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1: Critic's Corner, RE: RIP Peter Aczel (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2017-06-29, 11:58:45 (50.24.74.230)
I read him most of the time, but as I recall I never bought much that he had to say. Of course, that was also true of HP also. .......
2: Hi-Rez Highway, Yes, the Remote app is very convenient, but (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2015-11-30, 18:29:00 (50.24.74.230)
Itunes is terrible. I have a music server and have many 44.1 albums on it. But I also have many double native DSD recordings that are quite superior to even HD Tracks in PCM. But even JRiver's MC20 or .......
3: Cable Asylum, The best sounding metals cannot be used in them. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2015-11-30, 18:18:37 (50.24.74.230)
At best they are brass but must have something to maintain contact with the surrounding materials. Of course, copper oxide is a very bad contact area as it is a poor conductor. Silver is best but too .......
4: Vintage Asylum, Best inexpensive turn table. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2015-09-27, 12:25:32 (50.24.74.230)
My oldest grandson is off to college and wants a turntable. I really have no knowledge of inexpensive units. Is there something at $300 including tt, arm, and cartridge? Of course, recommendations of .......
5: General Asylum, I always use FedEx Ground (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2015-05-23, 07:39:21 (50.24.51.87)
It is cheap and packages most often arrive looking like they were not shipped. I have had claims with UPS were all they claimed was that the "shock in their system was greater than my packaging could .......
6: General Asylum, Personal experience (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-11-28, 08:00:51 (74.194.163.200)
Since I rip all of my cds to a raid system and doing that minimizes error correction, I assumed that the Essence of Music would not add to the fidelity of music. I was quite wrong. I have re-ripped ma .......
7: General Asylum, RE: Swayed By THE Show Demo........ (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-11-28, 07:53:03 (74.194.163.200)
Brian, I once heard a cd painted with AVM paint that was slightly painted more on one side versus one that was carefully spray painted. The latter sounded much better. I would not put the EOM sticker .......
8: Tubes Asylum, RE: NOS RCA 211s (7) and GE (2) (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-10-30, 11:06:18 (74.194.163.200)
AJ, thanks. I did that but only one GE was listed as NOS. All of mine are. I guess I can go with that one as a guess for what they will get on auction. .......
9: Tubes Asylum, NOS RCA 211s (7) and GE (2) (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-10-30, 09:32:07 (74.194.163.200)
I have found these all 1942 or 1943 NOS tubes hidden in a cabinet. I had 211 amps briefly about ten years ago that were made in China. I briefly tried two of these in them and they did improve the sou .......
10: Hi-Rez Highway, Yes, if Sony makes their quad DSD available that is the end (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-09-30, 08:47:28 (74.194.163.200)
There will be no master tapes available save in quad DSD. Presently I am enjoying double DSD of everything I have on my raid. This is thank to JRiver MC19. I have many SACD converted to DSD that are j .......
11: General Asylum, I have had great success selling modestly priced gear on Audio Trader (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-09-30, 08:26:49 (74.194.163.200)
I think those posting most on Audiogon have more money to spend. I find thread at Audiogon have the worst format and that many there have no purpose but to sell or shill for one company or to keep the .......
12: Computer Audio Asylum, I use JRiver MC19 to take everything to double DSD not DOP. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-07-28, 11:58:08 (8.36.230.242)
I have done a good deal of listening to cds played in44.1/16 versus double DSD and everything in between. I also have many sacds on the drive in DSD and a very few recordings done in double DSD. Final .......
13: General Asylum, I've got double DSD versions of many of my SACD discs. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-06-06, 08:32:50 (66.41.73.154)
Pretty soon you will be able to get downloads of double DSD, but be ready to need faster connections. Before I had PCM 192/24 versions of SACDs, and they were clearly better than cds. The end of cds .......
14: General Asylum, Are they rightly used or are they used right would be correct. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-22, 15:03:25 (74.192.31.106)
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15: General Asylum, What is applicable from one of us to others (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-22, 14:59:02 (74.192.31.106)
I have never experienced a power surge, that is attributable to a power company. Nor have I ever seen a low voltage or brownout. I once measured my voltage continuously for a week and saw a maximum sw .......
16: Computer Audio Asylum, By Mac you probably mean Itune. I would never listen to Itunes. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-21, 12:30:09 (74.192.31.106)
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17: Computer Audio Asylum, I want to listen to master tapes quality on quad DSD (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-21, 12:25:28 (74.192.31.106)
in one good system. I don't want music everywhere and 24/7. .......
18: General Asylum, I just think he is old and burned out. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-17, 09:44:32 (74.192.31.106)
But for some of the cuts he is the perfect singer. His voice is hard to get right in recording. .......
19: General Asylum, I've heard of this for years and have yet to experience it. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-17, 09:31:14 (74.192.31.106)
I have about 2000 cds and will admit that many are seldom visited. Also I have more than 700 of them on my music server, so I never play those cds other than from the server. I have had some to cloud .......
20: Tweakers' Asylum, They have been out for several years now. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-11, 08:03:00 (74.192.31.106)
Initially, I used their Ultra SSs (Stainless Steel feet) under my Tidal speaker with great benefit. Then when the Ultra Fives came out I tried them under the Tidals. It was a shocking improvement. Now .......
21: Computer Audio Asylum, Splashtop for my music server (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-11, 07:40:27 (74.192.31.106)
I soon to get a new music server that will play native dsd and double dsd and will be using an Apple Ipad to setup and run my selection of music. I've seen no references to Splashtop here, but does an .......
22: General Asylum, Yes, brass ripeness is hard to capture. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-11, 07:30:26 (74.192.31.106)
Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson Two Men with the Blues is one of my favorite test recordings. Wynton's trumpet often follows Walter Blandings saxophone. In a system that captures the character of bo .......
23: General Asylum, I might add the Star Sound Tech Apprentice platforms. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-08, 12:55:20 (74.192.31.106)
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24: General Asylum, Since it is free, I'll give it a try. I assume it is Iphone also. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-06, 11:18:42 (74.192.31.106)
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25: General Asylum, How do you know your spindle weight was flat? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-06, 10:26:12 (74.192.31.106)
Did you rotate it to different points? .......
26: General Asylum, Thanks, but my question is really what & why others think I shouldn't. * (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-06, 10:20:27 (74.192.31.106)
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27: Whiner's Woad, How come we have all heard this many, many times, & many don't believe it? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-06, 10:17:33 (74.192.31.106)
We all have also played telephone and know that the eyesight is not very reliable, but are the ears? One thing about the studies of hearing is that relying on 30 seconds exposures and same or differen .......
28: General Asylum, RE: Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-06, 08:13:40 (74.192.31.106)
After having thought more about this question, I think I should have asked whether the average audiophile has identified some publications in print or on the internet are identifiable for high end rev .......
29: General Asylum, Me too. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-06, 07:50:05 (74.192.31.106)
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30: General Asylum, Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-05, 09:24:54 (74.192.31.106)
Do you think reviewers should do such cables? What about $30k plus components? .......
31: General Asylum, RE: When you go to a dealer to audition, do you bring your S.O.? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-05-05, 08:45:11 (74.192.31.106)
I've heard of dealers, but haven't seen one in twenty years. What is an audition? We must live in a different country. .......
32: Tweakers' Asylum, Can a tiny silver bowl affect music reproduction (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-01-21, 08:36:31 (74.192.31.106)
I am speaking of the Ziplex one half inch wide silver bowls, but the same questions apply to the Synergistic Research ARTs. About two weeks ago I had four audiophiles in my listening room. We were li .......
33: Computer Audio Asylum, I don't think high end audio cares much about home theater. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-01-14, 06:40:17 (74.192.31.106)
I know several audiophiles who have an integrated home theater system. I also know more who don't. They may have tvs but watch few movies on them. I do remember two audiophile friends who embraced hom .......
34: Computer Audio Asylum, If SONY releases it masters on quad DSD, it is all over. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2014-01-14, 06:29:13 (74.192.31.106)
Then the question will be space for storage. .......
35: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: AC receptacle?? (best) RO, Tesla??? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-12-19, 14:37:27 (66.41.73.154)
About nine months ago, I replaced Hubbell HBL 5362 with a R0. The R0 was somewhat better, but on my many ac devices, I haven't bothered. I like the R0 more than the R1 as no plating. .......
36: General Asylum, I used to look forward to visiting our son & family in New Haven (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-09-02, 16:00:23 (204.133.178.218)
Thank God, not whole wheat. Definitely Northeastern pizza. When we lived on Long Island, I used to have to travel out the Island to find a pizza restaurant. None of the great Italian places made them. .......
37: Cable Asylum, Wouldn't you need one din to two RCA connectors? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-09-02, 09:18:09 (204.133.178.218)
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38: Computer Audio Asylum, I'm 74 and have had my hearing tested. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-09-02, 09:11:06 (204.133.178.218)
It is somewhat down in the left ear from driving with the window open without air conditioning and both ears have a rolloff after 12k Hz but still some up to 16k Hz. I have an Empirical Audio Mac Mini .......
39: General Asylum, Sorry, I remember eating the first pizza I ever heard of. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-09-02, 08:42:33 (204.133.178.218)
This was in Saint Louis which has a big Italian community. It was thin crust with Italian sausage. Then I survived in a predominantly Catholic fraternity eating on Fridays at either Unos or Duos near .......
40: General Asylum, Two percent$ Is there a cap of $100? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-09-02, 08:29:08 (204.133.178.218)
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41: General Asylum, To each his or her own. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-09-02, 08:20:06 (204.133.178.218)
The last several years have seen, in my experience, great leaps in realism. On a great performance, there is nothing more thrilling than realism. Most of this is not in speakers or electronics, but ra .......
42: Tweakers' Asylum, Sorry, as I said I gave them away. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-08-09, 19:16:51 (204.133.178.218)
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43: Computer Audio Asylum, My experiences put me in the middle of all this. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-08-09, 17:40:59 (204.133.178.218)
It used to be with Pure Music that loading the disc into memory sounded better. I bought a Mac with SSD to get better sound, but got none. Loading into memory further undid any benefit. I have not hea .......
44: Tweakers' Asylum, Only for the top shelf. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-08-08, 11:27:59 (204.133.178.218)
Mana has levels with one thin type of shelf on top another. I saw a level 35 once at CES. .......
45: Tweakers' Asylum, I gave mine away. They used to be on StillPoints Racks & sounded like S____. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-08-08, 11:25:43 (204.133.178.218)
We have a local glass store that will sell them. I have many Mana stands that I will give you if you come and get them. I'm in College Station, TX. .......
46: General Asylum, To say nothing of the labor and other materials. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-08-08, 11:05:19 (204.133.178.218)
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47: General Asylum, Sounds like the beginning of a band amplification system. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-08-03, 16:31:57 (204.133.178.218)
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48: Cable Asylum, It was a long time ago (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-08-01, 09:04:10 (204.133.178.218)
but I took my Fulton cables in and we held them side by side. Other than color my three coworkers and I agreed that they were identical. One guy suggested that we hook them up to the welder and see if .......
49: Tweakers' Asylum, Somebody raved about them, and I bought two. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-31, 15:52:56 (204.133.178.218)
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50: Tweakers' Asylum, I also had two P300s (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-31, 11:50:05 (204.133.178.218)
They just crushed the dynamics of the music. I don't remember what the maximum draw was supposed to be, but I found it was one tenth of that. .......
51: Cable Asylum, I can see how the center pin would make a difference. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-31, 11:35:38 (204.133.178.218)
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52: Tweakers' Asylum, Yes, I used them briefly (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-30, 09:33:52 (204.133.178.218)
Now I have about four stuck in a pile. .......
53: Tweakers' Asylum, Any word on how they did this? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-30, 09:23:58 (204.133.178.218)
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54: Vinyl Asylum, Consider the location where this machine was recorded. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-25, 12:28:17 (204.133.178.218)
The VPI in that room would make talking impossible. Also consider that you don't have to be in the room while it is working. You also should recall that it does the cleaning while you maybe be elsewhe .......
55: Vinyl Asylum, IMHO, neither (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-25, 11:48:19 (204.133.178.218)
In my opinion if you don't link dynamics or pace in the music use wood under components. .......
56: General Asylum, The only realistic advice is to listen to all three in single-ended. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-24, 11:56:10 (204.133.178.218)
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57: Vinyl Asylum, I've had the Audio Desk Vinyl Cleaner for four years now. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-18, 17:40:43 (204.133.178.218)
It is so easy to use and does a pristine cleaning. I've used a USB microscope and there is nothing in any track that I've ever seen after cleaning. What is really nice is just putting a record in, pus .......
58: General Asylum, I don't like even quality elevator music. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-18, 15:06:22 (204.133.178.218)
My greatest joy is to have a realistic sound stage before me and to be unable to do anything but listen. .......
59: Computer Audio Asylum, Hmm, want to bet. The Senate bill will never be considered by the House (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-14, 16:14:50 (204.133.178.218)
If you don't think the states have been troubled by the lost revenues for years, you are crazy. If you don't think they have sought solutions, you are again crazy. I've been to three of them with two .......
60: General Asylum, Sorry, you are quite wrong. I quit EE when the professor insisted on this. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-13, 19:15:51 (204.133.178.218)
I was working for Armour Research Foundation at the time doing some research involving transmissions of signals and new we had noise that was not predicted by EE laws. Electrical Engineering gives you .......
61: General Asylum, Really as long as you don't eat shot killed birds, all is okay. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-12, 10:56:05 (204.133.178.218)
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62: General Asylum, This is why I was so intrigued by the "magnetic conduction" High Fidelity cables (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-12, 10:53:06 (204.133.178.218)
They use a high permeable alloy as the conductor and the directionality of magnets to encourage the signal in the cables. It is quite clear that they sound different than other cables and this is the .......
63: General Asylum, There are many solutions to points marring floors (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-12, 08:43:09 (204.133.178.218)
And they certainly sound different than coins. .......
64: General Asylum, My experiences are limited to finding it locally, sorry. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-12, 08:40:41 (204.133.178.218)
I think you have to buy it over the internet or maybe in gun shops. Thirty-five states ban its use in hunting areas. .......
65: General Asylum, You are losing mass with the kitty liter (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-10, 17:05:34 (204.133.178.218)
Putting coins under the sharp spikes probably has little effect although it may spread the weight of the stuff on your rack and allow more vibration. The best thing is to try it yourself. Lead shot is .......
66: General Asylum, I had a 12 handicap golfer when I worked at NCR (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-10, 16:57:37 (204.133.178.218)
This was because of the pro lessons they gave me. The notion was that I could play while telling them how we would help their company adapt to their new computer. Ultimately, I decided that I didn't e .......
67: Computer Audio Asylum, Sorry, this is all grossly naive (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-06, 13:25:34 (204.133.178.218)
Many states have sought to form compacts to collect each others' taxes and have never succeeded. They would never cooperate and indeed never have. What is the means by which the Federal government wou .......
68: Computer Audio Asylum, I think that is only true of the Sabre chip. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-05, 17:10:17 (204.133.178.218)
With other chips, at least in Pure Music, you can stop the up sampling, and doing so makes it sound better. .......
69: General Asylum, I think the answer is probably yes, but it is inevitable. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-05, 17:04:30 (204.133.178.218)
I have multiple copies of many recordings in multiple formats and with one that I clearly prefer, but I keep the others. I have over 600 sacds and long thought that I might as well sell them as I hear .......
70: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Goods and services are a distinction that most states have dropped. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-07-01, 13:59:53 (204.133.178.218)
Who would force Oregon retailers to collect the taxes for the other states? How would any of the 45 states with a sales tax, know anything had been bought? And if the retailer is in the Bahamas, why w .......
71: Computer Audio Asylum, Goods and services are a distinction that most states have dropped. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-27, 18:42:14 (74.192.39.23)
But if you don't live in NY, they should collect sales taxes for the state in which you live or will if the Senate bill is passed. Why Oregon without a sales tax would be willing to collect it for ano .......
72: Cable Asylum, They were identical to welding cables that I had used for welding (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-27, 18:35:04 (74.192.39.23)
They were clear, however. .......
73: Cable Asylum, My point is that there is no consensus on any such devices. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-27, 11:30:25 (74.192.39.23)
Nor probably on anything in audio. .......
74: Cable Asylum, I'm not sure I would go so far as to say the "same" sound you will ultimately get, but (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-27, 11:27:59 (74.192.39.23)
I often use this in assessing cables for their potential. It seems like I'm always awaiting breakin. .......
75: General Asylum, Or most of the World that drives on the left. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-27, 11:21:19 (74.192.39.23)
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76: General Asylum, I wondered where the POS1s were. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-27, 11:18:35 (74.192.39.23)
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77: Tweakers' Asylum, All that I can say is from my experience (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-26, 10:14:59 (74.192.39.23)
I have found that one cable isolator on a cable is best. To do this with my speaker cables I have ugly 15 KVA and 18 inch tall isolators with better sounding isolators on top. I actually did 1, 2,3 .......
78: Cable Asylum, So why do you post this? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-26, 09:03:03 (74.192.39.23)
Do you really think you have been exhaustive of what is available or that your experience is characteristic? .......
79: Cable Asylum, RE: Capacitance/dielectric (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-26, 08:42:33 (74.192.39.23)
I suspect that what you say is true, but it doesn't really help us predict how long it will take to breakin cables. Having experienced all three grades of High Fidelity cables, all of which use "magn .......
80: General Asylum, When I first got into audio 1960s, there were few manufacturers (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-26, 08:28:29 (74.192.39.23)
Small manufacturers has no way of reaching customers. There were many dealers but they had few lines and there weren't many. Marantz, SAE, Heath, Dyna, Crown, Fisher were about it. Then along came Bob .......
81: General Asylum, Which ear is this? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-26, 08:15:02 (74.192.39.23)
My left ear has this dip and I was told it is characteristic of males who used to drive non-ac cars with the window open. .......
82: General Asylum, A day in the freezer will stop this. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-14, 07:03:41 (74.192.39.23)
We also freeze our rice and pasta. It is interesting that this has gotten much worse over the years. .......
83: Whiner's Woad, None of this suggests that you are right to dismiss the cable's worth. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-14, 06:58:23 (74.192.39.23)
Science has no room for "common sense." Hypothesis testing is the faith of scientists. However, without hearing the cables and buying them, is playing the part of a foolish customer. .......
84: Cable Asylum, I would not hold my breath for getting a High Fidelity balanced cable. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-06, 08:53:51 (74.192.39.23)
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85: Hi-Rez Highway, Yes, he does say dac. Player is really the only answer & not domestic.. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-06, 08:47:24 (74.192.39.23)
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86: General Asylum, The real question is whether LP with digital RIAA sound better (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-06, 08:43:11 (74.192.39.23)
At some point I will be able to run vinyl through the same phono stage as the RIAA uses. But for transfer to a hard drive it will not include RIAA. After RIAA is done for digitizing, it will be record .......
87: General Asylum, It is not a "gift" option. It is for friends and family. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-06-06, 08:33:05 (74.192.39.23)
I had borrowed $226 from a friend at THE Show and used this to reimburse him. No doubt this has been misused. It is nice that they offer it. .......
88: Cable Asylum, Look up High Fidelity Cables, Ultimates (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-24, 18:04:09 (74.194.212.77)
Actually, I posted this here as Audiogon makes it so hard to post a picture. These cables are extraordinary! Frankly, I have never heard anything that come close to them .......
89: Cable Asylum, I think a pure copper outlet would have poor contacts. It is too soft. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-24, 17:59:57 (74.194.212.77)
I think that is where the beryllium helps. .......
90: Cable Asylum, I have compared the Oyaide R1 and R0 R1s are plated (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-24, 13:22:37 (74.194.212.77)
Both are beryllium copper. The R0 sound much better. I my opinion plating does damage the sound. But I doubt if your fake sounds as good as either of the Oyaide outlets or even the Hubble HBL5362 whic .......
91: Cable Asylum, The bottom two pieces are insulators. The top one is Rightway Audio (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-24, 13:10:17 (74.194.212.77)
On the top insulator is the center of a packing tap roll. It is wrapped with plastic wrap to the Combak isolators on which hang the Ultimate wave guides. This keeps the Combaks from falling off. I kn .......
92: General Asylum, Yes. Right now it is my only source. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-17, 07:12:22 (74.194.212.77)
It will soon go into a DSD native Firewire input dac. Soon I'm going to put my 45rpm reissues on to it in double DSD. .......
93: General Asylum, Yes, I have noticed it is up again. It is strange that some never had a problem. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-13, 14:17:33 (74.194.212.77)
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94: General Asylum, A large number of people on Audiogon don't know about AA. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-13, 14:15:44 (74.194.212.77)
Some also think it is mainly low price audio exclusively. .......
95: General Asylum, All I remember is that initially they were fee (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-13, 11:09:33 (74.194.212.77)
I did a search on Google and found nothing. I do remember using them exclusively as ads in AudioAsylum got no response then. Now I sell much on Audioasylum. Perhaps with Audiogon gone, Asylum Trader w .......
96: General Asylum, Should a common language be maintained? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-13, 06:24:39 (74.194.212.77)
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97: General Asylum, It looks like that to me also. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-13, 06:23:05 (74.194.212.77)
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98: General Asylum, Ads used to be free. Discussion used to be quite open. Communication buyers & sellers easy. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-13, 06:21:41 (74.194.212.77)
Not any longer. .......
99: General Asylum, What the hell is going on at Audiogon? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-13, 05:42:48 (74.194.212.77)
Nothing is at all familiar there. Have they been hacked? If not, they are done. .......
100: Tweakers' Asylum, When FIM was developing their using AVM on cds, even uneven paints caused a wobble. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-03, 07:41:40 (74.194.212.77)
I would never use this tweak. .......
101: Cable Asylum, One way to get High Fidelity Ultimate cables off the floor. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-05-01, 20:45:38 (74.194.212.77)
Not pretty but very effective. .......
102: Computer Audio Asylum, It would not turn on. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-30, 10:43:12 (74.194.212.77)
To be sure it was not the power supply cables, etc., I took it to the local Mac store. It didn't work there either. It had the normal power supply. All that was changed was removing the hard drive, an .......
103: Computer Audio Asylum, Until about a month ago I used a Mac Mini '09. It failed. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-30, 08:18:20 (74.194.212.77)
While I await another Mac Mini that works. The '13 Minis have built in startup programing and my first one keep failing. A new one should be in today. In the mean time, I have reverted to a Mac Powerb .......
104: General Asylum, I know of some studios going to DSD and even double DSD recording. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-29, 12:50:16 (74.194.212.77)
At CES there are always demonstrations where HD recordings are presented. I also know how disinterested many recording engineers are to the quality of their work while others are concerned with the mo .......
105: General Asylum, I guess lightening is going to strike even less often now. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-29, 11:07:57 (74.194.212.77)
I agree with you. I will not go as far as saying I miss your posts. .......
106: General Asylum, I guess that is why some recording engineers are sought and others not. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-29, 11:03:51 (74.194.212.77)
Just having microphone polarity the same seems too hard for many recording engineers, especially those who know it doesn't matter. That is also why Firewire is used only in some studios. That is why s .......
107: Tweakers' Asylum, That is correct. I preferred the 5362 to the R1 nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-28, 07:23:44 (74.194.212.77)
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108: Cable Asylum, Both have a great impact, so I find the question irrelevant. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-22, 08:55:29 (74.194.212.77)
I think, especially with speaker wires that you need to get them off the floor, with ceramic isolators being best. .......
109: General Asylum, I think your format allows direct confrontation. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-19, 07:56:17 (74.194.212.77)
One can pick who to directly respond to. The new Green Door only allows sequential posting. I think Outside and Water Cooler accomplish little. As I have always said, they are really serving the same .......
110: Cable Asylum, The wires to the drivers and the speaker wire leads twisted around a bolt and nut, best. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-19, 07:19:57 (74.194.212.77)
But this is not very convenient. Better weld the wires together. .......
111: Shady Lane, The reality is that 99% of what is sold from Taiwan or China is fake, IMHO (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-17, 10:28:41 (74.194.212.77)
They go to extremes to copy the real product and often the item will work. Many think they have the real thing until something fails. It is so bad that fake high pressure pipes often fail in China as .......
112: General Asylum, It works with Canadian made goods also. But beware FedEx and UPS also charge for their services even forNAFTA (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-13, 09:59:27 (64.134.30.13)
Only the USPS avoids that nonsense. .......
113: Computer Audio Asylum, I agree. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-12, 07:46:44 (74.194.212.77)
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114: Computer Audio Asylum, I bought Macs initially as DOS was just not intuitive at all. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-10, 06:50:29 (74.194.212.77)
Although Apple OS has gotten less intuitive, it still is much more so that Windows. I don't think either MicroSoft or Apple gives a damn about users, but it is much easier to use the Mac OS. Also alth .......
115: Hi-Rez Highway, I think you omitted the Sony use of DSD to archive their old tapes from Columbia. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-09, 14:58:04 (74.194.212.77)
I must admit that I have only heard about this not seen it is print. I do look forward to a native DSD Dac that I will soon get. I already know that DSD replaying of sacds on my HD are clearly better .......
116: Hi-Rez Highway, If you have a Philips transport that lasted this long, you are lucky. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-09, 14:44:20 (74.194.212.77)
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117: Computer Audio Asylum, I am using a Macbook Pro right now. My mod. Mac Mini sounded better but quite. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-09, 14:37:14 (74.194.212.77)
While I wait for a more currect Mini to be noded with Esata connections to the HD, I have resorted to the Macbook Pro. I have only a SP DIf input dac right now, but no SP Dif out. I have a HiFace 2 US .......
118: General Asylum, Italy must have the world's worst postal system. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-08, 09:27:37 (74.194.212.77)
I warn people over there that they must pay for the appropriate insurance and assume responsibility to getting paid if there is a problem. .......
119: General Asylum, I really have not experienced this, but I have certainly experienced low ball offers. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-08, 09:23:37 (74.194.212.77)
I know them when I see them and typically just say, "no." .......
120: General Asylum, Frankly, they were just amusements such as crossword puzzles. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-08, 09:17:27 (74.194.212.77)
I would rather stand at Hyde Park corner and heckle the speakers, and leave when I got bored. .......
121: Outside Asylum, I must say Outside is very unusual. No one ever converts anyone, but keeps trying. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 18:34:46 (74.194.212.77)
It is also good evidence that science or really facts are not at the root of ideology. Also it is evident that there is no philosophical essence to either the right or the left. There is, however, a t .......
122: Outside Asylum, I'm not interested in your inadequate defense that it won't do any good. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 18:25:49 (74.194.212.77)
I want to know why not try it. Why would the NRA oppose something that won't have much impact? But I afraid your time is up as Outside is going by-by. .......
123: Water Cooler, I must say that both asylums are unusual as both extremes post. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 15:01:53 (74.194.212.77)
I had thought that I would limit myself to only posting where I knew factual information that might inform the posters. But two things have happened. One is that most here are disinterested in these d .......
124: Outside Asylum, You are incapable of making a convincing argument. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 14:43:13 (74.194.212.77)
All I want is some convincing evidence. For starters why do you and the NRA oppose gun registration if it is ineffective, which certain has never been demonstrated. Second many countries have gun reg .......
125: Outside Asylum, Yes, if they had the data, but the NRA & accomplices in Congress have seen there is little data collected. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 13:55:34 (74.194.212.77)
I wonder why? Face it you cannot prove anything you say and the American public isn't buy this crap anymore. .......
126: Outside Asylum, Which you have yet to demonstrate. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 13:51:34 (74.194.212.77)
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127: Outside Asylum, Yours sources have been disproved by less biased researchers. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 13:48:46 (74.194.212.77)
Try Reckless Endangerment by Morgenson and Rosner is such. .......
128: Outside Asylum, They were never told to tell people that they could lose their downpayment and their lives savings. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 13:43:23 (74.194.212.77)
And the banks now have made it exceedingly difficult to finance unless you have over an 800 credit rating. What should be done is to take the big banks off the stage. Local bankers alone should be inv .......
129: Outside Asylum, Yeah we heard all of this crap endlessly, I happened on GWB's watch. End of story (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 13:37:38 (74.194.212.77)
But you might want to look into Phil Gramm's involvement. Hint: repeal of Glass-Steagall. .......
130: Outside Asylum, And not factually based. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 11:01:00 (74.194.212.77)
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131: Outside Asylum, I agree. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 10:59:25 (74.194.212.77)
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132: Water Cooler, I had not heard social responsibility termed as she did, but yes. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 10:57:08 (74.194.212.77)
If the poor cannot make their children fully functioning members of the society, that society is harmed. .......
133: Outside Asylum, For righties they do go hand and hand. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 10:49:23 (74.194.212.77)
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134: Outside Asylum, I guess the question is do you? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 10:44:57 (74.194.212.77)
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135: Outside Asylum, When have you ever offered meaningful facts? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 10:43:24 (74.194.212.77)
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136: Outside Asylum, Yeah, we know the rhetoric, having heard it so often & yes, we've heard about Hitler. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 10:41:12 (74.194.212.77)
Get back when you have something new to say or some evidence that registration doesn't work. .......
137: Outside Asylum, Hmm, and why might Fox and the Taliban lie? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 10:37:48 (74.194.212.77)
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138: Outside Asylum, You think righties are more tolerant than Democrats? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 10:01:24 (74.194.212.77)
I guess you have to yell "hypocrisy" when you are guilty of intolerance. .......
139: Outside Asylum, Shockingly stolen guns, although very common, are inadequate for the criminal demand. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 09:58:05 (74.194.212.77)
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140: Outside Asylum, I would hate to be Obama as the first and hoping to leave a legacy, but enough! (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 09:50:38 (74.194.212.77)
He needs to remember it take two to tango. .......
141: Outside Asylum, Frankly, I haven't a clue what you are talking about. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 09:46:43 (74.194.212.77)
I like dogs and horses, I don't want slaves. .......
142: Outside Asylum, So why does the NRA care about background checks? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 09:44:32 (74.194.212.77)
Surveys of gun owners suggest that 500,000 guns are stolen each year. But this is apparently not enough as incarcerated criminals indicate that 10% say they stoled the gun and 8% got it from a "fence. .......
143: Outside Asylum, No, that is what the rich want the masses to be, servants & making nice things for them. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 09:34:19 (74.194.212.77)
The rich don't want companions. .......
144: Outside Asylum, Yes, he should have carried the gun with him always. Open carry is the goal. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 09:30:32 (74.194.212.77)
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145: Outside Asylum, I really think Obama's concern with having been president during the Teas & his legacy has gone too far. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 08:33:06 (74.194.212.77)
It is too bad that 2010 happened to him with the misinterpretation of what the public voted for in that election. They voted for jobs, not deficit reduction, but the Teas got their interpretation adop .......
146: Outside Asylum, Caustic comments about the majority usually aren't called bigotry, but now that rural, white, fundamentalists (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 07:58:35 (74.194.212.77)
are a minority, I guess you are right. .......
147: General Asylum, Two that stand out. One hearing my dad's new console which had stereo. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 07:46:05 (74.194.212.77)
He only had one stereo record, but wow. Ironically although he had not paid extra for stereo, he had them replace it with a mono system as there were so few stereo sources. Stereo FM and finally stere .......
148: Computer Audio Asylum, Math error?? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 06:51:48 (74.194.212.77)
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149: Tweakers' Asylum, Hmm, the instrument's material responds to a pluck, horsehair drawn across strings, reeds vibrated by air, etc (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 06:47:31 (74.194.212.77)
This is picked up by the microphone as music and that is reproduced. And somehow a resonant box enhances the music of the instruments??? I had Beauhorn Virtuous speakers with Lowther driver. They had .......
150: Outside Asylum, "Have no dog in the hunt" that says it all about you. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-06, 06:26:38 (74.194.212.77)
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151: General Asylum, The real question is how heavy are the drivers? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-05, 18:06:21 (74.194.212.77)
The USPS is the cheapest way, especially for light weight packages. I would trust UPS to ship dirty Kleenexes. .......
152: Outside Asylum, I could really use a real one of these. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-05, 14:39:51 (74.194.212.77)
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153: Outside Asylum, They went away when he agreed to $400,000 as a lower limit. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-05, 14:38:08 (74.194.212.77)
Nothing said by the right ever is the truth. .......
154: Outside Asylum, He is not a good poker player. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-05, 07:30:36 (74.194.212.77)
He should allow a raising of the retirement age and insist on a younger Medicare age. And he should do nothing that doesn't including doing away with long term capital gains income taxes. Texas is fu .......
155: Outside Asylum, Why doesn't the Rep. House realize that the public doesn't want Medicare or SS cut? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-05, 07:15:30 (74.194.212.77)
We know the House has many Teas whose gerrymandered "safe" Republican districts also means that the Teas may defeat incumbents who move away from any compromises to deal with our poorly performing eco .......
156: Outside Asylum, Several points (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-04, 16:52:54 (74.194.212.77)
1. Hawaii has no local school system. Teachers are state employees. 2. The increase in state funding of public schools is largely a product first of post WW II suburbanization and the Baker v. Carr ca .......
157: Outside Asylum, Wow, that really matters. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-04, 10:49:07 (74.194.212.77)
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158: Water Cooler, Hmm, why did he win reelection. Are you a sore loser? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-04, 10:45:18 (74.194.212.77)
Oh, don't bother to answer, we all know you are. .......
159: Water Cooler, I do if it means favoritism. As would a Texas requirement that all restaurants serve this pie. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-04, 09:59:02 (74.194.212.77)
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160: Outside Asylum, He is scientifically ignorant. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-04, 09:56:08 (74.194.212.77)
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161: Outside Asylum, If you are driving and have an accident while intoxicated, you are charged with manslaughter. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-04, 09:54:34 (74.194.212.77)
I got thrown off a jury because I said the .08% measure rather than .1% had done nothing and that I didn't accept it as the definition of DWI. The driver was wearing a seat belt but not the passenger .......
162: Water Cooler, Texas is moving toward having a state pie. Who cares? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-04, 06:34:39 (74.194.212.77)
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163: Tweakers' Asylum, I've been using one for about a month. While I didn't like the R1, the R0 is outstanding. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 19:50:16 (74.194.212.77)
I think it is because it has no plating, just polished beryllium/copper. I did have a hard time finding one. At Duster's recommendation, I am going to try the Oyaide Black Mamba pc with the same bery .......
164: Outside Asylum, I noticed that your rightist sources only picked up on CA. I wonder why since it has one of the lowest ratios (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 13:58:35 (74.194.212.77)
Black dot shows the lowest debt to GDP ratio. You might notice Tenn. has a very small debt per GDP. But California with a much bigger GDP also has quite small debt. Of course, the dumb article you ci .......
165: Outside Asylum, Why does water alone expand on solidifying? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 13:26:22 (74.194.212.77)
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166: Outside Asylum, Your hoax exposure has been shown to be a hoax. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 11:15:47 (74.194.212.77)
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167: Outside Asylum, I don't know how you make this judgment, but I think it is wrong. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 08:53:40 (74.194.212.77)
I, of course, think that more guns is no solution. I would not teach in a classroom where students had guns, if I knew of this. I twice have seen students use guns relative to classroom disputes. A f .......
168: Outside Asylum, Sorry, this is too close to April 1st, there are too many phony threads, etc. for me to believe this. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 08:28:07 (74.194.212.77)
If he does not post for a month, I will miss him in a way. I used to know an old guy outside Tallahassee who grew sugar cane who Grits reminded me of. I'm sure he and I agreed only on the time and sea .......
169: Outside Asylum, Having heard all of this stuff so often, you don't mind, I hope, that I didn't watch to see them speechless. n (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 08:13:48 (74.194.212.77)
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170: Water Cooler, Sorry, I have difficulty even seeing this mistake. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 08:03:56 (74.194.212.77)
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171: Water Cooler, GWB was a eunuch needed by the Republicans to narrowly win once and loose once. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-03, 06:19:37 (74.194.212.77)
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172: Outside Asylum, Typical Golden nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 20:12:19 (74.194.212.77)
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173: Water Cooler, Four, IBM and NCR in the '60s and several publishers until last year. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 15:04:08 (74.194.212.77)
What experience does he have? .......
174: Outside Asylum, No I have always believed in April fools jokes. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 14:14:29 (74.194.212.77)
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175: Outside Asylum, I think we should just make our schools into prisons. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 11:25:40 (74.194.212.77)
While we are at it let's do the same for our universities. .......
176: Outside Asylum, So you know what you posted is garbage. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 09:21:43 (74.194.212.77)
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177: Outside Asylum, Hmm, have you ever heard of proof for anything you state assertively? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 09:19:46 (74.194.212.77)
Because most of us think you are full of s___. .......
178: Outside Asylum, I think he means that the right has learned to ignore science. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 09:16:34 (74.194.212.77)
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179: Outside Asylum, Great post, but will not be comprehended by the anti-science right. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 08:54:06 (74.194.212.77)
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180: Outside Asylum, There is no question that the Soviet ice core data show we are at the end of the 4th period (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 08:50:00 (74.194.212.77)
We are at the end of the fourth sharp warming but you can see that the data are not as defined as previous periods and CO2 is behaving differently with a sharper rise beginning 20,000 years ago and .......
181: Outside Asylum, Maybe by being away from you. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 06:21:20 (74.194.212.77)
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182: Outside Asylum, And then there are the ghost cities of China. New, modern, mostly sold, and no people. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 06:18:12 (74.194.212.77)
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183: Outside Asylum, When did you acquire this skill? Do you do this other than the subject? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-02, 06:09:34 (74.194.212.77)
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184: Water Cooler, I wonder about the cornering and what happens slushy snow. Do they be packed up? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 20:02:55 (74.194.212.77)
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185: Outside Asylum, Guns.com huh? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 19:52:51 (74.194.212.77)
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186: Computer Audio Asylum, USB only to 192/24, not dsd. Why did they take the Esata out? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 19:48:58 (74.194.212.77)
It is still a pretty impressive machine, however. .......
187: Outside Asylum, Still seeing messages that aren't there? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 18:07:18 (74.194.212.77)
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188: Outside Asylum, What a crock! nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 18:05:15 (74.194.212.77)
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189: Outside Asylum, He has none since he did read what I said other than the subject. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 14:29:26 (74.194.212.77)
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190: Outside Asylum, So you are inarticulate also? What does anything you have said have to do with the Sun rising over the South.. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 14:26:55 (74.194.212.77)
Pole in June? Perhaps you cannot read either. .......
191: Outside Asylum, So what do you care they are just poor women. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 14:23:01 (74.194.212.77)
Why don't you bring this story to the attention of the Republicans? .......
192: Outside Asylum, Thank you for the most confirming thing you have ever said. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 11:37:23 (74.194.212.77)
Biased? Yep, I seek to get confirmation of most things. I wrote most of my textbooks to apply data to speculations about what public opinion was like, how people vote, whether state efforts at public .......
193: Outside Asylum, The only theft of my money has been by the crooks on Wall Street. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 11:17:06 (74.194.212.77)
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194: Outside Asylum, Not a capitalist Society? You have to be kidding... (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 10:03:05 (74.194.212.77)
Like Obamacare, our Federal government always has an unduly complicated way of dealing with social problems. In part the "checks and balances" that the FF thought was such a great idea in the 1700s i .......
195: Outside Asylum, Huh! I never suggested such a thing. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 09:37:10 (74.194.212.77)
Suggesting that we gain from prior experiences is wrong? .......
196: Tweakers' Asylum, No the Halcyonics were easy to sell (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 09:16:34 (74.194.212.77)
Had I bought at least four more of them, the sound might have been better than what I get with the StillPoints stuff, but the price was too high and where to place the six Halcyonics units was also an .......
197: Outside Asylum, Of course in a capitalist society you will always have crashes and recoveries. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-04-01, 06:31:42 (74.194.212.77)
Were we to know what works to get out of them, what leads to them, and would the economy to collapse were we to let the big banks fail, we would be better able to deal with them. One thing is for cert .......
198: Outside Asylum, They all need to go to cropdusting school to learn to fly patterns. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 19:30:13 (74.194.212.77)
They look like they are flying in every direction, which of course they are to get from one city to another. .......
199: Outside Asylum, Snopes concludes that the rightist claims are false. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 17:35:29 (74.194.212.77)
"...the EO is noting more than a restatement of policy that has been in place..." .......
200: Tweakers' Asylum, Frankly, I don't think anything but SP is worth bothering with. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 16:58:54 (74.194.212.77)
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201: Cable Asylum, They sound good on Time Windows and they were pretty.. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 16:54:51 (74.194.212.77)
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202: Tweakers' Asylum, I did not like the Oyaide R1 but have never liked plated outlets. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 13:37:46 (74.194.212.77)
Most of the time I do have ac filters after the outlet, but I never pay any attention to surge protectors since I had a computer blow although the surge protect into which it was plugged did not blow. .......
203: Outside Asylum, While looking at the Ron Paul speech, I learn something is very wrong with the Earth. We have two suns. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 11:57:42 (74.194.212.77)
The time dated video at the South Pole show a sun rising over out station in June. At this time the Sun is up over the Arctic 24 hours a day! There is only one explanation. We have two Suns and this i .......
204: Outside Asylum, I don't know much about Pawlenty but Perry is just stupid. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 09:33:16 (74.194.212.77)
His only chance for reelection given how much he has screwed public schools, teachers, higher education, attracting businesses, and embarrassed himself and those Texans who voted for him, when running .......
205: Water Cooler, No plagiarizing sermons. Leave it in the church. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 09:14:58 (74.194.212.77)
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206: Water Cooler, strong partisans always see their opponents as ideologues but not themselves. nt (0.00)
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207: Cable Asylum, Thanks. I think I will try one. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 08:58:40 (74.194.212.77)
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208: Cable Asylum, I had Polk Cobra cables in the '70s that had extra high capacitance. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 08:42:23 (74.194.212.77)
They shut down my Threshold 400 amp. They killed others. They were among the first specialty cables. I think I still have them somewhere. .......
209: Water Cooler, Everything you say here is incorrect and reflects only your rightist sources. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 08:18:03 (74.194.212.77)
On just your totally wrong history of the Southern conservatives moving from Dixiecrats to Republicans look at the presidential election maps of 1956 and 1964. Do you notice anything? If not, forget i .......
210: Water Cooler, Maher generalized from himself as do you. I care only for the truth. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 07:57:31 (74.194.212.77)
You have no clue for how to identify the truth. Hint, it is unlikely that you will find it in the sources you exclusively rely on. .......
211: Water Cooler, And probably 30% of major corporations' work force. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 07:53:41 (74.194.212.77)
Lazy executives tolerate inefficient workers. I've been there and couldn't stand the long lunches, coffee breaks last an hour or more with the conversation about new babies, grills, vacations, etc. :: .......
212: Water Cooler, Notice I said "public" debt. This doesn't include the money that gov't. owes itself. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 07:48:37 (74.194.212.77)
Congress absorbed the extra SS funds to cope with the baby boomers to balance the budget. That is not a real debt. .......
213: Water Cooler, If I didn't have family here, I'd move to Australia. Great place with great people. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-31, 07:44:57 (74.194.212.77)
I do think they treated and continue to treat the indigenous people poorly, but who are we to say much? .......
214: Water Cooler, That is why we should just lower the eligibility age for Medicare to 0. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 19:11:37 (74.194.212.77)
But drugs need to be included. Pharmacies should be able to sell drugs at a fixed return for their effort. .......
215: Water Cooler, Give it a break, Michael! You keep reporting unsubstantiated rightist nonsense. Think a little. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 19:07:53 (74.194.212.77)
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216: Water Cooler, Right and so they are not responsible on being a drain on the system if they are. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 17:08:57 (74.194.212.77)
Only if they go to emergency rooms are they a drain. .......
217: Water Cooler, Single payer means for everyone. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 17:04:50 (74.194.212.77)
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218: Water Cooler, Too much unsubstantiated rhetoric from the right. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 17:00:16 (74.194.212.77)
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219: Computer Audio Asylum, So you need a computer to stream the dsd files to the Oppo? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 14:33:16 (74.194.212.77)
Why did they take the Esata port off? .......
220: Outside Asylum, Yes, as always no excess fluoride. But many areas have it naturally in their water. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 14:22:10 (74.194.212.77)
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221: Water Cooler, Yes, their employers pay in under the counter cash & provide no health care. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 14:18:40 (74.194.212.77)
Increasingly employers do not pay health insurance. .......
222: Water Cooler, A substantial portion of what we pay for health care goes into the pockets of CEOs and stock holders. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 14:15:39 (74.194.212.77)
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223: Water Cooler, Yes, after the Civil Rights acts of 1964 and 65 were passed the Republicans abandoned the party of Lincoln. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 14:13:08 (74.194.212.77)
The South became the bastion of the Republican party along with the other poor states in the Mountain West. The poorer the state the more the Republican presidential candidate's percentage of the vote .......
224: Water Cooler, The public debt in the US is $11.92 trillion. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 14:09:23 (74.194.212.77)
We devote 17.6 % GDP to our health coverage. Other countries devote at most 12%. We spend $2.6 trillion on health care. Were we to match the Netherlands single payer national health insurance, we woul .......
225: Water Cooler, I guess we just disagree. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 13:45:36 (74.194.212.77)
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226: Water Cooler, Do the rich pay the freight? Yes, and they should as they get all the income. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 12:34:46 (74.194.212.77)
They get 59% of income and pay 64% of all taxes at the Federal, state, and local levels. Is it shocking that they pay more of the taxes given they have most of the income? The real question is do they .......
227: Water Cooler, Yes technically they were only 2/3s of a person so they really weren't here.. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 10:03:44 (74.194.212.77)
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228: Water Cooler, Yes, our overpayment for health care would easily pay for single payer health care for everyone & pay off the (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 10:02:05 (74.194.212.77)
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229: Cable Asylum, What I would love to try is Beryllium/copper with no plating wall plugs and IEC plugs. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 08:28:20 (74.194.212.77)
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230: Water Cooler, There is the matter of the credibility of the citation. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 08:17:06 (74.194.212.77)
You should be able to go there and find out how they got these data. Like Estat, anyone can list US Statistical Abstracts as a source and give no page number where they are found. The obvious purpose .......
231: Water Cooler, Yours is the only site where I have ever seen the blocked notice. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 08:11:13 (74.194.212.77)
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232: Water Cooler, Obama has been overly aggressive, I think, in deporting criminals who are here illegally. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 08:07:47 (74.194.212.77)
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233: Water Cooler, I doubt if slaves are to be considered immigrants. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 08:04:13 (74.194.212.77)
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234: Water Cooler, Social Security should be taken out of income taxes & have no cap. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-30, 08:02:37 (74.194.212.77)
Our health care should be taken out of income taxes as well. Obviously taxes would have to be raised. But we are now paying nearly 20% of our GDP for health care and other countries with single payer, .......
235: Water Cooler, Blacks are immigrants? The South got over the Civil War with the Civil Rights acts (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 20:15:00 (74.194.212.77)
and got welcomed into the Party of Lincoln who abandoned civil rights. Certainly, most blacks were not illegal immigrants. .......
236: Water Cooler, That you don't know that most immigrants are illegal. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 20:09:20 (74.194.212.77)
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237: Water Cooler, 24% of our GDP goes to all government rev. in US. The lowest dev. democracy. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 20:07:50 (74.194.212.77)
It used to be 31%. Yes it varies for different cities and states. Yes, our progressive income tax is very modestly progressive, but all states have regressive total state and local taxes. ::: TOPIC:: .......
238: Water Cooler, I'm sure it is for the two kids that know about it. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 18:27:15 (74.194.212.77)
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239: Water Cooler, Cites that aren't cites are meaningless. These 45 articles found by Google are all the same date. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 18:25:43 (74.194.212.77)
None of these show up on a thorough examination. My conclusion is that they are all made up. You are not talking about fatherless children having problems. You were talking about suicides, if I need t .......
240: Water Cooler, Safari nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 18:15:51 (74.194.212.77)
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241: Water Cooler, Republicans have decided that they cannot continue to be anti-immigrant. He has to get with the program. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 18:15:00 (74.194.212.77)
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242: Water Cooler, Blocked nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 12:11:25 (74.194.212.77)
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243: Water Cooler, It is called the "Iron Triangle" (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 12:06:06 (74.194.212.77)
Industry; Regulators, and Members of Congress serving only their own interests. .......
244: Outside Asylum, Wrong again. I've owned Schnauzers, Goldens, and Cockers. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 12:00:58 (74.194.212.77)
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245: Outside Asylum, If someone wants to be married in a church, it is fine with me. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 11:31:59 (74.194.212.77)
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246: Outside Asylum, I grant they are not Goldens but those I've experienced are not snappy. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 07:36:17 (74.194.212.77)
My son has a miniature poodle who is quite fun. .......
247: Outside Asylum, Nobody believes anything you post. Why don't you give it a break? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 07:29:01 (74.194.212.77)
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248: Outside Asylum, I always thought 1984 was ridiculous. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 07:25:26 (74.194.212.77)
I more concerned with dummies with attack riffles than with police drones. .......
249: Water Cooler, It is traditional Southern culture. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 07:19:33 (74.194.212.77)
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250: Water Cooler, I saw a magazine suggesting the "crop wars" with America as a lost cause. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 07:17:19 (74.194.212.77)
Big corporations and banks have way too much say in the US, and much less so in the EU. .......
251: Water Cooler, Hmm, one drop of rain on your windshield means it rained today???? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 06:12:13 (74.194.212.77)
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252: Water Cooler, There is no reason whatsoever to believe any of these cited sources exist. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 06:10:13 (74.194.212.77)
The fact that the first 45 citations on Google are all unknown blogs with identical postings suggest the same pattern noted on many other rightist burrs up their asses, such a Mexican drug lords takin .......
253: Outside Asylum, Until they shoot back. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 06:02:34 (74.194.212.77)
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254: Outside Asylum, I love it. : ) nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-29, 06:00:33 (74.194.212.77)
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255: Outside Asylum, Balderdash! Very regal, aloof, and smart. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-28, 19:45:14 (74.194.212.77)
They are hardly dangerous. .......
256: Water Cooler, Not if those who study this don't list it as a major contributing factor. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-28, 19:16:51 (74.194.212.77)
And why do so many recent postings list these identical percentage, none of which can be traced? I guess the right now wants to remove divorce and single mother families. More government in our bedroo .......
257: Outside Asylum, Money rule is not the definition of democracy either. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-28, 19:02:58 (74.194.212.77)
No one know how a republic differs from a democracy. The FF's ideas vanished with popularly elected presidents, senators, and representatives. .......
258: Outside Asylum, Maybe we should just add the adjective religious to marriages done in churches. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-28, 19:00:34 (74.194.212.77)
Only the term "marriage" would have legal implications. .......
259: Outside Asylum, You are right and you don't have the voters. Funny about how democracy works. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-28, 08:25:07 (74.194.212.77)
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260: Outside Asylum, Hmm, why do they advertise them? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-28, 08:13:15 (74.194.212.77)
Like all teachers, those in colleges are underpaid except if they are associated with hospitals. Basically, the mediocre rise to administrative positions and are appointed to regents positions. ::: TO .......
261: Outside Asylum, It would not be unfair were business to pay for their work above board. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-28, 08:05:26 (74.194.212.77)
Their income would probably not cost them anything in income taxes, but, of course, they would pay sales and property taxes. .......
262: Water Cooler, Written by Etan Thomas-Author, poet, philanthropist, NBA veteran (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-28, 06:09:13 (74.194.212.77)
Hmmm, I'm impressed. Who made up all of this nonsense and why? I certainly favor fathers being in the family, but I strongly suggest most of this is made up. .......
263: Outside Asylum, I doubt they will rule it unconstitutional but since Obama will not enforce it, perhaps they will declare it (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 20:22:23 (74.194.212.77)
null and void. I think that the IRS will not be allowed to collect estate taxes from same sex marriages. .......
264: Water Cooler, More self-centered nonsense. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 20:14:14 (74.194.212.77)
I did not impose my will. She read the Coleman Report and agreed. Sorry, my you are just clueless of the role of children's peers, family friends, teachers, and of the community. Considering how vague .......
265: Water Cooler, Dumbass rightie. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 20:08:01 (74.194.212.77)
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266: Water Cooler, If you want real information see the National Inst. of Mental Health. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 20:06:45 (74.194.212.77)
The product of some more searching. Again no mention of fatherless families. Why do you guys bother making up all of this crap? Nothing is going to reverse the decline of nuclear families. Does it mak .......
267: Water Cooler, Hmm, I took one of your statistics & googled it. I found 45 exact copies. All made up. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 19:43:50 (74.194.212.77)
None gave actual sources that could be documented. The American Association of Suicidology says nothing about fatherless children being at risk. I suspect this is all more rightist made up nonsense. : .......
268: Water Cooler, Obviously, I was raised in a village as were my children. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 17:34:22 (74.194.212.77)
I sought valiantly to isolate my children from bad influences and to expose them to good ones. In Tallahassee, I overcame my wife and put our kids in what was one of the black elementary schools. I re .......
269: Water Cooler, Good for you but that is bs. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 17:33:19 (74.194.212.77)
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270: Water Cooler, None of what you say is proven. It is all just rhetoric. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 17:23:01 (74.194.212.77)
According to the NYTs before the last Census, "In 1970, 85 percent of children were living with two parents and 11 percent with their mother only, proportions that shifted to a little more than 70 per .......
271: Water Cooler, You are presuming it is nauseating whether you are racist or not. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 11:42:07 (74.194.212.77)
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272: Water Cooler, It takes a community to raise a child. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 11:32:06 (74.194.212.77)
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273: Water Cooler, Yeah, you should go back and grow up on Chicago's near south side and be black. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 09:52:53 (74.194.212.77)
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274: Outside Asylum, Had businesses not made such a mess out of Niagara Falls, we would have to protect everything in the West (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 09:49:03 (74.194.212.77)
No one is likely to make any use of the Rio Grande canyon, but were the average rainfall to increase with the ocean's penetration into the Colorado River basin with Climate Change, they might. We need .......
275: Outside Asylum, Yes, like the mortgage bubble the student loan bubble is unethical businesses abusing gov't. programs. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 09:40:40 (74.194.212.77)
Phoenix University would be nothing without ripping off students to take loans from banks with Federal guarantees. Of course, few of the students got anything out of this "education," nor did those co .......
276: Water Cooler, You're an ass. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-27, 09:17:53 (74.194.212.77)
Try a shotgun if you cannot aim. .......
277: Water Cooler, Err, she is standing with her head on his right sholder.. He is sitting. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-25, 10:45:57 (74.194.212.77)
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278: Outside Asylum, We had one brief freeze. It has been in the 80s four times recently. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-25, 09:46:18 (74.194.212.77)
The fruit tree blossoms are all out and the poppies are soon to bloom. My ac has been on for the last week, but this morning I had to turn on the heat as we got down to 39ºs. Birds are migrating early .......
279: Tweakers' Asylum, Were I ever to do this, I would think about AVM paint. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-25, 08:58:07 (74.194.212.77)
Anti-Vibration Magic. It has iridium in it. .......
280: Tweakers' Asylum, Wow, talk about vibration issues. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-25, 08:55:58 (74.194.212.77)
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281: Tweakers' Asylum, I am still trying to remember the make and model. I can still remember the layout. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 17:28:58 (74.194.212.77)
I remember it in part because I used litz wire and didn't have a solder pot to burn off the insulation. It was a tube preamp with one board of fiberglas with raised solder traces. Why did I do it? I t .......
282: Tweakers' Asylum, I am still trying to remember the make and model. I can still remember the layout. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 17:18:26 (74.194.212.77)
I remember it in part because I used litz wire and didn't have a solder pot to burn off the insulation. It was a tube preamp with one board of fiberglas with raised solder traces. Why did I do it? I t .......
283: Outside Asylum, Because it is not his trunk, it is the wrong color being a fish. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 10:23:05 (74.194.212.77)
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284: Water Cooler, People get by in countries like Argentina even with high inflation. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 10:06:31 (74.194.212.77)
It makes savings ill-advised but they get by. I am glad I don't have to live there and that the US is unlike that. .......
285: Water Cooler, Gold can never be used for money. It is too expensive and there is too little of it. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 09:13:13 (74.194.212.77)
Silver has followed the same pattern and is much less expensive. But even it is totally impractical. Can you imagine a dollar coin that is 1/30th of an ounce? Also there is far too little of it to .......
286: Outside Asylum, Are you posting about the Patriot Act? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 08:52:01 (74.194.212.77)
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287: Outside Asylum, I surprised that the rankings allow much prediction of who will win. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 07:28:15 (74.194.212.77)
I love to watch the upsets. The media of course center on the top ranked so it tends to only be the upsets that are of much interest. .......
288: Outside Asylum, Also 46 who are not bought by the NRA. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 07:24:19 (74.194.212.77)
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289: Outside Asylum, No, 46 who understand what the FFs wrote expecting no standing army. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-24, 07:20:48 (74.194.212.77)
It wasn't until the approach of the 20th Century that we had a standing army, quite small though it might have been. .......
290: Cable Asylum, Until recently, I would agree with you with respect to ics. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-23, 17:09:56 (74.194.212.77)
I always thought my Exemplar LLC copper Portal ics were outstanding until I heard the LLC Silver versions. I have both single ended and balanced. They refuse to make or even try LLC Silver speakerwire .......
291: Outside Asylum, Aren't you righties proponents of republics? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-23, 13:03:47 (74.194.212.77)
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292: Outside Asylum, Shouldn't it be "You better shoot first in this house"? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-23, 12:53:36 (74.194.212.77)
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293: Water Cooler, Yes, I finally have found the succinct characterization of your typical line of post. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-23, 09:01:44 (74.194.212.77)
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294: Outside Asylum, My local airport is one to loose Federal air controllers. It will not close, nor will most of the others. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-23, 06:52:54 (74.194.212.77)
But on a football weekend, there are typically 300 planes that land and take off. The pilots will have to work it out among themselves as they are in the air. We also have two scheduled airlines that .......
295: Water Cooler, Worthless. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-22, 14:28:46 (74.194.212.77)
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296: Outside Asylum, My guess is Savannah. I think they also claim the first hushpuppy. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-22, 14:27:20 (74.194.212.77)
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297: Water Cooler, Like the sales tax burden. In the state of Washington the poorest 20% pay 15 times the % of their income as (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-22, 13:54:38 (74.194.212.77)
the richest 1%. .......
298: Outside Asylum, Reconciling creationists with science is an epistemological issue. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-22, 13:50:42 (74.194.212.77)
One group says what God says in the bible is the truth. The other says that what observation and the data say is the truth. The scientists won the battle many times, when man flew, when we got to the .......
299: Water Cooler, Okay having served the country should be a condition for Federal office. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-22, 08:01:41 (74.194.212.77)
Having old men send young ones to war without the gravest of circumstances is wrong. .......
300: Water Cooler, Yes, and other things are distributed unequally (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-22, 07:56:37 (74.194.212.77)
You say, Intelligence is unevenly distributed. Motivation is unevenly distributed. Skills are unevenly distributed. Compensation for jobs is unevenly distributed. I would add, educational opportunity .......
301: Water Cooler, Probably not, but proof would be difficult without a definition. Otherwise this is bs. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-22, 07:43:24 (74.194.212.77)
I should know better than getting either out of you righties. .......
302: Outside Asylum, Hmm, my alter ego must be loose. I didn't write this? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 20:40:35 (74.194.212.77)
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303: Water Cooler, You are what is funny but sad also. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 17:56:49 (74.194.212.77)
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304: Water Cooler, Yes, kids, you can see the benefits of education (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 14:28:46 (74.194.212.77)
No evidence of intellect to be found in your home. .......
305: Water Cooler, As I said. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 14:24:40 (74.194.212.77)
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306: Outside Asylum, I might add that in 2012, Dems. won the presidency & more Senators, but they didn't take over the House. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 12:17:52 (74.194.212.77)
What is public opinion on any question? .......
307: Outside Asylum, Sorry, that is not public opinion but a structured choice by typically a minority of the public. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 12:15:45 (74.194.212.77)
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308: Outside Asylum, Meaningless and dumb. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 12:14:04 (74.194.212.77)
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309: Water Cooler, Many of us who were stranded were invited for a free drink by the hotel. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 12:04:07 (74.194.212.77)
One Canadian first utter this. We all said we agreed. While standing in line awaiting our plane, the security people argued whether laptops needed to be in checked luggage or carried on board. The guy .......
310: Water Cooler, You are muddying the issue. Wealth concentration has increased greatly with no increase in good ideas (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 11:54:02 (74.194.212.77)
Probably we have fewer good ideas developed as people are spending most of their wakeful days just to feed and shelter their families. I did participate in a small group discussion about who a univer .......
311: Water Cooler, Define "pissing away." nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 11:32:21 (74.194.212.77)
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312: Water Cooler, Other than pointing out that you have no valid observations only your opinions, we have no interest in them. n (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 11:30:45 (74.194.212.77)
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313: Water Cooler, Only the ideal and the present distributions come from the interview. The reality is actual data. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 11:27:53 (74.194.212.77)
Most of your questions are thus irrelevant. But where the bulk of your money gets stolen has been the mortgage theft. People being sold on putting their life saving into a home and losing everything. .......
314: Outside Asylum, So how do we assess public opinion? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-21, 09:15:44 (74.194.212.77)
I think what is commonly called "polls" are meaningless unless the same question is asked over time and we can see a trend. I think that academic surveys face-to-face can give better results, but even .......
315: Outside Asylum, Frankly, i would me amazed were that true, but ... nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 20:03:38 (74.194.212.77)
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316: Outside Asylum, These are not the actual candidate scores. They are experts' judgments. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 20:00:47 (74.194.212.77)
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317: Outside Asylum, Many haven't taken the quiz. Some perhaps are lying. And some may be shocked how moderate they are. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 19:56:46 (74.194.212.77)
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318: Water Cooler, Well, he was the fifth worst president. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 18:06:25 (74.194.212.77)
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319: Outside Asylum, I do really think we should take it lightly as it lacks validation. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 16:39:33 (74.194.212.77)
I do really wonder who these people are. .......
320: Outside Asylum, certainly question wording can influence results, but there are good and bad questionnaires. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 16:37:10 (74.194.212.77)
The biggest problem with surveys is the pollsters not using random samples or getting big enough samples. The confidence interval of plus or minus 3% is a figment of their imaginations. .......
321: Outside Asylum, Having written many questions for surveys, I think I would have noticed that. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 16:33:41 (74.194.212.77)
Also the strange placement of notable figures in the right/authoritarian quadrant would not suggest that bias. .......
322: Water Cooler, I few back from England on 916. Everyone seemed to know three things. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 13:19:48 (74.194.212.77)
1. We were happy to be getting back. 2. Security was already a major pain and giving us no protection. 3. Passengers would never let there be another hijacking. We would all take out any more terroris .......
323: Water Cooler, Draft their young would work. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 13:14:27 (74.194.212.77)
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324: Tweakers' Asylum, I once made a preamp all hard wired by replacing all traces between components (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 11:46:53 (74.194.212.77)
Afterwards I scraped off the traces. .......
325: Tweakers' Asylum, I would urge you to also try non-soft isolation devices, in particular the StillPoints Ultra SSs or Fives. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 11:43:18 (74.194.212.77)
Soft isolation robs sound of pace and harmonics. You could just place them on your butcher blocks. .......
326: Water Cooler, Our second war with Iraq would have been as short as the first if GWB had heeded GHWB. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 11:29:02 (74.194.212.77)
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327: Water Cooler, I'm aware of individual deductions allowed to individuals. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 11:25:17 (74.194.212.77)
Federal_receipts_by_Source_Historical_1950-2010.jpg (716 × 431 pixels, file size: 80 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) All corporations only pay income taxes on profits. Individuals must pay them o .......
328: Water Cooler, I am sure that TSA fails to catch many things that people even know they are not to take on planes. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 11:05:57 (74.194.212.77)
TSA was CYA for GWB and continues as that for Obama. I know that the little knives the are going to allow now, will make little difference, because TSA has made no difference other than increasing the .......
329: Water Cooler, Too sad to hear you say that again, Stat. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 08:07:25 (74.194.212.77)
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330: Outside Asylum, The many polls in newspapers and elsewhere, suggest how much people like to find where they stand. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 07:54:02 (74.194.212.77)
Of course, it is relative to others. I always wondered in the novel 1984 who watched the watchers, and who watched those watching the watchers. A totally totalitarian society would be devastatingly in .......
331: Outside Asylum, I thought it was merely about mass. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 07:42:09 (74.194.212.77)
I concede that there are many problems with "the big bang," but it did explain a lot when we pictured the universe as a big ballon and ever expanding with everything getting further from everything el .......
332: Outside Asylum, So what? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 06:57:03 (74.194.212.77)
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333: Outside Asylum, Well where are the reds and blues. We have a few purples. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 06:52:20 (74.194.212.77)
Why is it that most of the "expert" placement of politicians has them were we aren't. I think the "experts" are crazy. I wonder if any of the players would take the exam and also how voters would vote .......
334: Outside Asylum, Even when reminded of the need for gov't. spending, the public favors gov't. job creation. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 06:46:47 (74.194.212.77)
Gallup says, "At least seven in 10 Americans support a range of government proposals designed to create jobs in the United States -- even when reminded of the need for government spending for these pl .......
335: Outside Asylum, And how were these captured in the questions in this quiz? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 06:34:57 (74.194.212.77)
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336: Outside Asylum, I wonder what this does to the grading. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 06:33:13 (74.194.212.77)
It seems likely that these people have had little experience with such research. .......
337: Outside Asylum, Jill Stein probably is not correctly placed. Your advice is wrong. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 06:29:17 (74.194.212.77)
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338: Outside Asylum, There are risks, such as you describe, in any action you take on the internet. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 06:27:10 (74.194.212.77)
I do regret the loss of the internet as an information and personal communication network, but in a capitalistic society, it was bound to happen. You can also do research on virtually anything you are .......
339: Outside Asylum, I think it was a mistake to label this dimension "libertarian." (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-20, 06:19:57 (74.194.212.77)
I assume it derives from questions within the quiz that deal with freedom of actions. It has little or nothing to do with philosophies. .......
340: Outside Asylum, This is not where Obama places himself. It is an expert placement. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 20:27:38 (74.194.212.77)
I think it is a crock. .......
341: Outside Asylum, That is what happened when I gave similar tests to my conservative students at TAMU. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 20:25:39 (74.194.212.77)
You will notice that our righties are not posting results. .......
342: Outside Asylum, Hey, a blue. I was beginning to think this was a leftwing site. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 19:28:22 (74.194.212.77)
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343: Outside Asylum, I expect few purples or reds. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 18:57:34 (74.194.212.77)
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344: Outside Asylum, This seems to be the best effort I have seen, but where is the validation. I'm not surprised by my location. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 18:45:04 (74.194.212.77)
Should there not be persons of known positions who have taken the exam or locations of typical Dems and Reps? I am not surprised as I said by my location nor of those who have revealed their placem .......
345: Outside Asylum, One has no real idea what many questions pertain to. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 18:30:08 (74.194.212.77)
Take the exam. .......
346: Water Cooler, No, my knowledge of your inability to comprehend anything. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 16:59:39 (74.194.212.77)
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347: Water Cooler, Not at all. My last big experiment will be on dying. Is there an afterlife? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 16:58:18 (74.194.212.77)
Will other animals be there? What do people do there? Can we visit other worlds? Can we go forward in time? .......
348: Water Cooler, I am not interested enough to bother. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 16:54:30 (74.194.212.77)
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349: Water Cooler, So, you think that Colin Powell told the truth and that the British were duped? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 11:25:12 (74.194.212.77)
What happened to the weapons when we invaded. Did the Iraqis hide them from our troops? Opps! .......
350: Outside Asylum, That is, of course, their problem. Of course, their beliefs come from a time before science. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 06:51:35 (74.194.212.77)
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351: Water Cooler, If corporations are to be viewed as individuals, as the USSC ruled long ago, their taxes should be the same. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 06:26:42 (74.194.212.77)
I think in reality that they should not be considered individual, with freedom of speech and other rights. .......
352: Outside Asylum, Dream on you fools. Name calling is your only recourse given your limitations. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 06:20:14 (74.194.212.77)
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353: Outside Asylum, I have faith in science. The choice of which method resulted in us is beyond present science. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-19, 06:15:15 (74.194.212.77)
And it is irrelevant anyway. .......
354: Outside Asylum, Good journalism is lost in the US. This is partisan rhetoric. Sorry to offend you. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 19:59:54 (74.194.212.77)
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355: Outside Asylum, Last June NYT report by Jack Kelly is a columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Blade of Toledo, OH (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 16:24:05 (74.194.212.77)
Wow, now that is news worthy. .......
356: Water Cooler, Whatever this means matters little to me. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 16:16:40 (74.194.212.77)
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357: Outside Asylum, Yes, a rose by any other name is still a rose. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 13:24:29 (74.194.212.77)
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358: Water Cooler, The bible is not the word of God. Were it there would revised editions by now. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 13:20:14 (74.194.212.77)
Early on religion was used by too many men to give themselves power and wealth. Were she to really watch what was going constantly, many of the pretenders would have been crushed or turned to salt. Re .......
359: Water Cooler, Well said but falling on deaf ears. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 11:24:02 (74.194.212.77)
There is a great deal of faith in science, however, faith in the scientific method. In part our modern society, is an affirmation of the truth of this faith. There is never any affirmation of the trut .......
360: Water Cooler, I certainly heard none of this then from the Republicans. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 11:12:37 (74.194.212.77)
Certainly the bombing that he says was so effective as to cause NV to cave, at the time seemed to do nothing to slow down supplies coming down the Ho Chi Minh trail. I would certainly liked to hear a .......
361: Water Cooler, No doubt that corporations would not be considered as individuals in this, as opposed to other circumstances. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 09:44:21 (74.194.212.77)
Why corporations can remove the labor and materials costs from their profits and individuals cannot remove their food, shelter, gasoline, etc. costs even if not business related defies logic. ::: TOPI .......
362: Outside Asylum, States vary. Minnesota requires that only non-profits can offer health care. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 09:38:45 (74.194.212.77)
They mean, no profits. The state of Washington is just pretending. .......
363: Outside Asylum, Actually, it is the other way around. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 09:32:35 (74.194.212.77)
Scientists proves a null hypothesis is false. Usually this is that variable A is unrelated to B. Disproof then means that variable A is tentatively related to variable B. We then focus on how related .......
364: Outside Asylum, All we need is a critique of what he says. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-18, 09:15:23 (74.194.212.77)
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365: Water Cooler, No, they are not ever considered true, only tentatively confirmed by hypothesis testing. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-17, 20:17:00 (74.194.212.77)
Some have been confirmed so often that they are almost taken a laws of nature. But one failure, if verified, can put an end to the theory or at least must be modified. There have been many theories th .......
366: Water Cooler, Yes, and the origin is earlier species by way of evolution. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-17, 20:08:42 (74.194.212.77)
You haven't a clue about much of anything do you. All you do is blindly speak the pablum fed to you by rightist blogs. Don't you feel embarrassed by being such a sycophant? .......
367: Outside Asylum, Guess. You are talking about for profit companies. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-17, 20:03:38 (74.194.212.77)
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368: Computer Audio Asylum, I should add that the new Mini with a thunderbolt drive as a raid, would probably be great. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-17, 10:21:55 (74.194.212.77)
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369: Computer Audio Asylum, Apple like other computer companies goes for cheap. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-17, 10:18:53 (74.194.212.77)
I had a late 2009 Mac Mini that just went belly-up. It was modified with an Esata connection to the TuneBank raid system. For the next several weeks, I have had to go back to using Itunes thru Pure Mu .......
370: General Asylum, In forty plus years in audio, I never thought I was done. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-17, 09:19:14 (74.194.212.77)
But early on I thought I was pretty close to achieving realism. I still remember thinking my sound in the early '70s was about 90% of the way towards realism. I have since thought that I greatly impro .......
371: Water Cooler, It say nothing but that different species evolve and never claimed to. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-17, 07:35:28 (74.194.212.77)
I'm afraid that you are not the one to say what evolution must prove. Sorry! Thomas Jefferson, a man who valued science, thought that Lewis and Clark might find dinosaurs in their trip and asked them .......
372: Outside Asylum, Hey, hey! Anybody seen my broom? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-17, 07:07:20 (74.194.212.77)
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373: Outside Asylum, Good for you but still who cares when you're mouthing about stuff you know nothing about? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 19:59:32 (74.194.212.77)
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374: Outside Asylum, Given the food at Carl's Jr. it is a good thing for us. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 19:55:00 (74.194.212.77)
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375: Outside Asylum, Yeah, each one of them has an opinion equal in value to yours and mind. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 17:17:25 (74.194.212.77)
Except were they to have some evidence that they were right. You never have such validation. .......
376: Water Cooler, Different companies are on the Dow now. There really is no way to adjust the Dow. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 17:12:27 (74.194.212.77)
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377: Outside Asylum, You are mindless. I said nothing of the premise that you suggest. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 15:04:22 (74.194.212.77)
You have your opinion which is based overwhelmingly on ideology, not on evidence. Your opinion thus is not notable. .......
378: Outside Asylum, This is much better than the NBC superficial crap. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 15:01:27 (74.194.212.77)
It is not computer power, it is the model itself, which, of course, may need more computer power. Americans regardless of whether they are in government or business get smug that they are the best. On .......
379: Outside Asylum, You might well notice that those on the right, totally ignore substantiating anything. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 14:06:56 (74.194.212.77)
But you are right they are hopeless. .......
380: Outside Asylum, As I am waiting as always for any substantiation of anything he posts. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 14:03:23 (74.194.212.77)
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381: Outside Asylum, And closing the Capital unnecessarily or failing to fully prepare for Sandy? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 14:01:00 (74.194.212.77)
I was on a PhD committee where the US Army guy had been sent to get his degree in weather prediction in Iraq. They needed to predict weather to better succeed in resupplying troops by helicopter. His .......
382: Outside Asylum, I'm glad for once you said "you think." What value is there that you think this is true? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 13:52:24 (74.194.212.77)
What about the other 315.5 million Americans? .......
383: Outside Asylum, Interesting. I had noted the common discussion of the European model v. the American model. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 13:47:44 (74.194.212.77)
With one party dismissing science, perhaps we have one explanation. Do they indeed have ten times the computer power? What does this mean? Ten times more computer. One or more computers with 10 times .......
384: Outside Asylum, Yes, the public often cannot really express itself in our cumbersome elections. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 11:06:17 (74.194.212.77)
And then there is the spin sent by the parties to the media. If we really wanted representation, we should just randomly pick 1500 people to make public policy once informed on the facts. .......
385: Outside Asylum, So what? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 11:00:24 (74.194.212.77)
Should you not be in favor of leaving them out to cut the debt to help the top 1%? .......
386: Outside Asylum, This is all rightist, unsubstantiated, babble. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 10:56:15 (74.194.212.77)
I remember when the right was saying that the market would fall to 6000 and stay there until their "trickle down" policies were reintroduced, despite the fact that they had always failed. If you are p .......
387: Cable Asylum, Try the HF CT-1 cables. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 07:54:00 (74.194.212.77)
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388: Water Cooler, Me neither. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-16, 06:19:45 (74.194.212.77)
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389: Outside Asylum, Glad to hear this. Obama seems to think the threat is very serious. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 18:24:16 (74.194.212.77)
I don't want the terrorists to win which they are with these letters. .......
390: Outside Asylum, The Republican lied about the public thinking like the Teas (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 18:18:43 (74.194.212.77)
The polls showed then as now that the public wants Jobs in 2008 and 2010. Why the Democrats didn't follow in the footsteps of FDR with the WPA and CCC, I'll probably never know. .......
391: Water Cooler, What relevance did your post have to mine? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 12:48:01 (74.194.212.77)
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392: Outside Asylum, Our airport, which is very busy on football weekends is going to have its tower closed (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 12:45:38 (74.194.212.77)
The Teas are outraged. The wealthy oil barons will have a hard time flying in. Only the poor are supposed to be cut. Even our governor goodhair is outraged that Obamacare is still here and his fellow .......
393: Outside Asylum, Yeah, restore the myth. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 12:34:35 (74.194.212.77)
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394: Outside Asylum, They learn that to be successful for most offices one needs to utter the mantra. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 12:32:59 (74.194.212.77)
Of course, it doesn't work for president or US senator or in blue states. .......
395: Water Cooler, Well, he was consistent, but "of, by, and for" is well known. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 11:36:33 (74.194.212.77)
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396: Water Cooler, Obviously, in the US the Federal gov't., since Reagan, is pushing costs onto the states. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 11:33:14 (74.194.212.77)
This makes sense for Democrats as the blue states send more money to the Fed. and do the red states. Our Federal gov't. redistributes wealth from the wealthy state, which are blue states, to the poor .......
397: Propeller Head Plaza, I should add a perplexing followup. Changing the speaker wire negated the benefits of the loop. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 06:30:27 (74.194.212.77)
When I went to the High Fidelity CT-1E speaker wires, I decided to test the sound with and without the loops. This time the loops confused the soundstage and reduced the realism. .......
398: Outside Asylum, I would add two more. Don't say "on average" or "separate out." (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 06:20:11 (74.194.212.77)
Say, "the average high temperature is 78ºs" or "grade points at Stanford average 3.7 on a 4.0 scale." Don't say "on average the high temperature is 78ºs," or "the grade point at Stanford, on average, .......
399: Water Cooler, He did, of course, say that. What is your point? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-15, 06:03:19 (74.194.212.77)
There have been many definitions of what constitutes a "democracy," but Lincoln's is most often cited. I think your comment about him not being an arbiter is ill considered. There really is no consens .......
400: Water Cooler, I suspect, as I said, that it was strengthening it relative to the lower house. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 20:01:49 (74.194.212.77)
I do remember a discussion of the Canadians envy us and we them. I do also remember my asking the experts on provincial governments and asking them about how much they got paid. They did understand wh .......
401: Water Cooler, Costs! Just think of storing tens of thousands of voting machines, hiring judges, renting space, tabulating (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 18:20:32 (74.194.212.77)
results. Even the states put county and city governments in charge of most of this. Canada used to have representatives go door to door prior to elections to register voters and use to have voter turn .......
402: Water Cooler, Well, I took the Canadians at their word. This was in the '80s. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 18:11:09 (74.194.212.77)
I was there as a specialist on regional and local government and gave a paper on that. I am no plussed by your information. I have been reading about the Canadian Senate and have read that , "the Comm .......
403: Outside Asylum, Hmm, there might be a left/right difference in color tastes. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 12:56:44 (74.194.212.77)
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404: Outside Asylum, Nice set of response you've gotten. I like the overall look and the red paint. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 12:21:01 (74.194.212.77)
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405: Water Cooler, Or so the FFs hoped in a world where government did little or nothing. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 09:57:24 (74.194.212.77)
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406: Water Cooler, If Lincoln was right, a government of, by, and for the public. There are none. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 09:55:18 (74.194.212.77)
There never have been governments where the public governs or where public policy response to public opinions. There certainly are examples where public opinion responds to public policy and many more .......
407: Water Cooler, "We have a unique take on Democracy." Yes an early rough perspective, like black & white photos. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 08:46:31 (74.194.212.77)
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408: Water Cooler, Most investments are focused on appreciation. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 08:43:20 (74.194.212.77)
Price earning ratios are largely ignored. Buy cheap and sell high is the name of the game. Silver is a somewhat different question, however. It is used in industry and is consumed much more than is go .......
409: Water Cooler, Lightening strikes again. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 08:26:11 (74.194.212.77)
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410: Water Cooler, I was at a conference on Federalism when Canada was considering adding a Senate (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 08:25:09 (74.194.212.77)
The Canadian representatives knew nothing about Australia's senate and its screwing up governance there. Most of those from the US advised against it. I don't think the Tenth Amendment has ever meant .......
411: Water Cooler, Both Canada and Australia stupidly followed us in having a Senate. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-14, 07:14:03 (74.194.212.77)
I think a parliamentary system, such as Canada and Australia, with a senate is ridiculous. The whole idea with a parliament is to have no division of power between chambers or branches of government a .......
412: Water Cooler, It is money that drives our elections. Such money plays no role elsewhere. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-13, 19:51:22 (74.194.212.77)
Most countries limit spending severely. As of a few years ago when I bothered to gather the data, what is spent in our elections -national, state, and local was ten times that spent in all other count .......
413: Outside Asylum, The Dow Jones is not an indicator of the US economy. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-13, 11:58:53 (74.194.212.77)
It is high now as there is really no other way to get a return on your investment. .......
414: Water Cooler, Please explain (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-13, 08:59:10 (74.194.212.77)
Why we would have a balanced budget were both political parties truly of the left and the right? Would the unfunded prescription drug program have had any chance of passage were the president have bee .......
415: Outside Asylum, So was GWB one also? I don't approve of these actions by any means. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-13, 08:32:49 (74.194.212.77)
I would like to hear his defense of this. Do presidents just take the oath of office too seriously? .......
416: Outside Asylum, Don't worry, he never reads anything thoroughly. He's like you.* (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-13, 06:23:30 (74.194.212.77)
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417: Water Cooler, You got to understand that righties have to believe certain "facts." (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-13, 06:14:23 (74.194.212.77)
Believing that science is a threat, they must decline doing any research or consideration of evidence that might refute their sacred beliefs. Chicago being Obama's home is taken as sufficient evidence .......
418: Outside Asylum, hmm, still only reading what you want to believe, I see. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-12, 15:31:33 (74.194.212.77)
Your source refers to another source which says, "The New America Foundation analysis of the drone campaign in Pakistan found that:-- The civilian casualty rate has been dropping sharply since 2008. T .......
419: Outside Asylum, Won't fly as you are ignoring what is in the Democratic plan. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-12, 13:05:54 (74.194.212.77)
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420: Outside Asylum, With our feral pig problem, why is it that the Chinese don't set up here? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-12, 06:58:20 (74.194.212.77)
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421: Water Cooler, I love it. In the land where all children are above average, straight talk. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-11, 12:08:04 (74.194.212.77)
What is this nonsense, " These days when immigrants come to the USA, they come to carve out a portion of the USA that they can then turn into their native country & live in it as if they're still in t .......
422: Outside Asylum, Old news. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-11, 11:41:41 (74.194.212.77)
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423: Water Cooler, Yes, but SNL is mocking you guys. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-11, 09:33:58 (74.194.212.77)
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424: Water Cooler, Did they get the blood spot out? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-11, 09:32:47 (74.194.212.77)
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425: Outside Asylum, Only in a rightie world is an embryo given life until they are born & their mother ignored.. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-11, 09:30:04 (74.194.212.77)
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426: Cable Asylum, Until the Oyaides R0, that was not my experience. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-11, 06:08:44 (74.194.212.77)
It wasn't just the Oyaides either. The Hubble HBL 5362 bested everything IMHO. But the R0 with no plating is clearly better than the Hubble. .......
427: Outside Asylum, Having no military, we needed state militia. Those in the National Guard need guns. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-10, 19:48:50 (74.194.212.77)
The officiers will come from the Federal level. .......
428: Outside Asylum, Nobody knows the true unemployment rate. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-10, 18:27:56 (74.194.212.77)
What we hear is based on sample data and what people say in their report. It is a large random sample but as always it is not right on the population statistic as there is sampling error. .......
429: Outside Asylum, Coffee made from snow? Hot water? I wonder if there are birds in NK. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-10, 10:58:15 (74.194.212.77)
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430: Water Cooler, Have all candidates say how they would vote on likely bills and make their positions known. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-10, 07:48:53 (74.194.212.77)
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431: Water Cooler, What do you suggest we do; shoot them? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-10, 07:47:15 (74.194.212.77)
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432: Outside Asylum, Keep a close watch on this and alert us when it become a real issue. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-10, 07:43:53 (74.194.212.77)
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433: Outside Asylum, In this case it is by concensus. Science recognizes no authority. Data are king. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 20:17:48 (74.194.212.77)
I have seen no evidence for what she says, sorry that is not science. .......
434: Outside Asylum, How about reporter lies? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 20:11:09 (74.194.212.77)
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435: Water Cooler, And they really seldom think it matters that they don't follow the news. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 20:03:45 (74.194.212.77)
They can simply vote their party loyalty. .......
436: Water Cooler, In most English speaking countries liberal means what we call conservative. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 18:02:01 (74.194.212.77)
None of them have a counterpart to our Republican Party. .......
437: Water Cooler, I once asked a real random sample in Florida whether they were in favor or opposed the counter-elliptical law. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 17:58:55 (74.194.212.77)
Most favored it 60 something percent and about 30% opposed it. One of 1500 people said he had never heard of it. I imagine that for many the sequestration has about as much meaning for most Americans .......
438: Outside Asylum, And how did she prove that? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 17:48:42 (74.194.212.77)
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439: Outside Asylum, Smart relative to our other recent Senators. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 17:46:38 (74.194.212.77)
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440: Outside Asylum, I doubt it. The Gulf Stream has to stop flowing first. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 12:23:02 (74.194.212.77)
We have got to remember there about 125,000 periods in the Soviet ice core data, that have happened before. We are near the warmest of these periods now. Always, these warm ups have been followed by s .......
441: Water Cooler, It is difficult to offset all the disadvantage intercity kids have. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 12:10:02 (74.194.212.77)
They have inadequate food, often threats in the halls, large numbers of students per teacher, little prospects of escaping the poverty of their parents, but according to the Coleman report chief among .......
442: Water Cooler, It was some time ago, but a friend teaching there said little had changed. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 08:23:21 (74.194.212.77)
Only gradually are Americans learning that you don't need a college degree to be a good craftsperson. .......
443: Outside Asylum, Not how to cook bacon or to eat an egg or bacon, I noticed. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 08:19:05 (74.194.212.77)
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444: Outside Asylum, Talk is cheap. Cruz is smart but he is late in the Teas' game. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 08:15:02 (74.194.212.77)
Texas may be Democratic before Cruz comes up again for election. Of course, he is looking at the presidency already. I said he was smart but not necessarily thoughtful. .......
445: Tweakers' Asylum, They must be very big. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 08:10:31 (74.194.212.77)
Of course they work by converting vibrations into heat, which is, of course, a vibration. Once at a CES, a friend had a room with many, many Tube Traps, it was a summer CES in Chicago and the room got .......
446: Cable Asylum, Yes, and both silver and gold are likely to go up. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 08:05:26 (74.194.212.77)
I anticipated $50/oz for silver last summer. Unlike gold it is extensively used in manufacturing and in very short supply. .......
447: Cable Asylum, Some time ago I had a pair of interconnects made of Mu metal. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 07:12:49 (74.194.212.77)
They were very stiff and sounded terrible. I don't think the diameter of the conductor is great, however, as the coaxial cable is pretty small in diameter. I must admit that I was totally taken aback .......
448: Cable Asylum, Many of my audiophile friends have dropped out of audio. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 07:03:04 (74.194.212.77)
Several because of video and convenience but three because of hearing aids. My hearing is fine, and I would dread the thought of listening through such devices. I should note that I listen a lot to vi .......
449: Water Cooler, Your posts are like saying if your car won't start, here is how to start a 1923 Model T. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 06:53:45 (74.194.212.77)
Incidentally, I drove one from St. Louis to LA via Portland, Oregon. .......
450: Water Cooler, Actually, they hate education for the masses. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 06:48:24 (74.194.212.77)
They like the UK plan where council schools educate boys to be carpenters and girls to cook. Real schools are for the wealthy. .......
451: Outside Asylum, I really wish some one would reconcile these findings with the Soviet Ice Core data (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-09, 06:40:26 (74.194.212.77)
They show nothing like this. Perhaps it is the lack of precision dating in the Soviet data or perhaps it is different effects in different areas. .......
452: Outside Asylum, The Republican Party is already divided into the Teas & the establishments, now add the libertarians? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-08, 12:44:15 (74.194.212.77)
All dividing up the rural, white, male vote in the South and Mountain West. Certainly that would be a winner. .......
453: Tweakers' Asylum, I once had many Tube Traps, I once had Room Lens, I once had RPG diffusors, (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-08, 07:38:53 (74.194.212.77)
etc. I even had acoustic mirrors. The one thing I will say about the Tube Traps is that if you play loudly, they will heat up your room. This does, of course, suggest that they are doing something, bu .......
454: Outside Asylum, I hope you are wrong. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-08, 07:27:01 (74.194.212.77)
A middle class has a stake in the country with something to lose. They also are the chief contributor to the economy. Democracy and capitalism depend on them. .......
455: Outside Asylum, Certainly not the people. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-08, 07:19:34 (74.194.212.77)
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456: Cable Asylum, Anybody else tried the Oyaides R0 outlet? I think my Hubble HBL 5362 has been displaced. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-08, 06:31:17 (74.194.212.77)
As always it is a pain to assess outlets, but this one holds the cables tightly, has heavy beryllium copper alloy plates with no plating or ferrous materials. Of course it is ten times as expensive as .......
457: Water Cooler, Wow, an ineffective alterman says.... (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-08, 06:12:38 (74.194.212.77)
"University of Illinois at Chicago professor Dick Simpson, who served as alderman of the 44th Ward in Lakeview from 1971 to 1979, estimates the cost of corruption at $500 million." How about what a ho .......
458: Outside Asylum, And up to 25 million would die! nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-08, 06:06:09 (74.194.212.77)
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459: Water Cooler, Just after you stupidly tried to blow off the study. Sorry you cannot do that. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 20:00:34 (74.194.212.77)
You cannot say gun controls are ineffective as your opinion leaders say if there is a relationship in the right direction. Yes causality is not demonstrate nor have other variable been shown to be res .......
460: Outside Asylum, Hardly supprising words from you, but who cares? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 16:38:59 (74.194.212.77)
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461: Water Cooler, Ok, dimdim. If there were no relationship there is little suggestion that gun controls work.n (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 16:35:47 (74.194.212.77)
But there is a relationship. Obviously this doesn't demonstrate causality, but that is no reason to believe that gun controls don't work. It is very unlike even were we to gather data that the NRA see .......
462: Water Cooler, Read the article. You can read can you not? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 14:25:46 (74.194.212.77)
I don't care what you are willing to discuss. Your dismissal of the study is shear ignorance and partisanship, which of course is true of 99.9% of your posts. .......
463: Outside Asylum, Lots of post-hoc thinking which allows covering up the wrong conclusions. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 14:21:12 (74.194.212.77)
WW II didn't coincide with the improvement in maldistribution of wealth. .......
464: Water Cooler, And you think anything that happens in Chicago is true of the world? (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 13:56:28 (74.194.212.77)
You probably think if you are sick, everyone is. .......
465: Water Cooler, Copout reply. You cannot dismiss this evidence of a relationship. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 13:52:08 (74.194.212.77)
Kindly don't forget that you have no comprehension of what it takes to find a relationship or of proving causality. You are a dilettante at best. .......
466: Outside Asylum, The US did under FDR but his good work is lost especially under Reagan & Bushes. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 13:46:56 (74.194.212.77)
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467: Outside Asylum, Bored is probably a better characterization. He likes to kick the dogs. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 13:44:05 (74.194.212.77)
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468: Outside Asylum, Looking at the world through heavily partisan glasses distort it greatly. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 13:42:22 (74.194.212.77)
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469: Outside Asylum, On the better graph, it is obvious Reagan through the two Bushes that inequality grew most. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 13:40:12 (74.194.212.77)
See my longer view graph in response to your initial post. .......
470: Outside Asylum, Yes, your sources says about this graph, (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 13:37:15 (74.194.212.77)
"These new results put the United States on par with China, the Dominican Republic, Napal and Ecuador for income inequality according to the CIA ranking. In other words, the United States, with all of .......
471: Outside Asylum, So you oppose freedom of speech? nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 12:30:54 (74.194.212.77)
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472: Water Cooler, So sad that now there is no distinction. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 12:28:18 (74.194.212.77)
To make it easy for you just substitute republic were I used democracy. .......
473: Water Cooler, You are right. It is obscured by the trees. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 12:26:29 (74.194.212.77)
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474: Water Cooler, So there is a relationship, and you support gathering data on firearm deaths (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 12:24:31 (74.194.212.77)
Such as how the user got the gun, whether the victim knew the shooter, what kind of gun was involved, what state was involved, and what gun laws they had? Would you also support experimental intrusion .......
475: Water Cooler, It has got to be fake. Look at this guys left hand. He is not holding up 55 pounds. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 12:15:34 (74.194.212.77)
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476: Water Cooler, Sounds like something for Leno's dump criminal segment. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 12:13:22 (74.194.212.77)
The odds had to be pretty much against this happening. .......
477: Outside Asylum, Hmm, you didn't say, "If that data absolves Pres Obama (needing only 2), it must absolve Pres Bush (needed 19) (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 11:29:29 (74.194.212.77)
I think you are saying in this that Obama had more control of Congress than did GWB. Is that not correct? Of course, I would also wonder about this partisan comment save for the fact that you do so co .......
478: Outside Asylum, Yes, but there is a solution. Causality can with much data gathering be judged. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 11:24:54 (74.194.212.77)
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479: Outside Asylum, It is quite hard to undo the influence of the wealthy in any society. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 11:21:39 (74.194.212.77)
Having decision makers selected by all of the public helps, but capitalism with money being the essence still makes offsetting their influence with bribes, campaign funds, ownership of the media, cont .......
480: Cable Asylum, Having read the patent, I cannot really say I understand how they work, but boy, they do. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 08:05:34 (74.194.212.77)
There is something about using magnets to center the signal in the center of the conductor to avoid skin effects. Also each end of the cables has a different pole and are used in the same direction fr .......
481: Cable Asylum, I'm sure the military and NASA have cabling that would stagger audiophiles both in sound and cost. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 07:51:13 (74.194.212.77)
I know of two instances where cable makers bought "surplus" military wire at a ridiculously low price that would cost hundred of times more to have made. I doubt if cryogenically treating was an eleme .......
482: Water Cooler, Sounds like a good rightie screen play. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 07:43:13 (74.194.212.77)
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483: Water Cooler, Of course there is. Majority rule may restrict the rights of the minority. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 07:40:21 (74.194.212.77)
This is what the Founding Fathers sought to accomplish with the Constitution. Of all people, a rightie should not be attacking the Constitution. .......
484: Outside Asylum, Causality is the real issue here. States with restrictions on abortions have fewer but have alway had fewer. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 07:29:48 (74.194.212.77)
So possibly politicians seeking reelection campaign to restrict abortions and succeed but they have no effect. Certain politicians in more urban settings with many twin career families might be hesita .......
485: Outside Asylum, Watching Jones is entering the Twilight Zone........... (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-07, 07:12:38 (74.194.212.77)
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486: Outside Asylum, It still is not true that Obama controlled Congress for two years & sometimes four years among you guys. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 19:50:14 (74.194.212.77)
Even then they could not always count on the independents. .......
487: Water Cooler, I'll give you all the citations once you give me those for this bs. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 19:40:56 (74.194.212.77)
"finest medical system in the world." .......
488: Outside Asylum, Who cares? The Dems. never bring this up but the right always claims it for some strange reason. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 15:03:44 (74.194.212.77)
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489: Cable Asylum, A Mu metal like high magnetic permeable alloy. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 14:29:43 (74.194.212.77)
It has magnets at each end. Totally new. I did once have mu metal ics which sucked. They had no magnets on them. .......
490: Water Cooler, Hmm, the Muslims can just fly an F 16 over or ship a tank and attack Manhattan. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 14:23:02 (74.194.212.77)
Just think of the death and damage. Why don't we just gather up all of our assault riffles and ship them to Syria, etc.? .......
491: Water Cooler, Close enough. nt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 14:13:27 (74.194.212.77)
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492: Outside Asylum, False! (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 14:08:23 (74.194.212.77)
Three periods when Dems. plus two independents had 60% of vote. 1. July 7, '09-Aug. 10 or 12th, '09. Franken in until Kennedy death. 37 days 2. Sept. 25, '09-Feb. 4th, '10. Kirk as Kennedy replace .......
493: Tweakers' Asylum, Few traps get down into the bass frequencies. I doubt if this would do anything below about 250 Hz. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 13:00:38 (74.194.212.77)
But just about anything in a corner will have a minor impact. I once found an innocuous rubber tree plant was a comb filter across the frequency range. .......
494: Water Cooler, Sad, And False. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 12:26:49 (74.194.212.77)
Republicans wonder why minorities and women vote Democrat when they are anti anyone other than rural white males. Enjoy the last few years of the Republican party. .......
495: Water Cooler, Hmm, the 2nd Amendment gives gun owner the right to use it under the 1st Amend freedom of speech? ntt (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 09:34:52 (74.194.212.77)
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496: Outside Asylum, The better distribution of wealth in both is the rich not being very rich (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 09:29:05 (74.194.212.77)
and the poor being better off than in other poor countries. .......
497: Outside Asylum, I agree, Bush's wars were an enormous waste of American blood and money. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 09:25:35 (74.194.212.77)
But I guess Obama doesn't want to tell those who lost a son or daughter that their loss was in vain. .......
498: Outside Asylum, You will never convince those who have bought into the rhetoric of the right. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 08:28:57 (74.194.212.77)
They would prefer that the rich have nearly all the wealth and control of government. Venezuela has better distribution of wealth than we do. .......
499: Outside Asylum, Boy, imagine you calling Obama a bonehead. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 08:24:20 (74.194.212.77)
The CEOs of DJ and another market were on MSNBC this morning saying that the market is a better place for people to put their investments than any other right now and that the time window for most inv .......
500: Outside Asylum, It is a sad commentary on modern society that someone like Chavez is needed to undo the tastes of the wealthy. (0.00)
Posted by Norm on 2013-03-06, 07:06:33 (74.194.212.77)
I guess someone like him will be ultimately needed unless the influence of money is curbed in the US. Perhaps all countries should have a constitutional standard that once the Gini index gets too clos .......
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