On 08/11/2011 11:00 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Indeed.  I've got a pair of full-sized Bose headphones that I quite like,
> especially for traveling.  If I look like a dork wearing them, so be it -
> I'll still be able to hear after flying on planes for a few years, even
> if I'm next to the engine.

It is not just reducing the noise level but cutting out the frequencies 
that irritate. You can feel the peace and quiet descending when you 
switch them on. And the sound quality is good too. What does annoy me 
about Bose is that my ear pads are wearing out as my glasses rubbing off 
the surface. Bose does not sell replacements. Grrr!

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     Stephen

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On 11/08/2011 02:48 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 08/11/2011 7:08 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>>> People think I'm wierd because I use my MP3 player with real,
>>>>> full-size
>>>>> headphones that produce something which can be described as "sound
>>>>> quality".
>>>>
>>>> If you do that in public, you look like a dork. No offense intended.
>>>
>>> Maybe in Finland.
>>> In the South East of England you look like someone who cares about what
>>> they are listening to.
>>
>> Erm... no. You still look like a dork. Unfortunately.
>>
>
> LOL
> But then, maybe I don't care.
> I probably travel more than most people or I am past caring what people
> think of me. I am an old hippie after all.
>
LOL ... same here, the old hippie part anyways, just add pony-tail and a 
fedora, and that would be me ... je ne give a shit pas ;-)

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On 09/11/2011 7:38 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Erm... no. You still look like a dork. Unfortunately.
>>>
>>
>> LOL
>> But then, maybe I don't care.
>
> You notice how I know I look like a dork, yet I still do it? ;-)
>

One man's dork is another man's hero.

> Life is all about priorities...
>

And potatoes. ;-)

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     Stephen

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On 09/11/2011 11:07 AM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
> LOL ... same here, the old hippie part anyways, just add pony-tail and a
> fedora, and that would be me ... je ne give a shit pas ;-)

I'm not swapping my Akubra for a fedora and I've kept my hair short 
since it started to go noticeably grey.

Here's tae us, wha's like us?
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     Stephen

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>>> Erm... no. You still look like a dork. Unfortunately.
>>>
>>
>> LOL
>> But then, maybe I don't care.
>> I probably travel more than most people or I am past caring what people
>> think of me. I am an old hippie after all.
>>
> LOL ... same here, the old hippie part anyways, just add pony-tail and a
> fedora, and that would be me ... je ne give a shit pas ;-)

I tried Fedora once, but I prefer Debian...

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On 11/09/2011 07:52 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>>> Erm... no. You still look like a dork. Unfortunately.
>>>>
>>>
>>> LOL
>>> But then, maybe I don't care.
>>> I probably travel more than most people or I am past caring what people
>>> think of me. I am an old hippie after all.
>>>
>> LOL ... same here, the old hippie part anyways, just add pony-tail and a
>> fedora, and that would be me ... je ne give a shit pas ;-)
>
> I tried Fedora once, but I prefer Debian...

LOL ... you goof ;-)

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>>> LOL ... same here, the old hippie part anyways, just add pony-tail and a
>>> fedora, and that would be me ... je ne give a shit pas ;-)
>>
>> I tried Fedora once, but I prefer Debian...
>
> LOL ... you goof ;-)

Well, you *were* talking about hippies... What's more hippy than Linux? ;-)

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On 11/09/2011 09:13 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>>> LOL ... same here, the old hippie part anyways, just add pony-tail
>>>> and a
>>>> fedora, and that would be me ... je ne give a shit pas ;-)
>>>
>>> I tried Fedora once, but I prefer Debian...
>>
>> LOL ... you goof ;-)
>
> Well, you *were* talking about hippies... What's more hippy than Linux? ;-)

tie-dyed t-shirts and sandals (Birkenstocks) to name a few ...

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On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:21:33 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 08/11/2011 11:00 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Indeed.  I've got a pair of full-sized Bose headphones that I quite
>> like,
>> especially for traveling.  If I look like a dork wearing them, so be it
>> -
>> I'll still be able to hear after flying on planes for a few years, even
>> if I'm next to the engine.
> 
> It is not just reducing the noise level but cutting out the frequencies
> that irritate. You can feel the peace and quiet descending when you
> switch them on. And the sound quality is good too. What does annoy me
> about Bose is that my ear pads are wearing out as my glasses rubbing off
> the surface. Bose does not sell replacements. Grrr!

I'm on my second pair of these (the QC2 over-the-ear model).  The first 
ones had a manufacturing defect that caused the plastic to break over one 
of the ear cups.  They were old enough that I had to pay for replacments 
(about 50% of the cost).

But yes, they're great.  I use them to drown out the cats (with suitable 
music) while working/writing.

One thing I found with them on planes, though, is that if I just plug 
them in, they reduce the ambient noise to the point where I can actually 
hear the flight attendant.  Some frequencies they make it easier to hear 
by reducing the lower-end noise in the cabin.

Jim

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>>> Anything that you can install Rockbox on supports Ogg Vorbis just fine.
>>
>> Sure. But installing Rockbox isn't exactly a trivial operation. And it's
>> not supported on every player on the market, only some of them.
>> (Fortunately, mine is supported.)
>
> That's the only thing that matters, then.
>
> Oh, and installation?  Yes, it's trivial.  Download the current release,
> run the app, plug the player in - and the installer takes care of it for
> you.

There's an installer now? Damn... when I put RockBox on my player, it 
was a major operation! (Or maybe my player is just less supported than 
some of the others...)

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