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Mark already posted what I was going to. Smaller SSD for the OS with a larger SSD. It's easy now to both install programs as well as redirect "Libraries" ("Documents," "My Pictures," "My Videos," etc.) to the second SSD. Let the smaller SSD handle the OS, registry and temp files while the larger one handles everything else.

Am I the only one who couldn't help see that hair getting caught in some of the tools? ?

?? Good point. What I should have said is... I miss having brown facial hair naturally...

Yep! 'Tis me. I miss brown facial hair... ?

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Typical.

What??? No Pro Tools???! ?

By "dorking things up" I mean open files I'm working on that haven't been saved are often completely lost, work that is being processed gets killed (causing file corruption) and then I have to try and remember what I had open and what I was in the middle of. The Chrome tabs tend to come back and, if they don't, I can usually get them back by hitting shift-ctrl-T.

Keep postin'! I find these topics fascinating. (And I mostly see a pinkish/grey shoe that has some splotches near the toes, along with laces and accents in mint condition. ?)

Despite my first post, for full disclosure, I've only used Cakewalk since v1.0 back in the 80's (although any recording gear I have left has been in storage for a few years now).

How much of that crazy white stuff do you get? We probably average only around 4" a year with a decent amount about every fourth year... (and only one year in the 16 I've been up here got close to two feet - 22").

Well, Microsoft has found yet another way to annoy the heck out of me... I got the reminder that an update was pending, so I decided to close out of everything and install the update (NOT an easy thing with all the work I'm doing!). Once everything was closed it now says "You're up-to-date!" even though I'm still on 1809... *Arrghhh!!!* ? (Clicking on "Check for Updates" doesn't work either. I must be down on the update list...) Now I'm worried about getting everything up and going again. (I'm talking usually 30-40 Chrome tabs, 4-6 Excel spreadsheets, Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, various PDF's and text docs, 3-4 different sound and video apps, Outlook, Evernote, Filezilla, Postman, PhotoShop and others!) Then they do a surprise restart on me and dork 90% of things up... *Sigh.*

In addition to all the answers you will probably get here, you might want to check out the forum Bapu created when we all thought Cakewalk was going away forever. It literally was created to discuss this topic (as well as keeping the Coffee House fun going and not losing touch with the members). Check it out here: Beyond My DAW

It's an aspect of the phenomena, but (especially now) you're have also been subjected to a decent amount of suggestion and expectation. One reason many things are tested using animals is that it excludes having the results "colored" (pun in-ten-did) by suggestion, expectation or the placebo effect. In this case, as I alluded to above, how a person perceives color comes into play. My guess is probably more than any brain hemispheric phenomena. One of the primary difficulties in doing any form of brain research is trying to isolate an area to learn about it. The brain is a highly synergistic entity where the whole is definitely greater than the sum of its parts. I've heard of similar "myth busting" when people talk about brain waves. Most have heard of the basics like Delta, Theta, Alpha and Beta (from slowest to fastest or about 0.5 Hz to 38 Hz), but newer research is also finding faster waves (called Gamma up to 42 Hz, though other sources now call frequencies as high as 100 Hz Gamma too). I have been involved with brain wave research and entrainment since the 80's including working with a few of the pioneering scientists, and I can tell you that they are definitely still learning a lot of new things! One such area has to do with the fact that different areas of the brain can exhibit different brain frequencies at the same time. Unfortunately, most EEG machines (including the one I used to have) all tend to capture the dominate frequencies using leads attached to the scalp with conductive gel. Because these devices only listen from the outside (and outside the skull too), they have an inherent deficiency in defining the spatial, 3D locations that the frequencies are originating from. Newer devices are far better though. When you consider that the cones in your eyes simply translate the wavelength reflected off an object (rods help primarily in low-light situations) and, ironically, the image comes in upside-down, the brain has to then make sense of the input and flip the image over in your head. Since adding the greenish filter to the OP's image adds additional information to the original image that wasn't present, it requires the brain to perform some additional calculations and interpretations. This then leads to yet another rabbit hole: The fact that your subconscious mind filters out the vast majority of the data gathered by the senses, how it filters things out can vary wildly from person to person. For this area, instead of shoes, I prefer examples like the image below where the two squares (identified by the arrows) are actually the same color. You can prove this by importing the image into PhotoShop and "sampling" each square. Another example is this Rubik's Cube. The middle squares on the top and front face are also the same color.

Ok, googling "anything myth" ?

Or "You're a politician? You must not have a brain." ?

A working one?

Lovely shade or purple too! ?

The talent-less blood suckers are always trying to find an angle to convince artists that their work should somehow make them rich instead.

Or a nibble? (Four bits.) ? Sorry Bill, I believe I created those for Yor Ol Pal's birthday (not sure actually!) and, back then, you were only using a picture of your cute little dog as an avatar.

Um, no. It might be shite in this specific instance (and the general stuff that most people know about), but there are some serious differences in the brain halves (just ask someone who's done PhD work in this area - oh wait, that would include ME!). My guess is that this specific instance has FAR more to do with how people process color (another topic where I could add a LOT about - the teaser is that nothing you see actually exists how you see it, it's all interpreted wave lengths!?). The problem with all sciences, and definitely those revolving around the brain, are that the more they are generalized so the layperson can understand them, the more incorrect they are, with the obvious flip-side being the more accurate they are defined/explained/theorized the more confusing they are for the average person without any training in an area (another area of interest for me comes to mind too: Quantum Physics). IMO, the biggest hurdle to understanding comes from people who read (usually part of) one article they find on the Internet then decide that they are now a pseudo-expert on the topic. For example, most people believe that memories are stored in the brain. Turns out, they are actually stored holographically in cells throughout the body [insert a very cool story from the Journal of American Medical Association here that I don't have time to tell now]. Another obstacle that most people miss is that the primary job of Science is research. (Side-note, I have Howard Gardner's excellent book, "Frames of Mind" sitting a few feet away from my on my bookcase - I noticed it was mentioned in the Google results.) The best frame of mind for a scientist is to assume that ALL current conclusions are only based on the best knowledge we currently have and may change once better information (including peer-reviewed studies and testing) are discovered. While the right side of the brain does handle the majority of so-called creative (and emotionally triggered action events) while the left side takes most of the logic and analytical tasks, most of these areas of the brain are new (from an evolutionary standpoint - yet another very misunderstood topic!). There are some relatively small, centrally located areas of the brain, like the amygdala, that play larger and more important roles in our overall actions. To operate at peak efficiency, everyone should strive to use BOTH sides of their brain equally (there are tests out there you can take to see how balanced you are - good for knowing what to work on). It was only less than forty years ago that Science assumed the brain stopped growing at a young age and, basically, started deteriorating from then on (i.e., "the 'normal' aging process). Then a Harvard study found that brains have something they called "neuroplasticity" which is just a fancy way of saying they could grow and repair themselves. Science has also discovered that while, as I mentioned above, the hemispheres each have their basic functions (i.e., creative and logical), each is fully capable to taking over duties for the other as necessary. I had first-hand experience with this when my father, who had temporal lobe epilepsy, had a temporal lobectomy on his left side (meaning they took out a section of his brain). It took some months, but the functions that he had lost (primarily auditory) returned after a different area of his brain "learned" and took over the task. If you want to have fun with the two sides of your brain, consider this popular gif below. Which direction is the girl spinning? Clockwise? Counter-clockwise? Do you see her stop and go back the other way? Well, the reality is that she isn't spinning, but your brain will show you she's spinning in one direction or the other. To prove there's some truth to the left brain/right brain try watching the girl while doing math in your head then continue watching and start thinking about creating a tune. I'm able to get her to stop and go in whichever direction I want, can you?

Yes, but that was the point. It needed MORE cowbell!!! ?