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  1. I have no choice. on Cord-Cutting in America May Have Already Peaked (fool.com) · · Score: 1

    I can either pay $30 a month for cable TV and not get my downloads capped or I can pay $30 extra to have the download cap removed.

  2. They are just different on Digital and Analog Audio's Curious Coexistence (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I see people arguing the digital is better than analog. They are really just different and are treated as such.

    Things like classical recordings can sound much better digital. This is because you want the most accurate reproduction possible. Stick two nice mics over the front of the stage and record. Edit as little as possible.

    With Rock and Roll or Punk, or even country etc all of the parts become the instrument. Drums are close miked with mikes that are more designed to be fat and big sounding but not 100% accurate. Cymbals are miked with more accurate condenser mikes but all the low end is pulled out. Guitar amps are close miked etc. Vocals are recorded with large diaphragm condenser mikes. Then digital, analog and tube processing is used to alter and even distort the sound. Art and science becomes mixed. You create and mix for a sound, not accuracy. All of the products used, mikes, mixers, tape, tubes, analog processors are like brushes, palettes and colors to a painter. Different artists, both musicians and engineers, will have favorite tools and will be known for their sound using them.

    This continues to the mixout and even the final product. Engineers and the musicians in the 60s, 70s were thinking about the final output being on tape or a record and recorded for the best sound on those devices. If you take the the final mix of a 70s recording and just transfer it to digital you will not get what the engineer in the studio was after. He expected those imperfections and in some cases is counting on them to give the sound he/she wants.

    Yes, you can duplicate many of the analog effects used in the digital world but its not the same. They feel different when you are working with them. When you listen to a record from the 60s or 70s on a good stereo you are hearing what the artist and engineers want and expect you to hear. I have worked for years with both digital and analog. Both are great and useful but things like a kick drum really sound great on 2" tape,but that sound does not transfer to digital, god knows I have tried .

    Records are not better or worse than CDs, just different. Both have their place.

  3. This makes sense on Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users By Race (propublica.org) · · Score: 0

    Some products appeal more to white people than black people and vise-versa. Also some products appeal more to men than woman.

    Someone buying a spots on Facebook does not want to waste money paying to show their products to people who are not interested in their products.

    duh..

  4. why upgrade? on PC Industry Is Now On a Two-Year Downslide (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Im using a 5 year old i7 with windows 7/Linux on it. Why would I change before it breaks? A new i7 will be ~$1000 and only be 5% faster.

    Before this computer I used to upgrade every year.

  5. Re:We need Loser pays on Man Sued For $30K Over $40 Printer He Sold On Craigslist (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    In Florida we have loser pays. You can offer a $1 settlement (or any amount) . If they dont win at least the amount you offered in the settlement they have to pay your legal fees.

  6. HIPAA?

  7. Re:Aquariums Add CO2 for plant benefits. on Does More Carbon Dioxide Mean Increased Crop Water Productivity? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I've got a planted freshwater aquarium. In addition to good lighting and appropriate fertilization, people who like to keep this kind of aquarium tend to inject carbon dioxide to keep the plants growing well. The difference in plant performance in the aquarium with and without CO2 injection is substantial.

    Back in the 70s (Im #$%b old) We used to grow psilocybin mushrooms in aquariums. By injecting CO2 you could get mushrooms the size of a small pizza.

  8. Re:These bastards killed the CableCard on Obama Urges Opening Cable TV Boxes To Competition (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Comcast uses cablecards. I have one in my TIVO.

  9. Re:Don't trust the gov to use good technical solut on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Jeb had a private email server too.

  10. Re:Dumbest thing I've heard today. on Chris Christie Proposes Tracking Immigrants the Way FedEx Tracks Packages · · Score: 2

    Have you been paying attention to the republican plan?

    1. Track Aliens
    2. Put walls up at both Canada and Mexico
    3. Destroy Public schools
    4. More private prisons
    5. Stronger drug and other sentencing to fill said prisons.
    6. Bigger war machine
    7. No minimum wage
    8. Cut taxes for rich and business, increase tax for everyone else
    9. Health care plan "Let them die"
    10. Reduce voting of poor people.

    These people are no longer republican, they are fascist. Yes, they are going to want to see your papers.

  11. The cars can detect gestures. on When Should Cops Be Allowed To Take Control of Self-Driving Cars? · · Score: 1

    After watching this video Im pretty sure the cars can detect gestures to pull over.

    As the car is doing the driving it should follow the demands of a police officer (as opposed to the passenger) although Im sure it will be hacked around at some point.

    https://www.ted.com/talks/chri...

  12. Re:Not Extinct... on Robots Are Coming For Our Jobs, Just Not All of Them · · Score: 1

    Not as many farriers or blacksmiths though.

  13. Re:Lying scum on Judge Orders State Dept, FBI To Expand Clinton Email Server Probe · · Score: 1, Insightful

    As an older IT guy/programmer I can tell you most non geeks over 60 have no idea about IT stuff.

  14. Re:Quantum-locked Superconductor on Lexus Unveils Its Working Hoverboard · · Score: 1

    magnetic field produced by the buried track

    So the water is not very deep then?

  15. Re:Suck it, Neil on Neil Young Says His Music Is Too Good For Streaming Services · · Score: 1

    You are not his demographic.

  16. Re:Not surprised. on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    It does not have to harm your credit rating. You are right make them prove it. Look up "debt validation letter" and send them one (hurry up, you have 30 days from when they first sent you a letter) . Send it registered. Once you you have conformation they got it pull your credit report (annualcreditreport.com). If they are reporting it contest it with the credit reporting agencies.

    If they validate the debt on your credit report without sending you validation of the debt you can sue them.

    http://www.ftc.gov/enforcement...

  17. Re:Not surprised. on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    >Once you have something go into collections it is always there until you pay it.

    It can stay on your report for up to 7 years AFTER you pay it. Sometimes with an old debt paying it will hurt your credit more than it will help. It is possible to get a medical debt off after you pay it but it requires time and effort on your part.

  18. Re:Secure Border Before Amnesty on FWD.us: GOP Voters To Be Targeted By Data Scientists · · Score: 1

    All you have to do to get rid of illegal immigration is have inforced substantial fines for the people who employ them. Both sides want immigration but the republicans want it to take as long as possible before they can vote (if ever).

  19. Re:Stalking ads on Facebook Lets Users Opt Out of Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    Welcome to "remarketing"

  20. Tombstone on H.R. Giger, Alien Artist and Designer, Dead at Age 74 · · Score: 1

    I bet his his tombstone will be awesome.

  21. Re:The amusing thing is... on Cuba: US Using New Weapon Against Us -- Spam · · Score: 3, Interesting

    >feds just itching to go fight the last war

    I don't think the feds want to go to war. Cuba is communist and parts of it work. (like health care for the amount they spend). If they lifted the embargo and stop messing with them they could become a very successful communist country.

    The success would be more due to them being a great tourist location and less because they are communist but the right wing is simply not going to tolerate a successful communist county if they can do anything about it.

  22. Re:Won't work on Australia May 'Pause' Trades To Tackle High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    >By delaying orders on all exchanges by 500ms, the benefit of early-access to incoming orders on any particular exchange is eliminated because all the exchanges will have 500ms of order price discovery incorporated into their SIP, the consolidated price representing the aggregate of the best prices for all the exchanges.

    If you delay everyone 1/2 second some servers will still have an advantage. I think the 1 to 5 second delay would work better.

  23. Re:Unconscionable Contract clause on Woman Facing $3,500 Fine For Posting Online Review · · Score: 4, Interesting

    > dispute the credit reports

    Dispute it with kleargear.com first. Then dispute with the credit reporting agency. Use registered mail so you have proof.

    If they verify you owe them money sue them under the FDCPA in federal court for attempting to collect a debt that is not due. ($1000 per offence plus any legal costs)

    Let them try to prove a contract exists in federal court.

  24. Re:idiot on Edward Snowden's New Job: Tech Support · · Score: 1

    since the u.s. claims global jurisdiction over its citizens regardless of where they travel to or reside, and he is still one, now he's gonna have to file taxes.... that means if they don't know it yet, by april 15th, the feds will know his address... and if he doesn't file, he can then be arrested on tax evasion.. even if what he's done already ends up being legal whistleblowing.

    Cant he just use a PO box for his address?

  25. Re:Funny how different news outlets react on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 0, Troll

    So you are saying that Fox is presenting serious news about issues that will actually affect millions of Americans while everyone else is focusing on pushing hyped-up violence to get eyeballs.

    FIFY

    So you are saying that Fox is presenting propaganda about issues that will actually affect millions of Americans while everyone else is focusing on pushing hyped-up violence to get eyeballs.

    slimdown... really?