*camera close-up on PhilS widens to reveal null_pointer_us in the background*

Quote: Originally Posted by hybris Actually, that's not entirely true if you have an audio / PCM stream without error correction (I'm amazed and baffled that anyone would design and implement such a thing, but that is the only logic explanation to audible differences in digital cables)...

Quote: Originally Posted by Arainach Oh come ON. First of all, let me address this:It IS and has been for over a decade. Well, it's ALWAYS been a separate divison, but the line has been quite hard and firm for over a decade. Microsoft's applications don't use any APIs that aren't...

I've seen it affect the operation of devices. Molex connectors have this tendency to bunch up inside; when this happens, sometimes one or more of the wires will pop out enough that they're not making reliable contact. This will lead to case fans not starting, "missing" drives, etc. I have no...

IMO, Windows 7 (beta) > Vista SP2 RC0 > Vista SP1 > XP (any SP) > 2000 > Vista RTM But for my tastes, Linux > Windows, just for sheer configurability and flexibility. - full support for multiple virtual desktops, remote desktop, and remote access - much less need for...

You're welcome. But how could you possibly expect to verify something from an ebay listing? Some obvious answers: - buy one product and examine it, like I implied - check the feedback - do a google search on the seller's name for buyer complaints With 100k+ feedback, IIRC, it's not...

Original CDs are pressed/stamped, right? Copies are "burned." EDIT 1: interesting article on CD manufacturing EDIT 2: how to tell an original CD from a copy It would make sense that the drive could tell the difference, given that the discs are physically quite different.

Really, you skeptics should be more open-minded. Not everyone who disagrees with you is blind! That kind of certainty has the not-so-subtle stench of arrogance about it. Honestly, this kind of my-way-or-the-highway stuff has killed the forums. It's no longer possible to discuss...

Quote: Originally Posted by gregorio There are no standards and cannot be any standards with dynamic range. Different genres of music and films have different dynamic ranges. A drama is not going to have the same dynamic range as say a war film and a string quartet is not going to have...

Lock thread?

(moving into a PM)

I feared it would end this way. Mass suicide.

Some forums leave "Moved: <thread title here>" and "Deleted: <thread title here>" entries behind just to show what's been done so that people aren't left wondering what happened.

Quote: Originally Posted by scompton Vista has been driving me crazy. Two nights ago, I installed a Windows update and went to bed. When I got home the next evening, the computer had been blue screening on boot up over and over all day. The blue screen cleared too fast for me to see...

Anywhere between ~0% and 100%, depending on the equipment, options, expected improvement per additional dollar, etc. For example, I'd be willing to pay 100% of headphone cost for a cable that I expected would provide a great improvement in quality, but I wouldn't be willing to pay 20% for a...

hybris, that is an excellent idea! EDIT: But remember we're (meaning everyone on all sides of this cable discussion) are still annoying the heck out of PhilS and some other posters by being off-topic. I considered contacting one of the moderators to have these posts moved to a new thread...

*sigh* Hey, don't everyone jump on him at once. Give him time to respond.

Quote: Originally Posted by royalcrown It's not logically impossible (though I'm not convinced that it's beyond current scientific understanding either). A logical impossibility directly results from a contradiction, and is determined a priori. The statement "Digital cables make an...

Quote: Originally Posted by PhilS Should I hit the Report Post button on the immediately preceding post? Or maybe I should go all the way back to post #27? I was asked questions by someone, and I answered them. Why pick on me and forget about the people who are interacting...

Quote: Originally Posted by sacd lover But clearly something that seems impossible is possible. Well, "clearly," it's not "seems impossible"; it's "is impossible." Quote: Just as you want to claim the bumblebee flying defies current scientific understanding ... The...

OK, you're a corporation in need of $500 billion USD bailout, and I'm your unscrupulous CEO. I figure we'll get some of those new GM/Segway personal transports, do a quick photo-op race around the floor of Congress a few times to make the politicos happy, and then the remaining $499.99...

Quote: Originally Posted by Aimless1 Null, people are simply disagreeing with you. No need to take everything so personally. No, they're also misrepresenting me, which annoys me because I look bad if I don't respond. In retrospect, I suppose I look even worse to them, for having...

I'd appreciate it if everyone stopped talking about it (here), but they don't, so I keep responding to them. This in answer to the question of why, not necessarily about who's responsible for it.

Quote: Originally Posted by sacd lover That bumblebees can fly contradicts logic too .... but they do. IIRC, that bumblebees can fly contradicts current scientific understanding of flight, not logic, which becomes no less valid with the passage of time. If critical thinking ever...

Do you hit the Report Post button when you see one? Just out of curiosity, which people are the "certain objectivists" you are talking about?