A CD is "lossy" in your definition of the word, but that's not the commonly accepted or correct definition.
I realize that CD audio isn't the best format out there, but it is good enough for causal listening. Of course, if I was accustomed to SA-CD on extremely high-end systems, I'm sure I'd be irritated listening to regular CD's, and probably refuse to buy anything less. The thing is, unless you specifically seek out a cheap stereo, MP3's are going to sound like crap compared to CD.
Mostly because I dislike the Barenaked Ladies, but if a band I did like came out with this, forget it. I've spent enough money on my home and car audio that I'm not pumping MP3s through them on a regular basis. Sure, the difference is almost unnoticable on $30 computer speakers, which is where I primarily listen to MP3's, but they sound like absolute crap on any decent system. Even the highest bitrate MP3s just can't seem to get the highs and lows right. They're either cut off, or tinny, or the wrong volume. Why? Dunno.
I haven't tested it with.ogg, but even my friends who thought I was nuts were able to easily tell the difference when I played MP3's for them.
Not to mention, if you do decide to go with some other format, you lose even more quality, and there's nothing you can do about it. If this is 29 songs on a 128MB stick, it's got to be 128kbps, which is just barely passable on cheap computer speakers. I still buy CD's frequently, and sometimes for just one song, but I never have and never will pay for anything in a lossy format.
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Is this a troll?
Look, unless you have some other mental deficiencies, your 151 IQ should be nothing but a boon to you. Social skills are something that is just as readily learned as riding a horse. Just because it's not hard science doesn't mean you can't apply your brain to it. And your excuse about "losing the will to learn" and not wanting to memorize facts is just a cop-out. If you're such a genius, figure out a way to make memorization easy. Sure, it's mind-numbing, but if you're a genius you'll realize that a 4.0 GPA has a good chance of getting you a free ride through college and a good job afterward, instead of years of student loans and shitty jobs. The X number of crap hours you put into memorizing shit you don't care about is well worth the increase in the odds that things will pay off.
I'm sure there's plenty of people out there with IQ's up in your range that have no problem with either social skills or motivation. I may not be a 151, but I have tested as high as 146, can pick up new concepts so quick it scares people, and am still fun at a bar and have no problem getting laid. And shit, I moved around so much until 5th grade I was pretty much a poster-child for maladjusted socially stunted kids everywhere. Take your big-ass brain and apply it to real life, and stop making excuses. Learning how to deal with people is not some magically different subject that's impossible for smart people to figure out. Hearing crap like that is what kept me a socially retarded little fuckhead until halfway through high school.
Most people would love to have an excuse like yours. "I'm too smart to deal with normal people and normal subjects." Do you have any idea what a dickhead that makes you sound like? Parents love to shove that down your throat because it makes them feel special. Teachers love to shove it down your throat because you're not threatening if you're some idiot savant freak instead of just being way smarter than them and able to see through their bullshit. Some genius who applies their intelligence to social skills and reading people is a teacher's worst nightmare, unless you turn the charm on full blast and make them like you. You know what though? If someone likes you, they'll never think you're a genius, at best they'll think you're really smart.
Stop with the BS excuses. Even if you do actually have some kind of deficiency, with your IQ you should at least be able to pull off normal. Try it, you'll have more fun.
You do realize how trivial it is to unlock a read-only Word / Excel doc, right? Might as well just tell people to not change it and go by the honor system.
If you're just trying to prevent accidental modifications, use the file system's read-only attribute. If you want a secure read-only version of the file, don't give the users write permission to it. If you're going to be copying the file to people, who cares if they change it? You have the original. Honestly, I think it's a stupid feature, Is this something you just have to do because the PHB said so, or is there a valid reason for doing this that I haven't thought of?
Look, just to show how nice we are, why don't you upload it to my FTP server, give me the root password and IP of this machine, and I'll take care of the rest.
It takes real life resources such as servers, bandwidth, employees, etc. to create and maintain these virtual worlds. The scarcity may be artifically exaggerated, but it's there and it's real.
That having been said, I think the whole thing is stupid.
If I was going to put a computer up in space I'd have a special BIOS on there that allowed remote console and file transfers independant of the OS. If I can think of that, I'm pretty sure a bunch of people capable of actually putting it into orbit would think of it too.
I haven't played the game, but that's one detail that impressed me. When riding a horse IRL you generally don't need to give much encouragement to keep going straight, but when turning you do need to give a squeeze or the horse will think you're asking it to stop.
... are down there suffering in that storm, and all we can do is talk about how cool it is.
George Bush doesn't care about green people. With tentacles. And big bug eyes. Mind control devices. Heat rays, anti-gravity belts, uranium PU-32 space modulators...
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It's OK, I miss Sys/36 too.
A CD is "lossy" in your definition of the word, but that's not the commonly accepted or correct definition.
I realize that CD audio isn't the best format out there, but it is good enough for causal listening. Of course, if I was accustomed to SA-CD on extremely high-end systems, I'm sure I'd be irritated listening to regular CD's, and probably refuse to buy anything less. The thing is, unless you specifically seek out a cheap stereo, MP3's are going to sound like crap compared to CD.
Grammar tip: You don't have to say that a thing is used as what it is. Effect is a noun. Affect is a transitive verb.
Mostly because I dislike the Barenaked Ladies, but if a band I did like came out with this, forget it. I've spent enough money on my home and car audio that I'm not pumping MP3s through them on a regular basis. Sure, the difference is almost unnoticable on $30 computer speakers, which is where I primarily listen to MP3's, but they sound like absolute crap on any decent system. Even the highest bitrate MP3s just can't seem to get the highs and lows right. They're either cut off, or tinny, or the wrong volume. Why? Dunno.
I haven't tested it with .ogg, but even my friends who thought I was nuts were able to easily tell the difference when I played MP3's for them.
Not to mention, if you do decide to go with some other format, you lose even more quality, and there's nothing you can do about it. If this is 29 songs on a 128MB stick, it's got to be 128kbps, which is just barely passable on cheap computer speakers. I still buy CD's frequently, and sometimes for just one song, but I never have and never will pay for anything in a lossy format.
Is this a troll?
Look, unless you have some other mental deficiencies, your 151 IQ should be nothing but a boon to you. Social skills are something that is just as readily learned as riding a horse. Just because it's not hard science doesn't mean you can't apply your brain to it. And your excuse about "losing the will to learn" and not wanting to memorize facts is just a cop-out. If you're such a genius, figure out a way to make memorization easy. Sure, it's mind-numbing, but if you're a genius you'll realize that a 4.0 GPA has a good chance of getting you a free ride through college and a good job afterward, instead of years of student loans and shitty jobs. The X number of crap hours you put into memorizing shit you don't care about is well worth the increase in the odds that things will pay off.
I'm sure there's plenty of people out there with IQ's up in your range that have no problem with either social skills or motivation. I may not be a 151, but I have tested as high as 146, can pick up new concepts so quick it scares people, and am still fun at a bar and have no problem getting laid. And shit, I moved around so much until 5th grade I was pretty much a poster-child for maladjusted socially stunted kids everywhere. Take your big-ass brain and apply it to real life, and stop making excuses. Learning how to deal with people is not some magically different subject that's impossible for smart people to figure out. Hearing crap like that is what kept me a socially retarded little fuckhead until halfway through high school.
Most people would love to have an excuse like yours. "I'm too smart to deal with normal people and normal subjects." Do you have any idea what a dickhead that makes you sound like? Parents love to shove that down your throat because it makes them feel special. Teachers love to shove it down your throat because you're not threatening if you're some idiot savant freak instead of just being way smarter than them and able to see through their bullshit. Some genius who applies their intelligence to social skills and reading people is a teacher's worst nightmare, unless you turn the charm on full blast and make them like you. You know what though? If someone likes you, they'll never think you're a genius, at best they'll think you're really smart.
Stop with the BS excuses. Even if you do actually have some kind of deficiency, with your IQ you should at least be able to pull off normal. Try it, you'll have more fun.
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Not if I have anything to say about it.
There can be only one.
You do realize how trivial it is to unlock a read-only Word / Excel doc, right? Might as well just tell people to not change it and go by the honor system.
If you're just trying to prevent accidental modifications, use the file system's read-only attribute. If you want a secure read-only version of the file, don't give the users write permission to it. If you're going to be copying the file to people, who cares if they change it? You have the original. Honestly, I think it's a stupid feature, Is this something you just have to do because the PHB said so, or is there a valid reason for doing this that I haven't thought of?
Even more appropriate when you consider that root is slang for penis.
Why?
Yeah, but if they saw the shit movie first I can understand why they wouldn't want to read the book.
That's nonsense, don't listen to this guy.
Look, just to show how nice we are, why don't you upload it to my FTP server, give me the root password and IP of this machine, and I'll take care of the rest.
No, 88 is just four twenties eight. You're looking for 98. If you're going to be an asshole, at least be right.
It takes real life resources such as servers, bandwidth, employees, etc. to create and maintain these virtual worlds. The scarcity may be artifically exaggerated, but it's there and it's real.
That having been said, I think the whole thing is stupid.
If I was going to put a computer up in space I'd have a special BIOS on there that allowed remote console and file transfers independant of the OS. If I can think of that, I'm pretty sure a bunch of people capable of actually putting it into orbit would think of it too.
Orbiting brain lasers.
Somehow I think your theory is still safe from "Mrs." Garrison...
I haven't played the game, but that's one detail that impressed me. When riding a horse IRL you generally don't need to give much encouragement to keep going straight, but when turning you do need to give a squeeze or the horse will think you're asking it to stop.
Oh, man. If the speed of light is controlled with CL, then you, me, and that other guy that knows CL can rule the world!
George Bush doesn't care about green people.
No man, you've got it all wrong. The longer you stare at it the more the Martians start reading your mind. Have they already gotten to you, too?
... are down there suffering in that storm, and all we can do is talk about how cool it is.
George Bush doesn't care about green people. With tentacles. And big bug eyes. Mind control devices. Heat rays, anti-gravity belts, uranium PU-32 space modulators...
Heh, I remember that thread. The best part was seeing my own name in there: Rumpleforeskin.