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Comment Olde Teque (Score 1) 405

by knysisitis on Monday December 07, 2009 @10:11AM (#30352416) Attached to: Not All iPods — Vinyl and Turntables Gain Sales

So I've got this old tube home stereo integrated amp that I sometimes use with my turntable - it has a slider switch for selecting whether to use RIAA equalization when playing a record. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization/ has more detail, but it's basically a preset EQ to playback records encoded with it to help mastering so records can play better and longer. I think this EQ contributes to the "warmth" that people find so endearing in vinyl playback.

I find it hard to stomach what the RIAA has become today, especially when they were actually trying to help at one time, by making record playback more palatable starting in the '50s.

Time-Warner Considers Per-Gigabyte Service Fee, After iTunes 557

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 05, 2008 @10:23AM from the isn't-this-a-step-in-the-wrong-direction dept.

destinyland writes "Time-Warner is now mulling a plan to charge a per-gigabyte fee for internet service. A leaked memo reveals they're now watching how many gigabytes customers use in a 'consumption-based' pricing experiment in Texas, which we discussed early last month. The announced plan was that they were considering a tier-based approach, as opposed to per-gigabyte fees. 'As few as 5 percent of our customers use 50 percent of the network,' Time-Warner complains, with plans to cap usage at 5-gigabytes, and more expensive pricing plans granting 10-, 20-, and 40-gigabyte quotas. Steven Levy at the Washington post suggests Time-Warner's real aim is to hobble iTunes, raising the cost of a movie download by $10 (or $30 for a high-definition movie). Eyeing Time-Warner's experiment, Comcast cable also says they're evaluating a pay-per-gigabyte model."

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