I'm not sure, but I may be one of those people. How do I go about doing a double-blind test?
In general, I can easily distinguish 160 kbps MP3 or 96 kbps AAC from a lossless encoding, sometimes to the point where it distracts from the enjoyment of what I'm listening to. I consider well encoded 192 kbps MP3 or 128 kbps AAC a minimum for something to sound "good" (not "great"). At this rate I'll often hear minor distortions, but they're generally small enough to ignore and not distracting if I'm focused on driving or coding or whatever. Above this bit rate, I have to be actively listening to hear inaccuracies. I've heard artifacts in 320 kbps MP3s. I haven't listened to any high bit rate (over 128) stereo AAC that I am aware of.
I was tested in the 90's as having above average hearing acuity, and I often hear things others don't. I'll hear the whine of a flyback transformer 100 ft away in a quiet room. Strangely, I have difficulty understanding speech if it's not significantly louder than background noise, and have a lot more difficulty carrying a conversation in loud places than most people.
I am interested in pursuing this... do you have any advice?
I never use Google Groups Or Alerts to remain in the loop And what is Google Desktop? Oh I seldom use Google Maps There's Bing or Mapquest for that crap Will they shut it down and stop the endless flops?
Uhh.... did I forget International Poetry Day or something?
Seriously, what gives?
To counter silly sophistry, one must speak in poetry
Not a matter of philosophy, but to convince with eloquence
To simply plead all blustery's, a technique of futility
Best use good ol' artistry, to win the argument.
Do you think so? Well I better not show you the throughput of the gateway
Default gateway, mmm default gateway
Default gateway, yeah default gateway
Get on my horse, I'll route you round the IP space! With version 6 included too!
Look at my horse, my horse is amazing!
Feed it some glass, mmm it's currently lasing!
It transmits frames, an optical backplane!
Ping it again and again and all its lights go blinky!
That works to some extent, but remember that the pixmaps are stored on the local X server. So every image, etc., eats up memory on the client side. Granted, 512 MB is a fair amount to work with, but there are still limitations.
But note that only the very maladjusted individuals on the autistic spectrum stick out. Others do quite well: Zuckerberg, Einstein, Dan Akroyd, and on and on.
For full blown autism, the chances of reproducing are slim. But for Asperger Syndrome? They're not bad. As people with AS tend to not know what to say in social situations, they come across as the strong, silent type, which women find quite attractive. It's not hard for an individual with AS to get laid if they learn how to act the part in the mating game.. it's just a social dance. Much harder is the long term relationship where emotional communication is important, where there is no act to follow.
Slashdot Mirror
A Reign of Terror where we depopulate?
????
Well, obviously. You'd need fleshlights, too.
I'm not sure, but I may be one of those people. How do I go about doing a double-blind test?
In general, I can easily distinguish 160 kbps MP3 or 96 kbps AAC from a lossless encoding, sometimes to the point where it distracts from the enjoyment of what I'm listening to. I consider well encoded 192 kbps MP3 or 128 kbps AAC a minimum for something to sound "good" (not "great"). At this rate I'll often hear minor distortions, but they're generally small enough to ignore and not distracting if I'm focused on driving or coding or whatever. Above this bit rate, I have to be actively listening to hear inaccuracies. I've heard artifacts in 320 kbps MP3s. I haven't listened to any high bit rate (over 128) stereo AAC that I am aware of.
I was tested in the 90's as having above average hearing acuity, and I often hear things others don't. I'll hear the whine of a flyback transformer 100 ft away in a quiet room. Strangely, I have difficulty understanding speech if it's not significantly louder than background noise, and have a lot more difficulty carrying a conversation in loud places than most people.
I am interested in pursuing this... do you have any advice?
Fork a splice? That has to be redundant lol
I've never hurd of gnus. What's a gnu?
I never use Google Groups
Or Alerts to remain in the loop
And what is Google Desktop?
Oh I seldom use Google Maps
There's Bing or Mapquest for that crap
Will they shut it down and stop the endless flops?
But Sir! What if I'm out of packets to deliver?
100% beef, yes. But what part of the beef? It's entrails, mostly.
Interestingly, the thing I like about KDE is that I have to change settings so infrequently, that I actually have no idea where the settings are.
To counter silly sophistry, one must speak in poetry
Not a matter of philosophy, but to convince with eloquence
To simply plead all blustery's, a technique of futility
Best use good ol' artistry, to win the argument.
Do you think so? Well I better not show you the throughput of the gateway
Default gateway, mmm default gateway
Default gateway, yeah default gateway
Get on my horse, I'll route you round the IP space! With version 6 included too!
Look at my horse, my horse is amazing!
Feed it some glass, mmm it's currently lasing!
It transmits frames, an optical backplane!
Ping it again and again and all its lights go blinky!
Macs offered multitasking since 1987, with the introduction of MultiFinder. You are correct about memory protection though.
I'd have to say 7 was superior to NT 3.5, but once 4.0 came out, NT/2k lead the way until OS X.
And why not birds you ask? The answer is obvious: IPV6 jumbo packets are too heavy to be carried by air.
Completely off-topic, but I've been looking for a decent ssh client for my crapberry -- thanks!
That works to some extent, but remember that the pixmaps are stored on the local X server. So every image, etc., eats up memory on the client side. Granted, 512 MB is a fair amount to work with, but there are still limitations.
Considering RIM's complete lack of Linux support, it's basically that way already.
Try Bantams. They're smaller and more docile. If the shorts don't fit, you'll at least have an easier time trying.
Curiosity killed the cat. I guess quantum mechanics brought him back?
You saying they Hustled on down to see the Swanky videos?
But who's to say IE's developers will pay any attention to it?
If you extract the ROM out of an Apple device, is that a core dump?
Of course. In fact, it's written in stone.
But note that only the very maladjusted individuals on the autistic spectrum stick out. Others do quite well: Zuckerberg, Einstein, Dan Akroyd, and on and on.
For full blown autism, the chances of reproducing are slim. But for Asperger Syndrome? They're not bad. As people with AS tend to not know what to say in social situations, they come across as the strong, silent type, which women find quite attractive. It's not hard for an individual with AS to get laid if they learn how to act the part in the mating game.. it's just a social dance. Much harder is the long term relationship where emotional communication is important, where there is no act to follow.