Dusty Chalk

I still don't know who she is. I presume this is from some teevee show?

(adopts heavy Russian immigrant accent) But at least here in America, you can -- how do you say -- "call us on it"...you can tell us we're boring. And we hear it, and we wear insult like badge on sleeve. Over there in communist Russia, one risks being silenced or perhaps much worse consequences. So we wave flags a little more strongly, yes? Do you really blame us? Yes, it gets a bit redundant, only because we continue to give people like Billy and tyrion and trose the freedom to keep stirring shit up. Over there, people get "disappeared".

Billy, did you know that CostCo sells Breitling?

Dude And although I started out using disk images, I switched to invidual tracks in the long run, as it made it easier to convert to MP3's non-destructively (I.E. now my backup doubles as a source for my MP3 player). Using individual tracks, you don't need to fall back to MP3's, you can use FLAC or some other lossless compression format.

I'll second the Firebird Suite recommendation.

The only potential problem -- and this should be overcome by most modern transports -- is that you have a higher error rate on the copy than on the original. This depends on two things: the error rate on the original, and the error rate on the copy. Measure both, and you'll find out for yourself which is better. Funny thing: if the error rate on the copy is less than the original, you actually have a small probability of improving the fidelity upon copy. Actually, one more problem -- on some CD's, good luck on getting 100% accuracy. I got so impatient with that, that I settle for 98.6% accuracy (or so -- I forget the exact number). Also, it might be cheaper and more time-efficient to back them up onto external hard drives. Then all you have to do is rip, not burn. You can always burn them later.

Me and Hirsch have seen it too -- I enjoyed it, I forget whether or not Hirsch did, I think he did. Neither of us liked Man with Two Brains too much.

Just got back from 30 Days of Night -- kinda mediocre, but I enjoyed it. It seemed strained, like they ran out of budget or something. Spoilers: I mean, where the hell was the second wave of vampires?

Nice animated gif usage.

Don't be a bigot. So you're saying she looks like one of those large-eyed velvet paintings? Or a human version of an anime character? And that's bad...how? I like eyes.

Or I could pimp it, ghetto style, with tinting...air bubbles, frayed edges, and all.

Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes! Okay, I made my watch (exactly like yours, except without the turquoise pips [yes, I even chose the carbon fiber backing]). Now...how do I buy it?

This should be amusing to any pianists who have learned Rachmaninov's Prelude in C# minor: .

Exactly:

Actually, one of them's a guy, but that doesn't make him any less a carpet muncher. No, wait, you're right, both chicks. I stand corrected. *ahem*

What are these? No way! The HHF1 greater than the PS1 and the HP1? Well said, I will be taking this approach as well. I have to think about mine, will get back to you.

Actually, I bought it myself. It was between that and a Scion xA, and the Scion just didn't have enough oomph for me. If I had it to do over again, I would have bought that $8K used Subaru Forester I saw, or spent the extra couple thousand and bought the Mazda3 hatchback I really wanted (they were actually pretty close in price, but the moonroof/sunroof/whatever is not an option on the Suzuki, hence saving me a little). I did. They are always very helpful. Here is their response: So basically, I need to yank out what's in there, and possibly hack away at the space to make the Sony fit. I actually do know a site that does custom install jobs, but not sure it's worth the extra money, and was looking for alternatives. By the way, my post above was incorrect, when I wrote "Clarion incorrectly labels this as a Euro-DIN unit", I meant "Crutchfield incorrectly labels this as a Euro-DIN unit".

Interesting. This has been Hirsch's findings, as well. (He's also found it to be true about the baby orpheus.) Although I've never heard it phrased quite so.

I'll watch later -- there's also a Thriller one on YouTube. The Indians must be fascinated with the Thriller video.

Pure porn.

It's a portable digital cassette (DAT) recorder/player. The original Walkman was a portable cassette player/recorder (and sometimes just player), so it's basically the DAT version of same. This is not the one I have, I have its precursor (don't remember the model number, it might be the same one in grawk's pic).

Okay. I don't hear it that way, but I'm not disagreeing that you do. At least I understand y'all better.

I completely disagree with both of you. If you only listen to part of the music, then maybe, but I tend to listen to the gestalt, so nice bass is nice bass, be it the opening gank on "Sabrina" by Einsturzende Neubauten, or tympani emulating the rumble of thunder in Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite. And impact is impact, be it the electronic opening to Talk Talk's "Happiness is Easy" or the cannon shots in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. And I disagree that you need Grado forwardness for metal. Metal is typically recorded plenty forward; I don't find myself straining to hear anything when I listened to metal on my Sennheiser HD600/AudioValve RKV combo, much less my current listening setup. I can only suspect y'all are deaf at those frequencies, if you need them slightly raised.

I'll post this in portable audio, since I'm going to talk about my car. My head unit is borken -- it won't play CD's. I suspect it's just an alignment problem, but since it's a proprietary system built by Clarion for Suzuki, I'm thinking I'll probably have to replace it. So I'm having a hard time finding what the dimensions of the unit are without taking it apart. Clarion incorrectly labels it as a Euro-DIN unit, which it's not. Euro-DIN is close to single DIN, but mine is closer to a double-DIN. External dimensions of the faceplate are 3 3/4" x 6 3/4", which is smaller than my understanding of a double-DIN to be (3 7/8" x 6 7/8"). (Car is a 2004 Suzuki Aerio SX.) I want to get the Sony XAV-W1 (SACD/DVD player), which is a double-DIN. So the question becomes, can I shove it in there? It'll probably have to be a custom hack -- tear up the dashboard, get a new harness, jerry-rig it in there, etc. But I'm thinking I've got a couple more years in this POS, so...why not? My car is pretty safe both at home and at work, but I have had it broken into when I've gone downtown to concerts and such, so I wouldn't mind it being removable. Any advice would be appreciated.