Rain

The funny thing is that I have both a PC and a Mac sitting a few inches from each other on my desk right now, and there is no religious war or tear in the fabric of the universe. Both machines are doing precisely what I expect of them.

I'm not sure why this crusade goes on. Not saying that there aren't dumb Mac owners out there, but dumb people are dumb on any platform. None of the Mac owners I know have the least interest in debating platforms or putting Windows down, and, even though historically it definitely was not the case, for well over a decade and a half, most seem to acknowledge that Windows PCs are absolutely fine. Most of us buy a computer and move on, and we really don't care to keep thinking about that machine and agonizing over specs and performance. What's important is what it does and that it suits our workflow. 

For all the talk about people buying Macs just because they are shiny (and I know that this is usually said with humour), PC owners are often way more inclined to be obsessed with their machine and how amazing it is.

And if anyone is looking for shiny, Mac really is not the platform for you. In terms of being obsessed with looks, there's no competition. Some people visibly are not done celebrating the end of those dreadful beige towers. 

My Mac is rather unostentatious compared to these.

But then again, I'm not into RPGs and LARPing, and I'm not a virgin.

17 hours ago, Conteloto said:

that it is superior from an engineering, design?????? We are talking a bout a cable and we are talking about that cable has a cost x10 

Sinserially, if any manufacturer tried to sell me a USB cable for 130 I would consider it a scammer, why doesn't the same happen if that "salesman" has an apple in their logo?

Didn't watch the video either did you? 

Unsurprisingly, you also managed to completely ignore the part of my reply where I stated not once but twice that I was not attempting to justify the price, and that this is something 99% of the people do not need, and that I myself would never buy one.

It's like talking to the mirror image of people who buy Macs because they're shinny.

Had no idea why but the naked photo at around 1:45 probably explains it.

9 hours ago, Byron Dickens said:

Bullshit.

Its snake oil just like overpriced "audiophile" speaker wire and guitar cables.

Bullshit. Did you even watch the video or are you just reciting the usual anti-Apple clichés?

I am not saying that it is useful or reasonably price. I am saying that it is superior from an engineering, design, and manufacturing point of view.

None of that makes a difference to 99% of the USB-C using population so most of us are okay with a cable that's not a 10th the price.

I wouldn't buy one.

Fascinating! If anyone cares to actually watch it, the answer is right there. The Apple cable is infinitely superior in every aspect. 

I've always wondered if there was much of a difference between cables and what caused those differences.  Although I would never buy a $130 cable for my purpose, and it's questionable whether 99% of people buying USB-C cable need that sort of quality, the product is definitely in a league of its own.

I think I posted it before, but I could not not...

Assemblage 23 - I Am The Rain

And since they have no song with a lake or a pond... That leaves water.

Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song

Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues

Led Zeppelin - Down by the Seaside

Led Zeppelin - The Ocean

This is a direct result of the album above - I learned that song off of the Live at the Star Club record, years before I even heard the (demo) studio version. Not sure I'd have ever heard such a song otherwise, to be honest. They exposed me to a lot of music.

A minute of me noodling around on a demo for a project with my then-wife and overdubbing guitars. I don't think it's quite as good as theirs, but we were going after a different energy. 

Back in the days, I was so anxious to put my hands on anything by The Beatles that even poor audio quality recordings such as the ones on this record would be played constantly.

I learned every track on that thing because we always needed more songs when we played weddings and ballrooms and such. Much of it they eventually recorded on their first few albums but there were a few odd numbers that never made it on any official record. And I was still discovering their official discography, anyway. 

In many cases, it was the first time I was exposed to those songs (Be-Bop-A-Lula comes to mind).

I thought it was amusing because a lot of material was stuff that The Beatles themselves had learned because they needed to play for hours every night back then. 

Man, I love the Beatles. They weren't even around anymore when I was born and I feel I owe them so much.

Here's a soundtrack for your event, Kenny.

30 minutes ago, Keith Wilby said:

I'm with you on the first para there although I'm probably nearer to 95%. I actually don't mind Rev 9, I'd be more likely to skip Good Night off that LP. I like the non-UK "Out of our Heads Stones" LP, along with "Beggars Banquet" and "Let it Bleed". I've tried to "get into" some of their other stuff like "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile" but there's just something lacking in them for me.

Different strokes.

Funny that you mention Good Night because it crossed my mind. Actually, I probably skipped it more often that Revolution 9 when I was listening to them all the time.

13 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

I like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for different reasons. But I don't like every song either one of them recorded. Some connect with me, others don't, they are for someone else.

That's pretty much the same for every artist/group that I like. Even my all-time favorite sax players, Stan Getz and Stanley Turrentine have some cuts that really don't do anything for me, and others that put me in a trance.

 

Insights and incites by Notes ♫

 

I also like both for different reasons, but also in very different proportions.

I probably like 90% of the Beatles' catalog, and the remaining 10% is nothing that I really mind listening to. Besides Revolution 9, I don't really think there's much I skip when listening to their records, and I listen to all their albums. Not saying that it's all great, but for one reason or another, I enjoy most of it.

The Stones, there's probably 10% that I like, much of the rest I just can't be bothered to listen to, and then some stuff that is, to my ears, simply awful - sometimes entire records.

Of couse, they've had a much longer career. The percentage would be greater if we only looked at the 60's and 70's, but still nothing close to the Beatles. Even the albums that I really like usually have a few songs that I consider stinkers.

But I wouldn't want to be in a world without those Stones songs that I really like. And Keith.

The old plasma I inherited from a friend is dying on me so I had to get a new tv. It had been getting worse and worse fo the last few weeks, but I was hoping to be able to wait until BF, but it doesn't look like it will last until then.

Got a 50" for $199.99 - had had my eyes on it for a while and it was listed at $299.99, but the price went down last weekend. Quite the coincidence. 

Hard to believe how inexpensive these things have become. 

For the studio, the recent upgrade also meant moving from 23 to 27. Considering the distance between my eyes and the screen, ergonomically speaking, that is as good as it gets. 

On 11/1/2023 at 1:16 AM, pwal said:

well worth it 👍

Finally watched it last night. And indeed!Thanks for the reminder.

So that's yet another thing I have in common with G-d's chosen people. 

Although, I love pork chops, so...

Okay, now I know what's for dinner tonight.

You guys make it real hard to keep one's weight under control, you know?

Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother

Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie

Tommy Bolin - Brother Brother

Precisely! 

Anybody remember that guy Ben (?) who used to hang out in the old Coffeehouse and who was a huge fan of Lennon and the Beatles (and somewhat possessive of them, if that makes sense)? Wonder if he's still around and doing well. I seem to remember he was struggling with his emotions a bit at times, and it could sometimes be difficult to stay nice to him, but still... Hope he's ok.