From: David Kennedy on
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...

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David Kennedy

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From: Debbie Wilson on
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.
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From: zoara on
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-

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From: Peter Ceresole on
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.
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Peter
From: Peter Ceresole on
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