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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 12:17:38
Message: <4bd85fa2@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford escreveu:
> On 4/27/2010 12:59 PM, nemesis wrote:
>> Darren New escreveu:
>>> nemesis wrote:
>>>> BTW, don't you guys find it funny that ADSL is "dial-up" too?
>>>
>>> Not really. It's built into the line card, so you're not actually
>>> dialing anything. You're just using the same wires you would be
>>> dialing on.
>>
>> really? I used to connect without a line filter in my other telephone
>> across the room and, thus, if you happened to pick up the nearby phone
>> while it was connecting, you would listen to a bit of that "folkloric"
>> well-known old-modem dialing-up tune.
>>
> 
> probably hearing some artifacts from the out-of-band signaling the ADSL 
> modem is doing. Which is why you need the filter ;) I remember back when 
> I had ADSL forgetting a filter on a phone jack, and picking up that 
> phone. It was more like I had a bad connection than anything, though.

I heard white noise in the phone with no filter and in the one next to 
the PC with a filter, I heard in the distance the very same connection 
"song" of old modems as it was connecting.  Once connected, no further 
noise.

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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 12:18:42
Message: <4bd85fe2@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford escreveu:
> On 4/27/2010 11:23 AM, nemesis wrote:
> 
>>
>> LOL
>>
>> seems like Andrew still got some 30 years ahead to fully get to grips
>> with the real world...
>>
> 
> Why doesn't my Atari 2600 do HD?

I was talking about modern game consoles.

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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 12:49:16
Message: <4bd8670c@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Tapping midway between beats with variable accuracy is NOT valid. ;-)

  Of course it is. It's called jazz.

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 13:29:23
Message: <4bd87073$1@news.povray.org>
On 28/04/2010 2:23 PM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
> Pah bent-tape-measure, professionals use ferrets :-)

Ee oop lad. I’ve told thee to keep thy ferret to thy self :-P


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 15:05:58
Message: <4bd88716$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Tapping midway between beats with variable accuracy is NOT valid. ;-)
> 
>   Of course it is. It's called jazz.

LOL!

[Insert witty remark here about holding down half a dozen 
randomly-chosen notes simultaneously.]

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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 15:09:34
Message: <4bd887ee$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:

> http://vimeo.com/9078364
> 
> youtube sucks...

...is something supposed to happen?

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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 15:10:42
Message: <4bd88832$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:

> besides game consoles, many people for the past few years have been 
> connecting computers to their large screen FullHD TVs.  Because, you 
> know, it's usually more pleasing seeing images at a large screen from 
> the comfort of your sofa (yeah, with a wireless keyboard) rather than 
> sitting a few inches away from a much smaller screen.

Not if you're a programmer... although admittedly few people are.

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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 15:57:40
Message: <4bd89334$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
> 
>> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>>
>> youtube sucks...
> 
> ...is something supposed to happen?

besides bringing some tears to your eyes thanks to a beautiful movie, it 
should show you better hi-def picture quality than in youtube in general...

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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 16:02:42
Message: <4bd89462$1@news.povray.org>
>>> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>>>
>>
>> ...is something supposed to happen?
> 
> besides bringing some tears to your eyes thanks to a beautiful movie, it 
> should show you better hi-def picture quality than in youtube in general...

Well, I clicked play and stared at a black screen for about 10 minutes 
before giving up.

Maybe I need to try at a different time of day or something?

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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Baffling
Date: 28 Apr 2010 16:18:59
Message: <4bd89833@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>>>> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>>>>
>>>
>>> ...is something supposed to happen?
>>
>> besides bringing some tears to your eyes thanks to a beautiful movie, 
>> it should show you better hi-def picture quality than in youtube in 
>> general...
> 
> Well, I clicked play and stared at a black screen for about 10 minutes 
> before giving up.
> 
> Maybe I need to try at a different time of day or something?

huh?

it's blocked here at work, I just had the link.  You may look up 'Nuit 
Blanche' in vimeo...

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