[Ableza]

I don't drink! I'm doomed...!!!

Indeed if you don't drink anything you are. And pretty shortly.

 

[G0rt]

 

[StimpyWan]

Indeed if you don't drink anything you are. And pretty shortly.

I drink the proper southern drink; iced tea. But, it'll kill ya' just as fast, with all the sugar in it...!

 

[porchwizard]

A problem we have in the US is that in most locations, there is usually only one provider for broadband internet, which is typically a conglomerate such as Comcast or AT&T whose goal is to maximize profit. As the only local provider, they operate as a monopoly with no competition and able to extort customers for maximum revenue, and they have little incentive to improve service or lower prices. These large corporations lobby politicians to minimize consumer protection and pushed some states to enact laws that ban local communities from creating their own municipal internet service.

When Google Fiber would begin installing in a new location, then surprise — the existing provider would suddenly drop prices and increase network speed. Funny what happens with competition. The internet providers did everything they could to hamper the expansion of Google Fiber, and they have succeeded. Google Fiber is no longer expanding to new locations.

Was reading this article about just that topic this morning. Made me sad, then frustrated, then angry As so many things these day seem to do.

 

[Ableza]

I drink the proper southern drink; iced tea. But, it'll kill ya' just as fast, with all the sugar in it...!

I'm from Missouri (the northernmost state of the South) and even as a kid I hated sweet tea. My mom thought I was really weird when I would go get a glass of water instead.

 

[Old Deaf Donkey]

Lautrec (Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa) used to say: "I only drink what's good. The good cannot do me bad, what?" I follow him, with the exception of his "Tremblement de Terre" - half absinthe and half cognac. No, sir.

 

[Rensek]

Have to admit I often wish I lived in Europe, where greed and politics don't exist, rather than in California.

I think the solution is America needs to embrace soccer (futbol)...

We would all be better off if we could stop acting like politics are soccer matches, and stop treating our political parties like teams/clubs.....

Ive had my coffee today wheres the whisky.

Music from my Schiit gear goes good with all beverages.

 

[AudioGal]

Yummmm! Beeeeerrrr!!! (said in her best Homer Simpson voice).

My Internet options may suck, but at least I live in a craft beer mecca. Vermont has become known for craft beers. We have one of the highest (if not the highest) number of craft breweries per capita in the USA. IPAs are very popular, to the point that a brewery we visited last summer up in Perth, Ontario had a beer that they described as their take on a "Vermont style IPA". Since life is really short, I'm gonna drink good beer, dammit!!

We are big beer aficionados, my wife likes to collect beer related stuff. We have 20+ linear feet of shelf space dedicated to pint glasses, mostly from breweries we've visited. Yeah, I love beer (only alcoholic beverage that I drink anymore). And while I love IPAs, I'm more of a stout/porter drinker. I like my beer, coffee and chocolate to match my soul - dark and bitter. Oh, almost forgot - also really like that funny green smelly grass like stuff, too! The green grass mod makes the music so much more involving!

 

[Jason Stoddard]

Okay, cease with the politics.

As I've said before, there are good and bad aspects to all places. And things are never as simple as you might like to think.

Again, with feeling: No politics. No saying "my place is better than yours." Stop it. If I have to delete any more posts like this, there will be bans.

Got it? Good.

 

[Ableza]

Okay, ...

Speaking of politics, will there be discussion about the transport during the livecast? If not planned already, that's my question. How's the transport coming along?

 

[Jason Stoddard]

Speaking of politics, will there be discussion about the transport during the livecast? If not planned already, that's my question. How's the transport coming along?

I'll discuss what I can, but it's basically...waiting for firmware to be fully developed and tested. This is a complex product.

 

[US Blues]

I'll discuss what I can, but it's basically...waiting for firmware to be fully developed and tested. This is a complex product.

Thanks Jason!

 

[KoshNaranek]

@Jason Stoddard as an aside, would there be any sense in another preamp thunderdome?

Perhaps with 6dj8 tube based Freya? Should be an easy conversion and my understanding is that those tubes have a lower noise floor and have a larger selection of new production tubes to roll with.

 

[tincanear]

@Jason Stoddard as an aside, would there be any sense in another preamp thunderdome?

Perhaps with 6dj8 tube based Freya? Should be an easy conversion and my understanding is that those tubes have a lower noise floor and have a larger selection of new production tubes to roll with.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-freya-impressions-and-tube-rolling-thread.832177/

 

[KoshNaranek]

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-freya-impressions-and-tube-rolling-thread.832177/

I have a first generation Freya already and I am aware of that thread. It is just that I have not found any new production octal tubes that I like. Once the NOS tubes are gone, that will be it.