Actually, that was precisely the point I was making. It's becoming an environment where I *can't* do what you're suggesting. I do go 'somewhere else' when I can - unfortunately, it's people like you who assume since I'm not interested in overhearing their cell conversations, I must be a 'self righteous little prick'.
Your comment (previous to mine) did indeed lump motorcyclists into a general category. I'm glad you realize there are 'bikers' (the morons) and motorcyclists, such as your friends and relatives.
Those idiots you speak of on motorcycles? Yeah, we don't like 'em either. They do just what you're saying - create a bad name for all of us.
Yeah, there are hella loud motorcycles. My friend rides a Road Star Warrior w/ open pipes - I can't stand to ride behind him. Yeah, he's too loud.
Ricer cars, bikes, V8 cars, diesel pickups - there are tons of noise issues. Are noise ordinance laws the solution? Hard to say. There is a definite "status" among car and bike guys about your exhaust note - but you're right, it can get too extreme.
You're obviously one of the crowd the parent poster talks about.
Here, I'll define it for you: A "Public Place", in this usage, constitutes a privately owned, yet accessible to the public establishment. Call them "restaurants", if that makes it easier for you.
Unfortunately, it's people just like you and your ilk that have brought our society to the sickening state that exists today. No longer do we worry about how we're perceived by others, in order to be the least obtrusive and rude - some of you actively strive to inflict your habits, attitudes, and morals onto the rest of us.
When Mommy and Daddy let the kids run amok, I have no qualms about giving my check to those parents. I didn't come here to see your children, hear your kids scream, or have to watch my elbows as they run around, or watch my feet as they climb under the table.
When Mommy and Daddy and Preteen Daughter get into a screaming match, I'll politely ask them to either wait until they get home to finish, take the discussion outside, or they can also pay my check.
I, for one, am sick and fucking tired of asshat, irresponsible, foolish overgrown children such as yourself that believe "My Personal Freedoms" extend to being a cockbag to everyone around you. Your freedoms end at the end of your nose. Mine begin at the end of mine. The space in between is for peaceful mingling, not for fools like you and your breed.
If you do not already have one, I would challenge you to put a moderately powered subwoofer in your vehicle for a period of 30 days. Properly installed and set up, you'll likely never be without one again.
That being said, since you're so gung-ho to sabotage someone else's equipment, you could always go to the city council... many stereo shops and orgs will support "no bass" zones, and can be enforced. The cruise strip will have the boom, the res. areas can be more strictly limited.
As soon as you fucking cagers wake up and pay attention to those of us who share the road with you, we'll start worrying about your precious hearing.
Don't like bike week? Move. Before you bitch "you try it", I happen to live in Sturgis, SD.
Y'know, it's the attitude like you display here that is the real danger. When we're on our bikes, we're aware that at any moment, your dumb ass is likely to change lanes, slam on the brakes, or just 'not see me' and run me over. While you're on the phone, reading the paper, drinking your latte, fighting with the SO/kids/whatever.
Christ. Loud pipes are the least of your issues on the road, I think.
Not disputing that at all, nor am I against time-shifting/cataloging/organizing. Just saying what I think is likely, based on the heavily competitive satellite radio market.
More than likely, they'll announce that existing subscribers will be able to listen to XM via Windows Media Player/Real Player/etc., as Sirius does. Right now, you need another piece of hardware, and another XM subscription.
With my Sirius username/password, I can listen to the music channels on my home PC, and the actual receiver is in my pickup. No comedy or sports, but no extra fee, either. My wife can use it simultaneously, as well.
No, I don't work for Sirius. Honest. I like both XM and Sirius - just speculating on reason ATM.
If it's a long way away... bring your computer. One computer. You don't need two. Really. They're a pain in the ass to haul, etc., and you'll really only use one most of the time.
If you're a Comp. Sci/Comp Eng. major, perhaps you'll need more - in your junior year.
Freshman/Sophomore years you'll do mostly general studies. If you need different OS's - VMWare.
DON'T bring your big-ass home stereo, your big TV, your 1,000+ title DVD collection, your XBox, all that shit. Yet. Stay outside, don't be a hermit.
Get acclimated to the school, and your roommate first. Use the PC for email & turning your handwritten notes into {database/spreadsheet/long fucking word doc/whatever} your desired format.
After you're comfortable with your roommate - 'cuz if you hate him/her, you'll have to move all your stuff - again! - then ask Mom/Dad/whoever to ship your MP3 player. Talk to your roommate about gear - you won't want a big-ass 6-speaker surround sound system in your room. It ain't big enough, and you can't play it real loud unless you're looking to earn the deserved hatred of everyone on your floor.
If he's got a DVD player, you bring the speaks, etc. Or get a feel for something. Hell, just punch the video output of your video card to the TV/AV receiver, and you may not need a player at all. Plus, the Geiss visualizations will get questions asked (wish I'd had it back then!).
DO bring good clothing, your hygiene stuff, etc. Get out, meet people, get to know the people you're interested in. Go out. Learn the city you're now living in. Learn the campus. Do bring an open mind. Do bring a bit of cynicism and self-reliance - you're on your own now, for the most part. You'll feel better having to rely on yourself instead of others. Yeah, Mom and Dad may have to help you from time to time, but this is a transition period.:)
DON'T bring a U-Haul full of shit. Honest. You're likely to move a lot the next 4-5 years, and you have to track and move all this crap. Worry less about the material trappings of your experience, and do the social and education thing.
electric fans only exist in front wheel drive vehicles
Bwahahahaha! *Goes outside to look under hoods*
1957 Chevrolet (RWD) - aftermarket electrical fan for less HP drain. Check.
2000 Chevy S10 4x4 (RWD) - Electric fan. Check.
2001 Chevy Silverado 4x4 (RWD) - Electric fan. Check.
Yeah, good thing they're only on front wheel drive cars, eh?
Or, more simply, your filter could use your native language? I would use English, you can use Cantonese. If you can speak/read/write both, bully for you. For me, if it isn't in English, I would likely consider it spam, as everyone I know also speaks/writes English almost exclusively.
Man, there's a flashback. SP2a for Windows NT 4.0 was rife with problems... we had to rebuild a primary domain controller after that bad boy. Yick.
That being said, my XP Professional box is running flawlessly after SP2.
"Speed kills" - Fucking bullshit. Most accidents, statisically, occur in town, within 10 miles of your home. If only "speed kill"ed, we'd have more fatalities on Interstate systems. We don't. They happen on city streets, intersections, etc., because people are fucking stupid, and don't watch how they drive.
South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and (I believe) Colorado have 75mph speed limits - we have less population, so we don't have the slower limits.
Your little comment about Dale Earnhardt is more than a bit out of context - speed was only ONE factor in his death. The angle of impact, etc., all contributed. I would imagine once you're beyond the realm of normal motor vehicle transport, too many factors affect the vehicle. 155 mph+ crash != ~70mph crash.
If the "bluehairs" premiums are so bad, perhaps it's a sign they should STOP driving. I would be in favor of mandatory testing every two years over age 65. When you're on the Interstate at 75mph and the minimum is 40mph, that's a huge surprise when you come up on grandma because she's too afraid to drive faster than that.
Jesus. The whole 'speed kills' argument was debunked in the early 80's, I thought. It was used primarily to slow people down due to the gas crunch, not because of any real change in deaths.
Montana actually had *no* speed limits during daylight hours for a while, until the government threatened to pull highway funding. They did a study, which showed the average speed to be 78 miles per hour - 3 more than their previous speed limit.
I'd challenge that I'm less of a threat on the road at 75-80mph - only driving - not on the fucking phone, reading, blaring the tunes, etc., than someone driving 65mph, creating a bottleneck, talking to the kiddies in the back, yakking on the cell phone, or reading the fucking newspaper.
"Rear ended a half-dozen times", and "smacked on the freeway once"? So YOU'RE the asleep-at-the-wheel asshole fucking up my premiums! In all the years I've been driving (more than 5, less than 50, FYI), I've had exactly one accident, which was deemed purely the other party's fault. Your little black box is in the mail.
And when the VP of Marketing or somesuch exec is working late on a Friday night - yeah, it happens - and you just pull the plug, I quote you: "If you got screwed, well, it's not my fault you can't read English, is it?"
Fucking pseudo-dictators like you are in control of networks, creating little fiefdoms and parodies of control... and hundreds of competent, sympathetic, and more skilled people are out of work. Sad.
Yeah, that's pretty much it.:) Sorry for the acronym soup.
It *does* work pretty well; don't know if it 'creates' values for the waveform, but it does help out the sound in a vehicle.
Apparently, there is a TI DSP that sits right in front of the D/A converter in the MX head units. What it does (according to my Alpine rep) is 'watch' the waveform... any out-of-character notches or irregularities are 'smoothed out' by the MX processor.
MX does work; it adds midbass and depth to FM & 128k MP3 sources pretty well. On CD, MX setting #1 (there are 3 available on the units) is kinda like loudness.
The car is an inherently noisy/lossy environment; this helps overcome roadnoise and loss due to panel vibration.
Watch for real-time DSP time-alignment and EQ coming soon - it's on the very high end Alpine F#1 Status in-car DVD-Audio player.
Supposedly, this will work with any Alpine Ai-Net compatible head unit (CDA-####) models. No word yet on if will be the only allowed Ai-Net piece in the chain, or if will have the standard bus-in/bus-out connections like other Ai-Net pieces.
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Actually, that was precisely the point I was making. It's becoming an environment where I *can't* do what you're suggesting. I do go 'somewhere else' when I can - unfortunately, it's people like you who assume since I'm not interested in overhearing their cell conversations, I must be a 'self righteous little prick'.
You can buy me lunch anytime.
Now that we have each others attention -
:)
Your comment (previous to mine) did indeed lump motorcyclists into a general category. I'm glad you realize there are 'bikers' (the morons) and motorcyclists, such as your friends and relatives.
Those idiots you speak of on motorcycles? Yeah, we don't like 'em either. They do just what you're saying - create a bad name for all of us.
Yeah, there are hella loud motorcycles. My friend rides a Road Star Warrior w/ open pipes - I can't stand to ride behind him. Yeah, he's too loud.
Ricer cars, bikes, V8 cars, diesel pickups - there are tons of noise issues. Are noise ordinance laws the solution? Hard to say. There is a definite "status" among car and bike guys about your exhaust note - but you're right, it can get too extreme.
Thanks for the good reply!
Cheers!
You're obviously one of the crowd the parent poster talks about.
Here, I'll define it for you: A "Public Place", in this usage, constitutes a privately owned, yet accessible to the public establishment. Call them "restaurants", if that makes it easier for you.
Unfortunately, it's people just like you and your ilk that have brought our society to the sickening state that exists today. No longer do we worry about how we're perceived by others, in order to be the least obtrusive and rude - some of you actively strive to inflict your habits, attitudes, and morals onto the rest of us.
When Mommy and Daddy let the kids run amok, I have no qualms about giving my check to those parents. I didn't come here to see your children, hear your kids scream, or have to watch my elbows as they run around, or watch my feet as they climb under the table.
When Mommy and Daddy and Preteen Daughter get into a screaming match, I'll politely ask them to either wait until they get home to finish, take the discussion outside, or they can also pay my check.
I, for one, am sick and fucking tired of asshat, irresponsible, foolish overgrown children such as yourself that believe "My Personal Freedoms" extend to being a cockbag to everyone around you. Your freedoms end at the end of your nose. Mine begin at the end of mine. The space in between is for peaceful mingling, not for fools like you and your breed.
If you do not already have one, I would challenge you to put a moderately powered subwoofer in your vehicle for a period of 30 days. Properly installed and set up, you'll likely never be without one again.
That being said, since you're so gung-ho to sabotage someone else's equipment, you could always go to the city council... many stereo shops and orgs will support "no bass" zones, and can be enforced. The cruise strip will have the boom, the res. areas can be more strictly limited.
I replied to you at another point in this thread regarding motorcycles.
You mention you'll be doing an exhaust mod to your car... I quote you from earlier: "Isn't that why we have noise ordinance laws?"
Many of the little rice cars have louder exhaust than my V-Twin motorcycle which you seem to have such an issue with.
I will, however, credit your attention to brake upgrades, which many of you ricer boys do seem to forget about.
As soon as you fucking cagers wake up and pay attention to those of us who share the road with you, we'll start worrying about your precious hearing.
Don't like bike week? Move. Before you bitch "you try it", I happen to live in Sturgis, SD.
Y'know, it's the attitude like you display here that is the real danger. When we're on our bikes, we're aware that at any moment, your dumb ass is likely to change lanes, slam on the brakes, or just 'not see me' and run me over. While you're on the phone, reading the paper, drinking your latte, fighting with the SO/kids/whatever.
Christ. Loud pipes are the least of your issues on the road, I think.
Rant off - sore spot smoothed over
Congratulations, that's the most fucked up thing I've seen on Slashdot in years. Wow. My brain hurts now.
I think he made his point quite well, you wank. Now go troll elsewhere.
True. I wouldn't be surprised, though, to see something like StreamRipper surface to grab the XM/Sirius streams as they come down... :)
Not disputing that at all, nor am I against time-shifting/cataloging/organizing. Just saying what I think is likely, based on the heavily competitive satellite radio market.
More than likely, they'll announce that existing subscribers will be able to listen to XM via Windows Media Player/Real Player/etc., as Sirius does. Right now, you need another piece of hardware, and another XM subscription.
With my Sirius username/password, I can listen to the music channels on my home PC, and the actual receiver is in my pickup. No comedy or sports, but no extra fee, either. My wife can use it simultaneously, as well.
No, I don't work for Sirius. Honest. I like both XM and Sirius - just speculating on reason ATM.
If it's a long way away... bring your computer. One computer. You don't need two. Really. They're a pain in the ass to haul, etc., and you'll really only use one most of the time.
:)
:) Lessons from HARD-EARNED experience.
If you're a Comp. Sci/Comp Eng. major, perhaps you'll need more - in your junior year.
Freshman/Sophomore years you'll do mostly general studies. If you need different OS's - VMWare.
DON'T bring your big-ass home stereo, your big TV, your 1,000+ title DVD collection, your XBox, all that shit. Yet. Stay outside, don't be a hermit.
Get acclimated to the school, and your roommate first. Use the PC for email & turning your handwritten notes into {database/spreadsheet/long fucking word doc/whatever} your desired format.
After you're comfortable with your roommate - 'cuz if you hate him/her, you'll have to move all your stuff - again! - then ask Mom/Dad/whoever to ship your MP3 player. Talk to your roommate about gear - you won't want a big-ass 6-speaker surround sound system in your room. It ain't big enough, and you can't play it real loud unless you're looking to earn the deserved hatred of everyone on your floor.
If he's got a DVD player, you bring the speaks, etc. Or get a feel for something. Hell, just punch the video output of your video card to the TV/AV receiver, and you may not need a player at all. Plus, the Geiss visualizations will get questions asked (wish I'd had it back then!).
DO bring good clothing, your hygiene stuff, etc. Get out, meet people, get to know the people you're interested in. Go out. Learn the city you're now living in. Learn the campus. Do bring an open mind. Do bring a bit of cynicism and self-reliance - you're on your own now, for the most part. You'll feel better having to rely on yourself instead of others. Yeah, Mom and Dad may have to help you from time to time, but this is a transition period.
DON'T bring a U-Haul full of shit. Honest. You're likely to move a lot the next 4-5 years, and you have to track and move all this crap. Worry less about the material trappings of your experience, and do the social and education thing.
Bwahahahaha! *Goes outside to look under hoods*
1957 Chevrolet (RWD) - aftermarket electrical fan for less HP drain. Check.
2000 Chevy S10 4x4 (RWD) - Electric fan. Check.
2001 Chevy Silverado 4x4 (RWD) - Electric fan. Check.
Yeah, good thing they're only on front wheel drive cars, eh?
Or, more simply, your filter could use your native language? I would use English, you can use Cantonese. If you can speak/read/write both, bully for you. For me, if it isn't in English, I would likely consider it spam, as everyone I know also speaks/writes English almost exclusively.
Man, there's a flashback. SP2a for Windows NT 4.0 was rife with problems... we had to rebuild a primary domain controller after that bad boy. Yick. That being said, my XP Professional box is running flawlessly after SP2.
"Speed kills" - Fucking bullshit. Most accidents, statisically, occur in town, within 10 miles of your home. If only "speed kill"ed, we'd have more fatalities on Interstate systems. We don't. They happen on city streets, intersections, etc., because people are fucking stupid, and don't watch how they drive.
South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and (I believe) Colorado have 75mph speed limits - we have less population, so we don't have the slower limits.
Your little comment about Dale Earnhardt is more than a bit out of context - speed was only ONE factor in his death. The angle of impact, etc., all contributed. I would imagine once you're beyond the realm of normal motor vehicle transport, too many factors affect the vehicle. 155 mph+ crash != ~70mph crash.
If the "bluehairs" premiums are so bad, perhaps it's a sign they should STOP driving. I would be in favor of mandatory testing every two years over age 65. When you're on the Interstate at 75mph and the minimum is 40mph, that's a huge surprise when you come up on grandma because she's too afraid to drive faster than that.
Jesus. The whole 'speed kills' argument was debunked in the early 80's, I thought. It was used primarily to slow people down due to the gas crunch, not because of any real change in deaths.
Montana actually had *no* speed limits during daylight hours for a while, until the government threatened to pull highway funding. They did a study, which showed the average speed to be 78 miles per hour - 3 more than their previous speed limit.
I'd challenge that I'm less of a threat on the road at 75-80mph - only driving - not on the fucking phone, reading, blaring the tunes, etc., than someone driving 65mph, creating a bottleneck, talking to the kiddies in the back, yakking on the cell phone, or reading the fucking newspaper.
"Rear ended a half-dozen times", and "smacked on the freeway once"? So YOU'RE the asleep-at-the-wheel asshole fucking up my premiums! In all the years I've been driving (more than 5, less than 50, FYI), I've had exactly one accident, which was deemed purely the other party's fault. Your little black box is in the mail.
The best example of this is on Alpine's new IVA-D300 in-dash DVD player. Check it out - it feels like a real button.
Son,
At the tender age of 23 as a "Software Engineer" in South Dakota, I imagine you've been salary since age 21 or so, right out of college?
C'mon back when you've gone through a layoff/firing, had to bust ass to keep your job, and are a bit more bitter and a lot more learned.
And when the VP of Marketing or somesuch exec is working late on a Friday night - yeah, it happens - and you just pull the plug, I quote you:
"If you got screwed, well, it's not my fault you can't read English, is it?"
Fucking pseudo-dictators like you are in control of networks, creating little fiefdoms and parodies of control... and hundreds of competent, sympathetic, and more skilled people are out of work. Sad.
Yeah, that's pretty much it. :) Sorry for the acronym soup.
It *does* work pretty well; don't know if it 'creates' values for the waveform, but it does help out the sound in a vehicle.
Apparently, there is a TI DSP that sits right in front of the D/A converter in the MX head units. What it does (according to my Alpine rep) is 'watch' the waveform... any out-of-character notches or irregularities are 'smoothed out' by the MX processor.
MX does work; it adds midbass and depth to FM & 128k MP3 sources pretty well. On CD, MX setting #1 (there are 3 available on the units) is kinda like loudness.
The car is an inherently noisy/lossy environment; this helps overcome roadnoise and loss due to panel vibration.
Watch for real-time DSP time-alignment and EQ coming soon - it's on the very high end Alpine F#1 Status in-car DVD-Audio player.
Supposedly, this will work with any Alpine Ai-Net compatible head unit (CDA-####) models. No word yet on if will be the only allowed Ai-Net piece in the chain, or if will have the standard bus-in/bus-out connections like other Ai-Net pieces.