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Comment Re:Dual Typing? (Score 1) 165

by paddy3118 on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @01:24PM (#47985461) Attached to: Rosetta Code Study Weighs In On the Programming Language Debate

Strong vs weak typing; static vs dynamic type checking Tablizer's post skids across all four, mangling the differences making it hard to discern their point.

Comment Re:Um, yeah, hai.. (Score 1) 114

by paddy3118 on Sunday May 17, 2009 @05:59AM (#27985579) Attached to: UK Researches Future 10Gbps Broadband Technology

Virgin: 50mbps (200mbs on test).

RIAA Now Filing Suits Against Consumers Who Rip CDs 403

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 30, 2007 @01:31AM from the because-we-needed-another-reason-to-be-cranky-at-them dept.

mrneutron2003 writes "With this past week's announcement by Warner to release its entire catalog to Amazon in MP3 format with no Digital Rights Management, you would think that the organization that represents them, The RIAA, would begin changing its tune. Instead, they are pressing on in their campaign against consumers by suing individuals who merely rip CDs they've purchased legally. 'The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings.'"

The Death of High Fidelity 377

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 29, 2007 @05:21AM from the but-it's-still-rock-and-roll-to-me dept.

Ponca City, We Love You writes "Rolling Stone has an interesting story on how record producers alter the way they mix albums to compensate for the limitations of MP3 sound. Much of the information left out during MP3 compression is at the very high and low ends, which is why some MP3s sound flat. Without enough low end, 'you don't get the punch anymore. It decreases the punch of the kick drum and how the speaker gets pushed when the guitarist plays a power chord.' The inner ear automatically compresses blasts of high volume to protect itself, so we associate compression with loudness. After a few minutes, constant loudness grows fatiguing to the brain. Though few listeners realize this consciously, many feel an urge to skip to another song."

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