............... Yeats Or as Alan Bennett overheard someone pronounce it "William Butler Yeast", to which a friend commented "Ah yes, responsible for the uprising"
Alan Bennett I find to be somewhat too much at times, but that was good!
He was much inspired by Madame Blavatski - with whom he had many meetings.
But I have got to the old and grey and nodding by the fire stage!
Ah the complaint becomes clear...
"I most likely would not have bid on it then. It seems to have a loud hum
listening to FM and AM didn't respond at all. It has a AM antenna on it. I have several AM / FM radios that play both bands well. $28 plus $17 for shipping is a bit high to me. I'd feel much better if you partially refunded $8 and I'll try to use this someplace."
"I most likely would not have bid on it then. It seems to have a loud hum
listening to FM and AM didn't respond at all. It has a AM antenna on it. I have several AM / FM radios that play both bands well. $28 plus $17 for shipping is a bit high to me. I'd feel much better if you partially refunded $8 and I'll try to use this someplace."
ROTFL
My colleague (he's in mid 40's) once generalised about Generation X:
"They can't distinguish a drill from the hammer"
Alan Bennett I find to be somewhat too much at times, but that was good!
He was much inspired by Madame Blavatski - with whom he had many meetings.
But I have got to the old and grey and nodding by the fire stage!
And for those of tender years who are reading this, you meant Yeats and Blavatsky, not Bennett and the Madame
Note Scott Wurcer's avatar of this date is the old gal Helena Petrovna herself.Yes, every year I'm reminded how much money I spend that's not a business expense, on New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, and London Review of Books, the latter where I saw that bit of Bennett's.
What's funny is that I'm probably further from the editorial slant of those rags than almost anyone else I know. But these are strange times indeed --- Chomsky has recently described himself as a socialist libertarian
When digital was the marketing buzzword of high regard, Harman Consumer made a powered speaker (with which I had nothing to do) that featured a switchmode power supply. Yes, you guessed it: that became a "digital" power supply
The conflation of "switching" with "digital" is one of the most egregious thought crimes of recent history.
Brad
For radio tuners there are at least four distinct legitimate meanings for 'digital':
1. digital frequency display on an otherwise analogue FM circuit
2. digital local oscillator synthesis for an otherwise analogue FM circuit
3. digital (i.e. SDR) demodulation of analogue FM broadcasts
4. receives digital transmissions, such as DAB in Europe
Only 4 (and possibly 3) would have digital outputs. 3 invariably occurs in conjunction with 4 anyway so is not really a separate option.
Manufacturers will always push the limits of honesty. Some people are finding that 'HD-ready' TV sets will accept an HD video input, but don't actually contain an off-air HD digital tuner (just an SD one). Then they wonder why peple get cynical.
1. digital frequency display on an otherwise analogue FM circuit
2. digital local oscillator synthesis for an otherwise analogue FM circuit
3. digital (i.e. SDR) demodulation of analogue FM broadcasts
4. receives digital transmissions, such as DAB in Europe
Only 4 (and possibly 3) would have digital outputs. 3 invariably occurs in conjunction with 4 anyway so is not really a separate option.
Manufacturers will always push the limits of honesty. Some people are finding that 'HD-ready' TV sets will accept an HD video input, but don't actually contain an off-air HD digital tuner (just an SD one). Then they wonder why peple get cynical.
Chomsky has recently described himself as a socialist libertarian
I usually consider myself a pacifist-anarchist since Le Guin cured me of Rand (though that was inevitable anyway).
And for those of tender years who are reading this, you meant Yeats and Blavatsky, not Bennett and the Madame
Yes, every year I'm reminded how much money I spend that's not a business expense, on New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, and London Review of Books, the latter where I saw that bit of Bennett's.
What's funny is that I'm probably further from the editorial slant of those rags than almost anyone else I know. But these are strange times indeed --- Chomsky has recently described himself as a socialist libertarian
Totally correct! One line paragraphs made my meaning less clear, though I did intend referring to 'her' (not Bennett - who could be ranked higher than a mere Madame!) "as the Madame"......
Spelling Yeats incorrectly is inexcusable!Yes, it was Scott's icon ...... along with his 'Deus est Diamon inversus' picture which was spawned this OT activity , that being Yeates's Golden Dawn symbolic name.
I was given a full set of (Published in India) "The Secret Doctrine" which I immediately lent to a friends elderly mother.....she died and the books went with her for they were never found again! Not too concerned though!
Re strange times, this is true in all walks of life, and life itself.
Well I gave him his $8 back and got my feedback:
"very nice e bayer. very nice. buy bagain. thanks."
The product was sold as a Digital Synthesized Tuner. Which I take to mean the tuning was via a divide by n counter and phase locked loop. Of course it also had a digital frequency readout.
In the U.S. I would expect a radio that received the digital encoded broadcasts to be labelled "HD." I haven't seen one with a digital output as the design requirements are such that when the digital signal drops below a threshold then it switch to the analog carrier. The broadcasting stations now use an audio delay on the analog side so that such switch overs are not noticed. So to have a digital output one would have to A/D convert the analog signal and add a small additional delay to the digital version.
"very nice e bayer. very nice. buy bagain. thanks."
The product was sold as a Digital Synthesized Tuner. Which I take to mean the tuning was via a divide by n counter and phase locked loop. Of course it also had a digital frequency readout.
In the U.S. I would expect a radio that received the digital encoded broadcasts to be labelled "HD." I haven't seen one with a digital output as the design requirements are such that when the digital signal drops below a threshold then it switch to the analog carrier. The broadcasting stations now use an audio delay on the analog side so that such switch overs are not noticed. So to have a digital output one would have to A/D convert the analog signal and add a small additional delay to the digital version.
Yes, I've sometimes referred to myself as a "benevolent anarchist", to which my Australian friend Dwayne said it was silly to use the qualification "benevolent".
I still appreciate Rand in many ways, although her system is strictly physical-plane-limited (and I've moved many dimensions beyond that). Her theory of concept formation is intriguing, even if Rothbard insisted it was prior art (there's that stuff again!). Needless to say Murray didn't last long in the company of AR.
It is fun to see the doctrinaire left railing almost hysterically against Rand of late.
I was given a full set of (Published in India) "The Secret Doctrine" which I immediately lent to a friends elderly mother.....she died and the books went with her for they were never found again! Not too concerned though!
I generally don't loan out books anymore, except to a couple of people who are scrupulous about returning them. Sometimes I buy extra copies so that I can give them away.
I once wanted to borrow a book from a Canoga Park professor and audiophile, one of Fraser's books about time. He refused but I persisted. Finally he took the book, and with a large scrawl in ballpoint pen on the FFEP, wrote STOLEN FROM REALE. I was appalled. But I did borrow the book and of course returned it.
When I bought a wonderful collection of physics and engineering books from a radar engineer's widow, she mentioned that people would ask to borrow books from him. He would say You are welcome to come here and read them.
Joshua,
Not wanting to drag this thread off too far into metaphysics...
However you know the parable of the duckling in the bottle?
If you look form inside the MEST Continuum, nothing can be perceived of the outside, if it has one... The reverse in not necessarily true though. That is the whole point of "transcending" something. It is about getting the duckling out of the bottle without breaking it or the duckling...
Ciao T
Not wanting to drag this thread off too far into metaphysics...
However you know the parable of the duckling in the bottle?
If you look form inside the MEST Continuum, nothing can be perceived of the outside, if it has one... The reverse in not necessarily true though. That is the whole point of "transcending" something. It is about getting the duckling out of the bottle without breaking it or the duckling...
Ciao T
- Status
- Not open for further replies.