In the early 90's, I worked at a computer repair shop, and one of the techs there would replace surface mount ICs with a heat gun. I think it was just an ordinary heat gun for removing paint. I don't know about individual surface mount components, but I think he did those too. Now they make hot air desoldering stations that automatically pull the chip off when the solder is melted on all the contacts
I took apart an iphone 4 the other day and had to use a 10x jewelers loupe just to see some of the components.. crazy
Ah, I forgot about that one.. The annoying thing about Notes is if you've typed less than a full page, then accidentally hit the scroll lock key, it just seems like your arrow keys aren't working. drove me crazy the first time it happened
When I was in high school, we had a digital VAX with vt101 terminals that scrolled like that.. I thought it looked so cool. I'd love to see that in a terminal emulator
because it was mounted on a plaque that said "MOON ROCK" on it. If you've ever seen moon rocks, they're more like pebbles encased in clear plastic. It wasn't just a big rock sitting in the trash.
Just because they don't sell them still doesn't mean they can't toss it in the trash (intentionally or unintentionally) for someone else to take.
I had a weird court experience years ago.. The cops had set up a roadblock to catch people with expired inspection stickers, and I got a ticket. I went to traffic court, they called my name, but the info the judge had about my car/registration was incorrect. He gave me some funny looks, then said "oh.. ok" after going through the stack of tickets on his desk. The clerk ended up telling me what happened - Someone else with the same name as me was supposed to be in court that day, but didn't show up. My name isn't all that common either. I searched the whitepages online, and there was only one other person with my name in the town I went to court in.
That looks impressive, but I think they're not telling the whole story. I think there are different pre-recorded passages, and the guy is just switching between them, or playing the next passage in a sequence.
Actually I was thinking about recorded instruments when I said that.. I don't know if a live piano could ever be simulated. You have long strings inducing vibration in other strings, the soundboard, and other parts of the piano. Maybe this could all be digitally modeled someday. When you play the upper register on a digital piano, it does simulate the resonance of the surrounding notes since they don't have dampers on a real piano. It's pretty rudimentary though, at least on mine. (cheap)
I didn't realize you could get a trumpet for $70, but a really poor quality instrument can cause a lot of frustration for a beginner. I don't really know anything about trumpets though. I know a crappy guitar can be discouraging, mainly because of fingertip pain, but that's going to happen with any guitar to some degree at first.
I own 5 guitars, a digital piano, and an old upright piano. I'm not saying this could ever replace real instruments, but it could be a cheap alternative for people that aren't that particular about the mechanics. I play the digital piano more than the acoustic, because the strings are too old to stay in tune, and it really wouldn't be worth it to replace them. I'll always rather play a quality real instrument.
Don't conclude that I'm not an experienced musician because I can understand that there are people that would like to have something like this. I wouldn't even want one of these things, other than to play around with for a few minutes. There are also other applications.. people with disabilities, etc.
Another thing.. just because someone appreciates a real instrument over some kind of imitation doesn't mean they're any good at playing it. As far as listening to music, I'm pretty sure anyone would rather listen to good music played on fake instruments than bad music on real instruments.
I don't understand that comment either. Parents sometimes regret buying instruments because of the noise, but real drums don't have volume knobs or headphone jacks. Plus, they're more expensive.
GP reminds me of an interview I heard in the 80's with a synthesizer player.. I think it was Richard Wright from Pink Floyd. The interviewer made some comment about synthesizers being artificial and not legitimate instruments, and the keyboardist said something like "Why don't I give you the instruments and you make the music?"
Look at keyboards now.. They're practically indistinguishable from some the instruments they emulate. Anyway, it's about the music. I don't care how the sound is produced if it sounds good to me.
I think something like this could be good for parents that can't/don't want to spend the money on a real trumpet that their kid is going to give up on after a month. If the kid shows some proficiency with it and still wants a real trumpet after a while, then get a real one.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
- Thomas Hesse, President of Sony Music Entertainment's Global Digital Business, US Sales, and Corporate Strategy.
I never understood why it's better to die doing something you love. I often fantasize about dying while I'm doing something I hate, like during a root canal or dinner with the in-laws.
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In the early 90's, I worked at a computer repair shop, and one of the techs there would replace surface mount ICs with a heat gun. I think it was just an ordinary heat gun for removing paint. I don't know about individual surface mount components, but I think he did those too. Now they make hot air desoldering stations that automatically pull the chip off when the solder is melted on all the contacts
I took apart an iphone 4 the other day and had to use a 10x jewelers loupe just to see some of the components.. crazy
Ah, I forgot about that one.. The annoying thing about Notes is if you've typed less than a full page, then accidentally hit the scroll lock key, it just seems like your arrow keys aren't working. drove me crazy the first time it happened
I think the only application I've ever used that supports scroll lock usage is Lotus Notes, which sucks.
maybe you could train that crazy robot dog thing that sounds like a weedwhacker to follow you around with a battery
http://www.theonion.com/articles/stephen-hawking-builds-robotic-exoskeleton,1629/
When I was in high school, we had a digital VAX with vt101 terminals that scrolled like that.. I thought it looked so cool. I'd love to see that in a terminal emulator
How did he know it was a moon rock?
because it was mounted on a plaque that said "MOON ROCK" on it. If you've ever seen moon rocks, they're more like pebbles encased in clear plastic. It wasn't just a big rock sitting in the trash.
Just because they don't sell them still doesn't mean they can't toss it in the trash (intentionally or unintentionally) for someone else to take.
I had a weird court experience years ago.. The cops had set up a roadblock to catch people with expired inspection stickers, and I got a ticket. I went to traffic court, they called my name, but the info the judge had about my car/registration was incorrect. He gave me some funny looks, then said "oh.. ok" after going through the stack of tickets on his desk. The clerk ended up telling me what happened - Someone else with the same name as me was supposed to be in court that day, but didn't show up. My name isn't all that common either. I searched the whitepages online, and there was only one other person with my name in the town I went to court in.
is going to be full of bugs
But if we didn't try, we wouldn't have things like freeze dried ice cream and pens that write upside down under water.
That looks impressive, but I think they're not telling the whole story. I think there are different pre-recorded passages, and the guy is just switching between them, or playing the next passage in a sequence.
well if this thing is going to be amplified, there's gonna be a cord to pull out somewhere. Not sure what you'd run it across though.
Actually I was thinking about recorded instruments when I said that.. I don't know if a live piano could ever be simulated. You have long strings inducing vibration in other strings, the soundboard, and other parts of the piano. Maybe this could all be digitally modeled someday. When you play the upper register on a digital piano, it does simulate the resonance of the surrounding notes since they don't have dampers on a real piano. It's pretty rudimentary though, at least on mine. (cheap)
I didn't realize you could get a trumpet for $70, but a really poor quality instrument can cause a lot of frustration for a beginner. I don't really know anything about trumpets though. I know a crappy guitar can be discouraging, mainly because of fingertip pain, but that's going to happen with any guitar to some degree at first.
yeah, definitely not a replacement.. I probably didn't convey that well. I do think there's something about real instruments that can't be quantified.
I own 5 guitars, a digital piano, and an old upright piano. I'm not saying this could ever replace real instruments, but it could be a cheap alternative for people that aren't that particular about the mechanics. I play the digital piano more than the acoustic, because the strings are too old to stay in tune, and it really wouldn't be worth it to replace them. I'll always rather play a quality real instrument.
Don't conclude that I'm not an experienced musician because I can understand that there are people that would like to have something like this. I wouldn't even want one of these things, other than to play around with for a few minutes. There are also other applications.. people with disabilities, etc.
Another thing.. just because someone appreciates a real instrument over some kind of imitation doesn't mean they're any good at playing it. As far as listening to music, I'm pretty sure anyone would rather listen to good music played on fake instruments than bad music on real instruments.
I don't understand that comment either. Parents sometimes regret buying instruments because of the noise, but real drums don't have volume knobs or headphone jacks. Plus, they're more expensive.
GP reminds me of an interview I heard in the 80's with a synthesizer player.. I think it was Richard Wright from Pink Floyd. The interviewer made some comment about synthesizers being artificial and not legitimate instruments, and the keyboardist said something like "Why don't I give you the instruments and you make the music?"
Look at keyboards now.. They're practically indistinguishable from some the instruments they emulate. Anyway, it's about the music. I don't care how the sound is produced if it sounds good to me.
I think something like this could be good for parents that can't/don't want to spend the money on a real trumpet that their kid is going to give up on after a month. If the kid shows some proficiency with it and still wants a real trumpet after a while, then get a real one.
It's so bad.
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"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
- Thomas Hesse, President of Sony Music Entertainment's Global Digital Business, US Sales, and Corporate Strategy.
The breakthrough is that these are the first lasers that actually make a pewpew sound.
I never understood why it's better to die doing something you love. I often fantasize about dying while I'm doing something I hate, like during a root canal or dinner with the in-laws.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug
maybe the scammer actually was a woman?