Yup, quack = cables almost immediately for some. I've got my bias, and will not go there. There's plenty of other 'WTF' stuff being offered that makes snake oil seem like a daily dose like a multivitamin....
Cable stands...try some blocks of wood before you spring for That. C'mon...it could be some nice walnut or zebrawood or teak. Have it CNC'd into whatever shape tickles you....
Magnets...huh? WHY? Sounds like black magic physics to me...
I'm waiting for 'spindizzy' something or another being offered. (See Heinlein's 'Cities in Space' novels, @ Wikipedia). Floating amps might cure Something we're not aware of....yet.... ;)
Yes, I'm trying to be 'funny'. Some seem to take umbrage at my sense of humour, asking if I'm on drugs. Well, currently, No. Got some? *L* |
folkfreak, no, that's Precisely what I meant, but just got my authors' 'spun'...to place a pun on my goof....
Memory fails....aging 'wetware'...along with all the other stuff. If it don't hurt, it don't work, more or less. *sigh*
Thanks for the correction, tho'...there's a little cartoon vid of a city taking off for those following the magic mouseklicks re Blish and the CIF series, BTB...major urban renewal technique potential there... ;) |
dlcockrum/Dave...No offense taken, so no problem exists. *G* As a southern CA native and a 'child of the 60's', much too laid back to take umbrage. Besides, I suspected there was a sly snicker in there... ;)
"A ridiculous motor"....Having grown up in and with L.A. 'kar kulture' (drag strips, highly 'massaged' vehicles, 'rat bikes'....you name it, I've seen and heard it...), I have too many clues as to what that could encompass. First thought was a nitro-burning 2 stroke bike motor....potentially a 'one run' motor...*HowwwwlBANG!* That could be expensive entertainment...;)
...but I have a rather odd take on things....*G*
Yeah, AVL's a cool place to hang one's hat. Got a brewery and good pizza joint a 10 min. stroll away from this desk.
I must show Restraint . Daily. *L* |
....but I'm merely an absurd, I mean, Observer. Yeah....that.... |
Dave, that certainly was a 'serious motivator' to be on the street, esp. in that chassis. It's always been the hp/lbs. ratio that makes the difference between the 'wannabe' and a Serious Slingshot. *G*
One of my fav memories of the era was witnessing a refrig white Lotus Elan having a 'vette pull up next to it, rumblin' and grumblin'. Light went green and the Elan sucked the doors off the 'vette It caught him, but didn't happen until 3rd gear. The ego scar had already been made...
The track here in AVL has become a bicycle track with a memorial to it's heritage beside it. One can only imagine what occurred 'back in the day'...and what the locals cooked up in the garages around here.....
"Telephone speakers as passive radiators...." OhhhK... Hmmm, then I should hold my breath to prevent my chest cavity from vibrating as well. Who knows how my mere presence is effecting what I'm hearing. Sounds like a wander into quantum physics where the act of observation effects the outcome. "Spooky action at a distance", my playing my music is effecting Yours whether or not you like it or not....
Mmmm....maybe that's why hi-end cables work....or don't. All this EM energy we're soaked in daily is making the quantum soup de jour roil 'n boil and make Debussy sound like Deadmau5. Just shows to go ya'...;)
You can sit there and think "Jerry's grip on Reality is getting pretty vague." Well, I knew that quite awhile ago and it actually helped. *L* When the theorists' are telling us that Reality (what a concept) resembles a hologram in some aspects, IMHO the mirrors in this funhouse were pretty bent before we showed up for the floor show. But my tin foil helmet is oxidising badly at this point from all the orgone energy on this forum.....*Really Big Smirk* |
geoffkait, yup, Something IS ruining the sound in the room....
...and I'd go absolutely giddy if it was shown to be Us. *LOL*
"System would sound great if it weren't for you. Please exit the room."
I could see a 'puter piping up with that little request in the not too distant future, what with active eq sensing programs already showing up in some devices. Since there's already sensors for games 'n stuff that 'watch' one's moves during play, I can see where that could be tied into a system that could sense where your are in the space and adjust eq and spatial response to follow you around. The buggers are starting to listen to us now already; what's next? Or, perhaps the better query, what are you afraid of? ;)
"Hey, Cortana. I feel like a bite.." *Argh!* "NO,NO, Nooo..."
Snake oiled BSOD....you, blue, and quite dead. "Well, he asked for it." |
*LOL* Geoff, that's just the sort of thing that makes me vacillate between amazement and mild paranoia. Things like that have an amazing tendency to just improve on us. There's research going on towards in 'mind control' of digital devices that potentially could 'read your thoughts'; I suppose one has to 'think out loud' at this time to 'get it's attention' and trigger the desired response. The obvious use would be for the handicapped... those who can't otherwise use hands, limbs, or any typical means to use a device, move about, or communicate...
Stephen Hawking comes to mind....one of the greatest thinkers of our era is able to share his thoughts and knowledge even now. If he was able to have further improvements on his devices, if that tech was more common to a broader user base, it borders on magic and myth...
"The lame walk, the halt speak, the blind see..." Truly practical magic. *S* It's wondrous to live in the era when that begins to become real...
...and then there's the YT vid of 2 iPhones held next to each other, listening to Siri talk to 'herself'. The conversation isn't terribly brilliant, but it's funny if only on the conceptual level. ;)
...and I think back to a Blue Man concert back in Houston some 12 years ago. The 'opening act' was 2 LED 'reader boards', one each stage left and right. They began with a simple 'conversation', one responding to the other.
It grew more involved....one became petulant, the other rather paranoid and argumentative. Obviously contrived and scripted, but it amused the audience and started levels of support and disdain, depending on where it went. A good distraction while the roadies 'tidied up'...
What would occur if there was some current AI's chatting it up? Would we still be amused? What if 'they' could respond to the audience, 'sense' their level of involvement? Where would it go....?
The Future. Live it, or live with it. Happens all the time...*G* Can't be stopped, not even paused...
What if our systems knew what you needed to hear? The TV lights up to what you read earlier, or merely heard about? The restaurant has your parties' meals waiting for you, just what y'all had in mind, Waiting for y'all to take your seats, the libation shaken, not stirred....;)
We may all be Borg eventually, but not in the STNG feared fashion....what if you could read your partners' mind? Your neighbors?
Would it be the 4 things I kid people about now, reading minds and why I gave it up?
"It's always basically the same 4 things....Money, Food, Sex, and Sleep. Not in any particular order..."
...but I'm just 'like that'... ;) Just random walking while awake, doing something else....*G* |
Sorry...off topic rant....I'm prone to that, lately....
Our current 'shared reality' is a bit too surreal for even my tastes of late. |
Andy, I'd feel better if we could....*L* I want the "I don't mind Lamp"....wait a minute, I already own some. You turn them on, and they don't flicker at me. Unless the utility is having a hiccup, that's OK. If I don't like white, there's colored bulbs.... Meanwhile, speaking of resonators.... https://www.audiogon.com/listings/acoustics-highend-novum-pmr-premium-mkii-room-acoustic-resonator-e...Some want to do it on purpose, and pay a premium to do so. Another "Say What?!" moment..... Buy some ART for the room, a couple of beautifully done bowls that 'float your boat' aesthetically. Something to 'take the minimalist edge off the cave'. I'd wager they'd do more or less the same thing; and if they didn't, move 'em into the living room or wherever.... They're pretty...for a nicely rendered sat dish....;) Can we blame all this on lead in the water, please? |
