It would be easy to make too much out of this... If I read things right, the actual method for extracting the keys is rather shadowy and likely requires some pretty heavy duty processor time or finesse. (Though no where near what it would take by brute force!) Though I'm sure that lists will be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Azure First impressions can be deceiving, but can they be THIS deceiving (I mean, has anyone ever listened to the PS-1 with an SDS-XLR and said "Where's the bass?")? Yep, there's so much that goes into audio perception (particularly during a short...

Wow! I didn't expect so many great and interesting responses. Head-fi remains one of the better places around for totally random questions. Anyway, I'm digging through the various suggestions now, but I think that I'm going to take SIBurning's advice and try to find a store with a good...

Well the time has come, one of my old college era kitchen knives snapped apart in my hand today. It was a cheapy, so no big loss... but looking at the others, my guess is that none of my kitchen knives are long for this world. So it's time to buy something better... but I have no idea what! I...

I've been having the same problem with <evil> and <veryevil> It's really annoying. But the smiley faces are working fine for me otherwise.

oooo.... So very cheap... do I need one of these? No... but am I going to buy one anyway... probably! Actually it would be nice to have, my old pocket knife is looking pretty worn these days. The poor things been through a lot over the years... maybe it's time to retire it to the glove...

Quote: Originally Posted by skyline889 Wow, and reasonably priced too, thanks! Anytime, man. Those actually look pretty sweet for the price. I like that you don't have to mangle the end of the cable to get it to work.

I've only seen one banana plug that can go up that big (there are probably others... but nothing else comes to mind) and that is one from LOK. Tracked down a little linkage for you: http://www.homegrownaudio.com/banana_plugs.htm http://www.hollandlink.nl/E_frame.ht..._grp_11-1.html...

Basically a non-balanced cable has two conductors/channel: signal & ground (often the shield) A balanced cable, on the other hand, has three conductors/channel: +signal, -signal & ground (which can be the shield) By splitting the signal into out of phase +/- components you allow for much...

I celebrate it... but purely as a secular lets all get together and have a nice time way... Even when I was religious, it always seemed like a pretty secular holiday. I guess my feelings are summed up by a quote from the Dilbert animated series... Here is butchered version of it (can't seem...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hevimees Or one could use the regular sized Lego blocks and build little houses with a hole in the middle for the cable... I wonder where my chidlhood Legos are... Now that's a good idea! How about building a lego version of the great wall of china to...

I actually kind of like Christmas music so long as the following rules are followed: 1) No Christmas music shall be played prior to December 7th 2) No Christmas music shall be played in office building, salons or virtually anyplace else where people will be forced to listen to it while not...

I've always been partial to these (http://www.redco.com/shopexd.asp?id=707) myself.

Quote: Originally Posted by mbriant blip. Perhaps your argument should be taken up with civilization as a whole. While you're at it, ask them why we wear clothing on warm days. . Point taken on some level. (Though that used to bug me to no end as well! It is so pointless...but...

Quote: Originally Posted by vagarach edit: Seems Malkovich has a huge resume. I'm still wondering how he managed it. Obviously other people think he's good! I'd say that most of the critical reaction to Malkovich has been good, even superlative. (Check out say Dangerous Liaisons...

Quote: Originally Posted by mr_baseball_08 I think anyone with a bit of maturity realizes that "simple fact" is true, but there are words that society, as a whole, feels shouldn't be allowed in a PG environment. If you had kids, you wouldn't just walk around spouting out obscenities...

My mother is a professional musician and I once seriously considered it, so this is something that I've thought a lot about over the years. I think that the only people who should become full-time musicians are those for whom doing anything else would be denying who they are at their very...

Quote: Originally Posted by Zanth Here is a nice way of saying it: we have rules here; every single member agreed to those rules upon registration. If one does not like said rules, the door is open, don't let it hit you on the way out. Uhh... Dude... no need to get angry about...

Quote: Originally Posted by Zanth If one should not or would not say something in front of or to a parent/grandparent/civil authority/pastor/priest/rabbi/head of state...then don't write it here either. Apparently you haven't met my parent/grandparent/civil...

Quote: Originally Posted by 1967cutlass It's the ****ing internet, censorship is so hit and miss that sometimes I wonder if any amount of "protection" is really doing anything. Funny thing is, I've never quite been clear what good the "protection" was supposed to do in the first...

Quote: Originally Posted by episiarch I noticed the other day that the Terms of Use say in part, In view of the seven-letter word I heard on ER the other week I suspect that guideline may be due for some tweaking. Seven-letter? Anconal? Ethinyl?

Eragon is a series? Sweet mother of bose. I thought it was just a bosey idea for a movie made by people who are so stupid that they cannot spell "dragon". (Or more likely think that dragons are stereotypical so in a pathetic move believe that they can set themselves apart by mispelling the word)...

Yep... Probably snake oil... but easy to manufacture snake oil! Just add oil and.... ummm... snake. I doubt capacitance is really enough of an issue to warrant these things... but maybe microphonics could be? It seems reasonable that it would help with such things... but enough to be...

Hey that's pretty cool looking Asr! What are those things called and how much do they cost, if you don't mind me asking?

Hard to say what is the best but my vote might go to Massive Attack - Mezzanine or Martin Gore - Counterfeit2. But the Harmonia Mundi Mozart Requiem is probably the best I've heard in absolute terms.