From: David Kennedy on 3 Mar 2010 17:03 Pd wrote: > Debbie Wilson<djmaizels(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0712/y_walker08.html > > Anyone recognise the album in the background? > At first glance I thought it was Mad Dogs & Englishmen but, after blowing it up a little - which didn't really do much to help - I'm not so sure... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Debbie Wilson on 3 Mar 2010 17:05 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > That sort of speaker is a bit finicky about the fine constructional > details - the curves have to be very precise, and then you end up with > odd resonances no matter what you do. My guess is that the blocks > clobber a nasty resonance and maybe improve sound dispersal (but I doubt > it, 'cos the open end of the horn down there is mostly concerned with > the lower end of the frequency range, so I gather). Pretty cool stuff. Amazing that constructing it from bent wood can achieve that level of precision, too. Extremely skilful craftmanship. Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield
From: zoara on 3 Mar 2010 17:28 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Um, I know you used to cut code some years back, but a lot's changed; > people don't write direct to iron these days. The Intel-and-Windows > optimisations won't be any use for Intel-and-OSX. Let me rephrase to avoid any criticisms of something I didn't mean: The Intel-and-Windows optimisations very likely won't be of much use for Intel-and-OSX. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Peter Ceresole on 3 Mar 2010 17:33 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > I do. Superposition *and* entanglement. > You really funk the quantum, man. Well remember; I *am* god. Although as I said, I don't need the title. -- Peter
From: Peter Ceresole on 3 Mar 2010 17:33
David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > > Anyone recognise the album in the background? > > > > At first glance I thought it was Mad Dogs & Englishmen but, after > blowing it up a little - which didn't really do much to help - I'm not > so sure... Neither am I. But it's very '60s, psychedelic. That's for sure. -- Peter |