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  1. John - They used to hang some of these in the trees at the Nightfall concerts, to fill in the perimeter of Miller Plaza. Sounded pretty good, except the clowns actually doing the mixing used to overdrive them too often.
  2. The newer K-33 is rated at 150watts rms Bruce
  3. The band is LGT and you can watch some of their videos on YouTube.
  4. Here is the left channel. The black under the cabinet is part of the bass horn for the sub... utilizing an 18" driver, and reaching 14Hz!!!!
  5. I was really impressed with the Altec 816 clone that the late William Eckle built for a friend of his. Four of them, in fact. 3/4" mdf with 1/4" oak over that, for 1" thick walls. Two cabs on each side in an MTM arrangement, with an Altec 311-60 horn in the middle. Bruce
  6. Calling Community Coffee "regular" just isn't right. My wife grew up in Baton Rouge, and I still think it's some of the good stuff. Starbucks over roasts their beans so the coffee tastes scorched. They own Seattle's Best, which, IMHO is way better coffee. We have a local shop here that does a fine job, and I have easy access to it. Aaaaaahhhhh... such bliss. Bruce
  7. I suspect that the product number is the date of download. Probably not since it is the same number today. Product Number 1700-071208 []
  8. Beat me to it, Thebes you really need to start writing some books ! Is it just us old guys who wee thinking the same thing? [:#]
  9. Notice the Product Number? The first four digits are the version - the next digits are probably the build number. Dr. Who's is a later build, which probably has included the extra feature.
  10. Anybody out there have a schematic for a Tangent 400 crossover. Since they are the optimal size to get more bass from the Heresy II drivers, I am inclined to build a set of cabinets for the components I have on hand (still in the HII cabinets). A co-worker picked up a pair of the Tangents, so I could just pull his out and draw it, but figured I would take the easy way first. He IS okay with me taking them apart, so that really wouldn't be an issue. Bruce
  11. We can only hope, Maron, that you are correct. Yet there are a lot of crazy folks out there.
  12. Actually, it was Max who hinted at, and you filled in the blanks a bit. And I still drive an SUV sometimes( 20 mpg, though), but much less as I have my late wife's car, which gets a better 29-30 mpg. Bruce
  13. Now you're talking about Cordwainer Smith and "The Dead Lady of Clowntown." In the mid to late 1950s, a man wealthy from the real estate business had an idea for a drive system. He built models and got patents on it. My brother and a friend of his got the patent drawings, intending to work up a science fair project. That fell through, until a few short years later when they talked about it again. Gosh, they had lost the papers in the mean time... so they sent of to the patent office for the papers one more time. They got a notice back that the papers weren't available as they had been classified. Hehehe... the basic premise was easy (most things are), but it was a very mechanical device, and would have been subject to enormous stress and vibration. However, it could still prove useful. The author posited that we could have gone to the moon by the late 1950s. He calculated he could have a vehicle the size of a Jeep reach zero gravity very easily. I have always wanted to build a small model of his design and try it out, just for grins. I had searched for a long time to find info about it again. While writing this, I remembered the designer's name and did a search. A link follows, and the probability that it didn't work. It was fun anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_drive People have good ideas all the time, great ideas even. We still need the WILL to do what needs to be done. I, for one, don't think Dave's idea of population control is a good one (for various reasons), and this planet can support a lot more people than we currently have. I find it ironic that the mojaority of people who have few children to no children, are the more educated ones. They kill off their own gene pool, so to speak, committing scientific/intellectual suicide, while the masses keep growing. That is a whole other topic, and the science is enough to keep this thread going. This is, at the very least, a really good read. Bruce
  14. Nawwww, it just sounded too political... Hmmmm, the frogs might be smarter on occasion, but I think we can all do better. How did it get to be late again? Bruce
  15. We are more interested in a half baked plan to fight global terrorism. Like the war on drugs, poverty, etc., there is eally no end. (sorry Amy, I couldn't help my self. It's just my POV, if anyone wants to debate it I'll remove this post) Dave, did something special shock you and get you excited about the whole idea or has it been percolating for a long time?
  16. Welcome back, indeed. And the HIIs? [Y] [Y] [Y] [Y] [Y] I think the tonal balance on the HIIs is superb, and the bass on mine is not lacking at all. I have separates, but a lot of folks here really are big on the Scott integrateds the 299 series for instance. Very nice hardware and not too expensive when they can be had. What kind of budget are you thinking? You could try SS with a vintage H/K 430 receiver. Those can be had pretty cheap and the sound is good. Not exceptional, but really good. That's why I have two, one of which is hooked up to my HIIS.
  17. In a previous life, I worked for a guvment contractor. I was, on occasion, privy to some pretty incredible information about technology that was in the works. None of it matters in this conversation either, but I think that all of our tax dollars are not going to waste... just most of them. Dave...would we be in agreement if we said that: 1. We be in big trouble on this planet. Let's slow its demise, or at the least its inhabitibility for the human race. 2. This will perhaps give us time to figure out how to get us out of here. The numbers of people are yet to be determined. This is making me think of Anne McCaffrey for some reason... Bruce
  18. That was really my point, too. Whether political or religious motivation, if the WILL is not there, nothing will change. All that is based on our worldview. As you have also said, we are in this boat together, and in that sense, we must work together or it won't work at all. The earth will cycle through its hot and cold spells with or without us here. We use too much, we waste too much, claiming it is our right. Now, if Mark could just make tube equipment as efficient as those chip based digital amps... Bruce
  19. I can accept that. If you can also accept that I didn't bring it up just to stimulate the conversation. I just don't think you can leave it out. We all tend to talk more and listen less, but it should be the other way 'round. One's view of the world is shaped by his religious beliefs. Some may be more accurate that others, and we may find there is more common ground than not, especially when it comes to social issues. Those real world issues, if you will, are always governed by our view of life, the world, God, gods, whatever. Sometimes it doesn't matter the reasoning if the goal is correct [ that is not to say the ends justify the means... that isn't what I mean ] Many cultures have been awful polluters, but the pollution used to be more organic, so there was almost always the ability for the land to heal. So a nomadic people could stay somewhere and pollute (which often happened) and then move on. The pollution would break down, be equalized, and eventually, a livable area again. Just like a good compost pile. Now, we make things that don't break down... it will be around a long time, way too long, and much of it is dangerous. Part of it has to do with the volume, but the largest problem is WHAT it is. So... I am not wanting to get this locked. I won't point fingers (well, I might, but they will also point at me on occasion). I, like Dave, want to hear some answers. Or, at the very least, some ideas that might prove useful. Got to go... time for a chat with my gf, who sits on the other side of the world. Bruce
  20. I really am running short on fuel, but I want to get something on here. First, I will preface my remarks by saying I am not going to attack anyone. Maybe their ideas, but it's just that. 1. Do I think we can work out something to get a lot of us into space in a short period of time?... my answer is yes, but the public must buy into it, even knowing that he/she won't be able to get on the "ark ", if I may use that imagery. 2. Do I think things can be fixed here?... my answer is yes, but see my caveat above. 3. Is there a God, is there not a God... I will agree with Dave... that is a red herring to stop the conversation. Read the following at your own risk: My personal take, and one that I have held for years, is that Christianity, upon which Western Civilization has been built, is progressive and not cyclical as most Eastern religions and philosophies. It may not seem that way at any given moment in history, but plotted on a graph, it does go up, it does progress. There may be dips along the way, but we are not ever back at the beginning. It wasn't that long ago that all of man's labors were directed toward staying alive, to eke out a living. As technology came along... too many things to list... steam power, use of electricity, communication technologies, medicine, we ended up with a division of labor. What a wonderful thing. I no longer have to spend all my time growing food, making clothes, medicine, my transportation, etc. What we gained is efficiency by division of labor. So what, you ask? It also means that we have a lot of spare time, free time. What do we do with that time? For many, it is used for fruitless occupations and labors. Don't get me wrong, we all do this to some degree. Let's see... Pro sports, a boat,recreational boating, fishing, hunting, canoeing... ad infinitum... We can add HT and great audio systems to the list (pointing finger at myself, don't worry). What we do is spend all the brain power and time on things that don't really matter. Entertainment is ok, games are ok... most things are to some degree. But what if it was spent on solving the problems Dave has brought up? We haven't even gotten to the military budget yet. We really have money and brain power to burn, but we use it for the wrong things. God gave us a brain to use, and it should be obvious that we aren't using it very well. End of this part ------ Mark - your question about Mark 6:28 is also somewhat of a red herring. I agree with Daddy Dee (gee, he IS a pastor, you know). Worry is a spirit killer. But your take is out of context (how nice of you). There are too many other places in Scripture that talk about us being good stewards. Move on over in Matthew to chapter 25, verses 14 and following. It is the parable about the talents. This is where I would say that God expects us to use what he has given us. He doesn't really need what we can do, but we need it, and we need it badly. Dave - you only are looking at Jesus as a teacher, while ignoring orthodox Christianity seeing and proclaiming Jesus as God. If you leave that out, most of His teaching will make no sense. So... before this gets locked, I will stop. Time for bed. Thanks guys... there's more in my head but I need to sleep.
  21. I haven't figured out how to put multiple images in either. I think most just link to an outside server. The new dual cores help things out quite a bit. I've got a an AMD dual core pc at work, and it is smoking fast. It's good for Intel that there is some competition out there. Since Apples OSX is such a nice OS, I'm thinking of trying it on a non-Apple piece of hardware. It has been installed quite successfully on certain Dell boxes with everything working and no patches required. Some might consider that the worst of both worlds, but I really like the Mac OS.
  22. Larry, China is perhaps nullifying all that is being done in the West to try to rectify the situation. I was in China in October and it isn't good. Then again, neither is Manila, Philippines; Mexico City, Mexico and on and on. I might lean a bit more towards Marks opinion that we can make a change here, for the better, but also agree with Dave. We MUST not sit on our thumbs and leave space alone. And in a practical sense, it doesn't matter if we are athiest, agnostics, religious (of any sort), if our likeboat is sinking/has holes in it, etc., we are all in the same position. Our worldview can only help to shape our response to the problem at hand. Dave, I will try ot email a repsonse to you... although I may have just given the shortest I could. ;-) Bruce
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