I've got an original Leatherman PST, bought in an army surplus about 15 years ago... Long before multi-tools were in vogue like they are now. I can't believe the multitude of models they have these days. All those fancy names... Funny how they manage to make anything "marketable" nowadays... After all, a multi-tool is a pair of foldable pliers with a couple of blades and a screwdriver! And what's with all those colored handles? No marketing fuss needed! Give me plain old MILSPEC stainless steel!!!
Actually is was BetaMAX vs. VHS, not BetaCAM.
Apart from the physical likeness of the tape shell and some basic engineering, the formats are totally different.
"Audiophiles aren't into listening to music, playing it, dancing to it, or any of the things you are supposed to do with it - although oddly enough they also aren't into objective reality, hard facts, critical reasoning, or any of the left brained activities that one would suspect people who can't dance would be interested in."
I don't know who wrote this and where it comes from, but to me it's the best quote I have ever read.
So, you have people trading crappy live recordings made through sub-standard microphones, placed 100 yards away from the performers, that picked up the sound from so-so PA speakers and fed a consumer-grade portable recorder insisting that they need lossless compression for the audio treasures that they that they exchange.
You've obviously never been to a Phish show.
First, they only use the best equipment both on the stage and for the PA.
Secondly, Tapers use equipment worthy of the best studios: stuff like Neumann microphones, 5000$ mic pre-amps, Professional DAT decks, etc. Some people have over 15,000$ in equipment. Many are now taping directly to laptops in 96khz.
The purpose of the lossless compression is first and foremost to be able to share with others over and over. Checksum files are located on a central server to which you can compare your own files when you trade/download them.
No matter where you get your files from, if it matches the MD5s you know you've got a perfect clone of the master.
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I've got an original Leatherman PST, bought in an army surplus about 15 years ago... Long before multi-tools were in vogue like they are now. I can't believe the multitude of models they have these days. All those fancy names... Funny how they manage to make anything "marketable" nowadays... After all, a multi-tool is a pair of foldable pliers with a couple of blades and a screwdriver! And what's with all those colored handles? No marketing fuss needed! Give me plain old MILSPEC stainless steel!!!
ZModem! OMG I had forgotten that! There later was a GZModem too If I recall...
I was running a BBS in those days... My fidonet address was 1:163/544... I'll always remember THAT!
Louis
Actually is was BetaMAX vs. VHS, not BetaCAM. Apart from the physical likeness of the tape shell and some basic engineering, the formats are totally different.
"Audiophiles aren't into listening to music, playing it, dancing to it, or any of the things you are supposed to do with it - although oddly enough they also aren't into objective reality, hard facts, critical reasoning, or any of the left brained activities that one would suspect people who can't dance would be interested in." I don't know who wrote this and where it comes from, but to me it's the best quote I have ever read.
So, you have people trading crappy live recordings made through sub-standard microphones, placed 100 yards away from the performers, that picked up the sound from so-so PA speakers and fed a consumer-grade portable recorder insisting that they need lossless compression for the audio treasures that they that they exchange.
You've obviously never been to a Phish show.
First, they only use the best equipment both on the stage and for the PA.
Secondly, Tapers use equipment worthy of the best studios: stuff like Neumann microphones, 5000$ mic pre-amps, Professional DAT decks, etc. Some people have over 15,000$ in equipment. Many are now taping directly to laptops in 96khz.
The purpose of the lossless compression is first and foremost to be able to share with others over and over. Checksum files are located on a central server to which you can compare your own files when you trade/download them.
No matter where you get your files from, if it matches the MD5s you know you've got a perfect clone of the master.
Say no to crack! :)