I don't think it's the neutron output, rather it's the energetic gamma rays that do you in. Maybe your shield's flux capacitor needs to have its polarity reversed.
Way to fall into the editor's trap, trying to spur spurious discussion about whether events outside our lightcone actually happened before they intersected our lightcone. The editors may feel we need help in starting a discussion on many stories.
Actually, this example is Korean, and Korean only. It's their best idea of the spelling of making a 'k' sound several times, kind of like an unvoiced kuh kuh kuh kuh. It's spelled with just aspirated kiuk letters all in a row, on a keyboard you type zzzzzzz to make a typical 'korean laugh'.
Apple's iTunes store--in partnership with EMI--is now hawking DRM-free music at twice the bit rate of its standard fare (256Kb/s vs. 128Kb/s) and charging a $0.30-per-track premium for it. We're all for DRM-free music, but 256Kb/s still seems like a pretty low bit rate--especially when you're using a lossy codec.
So we decided to test a random sample of our colleagues to see if they could detect any audible difference between a song ripped from a CD and encoded in Apple's lossy AAC format at 128K/s, and the same song ripped and encoded in lossy AAC at 256Kb/s.
Our 10 test subjects range in age from 23 to 56. Seven of the 10 are male. Eight are editors by trade; two art directors. Four participants have musical backgrounds (defined as having played an instrument and/or sung in a band). We asked each participant to provide us with a CD containing a track they considered themselves to be intimately familiar with. We used iTunes to rip the tracks and copied them to a fifth-generation 30GB iPod. We were hoping participants would choose a diverse collection of music, and they did: Classical, jazz, electronica, alternative, straight-ahead rock, and pop were all represented; in fact country was the only style not in the mix. (See the chart at the end of the story for details.)
We hypothesized that no one would be able to discern the difference using the inexpensive earbuds (MSRP: $29) that Apple provides with its product, so we also acquired a set of high-end Shure SE420 earphones (MSRP: $400). We were confident that the better phones would make the task much easier, since they would reveal more flaws in the songs encoded at lower bit rates.
METHODOLOGY
We asked each participant to listen with the Apple buds first and to choose between Track A, Track B, or to express no preference. We then tested using the SE420's and asked the participant to choose between Track C, Track D, or to express no preference. The tests were administered double-blind, meaning that neither the test subject nor the person conducting the test knew which tracks were encoded at which bit rates.
The biggest surprise of the test actually disproved our hypothesis: Eight of the 10 participants expressed a preference for the higher-bit rate songs while listening with the Apple buds, compared to only six who picked the higher-quality track while listening to the Shure's. Several of the test subjects went so far as to tell they felt more confident expressing a preference while listening to the Apple buds. We theorize that the Apple buds were less capable of reproducing high frequencies and that this weakness amplified the listeners' perception of aliasing in the compressed audio signal. But that's just a theory. LEAVE IT TO THE OLD FOGEYS
Age also factored differently than we expected. Our hearing tends to deteriorate as we get older, but all three of our subjects who are over 40 years old (and the oldest listener in the next-oldest bracket) correctly identified the higher bit-rate tracks using both the Apple and the Shure earphones. Three of the four subjects aged between 31 and 40 correctly identified the higher bit-rate tracks with the Apple earbuds, but only two were successful with the Shures. Two of three under-30 subjects picked the higher-quality tracks with the Apples, but only one of them made the right choice with the Shures. All four musicians picked the higher-quality track while listening to the Apples, and three of the four were correct with the Shures.
Despite being less able to detect the bit rate of the songs while listening to the Shure SE420 earphones, eight of 10 subjects expressed a preference for them over the Apple buds. Several people commented on the Shure's ability to block extraneous noise. While listening to the SE420s, one person remarked "Wow, I'd forgotten that wood-block sound was even in this song." Another said "The difference between the Shure earphones and the Apple earbuds was more significant than the difference between the song encoded at 128Kb/s and the one recorded
*craft games focus more on base building and other micromanagement tasks I think. I dunno how to explain it really.
Perhaps that's because you're dead wrong? The sheer amount of micromanagement in SupCom is staggering, but just like with Morrowind and its bugs, the game is solid enough that it is a greatly enjoyable experience.
If you can get the lowest rating, a "Marksman" badge, then you should be able to hit a 50m target almost with your eyes closed and after taking a ride on the Whirly-go-round. It's really that easy for a 50m target, and the JFK assassination took place at a distance of 20m, using a telescopic scope mounted on Oswald's rifle.
It's awesome to me that we have somebody like you able to deliver such a peculiar addition to this discussion. However, I think at the time your dad may not have had access to the exact information that we have nowadays. Until five minutes ago, I always assumed that Oswald was at least two or three hundred meters away from JFK's position at the time of the shooting, so it would not be unreasonable in your father's time to assume the same thing I found myself thinking.
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Only three sides? I guess you forgot the light side. Don't forget any other arbitrary sides we decide to add.
There's a dark side of the moon? So where does the sun go when our side of the moon is dark?
I don't think it's the neutron output, rather it's the energetic gamma rays that do you in. Maybe your shield's flux capacitor needs to have its polarity reversed.
Way to fall into the editor's trap, trying to spur spurious discussion about whether events outside our lightcone actually happened before they intersected our lightcone. The editors may feel we need help in starting a discussion on many stories.
Actually, this example is Korean, and Korean only. It's their best idea of the spelling of making a 'k' sound several times, kind of like an unvoiced kuh kuh kuh kuh. It's spelled with just aspirated kiuk letters all in a row, on a keyboard you type zzzzzzz to make a typical 'korean laugh'.
The one that uses a laser.
I hope you get modded up to at least Insightful +3.
If you pay it all off before interest is calculated for it, then it doesn't help build your credit in most cases. Isn't that correct, or am I duped?
Oh my god, he killed Kennedy. You bastard!
Dude, you're literally a nazi about grammar.
You'll be needing it.
And good luck breaking a cipher that doesn't exist! :)
One might be a god among men to patent dual-ROT13.
Keep in mind it's artificially colored, but that cross-eyed thing is totally awesome!
Yup, he's an Electric Universe flunkie judging by his posts.
Dude, seriously? They're like, all over. :P
Allahu Akbar!
So you finally figured out the secret to perpetual motion, eh?
So... you're saying that you'd have no problems with Russia putting bases in Mexico?
Hey, I think something like that happened once...
See this post down below to see that the other two bands are phone and cable.
Apple's iTunes store--in partnership with EMI--is now hawking DRM-free music at twice the bit rate of its standard fare (256Kb/s vs. 128Kb/s) and charging a $0.30-per-track premium for it. We're all for DRM-free music, but 256Kb/s still seems like a pretty low bit rate--especially when you're using a lossy codec.
So we decided to test a random sample of our colleagues to see if they could detect any audible difference between a song ripped from a CD and encoded in Apple's lossy AAC format at 128K/s, and the same song ripped and encoded in lossy AAC at 256Kb/s.
Our 10 test subjects range in age from 23 to 56. Seven of the 10 are male. Eight are editors by trade; two art directors. Four participants have musical backgrounds (defined as having played an instrument and/or sung in a band). We asked each participant to provide us with a CD containing a track they considered themselves to be intimately familiar with. We used iTunes to rip the tracks and copied them to a fifth-generation 30GB iPod. We were hoping participants would choose a diverse collection of music, and they did: Classical, jazz, electronica, alternative, straight-ahead rock, and pop were all represented; in fact country was the only style not in the mix. (See the chart at the end of the story for details.)
We hypothesized that no one would be able to discern the difference using the inexpensive earbuds (MSRP: $29) that Apple provides with its product, so we also acquired a set of high-end Shure SE420 earphones (MSRP: $400). We were confident that the better phones would make the task much easier, since they would reveal more flaws in the songs encoded at lower bit rates.
METHODOLOGY
We asked each participant to listen with the Apple buds first and to choose between Track A, Track B, or to express no preference. We then tested using the SE420's and asked the participant to choose between Track C, Track D, or to express no preference. The tests were administered double-blind, meaning that neither the test subject nor the person conducting the test knew which tracks were encoded at which bit rates.
The biggest surprise of the test actually disproved our hypothesis: Eight of the 10 participants expressed a preference for the higher-bit rate songs while listening with the Apple buds, compared to only six who picked the higher-quality track while listening to the Shure's. Several of the test subjects went so far as to tell they felt more confident expressing a preference while listening to the Apple buds. We theorize that the Apple buds were less capable of reproducing high frequencies and that this weakness amplified the listeners' perception of aliasing in the compressed audio signal. But that's just a theory.
LEAVE IT TO THE OLD FOGEYS
Age also factored differently than we expected. Our hearing tends to deteriorate as we get older, but all three of our subjects who are over 40 years old (and the oldest listener in the next-oldest bracket) correctly identified the higher bit-rate tracks using both the Apple and the Shure earphones. Three of the four subjects aged between 31 and 40 correctly identified the higher bit-rate tracks with the Apple earbuds, but only two were successful with the Shures. Two of three under-30 subjects picked the higher-quality tracks with the Apples, but only one of them made the right choice with the Shures. All four musicians picked the higher-quality track while listening to the Apples, and three of the four were correct with the Shures.
Despite being less able to detect the bit rate of the songs while listening to the Shure SE420 earphones, eight of 10 subjects expressed a preference for them over the Apple buds. Several people commented on the Shure's ability to block extraneous noise. While listening to the SE420s, one person remarked "Wow, I'd forgotten that wood-block sound was even in this song." Another said "The difference between the Shure earphones and the Apple earbuds was more significant than the difference between the song encoded at 128Kb/s and the one recorded
*craft games focus more on base building and other micromanagement tasks I think. I dunno how to explain it really.
Perhaps that's because you're dead wrong? The sheer amount of micromanagement in SupCom is staggering, but just like with Morrowind and its bugs, the game is solid enough that it is a greatly enjoyable experience.
If you can get the lowest rating, a "Marksman" badge, then you should be able to hit a 50m target almost with your eyes closed and after taking a ride on the Whirly-go-round. It's really that easy for a 50m target, and the JFK assassination took place at a distance of 20m, using a telescopic scope mounted on Oswald's rifle.
It's awesome to me that we have somebody like you able to deliver such a peculiar addition to this discussion. However, I think at the time your dad may not have had access to the exact information that we have nowadays. Until five minutes ago, I always assumed that Oswald was at least two or three hundred meters away from JFK's position at the time of the shooting, so it would not be unreasonable in your father's time to assume the same thing I found myself thinking.
Have you ever seen this?
Obviously a counter-balancing scale will work on the moon, but how about an electronic scale?
We'll never forgive you