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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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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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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Tapping midway between beats with variable accuracy is NOT valid. ;-)
Of course it is. It's called jazz.
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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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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> 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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nemesis wrote:
> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>
> youtube sucks...
...is something supposed to happen?
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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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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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>>> 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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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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