Sherwood

Tall glass of Simply Lemonade before some post cinco blackberry margaritas. Yeehaw.

I'll take that test, of course. I'm way past buying stuff to see if I can tell a difference. Presuming I can tell a difference, of course, what would I have proven? Excellent expensive gear is better at what it does than presumably excellent inexpensive gear? I, for one, admire what you are doing. I also need to point out the fact (as Manaox already has) that the phrase "shames more expensive gear" is terribly trite. Plenty of expensive gear shames itself, and we routinely help it along. The measure of an actual giant killer, as Dan pointed out right from the beginning, is something that is better than something we already know and love. The number of good DAC/AMP combos under $200 in almost nonexistant, and there's little point throwing money at "the best" of a series of bad products. Perhaps you've discovered a true diamond in the rough, here. Fantastic! Just keep in mind, to do this thing right you measure diamonds against diamonds -- not against the rough.

Reason for the dual Thunderbolt ports on the 27" iMac is apparently for triple monitors. A single thunderbolt port can only run one additional monitor, though it can also run other devices. Also, I ran some numbers on a 27" "retina display", for the edification of all. The theory goes that our eyes are physically capable of discerning a finite amount of detail, and that number lies somewhere around 300 pixels per inch (PPI). The iPhone has a 314 PPI display, which is deemed a "retina display" due to its having a greater pixel density than is theoretically discernible by the human eye. I'm sure there's an astute parallel to be drawn to the Nyquist frequency here, but I'll leave that to someone fussier than I. The current 27" iMac monitor, sporting a (beautiful) 2560x1440 resolution, boasts approximately 108 PPI. To contrast that, I'll point out that my office has a Mac Pro running 4 27" cinema displays in a grid, for an effective resolution of 5120x2880 (albeit on what is effectively a 54"screen). If, by some feat of engineering, all that graphical power were poured into ONE 27" monitor, rather than FOUR, it would still only have a PPI of around 220. So, Mr. Reks, your point is well taken. While I'm sure that it's theoretically possible, I doubt Apple intends to get into the $25,000 desktop market just yet.

New iMacs are very nice. Two (count 'em two) thunderbolt ports, which seems downright silly, and all sorts of quad cores. Plus, 27" screens are a thing to behold. I'm a little disappointed that they didn't do something along the lines of a large "retina display", however.

I heard bikes are hard to train.

Also, I think it's a little pessimistic to view "most airports per capita" as a negative (Alaska).

Colorado: Most Avalanche deaths and lowest obesity rate. How about no fucking mercy.

Would that be the same Can-Am that makes this nightmare?

I drank a lot of beer I made, went out for lunch and dinner, hung out with a lot of old friends, and all in all had a great birthday. After Midnight (so not technically my birthday) I got some news that a good friend of mine, a 26 year old girl going through an ugly and unexpected divorce, was diagnosed with what appears to be serious ovarian cancer. Thankfully, this cancer puts a known (if hideous) face on some medical problems she's been going through. Unthankfully it also proves that life is a fickle bitch, and not to be trusted. Every indication is that she's going to come out the other side of this thing healthier and happier, but it's a lot to swallow for a young girl working part time for a chiropractor and living in her parents basement while waiting for a job that will provide her insurance and a stable income to help her pay off a house she can't visit or live in. Yuck.

Hi, I'm Sherwood, and I endorse the drinking of "Rocky Mountain" anything.

You guys are just so much the best that it's hard to believe. Çok teşekkür ederim, ve kolay gelsin hep beraber. Sağol, sağol, çok sağol! (roughly "thank you, thank you, thank you, don't work too hard") It has been a great day indeed, friends, in no small part due to this sort of awesomeness

I loled.

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I doubt Wisconsin as a whole has much of a Turkish expat population, but the University of Madison Wisconsin has an Arabic, Persian and Turkish summer program that brings in faculty from around the country. I always heard good things about Madison when I lived in Boulder, CO, so I decided to give it a shot. Thanks, Sir. It should be both interesting and reclusive, though I imagine I'll get to know a small handful of people very, very well. Hopefully afterward I won't have to look up words like "saçmalık" I thought it had something to do with hair. Best of luck for your beau, Shelly. Keep in mind that silver cutlery can serve as an ample substitute for staves and stakes in a pinch.

Aw hellz yes. That is a HAT. That is about the only picture I've ever seen of a man who looks good in a hat.

Today: 1) Inked paperwork on a job at Apple. It feels like getting a job waiting tables while auditioning for my "big break", but it should be fun enough. 2) Inked the paperwork on a 2 month Turkish immersion program this summer in Wisconsin. You speak, read and listen to nothing but Turkish for 8 weeks, save Friday nights. That should be tons of fun, even though I'll not be able to participate here at all for two months.

Please for help algorithm. I made with advice of STAXLTD and SENHISER -- do you want more music bass?

That's more like it, Dan. That 7% of Fuck Off you can be proud of.

Same:

0% Fuck Off is an achievement. I just wish it didn't auto censor it to "f--- off". May I keep the bottle of La Folie?

HELLO. I am interest in Headphone Choosing. I have created a tool call DiKWeeD to help you make choose! Please try tool and give to me answer! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I'd love to see you source this whole thing with a custom music server, controlled by monitor or touch-screen remote. If I was doing it all from end-to-end (don't you dare, Steve), I'd certainly run a music server over a disc spinner. Computer Audiophile built a needlessly stupid music server, but I think it can be done better and cheaper (without, say, a $300 Korean mini-itx case).

The Nerdcore battle a few pages back reminded me of a favorite nerdy rapper of mine from the past -- MC Paul Barman. He has all of the nerdy rapper boxes ticked beautifully (White, Ivy Educated, , but he also has something I think is important in legitimate music -- he can be listened to without irony. In fact, he seems to take himself pretty seriously. He's also just beyond filthy, for those of you that go in for such a thing. Here, enjoy a selection. The audio is VERY NSFW, but the video is fine if you have headphones. AUDIO NSFW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOU11HkEZE&feature=related Lyrics: It's the last days, Jocks think pussies are ash trays And artsy-farts have more baggage than Samsonite Those ancient Hamptonites, they're always like, "I can't tonight" And men who are too beautiful are too dutiful with their cuticles Plus it's like conversasion with a carpeted cubicle I was eating food when a dude pseudo-suitable said, "My rap talk's the back drop from laptop to blacktop You certainly appear to be mightily stacked up My iconoclastic rap schtick gets my jimmy waxed like Chapstick I think LL Cool J and Canibus are BOTH fantastic. So-called experts can't see how the text works So they comb through the textures of italicized excerpts Believe me, it SUCKS Acting impressed, plus the whole time he rhymed he stared at my breasts At best he was neither ugly nor dumb I guessed I'd rearrange the boredom And make it into bedroom, I said, "Let's go Max like Headroom" We brought the ruckus like Red Grooms On the couch where we made out with my hand on his paunch He invited me to march in the Million Sperm Launch The fun talk stopped when we heard the front door unlock His dad made such a grand entrance, dude, you'd think we'd need sunblock At long last he walked past and let out a calm blast of bombast Before he could set down he briefcase, I said, "You're a queef-face. Go back to Boston" Chorus: (fast over rock hard guitars) When I want some, I get some I'll wade through the flotsam and jetsam Til I've met some smart hotties and caught 'em My parents named me Autumn But now I'm frickin' awesome Verse 2: Next I took the Express to 86th and Lex Flexed my Metrocard back in my wallet and Walked to the Metropolitan, The Great Hall Had hundreds of boys straight out of "Eightball", wait, Paul Barman was posted at his station He said, "For students there's a $5 suggested donation" Our eyes met It's nice to be hypnotized by a man you don't despise yet He had a type of flow and I can't quite label it All I know it made me want to take off my cableknit sweater, Oh he better be hetero I hope they don't catch us in the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing when Paulus brings the mattress in--rudely He backlashed my booty like I was Susan Faludi over the Grace Rainey Rogers Room rostrum Chorus: When I want some, I get some If I'm lost in the flotsam and jetsam I'll draw some Lacoste alligators chasing an opossum..... But now- I'm frigging awesome When I want some, I get some If I'm lost in the flotsam and jetsam I'll draw some Lacoste alligators chasing an opossum..... I'm frickin' awesome

Douglas, in honor of you and this momentous yesterday, I crack open a brewdog and wish you all the best. Cheers!

^^ Go figure