestax decks with reverse, 78rpm, whammy bar/whatever + pioneer djm ?000+ with sampler, flanger, filter, ect.... at least to myself the turntable is like a guitar. when you suck at it, you don't go and buy the Fender FuturePlus4500 with infrared strings, and midi fretboard and auto-tune, you practice till your fingers bleed.
With high end CD decks, it's possible to do anything that can be done with a record, and in fact it can be done better
bullshit. ever try and scratch/juggle beats on cd decks, sounds just like the $99 casio keyboard with the 'scratch' button. Name dj who can even come close a good scratch dj on cds and I will give you my soul for a nickel.
But with a CD you won't be damaging your source material when you use it and you can also do some pre-production mixing that is beat-perfect without the risk of live-show error (which is both bad for your reputation and embarassing.)
ie. you suck so bad you have to beat mix your set before hand, so you don't look like a tool, except when you show up to a gig with one cdr and just stand there pretending to be doing your job.
I do agree with the digital lighting control, intelligent lighting has improved leaps and bounds over the last decade.
Now, before you flame, I'm not saying that WalMart is justified in what it's doing, but I do think that the idea of "prices-as-strategy" -- or better yet, Black-Friday-as-the-core-of-our-strategy-to-gain-a dvantage-over-our-competitors -- is something that's not been discussed much.
I suspect they view the overall prices as a kind of "war document" -- much like any war plans that cross the president's desk. There will be a multititude of plans, of course, but part of the tactical decision making process is to sign off on a particular set of a plans, at a specific time, based on specific intelligence.
Still, they are JUST PRICES not propriatary or internal documents, or trade secrets, just prices, I don't think walmart even has the slightest idea of what they are doing. Just reason #298 to not shop at wal-mart... anyway those greeters scare the shit out of me.
Wouldn't it be better and more rewarding to give the money to charity than to just blow up DV camcorders. This seems enormously childish and selfish for no gain *except* the feeling of burning money for nothing but a cheap thrill.
damn hippies.
nah.. not more rewarding. now go hug a tree and eat some granola.
rockets are cooler than charities. at least you know where your cash is going.
I think I got $105 when I brought a bunch of copper wire (really thick stuff) in for recycling, I bet they could have made about 1000 of those things with that, probably closer to 10,000. Definately not a problem, I bet it would be 1% of the total cost of manufaturing. Silicon and other materials are going to top the price scale for this card.
The only thing holding me back is a good text editor. I haven't been able to find one (haven't had time... I know bad excuse). I personally like to use Ultraedit. The only 2 features I really need are:
1. Hex conversion. (all or part of a file) 2. Hex replace. (all or part of a file also)
If anyone can point me to a good editor, I will probably make the switch.
btw. I am not very far up on the IT ladder (quite low, mostly doing extraction of data), but have been given permission to run linux on my box, but just can't find the right editor to do my job at the pace I am currently able to achieve. I do a lot of busy work, so a good editor makes all the differnce.
You can see people dancing and moving and getting emotionally attached to it. That is music, that is art.
The fact that it is candy coated, semi-rebellious crap doesn't make it any less musical then it was in the 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's.......
Music is the voice of the generation, not surprising many don't want to listen, they'd rather dismiss it as garbage. Myself, I'll just live in the past. (And I'm in my 20's)
The problem I have is that the artists with talent and creative music (not this cookie-cutter briney crap) don't get any support from the labels that sign them. If you have a hit, they put you on the top of the world make you do a song with Santana, endorse products, and when your 15 min of fame is through, sweep you away and create a new improved version. I believe they (record labels) fail when they bank on their single/hit based artists who have minimal talent, but media apeal. I will go and buy a album if it is worth listening to, all the way through. These are harder to find these days. I was trying to remember the last time I got excited about a new album coming out.... that must have been 4-5 years ago.
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3 people @ 150 lbs = 450 lbs + weight of landshark + 400cc displacement (less than 60 hp.) = less than 200 mph. It takes high displacement (over 1000cc on most street bikes) to get even close to the 200 mph barrier. I am willing to bet that this thing could barely break 100 mph. 60 hp is pushing it too... most 400cc engines produce much less power (20 - 40 hp range).
"One of the advantages of Windows never mentioned in the article is the ability of Microsoft to remotely deactivate Windows XP in the case of a national emergency."
mabey they could use one of their OSS firewalls to block it...
Another good device for this is an XBox. Just chip it and put in a 120GB hard drive. You can play almost any media with the XBox Media Player software off the HD or streaming from a networked PC. It works really well and is easy to do
Hardly cheap. (xbox @ $199 + mod chip + 120 gig drive @ $150). For this price you could easily build a media box for the living room.
wouldn't it take just as much force to bring one of these babies to a stop? At the type of speeds they are talking about, wouldn't deceleration be a couple of month process?
1. Get a 1/8" to 1/8" cable from Radio Shack 2. Plug one end into a CD player that the CD plays in 3. Plug the other end into your computer 4. Hit "play" on the CD player at the same time you hit "record" on your computer's audio recording program.
99% of people will NOT be able to tell the difference when listening to the "unmakable" CD in their car.
First.. Make sure you get a STEREO cable, not 1/8" mono. (Look b4 you buy)
Second.. The headphone out, which is what I think you are referring to, isn't the best signal to use, if possible use the rca outputs. rca -> 1/8". If you use the headphone out, the bass boost/signal processing can lower the sound quality. Also make sure your headphone output is at a desireable level (+10 will probably cause some distortion.)
"STEP 3: Cancel your previous account If you currently have an AOL account, the TrueSwitch service will be able to cancel your account for you -- just follow the simple instructions. "
MSN comes with a service that cancels your aol account for you... I wonder what else it can do?
since when do you need a full amp instead of just a preamp in your computer.
IMO don't think that is a full amp. Looks like a tube preamp to me. A full amp would probably be much larger/costly, not to mention hot.
"The same reason you don't have solar cells on your car or on your laptop. They simply don't generate nearly enough energy to be worthwhile."
Actually these submersibles use only 1/2 watt, so a solar pannel would probably provide enough power to keep one of these going for a while after surfacing.
what is even upsets me more than this is that the government has over 2 times as many people fighting the "war on drugs" as they do fighting terrorsim on our homefront...
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Better than technics?
look at the brand name.
Numark??
you have to be kidding.
there is a damn good reason they haven't changed much in 10 years, because they are damn solid.
Numark is what you buy your little brother to mess around on because you don't want him to touch your Technics.
It seems as thought the trend in dj equiptment lately is to replace lack of skills with better (ie. features that replace skills) equiptment. I know people who cannot mix on regular old tech 1200s and a 2 chan. mixer, they need the latest vestax decks with reverse, 78rpm, whammy bar/whatever + pioneer djm ?000+ with sampler, flanger, filter, ect.... at least to myself the turntable is like a guitar. when you suck at it, you don't go and buy the Fender FuturePlus4500 with infrared strings, and midi fretboard and auto-tune, you practice till your fingers bleed.
With high end CD decks, it's possible to do anything that can be done with a record, and in fact it can be done better
bullshit. ever try and scratch/juggle beats on cd decks, sounds just like the $99 casio keyboard with the 'scratch' button. Name dj who can even come close a good scratch dj on cds and I will give you my soul for a nickel.
But with a CD you won't be damaging your source material when you use it and you can also do some pre-production mixing that is beat-perfect without the risk of live-show error (which is both bad for your reputation and embarassing.)
ie. you suck so bad you have to beat mix your set before hand, so you don't look like a tool, except when you show up to a gig with one cdr and just stand there pretending to be doing your job.
I do agree with the digital lighting control, intelligent lighting has improved leaps and bounds over the last decade.
Now, before you flame, I'm not saying that WalMart is justified in what it's doing, but I do think that the idea of "prices-as-strategy" -- or better yet, Black-Friday-as-the-core-of-our-strategy-to-gain-a dvantage-over-our-competitors -- is something that's not been discussed much.
I suspect they view the overall prices as a kind of "war document" -- much like any war plans that cross the president's desk. There will be a multititude of plans, of course, but part of the tactical decision making process is to sign off on a particular set of a plans, at a specific time, based on specific intelligence.
Still, they are JUST PRICES not propriatary or internal documents, or trade secrets, just prices, I don't think walmart even has the slightest idea of what they are doing. Just reason #298 to not shop at wal-mart... anyway those greeters scare the shit out of me.
What about vehicles with 3, 5, or 7 axles???
Not to use AOL.
Wouldn't it be better and more rewarding to give the money to charity than to just blow up DV camcorders. This seems enormously childish and selfish for no gain *except* the feeling of burning money for nothing but a cheap thrill.
damn hippies.
nah.. not more rewarding. now go hug a tree and eat some granola.
rockets are cooler than charities. at least you know where your cash is going.
I think I got $105 when I brought a bunch of copper wire (really thick stuff) in for recycling, I bet they could have made about 1000 of those things with that, probably closer to 10,000. Definately not a problem, I bet it would be 1% of the total cost of manufaturing. Silicon and other materials are going to top the price scale for this card.
The only thing holding me back is a good text editor. I haven't been able to find one (haven't had time... I know bad excuse). I personally like to use Ultraedit. The only 2 features I really need are:
1. Hex conversion. (all or part of a file)
2. Hex replace. (all or part of a file also)
If anyone can point me to a good editor, I will probably make the switch.
btw.
I am not very far up on the IT ladder (quite low, mostly doing extraction of data), but have been given permission to run linux on my box, but just can't find the right editor to do my job at the pace I am currently able to achieve. I do a lot of busy work, so a good editor makes all the differnce.
-thanks
when I get time, I should really equip my 486 with a fully functional toaster.
You can see people dancing and moving and getting emotionally attached to it. That is music, that is art.
.......
The fact that it is candy coated, semi-rebellious crap doesn't make it any less musical then it was in the 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's
Music is the voice of the generation, not surprising many don't want to listen, they'd rather dismiss it as garbage. Myself, I'll just live in the past. (And I'm in my 20's)
The problem I have is that the artists with talent and creative music (not this cookie-cutter briney crap) don't get any support from the labels that sign them. If you have a hit, they put you on the top of the world make you do a song with Santana, endorse products, and when your 15 min of fame is through, sweep you away and create a new improved version. I believe they (record labels) fail when they bank on their single/hit based artists who have minimal talent, but media apeal. I will go and buy a album if it is worth listening to, all the way through. These are harder to find these days. I was trying to remember the last time I got excited about a new album coming out.... that must have been 4-5 years ago.
3 people @ 150 lbs = 450 lbs + weight of landshark + 400cc displacement (less than 60 hp.) = less than 200 mph. It takes high displacement (over 1000cc on most street bikes) to get even close to the 200 mph barrier. I am willing to bet that this thing could barely break 100 mph. 60 hp is pushing it too... most 400cc engines produce much less power (20 - 40 hp range).
"One of the advantages of Windows never mentioned in the article is the ability of Microsoft to remotely deactivate Windows XP in the case of a national emergency."
mabey they could use one of their OSS firewalls to block it...
can anyone explain how these are still considered redbook cds? or still hold the 'cd' label?
Another good device for this is an XBox. Just chip it and put in a 120GB hard drive. You can play almost any media with the XBox Media Player software off the HD or streaming from a networked PC. It works really well and is easy to do
Hardly cheap. (xbox @ $199 + mod chip + 120 gig drive @ $150). For this price you could easily build a media box for the living room.
wouldn't it take just as much force to bring one of these babies to a stop? At the type of speeds they are talking about, wouldn't deceleration be a couple of month process?
1. Get a 1/8" to 1/8" cable from Radio Shack
2. Plug one end into a CD player that the CD plays in
3. Plug the other end into your computer
4. Hit "play" on the CD player at the same time you hit "record" on your computer's audio recording program.
99% of people will NOT be able to tell the difference when listening to the "unmakable" CD in their car.
First.. Make sure you get a STEREO cable, not 1/8" mono. (Look b4 you buy)
Second.. The headphone out, which is what I think you are referring to, isn't the best signal to use, if possible use the rca outputs. rca -> 1/8". If you use the headphone out, the bass boost/signal processing can lower the sound quality. Also make sure your headphone output is at a desireable level (+10 will probably cause some distortion.)
"STEP 3: Cancel your previous account
If you currently have an AOL account, the TrueSwitch service will be able to cancel your account for you -- just follow the simple instructions. "
MSN comes with a service that cancels your aol account for you... I wonder what else it can do?
since when do you need a full amp instead of just a preamp in your computer. IMO don't think that is a full amp. Looks like a tube preamp to me. A full amp would probably be much larger/costly, not to mention hot.
"The same reason you don't have solar cells on your car or on your laptop. They simply don't generate nearly enough energy to be worthwhile." Actually these submersibles use only 1/2 watt, so a solar pannel would probably provide enough power to keep one of these going for a while after surfacing.
haha... sorry that I posted it... I guess I wasn't @ my computer reading slashdot on Wednesday April 10, @03:22PM when it was first posted. :P
yeah, and then no crime or terrorism would ever happen again.... ever.
I wonder how the batteries and motors would perform @ -10 F. Not to mention trying to handle that much weight and torque on slippery roads.
what is even upsets me more than this is that the government has over 2 times as many people fighting the "war on drugs" as they do fighting terrorsim on our homefront...