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Comment: Re:You Don't Know Nothin (Score 1) 849

by Eater on Wednesday November 18 2009, @11:53AM (#30144424) Attached to: Can We Really Tell Lossless From MP3?

Most popular works produced in this decade are already so compressed that you can't tell much difference between the original and a recording of it having been compressed yet again

I agree with your premises, but you are conflating two unrelated phenomena that have the same name -- 1) the dynamic range compression that audio engineers do in the studio (and in live arenas), which minimizes volume changes in the sound; and 2) data compression, which MP3 encoders do and which affects file size but not dynamic range.

The Worst Jobs In Science 0

Submitted by Eater on Friday January 23 2009, @01:54PM

Eater writes "Popular Science has published its annual roundup of the worst jobs in science. Fancy collecting leeches on your body? How about being an Anal-Wart Researcher or a Tampon Squeezer? Maybe a Microsoft Security Grunt?"

First Look at Palm's New Linux-Based Smartphone-> 0

Submitted by Eater on Thursday January 08 2009, @06:16PM

Eater writes "At CES today, Palm announced their new Pre smartphone, the first device to use their innovative Linux-based "WebOS". Instead of choosing an application from a menu or launcher, the OS responds to typed input, selecting the most likely application based on whether you're typing a contact name, phone number, email address, search keyword, date, and so forth. Sounds intriguing, but we'll see how it stacks up."
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