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byoperagost
1, 2018 @09:12AM
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Attached to: FBI Calls Apple 'Jerks' and 'Evil Geniuses' For Making iPhone Cracks Difficult
What you call a "necessary evil" is what we call "capitalism" and some people call "making a living."
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byoperagost
2017 @05:34PM
(#55502461)
Attached to: A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling
Head alignment had nothing to do with Dolby B performance. If your playback head was out of alignment, output was going to be poor regardless.
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byoperagost
2017 @05:31PM
(#55502439)
Attached to: A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling
Getting metal tapes to perform was a challenge. They weren't worth the money unless you had a high end deck. I had JVC and TEAC, and although they claimed to support metal tapes they sounded way better with chrome.
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byoperagost
2017 @05:29PM
(#55502419)
Attached to: A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling
Had to use compression otherwise the hiss would make dynamic range pretty small.
You mean, like Dolby B/C? Yeah, that went with the territory. You got 60 dB S/N on a good deck with Dolby on, maybe 70 if you used chrome tapes. Use high quality TDK, Maxell, or Memorex in a quality deck, and they rarely broke. Couldn't burn to a CD back then. That S/N ratio rivaled vinyl. I bet your PC sucked back then, too. Total garbage, couldn't even do 4K res video at 60 fps!
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byoperagost
2017 @05:20PM
(#55502353)
Attached to: A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling
Maxell XLII-S were the best. Excellent tape and the shells were tanks you could get away with stepping on.
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byoperagost
2017 @05:16PM
(#55502325)
Attached to: 'Something Is Wrong On the Internet'
That's like something we had here in the USA when I was growing up: What's worse than...
Q. What's worse than a barrel of dead babies?
A. One still alive at the bottom.
Q. What's worse than that?
A. He has to eat his way out.
And one that only works if you speak North American English:
Q. What's worse than ants in your pants?
A: Uncles in your pants!
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byoperagost
9, 2017 @04:32PM
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Attached to: Doctors To Breathalyse Smokers Before Allowing Them NHS Surgery
Yeah, starving yourself. That sounds like a great plan!
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byoperagost
9, 2017 @04:29PM
(#55399553)
Attached to: Doctors To Breathalyse Smokers Before Allowing Them NHS Surgery
Don't you think it should be up to the PATIENT to decide that?
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byoperagost
9, 2017 @04:27PM
(#55399535)
Attached to: Doctors To Breathalyse Smokers Before Allowing Them NHS Surgery
Whether this is a step toward "death panels" or not, were we to have single payer here in the USA this would be unconstitutional. Everyone should be treated equally under the law.
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byoperagost
18, 2017 @03:50PM
(#55392367)
Attached to: 'Significant' Number of Equifax Victims Already Had Info Stolen, Says IRS
abortion and gay rights and drugs
One of these is not like the others.
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byoperagost
18, 2017 @03:42PM
(#55392313)
Attached to: "Maybe It's a Piece of Dust"
Hmm, I'm surprised I had to read this far down to find the ignorant troll.
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byoperagost
04, 2017 @03:39PM
(#55311037)
Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Share Your Security Review Tales
$30K for 3 weeks? Sounds like a challenging but satisfying gig. Not sure I'd want more than one like that, though.
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byoperagost
04, 2017 @03:35PM
(#55311017)
Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Share Your Security Review Tales
Sounds like a great candidate for POTUS.
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byoperagost
04, 2017 @03:29PM
(#55310985)
Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Share Your Security Review Tales
His face started getting a very deep red color
Like rust?
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byoperagost
28, 2017 @03:59PM
(#55272119)
Attached to: Companies Are Once Again Storing Data On Tape, Just in Case
Iron Maiden is great for storing your backup tapes. They will quickly deliver them to your recovery site while you run to the hills.
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