Comment Pyramid scheme (Score 1) 158
why do i have this suspicion that the whole bitcoin is some elaborate, very drawn out, convoluted, mutated version of a pyramid scheme?
why do i have this suspicion that the whole bitcoin is some elaborate, very drawn out, convoluted, mutated version of a pyramid scheme?
You would do well to read the article just a bit more carefully
It can use the sensors to launch coordinated attacks. Not just deploy when it hears a certain sound.
on the other hand, i can't imagine astronauts being so picky with their coffee. Or if drinking is a good idea, being an astronaut.
maybe my mind is still 50 years back.
could you give some examples about what you say in the second paragraph?
the main idea is that in the chain source-amp-speakers-air-ear
the worst offenders are the speakers
one could raise a point saying that ears (and the air, perhaps, haven't done any measurements or even *seen* any) are even worse (psychoacoustics etcetcetc) but since we can't do anything about it we ignore them
Hm.
how does graduation, or fornication, affect perception of sound?
ever since i constructed the 200 L, 12" full-range speakers, i can hear details i could never hear before. MP3? screw that, i can tell if a cd has been properly recorded. metal? pointless. pop? even more so. it sounds clear and perfect, but it is like artificial food flavoring. Acoustic jazz (no electric guitar, eg)? yes. full orchestra? sweet sweet fulfillment.
I had sex 10 years ago for the first time and graduated high school 15 years ago, fwiw.
in relation to this topic, i am thinking of getting a turntable, see if the filters on DACs' outputs have any effect on stereo imaging (and for the first time in my life, excepting binaural audio which in itself is a *revelation*, i understood what it means, because you have to place your head in centimeter-exact position).
ignore the DAC the amp the source and everything...
and then there's the air between your ears and the speakers
another non-linearity
Best source?
not easy to translate greek in other languages, especially by people who do not understand greek. They mostly transliterated, they did not translate. iirc the original word was ÏαÏμαÎÎÏÏ? In that case a rough translation is "the one who poisons".
they'll reply "god isn't 'somebody', he is god"
That's why i initially said it's a flawed way to keep a site up.
I think the greatest mistake in the history of computing is microsoft releasing a stupid OS for a multitasking-multiuser capable cpu (286). It became ridiculously popular and the desktop computer managed to make the leap and go multitasking (amongst other things) more than a decade later, which, in computer terms, is longer than forever.
Yeah, but this time, the ISA is complete, the *actual hardware* though doesn't exist and it is not very likely it will change a lot (besides bugs and optimisations, i would guess).
so the design exists, the software is ready for it (as ready as it can be, considering that only the specification exists) but a hardware instance doesn't yet exist.
Sorry i can't describe it any more accurate, english is not my mother tongue.
Must be one of the few times in history where the software was ready to run before the actual hardware existed.
is not the manufacturing. it's "working" it.
it is not art. it is not gaming. it is a business.
Recent investments will yield a slight profit.