I was in MN in Jan 1994, playing in a band. I think it was Mankato, but I know it was the home of the Viking's training camp, and the week after the Cowboys knocked them out of the playoffs. I expected them to be upset about that, since we were from TX. Little did we know that TX had recently acquired a hockey team. >_>

It was -52F when we got done playing that night. They were saying it was the coldest they had seen in a decade. It was definitely the coldest this TX boy had ever seen, or ever wished to see again. I remember when I shut the car door, the bar that connected the inside handle to the door latch snapped in two. Had to roll down the window, and open the door from the outside after that.

Happy to have lows in the teens today, and one of the few chances I'll have this decade to pull out my 20 year old coat from that adventure.

Ironic that Herbie Hancock was used as an example. It wasn't so long ago that Mr Hancock would have been the poster's point made with synths vs real piano players. Musicians make the music. The instruments are just tools. There has always been, and will always be crappy mass produced pablum. Likewise, there will always be musicians who rise above the rest. The tools they use influence the sound, but the artist creates the experience.

Now, get off my lawn!

"instigator Mark Tobias"

Why would you send your children to someone like this? Does he razz them for a week or two, just to see if he can start something?

As far as I can tell, this has nothing to do with NASA. It looks like a ploy to get better search rankings for firetree.net.

something something slashdot editors something.

We're here at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael, where we've secretly replaced the fine vaccines they usually serve with Folgers Crystals. Let's see if anyone can tell the difference!

If addition is faster than subtraction, just add the negative value.

Next thing you know we'll have CSIgrep. (enhance enhance enhance grep)