Dusty Chalk

Stupid question: what is this thing? It's not really a llama, is it? It's called something else, it's from anime, innit?

Parents appreciate a good Ramen deal when they see one!

DigiPete == the new "guy who listens to albums with hot chicks on the cover"

You probably hate new year's, too, then.

De-emphasis -- the flag indicates that it was pre-emphasized, therefore needing countermeasures, I.E. de-emphasis.

Nong Shim Shin Noodle Ramyun, Gourmet Spicy Picante on Gold box only for the next 3 hours or so. EDIT: 100% claimed.

But I think in terms of explaining what it is, it's still useful. They describe the RIAA curve in wikipedia as another form of pre-emphasis.

Yeah, like I (almost) said, I think I didn't notice because I don't think I ever played one. So unlike HDCD, it's actually part of digital transmission specifications (well...at least S/PDIF), so unless one manipulates the signal destructively (I.E. forgets to pass on the pre-emphasis flag), it should work no matter what DAC one uses. Or unless the DAC doesn't interpret the pre-emphasis flag correctly/at all. In which case, it wouldn't matter, you'd need a different player anyway.

I am fortunate in that I have yet to notice. (I used to have a player that had a little idiot light that would light up whenever the disk was set with this on -- it never went on, as far as I noticed.) I suspect in my case it's because I listened to very little classical and/or jazz at the time. Actually, now that I think about it, I listen to more than I used to, it might be more of a problem now. I agree with Reks -- the best way to listen to them is to play them in a player that handles pre-emphasis correctly. What does EAC do? What does iTunes do? Hmmm...must investigate. I suspect it'll be like HDCD -- there's really nothing like the real thing. I'm sure there's a way to do it in software, and I wouldn't have a problem with it, except like HDCD, it'll probably be kludgy unless it's built in. (I know of no way to do with iTunes; and even with EAC, one has to manually decide when to turn it on or off, and I'm still not sure it'll be doing it right.)

Serrated?!?!?

Eez good choice, methinks. I covet.

Did I miss something? What is the price on this? When is it going up for sale?

You are fucking insane. Who the hell goes to a birthday party with broken ribs?!?!? Oh, okay, there was painkillers, that makes it all better.

Whut? Really? I guess I need to give them another chance.

I understood that, but I think he was misreading the 0-4 etc. as the range of boards that person was interested in. So he's kind of: KG: 4?8 - 4?8

I think the numbers are: number I'll build, and number I'll want to receive, so I think you have to make up your mind.

Even moar better $20 headphone

So I presume this weekend is out since it's Valentine's Day on Saturday?

's'Awesome -- Swedish Chef was always my favorite. I need to get me one of those. Of course, they're probably several hundred dollar collectibles now.

This and the EP.

Yeah, I think I've seen that exact same model in real life, albeit indoors at the time. Of course, now I'm thinking, "looks photoshopped".

Looks photoshopped.

Dude, you post like once every two years here -- isn't this your "off" year?