I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen. o_O

(You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal 
human being would...)

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen. o_O
>
> (You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal 
> human being would...)

I was working on improving my lighting skills with 3D scenes, and re-reading 
Jeremy Birn's book at night before bed. I woke up one morning, after the sun 
came up, looked at the ceiling, and my first thought was, "I gotta turn down 
the ambient inclusion in here."

Another time, I was looking at arranging some refrigerator magnets for a 
still life photograph. I got the composition about like I wanted, then I 
thought, "If I turn off the shadow on that one light, it'll be just about 
right." Fortunately, I realized what I was thinking before I actually went 
looking for the "no shadow" switch on the light fixture...

:D

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen. o_O
>
> (You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal
> human being would...)

A colleague of mine once tried to close a real life window, which happened to be
exactly above his monitor when opened, by trying to click on it with his mouse
cursor. He was wondering why he couldn't move the mouse to the other screen.

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Oh, and sometimes I try to open my office door with the keyless remote to my 
car. I'll look at the thing and try to figure out why it's not working for a 
moment, even.

Ah, technology. :)

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"Captain Jack" <Cap### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:4ae01fae$1@news.povray.org...
>
> Oh, and sometimes I try to open my office door with the keyless remote to my
> car. I'll look at the thing and try to figure out why it's not working for a
> moment, even.
>
> Ah, technology. :)

I once paused during a cellphone conversation with someone... because I couldn't
find my phone. I actually said, down the line, "I've lost my phone" before I
worked it out.

Not quite like the above examples, but technology-related stupidity nonetheless!

:)

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Captain Jack wrote:

> Oh, and sometimes I try to open my office door with the keyless remote to my 
> car. I'll look at the thing and try to figure out why it's not working for a 
> moment, even.
> 
> Ah, technology. :)

Gentlemen, I think we have a winner...

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Invisible wrote:
> I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen. o_O

I think the worst I ever got was a housemate in college trying to get 
something opened or closed, grumbling "Come on you piece of crap, open 
already" or some such. When he finally got it open, he said "Sorry, I 
sometimes talk to inanimate objects."  I said "No problem. I expect them to 
answer."

-- 
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   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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Invisible wrote:
> I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen. o_O
> 
> (You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal 
> human being would...)

Sometimes when drawing or writing on real paper, I'll make a mistake and 
then immediately try to hit undo. Makes a person feel a bit silly ;)

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I was reading a gaming magazine today, and at one place there was a
sentence which was colored differently from the rest. I swear that for
a second I had an urge to test if it's a link by clicking on it... after
which I remembered I'm reading a real magazine, not a webpage.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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Captain Jack wrote:
> Oh, and sometimes I try to open my office door with the keyless remote to my 
> car. I'll look at the thing and try to figure out why it's not working for a 
> moment, even.

I've done that too.

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Warp wrote:
>   I was reading a gaming magazine today, and at one place there was a
> sentence which was colored differently from the rest. I swear that for
> a second I had an urge to test if it's a link by clicking on it... after
> which I remembered I'm reading a real magazine, not a webpage.

LOL! I read somewhere that a guy was reading a magazine and glanced at 
the bottom-right corner of the page expecting to find out the time...

-- 
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Orchid XP v8 schrieb:

> LOL! I read somewhere that a guy was reading a magazine and glanced at 
> the bottom-right corner of the page expecting to find out the time...

Yeah - those puzzled moments when you wonder why the time doesn't seem 
to make sense... "73... huh? Is that AM or PM?"

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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:02:37 +0100, Invisible wrote:

> I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen.
> o_O
> 
> (You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal
> human being would...)

The first thing that comes to mind here is looking for the "rewind" 
button when listening to the radio.  Or looking for the "skip back 15 
seconds" button for my radio because I use that a fair amount on my DVR.

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> The first thing that comes to mind here is looking for the "rewind"
> button when listening to the radio.

Get the latest iPod Nano and that will actually work :)

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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:07:38 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> The first thing that comes to mind here is looking for the "rewind"
>> button when listening to the radio.
> 
> Get the latest iPod Nano and that will actually work :)

Does the new Nano have an AM/FM receiver in it?  If so, that's cool - 
unfortunately, the way Apple has been trying to break compatibility with 
Linux with their latest products, I'm not sure I will ever buy an iPod 
(the 1g mini that I have was given to me about 6 years ago).

Jim

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Yeah, happened to me too :-)

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When I'm reading anything on real paper looking for something I 
sometimes think "where the hell is the search window?" :-D

And when I'm watching a movie on TV I also search for the "rewind" to 
check out again a certain scene as I do on the DVD Player :-)

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Does the new Nano have an AM/FM receiver in it?  If so, that's cool -

FM receiver and ability to pause and rewind what you listen :)

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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:27:23 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Does the new Nano have an AM/FM receiver in it?  If so, that's cool -
> 
> FM receiver and ability to pause and rewind what you listen :)

Handy.  My next media player, I'll have to look for something like 
that. :-)

Jim

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On 10/22/2009 10:13 AM, Captain Jack wrote:

> Oh, and sometimes I try to open my office door with the keyless remote to my
> car. I'll look at the thing and try to figure out why it's not working for a
> moment, even.
>
> Ah, technology. :)

I've done that on several occasions with my apartment. Click the unlock 
button, grab the door handle and turn. Door won't open. Hmmm. Oh, yeah, 
keys. Then click the lock button on the car's remote, and enter the 
apartment in the usual way.

-- 
~Mike

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stbenge wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen. 
>> o_O
>>
>> (You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal 
>> human being would...)
> 
> Sometimes when drawing or writing on real paper, I'll make a mistake and 
> then immediately try to hit undo. Makes a person feel a bit silly ;)

I want a Ctrl Z for RL

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:02:37 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> 
>> I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen.
>> o_O
>>
>> (You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal
>> human being would...)
> 
> The first thing that comes to mind here is looking for the "rewind" 
> button when listening to the radio.  Or looking for the "skip back 15 
> seconds" button for my radio because I use that a fair amount on my DVR.
> 
> Jim

You need to get an “internet radio” the pause feature is useful. :)

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:27:23 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Does the new Nano have an AM/FM receiver in it?  If so, that's cool -
>> FM receiver and ability to pause and rewind what you listen :)
> 
> Handy.  My next media player, I'll have to look for something like 
> that. :-)
> 
> Jim

In the UK we have DAB 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting
My Pure EVOKE Flow can receive DAB, FM and internet radio stations :D

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Stephen wrote:

> I want a Ctrl Z for RL

Ethan: Ooo... is there a save-point before that?!
Lilah: There *are* no save-points with girls, honey. ;-)

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Stephen wrote:

> You need to get an “internet radio” the pause feature is useful. :)

I've never been able to find a station with a bitrate low enough that it 
will play reliably. All I get is constant drop-outs and stuttering...

-- 
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> 
>> You need to get an “internet radio” the pause feature is useful. :)
> 
> I've never been able to find a station with a bitrate low enough that it 
> will play reliably. All I get is constant drop-outs and stuttering...
> 

What sort of DAB radio do you have does it have a signal strength 
indicator? MK should have OK reception.
Most people want a high bitrate to get better quality audio :P


-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen

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>>> You need to get an “internet radio” the pause feature is useful. :)
>>
>> I've never been able to find a station with a bitrate low enough that 
>> it will play reliably. All I get is constant drop-outs and stuttering...
>>
> 
> What sort of DAB radio do you have does it have a signal strength 
> indicator? MK should have OK reception.

I wasn't talking about DAB (that works fine). I was talking about 
"Internet radio stations" which stream audio data over the Internet 
using something like Shoutcast.

> Most people want a high bitrate to get better quality audio :P

You'd think not dropping out every few seconds would count as "better 
audio quality". :-P

But then, you'd think they would design Shoutcast so that it receives a 
smoothly playable signal in preference to receiving every byte of data 
before it will play, so......

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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:20:33 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> stbenge wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>>> I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen.
>>> o_O
>>>
>>> (You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal
>>> human being would...)
>> 
>> Sometimes when drawing or writing on real paper, I'll make a mistake
>> and then immediately try to hit undo. Makes a person feel a bit silly
>> ;)
> 
> I want a Ctrl Z for RL

Suspend, or undo version? ;-)

Jim

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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:30:10 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:27:23 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> 
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Does the new Nano have an AM/FM receiver in it?  If so, that's cool -
>>> FM receiver and ability to pause and rewind what you listen :)
>> 
>> Handy.  My next media player, I'll have to look for something like
>> that. :-)
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> In the UK we have DAB
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting My Pure EVOKE
> Flow can receive DAB, FM and internet radio stations :D

We're starting to get digital FM here now as well.... :-)

Jim

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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:24:01 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> You need to get an “internet radio” the pause feature is useful. :)

I've got an old Linksys one, but it's ability to tune in 'net radio 
stations is somewhat limited (the model is discontinued).

Might be something to look into if I get a bonus this year.

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:20:33 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
> 
> Suspend, or undo version? ;-)

Both of them, thank you.

> Jim

-Aero

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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:34:00 +0000, Eero Ahonen wrote:

>>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
>> 
>> Suspend, or undo version? ;-)
> 
> Both of them, thank you.

LOL

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> You need to get an “internet radio” the pause feature is useful. :)
>>>
>>> I've never been able to find a station with a bitrate low enough that 
>>> it will play reliably. All I get is constant drop-outs and stuttering...
>>>
>>
>> What sort of DAB radio do you have does it have a signal strength 
>> indicator? MK should have OK reception.
> 
> I wasn't talking about DAB (that works fine). I was talking about 
> "Internet radio stations" which stream audio data over the Internet 
> using something like Shoutcast.
> 

I generally only use the BBC I-player, real player or media player. I 
seldom have any of those problems. Post a link and I’ll check how it 
sounds for me.

>> Most people want a high bitrate to get better quality audio :P
> 
> You'd think not dropping out every few seconds would count as "better 
> audio quality". :-P
> 

Yoy would indeed :)

> But then, you'd think they would design Shoutcast so that it receives a 
> smoothly playable signal in preference to receiving every byte of data 
> before it will play, so......
> 

That doesn’t seem right to me are you sure you’ve set it up correctly or 
are you using the right tool?
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	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:20:33 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> stbenge wrote:
>>> Invisible wrote:
>>>> I just tried to double-click a word on the page with my hilighter pen.
>>>> o_O
>>>>
>>>> (You know, rather than dragging the pen across the word like a normal
>>>> human being would...)
>>> Sometimes when drawing or writing on real paper, I'll make a mistake
>>> and then immediately try to hit undo. Makes a person feel a bit silly
>>> ;)
>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
> 
> Suspend, or undo version? ;-)
> 
> Jim

Undo will do for me ;)

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:30:10 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:27:23 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>> Does the new Nano have an AM/FM receiver in it?  If so, that's cool -
>>>> FM receiver and ability to pause and rewind what you listen :)
>>> Handy.  My next media player, I'll have to look for something like
>>> that. :-)
>>>
>>> Jim
>> In the UK we have DAB
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting My Pure EVOKE
>> Flow can receive DAB, FM and internet radio stations :D
> 
> We're starting to get digital FM here now as well.... :-)
> 
> Jim

The biggest problem here is that broadcasters squeeze too many stations 
onto one channel making the bitrate too low for, Hi Fi OK for pop music 
though </distain>. There is also a problem with the DACs used, not 
suitable for medium or high end hi Fi systems. They sound OK on budget 
and low, medium end ones but the better the quality of system you’ve got 
the harsher they sound when you play them.



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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:24:01 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> You need to get an “internet radio” the pause feature is useful. :)
> 
> I've got an old Linksys one, but it's ability to tune in 'net radio 
> stations is somewhat limited (the model is discontinued).
> 
> Might be something to look into if I get a bonus this year.
> 
> Jim

The fun thing to do is to have a FM radio in one room tuned into the 
same digital station, in another room. There is a time delay on the 
digital one so you get some strange effects. :)

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> I want a Ctrl Z for RL

^Z for undo? Or ^z for EOF?  Because we already have the latter.

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   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:23:54 +0000, Stephen wrote:

>>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
>> 
>> Suspend, or undo version? ;-)
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> Undo will do for me ;)

I'd take that as well. :-)

Jim

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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:01:39 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Stephen wrote:
>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
> 
> ^Z for undo? Or ^z for EOF?  Because we already have the latter.

LOL, forgot about that one. :-)

Jim

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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:37:20 +0000, Stephen wrote:

>> We're starting to get digital FM here now as well....
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> The biggest problem here is that broadcasters squeeze too many stations
> onto one channel making the bitrate too low for, Hi Fi OK for pop music
> though </distain>. There is also a problem with the DACs used, not
> suitable for medium or high end hi Fi systems. They sound OK on budget
> and low, medium end ones but the better the quality of system you’ve got
> the harsher they sound when you play them.

Yeah, I've not started looking yet to see what kinds of bitrates we get 
here, but one of the problems with the move from analog to digital - in 
general - is a loss of quality and "pixelation" of the sound.  It becomes 
very apparent at low bitrates (natch), but a trained ear can hear it at 
high bitrates, too.

Jim

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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:43:32 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:24:01 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>> 
>>> You need to get an “internet radio” the pause feature is useful. :)
>> 
>> I've got an old Linksys one, but it's ability to tune in 'net radio
>> stations is somewhat limited (the model is discontinued).
>> 
>> Might be something to look into if I get a bonus this year.
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> The fun thing to do is to have a FM radio in one room tuned into the
> same digital station, in another room. There is a time delay on the
> digital one so you get some strange effects. :)

That would be interesting.... :-)

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:01:39 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
>> ^Z for undo? Or ^z for EOF?  Because we already have the latter.
> 
> LOL, forgot about that one. :-)
> 

Me too

^g^g^g     ^g^g^g^g^g  <UK ring tone> :-)

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	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:23:54 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> 
>>>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
>>> Suspend, or undo version? ;-)
>>>
>>> Jim
>> Undo will do for me ;)
> 
> I'd take that as well. :-)
> 

^z ^z ^z Now I'm 19 yo ;)


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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:

> Yeah, I've not started looking yet to see what kinds of bitrates we get 
> here, but one of the problems with the move from analog to digital - in 
> general - is a loss of quality and "pixelation" of the sound.  It becomes 
> very apparent at low bitrates (natch), but a trained ear can hear it at 
> high bitrates, too.
> 

Not much of a problem with speech but don’t believe that they will keep 
the initial bitrate for ever :(


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	Stephen

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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:51:58 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:01:39 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>> 
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
>>> ^Z for undo? Or ^z for EOF?  Because we already have the latter.
>> 
>> LOL, forgot about that one. :-)
>> 
>> 
> Me too
> 
> ^g^g^g     ^g^g^g^g^g  <UK ring tone> :-)

LOL, I may have to set my phone to use that. ;-)

Jim

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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:54:36 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:23:54 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>> 
>>>>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
>>>> Suspend, or undo version? ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>> Undo will do for me ;)
>> 
>> I'd take that as well. :-)
>> 
>> 
> ^z ^z ^z Now I'm 19 yo ;)

That means you're 21? ;-)

Jim

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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:58:40 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> Yeah, I've not started looking yet to see what kinds of bitrates we get
>> here, but one of the problems with the move from analog to digital - in
>> general - is a loss of quality and "pixelation" of the sound.  It
>> becomes very apparent at low bitrates (natch), but a trained ear can
>> hear it at high bitrates, too.
>> 
>> 
> Not much of a problem with speech but don’t believe that they will keep
> the initial bitrate for ever :(

Yeah, speech wouldn't have much of a problem with lower bitrates,  Now 
I'm curious, though, going to have to check the local stations.

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:54:36 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:23:54 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
>>>>> Suspend, or undo version? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>> Undo will do for me ;)
>>> I'd take that as well. :-)
>>>
>>>
>> ^z ^z ^z Now I'm 19 yo ;)
> 
> That means you're 21? ;-)
> 

Yes! (Arrg! My nose!) :-)


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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:51:58 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> 
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:01:39 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>>> I want a Ctrl Z for RL
>>>> ^Z for undo? Or ^z for EOF?  Because we already have the latter.
>>> LOL, forgot about that one. :-)
>>>
>>>
>> Me too
>>
>> ^g^g^g     ^g^g^g^g^g  <UK ring tone> :-)
> 
> LOL, I may have to set my phone to use that. ;-)
> 

I remember when I was about ^z ^z ^z +2 yo I made a tape loop for a 
teletype 33 with that had that sequence. It sounded ok over the noise in 
the factory. :twisted:

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	Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:58:40 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, I've not started looking yet to see what kinds of bitrates we get
>>> here, but one of the problems with the move from analog to digital - in
>>> general - is a loss of quality and "pixelation" of the sound.  It
>>> becomes very apparent at low bitrates (natch), but a trained ear can
>>> hear it at high bitrates, too.
>>>
>>>
>> Not much of a problem with speech but don’t believe that they will keep
>> the initial bitrate for ever :(
> 
> Yeah, speech wouldn't have much of a problem with lower bitrates,  Now 
> I'm curious, though, going to have to check the local stations.
> 
> Jim

 >:)

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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