... balancing it's books... for all it's faults...
Aargh! - "it's books" = "it is books" and "it's faults" = "it is faults".
And you fault a few countries for faulty books because of a few misplaced commas/decimals (depending what country you're in)?
I bet it was someone at a console in a server room on New Year's Eve given the task of incrementing the hexadecimal year on the dot of midnight. One can too many and all he could think of was "nine plus one... put down the nought and carry the one". Thus
7d9 (2009) + 1 =
7e0 (2016) instead of 7da (2010).
He's probably well sobbered up by now.
I, too, remember the Jurassic Park DTS intro distinctly. My ears didn't quite bleed but it was painful and I never went back to that theatre. Star Wars: Episode I was another aural overload experience - my g/f of the time never came to the cinema with me again (.. though.. maybe she didn't like Jar Jar Binks.. yes, that was it).
So I agree with earlier poster - complain to THX, Dolby or whoever. Campaign for quality sound, no overload. Make your views known to theatre management and even threaten to push for decertification.
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... balancing it's books ... for all it's faults ...
Aargh! - "it's books" = "it is books" and "it's faults" = "it is faults". And you fault a few countries for faulty books because of a few misplaced commas/decimals (depending what country you're in)?
I bet it was someone at a console in a server room on New Year's Eve given the task of incrementing the hexadecimal year on the dot of midnight. One can too many and all he could think of was "nine plus one ... put down the nought and carry the one". Thus
7d9 (2009) + 1 =
7e0 (2016) instead of 7da (2010).
He's probably well sobbered up by now.
I, too, remember the Jurassic Park DTS intro distinctly. My ears didn't quite bleed but it was painful and I never went back to that theatre. Star Wars: Episode I was another aural overload experience - my g/f of the time never came to the cinema with me again (.. though .. maybe she didn't like Jar Jar Binks .. yes, that was it).
So I agree with earlier poster - complain to THX, Dolby or whoever. Campaign for quality sound, no overload. Make your views known to theatre management and even threaten to push for decertification.