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And lo On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:06:06 -0000, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null>
did spake thusly:
> "Fact: Germs [including the flu virus] can live on surfaces for up to
> two days.
>
> Fact: Dettol kills 99.9% of gems, including the flu virus."
What I dislike is it makes no distinction between harmless and harmful.
Congratulations you've just removed the competition for the .1% that's
resistant to this stuff better hope it's not something potentially harmful.
As for claims I do love the creams that boast X% more oxygen. Easily
achieved - just add water :-)
Ah I knew I'd seen this somewhere
http://www.cracked.com/article_17606_7-high-tech-products-their-cheap-ass-ingredients.html
NSFW
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Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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On 18/11/2010 11:20 AM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
> And lo On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:06:06 -0000, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>
> did spake thusly:
>
>> "Fact: Germs [including the flu virus] can live on surfaces for up to
>> two days.
>>
>> Fact: Dettol kills 99.9% of gems, including the flu virus."
>
> What I dislike is it makes no distinction between harmless and harmful.
> Congratulations you've just removed the competition for the .1% that's
> resistant to this stuff better hope it's not something potentially harmful.
Fact: Dettol kills 99.9% of bacteria.
Fact: 99.9% of bacteria have NO EFFECT on human health in either direction.
Gotta love the way the advert used to talk about how Dettol kills
/bacteria/, and lately they suddenly changed it to "germs, including the
flu virus". Every few syllables is "flu virus". Like it's really
important or something.
> As for claims I do love the creams that boast X% more oxygen. Easily
> achieved - just add water :-)
"NEW! Walkers Crisps, now with 50% less salt."
I look on the back of the package.... aaaaaand what's this? Potassium
chloride? Hmm, I *wonder* why that's in there? :-P
> Ah I knew I'd seen this somewhere
>
http://www.cracked.com/article_17606_7-high-tech-products-their-cheap-ass-ingredients.html
...your source is cracked.com? Uh, right. ;-)
Hey, while you're here... In the UK, all food products are required to
list their ingredients, in descending order. But are products such as
shampoo required to do so?
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On 18/11/2010 11:20 AM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
> Ah I knew I'd seen this somewhere
>
http://www.cracked.com/article_17606_7-high-tech-products-their-cheap-ass-ingredients.html
> NSFW
The ones that get me are shampoos. For the last 10 years I’ve been using
hand soap and my head hasn’t fallen off yet.
I would like to agree with the Audio ones but from personal experience
some of them do make a difference. But if you have a crap HiFi then
nothing will help.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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> The ones that get me are shampoos. For the last 10 years I’ve been using
> hand soap and my head hasn’t fallen off yet.
Proper shampoo probably goes on and rinses off more easily. But yeah, I
wouldn't bother with the expensive ones.
> I would like to agree with the Audio ones but from personal experience
> some of them do make a difference. But if you have a crap HiFi then
> nothing will help.
More amusing are the expensive HDMI cables. The entire point of HDMI of
course being that it's digital, so it *does not* matter how poor the
cables are. (Just so long as they're not /utterly/ hopeless...)
I'm told for analogue audio interconnects it can sometimes make a small
difference. It's not worth £3000 though. My ears aren't that good. :-P
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On 18/11/2010 11:51 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Gotta love the way the advert used to talk about how Dettol kills
> /bacteria/, and lately they suddenly changed it to "germs, including the
> flu virus". Every few syllables is "flu virus". Like it's really
> important or something.
You mean they changed it to kills bacteria? Originally it was kills
99.9% of all known germs, bacteria must have sounded more scientific.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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On 18/11/2010 12:16 PM, Invisible wrote:
>> The ones that get me are shampoos. For the last 10 years I’ve been using
>> hand soap and my head hasn’t fallen off yet.
>
> Proper shampoo probably goes on and rinses off more easily. But yeah, I
> wouldn't bother with the expensive ones.
>
The secret to using soap is to rinse it of straight away.
>> I would like to agree with the Audio ones but from personal experience
>> some of them do make a difference. But if you have a crap HiFi then
>> nothing will help.
>
> More amusing are the expensive HDMI cables. The entire point of HDMI of
> course being that it's digital, so it *does not* matter how poor the
> cables are. (Just so long as they're not /utterly/ hopeless...)
>
> I'm told for analogue audio interconnects it can sometimes make a small
> difference. It's not worth £3000 though. My ears aren't that good. :-P
Not £3000 pounds worth, I agree, unless you've spent £50,000 on an amp
etc. The best upgrade I've done is to put some gasket material under my
amp. Although I must admit the gasket had a working pressure of 600 bar
and it is quite thick. The difference in sound quality is immediate.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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>> I'm told for analogue audio interconnects it can sometimes make a small
>> difference. It's not worth £3000 though. My ears aren't that good. :-P
>
> Not £3000 pounds worth, I agree, unless you've spent £50,000 on an amp
> etc. The best upgrade I've done is to put some gasket material under my
> amp. Although I must admit the gasket had a working pressure of 600 bar
> and it is quite thick. The difference in sound quality is immediate.
The best upgrade I've done was to buy a pair of £100 Sennheiser
headphones instead of listening to music on the 40-year old speakers my
bedroom is equipped with.
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On 18/11/2010 1:01 PM, Invisible wrote:
> The best upgrade I've done was to buy a pair of £100 Sennheiser
> headphones instead of listening to music on the 40-year old speakers my
> bedroom is equipped with.
That is a good buy.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> put some gasket material under my amp.
Under the *amp*? I could understand under the turntable or under the
speakers, but what does padding have to do with an amp?
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Serving Suggestion:
"Don't serve this any more. It's awful."
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On 18/11/2010 4:23 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> put some gasket material under my amp.
>
>
> Under the *amp*? I could understand under the turntable or under the
> speakers, but what does padding have to do with an amp?
>
It beats me?
My wife is the hi fi buff, I just do the lifting and wiring. If it were
left to me, I’d still be using bell wire.
I’ve got two mats and when the bearing went on my turntable, I put one
under the amp. The change in tone was instant, you could place the
orchestral instruments much better.
The only thing I can think of is by insulating the amp further it
reduced the sonic feedback which in turn stops the amp microphone-ing.
(if that is even a word?)
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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