And what happens to you when you sell fake dope to the mafia? You get taken out, kind of like, you know, what happened to them? *harumpf* *cough*... Maybe Kim Jong Un got pissed he wasted an hour downloading a file full of anti-piracy ads!

The whole lame-brained idea of dilution of the "stolen" or "illegal" product, so "buyers" won't know if they are getting the "genuine illegal" product or not is not going to stop anyone, and usually people with half a brain will know approximate file sizes, so they won't waste their time trying to download a 3 GB MP3 file... Duh...

They were used on belt-driven tables, too. I have a Thorens that is belt-drive and it has a strobe.

Actually the grid frequency is very stable, it has to be, so that generators going on and off-line don't fight for dominance against the "inertia" of the grid (a Bad Thing). Any variation in the grid frequency would cause a change in the strobe speed, not the turntable speed, but would give (very slightly) incorrect readings due to that. However, the grid varies only +/- 0.1 Hz on the average, so that tiny difference would not be noticeable by most people. With a scope or a frequency counter, maybe...

Usually, not. The cheap idler-wheel and C-Frame motor (think BSR) turntables had AC synchronous motors, and could not have their speed adjusted short of changing the AC electrical grid frequency, and that ain't gonna happen. Those were fixed speed, but had different "gearing" ratios to provide multiple speeds.

Yes, I positioned it highly so it would be seen. However, you don't get Karma from humor., so get some Karma of your own!

Butthurt? ITHINKSO. Until your moronic karma-jealous comment hit, mine was pretty much being ignored... So, thanks!

Not to mention how the hell are we gonna clean weed on CD covers or iPods?

You could de-seed a whole oz. in 5 minutes on a good double album and a card back in the day.

But then, the weed today isn't half seeds like it used to be, either...

Stroboscope. Or, stroboscopic rings. The intervals were set so a 60 Hz flash of a neon lamp would, at the right speed, stand still. There was a set of 2-4 rings, one for each speed the turntable would do.

Pink Floyd and Yes covers FTW. Hipgnosis and Roger Dean were gods!

And fizzy rockets! Lots of fizzy rockets!!!

Actually, that would be an interesting poll!

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Likewise, welcome! We hams have so much to keep us busy these days, with SDR, digital voice modes, internet linking and relaying, etc. There's lots of overlap from the IT world, as computers are playing a much larger part in the ham radio world these days. There is still the antique brigades, too - they still get goose bumps working some far away land on 5 watts using CW (what real hams call the code). Then there are the VHF/UHF/Repeater types like myself that like playing with the latest $7000 government/military/public safety radios. Then, there's the weather spotters, SkyWarn, ARES and RACES services. Basically, there are so many facets to Ham radios nowadays, there is something of interest for just about everyone. Congratulations!

My bud had the same issue. Several shots from his .45 ACP, and guess what - the next day they replaced the transformer!

You mean your browser was trying to access the internet?? Oh, the horror!

Sounds like a decent solution, we have a similar issue with our space telescopes in the US, so we have a radio quiet zone to deal with it. However, the residents are simply required to make do without WiFi, cellular broadband, etc.

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Hah - you should be glad you didn't get one! We ordered one a few years ago and the damn thing was only 6 pounds! It was only slightly larger than a chicken. The company was so embarrassed they were so tiny they sent along another bird, I think it was a domestic turkey, about 12-15 pounder. The meat was okay, but not worth the over $100 price tag (this was a few years ago...).

Which guy were you talking about, again? I can't seem to tell the difference, as your statement applies equally to both...

You forgot...

4) Profit!!