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1: Music Lane, You remembered! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2015-12-23, 19:06:13 (73.219.86.85)
That was a while ago now. Did I ever mention the very obscure Kondrashin? Odd, but has its points. .......
2: Speaker Asylum, Wish I had known that because... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2015-07-23, 11:06:33 (73.219.86.85)
...I'd have said something, anything, to him that might make him frown, and when he evicted me I'd have hit him with my own verifiable Ivy degree. .......
3: Planar Speaker Asylum, I got a mailing from Mart (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2013-08-21, 08:20:38 (76.118.229.113)
Means he's alive and possibly even well... but my reply was flung back from the sending address. Help! c .......
4: General Asylum, Man will I miss him! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2012-12-07, 12:47:34 (173.9.46.137)
Hard to believe. I met Brian 1980, when I flew out from Boston to hear his loudspeakers with an eye towards becoming a dealer. At that time, and until my last occasions with him at the Newport Show in .......
5: Water Cooler, "I don't need a reason to have handguns." Or a classy audio system. Or 10,000 records. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 09:49:16 (208.58.2.83)
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6: Tweakers' Asylum, No magnetics? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 09:32:32 (208.58.2.83)
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7: General Asylum, Sorry, but "African-American" is PC-ese for "black" -- which Dame Kiri is. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 09:13:10 (208.58.2.83)
And if you don't believe me, just try referring to some white person originally from Durban as an "African-American". clark .......
8: Water Cooler, "Your anti-moonlanding gobbledygook(sp?) is forgiven." Where DO you get that stuff? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 08:02:15 (208.58.2.83)
And does it typify the accuracy of your statements in general? If you can find anywhere I said anything "anti-moonlanding" I'll send you a free CD. Because I have said no such thing. But the nasty LI .......
9: Digital Drive, It's my long-standing "B system" reference standard. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:52:06 (208.58.2.83)
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10: Music Lane, That album was my intro to those folks. Went right out and got the import. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:50:14 (208.58.2.83)
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11: Music Lane, Oh, you're listening to "HD". No wonder. Try FM! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:48:49 (208.58.2.83)
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12: General Asylum, Works for me! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:36:53 (208.58.2.83)
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13: General Asylum, Does Leontyne Price count? Kiri Te Kanawa? Mattiwilda Dobbs? Kathleen Battle? (Probably not...) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:35:51 (208.58.2.83)
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14: Water Cooler, "You guys need to stop throwing your own kind under the bus." They are NOT "our kind". (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:28:13 (208.58.2.83)
Never heard of a RINO huh? It's not even that the damn "neocons" (Bush & crew) are moderates (whatever that is). They are another breed entirely. They spend taxpayer money like drunken Democrats, exer .......
15: Water Cooler, While you may well be correct, I was discussing the on-shore situation -- the platform is already in place! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:16:17 (208.58.2.83)
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16: Water Cooler, Stowkowski's 1927 "Unfinished"? It's the best! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:14:03 (208.58.2.83)
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17: Tweakers' Asylum, "Poof away the debris." Phrasemaker! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-19, 07:13:06 (208.58.2.83)
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18: Water Cooler, Bet you my clarets and my Schuberts are all older than yours! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 10:23:01 (208.58.2.83)
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19: Tweakers' Asylum, I am. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 10:20:21 (208.58.2.83)
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20: Water Cooler, Oh, you *do* want me to chew your food first. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 10:12:44 (208.58.2.83)
At least you could have the courtesy to offer a decent claret with it. clark .......
21: Water Cooler, "those who smoke lighter brands smoke more to make up for the nicotine content." Seems likely. However... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 10:10:07 (208.58.2.83)
...that counter-intuitive fact was only noticed later by the tobacco companies. I expect they enjoyed the irony. It's not altogether different from sugar "substitutes" leading to worse ills than sugar .......
22: Water Cooler, "Alternative lifestyle loon." Patronizing and condescending again -- are you SURE you're not a Brit? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:49:59 (208.58.2.83)
Besides which, you're apparently unable to abstract the truth from a message, choosing instead to insult the messenger. Altogether too typical of those who will not learn. You, sir, are the Mighty Or .......
23: Water Cooler, "Where's this study?" I've given you the leads, you want me to chew your food first too? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:45:48 (208.58.2.83)
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24: Tweakers' Asylum, "Some explanations don't make sense and not all of the observations are consistent with the explanations" LOL! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:42:47 (208.58.2.83)
Two words: String theory. What you say, is really just a truism. "Why should exposing equipment to negative ions have an effect if it's the disc that's critical?" That's assuming a fact not in evidenc .......
25: Water Cooler, America also suffers some 4,000 deaths per year from drowning. Can't we DO something? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:32:26 (208.58.2.83)
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26: Water Cooler, " Democrats view the Bush Administration as 'The Right.'" They know perfectly well... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:28:35 (208.58.2.83)
...that's not so, but it makes good PR for the gullible. clark .......
27: Water Cooler, I'm told that the bulk of US oil "exports" goes to... Puerto Rico! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:26:09 (208.58.2.83)
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28: Water Cooler, "I don't go into attack mode often. I save that for Priya." Excellent choice! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:20:16 (208.58.2.83)
"Regarding suspected reserves in these new areas 'solving' our energy problem, I doubt there's a person of influnce who really believes that." All we're looking for with new fields is ameliorization .......
29: Water Cooler, "Yer schtick sux at the Outside and is beyond pathetic here." Or is it the other way 'round? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:14:29 (208.58.2.83)
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30: Water Cooler, Aha! Another actual answer. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:12:10 (208.58.2.83)
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31: Water Cooler, There you go again with the straw men. Who said home-university schooling? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 09:08:45 (208.58.2.83)
But here's what you demanded: The Results of Home Schooling vs Public Schools By Donald Saunders [British author and researcher] One of the very first questions that most parents ask about home school .......
32: Water Cooler, An actual answer, by golly! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 08:51:20 (208.58.2.83)
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33: Water Cooler, "And I'm not a Brit. I'm a Yank, born and bred in NYC." Even worse! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 08:49:56 (208.58.2.83)
"But I stand by the rest of what I said." Possibly to its chagrin. FWIW the "excell" was a remnant of my first formulation, "excellent". Just didn't hit backspace enough. clark .......
34: Water Cooler, "Study Finds Menthol Plan in Cigarettes" -- The horror! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 08:45:20 (208.58.2.83)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon whom they were marketing them to - lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder bra .......
35: General Asylum, Boston Herald: "Tom Petty’s vinyl/CD experiment has audiophiles in mind" (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 08:07:20 (208.58.2.83)
Tom Petty channeled his 20-year-old self while recording the belated debut of his recently reunited, pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. This meant writing early ’70s-style country rock, recording the o .......
36: Tweakers' Asylum, What is WRONG with you? (Likely answer: Terminal incivility and envy.) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 08:03:21 (208.58.2.83)
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37: Water Cooler, Now you're simply being snotty (your birthright as a Brit). (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 07:51:34 (208.58.2.83)
"I'd particularly love to know how these 'home-schooled' children did on biology and physics, two science subjects reviled by fundamentalist fruitcakes." Ill-informed and sarcastic. What a twofer! Plu .......
38: Water Cooler, Question: Where do the "liberals" get this figure of 10 years they so often bandy about? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 07:16:09 (192.80.65.234)
As in, it'll be 10 years before we realize any oil from the fields in Alaska. They all say it. ("Ten years -- the time it would take to produce the first drop of oil in The Refuge.") Heck, the Apollo .......
39: Water Cooler, Excellent response to superficial and supercilious remarks. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 06:48:36 (216.236.252.234)
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40: Water Cooler, "Gas was 1.96 a gallon until this other party took over the congress." Worth repeating. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 06:44:35 (216.236.252.234)
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41: Water Cooler, Dude! Straw man! "Obviously." We're talking the Lutheran Church here, not some so-called cult. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-18, 06:42:32 (216.236.252.234)
As for your intemperate and patronizing, "'Home schooling' is not about schooling at all, just about shielding the children of fundamentalist fruitcakes like Quist from an exposure to science", you're .......
42: Water Cooler, So you avoid "Legalizing home schools in Minnesota" with that gambit. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 10:18:55 (208.58.2.83)
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43: Water Cooler, For those who believe that Bush is creating all the recent eavesdropping: LOL! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 09:58:33 (208.58.2.83)
There are at least three worse, far worse offenders. 1) State government. In Massachusetts (Governor: Democrat; Legislature: 85% Democrat; Courts: Well... What do you suppose?) and probably other stat .......
44: Music Lane, "No whiny NPR fundraising." D'ya 'spose anyone actually *listens* to those segments? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 08:36:48 (208.58.2.83)
I have to think they lose listeners. clark .......
45: Video Asylum, "The Way to Save Internet Video" -- Maverick Mark Cuban weighs in. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 08:22:46 (208.58.2.83)
There is a lot of money being spent trying to turn internet video into something its not. Its not TV. It's certainly not going to be HDTV. What is shocking about the entire attempt to turn the interne .......
46: Water Cooler, OMG! "The [so compassionate] Democratic party has made plans to send big screen TVs to homeless shelters... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 08:15:23 (208.58.2.83)
...to keep homeless “Off the streets” during the convention. Or send them to the zoo or other “Cultural events”. “We’ll have bus tokens if they need them,” Parvensky said. There you have it folks, ba .......
47: Water Cooler, Well that's an angle. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 08:03:23 (208.58.2.83)
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48: Water Cooler, "Books not mandates." Tell it to the liberals -- they are the, ah, mandaters. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 08:01:18 (208.58.2.83)
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49: Water Cooler, "Oh dear God." Indeed. And look how all the good little lefties are leaping onto the bandwagon. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 07:52:18 (208.58.2.83)
They simply accept the proffered explanations of the bill at face value, paying no mind to the fact that corruption of language (Nature Deficit Disorder) betrays a corruption in purpose. And they clai .......
50: Water Cooler, "Legalizing home schools in Minnesota" = "fundamentalist screwball"? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 07:38:56 (208.58.2.83)
Obviously you went to one of those government schools where they dumb you down. clark .......
51: General Asylum, Ever try to open a Blu-ray disc? Hah! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 07:35:48 (208.58.2.83)
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52: Tweakers' Asylum, Much of what you say, I left as an exercise for the reader, in my column. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-17, 07:25:45 (208.58.2.83)
Glad to see you were provoked into experimentation, rather than into denial. Not that you've proven anything, but you certainly have expanded the field of hypothesis. That's good science all by itself .......
53: Water Cooler, The Feds' Cure for "Nature Deficit Disorder" -- NOT A PARODY. [Sigh] (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-16, 08:08:30 (208.58.2.83)
By Professor Allen Quist Claiming to have the remedy for "nature deficit disorder," Congressional Democrats (along with some Republicans) are in the process of passing a new federal education program .......
54: Water Cooler, Right. Like Johnson, Carter and Clinton always went to the Stop & Shop and knew all those prices. LOL! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-16, 07:49:34 (208.58.2.83)
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55: Water Cooler, Not to forget Al Gore's book, where he advocated higher gas prices for the sake of "the environment". (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-16, 07:48:01 (208.58.2.83)
Most "liberals" agreed -- back before they realized it might hurt their chances in the elections this year. NOW they're MAD! clark .......
56: Water Cooler, Right. Clinton: "Mr. Greenspan, tear down these interest rates!" nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-16, 07:38:27 (208.58.2.83)
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57: Water Cooler, That was last race's joke. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-16, 07:36:08 (208.58.2.83)
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58: Water Cooler, It was his only way to score a point! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-16, 07:33:54 (208.58.2.83)
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59: Water Cooler, Sharia here we come! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-15, 09:46:23 (74.10.198.243)
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60: Water Cooler, Obama Releases List of Approved Jokes About Himself (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-15, 09:44:49 (74.10.198.243)
Bid to Help Late Night Comics Saying he is "sympathetic to late night comedians' struggle to find jokes to make about me," Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) today issued a list of official campaign-approved .......
61: Water Cooler, "'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT." The horror! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-15, 08:30:22 (208.58.2.83)
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62: Water Cooler, "They enact laws at their whim to control you?" Old British/Commonwealth tradition. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-15, 08:11:05 (208.58.2.83)
The "whim" part for sure. That's why the Founders here made the old-style Bill of Attainder prohibited Constitutionally . clark .......
63: Water Cooler, "The shrinks call it 'projection'." My thought precisely. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:57:13 (208.58.2.83)
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64: Water Cooler, "Iran is already destabilizing the Middle East." LOL! (Sorry...) (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:56:02 (208.58.2.83)
And when exactly, sir, was it stable? In 1949 Ralph Bunche of the U.N. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Do you know the citation? "For bringing a permanent and lasting peace to the Mideast." Meaning .......
65: Water Cooler, "...which all tyrannical regimes, out of self-preservation, must oppose." But the only tyrannical regime... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:49:34 (208.58.2.83)
...according to these people, is ours! clark .......
66: Water Cooler, "9. Have a plan for securing the peace." UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER usually works. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:46:50 (208.58.2.83)
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67: Water Cooler, "...because the USA decided to limit shipment of oil to them." And shipped it instead to their "enemies". nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:45:02 (208.58.2.83)
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68: Music Lane, Aha! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:36:57 (208.58.2.83)
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69: Music Lane, Figured as much. Alas the library is limited... but I'll give it a shot. Thanks! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:36:25 (208.58.2.83)
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70: Films/DVD Asylum, You talkin' the movie or the preview? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:27:06 (208.58.2.83)
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71: Tubes Asylum, Subscribe to the Stereophile eNewsletter, to see JGH's paean to tubes. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 10:24:34 (208.58.2.83)
Granted it first appeared in 1985, but still... And here it is: .......
72: Water Cooler, I meant the "striking down DC's gun control law" bit. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 09:15:44 (208.58.2.83)
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73: Propeller Head Plaza, "...receiving signals via high frequency mechanical vibrations." Think about good vibrations! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 09:01:23 (208.58.2.83)
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74: Films/DVD Asylum, As in, "don't listen"?... Is this purportedly a true story? Or even a docu? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 08:50:49 (208.58.2.83)
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75: Music Lane, Hmmm... what's *solicited* e-mail, I've always wondered. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 08:34:57 (208.58.2.83)
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76: Water Cooler, It was a bit bigger than that bigi... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 08:09:26 (208.58.2.83)
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77: Music Lane, Been waiting over half my life for a recommend on those. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 07:45:57 (208.58.2.83)
Now how do I make a CD?... clark .......
78: General Asylum, "It's the unlimited source of undiscovered music that is my continual quest." Right! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-14, 07:16:25 (208.58.2.83)
And it's that very quest I'm on, more so than audio. Music is life; audio is a great hobby. clark .......
79: Music Lane, "That may be true." It certainly is. Now let the viper come out from under the rock. Dare you! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-12, 11:38:45 (129.44.191.205)
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80: Computer Audio Asylum, "Others,such as Powermatic, waste my time." You are not alone. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-12, 09:39:54 (129.44.191.205)
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81: Films/DVD Asylum, Saw it in London long ago. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-12, 09:08:53 (129.44.191.205)
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82: Water Cooler, It's a reasonable question. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-12, 08:56:39 (129.44.191.205)
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83: Water Cooler, You recall correctly. The whole thing was a charade. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-12, 08:54:50 (129.44.191.205)
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84: Water Cooler, Let Israel do it. Time to stop acting as their proxy. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-12, 08:44:27 (129.44.191.205)
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85: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Eggs Ackley. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-12, 08:33:22 (129.44.191.205)
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86: General Asylum, Agree totally. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 08:54:38 (208.58.2.83)
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87: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Ever one to swallow the hook and make a totally obvious remark. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 08:49:06 (208.58.2.83)
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88: Water Cooler, Huh? "7.7 ounces a day" of beer or wine is... nothing! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 08:17:18 (208.58.2.83)
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89: Water Cooler, Also maybe the reporting percentage is higher for anything, out where the situations are exposed. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 08:04:38 (208.58.2.83)
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90: Water Cooler, Thanks. And to the best of my knowledge I just made it up. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 08:02:15 (208.58.2.83)
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91: Water Cooler, I agree, although in this instance it was used for the sake of correct diction. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 08:01:15 (208.58.2.83)
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92: Water Cooler, "God, I am so tempted to use the word." My circle of friends acts as a support group... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:59:44 (208.58.2.83)
...to keep us away from such temptations. "But its heard all the time." That's how people learn a language, by repeating what they hear. In this case, too bad for us! clark .......
93: Amp/Preamp Asylum, While not myself a balanced person... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:54:34 (208.58.2.83)
...(yeah, yeah) I am astonished, like HiOnFi, that most such gear under review never gets the full and proper treatment. Know what would be cool? A fully-balance system *beginning with phono cartridge .......
94: Tweakers' Asylum, You spoke of "similar results". My question was merely epistemological: How will you know? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:41:57 (208.58.2.83)
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95: Films/DVD Asylum, Was your second time, the "director's cut"? Can you compare? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:38:23 (208.58.2.83)
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96: General Asylum, I see my work here is done. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:32:40 (208.58.2.83)
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97: Music Lane, You're a creep who's evidently too ashamed of his own behavior to register. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:27:26 (208.58.2.83)
And well you ought to be, judging by the unpleasantness and utter worthlessness of most of your posts. .......
98: Digital Drive, "you haven't provided any details." Not my job. HOWEVER... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:19:08 (208.58.2.83)
...you'll be pleased to know that a paper worthy of your consideration is in preparation. "I would be interested in reading a review that compared the sonic attributes of various computer based playba .......
99: Tweakers' Asylum, Exercising your animus, you miss the entire point. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:16:09 (208.58.2.83)
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100: Tweakers' Asylum, Thanks, I'll have to try that. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:14:20 (208.58.2.83)
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101: Tweakers' Asylum, I've heard lamps (fluorescents) work too. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:11:32 (208.58.2.83)
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102: Tweakers' Asylum, "I said I suspect." Yes, but I asked how will you *know*? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-11, 07:10:32 (208.58.2.83)
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103: Water Cooler, But there's a big difference between " safety nets" and hammocks. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 11:09:03 (208.58.2.83)
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104: Water Cooler, Pheme-nominal. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 11:05:36 (208.58.2.83)
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105: General Asylum, "Psychoacoustics" huh? But if you learn how to measure something, it then becomes "acoustics"? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 10:50:56 (208.58.2.83)
Do you ever apologize to the people who heard it before you measured it, whom you insulted by saying "psycho"? clark .......
106: Tweakers' Asylum, Regularly! Routinely! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 10:16:34 (208.58.2.83)
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107: Tweakers' Asylum, "A Good Housekeeping review where it was no better than the ($30 Revlon." LOL! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 10:14:22 (208.58.2.83)
That's for housekeeping! clark .......
108: Tweakers' Asylum, Neither Mikel nor I has any fiduciary involvement, although Mikel... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 10:13:17 (208.58.2.83)
...has surveyed the market. "I suspect the clark .......
109: Water Cooler, Americans average 41 miles per gallon (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:59:11 (208.58.2.83)
A recent study found the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 4 .......
110: Water Cooler, "There is no fiscal restraint." The government has a Rhodium VISA. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:52:07 (208.58.2.83)
And they always max it out. Rhodium - The Most Precious of All Precious Metals. clark .......
111: Water Cooler, A) Screwing the telecoms was just another regular Dem capitulation the the plaintiffs bar (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:48:37 (208.58.2.83)
The plaintiffs bar is their largest contributor collectively and it would be juicy work, all those lawsuits. The telecoms did nothing wrong, they just responded to government subpoenas as usual. cla .......
112: Tweakers' Asylum, "Off-the-shelf hair dryers are not worth the time to mess with." But that won't stop them. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:38:19 (208.58.2.83)
The price is lower. Already I've received nearly a dozen notes and replies, Well I'm gonna buy a Revlon why spend $209? Believe me if a super-tweak were found that cost, say, $1100 and a commercial (a .......
113: General Asylum, Been saying it for years: Music is a damn distraction from audio. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:27:44 (208.58.2.83)
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114: General Asylum, You're wavering, I can see it. C'mon, admit that people can hear things that can't yet be measured. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:25:11 (208.58.2.83)
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115: Water Cooler, My faith in you is restored. Onwards! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:23:14 (208.58.2.83)
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116: Water Cooler, "At this point I don't put anything past politicians to get elected." Hmmm... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:20:29 (208.58.2.83)
What took you so long? clark .......
117: Water Cooler, "SS was supposed to be a TRUST." And if you can't trust the government... well... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:17:53 (208.58.2.83)
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118: Water Cooler, B) With Echelon fully in place since mid-Clinton-administration the gov knows all already. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 09:13:59 (208.58.2.83)
This vast sig-int network, based outside the US for legal reasons, gathers and "reads" every radio and TV broadcast, every shortwave and cellphone signal, every FAX and phone conversation, every e-mai .......
119: Water Cooler, Don't forget, conservatives disapprove of Bush as much as lefties. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:58:49 (208.58.2.83)
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120: Water Cooler, Yeah, really. But never mind! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:57:46 (208.58.2.83)
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121: Water Cooler, Know how "speed limits" used to be set? Hint: Not by government fiat or diktat. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:56:44 (208.58.2.83)
The speed of vehicles on any segment would be *measured*, the average calculated -- and the "limit" set somewhere between 80-90% of that figure. In other words, the people decided what was safe, not t .......
122: Water Cooler, Really? Care to elaborate? nt. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:53:17 (208.58.2.83)
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123: Water Cooler, He knows nothing of that. His animus drives him, and probably his car too. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:52:25 (208.58.2.83)
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124: Water Cooler, We'll see whether this gets the coverage of Bush's calling an asshole NY Times reporter "an asshole". nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:46:32 (208.58.2.83)
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125: Water Cooler, No I say it out loud. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:42:08 (208.58.2.83)
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126: Water Cooler, Our own halfnote weighs in on, like, like. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:41:16 (208.58.2.83)
But over in, like, Films Forum. It's interesting enough, and the subsequent short thread, to alert folks here. clark .......
127: Films/DVD Asylum, Yes, as stated the rise is "the linguistic marker for the interrogative." OK? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:37:54 (208.58.2.83)
And the affirmation asked for usually isn't even waited for! They go on, and on, and... Not long ago a fellow from these boards was striking up an acquaintance with me over the phone, from Korea, wher .......
128: Films/DVD Asylum, Hmmm... finding it hard to believe that a rock like that would continue to exist unshaven by the staff. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 08:27:16 (208.58.2.83)
Say, are you in Massachusetts? Sign in, please! cj .......
129: General Asylum, "Measurement equipment... can measure the things that matter." That's an unsubstantiated assertion. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-10, 07:45:19 (208.58.2.83)
And a faith statement. Audio "engineers" (and marketing departments) have been saying that stuff since almost the dawn of electronics. Look at how claims for "low distortion" (once the be-all of fidel .......
130: Films/DVD Asylum, Like, d'ya know what I'm saying? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 12:38:48 (208.58.2.83)
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131: Water Cooler, Addl on 55mph speed limit. Ronald Reagan ran (inter alia) on eliminating that Carter-era farce. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 12:09:01 (208.58.2.83)
I think I voted for him for that very reason. Certainly to get rid of Carter and Carterism! (I.e. government paternalism and regulationism run amok.) (I.e. liberalism.) Not only that, consider Montana .......
132: Water Cooler, Whenever I zig-zag it's in an (often futile) attempt to maintain a constant speed around the dolts. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 11:56:22 (208.58.2.83)
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133: Music Lane, But the principal characteristic of a boor is that he calls names, nothing else. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 11:25:08 (208.58.2.83)
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134: Water Cooler, Someone has GOT to stop the liberals. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 11:13:37 (208.58.2.83)
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135: Water Cooler, "Gun toting mentality" is a typical liberal reductionism (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 11:04:35 (208.58.2.83)
One wonders if they know why the Warsaw jewish ghetto in WWII lasted so long. The people had guns! (By some reports only a handful, but still...) Damn Jews and their gun toting mentality! Oughta be a .......
136: Water Cooler, "I've lost credibility with two inmates with whom I had little, if any, to start with, simply due to... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 10:58:09 (208.58.2.83)
...my politcal leanings." For some, that's all it takes. Those "some" here are all lefties. clark .......
137: Water Cooler, At least he picks his betters to, ah, pick on. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 10:55:18 (208.58.2.83)
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138: Water Cooler, "If they didn't have a Liberal bias, how else do you explain Dave's attraction to them?" Tits? Cats? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 10:52:54 (208.58.2.83)
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139: Water Cooler, "... and ID the pathology yourself." LOL. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 10:50:30 (208.58.2.83)
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140: Music Lane, "Why not just tell us which one you favor, and why?" He'd rather dilate on me. Don't ask ??? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 10:36:01 (208.58.2.83)
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141: Music Lane, "You pompous fool." Good to have that on record. Your majesty, I mean. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 10:34:33 (208.58.2.83)
"I did answer the question of which version I prefer." But not to me. And I was the one asking. "You, on the other hand, did not ask a question at all." ??? clark .......
142: Music Lane, "I had to look up pedantically." Funny! And it's such a... *pedantic* word. But... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 09:40:59 (208.58.2.83)
...your choices can IMHO be improved upon, especially for 2 & 8. I've not heard the live Bernstein 6th, but one to look for (perfect, in my estimation), is with Anton Nanut and the Llubjana Philharmo .......
143: Films/DVD Asylum, Ah! Of course! Forgetful of me... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 09:34:42 (208.58.2.83)
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144: Music Lane, What is WRONG with you? (Now we suspect it's worse than thought.) (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 09:33:35 (208.58.2.83)
Not only do you propose a truly more pedantic wording of my simple "???" -- you still haven't answered the QUESTION of which. All you want to do is scrap. Begone! clark .......
145: Music Lane, Piling on only exposes your ugly butt. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 09:29:28 (208.58.2.83)
vs .......
146: General Asylum, To *some* degree it behooves the customer to guide the salestaff. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 09:27:03 (208.58.2.83)
After all, you already know that you're smarter than most of them, right? ;-) My recommended technique is to use facial expression and physical gesture. Catch their eye and you can talk without words. .......
147: Films/DVD Asylum, What's a four-part ratio? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:42:55 (208.58.2.83)
36-24-36, for instance, is not a ratio. I started watching it a couple weeks ago but decided to save it for... later... The beginning at least was way overwrought. Also I developed a slight distaste f .......
148: Films/DVD Asylum, Thought it might have been Carlos. The segues are terrific too. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:35:26 (208.58.2.83)
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149: Digital Drive, For a discussion with a non-animus-driven inmate, see the one with Dawnrazor below. As for... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:33:22 (208.58.2.83)
..."the other products that you repeatedly and reflexively mention", there must be at least two dozen. And over the decades, five times that many. As though I shill for recompense! (Your odious explan .......
150: Digital Drive, "Clark the memory player IS a computer." No, and yes. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:26:31 (208.58.2.83)
There's a computer in it for bookkeeping, but its real (and semi-secret) operation is based on a detailed revaluation of the way data actually is stored on a CD and in buffers. So far as I can read, t .......
151: Films/DVD Asylum, OK, but what of the rising inflection at the ends of sentences used by the same people? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:19:51 (208.58.2.83)
And they're not asking a question either. You know what I'm saying? OK? clark .......
152: Music Lane, Antidote? Or anodyne?... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:13:05 (208.58.2.83)
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153: Music Lane, Which recording? (he asked, pedantically...) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:11:44 (208.58.2.83)
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154: Music Lane, OK, here's the deal with people like you. You're driven by animus. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:10:49 (208.58.2.83)
When I invited whatsisface to speak as to which recording of the Klemperer he had in mind to hear, there being several and myself interested in such things, instead of replying straightforwardly he to .......
155: Music Lane, Mahler ringtones. Be the first! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09, 08:02:44 (208.58.2.83)
. .......
156: Music Lane, Again I'd ask "What is WRONG with you?" But now I know. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 09:38:02 (208.58.2.83)
You don't know. clark .......
157: Water Cooler, "Crime doesn't happen where police are present. Criminals are funny that way." Amen! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 09:26:39 (208.58.2.83)
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158: Water Cooler, What's not to like? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 09:22:36 (208.58.2.83)
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159: Water Cooler, FWIW I didn't believe it, but I didn't know why... Good catch! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 09:20:45 (208.58.2.83)
c .......
160: Water Cooler, "Needed milk." Milk's bad for you -- most milk, anyway. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 09:19:28 (208.58.2.83)
d .......
161: Water Cooler, I used to. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 09:16:17 (208.58.2.83)
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162: Water Cooler, I'm told it was upconverted. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 09:14:07 (208.58.2.83)
x .......
163: General Asylum, All well and good, but here's what you're stuck with when you say... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 09:12:15 (208.58.2.83)
..."If you cant measure it, you aint hearin it." Your sc61 waveform analyzer scope and freq counter and tektronix distortion analyzer and low distortion freq oscilator, while not state-of-the-art, are .......
164: General Asylum, "...improve their equipment where they can really hear a difference." Sounding like a liberal! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 08:48:36 (208.58.2.83)
YOU know what makes their equipment sound better; THEY need your help because they think otherwise. And like a liberal you insist on deciding for them! clark .......
165: Music Lane, "You really are an unsufferable pedant." What is WRONG with you? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 08:43:07 (208.58.2.83)
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166: Digital Drive, The same I get paid for supporting any quality stuff: Nothing. How much do you get paid... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 08:42:09 (208.58.2.83)
...for being odious? clark .......
167: Digital Drive, "I think you have me confused with others??" I didn't mean you! It was an observation based more on... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-08, 08:39:48 (208.58.2.83)
...my experience at CES and elsewhere. Apologies for the ambiguity. But since I have you: "HDD playback is better than optical." But if we're talking CDs (and not downloads) there MUST be an optical s .......
168: Music Lane, "...the Klemperer 9th." ??? There's more than one... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 12:36:28 (208.58.2.83)
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169: General Asylum, "We call those that believe in the power cord concept, customers." The horror! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 12:31:13 (208.58.2.83)
There are tens of millions who call those who believe in the "high-end audio" concept, customers too. Are you endorsing the views of anyone who dares (dares!) to call a customer a customer? clark ::: .......
170: General Asylum, "If you cant measure it,you aint hearin it." You seem unwilling to support your assertion, so let me... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 12:12:52 (208.58.2.83)
...help you. I mean, you seem to be hearing (or, not) a lot of stuff that even you haven't measured, and you do require measurability. "This is from the tests that are real and sensible." How are you .......
171: Films/DVD Asylum, The current formulation requires, like, a comma after the "like". nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 11:18:12 (208.58.2.83)
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172: Films/DVD Asylum, How do you do with the William Tell Overture? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 11:16:53 (208.58.2.83)
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173: Digital Drive, "Yet another professional that hasn't experienced a real computer based system, dismissing it." Hmmm... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 11:15:04 (208.58.2.83)
Just like the computer "professionals" who haven't heard an actual Nova Physics Memory Player, dismissing it by saying their thing is better. I've caught a dozen in that trap! clark .......
174: Digital Drive, "They scolded Clark for referring us to one of his own articles on PF." Worse. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 11:04:31 (208.58.2.83)
They removed it. Yet the posting of one's own article does not violate a single rule, as no profit for me obtains from it. Sometimes it seems the Bored just doesn't want certain information to appear. .......
175: Films/DVD Asylum, Yes, it was far better than I had (mistakenly) imagined. Nor had I exactly been aware... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 10:54:05 (208.58.2.83)
...that it was social satire. And (pleasantly) talky! Funny, just a couple weeks ago I'd seen O Lucky Man for the first time, and now I'm totally impressed with the young Malcolm MacDowell. An actor's .......
176: Water Cooler, "That a company that tries to treat its employees so well, and tries to make a nice... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 10:34:08 (208.58.2.83)
...relaxed environment for it's customers is so reviled by some is beyond me." BECAUSE THEIR COFFEE SUCKS! And they were instrumental in converting Americans to charred, inferior beans. That is NOT e .......
177: General Asylum, "If you cant measure it,you aint hearin it." Still wondering about evidence for that. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 10:28:18 (208.58.2.83)
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178: General Asylum, And there you have it... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 10:25:55 (208.58.2.83)
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179: Water Cooler, And they PROMISED they would retain the Coffee Connection lines. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 08:32:52 (208.58.2.83)
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180: Water Cooler, How about googling "Starbucks" and "bad coffee"? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 08:31:44 (208.58.2.83)
Yeah, it's rather unremarkable. Starbucks is everywhere. What is remarkable is how damn successful they are. They use sub-par coffee beans and price it as if they were brewing the good stuff. Instead .......
181: General Asylum, Meanwhile, about that assertion...??? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 08:25:09 (208.58.2.83)
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182: Films/DVD Asylum, Watched, like, this movie like, last night -- A Clockwork Orange. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 08:12:00 (208.58.2.83)
Never had seen it! Waited for Blu-ray. It was mahvelously good. The movie, not especially the transfer. But several times the characters said, like, "like", like in the current usage associated with V .......
183: General Asylum, "If you cant measure it,you aint hearin it." Got any evidence for that assertion?... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 08:00:46 (208.58.2.83)
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184: Propeller Head Plaza, And truth is beauty, and beauty truth. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 07:55:56 (208.58.2.83)
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185: Water Cooler, From down in my local village, fresh beans roasted to "American" or "city" level, then... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 07:53:51 (208.58.2.83)
...taken home and sealed in quarter-pound lots (in bags in jars) and ground fresh before every use. Right now the fave is Guatemala Trapechitos estate. clark .......
186: Water Cooler, Exactly right. I call it "flash brewing". Every particle of coffee is brewed the same, so... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 07:50:24 (208.58.2.83)
...the extraction is under control for acidity/flavor ratio. clark .......
187: Water Cooler, Naw, wasn't in HD. ;-) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 07:45:42 (208.58.2.83)
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188: Video Asylum, Thanks. Already I've converted a few Lasers, no tapes. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 07:33:47 (208.58.2.83)
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189: Video Asylum, Thanks. But at least it works, right? (You're correct about the waste of course.) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-07, 07:32:58 (208.58.2.83)
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190: Music Lane, There's a 5-disc French box set that'spretty damn good. Especially Kulu se mama. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 11:18:08 (208.58.2.83)
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191: Propeller Head Plaza, Hey! I was gonna say that! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 11:04:10 (208.58.2.83)
"Tweaks that have no basis in empirical science (such as that offered by Machina Dynamica, Peter Belt, Shakti, etc.) make a difference." A glaringly unscientific statement. And yet: "Excellent post. .......
192: Video Asylum, Upscaling from S-VHS and Laserdisc. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 11:00:45 (208.58.2.83)
I assume a good unit (in my case a JVC RS-1 projector) can easily handle laser, but what can I expect from VHS? Or for that matter, Beta? (Yes, Beta!) Also I'm looking at that newish Onkyo 606 which c .......
193: Water Cooler, "Byrd's KKK Alibi Comes Unraveled" (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 10:54:36 (208.58.2.83)
"Sen. Robert Byrd, D-WV, has said repeatedly over the years that he joined the notorious anti-black hate group the Ku Klux Klan during World War II - not because he was a racist - but because the Klan .......
194: Water Cooler, "A bitter-tasting jolt for Starbucks" (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 07:32:25 (208.58.2.83)
Alex Beam today, in the Boston Globe: It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people. The collapse of Starbucks, I mean. This week the Seattle-based coffee kahuna announced it is closing 600 of its 6,8 .......
195: Water Cooler, "he is getting his butt handed to him in the ratings." Yet the Boston Globe -- (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 07:24:59 (208.58.2.83)
no friend to the poor Rush -- stated that his measured audience is holding steady at 20 million. Maybe you're just wishfully thinking?... clark .......
196: Water Cooler, There's the "He Let It Happen" schoool, and then there's the "He Made It Happen". (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 07:18:18 (208.58.2.83)
I personally lean towards the former, with the proviso that the perps went way beyond the pre-approved game plan. If you haven't troubled to view the evidence (as captured on numerous videos), then yo .......
197: Water Cooler, Let's say it again, for the Dems: "Robert Byrd - former Grand Dragon." nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 07:08:19 (208.58.2.83)
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198: Water Cooler, Last night, watching the flag waving at the Boston Pops, I thought it was rather tepid... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 07:05:49 (208.58.2.83)
...compared to an Empire Day Concert at the Proms. Those Brits really go for the gold! And lustily they do sing, too. That's if flag-waving is the measure... clark .......
199: Water Cooler, "Barter vs implanted credit chip." Tough choice... But doncha know? It's a *right-wing* thing... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 06:57:46 (208.58.2.83)
...to tell the truth about the Fed. Buncha conspiracy theorists if you ask me. clark .......
200: Water Cooler, No kidding. But the liberals do have their own way of talking... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-05, 06:53:37 (208.58.2.83)
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201: Water Cooler, "Boycotting these people and their businesses" Right. BOYCOTT THE FED! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 11:35:19 (208.58.2.83)
By the way, the "Fed" is a private bank, about as federal as FedEx. clark .......
202: Water Cooler, I always try to say INDEPENDENCE Day too, but it didn't fit the phraseology. But also, regarding the date... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 11:32:24 (208.58.2.83)
...the assembly first voted to pass it on July 2. July 4 was the (required) second vote, but on that day only John Hancock and one other signed. Nearly a month passed before a fair copy was ready, at .......
203: Water Cooler, Guys, have a happy, insane Fourth! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 10:28:27 (208.58.2.83)
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204: Water Cooler, BUT... he'll be eligible for parole in the year 3209. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 10:11:13 (208.58.2.83)
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205: Water Cooler, Verrrry... interesting. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 09:54:00 (208.58.2.83)
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206: Water Cooler, WRKO in Boston claims to have invented the format in 1957. Jerry Williams... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 09:50:30 (208.58.2.83)
...was Boston's man at night after 10, and I'll never forget the first time I happened to tune in, c. 1966. I sat in the car outside my house, fascinated. (At that time he was on WMEX, with Arnie "Woo .......
207: Water Cooler, "I feel reading promotes creative thought." And now, science can back you up! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 09:01:02 (208.58.2.83)
The science of fiction From New Scientist Print Edition, 25 June 2008. Keith Oatley THE Victorians thought that reading Greek and Latin classics, including the stories of Homer, Sophocles and Virgil .......
208: Water Cooler, "I still don't understand why we did it." It was at the behest of powerful people. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 08:01:00 (208.58.2.83)
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209: Water Cooler, You may have noticed that the lefties here who accuse conservatives of loving Bush... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 07:57:33 (208.58.2.83)
...("your monarch") have failed (deliberately?) to note that no one here much cares for him politically. Insofar as he is the tool of the "neocons", I despise him. And you know who they are, right? cl .......
210: Water Cooler, Our local ABC outlet has switched to 1080i. I spoke to them about it and learned... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 07:51:49 (208.58.2.83)
...that they consider it superior for everything except sports, which ABC has little of (pace the NBA Finals). Also 3/4 of the HD ad content they get is 1080i and conversion is a bear. Also noteworthy .......
211: Water Cooler, That's all you'll ever get on broadcast. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 07:46:55 (208.58.2.83)
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212: Water Cooler, "I never had any use for Howard Stern." He's only for desperate sickos. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 07:30:20 (208.58.2.83)
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213: Isolation Ward, Good one! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-03, 07:15:30 (208.58.2.83)
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214: Music Lane, Holy... Moly! Box set of ten Wagner operas from Bayreuth for... $56!! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 11:11:50 (208.58.2.83)
The Amazon reviews will tell you more. clark .......
215: Water Cooler, Last night on PBS, a docu in HD on Darfur. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 10:09:03 (208.58.2.83)
I watched it only at intervals, but it was very colorful (those beautiful dresses and dashikis) and disturbing, but I could see everything clearly. I am grateful to PBS for HD out in the field because .......
216: Music Lane, Heard a *stellar* performance of Bach on the radio. ALAS... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 09:48:18 (208.58.2.83)
...it was a radio recording of a live event (the Rockport Music Festival) last year and is not available. Never to be heard again! It was Bach's Overture in the French Style, BWV 831. with Joyce Yang, .......
217: Water Cooler, Way too nice. What are you, Canadian? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 09:39:05 (208.58.2.83)
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218: Water Cooler, How unfair of you! Chaldeans are successful. You can't use them as examples... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 09:20:45 (208.58.2.83)
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219: Water Cooler, "He should've been deported." "Should." That word again... useless as always. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 09:16:14 (208.58.2.83)
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220: Water Cooler, "computer games." Yes. The original impetus for those came from the military, who had found... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 09:08:07 (208.58.2.83)
...that would-be soldiers were (understandably) reluctant to pull the trigger even in combat situations. So to accustomize them to that situation, they commissioned the development of such "games". Th .......
221: Water Cooler, Violence in a society can not be reduced to homicide stats. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 08:42:56 (208.58.2.83)
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222: Water Cooler, Porno mags in the military? Say no! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 08:27:25 (208.58.2.83)
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223: Computer Audio Asylum, Romy's actual language "problem" is that he speaks too fast. And his writing... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 08:05:26 (208.58.2.83)
...reflects that aspect. Nor does he take time to proof his work. These is some advantage in writing the way you sound. As for his behavior, which many find rude and over-the-top, Romy explains it thu .......
224: Computer Audio Asylum, What is WRONG with you? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 07:58:49 (208.58.2.83)
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225: Computer Audio Asylum, "I suspect the full on cPLAY/cMP system would... equal the MEMORY PLAYER." And I... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 07:58:14 (208.58.2.83)
...suspect not. Where does that leave us? Answer: No one knows. It's idle speculation. "Assuming you are taking about the computer playback part of the article I have told you about this numerous time .......
226: Water Cooler, The Pentagon announced today the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-02, 07:45:00 (208.58.2.83)
...called the United States Redneck Special Forces. These Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas boys will be dropped off into Iraq and have been given only .......
227: Water Cooler, "The utter futility of attempting an intelligent debate with you." Give it up! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 10:08:11 (208.58.2.83)
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228: Water Cooler, Same here. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:53:38 (208.58.2.83)
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229: Water Cooler, Me too! "My country right or wrong... [Be sure to read the complete text]... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:50:36 (208.58.2.83)
...if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." clark .......
230: Water Cooler, "Did Kerry every deny the allegations?" No, nor has he as yet released his military records as "promised". nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:48:03 (208.58.2.83)
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231: Water Cooler, "...the Israelis start in with some sabre rattling." They're big-time "neocons" doncha know? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:38:45 (208.58.2.83)
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232: Water Cooler, That's beautiful! I've practiced it and stand ready to deploy. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:37:15 (208.58.2.83)
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233: Water Cooler, Fire a warning shot through the shoulder. (Quoting, I think, Lenny Bruce...) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:36:29 (208.58.2.83)
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234: Water Cooler, That's one place where a "black hole" would be a welcome sight. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:34:09 (208.58.2.83)
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235: Water Cooler, The only rabid (and very angry too) people I've met are all lefties. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:28:46 (208.58.2.83)
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236: Water Cooler, As a Harvard Law student he racked up seventeen parking tickets he never paid. Not until... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:21:49 (208.58.2.83)
...this campaign began, anyway. They were mostly for parking in crosswalks, fire lanes, handicapped spots and similar locations near the School. His explanation? He overslept (liked to sleep late?) an .......
237: Water Cooler, How many more must die? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:12:21 (208.58.2.83)
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238: Water Cooler, Bridges are still popular, and the occasional hopping in front of a train. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 09:02:51 (208.58.2.83)
How many more must die, before we do something? clark .......
239: General Asylum, The Nova Physics Memory Player inverts phase if you want it to. Your choice, always, in any event. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 08:51:32 (208.58.2.83)
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240: Tweakers' Asylum, Thanks! But it's pretty clear that what one needs to do will depend on the local acoustic environment. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 08:49:58 (208.58.2.83)
So it's all subjective! Which is fine. clark .......
241: Computer Audio Asylum, Very interesting (to me!) new column at EnjoyThe Music (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 08:23:15 (208.58.2.83)
'Nuff said. clark .......
242: Water Cooler, "The panels provided to much shade for animals and plants." Omigawd. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 07:55:30 (208.58.2.83)
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243: Water Cooler, "They arent actually citizens but they are included in statistics." Aha! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 07:52:36 (208.58.2.83)
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244: Propeller Head Plaza, "Digital ready" loudspeakers... I once told Brian Cheney (VMPS) he should advertise "Analog Ready" loudspeake (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 07:48:05 (208.58.2.83)
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245: General Asylum, "how does one play a digital master in one's system?" That's easy! Any CD is a bit-for-bit copy... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 07:42:09 (208.58.2.83)
...don't you know? Just ask the, ah, experts. But, seriously... rotsa ruck! clark .......
246: Critic's Corner, Long gone, I believe... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-01, 07:38:56 (208.58.2.83)
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247: Water Cooler, And just think... If they made marijuana legal you couldn't buy it on Sundays! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 11:12:16 (208.58.2.83)
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248: Water Cooler, The Constitution? That old thing? It needs some *fresh air*! Some... Change! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 11:07:19 (208.58.2.83)
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249: Water Cooler, You are a rational man. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:54:18 (208.58.2.83)
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250: Water Cooler, "Have you noticed DC is the highest?" Ironic huh? Quite the poster child for "gun control" -- Not! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:52:52 (208.58.2.83)
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251: Water Cooler, "It's not a 'privilege' it is a RIGHT." And so it shall remain, coming just in the nick of time. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:51:18 (208.58.2.83)
Any Democrat who's elected President will certainly see to appointing justices with a view towards buttressing government power. Guns = power. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you." Right .......
252: Water Cooler, "All 34 of the votes for cloture were Democrats." Mirabile dictu! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:39:26 (208.58.2.83)
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253: Water Cooler, And again. Texas is #26. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:35:57 (208.58.2.83)
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254: Water Cooler, Texas is # 26. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:34:35 (208.58.2.83)
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255: Water Cooler, And now the Old Grey Lady signs in -- the NY Times (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:28:17 (208.58.2.83)
"Thirty thousand Americans are killed by guns every year..." and the New York Times opines that the Supreme Court "all but ensured that even more Americans will die senselessly...with its ruling strik .......
256: Water Cooler, Congratulations on eliciting an extreme irrational reaction. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:22:38 (208.58.2.83)
Good to have that stuff on record! clark .......
257: Water Cooler, "Deaths caused by guns is higher [in Texas] than the national average." Not true! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 10:20:54 (208.58.2.83)
Texas is #26. Try again. You just don't like Texans because they're too goddam independent! clark .......
258: Water Cooler, "you're a hopelessly insecure human being." You left out "bitter". nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 09:40:30 (208.58.2.83)
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259: Water Cooler, They're #26. Wherever one finds a large population of illegal immigrants, there will be more crime. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 09:28:24 (208.58.2.83)
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260: General Asylum, "It amazes me that this topic is so controversial for so many." No kidding. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 09:11:10 (208.58.2.83)
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261: Water Cooler, Hope you'll find these equally zany (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 09:07:43 (208.58.2.83)
The Numbers Game: In a way really it was a blessing that early digital sound sucked. http://positive-feedback.com/Issue8/diaries.htm The Forbidden City http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue9/diar .......
262: Water Cooler, Gun crime tends to be most widespread where guns are "banned". A simple case of unintended consequences, or... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 08:39:42 (208.58.2.83)
...a perhaps case of intended consequences? Hmmm? clark .......
263: Water Cooler, "Americans being a sovereign people require no oath to be legally armed." That's gotta change! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 08:37:49 (208.58.2.83)
Enough of this sovereignty stuff. I say we belong under the yoke! clark .......
264: Water Cooler, "The people with guns who are killing people" are criminals. They will ply their trade... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 08:35:45 (208.58.2.83)
...until the end of time. Have you any smart way to stop that activity? Thought not. Law-abiding citizens with registered firearms are not going around "killing people". That is a fantasy of the wanna .......
265: Water Cooler, You guys scare me!... Not! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 08:17:15 (208.58.2.83)
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266: Critic's Corner, Their main man back in the eighties was Dave Ranada, who c.1982 brought a Sony PCM-1... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 08:00:21 (208.58.2.83)
...over to The Listening Studio to show it off. He and a couple other supporters were very, very pleased at the sound; several of us however were not, and said so. He proceeded to trash our views and .......
267: Water Cooler, He and his logic are impenetrable. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 07:51:28 (208.58.2.83)
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268: Water Cooler, "The only time either party talks about an energy policy is when gas prices are high." TRUE. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 07:48:30 (208.58.2.83)
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269: Water Cooler, "Why aren't we banning swimming pools???" Indeed. And 5-gallon containers. How many more must die? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-30, 07:28:49 (208.58.2.83)
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270: Propeller Head Plaza, Plus Venus and Mars are warmer tonight too. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-29, 13:44:58 (63.164.145.85)
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271: Films/DVD Asylum, Don't look at me! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-29, 13:41:56 (63.164.145.85)
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272: Water Cooler, Oil companies? Are you aware their profit rates are less than half of Microsoft's? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-29, 13:39:09 (63.164.145.85)
Yet where are the ringing condemnations from "liberals"? clark .......
273: Water Cooler, The (liberal) media used to refer to the Communist rulers of the USSR as "right-wing". Odd, huh? (Or, not.) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-29, 13:36:36 (63.164.145.85)
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274: Films/DVD Asylum, Last night I sampled Unforgiven. Very disappointing. I've seen better SDs. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 10:22:21 (208.58.2.83)
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275: Water Cooler, "The thought of going through those 10 years makes me nervous." Relax, my friend... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 10:20:54 (208.58.2.83)
...you managed to make it through nearly thirty years of no new refining capacity and very little new drilling. You weren't worried then, were you? clark .......
276: Water Cooler, Any heartfelt expression of conservative opinion here is doomed to be met by... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 10:16:28 (208.58.2.83)
...sneers, hoots and hollers. A sad spectacle, but comforting too in its way, giving us as it does the knowledge that our antagonists lack even a sense of imagination. By the way, I must beg to differ .......
277: Water Cooler, Government is good. Government is grand! Put some more on *my* plate, please. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 10:11:12 (208.58.2.83)
And thanks for keeping those nasty transfats out of my Big Macs, I could never have managed that feat by myself. clark .......
278: Water Cooler, "Gentlemen, you have a Republic, if you can keep it." [Sigh] nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 10:08:15 (208.58.2.83)
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279: Water Cooler, Have you considered that the highly vocal opposition to America's extracting its own oil... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:57:51 (208.58.2.83)
...may be covertly funded by such as Libya, Iran and Saudi Arabia? clark .......
280: Water Cooler, "I don't wish any personal ill will toward any of you." G'luck maintaining that, mate. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:54:43 (208.58.2.83)
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281: Water Cooler, Excellent note. Two similar revolutions, one in the material realm, the other in the spiritual. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:53:17 (208.58.2.83)
And both of them constantly under attack. In the case of the former, I think probably the enemy has won already. clark .......
282: Water Cooler, "Nazi Germany's fervor was based on a strong sense of Facism." Begging your pardon, but... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:45:32 (208.58.2.83)
...the aforesaid fervor was based far more on: -- The deep and abiding cultural traditions and humanism of Leibniz, Schiller and Beethoven (inter alia). -- The fine German hochschule and university ed .......
283: Water Cooler, Why are you so bitter? And have you never heard of the Great Compromise? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:31:22 (208.58.2.83)
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284: Water Cooler, "Conservative" and "conservation" are nearly the same word. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:30:00 (208.58.2.83)
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285: Water Cooler, Have you no sympathy for *the children*, sir?! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:27:03 (208.58.2.83)
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286: Water Cooler, "...daily researching new ways to attack Jews?" LOL! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:25:34 (208.58.2.83)
"Daily". Right... "Researching". Right... "New ways". Right... "Attack". Right... "Jews". Right... Actually wrong, on all counts. Every word! Amazing. (Or, not...) Question: Why is it that one cannot .......
287: Water Cooler, And the answer is... ;-) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:18:00 (208.58.2.83)
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288: Water Cooler, Yes. Criminal-against-criminal stats become part of the liberals' data base... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:17:29 (208.58.2.83)
...that they use to falsely argue against personal and family defense. clark .......
289: Water Cooler, "You are most likely to be shot by someone you know." Hmmm... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:15:55 (208.58.2.83)
What's the connection? Similarly aren't you "most likely" to be stabbed, punched, insulted... by "someone you know"? clark .......
290: Water Cooler, Yes, and now London is far more crime-ridden than NYC. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:11:16 (208.58.2.83)
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291: Water Cooler, House sign for liberals: "This home is not equipped with any form of defense." What are the chances... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:10:30 (208.58.2.83)
...that out liberal antagonists would (so very generously) put it on their doors? Heck, I'd supply it for free. Anyone? clark .......
292: Water Cooler, His illogic is, ah... impressive. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:07:24 (208.58.2.83)
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293: Water Cooler, "Gun control is ludicrous because it doesn't negate crime at all." Arguably it... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:05:10 (208.58.2.83)
...increases crime! clark .......
294: Water Cooler, "Assault weapons usually are not practical for most crimes." No kidding. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:03:38 (208.58.2.83)
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295: Water Cooler, Careful! Best not give the ADL your return address... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:01:26 (208.58.2.83)
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296: Water Cooler, Beautiful! Disarmament isn't as much a "liberal" agenda than one of "masters" assuming patronizing control... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 09:00:10 (208.58.2.83)
...over "chattel". Thanks for that. But... what will the "Masters" say? clark .......
297: Propeller Head Plaza, "this might be too far out for some of the Materialists on PhP." Oh indeed, indeed. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 08:54:57 (208.58.2.83)
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298: Water Cooler, Isn't that a whole different topic? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 08:49:35 (208.58.2.83)
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299: Water Cooler, All the poor slob can do -- all he ever does -- is what he just did. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 08:48:49 (208.58.2.83)
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300: Water Cooler, Don't you get it? Liberals MUST "resort to personal attacks." (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 08:44:59 (208.58.2.83)
Whether it's theirweird psychology, or their inability to address the issues, I cannot say. clark .......
301: Propeller Head Plaza, Cool. But...??? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 08:40:22 (208.58.2.83)
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302: Propeller Head Plaza, True. But "global warming" is religion, not science. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 08:39:45 (208.58.2.83)
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303: Music Lane, Thanks for the suggestion. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-28, 08:31:09 (208.58.2.83)
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304: Propeller Head Plaza, "The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete" (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 09:13:08 (208.58.2.83)
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." So proclaimed statistician George Box 30 years ago, and he was right. But what choice did we have? Only models, from cosmological equations to theories of .......
305: Water Cooler, They hate us for our freedoms. No, not the world of Islam... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 09:06:47 (208.58.2.83)
...the world of the ADL. The culture of guns and violence is pervasive among extremists. Right. You own and operate a gun, you're an extremist! It's ipso facto , fella. We are disappointed that the .......
306: Water Cooler, "Many people DECIDE not to have health insurance." Can't do that here in Massachusetts any more. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 08:41:20 (208.58.2.83)
Our benevolent government, to install "universal health care", has mandated that -- this was so easy! -- everyone must have insurance or pay a penalty. Yes! Not what you call a CHOICE system, nor is i .......
307: Water Cooler, "Because of the media,we will never know the truth." Ain't *that* the truth?! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 08:36:59 (208.58.2.83)
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308: Water Cooler, "You gonna answer these very simple and straightforward questions or throw up another smokescreen?" LOL! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 08:33:13 (208.58.2.83)
But we shall see... clark .......
309: Water Cooler, "Tax cuts for the wealthy." Another fake rallying point for liberals. The fact is... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 08:28:19 (208.58.2.83)
...there is NO TAX ON WEALTH. (Excepting the vicious, one-time "death tax".) So there can be NO "TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY". Liberals also don't give a good Goddam for the economy of the country; all t .......
310: Water Cooler, "[Reagan] got government off our backs a little." No wonder he's unpopular with liberals! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 08:21:09 (208.58.2.83)
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311: Water Cooler, PS And Lincoln even quashed *habeas corpus*!! Imagine that, today. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 08:18:56 (208.58.2.83)
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312: Water Cooler, "Abraham Lincoln was also unpopular and now is the most popular." Ironic huh? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 08:17:44 (208.58.2.83)
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313: General Asylum, Well... guess that sez it all... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-27, 08:09:27 (208.58.2.83)
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314: Propeller Head Plaza, "I tend to be suspicious of authority until I have done my own homework." Aw, c'mon. Get with the program. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 13:30:35 (216.236.252.234)
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315: Propeller Head Plaza, Here's a perfectly relevant article in the new New Yorker, called "The Itch". (!) (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 13:26:43 (192.80.65.234)
"The images in our mind are extraordinarily rich. We can tell if something is liquid or solid, heavy or light, dead or alive. But the information we work from is poor—a distorted, two-dimensional tran .......
316: Propeller Head Plaza, Yes, there is that... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 13:13:31 (192.80.65.234)
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317: Water Cooler, Quite so. [Sigh] nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 13:10:01 (192.80.65.234)
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318: Water Cooler, What you perhaps missed was that the commentary I quoted was from a leftist source... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 13:05:44 (192.80.65.234)
...you know -- ecology, environment, social justice, anti-Church. Yet those words were taken as my own and found "disgusting". "I get the distinct impression if Clinton was a Republican then CJ and ot .......
319: Water Cooler, It was fifteen years ago today that President Clinton launched a missile attack on Baghdad. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 10:33:44 (208.58.2.83)
From a contemporary commentary, so amusing now to read: Clinton promised "change"... Such hopes, however, sustained serious structural damage June 27 as 23 U.S. Tomahawk missiles whistled into downt .......
320: Water Cooler, Note Ireland at 12% cap gains, with a decade of booming economy. Also since your data... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 10:30:48 (208.58.2.83)
...I believe France has lowered theirs, proving that socialist countries can too learn! Learn how to become more prosperous. Pity the USA must stay at 35% to please the Democrat constituency. clark :: .......
321: Water Cooler, Ted Kennedy was the original champion of the HMO. LOL! What if... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 09:48:57 (208.58.2.83)
...he were some other 76-year-old guy with a cancerous brain tumor? Would he get the care he wished upon us, after appropriate referrals etc., or would he... do as he has done? I.e. spent a fortune, i .......
322: Water Cooler, "Tort reform is needed desperately." Good luck on that with the plaintiff bar. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 09:40:54 (208.58.2.83)
The plaintiff bar is the largest single contributor-type to the Democratic party. They together are the principal reason that "$600 billion a year in the USA is spent to NO MEASURABLE HEALTHCARE BENEF .......
323: Water Cooler, "I felt sorry for the family and Sam's malpractice ins will pay it." Another liberal judge! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 09:25:29 (208.58.2.83)
Liberal with Other People's Money. clark .......
324: Water Cooler, If the infant mortality rates of a certain segment of the population were removed... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 09:20:43 (208.58.2.83)
...this country would look golden. To ignore that fact is to avoid reality. clark .......
325: Water Cooler, Win some, lose some. But it's well that it split the way it did. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 09:14:32 (208.58.2.83)
The gun thing is a frikkin' Constitutional Right that affects every citizen; child rape, horrid as it is, happens infrequently and still is covered by lengthy prison sentences. "Since when is the Supr .......
326: Propeller Head Plaza, Great note, thanks. Hope the "objectivists" (O woeful misnomer) catch it. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 09:06:28 (208.58.2.83)
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327: Propeller Head Plaza, "Why do many people prefer the sound of LPs?" I once asked that of Dr. Richard Goldwater... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 09:04:02 (208.58.2.83)
...he of the (in)famous Shoptalk program on audio, with Peter Mitchell and later Brad Meyer too. His answer? Delivered in complete seriousness: "I suppose that some people enjoy the noise." That was i .......
328: Propeller Head Plaza, "If you have closed your mind and your ears through misapplication of some theory." Sez it all! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 08:58:47 (208.58.2.83)
Sadly that seems to be true of anyone who refers seriously to the Shannon/Nyquist formulation. clark .......
329: Music Lane, And now y'all have inspired me to haul out *the first recording* of the Cooke reconstruction... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 08:51:54 (208.58.2.83)
...and give it a new listen. I refer to the one conducted by Berthold Goldschmidt with the BBCSO. Granted it was a working piece, but it did represent Cooke's earliest efforts and I recall it fondly. .......
330: General Asylum, "this absolute phase silliness is your pet project." LOL! And Richard Heyser's, and... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 08:36:51 (208.58.2.83)
...Stanley Lipshitz's, and Lars Fredell's, and Michael Gindi's ("If you can't hear polarity, then you can't hear!"), and many others' at one time or another. Unfortunately, faced with opposition from .......
331: General Asylum, "Say if doug sax' recordings were all done in correct phase..." NO SUCH THING... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-26, 08:23:31 (208.58.2.83)
...as "correct phase", unless you unilaterally declare one or the other to be correct. Lotsa luck on that. Can you tell me which polarity is "correct" on a tape? Can you tell me which polarity is "co .......
332: General Asylum, There is no "correct" polarity on a CD, or LP, or tape. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 11:27:33 (208.58.2.83)
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333: Water Cooler, "We as a nation will typically vote on what we are fed by our media." The greatest danger to the Republic -- (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 11:23:03 (208.58.2.83)
The Media/Government Complex. The press may not tell you what to think... but they do tell you what to think *about*. And they certainly don't want you thinking about 9/11 evidence, or the truth about .......
334: Isolation Ward, Time for Whiners' Woad! (LOL) nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 11:00:13 (208.58.2.83)
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335: Music Lane, No one's mentioned the Martinon/Chicago, my own standard for forty years. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 10:59:15 (208.58.2.83)
What do you think of it? clark .......
336: General Asylum, A major uh-oh: "[eBay's new] goal is to become Amazon Lite." (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 10:24:32 (208.58.2.83)
"The goal is to become Amazon Lite. Unlike Amazon the merchandise will be stocked by the retailers in their warehouses, eBay will be just an electronic centralized venue for outlet sale - a "trusted" .......
337: Propeller Head Plaza, Been there, thanks. Great stuff, and surely proves the point that "acceptibility" is a moving target. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 10:14:43 (208.58.2.83)
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338: Water Cooler, Cell phone "tune" rings. What's wrong with a bell? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 10:12:42 (208.58.2.83)
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339: General Asylum, "The principle of superposition." The very phraseology I had been searching for. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 10:07:56 (208.58.2.83)
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340: General Asylum, You are correct on every point. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 10:06:36 (208.58.2.83)
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341: General Asylum, Hey! You're back to Dr. Richard Heyser in 1979 -- for all the good that did. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 10:04:07 (208.58.2.83)
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342: General Asylum, Very clever reasoning, my man. Hope they all read it. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 09:55:42 (208.58.2.83)
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343: General Asylum, "You're contention is that every instrument in an ensemble will be creating compression and rarefaction... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 09:46:59 (208.58.2.83)
...in unison." No. And LOL while I'm at it. Where'd that "unison" bit come from? Almost every acoustic instrument has an attack transient wavefront that's compressive, although some are rarefactive an .......
344: General Asylum, You said "patently false" and you're sticking by it. Still ridiculous. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 09:34:04 (208.58.2.83)
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345: Water Cooler, Important article for those who cellar beer. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-25, 08:41:56 (208.58.2.83)
“For years I’d been stuffing beers into closets and corners of basements,” he said. “This was a chance to do it right.” .......
346: Propeller Head Plaza, The word "reasonable" is a weasel word. Also often found in this context: "compelling". nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 10:19:51 (208.58.2.83)
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347: Propeller Head Plaza, Good one! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 10:18:19 (208.58.2.83)
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348: Propeller Head Plaza, "Statistical evidence proven to astronomically high confidence levels is still not accepted. LOL! It's true! n (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 10:15:54 (208.58.2.83)
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349: Propeller Head Plaza, Damn! You nailed it. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 10:13:52 (208.58.2.83)
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350: Whiner's Woad, You are correct, sir. Nor are you alone in this event. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 09:55:24 (208.58.2.83)
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351: Water Cooler, Got it! He must be of the instant gratification generation. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 09:50:07 (208.58.2.83)
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352: Computer Audio Asylum, "You get what you pay for." All too often. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 09:39:43 (208.58.2.83)
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353: General Asylum, As Richard Heyser wrote in 1979 (!), comparisons of gear with different polarity will always skew results. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 09:37:39 (208.58.2.83)
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354: General Asylum, Why? I mean it, why? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 09:35:26 (208.58.2.83)
If there's no sonic benefit (or its opposite) from any piece of gear being non-inverting, why this obsession over whether it does or doesn't? With recorded material coming both ways, one finds which i .......
355: General Asylum, You got that right (especially the trying it for yourself part). BUT... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 09:31:56 (208.58.2.83)
...beware. Many if not most loudspeakers are phase incoherencers, and many if not most polarity switches on electronic gear fail to reveal the extent of the difference as well. Your musician friend is .......
356: General Asylum, "A clear concise perspective..." and an incorrect one as well. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 09:29:14 (208.58.2.83)
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357: General Asylum, " It is patently false in the larger context of a *group* of instruments." That's ridiculous! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-24, 09:28:02 (208.58.2.83)
What matters is that an acoustic instrument's native polarity signature be accurately reproduced by the loudspeaker. Take any assemblage of instruments and if you get one right, you perforce have them .......
358: Water Cooler, He became increasingly bitter, misanthropic and unfunny. Lenny Bruce at least stayed funny. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 11:43:51 (208.58.2.83)
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359: Water Cooler, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Bob Hope -- SID CAESER!! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 11:42:45 (208.58.2.83)
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360: Water Cooler, Political flag-waving (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 10:42:11 (208.58.2.83)
Note: Candidate Obama's first political speech, in fact his first stop after the annointment, was AIPAC. .......
361: Water Cooler, Proof that God loves us (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 10:39:39 (208.58.2.83)
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362: Speaker Asylum, A further possibility, not mentioned below: (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 10:04:18 (208.58.2.83)
Perhaps your (favorite?) program source is of an audio polarity that's "out of phase" on your main speakers but now is "in phase" on the sub. The ear is very sensitive to polarity in the bass, I find. .......
363: Water Cooler, Same's as those good people in Mississippi after Katrina. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 09:33:10 (208.58.2.83)
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364: Water Cooler, You ruffled their feathers with that one! And produced even more humor: (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 09:31:39 (208.58.2.83)
"Do you seriously think your joke is funny?" [Yeah, be serious.] "The jokes defray any attempt at facing reality and providing meaningful alternatives." [ Quelle horreur !) "These jokes are always ab .......
365: Water Cooler, Hey, where you been? Good to see you back. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 09:24:27 (208.58.2.83)
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366: Water Cooler, Maybe he just hates planning ahead... and all those who do. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 09:21:55 (208.58.2.83)
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367: Water Cooler, "Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa?" (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 09:19:15 (208.58.2.83)
Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods? Where are all the media asking the tough questions about wh .......
368: Computer Audio Asylum, Audiomagus transport ("All of the digital ins-and-outs you'll need for easy PC/Audio connectivity") Anyone? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 09:11:47 (208.58.2.83)
And only $115! clark .......
369: Digital Drive, Audiomagus transport ("All of the digital ins-and-outs you'll need for easy PC/Audio connectivity") (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 09:07:38 (208.58.2.83)
Looks pretty interesting. Anyone? Oh, and only $115! clark .......
370: Tweakers' Asylum, "Be the recipient of ridicule from those here who, though lacking experience..." And, BINGO! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 09:04:07 (208.58.2.83)
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371: General Asylum, It's not the caps per se, rather that they're organized into phase-incoherent crossovers. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 08:58:11 (208.58.2.83)
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372: General Asylum, That's *way* different. Besides, what if the cartridge, CD player or radio is reversed? You're back to zero. n (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-23, 08:40:34 (208.58.2.83)
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373: General Asylum, "A recording that has a 'positive step' test signal." Hmmm.... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-22, 11:24:00 (63.164.145.85)
But who do you believe? I have a collection of recordings, each one alleging to have said step, but they don't all agree. In fact... guess what? clark .......
374: Hi-Rez Highway, ??? There really was no text. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-21, 07:29:12 (208.58.2.83)
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375: Music Lane, [Sigh] There's no single answer. Want the best Schnabel sound? Go to the 78s. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-21, 07:06:02 (208.58.2.83)
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376: Music Lane, "Atrocious"? Rats! But these aren't "transfers", they're dubs -- either from tapes or digital sub-masters. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-21, 07:03:50 (208.58.2.83)
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377: Hi-Rez Highway, "nt" (or "NT") means "no text". Don't bother to open, it's all in the subject line. Handy huh? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 10:00:23 (208.58.2.83)
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378: Water Cooler, Same thing's true in audio, at CES -- but sadly not here on WC. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 09:45:24 (208.58.2.83)
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379: Water Cooler, Huh! Look who's poo pooing poo. One of the biggest poo pighters! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 09:42:39 (208.58.2.83)
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380: Hi-Rez Highway, On RIAA's low sales figures for SACD: They count hybrid discs as CDs, I've been told. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 09:36:42 (208.58.2.83)
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381: Films/DVD Asylum, New Sokurov movie opens here today -- Alexandra. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 09:19:20 (208.58.2.83)
At the same theatre where I saw Russian Ark. Believe I'll go on Sunday. Boston Globe review posted below. clark .......
382: Water Cooler, Idiots. They're blind idiots. Just one more item of proof there. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 09:10:34 (208.58.2.83)
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383: Water Cooler, I liked it too! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 09:07:45 (208.58.2.83)
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384: Water Cooler, If there were TRUE "free speech", the government would be... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 09:04:36 (208.58.2.83)
...building radio and TV stations, printing newspapers and magazines, and erecting websites on which Clark Johnsen may say and do anything he damn well pleases. For free! Damn the government for restr .......
385: Water Cooler, Right. As though "television news coverage" ever does. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 08:59:10 (208.58.2.83)
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386: Video Asylum, Nor does the projector accomplish the correction. But everything else looks swell! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 08:49:23 (208.58.2.83)
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387: Music Lane, "So...have I missed anything?" Maybe... maybe not... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 08:10:17 (208.58.2.83)
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388: General Asylum, Another possibility: They are on two different legs of the incoming service. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-20, 08:07:36 (208.58.2.83)
In that case they would be in one sense out of phase with each other. The only way to check, is to ask him what he did. clark .......
389: Water Cooler, There are places, states, where cash has always earned a lower price. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 08:59:10 (208.58.2.83)
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390: Water Cooler, "No Democrat running for president has won the male vote since 1964." -- Boston Globe (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 08:57:07 (208.58.2.83)
Well, well, well. My faith in my fellow men (mankind?) has been restored as of this morning. I recall reading several years ago, that Bob Dole had won a significant majority of the male vote, but sinc .......
391: Video Asylum, Won't happen. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 08:45:01 (208.58.2.83)
"Full screen" distorts (of course) and so does "Off". That leaves one with either the situation as described, or a correctly-proportioned picture set in the middle in reduced size. Tonight I'll try th .......
392: Water Cooler, New banner... new Garden! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 08:41:46 (208.58.2.83)
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393: Music Lane, I have the entire Beethoven/Beethoven run on Melodiya LP. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 08:40:27 (208.58.2.83)
They're good covers, not great covers... except for the two or three early issues in mono. They're great. clark .......
394: Music Lane, Dirk! Hey, welcome back. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 08:38:35 (208.58.2.83)
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395: Music Lane, Beautiful covers! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 08:37:55 (208.58.2.83)
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396: Films/DVD Asylum, "Links to all kinds of scientific proof and such." Scientific stuff... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 08:13:32 (208.58.2.83)
...doesn't pass muster with you, we see. What we're told in the newspapers and on TV, evidently does. clark .......
397: General Asylum, It's more like, the invention of the atomic bomb. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-19, 07:55:48 (208.58.2.83)
The thing was possible, I had this great idea how to do it, I worked out the math the night before -- et voila! What happened later is not my responsibility. clark .......
398: Water Cooler, I'm a libertarian for timbre! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 13:24:33 (192.80.65.235)
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399: Propeller Head Plaza, Another purblind victim of satire, bites the dust. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 13:17:22 (192.80.65.235)
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400: Water Cooler, What is WRONG with you people? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 13:10:07 (192.80.65.235)
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401: Water Cooler, "The pap that so many called Jazz in the 70s and 80s." Oh, BURN! And it's still around. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 13:06:46 (216.236.252.235)
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402: Water Cooler, Already looked, thanks. How about you read the report? It concerns... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 13:03:49 (216.236.252.235)
...events that occurred before the postdate. Do you imagine those events changed? That Clinton withdrew his veto? Negated his E.O.? Geez Luiz. "And while we're on the subject, why do the oil companies .......
403: Water Cooler, What? Tubs? Wigs? Bows? Boys? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 09:24:04 (208.58.2.83)
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404: Water Cooler, Had it happened in Fenway Park, like the World Series... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 09:09:01 (208.58.2.83)
...I'd have heard the roar rising over Mission Hill while sitting outside on the rear deck. (I heard Springsteen loud and clear one night too.) But as it was, I had to turn the sound up loud in the sc .......
405: Water Cooler, As for the shills who say, Republicans were in control for eight years and did nothing... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:43:40 (208.58.2.83)
...it's not that they didn't try! But the Dems refused and Clinton held the veto power. Not only that, Clinton signed an E.O. forbidding drilling in ANWR, effectively halting what had been an ongoing .......
406: Water Cooler, Good points all, apparently unanswerable. You get the cigar! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:28:43 (208.58.2.83)
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407: Water Cooler, Good points, all left unresponded-to. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:24:26 (208.58.2.83)
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408: Water Cooler, "But where is the Democrat energy counter proposal?" It's called the Piss and Moan Act. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:22:45 (208.58.2.83)
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409: Water Cooler, "Israel is our 51st state didnt you know that?" But not far behind New York... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:20:24 (208.58.2.83)
...California, Illinois and Michigan in power here. But one hardly dares to say so. clark .......
410: Water Cooler, A "made-up, past tense transitive verb oddity"? It's in all the dictionaries. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:18:22 (208.58.2.83)
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411: Water Cooler, "We in the United States do not HAVE an energy policy." Au contraire! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:15:23 (208.58.2.83)
The policy IS, that we will not save our own asses by drilling our own oil. This be the official leftist/environmentalist policy initiated by Clinton and abetted by Congress. And can you imagine the n .......
412: Water Cooler, "The 'Science vs. Religion Debate' has heated up again." (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:08:38 (208.58.2.83)
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413: Water Cooler, Good luck with that. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 08:04:36 (208.58.2.83)
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414: Music Lane, The Capitol Tower was an L.A. skyscraper in its day. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 07:56:44 (208.58.2.83)
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415: Films/DVD Asylum, The wonders of plastic surgery! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 07:48:17 (208.58.2.83)
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416: General Asylum, A classic. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 07:42:25 (208.58.2.83)
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417: General Asylum, Maybe an ad in PFO... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 07:41:33 (208.58.2.83)
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418: General Asylum, For Todd Krieger: "The Gerbil’s Revenge" (Huh?!) (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-18, 07:33:20 (208.58.2.83)
[QUOTE] When I asked T-Pain if he could ever forgo Auto-Tune, he said, “I got a song on my album about my kids. I ain’t use it on that one.” Enjoy, all. clark .......
419: Video Asylum, My Playstation 3 incorrectly formats 4x3. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-17, 08:27:55 (208.58.2.83)
"Standard" is fine on broadcast HD reception, but the PS3 compresses the width of DVDs by about 12%, making them more like 3.7x3. Anyone? clark .......
420: Water Cooler, Good catch! Mr. Schwartz also wrote “Media: The Second God”. Great title. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-17, 08:11:48 (208.58.2.83)
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421: Water Cooler, Speaking of ANWR, it's the size of South carolina; whereas the mooted drilling station... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-17, 08:04:21 (208.58.2.83)
...would be the size of Dulles Airport. Plenty of room left for caribou. Plus all the locals (few enough in number) heartily support the development, as they need the work. But who cares about them? c .......
422: Water Cooler, "Actively exploring" covers the Chinese aspect; but the lefties are all atizzy... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-17, 08:01:53 (208.58.2.83)
...over the misapplication of the word "drilling". Which means, as is their wont, they refuse to address the substance of the situation. clark .......
423: Water Cooler, Tony Schwartz, 84. Created "daisy ad" against Goldwater. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-17, 07:39:39 (208.58.2.83)
It is still cited as one of the first, most effective examples of negative television political ads. In it, the film of a young girl counting the daisy petals she plucks morphs into a nuclear countdow .......
424: Water Cooler, But most importantly, Obama will be "a good president for the Jewish people." (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-17, 07:25:19 (208.58.2.83)
One must wonder why we're electing a president for *them*... clark .......
425: Films/DVD Asylum, Thank you! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-17, 07:12:50 (208.58.2.83)
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426: Music Lane, be nice to have... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-17, 07:11:43 (208.58.2.83)
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427: Propeller Head Plaza, Thanks! Some people believed it. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 10:21:13 (208.58.2.83)
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428: Propeller Head Plaza, Why? It's called sorting. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 10:19:57 (208.58.2.83)
"Why are essentially all recommended components in the major magazines listings class A expensive and corresponding less expensive equipment in lower recommended classes?" The staffs are able, presuma .......
429: Water Cooler, They were all in on it! Even the cheerleaders I'll bet. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 09:36:10 (208.58.2.83)
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430: Films/DVD Asylum, TV-DVD question: The Wire (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 09:24:19 (208.58.2.83)
The Wire is out on DVD, but in "full screen" format. I seem to recall, back when I had cable, that it was widescreen there. Anyone? clark .......
431: Video Asylum, The Wire is out on DVD, but in "full screen" format. I seem to recall... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 09:23:22 (208.58.2.83)
...back when I had cable, that it was widescreen there. Anyone? clark .......
432: Films/DVD Asylum, HELP! A mere wisp of a film, but I watched it last night and... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 09:13:06 (208.58.2.83)
...was highly impressed by the image on this 2007 DVD: Vivid, sharp and contrasty. Come to learn, the film had been allowed to fade and deteriorate (hard to believe, with the highest-earning musical g .......
433: Water Cooler, I saw many towels flying behind Boston's boards. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:57:30 (208.58.2.83)
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434: Water Cooler, Ah! The very sort of attitudinizing referred to. Thanks for the beautiful illustration. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:49:20 (208.58.2.83)
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435: Propeller Head Plaza, Glad to see you missed the point -- again. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:36:02 (208.58.2.83)
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436: Music Lane, "Hard to believe this was produced in the 50s." Bingo! And dittos! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:33:14 (208.58.2.83)
I have over a dozen LPs, glad to learn they're worth some dough -- for my retirement. clark .......
437: Music Lane, A caveat: I haven't checked out those particular excerpts. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:31:19 (208.58.2.83)
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438: Music Lane, "The Beethoven set is much better." How dare you sir! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:30:38 (208.58.2.83)
Making judgemental calls like that! Here in America, everyone is equal, don't you know? clark .......
439: Music Lane, Have not seen, but have heard. They're great! And they make their own... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:27:45 (208.58.2.83)
...CDs! Which I've been meaning to order. Especially I've liked their Brahms. clark .......
440: Tweakers' Asylum, About your tourmaline balls... how does one acquire those? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:21:20 (208.58.2.83)
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441: Digital Drive, While it may be "a trivial amount of data by today's standards", nevertheless... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-16, 08:15:04 (208.58.2.83)
...CD players cannot compute! What's up with that? "It sounds bad because the standard is bad." Maybe, maybe not. I've heard CD on the Nova Physics Memory Player; not only does it not sound adgy, it s .......
442: Water Cooler, For the hard-of-understanding I should add that I don't take much stock in television, especially not... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 11:44:12 (208.58.2.83)
...on Sunday mornings, or on CNN, MSNBC or Fox News -- none of which have I ever tuned in. It strikes me that many of the arguments here have probably been gleaned from there. I say that because of th .......
443: Tweakers' Asylum, Thanks. But also, couldn't a hair dryer be "in the wrong place"?... nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 11:41:13 (208.58.2.83)
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444: Digital Drive, Heck, even CD-Rs sound better. But be careful. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 11:27:40 (208.58.2.83)
Different blanks sound different, as well as different dupe speeds etc. etc. Likewise, the various computer routines. Myself I have heard losses in Microsoft "lossless". Here's my thinking: RBCDs have .......
445: Digital Drive, Thanks for that. Really. Here's what I say whenever someone shouts "snake oil": (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 11:23:37 (208.58.2.83)
Hey, there's snake oil and then there's snake oil. Ever try any of the virgin stuff? Also it should be cold pressed and unfiltered. Storage temperature is also a concern. In fact, have you ever tried .......
446: Propeller Head Plaza, What your argument ignores is that almost everything you consider a scam... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 11:15:10 (208.58.2.83)
...(OK, 'depends on “what the market will bare”') is avialable for audition with a two-week or more moneyback guarantee. The decision whether it's worth the loss to your exchequer is yours alone. And .......
447: Propeller Head Plaza, Easy for YOU to say, you... you... experimenter! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 10:52:00 (208.58.2.83)
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448: Propeller Head Plaza, What a troika! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 10:51:08 (208.58.2.83)
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449: Propeller Head Plaza, Uh... Todd... I was satirizing the people who write stuff like that. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 10:48:23 (208.58.2.83)
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450: Music Lane, There are excerpts on the site I pointered, as well as on Amazon. You be da judge! Also... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 10:44:55 (208.58.2.83)
...the review excerpt I included says it well for me. clark .......
451: Music Lane, What? You want a dollar value? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 10:43:08 (208.58.2.83)
Fact is, my LP Fitzwilliam set is up for sale. Last I saw, it went for $150, which is testament to something -- whether rarity or worth, I cannot say. clark .......
452: General Asylum, Miles 3? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 10:34:49 (208.58.2.83)
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453: General Asylum, Mingus 3? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 10:34:19 (208.58.2.83)
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454: General Asylum, Hey, Monk 3! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-15, 10:15:27 (208.58.2.83)
I thought that might be you. Lost your address else I might have signed in when I was in SD this January. Hey, there's always next year. clark .......
455: Digital Drive, Not "bright" as in too much treble, but with upper-range edginess from uncontrolled enharmonic artifacts... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 11:25:21 (208.58.2.83)
...for which we must blame almost all players, not the discs. clark .......
456: Water Cooler, No offense intended... but the numbers speak for themselves! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 10:40:32 (208.58.2.83)
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457: Water Cooler, Never saw him; heard the name. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 10:39:33 (208.58.2.83)
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458: Water Cooler, "The anger you, apparently, harbor in your heart hasn't consumed you (yet)." It will, it must. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 10:38:14 (208.58.2.83)
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459: Water Cooler, Or Pui for Mr. Puissant . nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 10:36:10 (208.58.2.83)
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460: Water Cooler, And just think ofthe places where the BBC doesn't reach! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 10:33:14 (208.58.2.83)
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461: Critic's Corner, Don't worry, be happy -- the way you are. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 10:31:05 (208.58.2.83)
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462: General Asylum, OK, but... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 10:19:02 (208.58.2.83)
"A recording, all in proper polarity" and "A recording with reversed polarity" are both impossible statements. I must challenge you, dear reader of Wood, to provide me with a descrip of what constitut .......
463: Music Lane, The Shostakovich Quartets, by the Beethoven Quartet (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 09:41:13 (208.58.2.83)
Last year I took a lot of rude flak for suggesting that here were the finest performances of these fifteen masterworks. The artillery was aimed not by anyone who had heard them (no one had), but from .......
464: Digital Drive, "Sonic crystals" -- Another scam from Machina Dynamica? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 08:56:29 (208.58.2.83)
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465: Propeller Head Plaza, "Sonic crystals" -- Another scam from Machina Dynamica? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 08:38:16 (208.58.2.83)
Made of "metamaterial", it claims that "Sonic Crystals" can "deviate sound waves". "The mathematics has been known for several years." Application are envisioned for "stealth warships". Right. What .......
466: General Asylum, You have described theNova Physics Memory Player, although it does even more. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 08:27:14 (208.58.2.83)
"Mahler's 3rd will probably fit." But what about Sorabji's Symphonic Variations? His work Opus Clavicembalisticum (1930) for solo piano takes between about 3 and 4 hours to play, and consists of thr .......
467: Digital Drive, Folks, no information, no topical response in the above post... you can skip it. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-14, 08:20:34 (208.58.2.83)
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468: Digital Drive, "Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginativley bankrupt." nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 11:48:45 (208.58.2.83)
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469: Critic's Corner, "John, Sam and Jim" Right. For sure two of them never listened... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 11:35:06 (208.58.2.83)
...because they're that good -- they don't have to. Nice crowd. clark .......
470: Digital Drive, My! Piling error upon error. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 11:20:56 (208.58.2.83)
"Faith tells me spending $3.00 is better than spending $59.00." Can't argue with faith can we? So I'll let that one go. "It's all cute to come-off with that.... nonsense." Why thank you! Charmed, I'm .......
471: Water Cooler, Why can't this country be more like wise old Europe? nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 11:05:12 (208.58.2.83)
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472: Water Cooler, Again with the insults. My how lefties do hate issues (no matter what they may say). nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 11:03:27 (208.58.2.83)
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473: General Asylum, "Imperfect error-concealment mechanisms mandated by the RBCD standard." Shocking! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 10:44:37 (208.58.2.83)
Do you think a total reorganization of the bit stream might help? (If that's possible without a computer...) "Some people argue that there are also placebo effects and that listeners can be deceived." .......
474: Digital Drive, "One could easily make do with several items..." And you know this how, exactly? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 10:30:22 (208.58.2.83)
I mean, it's fine to save money and all, but if one's to take such stuff on faith from someone else, one wants to know what he's tried and what he's heard. clark .......
475: Digital Drive, "it is unnecessary to spend $59.00 on such a thing." And you know this how, exactly? (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 10:25:48 (208.58.2.83)
That's a pretty expansive statement. We'd like to hear the results of your comparisons that allow you to reach such a conclusion. Or is one to take it on faith? clark .......
476: General Asylum, Not really. "Mixed" is a subset of "positive" and "negative". (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 10:16:26 (208.58.2.83)
Which by the way is not a good pair of descriptors. Actual musical instruments produce compression transients and rarefaction transients (although mostly the former). Both types should be correctly re .......
477: Films/DVD Asylum, "Nameless dread, and not much else *happening*" (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 09:58:18 (208.58.2.83)
Inventive review: Philadelphia high school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) asks his students for theories on why honeybee populations are plummeting around the world. On a blackboard he h .......
478: Water Cooler, Additional assistance: (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 09:52:28 (208.58.2.83)
Also from the Boston Globe: LOS ANGELES - Had enough of all those Hollywood stars sitting courtside? Hang in there. Mercifully, there's just one game left in La La Land. It was more of the same last .......
479: Water Cooler, Just to help form a reply: (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 09:46:13 (208.58.2.83)
Dan Shaughnessy in the Boston Globe: There are New England sports fans who've been born, registered for the draft, and legally bought a beer at the Eire Pub since the last time the Celtics won an NBA .......
480: Water Cooler, You have got to be kidding! (But, sadly, probably not.) So: (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 09:39:56 (208.58.2.83)
Google: Jon Favreau, chief speechwriter to Senator Barack Obama -- "Mr. Favreau also used this time to master Mr. Obama’s voice." David Axelrod -- "Obama's Rove" As though none of 'em ever hired speec .......
481: General Asylum, No kidding. Every CD, every LP and every tape exhibits one of the two polarities... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 09:08:03 (208.58.2.83)
...without any standard for proper reproduction, polarity-wise, of any of them. Not only that, but the polarity of one cut, whatever cut, may well vary over the different media. Plus, even on one CD, .......
482: General Asylum, Have you any idea, based on mathematical principles (or otherwise)... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 08:50:26 (208.58.2.83)
...why the numerous "tweaks" work on CDs? I speak of fluids, "demagnetizers", bevelers, re-centerers, mats etc. etc. Surely they must fit into theory somewhere, somehow, as they definitely do work. cl .......
483: General Asylum, "In the world of Nature, perfection does not exist." Well that's a thought! (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 08:44:47 (208.58.2.83)
"Keine Musik ist ja nicht auf Erden, die unsrer verglichen kann warden." And the angels sing. clark .......
484: General Asylum, Oh that's just great.Thanks a load. Maybe I should go back to Lionel trains. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 08:40:24 (208.58.2.83)
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485: General Asylum, Hmmm... Thanks, maybe I should start using my airline points before they decide to cancel 'em. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 08:30:16 (208.58.2.83)
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486: General Asylum, Excellent policy. Mine own too, mostly. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-13, 08:27:09 (208.58.2.83)
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487: Water Cooler, Did anyone notice that a topic below, dealing with a real issue that Obama raised... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 09:07:51 (208.58.2.83)
... gained no response? Whereas "NOT EXACTLY" got the troops out? So much for the vaunted leftwing interest in "issues". And as Obama is rather short on them, one might have thought there'd be some sp .......
488: Water Cooler, Your antagonist not only is unable to refute your original statements... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:57:24 (208.58.2.83)
...(save by referring to a discredited Snopes piece), he doesn't even care to! "Crap... shrub... bogus... ridiculous..." That's the vocabulary one must deal with, when dealing with leftwingers. (I ass .......
489: Water Cooler, Kinda sad that a person has to clarify the obvious, here. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:46:42 (208.58.2.83)
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490: Water Cooler, Obama does "constantly misrepresent/contradict himself ." Except when... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:42:50 (208.58.2.83)
...he's got the Teleprompter with his speechwriters' scripts. (And a highly competent crew they are too -- pity the candidate can't live up to the example they set. clark .......
491: Water Cooler, He inserted it into the discussion, because he had nothing better to say, or do. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:37:36 (208.58.2.83)
Just more guilt by association towards kavakidd. And for what it's worth, I've seen far more insulting representations of the President, posted here. clark .......
492: Water Cooler, "Not once did I say Dave is a racist." And not once were you accused of that. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:34:04 (208.58.2.83)
Only of the definite implication. "Everytime I hear some of this crap from someone [kavakidd in this case] about Obama, I think that they [kava again] are really struggling to come up with a reason n .......
493: Water Cooler, Dude! Surveillance is an ongoing proposition. What, about it's having been upramped so fiercely... (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:31:21 (208.58.2.83)
...in the Nineties, causes you to go sarcastic? clark .......
494: Computer Audio Asylum, Great discussion on General about upsampling/oversampling. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:12:48 (208.58.2.83)
After hitting it, go to Todd Krieger's reply and the ensuing discussion with Tony Lauck. clark .......
495: General Asylum, "The theorem only held true for periodic signals." Plus, it was developed for voice telephony! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:09:31 (208.58.2.83)
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496: General Asylum, Ask me, I'll yell ya! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 08:07:07 (208.58.2.83)
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497: General Asylum, I can see you in it! nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 07:55:21 (208.58.2.83)
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498: General Asylum, Oh. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 07:53:53 (208.58.2.83)
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499: Critic's Corner, "How about staying on point and contributing something to this topic." Thank you for that. (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-12, 07:35:25 (208.58.2.83)
But I was addressing the most galling of your points. The others must be left to fall where they may, which by the looks of it is not far from the tree. clark .......
500: Water Cooler, Absolutely. nt (0.00)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2008-06-11, 14:06:19 (216.236.252.234)
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Found total of 500 records, Query: , Author: clarkjohnsen in All Forums, Time: 6 sec.