CDs, when cared for, were the first medium where the 1000th play was as
good as the first play. Maybe the first play of an LP would be a bit
better, but I can't see tossing LPs after just one play. I'm not that
committed.
This is worth a look.
http://tinyurl.com/224y8j
It doesn't decisively se
And the sales of rotators will soar.
Don't know about that one. Would I actually invest in a
steerable antenna array when I all ready have cable?
Probably not, but if I were far from an ATSC signal I
might. If I had to.
As it is I can't get ANY over the air transmissions with any
reliability
Hell, no! You're not running out now. WE tell YOU when you leave. YOU don't
tell US. Who do you think you are, anyway?
:-)
Anybody can leave or join at any time. That's the deal.
There are some very awesomely knowledgeable people who post
here. I would rank this list as having an extremely h
You can, Betty can, Steve can, I can. That is evidence. Some have
better equipment than others. Some have hearing impairment to a
greater or lesser degree. But the bottom line is that MP3 sucks, from
an audio quality standpoint.
A high-bit-rate MP3 is just fine. No need to torture ourselves
I am not an audiophile, but I always enjoyed wonderful music.
Um, that's not exactly accurate based on the rest of your post.
Face it, Stewart, you ARE an audiophile :-).
However I have lost parts of my hearing over time as I served with
line units in the army reserve.
Thank you for your se
If you are going to take that position then you would not be digitizing
from anything less than the original master recording. So as I said
before: is this being done for a personal music collection or for the
Smithsonian?
I thought I was discussing playback of material all ready in the
digita
While this sounds like a good rule at first, several questions arise.
How do we know the source was 'good' to begin with? Was the room in
which it was recorded 'correct'? Is the design of the instrument
'correct'? Was the musician playing the instrument 'properly'?
Well, we as recordists aren't
Lossy formats like MP3 have much smaller file sizes because they
remove extra information based on psycho-acoustic theory.
Yeah. That sounds great--in theory.
I don't claim to have golden ears, but I've been around music and
recording for quite a while. The First Commandment is: Thou shalt
n
8 of the 9 subject lines were for problems with Microsoft products.
Well, that doesn't surprise me. Windows 95 sort of sucked, and 8
out of 9 people were using it :-).
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OK, it wasn't a tutorial in network topology.
:-)
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Most people I know with DSL find fairly constanct rates. But I know a few
who apparently have some sort of issues with the copper wire from the CO to
the house. Rain can really lower their data rate.
Yep. The primary limitation of "DSL" is line loss. If I am the provider, I
can set your "ca
I'm the furthest from an expert, but in the past have dabbled in both the
DSL and Cable. I've stuck with cable.
Cable uses a first come first served model of delivery. Telcos usually
use a capped bandwidth, or a "you get what you pay for" model.
I've seen the slow down on cable and found it u
Tom has mentioned it before but this article confirms what he is
talking about with IT managers.
How many managers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
If the troops don't know what they are doing the enterprise falls
to pieces.
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I upgraded a Windows ME to XP Home.
Windows ME is widely regarded as the "exploding Pinto"
version of Windows.
It definitely was worse than 98SE. If by "upgrade" you mean
anything other than a complete wipe and reinstall, then I'm not
surprised there are problems.
Now I always go through this
The OS doesn't matter when the software is top notch, but when
selecting software that's dual platform, it's usually easier, more
transparent and seamless, to use the Mac version, especially after
trying both for comparison. Only exception I can think of is Excel
for Windows, and some 3D and an
iTunes goes to 192 bits, my tin ears don't recognize a
difference but some might
But it isn't a big deal, prople have been listening to low fidelity devices
since the dawn of recorded music. It's just a shame that more of them
haven't heard what is possible.
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This might be of interest here.
http://www.telecomcareers.net/SMF/doc_hitechemploy.asp?SMContentIndex=0&SMContentSet=0
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I believe that T1 lines come standard with a static IP number. As
you state below their up speed is as much as their down speed. (Most
home DSL's and Cable setups have a high down speed, but a much
slower up speed.
Depends on how they are configured. Most DS1s (don't say T1) are
channelized
Concur. Most T1 lines come with service level agreements on the
order of 99+% uptime guaranteed. Imagine getting that from cable. ;^)
That is why DSL is so much better than cable.
Just a brief clarification. "DSL" is a term that's used like "Kleenex."
A T1, or what is more accurately refe
You need to belong to the hotel "club' to get the free benefit.
I wouldn't belong to any club that would have me as a member.
Nope, I walk in the door like any dumbass and expect a certain
standard of service. That's what they're selling, and that's what
I'm buying.
I'm not complaining, I'm j
Surprisingly the higher priced hotels/convention setups do not.
Oddly enough I was at the Hilton Paris.
Maybe this is a Hilton policy, but I almost always stay at Hiltons.
The one in Cleveland didn't charge extra, (but the speed was very
low). I didn't get a chance to test out the Milennium i
Interesting. In DC I pay US$30.00 per month for 3 mbps down, 768 kbps up.
That's unlimited but that's as good as it gets on speed. No FiOS here yet.
I know there's been a lot said on how other countries are better
implementing
broadband than the USA. Some of them have state monopoly telecom
Considering what I pay for what speed I get I'm not going to look at this
websiteI know I'll just get irritated.
Actually the quoted speeds are a lot slower than what USA providers
deliver and what we pay for it is a lot less. There is an upside.
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...but did register another domain for myself, which I will have
a site, do already have a site (though still under construction).
I for one would be interested to see that. Please post a URL
when it is ready.
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So if the other guy named Tom Piwowar does something that I think
reflects badly on our name can I sue him for damages?
Well, anybody can sue anybody for anything, that's the beauty of
the system. It would most likely be thrown out of court though,
and you'd be out court costs and attorney fees
Are you going to sue Wikipedia if they post your *unauthorized*
biography?
Maybe. If it's not factual information from public records and isn't
incredibly complimentary and uplifting, ha ha.
Will you demand that people seek a waiver before uttering your
name in a public place?
Of course not
ighest
bidder.
That's economics in action.
Here's an example. http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/322
The bottom line on that is that you really don't want to take on a
Fortune 10 company with very deep pockets and platoons of lawyers.
It can also be very ambiguous. My name, Eri
I just hope she doesn't mind too much when I tell her I've
registered her name and offer to give it to her.
And that is the right thing to do.
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Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
Evidently.
If you have concerns you can state them in a respectful manner and
help him work out the right thing to do.
I don't condone identity theft. And I won't facilitate it.
The web is full of well done, unofficial fan sites.
Okay, here's an admittedly strange question: Is it always inherently
wrong, >improper or maybe even illegal to register someone else's name as a
domain
name, particularly if they are a prominent person?
Without their explicit permission yes, in my opinion (obviously).
Fourth Amendment of the
Well, ended up buying the .com domain for this person's name.
Why would you do that? People have a right to their own
identity. If you're fucking with people, especially famous people,
you have to accept that there are likely to be consequences.
I didn't like the smell of you from the start,
Do you or anyone else who might know think it matters that
much at this point between .net and .com?
If you're selling something it should be .com. If you're providing
information it should be .net. If you're a non-profit it should be
.org. If you are a government it shold be .gov, etc.
esan
Since human thinking can essentially mimic that of computers, albeit at far
slower speeds, I'm now wondering whether and how computers can be designed
to more closely mimic how humans learn. For anyone who might know, have
they got very far with this in AI?
Randy, computers can't think as we
At Apple, doing something well is paramount. Apple demonstrates
that doing something well can be very profitable and Apple's stockholders
are very happy with their returns.
Good. Point.
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Comcast is cutting off customers who use too much bandwidth. Only, they
won't tell you how much is too much, nor will they tell you how to monitor
your bandwidth use.
Well, as I see it it depends on the terms of service agreement, if it says
they can then they can. Comcast is a business, which
Have I been banned from the list?
I read you five by five.
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How can Vista be any good if it takes more hardware to run that XP?
That's a good question, but it's always been that way. Every generation
of OS adds capabilities that leverage hardware. If I want DX-10, I will
have to go to Vista at some point. Not right now, but probably within a
year.
Thanks for your comment and your sentiment, Eric, but, if you look closely
at my post, you'll see that I cc'd him. That was my way of taking such an
eventuality into account.
Whatever. His beliefs are clear and as I see it there's no need to beat it
into the ground. If he doesn't want to be h
Thinking clearly and logically is hard. If it were easy, everyone would do
it.
He's signed off, so he didn't see any of that.
What a waste of effort.
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So my question is has anyone actually read the article?
That's an excellent question. I haven't, but it appears that this
might have happened.
I find it hard to believe that hundreds of Internet references could
be wrong.
:-)
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I also think that we can talk about computers and computing without
having to strictly discuss only hardware and software issues.
Agreed.
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The topic isn't 'computers', it's the Computer Guys show. The show no
longer exists(?), so unless we can figure out a way to kill off the list,
we're all stuck with the off-topic stuff.
Beg to differ. Tom runs this list. The focus has always been on solving
people's computer problems, with ge
I think he enjoyed the computer talk here, but didn't like some of the
people.
Well, he seems to prefer orthodoxy to anarchy. I don't think the medicine
discussion belongs here either, and what they do or don't do in Waco is a
matter of supreme indifference to me.
But I know how to read select
Actually this is common behavior, and also sad in a very frightening
way.
Yes. I could point out that DC has a law that prohibits use of
handheld cell phones when driving. It isn't, and can't be enforced.
I've bicycle commuted in downtown DC for 6 years, daily, and
obeyed the traffic laws. A
I'm still an amateur at 3D, but this is my understanding of what's
going on.
You're not an amateur at anything Vicky, as far as I'm concerned.
You're right. It's about polygon count (thousands, not hundreds),
antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, textures, et al.
The GPU is a dedicate
One of my members mentioned he just bought a laptop. It came with 1 GB of
ram but he said he was only seeing 768 MB of ram. I told him his laptop
video was taking 256 of ram. Dumb Who needs that fast and that big of
a video on a laptop?
That isn't even in the space of what a modern gam
Most system are only coming with 1 or 2 above. You have to pay a premium
to get 3 or 4, and I understand most of the real nice goodies only come
with 3 & 4.
Well, as I see it only Ultimate really offers a step sideways, and I have no
desire to go (as I see it) backwards from a perfectly worka
Does anyone want to point out a compelling Vista feature? I think the
people who turned this thread into a pissing contest owe us a proper
answer to the question.
A compelling Vista feature? Only one comes to mind at the moment, and
that's DirectX 10 support. But as the other posters suggeste
The RFID technology in passports is a big pain/burden to all the
countries who are expected to invest a lot of money in using our
new passports...
The US is hardly the first on the block with RFID passports.
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The passport is government property. So don't even think about it.
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What do people do that would like to keep the CD's and
jewel boxes intact?
That's your archive. Put them in a box in your closet. If your
drive dies you can rebuild.
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Probably the same chance you have of winning the powerball jackpot.
I was hoping to win that.
So I guess I can leave it as is and not worry?
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Sorry if this has been covered before, but I just got one.
Is there anything in a passport RFID chip that I should be
concerned with, other than that some people have recommended
microwaving it to destroy the chip?
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ok, I've never paid too much attention to this..tell me what
it means!?!!??
It means, at least in Windows, that the operating system has
terminated function. That is, the OS has crashed. This can
happen for two reasons, hardware failure (unlikely) or in most
cases, software failu
But, in between the time when I couldn't read the text and finally could,
it
gave me the idea of how cool it would be if you could carry around your OS
and apps on a chip, maybe data too. Imagine being able to walk up to any
computer with the right slot and just plug in *your* computer...
Yes
Where is the best place to by a Toshiba LapTop?
toshibadirect.com ?
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They don't know what cameras are and by God them Yankees will
never put one up on our streets! :-)
I figure that if anybody is bored enough to watch what I do in
public then they obviously need to get lives of their own. I mean
how many hours of watching a guy riding a bicycle and sometimes
pi
My concern regarding Alienware was that it was an "exotic" make and
thus likely to be more temperamental than, say, a Lenovo. Is this a
reasonable concern (when compared to other non-Apple laptops)?
Well, Dell owns Alienware.
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Just a note here. In terms of performance benchmarks I can build
a desktop computer that will absolutely spank any of the laptops so
far discussed for less than half the cost.
We are not talking about the real benefits here because the question
was relating to high end laptops, but I think that
The 1GB of video/graphics memory in either will do more for gaming than
having more than 2 GB of RAM. If this is good for people who make and
test games it should be good for the gamers.
It varies, depending on the coding of the game in question. The AW
uses NVIDIA SLI technology, with two GPU
Suitable for Gaming (ideally advertised as a "gaming laptop")
17" screen
Intel Core Duo processor
4GB RAM (of whatever flavor)
Any other hardware requirement to support Aero Glass as well as can be
hoped for given the shortcomings of the technology.
Price no object? Dell XPS. The Alienware stu
That could have easily happened sometime after taking out the old hard
drive that was C:. I have seen it over and over with Windows.
Right. You can (in XP) "shuffle the deck" with volume letters using
the Disk Management utility, BUT NOT THE SYSTEM VOLUME.
At least not without pulling all the
There is no other drive on this cable. There is a CD/DVD drive as
Master port 1 and a Zip drive as slave on port 1.
What letter designations are they?
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In the world of Windows you must also consider that parts of your
computer may have been disabled by various members of the RIAA who
believe the DMCA gives them the right to invide your computer with DRM
enhancements.
FUD. This is solvable.
We just need more information.
The tapes in questi
It sounds to me (no pun intended) that the line in on the card is
somehow disabled, probably in software.
It might also help to know what machine you have, what sound card
is in it, and so forth.
Thanks,
Eric
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Do you, or anyone, have other suggestions for me to try?
It's possible that the sound card software autoselects depending
on what's plugged in. My board will tell me if a particular input is
occupied by a device, but I can override it via the mixer panel.
I'm using Intel Audio Studio. All I
If I saw a five pack I'd get it.
Staples on L Street had five packs as recently as two weeks ago.
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In all probability your sound card has an input volume level control,
in software, is this set as appropriate?
I don't have any idea where to look for it.
OK, we're making progress. If you are using Windows there
should be an icon in the system tray that says sound or volume or
mixer or some
I'd like to get the sound from an audio cassette tape into my
computer, preferably into an MP3 file.
You should be able to do this with what you have.
I have a stereo cassette deck, and a cable that goes from the audio
out (red and white connectors) on the tape player to the "line in" on
the
I could manage without Windows, but why not have it there, just in case?
Especially since you can. As of yet I can't put a Mac OS on my
machine, but I'd pay for it and do it if I could. It would be a good
tool to have in the box.
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This reminds me of when I set up my mom (who was in her mid 80s at the
time) with a new eMac. I gave her a user account (I kept administrator
privileges for myself) and told her that she couldn't break it. Within
a week she called me to say "I killed it!" All she did was shut it
down. I ex
Question: is it possible to lose quality when ripping and re-recording
as I've described?
Assuming your source is a 44.1 kHz sampling frequency "Red Book"
CD and you were ripping to WAV format it should be an exact image
in terms of the digital data. You haven't introduced any D/A or A/D
conve
This little incident taught me a couple of things.
It taught me not to underestimate Stewart Marshall.
My hands are not as steady as they used to be.
Neither are mine. I'm going to look at that Cold Heat system.
Thanks,
Eric
Well I got a chance to try out my fix to transfer the data.
IT WORKED!
Congratulations, you are promoted to hacker first class :-).
Seriously, that was well executed.
What was on the drive? Just curious.
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Your attack is unwarrented and impolite.
I didn't see it as an attack. If you did, I apologize.
My comment about not having an emotional involvement
with a particular OS may have been a bit strong, but the
point that I was making is that there are horses for courses.
I have NEVER (that I can
As a Windows user you are going to have to adjust your anxiety levels.
Just as if you had moved into a bad neighborhood, it would be impractical
to lock yourself in and never venture out. Risk is the price of admission
into the world of Windows.
Well, I must have a high level of risk tolerance.
Females now play more video games than men. And they play the vast
majority on PCs. I don't even know if the games they like to play are
available on Macs, except in their browser versions.
Well, that is certainly a consideration.
It does, however, seem that laptops are just fine for these typ
Windows did this first, but that's ancient history.
AmigaDOS did it before either, and OS-9 I think did it
before AmigaDOS. But that's ancient history :-)
As far as the daughter's computer, the Mac looks like the
way to go. If she were a gamer I wouldn't even bother
thinking about a laptop, b
This makes no sense. Moving air is moving air. Blowing compressed gas is
no more likely to generate static than sucking with a motor drive.
In order to generate a static charge you have to have friction.
And there has to be an absence of a ground.
This is why shuffling across a dry carpet and
I keep wondering where you meet these poor sorry sad pc people...
Um, me too. This is the Commuter Guys list, right?
I'm just surprised there is so little talk about commuting.
But what can you say about commuting, after all?
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il 17, 2007 11:35 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] Tinkerers was: Apple hardware and Vista/PC hardware was:
Anti-apple rant
At 10:04 PM -0400 4/17/07, Eric S. Sande wrote:
I don't have any criticism to offer of Macs, they are very nice
for Mac-type people. Who don't tend to be experimenters.
Q: Are there other Intel-based PCs that are high quality besides Apple?
A: Yes. In fact, for muchos dolares, you can get very high quality PCs
with very high quality parts.
Yes, you can buy boutique PCs that are equally aesthetically
pleasing and so forth.
You can build them for far less. D
n be said to have x hours of
life to them, and they will fail when they reach that point. Leaving a
machine off overnight _will_ extend their lives.
You don't leave your car on all night do you?
On 4/9/07, Eric S. Sande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It is stress, yes. But so is *o
It is stress, yes. But so is *operating* at 35C. And the latter occurs
far more than the former.
No, the device is designed to operate at 35C. It is also designed
to operate at higher temperatures, but not beyond a maximum at
load depending on the chip.
My point is that the initial switch on i
But modern electronics don't experience that.
You have a chip that runs at 35C (idle) ramping from room
temperature to operating spec. That is stress, no?
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And all the affected gear except the telephone handset was on a surge
protector.
First of all, telephone loops aren't grounded. We were hit by lightning
in 1998 and it fried all of the phones. There were burn marks coming
out of the jacks, no kidding.
We lost a CPU that wasn't surge protected
Not so sure about it being a good idea that personal machines run around
the clock. Besides the --- waste of electricity
My brother and I have different takes on this. He is a power off
guy, I'm a power on guy. Since day one I've always run 24/7 with
all my electronics. In the tube days it m
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