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Grahame

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  1. When I first came to the US, I was surprised at the dominance of Top Loaders, which, from a European perspective, I considered to be obsolete technology, along with bleach - which is something your mother used, before the advent of enzymes or "biological" washing powders. [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laundry_detergent]Laundry detergent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

    It is only recently that that high-tech European Style newfangled front loaders seem to have caught on over here.

    More information than you ever wanted to know over at [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machines]Washing machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] , or from this convert A Better Way to do Laundry - What Should You Know About Front Load Washing Machines? - Epinions.com

  2. DAC direct to power Amp

    This is a perennial topic on the slim devices forum. Many people are interested in driving their power amp / speakers / active speakers directly, without a preamp.

    The issue is one of gain staging - so that the maximum output of the DAC yields the maximum desired volume from the speakers, with the best S/NR for the signal path.

    This often entails some passive attenuation to the output of the DAC, to obtain the desired results.

    Good starting points (in addition to the search function) are

    This Wiki entry Connect To PowerAmp - SqueezeboxWiki

    esp. the reference links at the end.

    The latest thread on the matter Direct to power amp? - Squeezebox : Community : Forums

    One poster drives his ATC's directly from a transporter (with inline attenuation), now there's a thought :)

  3. Yet, if you click on the Title Bar, (The part at the top, that highlights, underlined, in yellow, and pops up a tool-tip on mouseover),

    It takes you to the YouTube page, where the video is, indeed, still available.

    Curious.

    Indeed.:confused:

  4. Looks like you're late to the concept of search engines too! :)

    Ok, I'm real late to this one. But why is bittorrent useful to me? And is it easy to use?

    Just Fucking Google It

    Just Fucking Google It

    Just Fucking Google It

    But why is bittorrent useful to me?

    Because downloading in parallel from a cloud of peers may be faster that downloading from a single source?

    And is it easy to us

    There are bittorrent clients that reduce it to point and click.

    You do know how to click, don't you?

    http://torrentfreak.com/mac-bt-clients/

    P.S. Happy Thanksgiving!

  5. So, are you saying

    I could have had her, but I'm married, so I didn't?

    or is it more

    "Look at that!",

    "But You're married!",

    "Yes, but I'm not dead!"

    When the evolutionary programming takes over, and my wife finds me observing fertile Californian youth, she knowingly remarks.

    "Grahame, they are half your age. Good luck with that:rolleyes:.

    The sad part is, they are some fraction of my age.

    At least they don't like me for the wrong reasons.

    Why women really do love self-obsessed psychopaths - Science, News - The Independent

    Could you tell by just looking?

    "a study showing that the majority of men and women were able to accurately judge whether a person would be a good bet for a committed relationship or were more interested in a fling, just by looking at a photograph of their face."

    The dizzying diversity of human sexual strategies - life - 26 November 2008 - New Scientist

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