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Skriven 2007-08-01 08:23:00 av Dave Drum
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Music Storage
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On 07-26-07 MICHAEL LOO Scribbled to DAVE SACERDOTE about technological 

ML> DS> Maryanne is so tehnologically innocent that she sometimes has
ML> DS> trouble using her cell phone.  Lynn prefers having a bonus 40
ML> DS> gigs of storage for her music files.

ML>How much music does that mean these days? Used to be a meg a minute
ML>for reasonably high-res sound files, which would mean 600 or so CDs'
ML>worth of stuff, if my math in the head is working. I wonder if the
ML>space requirements have changed, upward for greater fidelity or
ML>downward for better compression, or if they have remained stable.

I stream my little "JAZZ @ Uncle Dirty Dave's After Hours Joint" 24/7. 
My playlist gets written off to DVD when it hits around 4.4 GB. That is 
usually around 950 selections at 128 bit (CD quality) encoding. At those 
rates 40 gigs should hold nearly 9000 individual cuts.

Some folks got into higher bit rates when digitising the WAV files and 
do 160, 192, 256 and 360 bit rates ... although I must confess that I 
cannot hear (nor detect with a scope) any difference in the sound. They 
do audio dweeb babble about "nuances" and "presence". And I invite them 
to go back to analog and vinyl if they are that concerned. Or, better 
yet, support your local live music venues ... of whatever genre.

ML>Speaking of technological, several new problems have appeared
ML>with this computer, which I will display to the multitude of
ML>experts for their advice ... the sound has gone away again, and
ML>now the wireless is gone. A few days ago there was this rattling
ML>noise in the case, which went away; I'm wondering if something
ML>got kicked off and went disconnected. 

You mentioned that you did have the foresight to take an extended 
warranty ... you should use it. You might look into, if you can't take 
the hit of sending it back and being without - Aarons or RentWay for a 
temporary solution. They will, of course, try to get you to play out the 
full term of the deal and wind up owning at a VERY inflated price. But, 
you don't has to. And they often have units that are back "off lease" 
(read the poor min-wage dweeb with delusions of grandeur couldn't keep 
up the strokes) and that they don't mind using for short-term things 
like you will need.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Dandelion Salad With Eggs & Bacon
 Categories: Salads, Pork, Dressings
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      6 sl Bacon; cut in 1/2" pieces
      1 cl Garlic
    1/4 c  Olive oil
      2 tb Red wine vinegar
      1    Shallot or 1/4 onion;
           - minced
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Fresh ground pepper
      4 c  Young, tender dandelion
           - leaves
      2    Dandelion roots; trimmed and
           - minced
      4    Hard-cooked eggs
 
  Dandelion greens, both wild and cultivated, are quite bitter, but that
  is part of their appeal. For this salad, I prefer the wild greens, or
  cultivated ones from a home garden, picked when young and tender,
  because I find much of the commercially available dandelion too mature
  and coarse to eat raw. If dandelion on its own seems too strong for
  your taste, make this salad using half spinach and half dandelion.
  
  Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 7
  minutes. Remove to paper towels to drain.
  
  Bruise the garlic clove by hitting it with the back of a wooden spoon,
  then rub it on the inside of a salad bowl. Discard the garlic. Add the
  olive oil, vinegar, shallot, salt and pepper to the bowl; mix well
  with a fork. Add the dandelion leaves and minced roots, and three
  quarters of the bacon.
  
  Slice 1 of the eggs; coarsely chop the others. Add the chopped eggs to
  the salad and mix well.
  
  Divide the salad among serving plates, then garnish with the remaining
  bacon and the sliced eggs.
  
  Serves 4
  
  URL: http://sfgate.com
  
  MM Format by Dave Drum - 16 May 2007
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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