Craig Sawyers
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Fragment of an unpublished Shakespeare sonnet?
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Happy birthday!
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They are MOSFET's, whereas J40/K170 are low noise JFET's. Why not just go for LSK74/LSJ170?
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One of these https://www.baratza.com/grinder/vario/ . 230 grinding settings - what is not to like? Comes with a container to grind into as well. And when eventually the ceramic burrs wear, they are dead easy to replace.
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Happy birthday!
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Happy birthday!
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Happy birthday!
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Looks like a historical photo of me
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Wow. David Cassidy. RIP David. And Arne Nudell, an audio icon. RIP Arne.
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Wow - Malcolm Young. AC/DC played the University I was at (Southampton, UK) in 1975 or 1976. This was in the dining hall on a makeshift stage we used to build out of Dexion framing and floorboards. As one of the crew that used to build the stage and help the roadies haul gear out of the trucks, you got to see the concert free. Saw some great bands back then on that tiny stage. It was before my time there, but The Who even played there as did Zeppelin. These megabands played to a student audience, with zero security. Capacity was about 500 crammed in like sardines. But AC/DC defeated me. Even aged 20 or so, I found them to be ear splittingly loud. So instead I listened to them through several doors up in the Stage office and even then it was quite loud. But Malcolm Young dying of dementia at the age of 64 is often caused by long term drug use. It is a miracle that Ozzie Osbourne has survived without a terminally fritzed brain. And Manson? - good. What a piece of work he was. AC/DC flyer including the Southampton gig Horribly off-topic, but this is Zeppelin in 1973 crammed onto a tiny area at Southampton University old refectory.
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What does a peasant sound like?
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The great thing with Beyerdynamic is their legendary stock of spare bits and after sales support. I have a pair of DT990's that I bought many decades ago. Now they still make the DT990 in various guises, but they have been through umpteen design changes in the meantime. Now my venerable DT990 had shot earpads, the soft bit of the headband was shot, and I'd stood on them at some point and the cup pivot plastic bits were split. Beyer had absolutely no problem in sending me (well - selling me) all the bits needed to get them back into as-new condition. I was well impressed!
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Congratulations Jacob! You both look great.
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Have a great day Dinny - happy birthday!
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Not sure how Beyerdynamic managed to swing the term Tesla Technology for their headphone drivers past Elon Musk. I can't imagine that a discussion did not take place! The T51P, much cheaper than the DT1770 has the same driver technology.
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Apropos the last image - there happens to be a place in the North East of England called Longbenton Meanwhile you can spend $1k and buy Nathan Myhrvold's new five-volume book "Modernist Bread: The Art and Science". I think I'll pass on that purchase.......
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Most Scottish whiskey distilleries are pretty remote. This one was, well in the middle of nowhere. And yes - the weather was pretty much solid rain all day. In fact that was the first day, from Milngavie (pronounced Mulgei) to Drymen (pronounced Drummen) of about 12 miles. We didn't get the chance to visit the distillery (boo hoo), but you can just about make out the path to it, going in the direction of the end of the warehouses. Just think of all the nectar stored in those warehouses!
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OK - 210 units of booze and 420 fags a week is sure going to take its toll. My dad was a 60 a day man (much less booze though). Had a femoral artery bypass at 65 and died at age 72 in 1995 through heart failure. Every photo I have of him (dozens and dozens) he has a fag between his fingers. I only kept one small item of furniture, and when we moved it in, I washed it And that is what Clarkson is heading for.
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Thought you might be interested in a picture of the Glengoyne distillery, taken when we were walking the West Highland Way.
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He's four years younger than me. Yeesh. Just goes to show that money and fame count for nothing.
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Wow - congratulations Jacob! Details - we want details.....
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Was at Newquay, Corwall (UK) to watch Bloodhound SSC doing its first public runs. Just using the Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine to propel the 5 ton vehicle to >200mph in 8 seconds. It was bloody awesome. In no uncertain terms it was bloody awesome. Next year, using the the jet engine and one rocket there will be a straightforward land speed record attempt of around 800mph, and in 2019 the full >1000mph once they have put in a cluster of three rockets. This is a long video, but the first section is well worth watching, as is Andy Green's commentary on his supersonic record 20 years ago. The first hour and a quarter is about yesterday, and then 2h to 2h15 is about the supersonic runs 20 years ago.
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Happy Birthday - have a great one!
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The current generation Rb units put a whole lot more Rb in to give a much higher lifetime. For example Stanford Research's PRS10 has 1mg load rather than 100ug http://www.thinksrs.com/products/PRS10.htm and 20 year lamp life. Leapsecond have done their usual comprehensive tests http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/prs10/ But the ultimate in Allen Variance is the BVA version of an SC cut crystal; the only currently available one is the RA-14 from Rakon http://www.rakon.com/products/families/ocxo-ocso . It was previously available from Oscilloquartz until it was bought out (spec attached) But you need to be determined to get one - they are around ten grand new. Oscilloquartz BVA.pdf
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