Dusty Chalk

Oh. Well, that explains a lot.

He does -- it doesn't buzz when he unplugs them (impedance == infinity).

Oh, hubris, too. You'll fit right in.

Headphone cable? Doesn't make sense -- the only way it should do that is by acting as an antenna for buzz-frequency RF, but that should be before amplification. A short, perhaps?

Hi, George, welcome. A physicist, huh? If you have any science jokes, I'd appreciate them. I collect them. So far, I have one: Atom: Officer, officer, I've been in an accident! Cop: What happened? Atom: I collided with another atom, and it took off with one of my electrons! Cop: Are you sure? Atom: Positive!

-10 irony-recognition points -- emoticons, colloquialisms, acronyms, spelling words with one letter -- all of it. Okay, now you're just being a fucking troll. We frown on that shit here. I happen to know for a fact that people of your age can google. Hey, at least it was a complete sentence. I could only hope...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK27aknWVI4]YouTube - Elephant Jumping On Trampoline[/ame]

w/e :|

I don't know -- this internet-speak shit is for the birds. I already spend a great deal of effort trying to convince Billy to speak in complete sentences, I'm wishing for an ignore feature right about now.

An organizer/hanging storage unit thingy for all mah shoes.

Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom

Okay, so possible impedance mismatch -- only when off or volume set to zero -- between the pre and the active speakers. (think think think...think think think) Will wander off to read the stuff about the active volume control, I'm thinking it's that ("active" == "doesn't work when powered off" -- so, yeah, that's my reasoning). One possibility would be to never turn off your pre. Does it have a mute? Does it buzz when you mute?

Too Much...

Dude, my formative years were decades ago. I think red meant passionate or murderous. Can't remember which.

A study was done on the color of one's bedroom during one's formative years. Green and orange (the colors of my room) == crazy, most likely to go insane.

Well, considering how many birthdays you've had, I think you out-generian us all, Mr. How-many-birthdays-do-I-have?-All-of-them.

Maybe they already did, and he's wasting too much time as it is filtering through the spam.

I'm confused -- you're shutting off your preamp, which is part of...your speaker rig? And hearing buzz...in your headphone rig? Do me a favor, please, start over -- source, pre, amp, speakers, headphone amp, headphones, where do the two chains split, what are you shutting off. (I also want to look up input and output impedances, where the information is available.)

You say clamato, I say clamahto.

This one, perhaps?

Oh, and I actually watched television last night -- episode of House. Jesus Christ, that was an intense fucking show. I know they tried to play it down, but it kind of struck me as the medical equivalent of Open Water.

'zackly.

I don't know. (a) I don't follow that stuff much (murders and other sordid affairs outside of band business), and ( I don't follow Immortal much. It's just that that video is kind of iconic, is the only reason I remember that particular one.

5-HTP isn't a drug, it's a natural supplement. It comes in 50mg and 100mg doses, and you can take up to 150mg per 24 hour period (I think). Also, quit being a spaz. I'm not name-calling here, I'm actually being kind of sincere -- I'm a bit of a spaz, myself, and have gone through great bouts of both insomnia, and ainmosni (== waking up at 3am [or whatever] and not being able to get back to sleep). When I was at my most calm (practiced meditation, exercised, minimized my caffeine and sugar intake, had no job, school, nor family worries), was also when I had this problem the least.