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TOP SECRET - READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

Posted by cminor7b5 (A) on November 21, 2005 at 19:29:53

THIS POSTING IS TOP SECRET

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

AGENT: DIGITAL DEEP THROAT

Vinyl Addicts:

I don't know if I have much time left. I am breaking confidentiality because I may not have another opportunity.

What I am about to reveal to you cannot be proven and no one from any friendly government will admit to this. In addition, none of the multi-nationals mentioned in this post will ever go on-the-record. I have been researching this topic for several years and all my witnesses have either mysteriously vanished or now refuse to corroborate my findings. My laptop has been stolen with all my proof and all my backup disks are gone.

The topic I am revealing to you has to do with WHY compact disks were invented. I'm sure you're all aware of WHO invented them, but until now no one has ever revealed WHY. I am about to tell you this.

Back in the mid 1970's, Philips of Europe and the Pioneer Corp of Japan started collaborating on a joint venture to solidify worldwide standards for a new audio medium which eventually was called "Compact Disk". The properties of this medium were that they would store vast amounts of audio data in digital format which could be replayed on the appropriate equipment with minimal generational loss from copy to copy. In addition much of the audio degradation of the existing accepted format ie Vinyl Analogue Albums would be overcome. Intrusive ticks and pops would be gone. The durability of the new medium in addition to it's convenient playback ability ie random data access would soon make all previous media obsolete. This we all know. The joint venture was a great success and within a very short period most vinyl audio playback was eliminated. These are irrefutable facts as to WHO and HOW this came to pass.

Up until this time no one has answered the question of WHY this new format came into being. It's not as straight-forward as you think.

Over the past half century many disparate companies joined together to form what we now call "Multi-Nationals". These giant corporations are often comprised of companies who have little or nothing in common. This is what happened to both Phillips and Pioneer. Both companies were bought out in the late 1960's by MNs who happened to have large pharmeceutical concerns. So much for history, now onto the WHY.

These pharmeceutical companies noticed that many workers came home after a long stressful day at work and used nothing more than alcoholic beverages and vinyl-based music to unwind and relax. Sensing a large potential market, much research was done and it was concluded that altering the beverages could have severe negative repercussions for the pharmaceuticals. So they turned their attention to the audio medium which was helping these workers to relax. After many years of reasearch, they discovered that, if they altered the sine waves of the analogue music from nice smooth audio curves to jagged digital sine waves, they could induce stress in the listener no matter how much alcohol was consumed. This happened on a sub-consious level. Indeed many listeners actually thought the new medium was superior to the old analogue format. But sure enough, after a while these listeners became very agitated and stress-out. Most never figured out what was the root cause of their stress.

The pharmeceuticals then focused their attention on stess-reducing drugs. These we all know now under the brand names Prozac and Paxil. There are many others. Indeed many of the first generation of children, raised in an all digital environment developed stress-related symptoms which came to be known as ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder. This pleased the pharmaceuticals and they quickly developed several drugs such as Ritalin to calm and focus these troubled children.

Needless to say the profits for these companies soared out of site. No wonder they have a vested interest in keeping the truth hidden.

Much research was done into the recording/listening process. At first the companies naturally assumed that an all digital path ie Digital recording/Digital mixing/Digital playback would lead to the highest returns. This was known as DDD. But they quickly deduced that the human brain could not be fooled that easily. They decided to go with Analogue/Digital/Digital so the human mind would be tricked into listening a little longer thus ensuring a greater need for the stress reducing drugs. Hence ADD.

I am revealing this to you at great personal peril. Should it come to pass that I have not posted on this chatline for a long period I would appreciate it if someone from the group would follow-up to check on my personal well-being. Send an email to: digitaldeepthroat@ucantfoolme.com and if I'm ok I'll respond.

I must go now. It's important that I keep on the move.

xxxxxxx

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