In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:12:05 -0400:
Hi,
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>I signed up for early access to Google's Bard chatbot. Preliminary
>evaluation: It is not as good at scientific and technical issues. Examples:
>
>ME: What is double-labeled water?
>
>
>Bard:
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>Doubly labeled
I signed up for early access to Google's Bard chatbot. Preliminary
evaluation: It is not as good at scientific and technical issues. Examples:
ME: What is double-labeled water?
Bard:
Doubly labeled water (DLW) is water that has been enriched with both
deuterium and oxygen-18. Deuterium is a
And the breakable shellac 78 RPM? Edison's wax cylinder?
Regarding analog vs digital music, PCM sampled at 10% over the Nuquist rate
can exactly reproduce the original signal. But the analog reproduction can
add a spacial quality.
I actually lost a good friend over an argument on CDs.
I think people enjoy holding and reading the album cover as well as caring
for the record.
Vinyl may stick around like printed books.
harry
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:21 PM Jed Rothwell wrote:
> H L V wrote:
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> If this video is accurate then no music cassettes are sold today whereas
>> at one
yes you are. :-)
I didn't mention 8 tracks because they disappeared about 1980 when vinyl
was still the most popular format.
harry
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:44 PM Terry Blanton wrote:
> You forgot 8 tracks! Or am I dating myself?
>
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 11:07 AM H L V wrote:
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>> Most
Terry Blanton wrote:
Audiophiles have often said the vinyl source is warmer.
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So I've heard. I would like to set up a test with a turntable and a CD
player attached to the same speakers, to see if these people can hear the
difference. I'll bet they cannot. I know little about audio equipment,
Audiophiles have often said the vinyl source is warmer. Technically, this
is likely due to the phase smearing of differential encoding of music by
changes in groove heights and peak separation.
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 1:21 PM Jed Rothwell wrote:
> H L V wrote:
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> If this video is accurate then
H L V wrote:
If this video is accurate then no music cassettes are sold today whereas
> at one time they dwarfed vinyl sales.
>
> This says something about the nature of obsolescence.
> A technology doesn't become obsolete simply because it is "obviously"
> inferior or less affordable.
>
That
You forgot 8 tracks! Or am I dating myself?
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 11:07 AM H L V wrote:
> Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XBL9KlVoYE
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> Today the vast majority of music sales comes from the streaming format.
> However even though vinyl sales almost
Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XBL9KlVoYE
Today the vast majority of music sales comes from the streaming format.
However even though vinyl sales almost disappeared in the early 2000s
they grew again and now exceed CD sales. If this video is accurate then
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